We all called it Super Nintendo when it was current console. Since everyone called the NES "Nintendo". We all called the Genesis a "Sega" or "Sega Genesis" but the latter wasn't as common from what I remember.
>>4327They wanted it to look similar to the NES in America because of the branding. I remember the first time I saw one in person. They had it at the local mall for several months before it got a public release. Everyone was hyped up for it because the demo came was the new Mario game.
I never got one while it was a current console. I'd gotten a Genesis a few months before the SNES came out. I begged my parents for it because I got to play the first Sonic game at a neighbor's house. Compared to NES games Sonic was amazing. The graphics and speed the game ran out blew my mind.
My cousin had an SNES and I was always jealous of her for it. I found out when we were adults she was always jealous of us having a Genesis. We should have traded consoles but I doubt our parents would have let us. Her Mom hated the Genesis because of the games that featured blood like Mortal Kombat and Mutant League Hockey.