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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.

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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