Not that your answer is wrong, but the mentality on my block was that the SNES, while good, was a kid's machine. When my older cousins came through, they wanted to play Madden and NBA Live, and those experiences were better and more refined on the Genesis.

Of course, the first blood on Mortal Kombat.

Then the entire marketing of the Genesis at the time was geared to an older (while not quite adult yet) audience.

Good post.