RPGs, Super Mario Kart, and the Triforce: How the Super Nintendo became one of the best gaming consoles in history
Arriving at a time where video games were becoming less of a supposed “fad” and more of a big-budget pastime with advertising budgets to boot, the Super Nintendo accomplished multiple things for Nintendo. In particular, it was the first big gaming rivalry in the industry (with Sega’s Mega Drive), which fostered huge software and hardware…