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This is a list of video game franchises published by Nintendo, organized alphabetically. All entries include multiple video games, not counting ports or altered re-releases.

List of Nintendo video game franchises

  – This color indicates a sub-series of a larger video game franchise.

Franchise Developer(s) Initial entry Date Latest entry Date Description Ref.
1080°
1080° Snowboarding February 28, 1998 1080° Avalanche November 28, 2003 A snowboarding-based sports game series first released on the Nintendo 64. [1][2]
Animal Crossing
Animal Crossing April 14, 2001 Animal Crossing: New Horizons March 20, 2020 A social simulation and iyashekei series created by Katsuya Eguchi and Hisashi Nogami. The games star a player's life in a community where they interact with anthropomorphic residents known as villagers. [3][4][5]
Another Code Cing Another Code: Two Memories February 24, 2005 Another Code: R – A Journey into Lost Memories February 5, 2009 A point-and-click adventure series where players control Ashely Mizuki Robbins, who navigates through 3D environments to solve puzzles. [6][7]
Art Academy
Art Academy September 14, 2009 Disney Art Academy May 13, 2016 A series of edutainment games that provide training simulations aimed to teach players to draw. [8][9]
Art Style
Orbient / Orbital September 29, 2008 Rotozoa / Penta Tentacles May 28, 2010 A successor to the bit Generations series released on DSiWare and WiiWare that emphasizes "elegant design [and] polished graphics" that create "an experience focused purely on fun and engaging game play", with different entries being in different genres from each other. [10][11][12][13]
Balloon Fight
Vs. Balloon Fight September 1984 Tingle's Balloon Fight[a][b] April 12, 2007 An action game series where the player controls a Balloon fighter with two balloons strapped to their head. If all of a player's balloons pop, or if the player falls in water, gets eaten by a piranha, or gets struck by lightning, a life is lost. [14][15][16]
Battle Clash
Battle Clash October 1992 Metal Combat: Falcon's Revenge December 1993 A sci-fi and mecha-themed light gun shooter series using the Super Scope that focuses on one-on-one arena combat. [17][18]
Big Brain Academy
Big Brain Academy June 30, 2005 Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain December 3, 2021 A series of puzzle games that contain many minigames aimed to test, score, and improve a player's intellect. [19][20]
bit Generations
Dotsream, Boundish, and Dialhex / Rotohex July 13, 2006 Coloris, Orbient / Orbital, Digidrive, and Soundvoyager July 27, 2006 A set of seven Game Boy Advance games released over two "series" in 2006. The games are all very simple in concept, though they focus on replayability. [21]
BoxBoy!
BoxBoy! January 14, 2015 BoxBoy! + BoxGirl! April 26, 2019 A series of puzzle-platformer games starring Qbby, and later Qucy, two square-shaped characters able to create a line of adjacent boxes to navigate through many short stages. [22][23][24]
Brain Age
Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! May 19, 2005 Dr Kawashima's Brain Training for Nintendo Switch December 27, 2019 [25]
Card Hero Nintendo R&D1 Trade & Battle: Card Hero February 21, 2000 Kousoku Card Battle: Card Hero December 20, 2007
Chibi-Robo! Skip Ltd. Chibi-Robo! June 23, 2005 Chibi-Robo! Zip Lash October 8, 2015
Clubhouse Games Agenda (Clubhouse Games)

NDcube (Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics)

Clubhouse Games November 3, 2005 Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics June 5, 2020
Crosswords Nuevo Retro (Crosswords DS)

Nintendo Software Technology (Crosswords Plus)

Crosswords DS May 5, 2008 Crosswords Plus October 1, 2012
Custom Robo NOISE Custom Robo December 8, 1999 Custom Robo Arena October 19, 2006
Daigasso! Band Brothers Nintendo R&D2 (Daigasso! Band Brothers)

Nintendo SPD

Daigasso! Band Brothers December 2, 2004 Jam with the Band June 26, 2008
Detective Pikachu Creatures February 3, 2016 Sub-series of the Pokémon franchise.
Dillon Vanpool Dillon's Rolling Western February 22, 2012 Dillon's Dead-Heat Breakers April 26, 2018
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong July 9, 1981 Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze February 14, 2014 (Wii U)

May 3, 2018 (Nintendo Switch)

[26]
Donkey Kong Country Donkey Kong Country November 18, 1994 Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze February 14, 2014 (Wii U)

May 3, 2018 (Nintendo Switch)

Sub-series of the Donkey Kong franchise.
Donkey Konga Namco Donkey Konga December 12, 2003 Donkey Konga 3 March 17, 2005 Sub-series of the Donkey Kong franchise.
Dr. Mario Nintendo R&D1 (1990-1994)

Intelligent Systems (1994-1993) Arika (2008-2015)

Nintendo SPD (2013-2015) TOSE (2015-2019)

Nintendo EPD (Dr. Mario World) Line Corporation (Dr. Mario World)

NHN Entertainment (Dr. Mario World)

Dr. Mario July 27, 1990 Dr. Mario World July 10, 2019 Sub-series of the Mario franchise.
EarthBound / Mother Ape (1989-2015)

Pax Softnica (1989-2015) HAL Laboratory (1995-2006)

Brownie Brown (Mother 3)

EarthBound Beginnings / Mother July 27, 1989 Mother 3[c] April 20, 2006
Excite November 28, 1984
Famicom Detective Club Famicom Tantei Club: Kieta Kōkeisha April 27, 1988 Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir and The Girl Who Stands Behind 2021 [27]
Fire Emblem Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light April 20, 1990 Fire Emblem: Three Houses July 26, 2019 [28]
Fluidity December 6, 2010
Fossil Fighters April 17, 2008
F-1 Race November 2, 1984
F-Zero F-Zero November 21, 1990 F-Zero Climax 2004 [29]
Golden Sun August 1, 2001
Hyrule Warriors August 14, 2014 Sub-series of The Legend of Zelda franchise.
Ketzal's CorridorsNA / ThruPAL October 21, 2011
Kid Icarus Kid Icarus December 19, 1986 Kid Icarus: Uprising 2012
Kirby Kirby's Dream Land April 27, 1992 Kirby and the Forgotten Land 2022
Kururin March 21, 2001
Kyle Hyde January 22, 2007
The Legendary Starfy September 6, 2002
The Legend of Zelda The Legend of Zelda February 21, 1986 The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild March 3, 2017
Luigi 1990 Sub-series of the Mario franchise.
Magical Starsign June 22, 2006
Magnetica March 2, 2006
Mario + Rabbids August 29, 2017 Sub-series of the Mario franchise and Ubisoft's Raving Rabbids franchise.
Mario Baseball July 21, 2005 Sub-series of the Mario franchise.
Mario Golf February 21, 1987 Sub-series of the Mario franchise.
Mario Kart August 27, 1992 Sub-series of the Mario franchise.
Mario Party December 18, 1998 Sub-series of the Mario franchise.
Mario Strikers November 18, 2005 Sub-series of the Mario franchise.
Mario Tennis July 21, 1995 Sub-series of the Mario franchise.
Mario vs. Donkey Kong May 24, 2004 Sub-series of the Mario and Donkey Kong franchises.
Mario & Luigi November 17, 2003 Sub-series of the Mario franchise.
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games November 6, 2007 Sub-series of the Mario franchise and Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog franchise.
Master of Illusion November 16, 2006
Metroid
Metroid August 6, 1986 Metroid Dread October 8, 2021
Metroid Prime Metroid Prime November 18, 2002 Metroid Prime 3: Corruption Sub-series of the Metroid franchise. [30]
NES Remix December 18, 2013
Nintendo Labo April 20, 2018
Nintendo Pocket Football Club / Calciobit July 12, 2012
Paper Mario November 11, 2000 Sub-series of the Mario franchise.
Picross March 14, 1995
PictureBook Games March 26, 2009
Pikmin Pikmin October 26, 2001
Pilotwings November 21, 1990
Play Action Football September 1990
Pokémon February 27, 1996
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon November 17, 2005 Sub-series of the Pokémon franchise.
Pokémon Pinball April 14, 1999 Sub-series of the Pokémon franchise.
Pokémon Rumble June 16, 2009 Sub-series of the Pokémon franchise.
Pokémon Snap March 21, 1999 Sub-series of the Pokémon franchise.
Pokémon Stadium August 1, 1998 Sub-series of the Pokémon franchise.
Pokémon Trozei! October 20, 2005 Sub-series of the Pokémon franchise.
PokéPark December 5, 2009 Sub-series of the Pokémon franchise.
Polarium December 2, 2004
Punch-Out!! February 17, 1984
Pushmo October 5, 2011
Puzzle League October 27, 1995 Known in Japan as Panel de Pon.
Rhythm Heaven August 3, 2006
Satella Walker February 15, 1998
Shaberu! DS Oryouri NAVI July 20, 2006
Sin and Punishment November 21, 2000
Sparkle Snapshots December 27, 2011
Splatoon
Splatoon May 28, 2015 Splatoon 3 September 9, 2022 A third-person shooter series where anthropomorphic squids and octopuses able to switch between their cephalopod and human forms at will, known as Inklings and Octolings, fight using ink-based weapons in a world where humans triggered a mass extinction, and sea creatures become the dominant species. The series features both online multiplayer (both cooperative and competitive) and single player campaigns, which star a team of cephalopods called the "New Squidbeak Splatoon" which aim to fight the Octarians, and save the Splatlands, the games' setting. [31][32][33][34]
Star Fox Star Fox February 21, 1993 Star Fox 2 2017
StarTropics December 1, 1990
Steel Diver March 27, 2011
Style Savvy October 23, 2008
Super Mario September 13, 1985
Super Smash Bros.
Super Smash Bros. January 21, 1999 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate December 7, 2018 A fighting game series with crossover elements from many Nintendo franchises, as well as third-party franchises, in the form of playable characters, items, stages, and more. The series, created by Masahiro Sakurai, has been credited as the origination of the platform fighter genre due to its unique gameplay, which focuses on increasing an opponent's damage in order to launch them off-screen, rather than depleting their life bar. [35][36]
Tingle September 2, 2006 Sub-series of The Legend of Zelda franchise.
Tomodachi June 18, 2009
Wario January 21, 1994 Sub-series of the Mario franchise.
Wars Famicom Wars August 12, 1988 Advance Wars: Days of Ruin
Wave Race July 1, 1992
Wii November 19, 2006
X May 29, 1992
Xenoblade Chronicles Xenoblade Chronicles June 10, 2010 Xenoblade Chronicles 3 July 29, 2022
Yakuman April 21, 1989
Yoshi December 14, 1991 Sub-series of the Mario franchise.
  1. ^ Some consider Tingle's Balloon Fight to be a part of the Legend of Zelda series or Tingle series, rather than the Balloon Fight series.
  2. ^ Only in Japan via Club Nintendo, the latest release outside of Japan is 1990's Balloon Kid.
  3. ^ Only in Japan, the latest release outside of Japan is 1994's EarthBound, known as Mother 2 in Japan.

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