The Super Nintendo was THE console of the 90’s! Half of that were the games, and the other half were the characters inside the games! These 25 characters helped shape so many people’s childhood!

Fox McCloud

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Fox McCloud is a fighter pilot fox, and has a team of friends who always have his back! With a dark backstory of losing his father in an aerial fire fight, he’s determined to avenge him!

The Super Nintendo was THE console of the 90’s! Half of that were the games, and the other half were the characters inside the games! These 25 characters helped shape so many people’s childhood!

Samus Aran

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Sams Aran is a space marine set out to explore unknown planets and rid the universe of Metroids! She was also on of the first female protagonists in gaming!

The Super Nintendo was THE console of the 90’s! Half of that were the games, and the other half were the characters inside the games! These 25 characters helped shape so many people’s childhood!

Joe and Mac

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Joe and Mac are caveman brothers who go on an adventure through the prehistoric age to battle huge bosses! These two were gaming icons for a while, and often were the favorites among siblings!

The Super Nintendo was THE console of the 90’s! Half of that were the games, and the other half were the characters inside the games! These 25 characters helped shape so many people’s childhood!

Bowser

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Where would Mario be without Bowser kidnapping the princess every other week!? Probably at home watching TV or something, anyway we have Bowser to thank for all of those epic adventures through the Mushroom Kingdom!

The Super Nintendo was THE console of the 90’s! Half of that were the games, and the other half were the characters inside the games! These 25 characters helped shape so many people’s childhood!

Baby Mario

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Baby Mario’s first appearance was in Yoshi’s Island, and he appeared as a side character on the longest fetch quest in history! With his loud annoying crying you always knew where he was!

The Super Nintendo was THE console of the 90’s! Half of that were the games, and the other half were the characters inside the games! These 25 characters helped shape so many people’s childhood!

Captain Falcon

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The star of the speedy racer known as F-Zero, captain falcon never really got his identity until the smash bros. games, and later F-Zero iterations! However, it helps to know we were in the hands of someone so cool!

The Super Nintendo was THE console of the 90’s! Half of that were the games, and the other half were the characters inside the games! These 25 characters helped shape so many people’s childhood!

Chun Li

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Another fantastic example of a great female character! She can kick the c*** out of anyone she comes across with her unique fighting style!

The Super Nintendo was THE console of the 90’s! Half of that were the games, and the other half were the characters inside the games! These 25 characters helped shape so many people’s childhood!

Cranky Kong

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Cranky Kong was always so filled with wisdom, and he thinks he knows everything! Get past that arrogance, and you could actually learn a thing or two from him!

The Super Nintendo was THE console of the 90’s! Half of that were the games, and the other half were the characters inside the games! These 25 characters helped shape so many people’s childhood!

Diddy Kong

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Diddy Kong was a rockstar back in the day, and was in two of the best platforming games ever made! Whether you believe he’s Donkey Kong’s friend or cousin, he is sure a great character!

The Super Nintendo was THE console of the 90’s! Half of that were the games, and the other half were the characters inside the games! These 25 characters helped shape so many people’s childhood!

Dixie Kong

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Diddy Kong’s girlfriend Dixie Kong makes for a great companion on their adventures together! With her unique moves, players almost prefer to play as her on occasion!

The Super Nintendo was THE console of the 90’s! Half of that were the games, and the other half were the characters inside the games! These 25 characters helped shape so many people’s childhood!

Princess Zelda

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Princess Zelda wasn’t just some hopeless princess, she was the third key to restoring Hyrule! She puts away the old tropes of damsel in distress!

The Super Nintendo was THE console of the 90’s! Half of that were the games, and the other half were the characters inside the games! These 25 characters helped shape so many people’s childhood!

Captain K. Rool

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Captain K. Rool is one of the best and hardest bosses of his time. Armed with a blunderbuss and evil intentions it was intimidating going up against this croc at the end of Donkey Kong Country 2!

The Super Nintendo was THE console of the 90’s! Half of that were the games, and the other half were the characters inside the games! These 25 characters helped shape so many people’s childhood!

King K. Rool

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Similar to his other form, King K. Rool is Donkey Kong’s main enemy in the series. His obsession with stealing Donkey Kong’s bananas is strange seeing as he’s a crocodile and doesn’t even eat bananas!

The Super Nintendo was THE console of the 90’s! Half of that were the games, and the other half were the characters inside the games! These 25 characters helped shape so many people’s childhood!

Mario

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Mario is as classic as it gets, and he was the star of Nintendo’s second home console! With his hit game Super Mario World, and many people’s favorite game in the series, he showed the world he still had it in him 4 games later!

The Super Nintendo was THE console of the 90’s! Half of that were the games, and the other half were the characters inside the games! These 25 characters helped shape so many people’s childhood!

Yoshi

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Yoshi really became a character on the Super Nintendo. He featured as a buddy for Mario to utilize on his adventure in Super Mario World, then moved on to be the star of his own game in Super Mario World 2!

The Super Nintendo was THE console of the 90’s! Half of that were the games, and the other half were the characters inside the games! These 25 characters helped shape so many people’s childhood!

King Dedede

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This giant penguin has cycled from allying Kirby to being his enemy, all I know is he makes for a great enemy and partner!

The Super Nintendo was THE console of the 90’s! Half of that were the games, and the other half were the characters inside the games! These 25 characters helped shape so many people’s childhood!

Mega Man

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The SNES brought to life the Mega Man X series, a more well thought out version of Mega Man. It had a deeper story, characters that grew, tighter gameplay, and so much more!

The Super Nintendo was THE console of the 90’s! Half of that were the games, and the other half were the characters inside the games! These 25 characters helped shape so many people’s childhood!

Ness

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Ness is a boy who lives in Onett. He is the star of one of the best RPGs ever made, Earthbound! He was very relatable to kids playing, because he himself was just a kid!

The Super Nintendo was THE console of the 90’s! Half of that were the games, and the other half were the characters inside the games! These 25 characters helped shape so many people’s childhood!

Kirby

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Kirby really shined on the SNES with his game Superstar Ultra! It had a few story modes, and a slew of mini games for friends to enjoy! It was and still is a great multiplayer experience!

The Super Nintendo was THE console of the 90’s! Half of that were the games, and the other half were the characters inside the games! These 25 characters helped shape so many people’s childhood!

Ridley

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Players will have a hard time forgetting the first time they stepped foot in that space station and found Ridley sitting there. This huge space dragon is Samus’s main enemy in Super Metroid!

The Super Nintendo was THE console of the 90’s! Half of that were the games, and the other half were the characters inside the games! These 25 characters helped shape so many people’s childhood!

Ryu

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Ryu is by far one of the most known fighters from a fighting game ever, and that’s impressive considering he looks like an average Joe!

The Super Nintendo was THE console of the 90’s! Half of that were the games, and the other half were the characters inside the games! These 25 characters helped shape so many people’s childhood!

Scorpion

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Scorpion is the other most well known fighter, with his devilish eyes, and sharp chains, you really don’t want to get in a fight with him!

The Super Nintendo was THE console of the 90’s! Half of that were the games, and the other half were the characters inside the games! These 25 characters helped shape so many people’s childhood!

Simon Belmont

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Simon Belmont is a vampire hunter, and a good one at that! He is the star of Super Castlevania IV and is a great protagonist, wielding a whip and whatever other weapons he can find!

The Super Nintendo was THE console of the 90’s! Half of that were the games, and the other half were the characters inside the games! These 25 characters helped shape so many people’s childhood!

Donkey Kong

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Donkey Kong is the star of one of the best platforms to hit in the 90’s! He has since skyrocketed into his own series away from Mario! They still like to kart every now and again though!

The Super Nintendo was THE console of the 90’s! Half of that were the games, and the other half were the characters inside the games! These 25 characters helped shape so many people’s childhood!

Link

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Link is a true hero, and what many think of when they hear legendary! He was the protagonist in The Legend of Zelda A Link to The Past, a game many to this day consider to be perfect!