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Western devs in general were clueless in that era. It's no coincidence that 9/10 games fondly remembered from gen 3-4 were made in Japan. 

Battletoads for example was not even playtested by the devs own admittance lol. Compare it to an actual tough but fair game like say, Ninja Gaiden. There's a 'rhythm' to it. It's (mostly) not just random shit pasted together to screw over the rental market.
Gaijin wouldn't understand.

I’m struggling to think of many western NES games that crack top 50. Only RC Pro Am comes to mind.

there aren't many well-regarded ones, Rare's Slalom is pretty classic

the NES ports of western RPGs are all great, but do they count since I'm pretty sure most of them were ported by Japanese companies?

might and magic, wizardry, ultima, IMO pool of radiance is one of the best games on the NES but few people will probably agree with that, it's crazy how it was an improvement over the PC version by not requiring the dumb copy protection journal where you read all the story events, they fit all the necessary text in the cartridge, as well as the full tactical D&D rule set

king's quest V was also an impressive feat in spite of itself

There are definitely good western developed games, but top 50 is pretty heavily weighted in favour of Japanese developed games. If you made a list, you'd probably struggle to fit them in.