Nintendo
15 games
Super Mario Bros
Shigeru Miyamoto created the game that saved the console industry after the 1983 crash. The hidden 1...
The Legend of Zelda
Inspired by Shigeru Miyamotos childhood exploring caves near Kyoto. The first game to allow saving p...
Metroid
Samus Aran was one of the first female protagonists in gaming. The reveal that she was a woman shock...
Super Mario 64
Defined 3D platforming for every game that followed. Miyamoto created the analog stick control schem...
Ocarina of Time
The highest-rated game of all time on Metacritic with a 99. Z-targeting revolutionized 3D combat. Ov...
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Released during COVID lockdowns and became a global phenomenon. Over 44 million copies sold. The fas...
Super Smash Bros Melee
The most technically demanding fighting game ever at the competitive level. Still played at EVO afte...
Wii Sports
Bundled with the Wii and sold 82 million copies. Got grandmothers bowling in living rooms. The motio...
Breath of the Wild
Reinvented open-world design with systemic chemistry and physics. Over 32 million copies. Influenced...
Donkey Kong
Shigeru Miyamoto designed it after Nintendo of America was stuck with unsold Radar Scope cabinets. I...
Super Mario World
A launch title for the Super Famicom in Japan and packed in with the Super Nintendo in North America...
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
The third Zelda game returned to a top down view and added the Light World and Dark World, two paral...
Super Mario Kart
The first Mario Kart created the kart racing genre, mixing racing with item based combat using shell...
Super Mario Galaxy
Mario leaps between small planets with their own gravity, running around spheres and upside down. Th...
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
The sequel to Breath of the Wild expanded Hyrule into sky islands above and a vast underground Depth...