Platformer
10 games
Super Mario Bros
Shigeru Miyamoto created the game that saved the console industry after the 1983 crash. The hidden 1...
Mega Man 2
Saved the Mega Man franchise after the first game underperformed. The soundtrack by Takashi Tateishi...
Super Mario 64
Defined 3D platforming for every game that followed. Miyamoto created the analog stick control schem...
Celeste
Created by a team of four people. Over 3 million copies. The assist mode was praised for accessibili...
Super Meat Boy
Over 3 million copies. Edmund McMillen and Tommy Refenes created it in 18 months. Over 300 levels of...
Shovel Knight
Over 4 million copies. Kickstarter success that delivered on every promise. The Plague of Shadows ca...
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...
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sega created a fast blue hedgehog to challenge Mario and give the Genesis a mascot. Designer Naoto O...
Super Mario Galaxy
Mario leaps between small planets with their own gravity, running around spheres and upside down. Th...