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Title: Best co-op SNES games
Post by: jcalder8 on August 28, 2012, 09:07:47 pm
My son has started to be interested in the SNES and I have discovered that I am severely lacking in any kind of co-op game for the SNES.

So what are the best ones for me to pick up?
Also what are some cheap ones to pick up too? :D
Title: Re: Best co-op SNES games
Post by: jobocan on August 28, 2012, 09:16:32 pm
Goof Troop!
Yeah, that might be one of the more interesting ones. fun to play and you can cooperate to solve puzzles and such. IIRC it's not too expensive either.

Also:
TMNT: Turtles in Time
Kirby Super Star
Sunset Riders
Legend of the Mystical Ninja
Pocky & Rocky
Other beat 'em ups like Final Fight 2, Super Double Dragon and the Battletoads games (though, be warned, those are stupidly hard)

I don't frequently play co-op, but those are some interesting ones :P
Title: Re: Best co-op SNES games
Post by: byron on August 28, 2012, 10:34:30 pm
I second Kirby Super Star. That's probably the best one.

Contra III and Super Buster Bros. are good co-op games as well. I remember that in Yoshi's Safari, player 2 can control Yoshi. What I don't remember is if it's fun to do so...
Title: Re: Best co-op SNES games
Post by: kingrat101 on August 29, 2012, 01:43:07 am
Well I think any of the Donkey Kong Country games would qualify, although you're not playing at the same time, they're still co-op and of course Contra 3. It might be cool to also pick up Super Mario Kart, I know it's not co-op but it is a great multi-player game. Oh! and also Super Bomberman I believe you can set up teams and also play through the story as a team
Title: Re: Best co-op SNES games
Post by: scott on August 29, 2012, 12:58:23 pm
I second Goof Troop. I played the hell out of that game as a kid.
If he can play menu based games, you can play Secret of Mana coop, though you need to progress a bit before you get the girl as a playable character.
The Donkey Kong Country games are pretty good for coop and you can hot swap between players, the GF and I we playing DKC the other day. She'd never played it before and was having a blast even when she wasn't up.

I also lack a lot of 2 player games tho, the snes era was when I became the only gamer in the house and started leaning toward rpgs and single player games more.

EDIT: Secret of Mana isn't really menu based combat, it's more action RPG. But there is the menu system for getting items, and such.
Title: Re: Best co-op SNES games
Post by: godnightshade on September 06, 2012, 09:36:34 pm
Secret of Mana. Nothing else is required.
Title: Re: Best co-op SNES games
Post by: lordmeatpie on September 09, 2012, 02:10:30 am

TMNT: Turtles in Time


One of my favorite Turtles games!:D

Zombies Ate My Neighbours is a really awesome co-op game too! One of my favorite games for the SNES that isn't an RPG haha.
Title: Re: Best co-op SNES games
Post by: pceslayer on September 10, 2012, 04:04:45 am
Final Fantasy III has 2 player co-op.
Title: Re: Best co-op SNES games
Post by: lordmeatpie on September 12, 2012, 09:37:18 pm
Final Fantasy III has 2 player co-op.

does it ever! me and my ex-fiance did a playthrough on co-op and it was so much fun. i got to include her, without having to wait around hahaha
Title: Re: Best co-op SNES games
Post by: scott on September 13, 2012, 01:00:27 am
Final Fantasy III has 2 player co-op.

Wait, what? Fill me in, I never heard of this before.
Title: Re: Best co-op SNES games
Post by: lordmeatpie on September 13, 2012, 11:25:02 am
Final Fantasy III has 2 player co-op.

Wait, what? Fill me in, I never heard of this before.


In your options during gameplay you can set up characters to be controlled by Controller 2 during battle!
Controller 1 still controls World Map view and the menus.
Title: Re: Best co-op SNES games
Post by: scott on September 13, 2012, 04:36:05 pm
Oh nice. The amount of time I played it, I never knew that one.
Title: Re: Best co-op SNES games
Post by: lordmeatpie on September 13, 2012, 06:21:51 pm
It's kind of like they added in "Girlfriend Mode" for it haha :P
Title: Re: Best co-op SNES games
Post by: soera on September 13, 2012, 08:18:45 pm
Is it only like this on the SNES ? I have the game on PS1 and really dont want to drop the money it costs for the SNES version but my wife always asks me to let her play some RPGs with me.
Title: Re: Best co-op SNES games
Post by: scott on September 13, 2012, 10:35:55 pm
Is it only like this on the SNES ? I have the game on PS1 and really dont want to drop the money it costs for the SNES version but my wife always asks me to let her play some RPGs with me.

I just tested it out and yep, it still has mutliplayer on the PS1 version! Trying it out w/ the GF right now.  8)
Title: Re: Best co-op SNES games
Post by: lordmeatpie on September 13, 2012, 11:41:34 pm
"Girlfriend Mode"

Haha ;D
Title: Re: Best co-op SNES games
Post by: scott on September 14, 2012, 02:50:55 pm
We played FFVI on PS1 for about an hour last night, and just got passed Figaro Castle. It was funny, she was all asking questions about what was going on and I had to hold off spitting out spoilers. Kept telling her "you'll have to keep playing to find that out".
Title: Re: Best co-op SNES games
Post by: upondoom on October 08, 2012, 04:21:57 am
I wish my girlfriend would play vidya with me. ;_;
Title: Re: Best co-op SNES games
Post by: zing on October 14, 2012, 10:44:12 pm
Good topic. My daughter is turning seven. She has always been interested in my games. The only games we have seriously played co-op are Skylanders and Super Mario Galaxy 2. She does enjoy playing Adventures of Lolo, and she tries Bubble Bobble, but NES games tend to be too difficult for someone who has never really used a controller. Kids these days are used to motion controls and touch screens.

Bubble Bobble in particular is difficult, since you are often all on one line of the screen, and the flicker becomes extremely apparent, making it difficult to see the action. Challenging games like Contra are obviously out of the question.

I didn't realize Mystical Ninja was multiplayer. I'll have to try that. I'm trying to get a hold of Good Troop as well. Pocky & Rocky is on the way to me already. Secret of Mana is a dud. Donkey Kong Country isn't that fun multiplayer if one player is no good at the game. It reminds me of playing Super Mario World two-player, where one person would play through an entire level, and the poor player would die in five seconds. It's basically one person watching the other play.