Platformers

Super Mario 64 on the Nintendo 64 is the revolutionary 3D platformer that redefined the entire video game industry when it launched alongside the console in 1996. Developed by Nintendo EAD, this landmark title transformed Mario from a 2D side-scrolling hero into a fully...

Donkey Kong 64 is a legendary 3D platformer for the Nintendo 64 that revolutionized the genre when it launched in 1999. Developed by Rare, this colorful adventure brings the iconic Kong family to life in a vibrant, fully three-dimensional world filled with bananas, barrels,...

Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World is the ultimate celebration of Nintendo's most iconic platformer franchise, bringing together five legendary Mario adventures on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. This compilation includes enhanced versions of the original Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 2,...

Sonic Blast Man is a unique action game released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System that puts you in the boxing gloves of a superhero fighting against crime and alien invaders. Developed by Without Limits, this SNES title stands out for its innovative use...

Sonic Blast Man II for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) is a quirky and colorful action game that brings arcade-style punching action to your home console. Developed by Hudson Soft and released in the early 1990s, this sequel expands on the original's concept...

Mega Man X on the Super Nintendo stands as one of the most celebrated action platformers of the 16-bit era, launching a legendary franchise that redefined the classic Mega Man formula for a new generation. Developed by Capcom, this 1993 masterpiece introduces X, a...

Mega Man Soccer is a unique sports title released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System that blends the beloved Mega Man universe with the excitement of soccer. Developed by Hitachi and published by Capcom in 1994, this game brings together iconic Robot Masters from...

Mega Man & Bass is an action-packed platformer released on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System that brings the classic Mega Man formula to new heights with innovative dual-character gameplay. Developed by Capcom, this SNES installment features the iconic blue bomber Mega Man alongside his...

Mega Man 7 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System is a classic action platformer that continues the legendary Blue Bomber's fight against Dr. Wily and his army of robot masters. Developed by Capcom, this 1995 installment marks the franchise's triumphant return to the SNES...

Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World brings one of Mario's greatest adventures to the Game Boy Advance. Nintendo developed and published it in 2002, carrying the Super NES classic over to a handheld screen with new features added along the way. Bowser and...

Spirits & Spells is a Halloween flavored platformer for the Game Boy Advance, developed by Magic Pockets, published by DreamCatcher Interactive and released in 2003. It appeared elsewhere under other names: in Europe as Castleween, from Wanadoo, and in Japan as Mahou no Pumpkin,...

Sonic the Hedgehog Genesis is the Game Boy Advance version of the 1991 game that started it all, published by Sega of America in 2006 to mark fifteen years of its blue mascot and credited to Sonic Team. It carries Sonic's first adventure, from...

Mega Man Battle Network 4: Blue Moon is one of two halves of the fourth entry in Capcom's Battle Network series, built by Capcom Production Studio 2 and released for Game Boy Advance in 2004. It shares its story with the companion version, Red...

Metal Slug Advance is the series' purpose built outing for Game Boy Advance, developed by Noise Factory and published by Ignition Entertainment in 2004. A survival training camp for new Peregrine Falcon recruits has just begun on an unnamed island, with limited supplies and...

Released in 2004 for Game Boy Advance, Mega Man Battle Network 4: Red Sun is the fourth Battle Network game from Capcom Production Studio 2, published by Capcom and sold alongside a second version called Blue Moon. The two follow the same tale, yet...

Mega Man & Bass is a Capcom action platformer, released for Game Boy Advance in 2002 after first appearing on Nintendo's Super Famicom. The trouble starts when a robot villain named King breaks into Dr. Wily's laboratory and then the Robot Museum to steal...

Mario vs. Donkey Kong opens with Donkey Kong at home flipping through channels, until an advert for the new Mini Mario toy catches his eye. He decides he wants as many as he can carry and helps himself to the stock at Mario's Toy...

Klonoa 2: Dream Champ Tournament brings Namco's long eared dream traveler back to the Game Boy Advance. Developed by Now Production and published by Namco in 2002, it pulls Klonoa into the Dream Champ Tournament, a contest among dream travelers where stars along with...

Kirby & The Amazing Mirror reached the Game Boy Advance in 2004, developed by Capcom and published by Nintendo. There is trouble in neighboring Mirror World, and when Kirby goes to help he is attacked by a shadowy Meta Knight and split into four...

CT Special Forces 2: Back in the Trenches is the 2004 sequel in Light & Shadow Production's run and gun series for the Game Boy Advance, developed and published by the same studio. The special forces unit is called up once again as terrorist...

Donkey Kong Country 2 brings Rare's pirate themed platforming classic to the Game Boy Advance, published by Nintendo in 2004. Donkey Kong has been taken by the evil Kaptain K. Rool, and it falls to Diddy Kong and Dixie Kong to go after him...

Yoshi's Island DS returns to the colorful wilds of Yoshi's Island for a new platforming adventure. Developed and published by Nintendo in 2006, it takes the look and feel of a beloved classic and rebuilds it for two screens. A mysterious floating island appears...

Winx Club: Mission Enchantix brings the fairies of the animated series to the Nintendo DS. Developed by Powerhead Games and published by Konami in 2008, it sends Bloom and her friends to defend the peaceful land of Magix when Lord Baltor, an evil mage,...

Yoshi Touch & Go reunites Yoshi and Baby Mario at long last in a game built from the ground up for the Nintendo DS. Made by Nintendo EAD and published by Nintendo in 2005, it was one of the earliest releases to show what...

Tom and Jerry Tales puts the famous cartoon chase in your hands on the Nintendo DS, and this time you are the mouse. Developed by Sensory Sweep Studios and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment in 2006, Tom and Jerry Tales casts you as...

Super Princess Peach puts the Mushroom Kingdom's princess at the front of her own platformer. Released for the Nintendo DS in 2005, developed by TOSE and published by Nintendo, it opens with a reversal of the usual story: Bowser is up to no good...

Super Mario 64 DS brought one of the most important three dimensional platformers ever made to Nintendo's handheld in 2004. Developed by Nintendo EAD and published by Nintendo, it rebuilds Super Mario 64, the Nintendo 64 classic, for a system with two screens, a...

Sonic Rush Adventure is an action platformer for the Nintendo DS, developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega in 2007. It follows Sonic Rush with all the same dual screen running and boosting, then adds something new: a high seas adventure. Sonic ends...

Scribblenauts is a puzzle platformer for the Nintendo DS, developed by 5th Cell and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment in 2009. It arrived with one of the boldest ideas on the system: write a word on the touch screen and the thing appears....

Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing is a kart racer for the Nintendo DS, developed by Sumo Digital and published by Sega in 2010. Part of the Sega Superstars line, it gathers characters from across Sega's franchises and sets them loose on circuits themed after...

New Super Mario Bros. was developed by Nintendo EAD and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS in 2006, and it did something the series had not done in years: it brought Mario back to pure side scrolling platforming. The storyline is a classic...

Mega Man ZX Advent landed on the Nintendo DS in 2007, developed by Inti Creates and published by Capcom. It is a side scrolling action platformer with heavy shooting, and it stands out for putting a real choice at the front of the game:...

Mega Man ZX continues the Mega Man X saga on the Nintendo DS, developed by Inti Creates and published by Capcom in 2006. Years have passed since the wars between humans and Reploids, and the two now live side by side: humans use new...

Mega Man Zero Collection gathers all four Mega Man Zero games, first released on the Game Boy Advance, onto a single Nintendo DS cartridge. Developed by Inti Creates and published by Capcom in 2010, it is a fast moving 2D action platform collection in...

Mega Man Star Force 2: Zerker x Saurian is Capcom's 2008 Nintendo DS action role playing game, the companion version to Zerker x Ninja and part of the Mega Man Star Force 2 chapter of the series. It carries the series formula forward: role...

Mega Man Star Force 3: Black Ace is the final chapter of the trilogy, made and published by Capcom for the Nintendo DS in 2009. It is the largest of the three, with upgraded communication and device customization built into a portable role playing...

Mega Man Star Force 3: Red Joker is Capcom's 2008 Nintendo DS role playing adventure and the closing chapter of the Mega Man Star Force story. Capcom gave the series its biggest upgrade here, folding reworked customization and communication features into the quick, action...

Mega Man Star Force 2: Zerker x Ninja is Capcom's 2007 sequel for the Nintendo DS, built by the team behind the Mega Man Battle Network series. Geo Stelar and his partner Mega return to face a fresh set of enemies, led by the...

Mega Man Star Force: Pegasus is a Nintendo DS action role playing game made and published by Capcom in 2007. Many years in the future, humankind has finally found proof of extraterrestrial life, and a space station called Peace is built to make contact....

Mega Man Star Force: Leo is Capcom's 2007 action role playing adventure for the Nintendo DS and the start of a new chapter in the long Mega Man story. A boy puts on a pair of special visualizer goggles left to him by his...

Mega Man Battle Network 5: Double Team DS is the most generous version of a game that was first sold in two halves. Developed and published by Capcom in 2005 for the Nintendo DS, it gathers both Team Protoman and Team Colonel, the two...

Mega Man Star Force: Dragon is Capcom's follow up to Battle Network, a fresh start for the Mega Man role playing line. Developed and published by Capcom in 2007 for the Nintendo DS, it follows Geo Stelar, a courageous boy who is warned that...

Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis is a puzzle game with a lovely simple goal: guide as many Mini Marios as you can to the exit door. Developed and published by Nintendo in 2006 for the Nintendo DS, it pushed the...

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games brought two of the biggest icons in gaming together for the first time, and it still feels like a small piece of history. Developed by Sega Sports Japan and published by Nintendo in 2008 for the Nintendo...

Kirby Super Star Ultra is an updated remake of Kirby Super Star, the much loved SNES collection, rebuilt for the Nintendo DS by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo in 2008. It is not one adventure but a shelf of them: explore Dream Land...

Kirby: Squeak Squad is a side scrolling platform adventure for the Nintendo DS, developed by Capcom, published by Nintendo and released in 2006. It starts in the gentlest way a Kirby game can: Kirby is enjoying a picnic when his strawberry cake disappears. The...

Kirby: Canvas Curse hands you a paintbrush instead of a control pad. Developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the DS in 2005, it begins with an evil witch rolling Kirby up into a ball, leaving him unable to walk. Everything he...

Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure is one of those ideas that could only work on a two screen handheld. Developed by Electronic Arts Tiburon and published by Electronic Arts in 2009, it stars Henry Hatsworth, a tweed clad gentleman adventurer, and it runs...

Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors 2 is a fighting game for the Nintendo DS, developed by Arc System Works and published by Atari in 2005. It follows the Game Boy Advance game Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors and is based on Akira Toriyama's Dragon...

DK: Jungle Climber is a platform game for the Nintendo DS, developed by Paon and published by Nintendo in 2007. King K. Rool is up to no good again, and it falls to Donkey Kong to swing into action. It builds on the same...