Franchises established on Nintendo systems
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There have been many franchises established on Nintendo systems in addition to Nintendo's notable first party franchises. Nintendo consoles were where a number of popular console franchises began.
[edit] Franchises established on the NES/Famicom
- Adventure Island
- Balloon Fight
- Battletoads
- Castlevania
- Dragon Quest
- Dr. Mario
- Excitebike
- Final Fantasy
- Fire Emblem (brought to the U.S. on the Game Boy Advance)
- Hebereke
- Itadaki Street (Japan only)
- Kid Icarus
- The Legend of Zelda
- Mach Rider
- Mega Man
- Metroid
- Mother (in Japan)
- Nintendo Wars (As Famicom Wars) (brought to the U.S. on the Game Boy Advance and continued with Battalion Wars)
- Star Tropics
- Robot series
[edit] Franchises Established On the Virtual Boy
[edit] Franchises established on the Game Boy and Game Boy Color
- Game & Watch Gallery
- Gargoyle's Quest (later released as Demon's Crest for Super NES)
- Kirby
- Mana (known in Japan as Seiken Densetsu)
- Pokémon
- Pokémon Trading Card
- Pokémon Pinball
- SaGa
- Wario series
- Wave Race
- Conker
[edit] Franchises established on the Super NES/Super Famicom
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[edit] Franchises established on the Nintendo 64
- 1080° Snowboarding
- Animal Forest (brought to the U.S. on the GameCube as Animal Crossing)
- Banjo-Kazooie
- Custom Robo (brought to the U.S. on the GameCube)
- Doshin the Giant (Japan only - N64DD)
- Mario Golf
- Mario Party
- Paper Mario
- Perfect Dark
- Pokemon Stadium
- Sin and Punishment: Successor of the Earth (brought to the U.S. on the Wii via Virtual Console)
- Super Smash Bros.
- Turok
[edit] Franchises established on the Game Boy Advance
- Ace Attorney (also known as Phoenix Wright) GBA games were Japan only (as Gyakuten Saiban)
- Golden Sun
- Kuru Kuru Kururin
- Densetsu no Stafy
- Magical Vacation (brought to the U.S. on the DS as Magical Starsign)
- Mario and Luigi
- Mario vs. Donkey Kong
- Mega Man Battle Network
- Mega Man Zero
- WarioWare
[edit] Franchises established on the Nintendo GameCube
- Animal Crossing
- Baten Kaitos
- Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg
- Chibi-Robo!
- Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles
- Lost Kingdoms
- Metroid Prime
- Pikmin
- Mario Strikers
- Viewtiful Joe
- Donkey Konga
[edit] Franchises established on the Nintendo DS
- Nintendogs
- Clubhouse Games
- Big Brain Academy
- Brain Age
- Cooking Mama
- Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan and its spiritual successor Elite Beat Agents
- Feel the Magic: XY/XX -> The Rub Rabbits
- Jump Stars
- Meteos
- Nanostray
- Polarium
- Professor Layton series
- Touch Detective
- Trauma Center series
[edit] Franchises established on the Wii
- Wii Series (Wii Sports, Wii Play etc.)
