Jump & Run
The games that defined movement itself — platformers and action games where every button press has consequence.
167 games in this room
Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Mappy
マッピー
Mappy is a 1984 Famicom platform game in which the player controls Mappy, a mouse police officer who must recover stolen…
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▶ Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Balloon Fight
バルーンファイト
Balloon Fight (1984/1985) is one of Nintendo's most charming early Famicom games — an arcade-style action game where pla…
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▶ Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Ice Climber
アイスクライマー
Released in 1985, Ice Climber is one of Nintendo's earliest Famicom platform games, starring Popo and Nana — a pair of m…
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Spelunker
スペランカー
Spelunker, released in December 1985, is a cave exploration platformer famous for one thing above all: the protagonist d…
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Uncommon ▶ Family Computer Disk System
Castlevania
悪魔城ドラキュラ
Castlevania (Akumajo Dracula, 1986) is the first entry in Konami's gothic action-platformer series. Simon Belmont enters…
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Uncommon ▶ Family Computer Disk System
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
スーパーマリオブラザーズ2
Super Mario Bros. 2 (1986), released on the Famicom Disk System, is the direct Japanese sequel to Super Mario Bros. — a …
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Uncommon ▶ Family Computer Disk System
Kid Icarus
光神話 パルテナの鏡
Kid Icarus (1986), released in Japan as 光神話 パルテナの鏡 (Palutena no Kagami), is a Famicom Disk System action-platformer deve…
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Uncommon ▶ Family Computer Disk System
The Mysterious Murasame Castle
謎の村雨城
The Mysterious Murasame Castle is the second original title released for the Famicom Disk System, launching just two wee…
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▶ Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Ghosts 'n Goblins
魔界村
Ghosts 'n Goblins (1985/1986) is one of gaming's most famous and brutal platformers — a side-scrolling game where knight…
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Uncommon ▶ Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
The Goonies
グーニーズ
A side-scrolling action game based on the 1985 Columbia Pictures film, released exclusively in Japan on February 21, 198…
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Adventure Island
高橋名人の冒険島
Released in September 1986, Takahashi Meijin no Bouken-jima — Adventure Island in the West — was one of the defining arc…
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Valkyrie no Bouken: Toki no Kagi Densetsu
ワルキューレの冒険 時の鍵伝説
Valkyrie no Bouken: Toki no Kagi Densetsu is a 1986 Famicom action RPG in which the divine warrior Valkyrie must recover…
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Penguin Adventure
夢大陸アドベンチャー
Konami's 1986 MSX sequel to Antarctic Adventure: Penta the penguin must fetch a golden apple to save Princess Penguette,…
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▶ Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Mega Man
ロックマン
Mega Man (Rockman, 1987) is Capcom's first game designed exclusively for a home console — a deliberate break from the co…
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Uncommon Family Computer Disk System
Yume Kojo: Doki Doki Panic
夢工場ドキドキパニック
Yume Kojo: Doki Doki Panic (1987) is a Famicom Disk System action platformer developed by Nintendo, created in partnersh…
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Uncommon Family Computer Disk System
3-D WorldRunner
飛び出せ大作戦
3-D WorldRunner is a 1987 pseudo-3D action game developed by Square and originally released in Japan on the Famicom Disk…
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Contra
魂斗羅
Released in 1988, Contra dropped players into a relentless alien-infested war zone armed with nothing but fast reflexes …
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Ninja Gaiden
忍者龍剣伝
Released in 1988, Ninja Gaiden broke new ground by weaving a cinematic story between its brutal action stages — a first …
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Very Rare Family Computer Disk System
Kaettekita Mario Bros.
帰ってきたマリオブラザーズ
Kaettekita Mario Bros. is a 1988 FDS title released exclusively through Nintendo's Disk Writer rewrite service — never s…
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Super Mario Bros. 3
スーパーマリオブラザーズ3
Super Mario Bros. 3 is the 1988 Famicom landmark that expanded the Mario formula into a world map structure, themed king…
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Mega Man 2
ロックマン2 Dr.ワイリーの謎
Mega Man 2 is the 1988 Famicom sequel that transformed Mega Man from a modest debut into a franchise phenomenon. The dev…
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Double Dragon
ダブルドラゴン
Double Dragon arrived on Famicom in April 1988, one year after its landmark arcade debut. While the arcade original was …
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Bionic Commando
ヒットラーの復活 TOP SECRET
Bionic Commando (1988) is one of the Famicom/NES era's most mechanically distinctive games — a platformer where the prot…
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Uncommon Family Computer Disk System
Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa
バイオミラクル ぼくってウパ
One of Konami's most inventive Famicom Disk System titles, Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa stars baby prince Upa, armed with onl…
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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
The Legendary Axe
魔境伝説
Released at the PC Engine's launch window in 1988, The Legendary Axe was one of the first games to show what the hardwar…
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Uncommon Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Blaster Master
超惑星戦記メタファイト
Released in Japan on June 17, 1988 as Chō Wakusei Senki Metafight, Blaster Master is a Sunsoft action game celebrated fo…
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Uncommon PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
Youkai Douchuuki
妖怪道中記
Youkai Douchuuki is a 1988 PC Engine action platformer in which the boy Tarosuke dies in the opening moments and must na…
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Game Boy
Super Mario Land
スーパーマリオランド
Released in Japan on April 21, 1989 — the same day as the Game Boy itself — Super Mario Land was one of four launch titl…
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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
PC Genjin (Bonk's Adventure)
PC原人
PC Genjin — Bonk's Adventure in North America — is the platformer that Hudson Soft built to be the PC Engine's answer to…
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Uncommon Game Boy
Castlevania: The Adventure
ドラキュラ伝説
Castlevania: The Adventure is the first Castlevania game released on a handheld console, launching approximately six mon…
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
DuckTales
わんぱくダック夢冒険
DuckTales (1989) is one of Capcom's finest NES/Famicom games — a non-linear platformer starring Scrooge McDuck and his p…
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
悪魔城伝説
Released in 1989, Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse is the prequel to the original Castlevania, following Trevor Belmont …
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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
The Revenge of Shinobi
ザ・スーパー忍
Released in December 1989, The Revenge of Shinobi was the first Shinobi game built for the Mega Drive and one of the con…
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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Golden Axe
ゴールデンアックス
Released for the Mega Drive on December 23, 1989, Golden Axe is a Sega beat'em up that became one of the defining titles…
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Uncommon Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Ghouls 'n Ghosts
大魔界村
Released for the Mega Drive on August 3, 1989, Ghouls 'n Ghosts (Daimakaimura) is one of the most celebrated Capcom arca…
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
River City Ransom
ダウンタウン熱血物語
Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari — released internationally as River City Ransom — was the first entry in Technos Japan's Ku…
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Batman: The Video Game
バットマン
Batman: The Video Game, developed by Sunsoft and released in Japan in December 1989, is based loosely on Tim Burton's 19…
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
激亀忍者伝
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles — released in Japan as Gekikame Ninja Den (激亀忍者伝, 'Legend of the Radical Ninja Turtles') on…
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Double Dragon II: The Revenge
ダブルドラゴンII ザ・リベンジ
Double Dragon II: The Revenge, released for Famicom in December 1989, is widely considered the finest entry in the Doubl…
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▶ Super Famicom / SNES
Super Mario World
スーパーマリオワールド
Super Mario World was the game that introduced the world to the Super Famicom. A launch title — bundled with the console…
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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
Bomberman
ボンバーマン
Bomberman for the PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16, released in December 1990, is the version of Bomberman that turned a single…
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Super Famicom / SNES
ActRaiser
アクトレイザー
Released in 1990, ActRaiser blended two genres no one had dared combine: brutal side-scrolling action and city-building …
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Uncommon Game Boy
Gargoyle's Quest
レッドアリーマー 魔界村外伝
Released in 1990, Gargoyle's Quest put players in control of Firebrand — the flying demon gargoyle enemy from Ghosts 'n …
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Uncommon PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
Devil's Crush
デビルクラッシュ
Devil's Crush — known in Japan as Devil Crash — is the 1990 PC Engine pinball-action game developed by Compile and publi…
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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
Ninja Spirit
最後の忍道 NINJA SPIRIT
Originally an arcade game by Irem in 1988, Ninja Spirit was ported to the PC Engine in 1990 and became one of the platfo…
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Mega Man 3
ロックマン3 Dr.ワイリーの最期!?
Released in 1990, Mega Man 3 expanded the Capcom action-platformer formula with the introduction of the slide move, Rush…
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
チップとデールの大作戦
Released in 1990, Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers is one of Capcom's finest licensed Disney games — a cooperative platformer…
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Game Boy
Batman: The Video Game
バットマン
Batman: The Video Game is a 1990 Game Boy action platformer developed and published by Sunsoft, arriving in the wave of …
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Uncommon Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Little Nemo: The Dream Master
パジャマヒーロー NEMO
Released in North America in September 1990 and Japan on December 7, 1990, Little Nemo: The Dream Master is a Capcom act…
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos
忍者龍剣伝II 暗黒の邪神剣
Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos, released in April 1990, continued the series' groundbreaking use of anime-styl…
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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
Bravoman
超絶倫人ベラボーマン
Bravoman — Chōzetsu Rinjin Berabōman in Japan — is an action platformer based on Namco's 1988 arcade game, following a s…
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Uncommon Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Strider
ストライダー飛竜
Released in Japan in September 1990, Strider for the Mega Drive is a home console port of Capcom's acclaimed 1989 arcade…
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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse
I LOVEミッキーマウス ふしぎのお城大冒険
Released in November 1990, Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse was the finest Disney-licensed game the Mega Drive w…
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Game Boy
Balloon Kid
バルーンキッド
Balloon Kid takes the beloved Balloon Trip bonus mode from Balloon Fight (Famicom, 1984) and expands it into a full side…
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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Sonic the Hedgehog
ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ
Sonic the Hedgehog (1991) is the game that gave Sega its identity. Born from an internal contest to find a new mascot, d…
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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Streets of Rage
ベア・ナックル 怒りの鉄拳
Streets of Rage (1991) — known in Japan as Bare Knuckle — is the beat 'em up that defined what the Mega Drive's FM sound…
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Super Famicom / SNES
Super Castlevania IV
悪魔城ドラキュラ
Released on Halloween 1991, Super Castlevania IV was a stunning showcase of what the Super Famicom could do. Eight-direc…
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Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge
ロックマンワールド
Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge — known in Japan as Rockman World — is the first Mega Man game for Game Boy, developed by M…
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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
Bonk's Revenge
PCくん2
Released in 1991, Bonk's Revenge is the sequel to the PC Engine's mascot platformer PC-Genjin (Bonk's Adventure), and wi…
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Game Boy
Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge
悪魔城ドラキュラ 漆黒たる前奏曲
Released in 1991, Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge is the second Castlevania game on Game Boy — and a transformation ra…
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Uncommon PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
Parasol Stars: The Story of Bubble Bobble III
パラソルスター
Released in Japan on February 15, 1991, Parasol Stars: The Story of Bubble Bobble III is a joyful single-screen action-p…
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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
OutRun
アウトラン
OutRun (1986 arcade / 1991 Mega Drive) is the racing game Yu Suzuki designed after driving through Europe himself — at 2…
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Mega Man 4
ロックマン4 新たなる野望!!
Mega Man 4, released in December 1991, introduced the Mega Buster charge shot — hold the fire button to release a more p…
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Super Famicom / SNES
Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts
超魔界村
Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts (1991) is Capcom's Super Famicom showcase — a platformer of legendary difficulty in which Knight …
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Uncommon Game Boy
Ninja Gaiden Shadow
忍者龍剣伝GB 摩天楼決戦
Ninja Gaiden Shadow (1991) is a Game Boy action platformer developed by Natsume and published by Tecmo — a prequel to th…
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Uncommon Game Boy
Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters
Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters
Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters (1991) is a Game Boy exclusive produced by Gunpei Yokoi, developed by Nintendo R&D1 an…
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Game Boy
Kirby's Dream Land
星のカービィ
Kirby's Dream Land, released in April 1992, is the debut appearance of Kirby and the first game in the series. Its direc…
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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ2
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (1992) introduced Tails — Miles "Tails" Prower, a two-tailed fox who follows Sonic and can be contr…
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Very Rare Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Gimmick!
ミスター・グリム's
Released in 1992, Gimmick! is one of the most technically and musically extraordinary games ever made for the Famicom. U…
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Game Boy
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
スーパーマリオランド2 6つの金貨
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins is the 1992 Game Boy sequel that introduced Wario to the world. While Mario was away …
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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Streets of Rage 2
ベア・ナックルII 死闘への鎮魂歌
Streets of Rage 2 — known in Japan as Bare Knuckle II: Requiem for the Raging Battle — is the 1992 Mega Drive beat 'em u…
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Very Rare Game Boy
Trip World
トリップワールド
A 1992 Game Boy platformer developed and published by Sunsoft, Trip World stars Yakopoo — a shape-shifting bunny-like cr…
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Uncommon Game Boy
Avenging Spirit
ファントム
Avenging Spirit is a 1992 Game Boy action platformer developed by C.P. Brain and published by Jaleco, ported from Jaleco…
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World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck
I LOVE ミッキー&ドナルド ふしぎなマジックボックス
Released in December 1992, World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck was the sequel to Castle of Illusion …
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Uncommon Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Alisia Dragoon
アリシアドラグーン
Alisia Dragoon (1992) is Game Arts' lightning-wielding action platformer for the Mega Drive — a collaboration between th…
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Mega Man 5
ロックマン5 ブルースの罠！？
Mega Man 5 (1992) is Capcom's fifth entry in the Famicom action series — a late-era platform game that refined the formu…
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Uncommon Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Gunstar Heroes
ガンスターヒーローズ
Gunstar Heroes (1993) was Treasure's debut game — and it arrived as a technical demonstration of what the Mega Drive cou…
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Uncommon PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
悪魔城ドラキュラX 血の輪廻
Released in 1993 exclusively in Japan, Rondo of Blood is widely regarded as the finest game in the classic Castlevania s…
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Kirby's Adventure
星のカービィ 夢の泉の物語
Released in 1993 as one of the Famicom's final great titles, Kirby's Adventure introduced the Copy Ability — Kirby's ico…
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Super Famicom / SNES
Mega Man X
ロックマンX
Released in 1993, Mega Man X reinvented the Mega Man formula for the 16-bit era. While keeping the core loop of defeatin…
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Uncommon Game Boy
Kid Dracula
悪魔城すぺしゃる ぼくドラキュラくん
Kid Dracula (1993) is a charming chibi spin-off of the Castlevania series for Game Boy, starring a comically small and b…
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Uncommon Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Rocket Knight Adventures
ロケットナイトアドベンチャーズ
Rocket Knight Adventures (1993) is one of the Mega Drive's finest original platformers — a game about a rocket-powered o…
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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Disney's Aladdin
アラジン
Disney's Aladdin (1993) for Mega Drive is the landmark example of Disney's direct animation partnership with game develo…
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Mega Man 6
ロックマン6 史上最大の戦い！！
Mega Man 6 (1993) is the final entry in the Famicom Mega Man series and one of the last major titles released on the pla…
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▶ Super Famicom / SNES
Donkey Kong Country
スーパードンキーコング
Released in 1994 for the Super Famicom/SNES, Donkey Kong Country stunned the world with pre-rendered 3D graphics created…
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Game Boy
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3
スーパーマリオランド3 ワリオランド
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (1994) is the first Game Boy game to star Wario as protagonist — not a hero, but a greedy…
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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ3
Released in 1994, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 introduced Knuckles the Echidna and a new shield system that fundamentally expand…
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Donkey Kong
ドンキーコング
Released in 1994, the Game Boy version of Donkey Kong began as a faithful recreation of the four-stage arcade game — and…
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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Sonic & Knuckles
ソニック&ナックルズ
Sonic & Knuckles is the 1994 Mega Drive platformer developed by Sega Technical Institute, released simultaneously worldw…
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Uncommon Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Castlevania: Bloodlines
ヴァンパイアキラー
Castlevania: Bloodlines — known in Japan as Vampire Killer and in Europe as Castlevania: The New Generation — is the 199…
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Uncommon Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Contra: Hard Corps
魂斗羅 ザ・ハードコア
Contra: Hard Corps (1994) is the most technically ambitious entry in the Mega Drive's run-and-gun canon — a relentlessly…
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Uncommon Game Boy
Mega Man V
ロックマンワールド5
The fifth and final Game Boy entry in the Mega Man World series, released in Japan in July 1994. Unlike its predecessors…
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Rare Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Monster World IV
モンスターワールドIV
The final chapter of the Wonder Boy / Monster World saga and the only entry to feature a female protagonist, Monster Wor…
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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Earthworm Jim
アースワームジム
Earthworm Jim arrived on the Mega Drive in August 1994 as one of the most visually distinctive action-platformers of its…
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Sega Saturn
Clockwork Knight
クロックワークナイト ペパルーチョの大冒険
Clockwork Knight is a 1994 platform game developed and published by Sega as a launch title for the Sega Saturn in Japan,…
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▶ Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Streets of Rage 3
ベア・ナックルIII
Streets of Rage 3 (Bare Knuckle III, 1994) is the third and final chapter of Sega's defining beat 'em up trilogy — and i…
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Sega Saturn
Virtua Fighter
バーチャファイター
Virtua Fighter (1993 arcade / 1994 Saturn) is the fighting game that proved polygon-based 3D graphics could work — and t…
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Uncommon Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Pulseman
パルスマン
Pulseman, published by Sega for the Mega Drive in July 1994, was developed by Game Freak — the studio best known for Pok…
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Dynamite Headdy
ダイナマイトヘッディー
Dynamite Headdy, Treasure's second Mega Drive game following Gunstar Heroes (1993), follows a puppet named Headdy whose …
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Super Famicom / SNES
Mega Man X2
ロックマンX2
Released in December 1994, Mega Man X2 is the immediate sequel to Capcom's acclaimed Mega Man X and is built on the same…
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Sparkster: Rocket Knight Adventures 2
スパークスター ロケットナイトアドベンチャーズ2
Released in September 1994, Sparkster: Rocket Knight Adventures 2 is the direct sequel to Rocket Knight Adventures on th…
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Rare Super Famicom / SNES
Demon's Crest
魔界塔士 デモンズ・クレスト
Demon's Crest (1994) is Capcom's darkest Super Famicom game — an action platformer set in the demon world where players …
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Uncommon Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Comix Zone
コミックスゾーン
Released in 1995, Comix Zone placed players inside a comic book, literally. Sketch Turner, a comic artist, is trapped in…
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Game Boy
Kirby's Dream Land 2
星のカービィ2
Released in March 1995, Kirby's Dream Land 2 introduced three animal friends — Rick the Hamster, Coo the Owl, and Kine t…
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Uncommon Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Ristar
リスター・ザ・シューティングスター
Released in 1995 near the end of the Mega Drive's commercial life, Ristar was Sonic Team's answer to a simple question: …
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Uncommon Super Famicom / SNES
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
スーパーマリオ ヨッシーアイランド
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island is the 1995 Super Famicom platform game that serves as a prequel to Super Mario Worl…
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Rare Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Alien Soldier
エイリアンソルジャー
Alien Soldier is the 1995 Mega Drive run-and-gun developed by Treasure and published by Sega — one of the studio's most …
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PlayStation
Jumping Flash!
ジャンピングフラッシュ！
Jumping Flash! (1995) is one of PlayStation's most original launch-era games — the first platform game built entirely in…
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Game Boy
Donkey Kong Land
スーパードンキーコングGB
Developed by Rare and released in 1995, Donkey Kong Land brought the world of Donkey Kong Country to the Game Boy — not …
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▶ Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Vectorman
ベクターマン
Released in October 1995 as the Sega Genesis approached the end of its commercial life, Vectorman was Sega's direct resp…
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Rare Super Famicom / SNES
Mega Man X3
ロックマンX3
Mega Man X3 (1995) is the third entry in the Mega Man X series and the last to appear on the Super Famicom / SNES. For t…
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Super Famicom / SNES
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
スーパードンキーコング2 ディクシー&ディディー
Released in November 1995, Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest is Rare's masterwork on the Super Famicom — widely …
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PlayStation
Crash Bandicoot
クラッシュ・バンディクー
Crash Bandicoot (1996) was Sony's answer to a question the company had not yet solved: the PlayStation did not have a ma…
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Sega Saturn
NiGHTS into Dreams
ナイツ
NiGHTS into Dreams is a 1996 action flight game developed by Sonic Team for the Sega Saturn, in which a jester-like crea…
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Uncommon Sega Saturn
Guardian Heroes
ガーディアンヒーローズ
Guardian Heroes (1996) is a Sega Saturn beat 'em up and action RPG hybrid developed by Treasure — their first game on CD…
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Uncommon Super Famicom / SNES
Kirby Super Star
星のカービィ スーパーデラックス
Kirby Super Star — known in Japan as Hoshi no Kirby Super Deluxe — is the 1996 Super Famicom game directed by Kirby crea…
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Sega Saturn
Saturn Bomberman
サターンボンバーマン
Saturn Bomberman is the 1996 action game developed and published by Hudson Soft for the Sega Saturn, best known for its …
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Game Boy
Donkey Kong Land 2
ドンキーコングランド2 ディディーのコングクエスト
Released in 1996, Donkey Kong Land 2 is Rare's Game Boy adaptation of Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest — one of…
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▶ Super Famicom / SNES
Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!
スーパードンキーコング3 謎のクレミス島
Released in November 1996, Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! is the final chapter of Rare's Super Fami…
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PlayStation
Mega Man 8
ロックマン8 メタルヒーローズ
Mega Man 8 (1996) is the series' debut on 32-bit hardware — a PlayStation action platformer that introduced fully animat…
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Nintendo 64
GoldenEye 007
ゴールデンアイ 007
Released in 1997, GoldenEye 007 proved that a first-person shooter could thrive on a home console — a claim most of the …
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Uncommon PlayStation
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
悪魔城ドラキュラX 月下の夜想曲
Released on March 20, 1997, Symphony of the Night transformed the Castlevania series by fusing the exploration-heavy des…
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Nintendo 64
Bomberman 64
爆ボンバーマン
Released in 1997, Bomberman 64 was the first full 3D entry in the long-running Bomberman series, reinventing the classic…
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Die Hard Arcade
ダイナマイト刑事
Die Hard Arcade (1996/1997) brought the 3D beat 'em up to a new level of cinematic ambition, casting players as Bruce Mc…
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Uncommon Nintendo 64
Mischief Makers
ゆけゆけ！トラブルメーカーズ
Mischief Makers (1997) is Treasure's first Nintendo platform game and the N64's first 2D side-scroller — a deliberate ch…
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Rare Nintendo 64
Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon
がんばれゴエモン〜ネオ桃山幕府のおどり〜
Konami's beloved Goemon franchise made its N64 debut with a game unlike almost anything else in the console's library: a…
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Uncommon Nintendo 64
Blast Corps
ブラストドーザー
Rare's first Nintendo 64 game — developed by a small team, many of them recent graduates — is one of the most purely ori…
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Uncommon PlayStation
Klonoa: Door to Phantomile
風のクロノア door to phantomile
Klonoa: Door to Phantomile is a 1997 PlayStation platformer from Namco that deceives with its cheerful exterior. Beneath…
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Rare ▶ PlayStation
Tomba!
お～れ！トンバ
Created by Tokuro Fujiwara — the Capcom producer behind Mega Man, Ghosts 'n Goblins, and Bionic Commando — Tomba! is a 1…
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Uncommon Sega Saturn
Silhouette Mirage
シルエットミラージュ
Treasure's 1997 Sega Saturn action game introduced a polarity mechanic that would later become the foundation for Ikarug…
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Nintendo 64
Yoshi's Story
ヨッシーストーリー
Yoshi's Story (1997) is Nintendo EAD's follow-up to the acclaimed Yoshi's Island, reimagined as a living picture book re…
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PlayStation
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
クラッシュ・バンディクー2 コルテックスの逆襲!
Released in November 1997, Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back is widely regarded as Naughty Dog's finest achievement…
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PlayStation
Mega Man X4
ロックマンX4
Released in August 1997, Mega Man X4 is the first entry in the Mega Man X series on 32-bit hardware and the first to fea…
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Uncommon Super Famicom / SNES
Kirby's Dream Land 3
星のカービィ3
Kirby's Dream Land 3 (1997) is HAL Laboratory's final chapter in the hand-drawn Kirby aesthetic — a Super Famicom platfo…
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Uncommon Game Boy
Castlevania Legends
悪魔城ドラキュラ 漆黒たる前奏曲
Castlevania Legends (1997) is the third and final Game Boy entry in the Castlevania series, and the first to star a fema…
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Dreamcast
Sonic Adventure
ソニックアドベンチャー
Sonic Adventure (1998) was the Dreamcast's launch centrepiece in Japan and the first fully 3D mainline Sonic game. Devel…
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Rare Sega Saturn
Burning Rangers
バーニングレンジャーズ
Burning Rangers (1998) is a third-person action game developed by Sonic Team for Sega Saturn, set in a future where the …
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Nintendo 64
Banjo-Kazooie
バンジョーとカズーイの大冒険
Banjo-Kazooie (1998) is a Nintendo 64 3D platformer developed by Rare, following a bear and a bird as they explore nine …
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Game Boy Color
Wario Land II
ワリオランド2 盗まれた財宝
The first Wario platformer to make the hero invincible, Wario Land II transformed the series identity. Rather than dying…
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PlayStation
Crash Bandicoot: Warped
クラッシュ・バンディクー3 ブッとび!世界一周
Released in November 1998, Crash Bandicoot: Warped is the final chapter of Naughty Dog's original PlayStation trilogy an…
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Space Station Silicon Valley
スペース・ステーション・シリコン・バレー
Space Station Silicon Valley is a 1998 Nintendo 64 game in which the player survives as a bare microchip and takes contr…
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Super Mario Bros. Deluxe
スーパーマリオブラザーズデラックス
Super Mario Bros. Deluxe is a 1999 Game Boy Color adaptation of the 1985 Famicom/NES classic, packed with added content …
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Uncommon Dreamcast
Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage
ベルセルク 千年帝国の鷹篇 喪失花の章
A 1999 Dreamcast hack-and-slash based on Kentarō Miura's dark fantasy manga Berserk, with a new story written by Miura h…
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PlayStation
Ape Escape
サルゲッチュ
The first video game to require both analog sticks of the PlayStation's DualShock controller, Ape Escape is a 3D platfor…
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Uncommon Dreamcast
Dynamite Cop
ダイナマイト刑事2
Dynamite Cop (1999), known in Japan as Dynamite Deka 2, is the Dreamcast port of Sega's arcade beat 'em up sequel — a ga…
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Uncommon Dreamcast
Jet Set Radio
ジェットセットラジオ
Jet Set Radio (2000), developed by Smilebit and directed by Masayoshi Kikuchi, is a cel-shaded open-world action game se…
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▶ Nintendo 64
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
ゼルダの伝説 ムジュラの仮面
Released in Japan on April 27, 2000, Majora's Mask was built on the engine of Ocarina of Time in just under 18 months — …
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Game Boy Color
Wario Land 3
ワリオランド3 不思議なオルゴール
Wario Land 3 (2000) for Game Boy Color is the highest-rated entry in the Wario Land series, praised for a radical design…
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Uncommon Game Boy Color
Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble
コロコロカービィ
Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble (2000) is one of Nintendo's earliest experiments with motion-based controls, using a tilt sensor b…
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Mega Man Xtreme
ロックマンX サイバーミッション
Mega Man Xtreme (2000) brought the Mega Man X series to the Game Boy Color, condensing the action and boss roster of the…
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Uncommon Game Boy Color
Bionic Commando: Elite Forces
バイオニックコマンドー エリートフォーシーズ
A notable footnote in game development history, Bionic Commando: Elite Forces was the debut title from Nintendo Software…
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Nintendo 64
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards
カービィ64 クリスタルのひみつ
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (2000) is Kirby's only mainline entry on the Nintendo 64, and HAL Laboratory's boldest expe…
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Game Boy Color
Donkey Kong Country
ドンキーコング2001
Donkey Kong Country for Game Boy Color (2000) is Rare's port of the landmark 1994 SNES platformer, re-released on the sm…
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Rare Nintendo 64
Conker's Bad Fur Day
コンカーのバッドファーデイ
Conker's Bad Fur Day is the 2001 Nintendo 64 game that began its life as an entirely different product: a family-friendl…
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Game Boy Color
Mega Man Xtreme 2
ロックマンX2 ソウルイレイザー
Mega Man Xtreme 2 is a 2001 Game Boy Color action platformer developed and published by Capcom — a sequel to Mega Man Xt…
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Dreamcast
Sonic Adventure 2
ソニックアドベンチャー2
Released in June 2001 to celebrate Sonic the Hedgehog's 10th anniversary, Sonic Adventure 2 was the final major Sonic ga…
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Nintendo GameCube
Sonic Adventure 2: Battle
ソニックアドベンチャー2 バトル
Sonic Adventure 2: Battle (2001) is the GameCube port of the Dreamcast's final major Sonic game and the first mainline S…
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▶ Nintendo GameCube
Super Mario Sunshine
スーパーマリオサンシャイン
Super Mario Sunshine (2002) is the second 3D Mario platformer and the first mainline Mario title released on the GameCub…
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Very Rare Game Boy Color
Shantae
シャンティ
Shantae is the game that proved the Game Boy Color still had undiscovered depths three years into its lifespan. Develope…
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▶ Nintendo GameCube
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
ゼルダの伝説 風のタクト
Released on December 13, 2002 in Japan, The Wind Waker traded the dark realism fans expected after Ocarina of Time for b…
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Uncommon ▶ Nintendo GameCube
Viewtiful Joe
ビューティフル ジョー
Released in 2003, Viewtiful Joe was the debut game of Clover Studio — Capcom's internal creative team that would later p…
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▶ Nintendo GameCube
Kirby Air Ride
カービィのエアライド
Kirby Air Ride (2003) is one of the GameCube's most unusual Nintendo games — a racing title stripped of acceleration and…
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Uncommon ▶ Nintendo GameCube
Wario World
ワリオワールド
Released in North America on June 23, 2003, Wario World is an unusual entry in Nintendo's lineup: a fully 3D action-plat…
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SoulCalibur II
ソウルキャリバーII
SoulCalibur II (2003) is Namco's weapon-based 3D fighting game and the first major title to feature platform-exclusive g…
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Uncommon ▶ Nintendo GameCube
Donkey Kong Jungle Beat
ドンキーコング ジャングルビート
Released in 2004, Donkey Kong Jungle Beat was controlled entirely by the DK Bongos — the drum peripheral originally bund…
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Uncommon ▶ Nintendo GameCube
Custom Robo
カスタムロボ バトルレボリューション
Released in Japan on March 4, 2004, Custom Robo: Battle Revolution is the fourth entry in Noise's Custom Robo series — a…
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▶ Nintendo GameCube
Viewtiful Joe 2
ビューティフル ジョー2
Released in November 2004, Viewtiful Joe 2 is the sequel to the original GameCube exclusive and the second title from Cl…
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