Super Nintendo Entertainment System

Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Manufacturer	Nintendo
Type	16-bit video game console
Released	JP: November 21, 1990 NA: August 23, 1991 UK: April 11, 1992 IRL: April 11, 1992 EU: June 1992 CHL: June 8, 1992 AU: July 3, 1992 BR: August 30, 1993 RU: November 1994
Media	ROM cartridge
Predecessor	Nintendo Entertainment System
Successor	Nintendo 64

The Super Nintendo Entertainment System, commonly abbreviated as SNES and known as the Super Famicom in Japan, was the game console on which EarthBound was released.

It is a new version of Nintendo Entertainment System, which was released in 1983.

Trivia

• In MOTHER 2 for the Super Famicom, when Ness picks up the map from the librarian in Onett, the librarian tells him that the Ⓧ Button on the Super Famicom is the blue button. This was left out in EarthBound for the SNES, as the American SNES does not have color-coded buttons.