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• Mario

  Super Mario is Nintendo’s platform-adventure series, first launched in 1985. Mario and his friends leap through the Mushroom Kingdom and beyond, exploring colorful worlds and tackling playful challenges. Mushrooms, coins, pipes and surprising power-ups make every adventure full of discoveries.

  Published collection: 93 games

• Pokémon

  Pokémon is a role-playing series that began in 1996. As a Trainer, you travel the world meeting, catching and raising Pokémon. Filling your Pokédex, building a team and taking on rivals shape the adventure, while trading with friends brings new partners along for the journey.

  Published collection: 49 games

• Donkey Kong

  Donkey Kong stretches from arcade obstacle courses to jungle platforming and destructive 3D exploration. Jumping, hazards and hidden rewards connect adventures that give the famous ape very different roles and ways to interact with the world.

  Published collection: 33 games

• The Legend of Zelda

  The Legend of Zelda is Nintendo’s action-adventure series, which began in 1986. Link’s journeys often bring him together with Princess Zelda and into conflict with Ganon in the land of Hyrule. Exploration, puzzles and combat lie at its heart, with a curious detour often leading to a new discovery.

  Published collection: 29 games

• Fire Emblem

  Fire Emblem’s main tactical RPGs combine turn-based battles with the growth and relationships of a fantasy army. Choosing where each ally stands matters as much as deciding whom to train, and getting to know the cast gives those battlefield decisions a personal edge.

  Published collection: 16 games

• Tetris

  Tetris is a falling-block puzzle series about fitting four-square pieces into complete horizontal lines. Rotate and place each piece while leaving room for the next; its many variations turn that simple task into everything from competitive pressure to an audiovisual journey.

  Published collection: 17 games

• Yoshi

  Yoshi’s games give Nintendo’s long-tongued companion room to lead, especially in platform adventures full of little discoveries. Flutter over a gap, swallow an enemy and aim an egg at something curious. Picture-book landscapes, yarn and cardboard change the scenery, while hidden paths and collectibles invite a second look beyond the goal.

  Published collection: 11 games

• Wario

  Wario puts greed and slapstick at the center of Nintendo adventures. The Wario Land games send him barging through stages for treasure, while the WarioWare spin-offs turn everyday oddities into tiny games that demand an immediate reaction.

  Published collection: 9 games

• Animal Crossing

  Animal Crossing is a life-simulation series about making a home among animal neighbors. Chatting, fishing, catching bugs and arranging furniture turn small daily discoveries into a place that feels increasingly your own.

  Published collection: 8 games

• Xenoblade Chronicles

  Xenoblade Chronicles is a role-playing series of immense landscapes, close-knit parties and conflicts that reach beyond what its heroes first understand. You explore unfamiliar worlds and coordinate real-time battles through roles, positioning and Arts. Long journeys give the companions time to grow, while the scenery keeps suggesting another place to visit.

  Published collection: 8 games

• Dragon Quest

  Dragon Quest builds fantasy journeys around visiting towns, exploring dungeons and growing stronger through battles. Its mainline adventures are known for turn-based decisions and heroic quests, while spin-offs take the same world of monsters and magic into other kinds of play.

  Published collection: 48 games

• Star Fox

  Star Fox follows Fox McCloud’s spacefaring team through vehicle combat, with branches that take its adventures beyond the cockpit. Its shooting games revolve around steering through danger and lining up shots, while Adventures trades much of that flying for exploration on foot.

  Published collection: 6 games

• Advance Wars

  Advance Wars puts you in charge of a miniature army, moving tanks, infantry and aircraft one turn at a time. Capturing towns pays for reinforcements, while terrain and unit matchups turn each map into a tactical puzzle. Later campaigns add new fronts and a harsher vision of war.

  Published collection: 6 games

• Pikmin

  Pikmin blends exploration and squad management as tiny plantlike helpers tackle obstacles far larger than themselves. Choosing the right helpers, sharing out jobs and bringing everyone back safely turn each expedition into a small planning puzzle.

  Published collection: 6 games

• Nintendogs

  Nintendogs is Nintendo’s virtual-pet series about making a puppy part of your daily routine. You stroke and groom it with the touch screen, call to it through the microphone and spend time on walks, tricks and competitions; nintendogs + cats also adds kittens to the home.

  Published collection: 5 games

• Story of Seasons

  Story of Seasons is the farming-life series known in Japan as Bokujo Monogatari, with earlier Western games released as Harvest Moon. Grow crops, care for animals and make time for your neighbors as you develop a farm. Individual entries bring different rhythms through family life, village friendships or trade.

  Published collection: 31 games

• Inazuma Eleven

  Inazuma Eleven treats football as a team-building RPG full of dramatic special moves. Recruiting players and developing their abilities give each squad its personality, while stories of rivals and teammates carry the journey from one match to the next.

  Published collection: 11 games

• Picross

  Picross turns number clues into hidden pictures. Read the rows and columns, work out which squares belong, and gradually reveal an image; the 3D branch has you chip away blocks to uncover a solid shape.

  Published collection: 6 games

• Final Fantasy

  Final Fantasy is a role-playing series created by Square in 1987, built around fantastical journeys, memorable characters and growing stronger together. Most numbered entries introduce their own world and cast. From crystals and magic to cities where machinery meets fantasy, each adventure offers a different view.

  Published collection: 56 games

• Super Smash Bros.

  Super Smash Bros. brings Nintendo characters and guests from other games together in battles over the edge of the stage. Building damage sends opponents flying farther, while jumps, recovery moves and well-timed attacks can turn a desperate return into a comeback.

  Published collection: 5 games