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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

• 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

• Battletoads

  Battletoads is a comic action series starring fighting toads with wonderfully exaggerated attacks. Brawling gives way to platforming, vehicle rides and other sudden changes of pace, so the next stage can feel like a fresh challenge.

  Published collection: 7 games

• Punch-Out!!

  Punch-Out!! is Nintendo’s boxing series built around reading eccentric opponents and landing precisely timed counters. A change in expression or stance can reveal the opening you need, making each bout a mix of observation, rhythm and quick reactions.

  Published collection: 4 games

• Final Fight

  Final Fight is Capcom’s street-brawling series, best known for side-scrolling battles against gangs. Punch, jump and throw your way through groups of enemies, grabbing weapons when the opportunity appears. Keeping room to move matters as much as landing the next hit.

  Published collection: 6 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

• Doom

  DOOM is id Software’s first-person shooter series about fighting demons with powerful weapons. Most entries favor constant movement and quick weapon changes, though DOOM 3 takes a slower, horror-focused approach. Later games make attacking part of survival, turning enemies into sources of health, armor and ammunition.

  Published collection: 16 games

• FIFA

  FIFA is EA SPORTS’ football series built around passing moves, defensive decisions and the excitement of scoring. Across its history, careers, Ultimate Team and women’s football broadened the experience beyond individual matches.

  Published collection: 58 games

• Panel de Pon

  Panel de Pon is a puzzle series built around swapping neighboring panels to match three or more of the same color. As the stack rises, quick rearrangements can turn falling panels into long chains. Competitive modes add another pressure: clearing well can send obstructive blocks to your opponent.

  Published collection: 2 games

• Battle Arena Toshinden

  Battle Arena Toshinden is a fighting series built around weapon duels and movement in three dimensions. Sideways evasions, dramatic special attacks and changing arena rules make positioning part of the contest.

  Published collection: 7 games

• Aero the Acro-Bat

  Aero the Acro-Bat is a side-scrolling platform series starring a circus bat with acrobatic moves. Its stages mix jumps, hazards and unusual attractions, taking Aero beyond the big top into stranger places. The related Zero adventure hands the spotlight to his ninja-squirrel rival.

  Published collection: 6 games

• F-Zero

  F-Zero is futuristic racing built around hovering machines, extreme speed and hazardous courses. You learn each machine’s handling, pick a line through tight corners and keep clear of damaging barriers, where a small steering correction can decide whether you overtake or crash.

  Published collection: 4 games

• Crazy Castle

  Crazy Castle is Kemco's cartoon puzzle-action series about collecting items while keeping pursuers at a safe distance. Doors, stairs and passages turn each stage into a routing puzzle, with limited tools to clear trouble from your path. The starring characters change between games and regional editions.

  Published collection: 6 games

• Ghosts 'n Goblins

  Ghosts ’n Goblins is Capcom’s demanding action-platform series starring the knight Arthur. You jump past traps and throw weapons at monsters, with breakable armor leaving little room for mistakes. Its eerie creatures and slapstick mishaps make each hard-won stretch memorable.

  Published collection: 9 games

• Double Dragon

  Double Dragon is a martial-arts action series built around street brawls and the brothers Billy and Jimmy Lee. Punch, kick and turn dropped weapons against the gangs blocking your path, with many entries letting a second player join the fight.

  Published collection: 12 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

• Bubsy

  Bubsy stars a wisecracking bobcat in platform adventures full of cartoon hazards and things to collect. Jumping and gliding recur across the games, while different entries experiment with side-scrolling stages, 3D spaces and runner-style action.

  Published collection: 3 games

• Animaniacs

  Animaniacs games turn Yakko, Wakko and Dot’s cartoon mischief into platform adventures and other playful outings. In the platform games, you jump through film sets, collect objects and use the siblings’ abilities to get past obstacles; the license also ventures into bowling.

  Published collection: 3 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