Super Famicom

The Super Famicom (Japanese: スーパーファミコン Super Famicom) is a 16-bit video game console created by Nintendo as its flagship hardware in the fourth generation of video game systems, and the successor of the Family Computer. The system was released in Japan in 1990. It was rebranded as the Super Nintendo Entertainment System overseas, and was released in the United States in 1991, and in Europe and Australia in 1992;

During its lifetime in Japan, the Super Famicom was supported by the Satellaview satellite modem broadcast add-on for the main console, streaming games and accompanying radio content to the console on a broadcasting schedule


Three games in the Fire Emblem series were released for the Super Famicom in Japan, in addition to a series of four Satellaview broadcasts collectively known as Fire Emblem: Archanea Saga. None of these games were ever released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System outside of Japan.