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    Donkey Kong Country

    Donkey Kong Country is a side scrolling platformer by British developers Rare in 1994. It featured revolutionary pre-rendered 3D graphics that give the game a very unique look compared to most other games on consoles…

    PlatformAction
    • Wii U
    • Wii
    • SNES
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    Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!

    Monkey Mayhem Lives On! Kiddy Kong is a portly primate toddler with incredible power and agility! He teams up with Dixie Kong to stop the ever-present army of Kremlings. The game play and ACM graphics just keep…

    PlatformAction
    • Wii U
    • Wii
    • SNES
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    Super Mario Bros. 3

    Super Mario Bros. 3, the third entry in the Super Mario Bros. series and Super Mario franchise, sees Mario or Luigi navigate a nonlinear world map containing platforming levels and optional minigames and challenges…

    PlatformActionFantasy
    • Wii U
    • 3DS
    • Wii
    • +1
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    Donkey Kong 64

    K. Rool has kidnapped the Kongs! Can Donkey Kong rescue his friends, reclaim the Golden Bananas and save his homeland from certain doom? Take out some Kremlings with Chunky's Pineapple Launcher or Lanky's Trombone…

    PlatformActionComedy
    • Wii U
    • N64
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    Super Mario Bros.

    A side scrolling 2D platformer and first entry in the Super Mario franchise, Super Mario Bros. follows Italian plumber Mario as he treks across many levels of platforming challenges featuring hostile enemies to rescue…

    PlatformAction
    • Wii U
    • 3DS
    • Wii
    • +1
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    New Super Mario Bros.

    New Super Mario Bros. is a side-scrolling 2.5D action-adventure platformer game for the Nintendo DS, starring Mario and Luigi. The game features a solo story mode with Mario or Luigi, a two-player wireless game Mario…

    PlatformAction
    • Wii U
    • DS
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    The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

    Venture back to Hyrule and an age of magic and heroes. The predecessors of Link and Zelda face monsters on the march when a menacing magician takes over the kingdom. Only you can prevent his evil plot from shattering…

    ActionFantasy
    • Wii U
    • Wii
    • SNES
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    Paper Mario

    Paper Mario, a turn-based JRPG entry in the Mario franchise with a paper-based aesthetic and platforming elements, sees the titular character working his way through the Mushroom Kingdom's diverse locales and biomes…

    ActionFantasyComedy
    • Wii U
    • Wii
    • N64
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    Cuphead

    Cuphead is a run-and-gun action game focused primarily on boss battles. Its visual style is modeled after 1930s cartoons, using traditional hand-drawn cel animation, watercolor backgrounds, and original jazz…

    PlatformActionFantasy
    • PC
    • Switch
    • PS4
    • +2
  10. 10

    Hollow Knight: Silksong

    Hollow Knight: Silksong is the epic sequel to Hollow Knight, the epic action-adventure of bugs and heroes. As the lethal hunter Hornet, journey to all-new lands, discover new powers, battle vast hordes of bugs and…

    PlatformActionFantasy
    • PC
    • PS5
    • Xbox
    • +6
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    Portal 2

    Sequel to the acclaimed Portal (2007), Portal 2 pits the protagonist of the original game, Chell, and her new robot friend, Wheatley, against more puzzles conceived by GLaDOS, an A.I. with the sole purpose of testing…

    PlatformActionComedy
    • PC
    • Switch
    • Mac
    • +3
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    Hollow Knight

    A 2D metroidvania with an emphasis on close combat and exploration in which the player enters the once-prosperous now-bleak insect kingdom of Hallownest, travels through its various districts, meets friendly…

    PlatformActionFantasy
    • PC
    • PS5
    • Xbox
    • +7
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    Portal

    Waking up in a seemingly empty laboratory, the player is made to complete various physics-based puzzle challenges through numerous test chambers in order to test out the new Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device…

    PlatformActionComedy
    • PC
    • Switch
    • Mac
    • +4
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    Ori and the Will of the Wisps

    Ori and the Will of the Wisps is a platform-adventure game that combines exploration, traversal, and combat within an interconnected world. Designed in a Metroidvania style, it focuses on navigating varied…

    PlatformActionFantasy
    • PC
    • Xbox
    • Switch
    • +1
  15. 15

    Celeste

    Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets…

    PlatformActionFantasy
    • PC
    • Switch
    • PS4
    • +3
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    Terraria

    Terraria is a 2D sandbox action-adventure game with platforming and role-playing elements. Players create a character and are placed in a procedurally generated world where they mine resources, craft equipment, build…

    PlatformActionFantasy
    • PC
    • Switch
    • PS4
    • +10
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    Assassin's Creed II

    Discover an intriguing and epic story of power, revenge and conspiracy set during a pivotal moment in history: the Italian Renaissance. Experience the freedom and immersion of an all new open world and mission…

    PlatformActionFantasy
    • PC
    • Mac
    • PS3
    • +1
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    Split Fiction

    Split Fiction is a 2025 cooperative multiplayer game. It follows two writers, Mio Hudson and Zoe Foster, as they become trapped in their imaginations.

    PlatformActionFantasy
    • PC
    • PS5
    • Xbox
    • +1
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    Ori and the Blind Forest

    The forest of Nibel is dying. After a powerful storm sets a series of devastating events in motion, an unlikely hero must journey to find his courage and confront a dark nemesis to save his home. Ori and the Blind…

    PlatformActionFantasy
    • PC
    • Switch
    • XB1
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    Super Mario Odyssey

    Explore incredible places far from the Mushroom Kingdom as you join Mario and his new ally Cappy on a massive, globe-trotting 3D adventure. Use amazing new abilities, like the power to capture and control objects…

    PlatformActionFantasy
    • Switch 2
    • Switch