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Best Nintendo games of all time

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  • Super Mario World (1990)

    1. Super Mario World

    1990EVideo Game
    9.2 (5.9K)
    While Mario and Luigi are vacationing in Dinosaur Land, Bowser kidnaps the Princess. Mario and his new dino friend Yoshi go on a mission to save her.
    DirectorTakashi Tezuka
    SNES
  • The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017)

    2. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

    2017E10+Video Game
    9.4 (11K)
    After a century of hibernation, Link reawakens to once again save a ruined Hyrule from a great evil.
    DirectorsHidemaro FujibayashiHiroki HiranoKentaro TominagaStarsKengo TakanashiYû ShimamuraKôji Takeda
    Switch
  • The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (2000)

    3. The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

    2000EVideo Game
    9.0 (4.3K)
    After becoming the hero of Hyrule, Link stumbles into the enchanted land of Termina, where a falling moon will crush the world in three days.
    DirectorsEiji AonumaYoshiaki KoizumiStarsFujiko TakimotoSachi MatsumotoKôji Tobe
    Nintendo 64
  • The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1991)

    4. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

    1991EVideo Game
    9.2 (4.1K)
    The wizard Agahnim has abducted seven maidens, intent on using their power to open a portal to the Dark World. Armed with a trusty sword and shield, Link begins a great and treacherous journey.
    DirectorsTakashi TezukaHidemaro FujibayashiStarFujiko Takimoto
    SNES
  • Metroid Prime (2002)

    5. Metroid Prime

    2002TVideo Game
    8.8 (2.3K)
    A Space Pirate distress signal draws bounty hunter Samus Aran to Tallon IV, a world she discovers is being consumed by a terrible poison.
    DirectorMark PaciniStarsJennifer HaleVanessa Marshall
    Gamecube
  • Super Metroid (1994)

    6. Super Metroid

    1994EVideo Game
    9.1 (2.5K)
    Samus Aran returns to the brooding planet Zebes to recover the last metroid from the Space Pirates.
    DirectorYoshio SakamotoStarsKenji YamamotoDan Owsen
    SNES
  • The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998)

    7. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

    1998EVideo Game
    9.6 (11K)
    A young Kokiri boy discovers that his destiny is to free the Seven Sages and save the land of Hyrule from the treacherous sorcerer Ganondorf.
    DirectorsEiji AonumaYoichi YamadaYoshiaki KoizumiStarsNobuyuki HiyamaFujiko TakimotoJun Mizusawa
    Nintendo 64
  • Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988)

    8. Super Mario Bros. 3

    1988EVideo Game
    9.2 (6.1K)
    King Koopa has kidnapped Princess Toadstool, taken over all seven kingdoms in the Mushroom World, and put his seven kids in charge of all of them. It's the Mario Brothers to the rescue.
    DirectorsShigeru MiyamotoTakashi Tezuka
    NES
  • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018)

    9. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

    2018E10+Video Game
    8.8 (4.8K)
    Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for the Nintendo Switch brings back every fighter in the history of the series, adds newcomers and over 100 stages, and introduces a new adventure mode called "World of Light''.
    DirectorMasahiro SakuraiStarsJaz AdamsRikako AikawaJustin Anselmi
    Switch
  • Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995)

    10. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

    1995K-AVideo Game
    8.5 (2.3K)
    When the evil magikoopa Kamek knocks Baby Mario from the grasp of his delivery stork and lands him on the remote Yoshi's Island, the plucky green dinosaur sets out on a mission to carry the baby to his parents.
    DirectorsShigefumi HinoHideki KonnoToshihiko Nakago
    SNES
  • The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2002)

    11. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

    2002EVideo Game
    9.0 (3.9K)
    After his sister gets kidnapped from their peaceful island, a young boy aims to emulate the Hero of Time by saving her.
    DirectorEiji AonumaStarsNate BihldorffOsamu HosoiAsami Imai
    Gamecube
  • Donkey Kong Country (1994)

    12. Donkey Kong Country

    1994K-AVideo Game
    8.6 (3.5K)
    Waking to find his banana hoard clean gone, Donkey Kong sets out with his nephew Diddy Kong through jungle and cavern, past temples and reef, across pine forests, factories, and mountains to rid the island of the wicked Kremlings and reclaim his bananas.
    DirectorTim Stamper
    SNES
  • Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004)

    13. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

    2004EVideo Game
    8.9 (1.9K)
    Mario must find all the seven crystal stars to enter the Thousand-Year-Door and save Princess Peach.
    DirectorRyota KawadeStarsCharles MartinetJen TaylorScott Burns
    Gamecube
  • Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition (2020)

    14. Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition

    2020TVideo Game
    8.6 (352)
    Join the fight between man and machine in the definitive edition of this critically-acclaimed RPG. Discover the origins of Shulk as he and his companions clash against a seemingly-unstoppable mechanical menace.
    DirectorsMichihiko InabaYuki SakamotoTetsuya TakahashiStarsShintarô AsanumaEri NakaoRyô Horikawa
    Switch
  • Takashi Nagasako, Katsumi Suzuki, and Kaoru Sasajima in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (2014)

    15. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze

    2014EVideo Game
    8.2 (970)
    After being marooned on a distant island by viking invaders from the Arctic, DK and his crew must fight to reclaim their stolen (and newly frozen-over) island home.
    StarsTakashi NagasakoKatsumi SuzukiKaoru Sasajima
    Wii U
  • Super Mario Odyssey (2017)

    16. Super Mario Odyssey

    2017E10+Video Game
    9.0 (6.7K)
    Mario must travel to worlds unknown in order to stop Bowser from marrying Princess Peach.
    DirectorKenta MotokuraStarsKate HigginsNobuyuki HiyamaKenny James
    Switch
  • Pikmin (2001)

    17. Pikmin

    2001EVideo Game
    8.1 (650)
    An astronaut stranded on an alien planet must command battalions of plantlike creatures in order to survive and locate his missing spaceship parts.
    DirectorsMasamichi AbeShigefumi HinoStarHajime Wakai
    Gamecube
  • Super Mario 64 (1996)

    18. Super Mario 64

    1996K-AVideo Game
    9.1 (7.6K)
    When the evil Bowser steals 120 power stars and traps Princess Peach within the walls of her own castle, it's up to Mario to save her once again.
    DirectorShigeru MiyamotoStarsCharles MartinetLeslie Swan
    Nintendo 64
  • Metroid (1986)

    19. Metroid

    1986EVideo Game
    7.8 (1.6K)
    Bounty hunter Samus Aran descends below the planet Zebes to infiltrate the labyrinthine Space Pirate base and hunt down the deadly, life-sucking species known as the Metroids.
    DirectorsYoshio SakamotoSatoru Okada
    NES
  • Super Smash Bros. (1999)

    20. Super Smash Bros.

    1999EVideo Game
    8.4 (2.6K)
    Mario, Link, Samus and everybody's favorite Nintendo characters battle it out in a no-holds-barred tournament.
    DirectorMasahiro SakuraiStarsCharles MartinetNobuyuki HiyamaKazumi Totaka
    Nintendo 64
  • Star Fox 64 (1997)

    21. Star Fox 64

    1997K-AVideo Game
    8.4 (1.9K)
    Mad scientist Andross arises as the emperor of Venom and declares war on the entire Lylat System, starting with Corneria. General Pepper sends in the Star Fox team to protect the key planets of the Lylat System and stop Dr. Andross.
    DirectorTakao ShimizuStarsDaisuke GôriKyôko TongûTomohisa Asô
    Nintendo 64
  • Super Mario Kart (1992)

    22. Super Mario Kart

    1992EVideo Game
    8.2 (2.6K)
    Kart racing game in which the player takes control of either Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, Toad, Yoshi, King Bowser, Donkey Kong Jr. or Koopa Troopa. Players can race in four cups, take time trials or battle against each other.
    DirectorsHideki KonnoTadashi Sugiyama
    SNES
  • Star Fox (1993)

    23. Star Fox

    1993E10+Video Game
    7.5 (875)
    After being banished from planet Corneria, the evil scientist Andross declares war on the entire Lylat System. The commanding officer of Corneria's defence force, summons the elite mercenary team Star Fox to defeat Andross.
    DirectorKatsuya EguchiStarDan Owsen
    SNES

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