Best rpg graphics for snes?

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#1 gorebreath
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I just finished FF 2 (5) which was a superb game but the graphics were pretty bad.Good artndirection certainly, but less than proficient graphics.

I have just started FF 3 (6) and the graphics on a technical side were a huge improvement.

So what snes RPG do you feel had the best graphics?

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#2 GreySeal9
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Chrono Trigger, Secret of Mana and Final Fantasy VI/III.

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#3 trick_man01
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Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars.
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#4 Arach666
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I thought Terranigma was pretty impressive from a technical standpoint,especially with the overworld making good use of mode7.
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#5 rilpas
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7th saga looked pretty good
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#6 ristactionjakso
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Mario RPG.

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#7 LordQuorthon
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Probably Star Ocean, but I don't think there's a legal way to play it in English.

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#8 glez13
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Something among FFVI, Chrono Trigger or Mario RPG, maybe.

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#9 Eikichi-Onizuka
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Super Mario RPG Chrono Trigger Final Fantasy VI Secret of Mana Ogre Battle

I just finished FF 2 (5)

gorebreath
You mean (4), V was skipped over here until it was released with VI in Final Fantasy Anthology.
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#10 skooks
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Secret of Mana for me, always thought that game looked amazing.

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#11 neptunegears
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Tales of Phantasia, Star Ocean, and Bahumut Lagoon all pushed the Super NES hard in graphics/sound.

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#13 Allicrombie
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Drakkhen. ha, just kidding. really liked Chrono Trigger's/Secret of Mana's graphics. I think Earthbound had a really neat, unique look to it at the time.
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#14 Emerald_Warrior
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Super Mario RPG for the innovative (for the time) graphics that were used.

As for "traditional" 2D graphics, that title goes to Chrono Trigger. It used all kinds of cool effects and tricks that weren't seen in RPGs on the SNES before it.

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#15 WitIsWisdom
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Best RPG graphics on the SNES... hmm that's pretty tough to say.

Art work in many RPG's is better to me then the new everything has to be as close to "photorealism" as possible.

I think the following RPG's had a great art style

Breath of Fire I and especially II for brilliant character models, animation, underwater scenery, backgrounds. monster builds, and awesome bosses. Where as the series in whole may not have the best graphics bit by bit it definately holds the most charm and in my opinion non forgetable sprites and scenery.

Honorable mentions go to

Lufia I and II= These games have an art style kind of like BoF only not quite as good. However, some could argue that the HUGE boss battles were captured perfectly!

Final Fantasy II and III= beautiful backgrounds

Super Mario RPG= lovable Mario characters with great graphics... however the downfall in the graphics department was most of the backgrounds although some were absolutely brilliant. My overall honors could not go to such a short game however.

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Chrono Trigger, the graphics are just charming

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#17 nameless12345
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SM RPG quite easily, imo.

It looked like a N64 game before the N64 came out.

Oddly, the game was never officially released in Europe (probably due to Nintendo's policy to translate games in multiple languages and it came out rather late too).

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#18 Jag85
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The RPGs that came out towards the end of the SNES's life around 1995-1996:

Chrono Trigger (1995)

Seiken Densetsu 3 (1995)

Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals (1995)

Tales of Phantasia (1995)

Star Ocean (1996)

Bahamut Lagoon (1996)

Super Mario RPG (1996)

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#19 killerband55
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Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars.trick_man01

this, Chrono Trigger, and Earthbound

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#20 Blueresident87
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Chrono Trigger and Secret of Mana are tops.

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#21 abcdefgabcdefgz
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I think its probably chrono trigger from an objective point of view but you could just say whatever game you liked the most. I think chrono trigger had the best drawn highest quality 2d rpg graphics on snes. Tales of phantasia though was pretty good too.

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#22 deactivated-57ad0e5285d73
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Secret of Mana is a great looking game.
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#23 XereoWarrior
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Bahamut Lagoon had some pretty sweet graphics.
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#24 deactivated-57d8401f17c55
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Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars.trick_man01

Yep easily.