Nintendo Game Series
Series List | In-Jokes | Hardware | Sports & Games | Third-Party Licenses | Misc. Licenses
This section of Nintendo Database provides you with a comprehensive list of every game that has ever appeared in a particular game series, whether popular or obscure. As well as the main titles in that series, the lists also include spinoffs, licensed and cancelled games, and future titles.
If you find any information relevant to any of these lists that is not already here, then please contact me and provide me with as many details as you have available.
Please note that the "established" date, especially in terms of external licenses, is the establishment date of the Nintendo series - not the establishment date of the franchise as a whole.
Series List
Click on a Nintendo game series to view a list of all games in that series, including licensed and cancelled titles, as well as all games featuring cameo appearances of that series.
Series | Established |
1080° Snowboarding © Nintendo |
1998 |
Alleyway © Nintendo |
1989 |
Animal Crossing © Nintendo |
2001 |
Arm Wrestling © Nintendo |
1985 |
Balloon Fight © Nintendo |
1985 |
Band Brothers © Nintendo |
2004 |
Bass Fishing No.1 © Nintendo / HAL Laboratory / Shigesato Itoi |
1997 |
Battleclash © Nintendo / Intelligent Systems |
1992 |
Brain Age © Nintendo |
2005 |
Card Hero © Nintendo / Intelligent Systems |
2000 |
Chibi Robo © Nintendo / Bandai / Skip |
2005 |
Clu Clu Land © Nintendo |
1984 |
Custom Robo © Nintendo / Noise |
1999 |
Devil World © Nintendo |
1984 |
Donkey Kong © Nintendo |
1981 |
Doshin the Giant © Nintendo / Param |
1999 |
Duck Hunt © Nintendo |
1977 |
Earthbound / Mother © Nintendo / Shigesato Itoi |
1989 |
Electroplankton © Nintendo / Toshio Iwai |
2005 |
Excitebike © Nintendo |
1984 |
F-1 Race © Nintendo |
1984 |
F-Zero © Nintendo |
1990 |
Fire Emblem © Nintendo / Intelligent Systems |
1990 |
Galactic Pinball © Nintendo / Intelligent Systems |
1995 |
Game & Watch Gallery © Nintendo |
1994 |
Golden Sun © Nintendo / Camelot |
2001 |
Gumshoe © Nintendo |
1986 |
Hajimari no Mori © Nintendo |
1999 |
Happy Panechu! © Nintendo |
2002 |
HeliFire © Nintendo |
1979 |
Hogan's Alley © Nintendo |
1984 |
Ice Climber © Nintendo |
1985 |
Joy Mecha Fight © Nintendo |
1993 |
Kaeru no Tameni Kanha Naru © Nintendo / Intelligent Systems |
1992 |
Kid Icarus © Nintendo |
1986 |
Kirby © Nintendo / HAL Laboratory |
1992 |
Kururin © Nintendo / Eighting |
2001 |
The Legend of Zelda © Nintendo |
1986 |
Mach Rider © Nintendo |
1985 |
Magical Vacation © Nintendo / Brownie Brown |
2001 |
Marvellous © Nintendo |
1996 |
Metroid © Nintendo |
1986 |
Mole Mania © Nintendo |
1996 |
Monkey Magic © Nintendo |
1979 |
Nazo no Murasamejou © Nintendo |
1986 |
Nintendogs © Nintendo |
2005 |
Panepon / Puzzle League © Nintendo / Intelligent Systems |
1995 |
Picross © Nintendo / Jupiter |
1995 |
Pikmin © Nintendo |
2001 |
Pilotwings © Nintendo |
1990 |
Play Action Football © Nintendo |
1990 |
Pokémon © Nintendo / Creatures / Game Freak |
1996 |
Polarium © Nintendo / Mitchell |
2004 |
Punch-Out!! © Nintendo |
1984 |
Radar Mission © Nintendo |
1990 |
RadarScope © Nintendo |
1980 |
Sennen Kazoku © Nintendo |
2005 |
Sheriff © Nintendo |
1979 |
Shin Oni Ga Shima © Nintendo |
1987 |
Short Order & Eggsplode © Nintendo |
1989 |
Sky Skipper © Nintendo |
1981 |
Solar Striker © Nintendo |
1990 |
Space Fever © Nintendo |
1979 |
Space Firebird / Space Demon © Nintendo |
1980 |
Space Launcher © Nintendo |
1979 |
Star Tropics © Nintendo |
1990 |
Star Fox © Nintendo |
1993 |
Starfy © Nintendo / Tose |
2002 |
Stunt Race FX © Nintendo / Argonaut |
1994 |
Super Mario © Nintendo |
1981 |
Super Smash Bros. © Nintendo / HAL Laboratory |
1999 |
Sutte Hakkun © Nintendo |
1998 |
Tantei Club © Nintendo |
1988 |
Teleroboxer © Nintendo |
1995 |
Time Twist © Nintendo |
1990 |
To The Earth © Nintendo |
1991 |
Tomato Adventure © Nintendo / Alphadream |
2002 |
Trace Memory © Nintendo / Cing |
2005 |
Urban Champion © Nintendo |
1984 |
Vegas Stakes © Nintendo / HAL Laboratory |
1993 |
Wars © Nintendo / Intelligent Systems |
1988 |
Wave Race © Nintendo |
1992 |
Wild Gunman © Nintendo |
1974 |
X © Nintendo / Argonaut |
1984 |
Yakuman (Mahjong) © Nintendo |
1983 |
Yuu Yuu Ki © Nintendo |
1989 |
In-Jokes
The following cameo lists provide all occurrences of repeat references found in Nintendo games.
In-Joke | First Use |
Dolphin Reference Guide | 1999 |
Kazumi Totaka's Song Guide | 1992 |
Nintendo Hardware
Nintendo has produced some interesting and innovative hardware over the years. The following lists are mainly for the purpose of cameo appearances in later games.
Series | Established |
Disk System © Nintendo |
1986 |
Game & Watch © Nintendo |
1980 |
ROB the Robot © Nintendo |
1985 |
Super Scope 6 © Nintendo |
1992 |
Sports & Games
Classic, unbranded Nintendo titles based on existing sports and games.
Series | Established |
Backgammon © Nintendo |
1990 |
Baseball © Nintendo |
1983 |
Golf © Nintendo |
1984 |
Gomoku Narabe © Nintendo |
1983 |
Ice Hockey © Nintendo |
1988 |
Pinball © Nintendo |
1984 |
Pro Wrestling © Nintendo |
1986 |
Soccer © Nintendo |
1984 |
Tennis © Nintendo |
1984 |
Volleyball © Nintendo |
1986 |
Third Party Game Licenses
The following videogame series were created by a third-party company, but Nintendo received licenses to produce games in each series. Only games published by Nintendo in each series will be listed. This list is not complete.
Series | Established |
Banjo-Kazooie © Rare |
1998 |
Blast Corps. © Rare |
1997 |
Killer Instinct © Rare |
1994 |
Sim City © Maxis / Will Wright |
1991 |
Tetris © ELORG / The Tetris Company |
1989 |
Third Party Misc. Licenses
The following series did not originate as videogames, but Nintendo received licenses to produce games in each series. Only games published by Nintendo in each series will be listed. This list is not complete.
Series | Established |
Hamtaro © Ritsuko Kawai / TV Tokyo |
2000 |
NBA © National Basketball Association |
1998 |
Popeye © King Syndicate |
1981 |