Page 24 of 25 · Researched one game at a time
Long-form introductions built from official records, manuals, interviews and inspectable archives—with every displayed image credited to its Nintendo page.
The story library
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Ryu Hayabusa crosses the Famicom version of America with a Dragon Sword, a wall-kick and a story that keeps interrupting the action just long enough to make the next leap feel personal.
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A missing Star Rod turns Popstar restless, and Kirby responds with a plan that involves swallowing the scenery, borrowing a sword and taking several very serious naps.
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Popo and Nana climb by breaking the ceiling above them, but the mountain is not content to stay broken: it moves, plugs the holes, presses the screen downward and turns a second climber into either help or havoc.
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Balloon Fight makes a few tiny rules feel wonderfully unruly: flap upward, arrive above another balloon, and try not to discover what the water has planned.
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Before Mario ran to the right, he and Luigi learned to turn one unruly room into a wrestling ring, a puzzle board, and a perfect place to blame a friend.
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Nintendo’s 1983 Famicom rescue turns a few vines, keys, hostile creatures, and a caged father into a sparkling test of grip, timing, and nerve.
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Pick a hero, pull a vegetable, throw the first thing you can lift, and step through a potion door: Super Mario USA makes platforming feel wonderfully upside-down.
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Japan’s direct sequel keeps the first Super Mario Bros. grammar, then uses it to play sharp little jokes on anyone who thinks they already know the language.
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The Famicom launch version turns a construction site into a tiny theatre of risk: Mario climbs, Donkey Kong throws, Lady waits, and the final argument is settled by removing every bolt under an ape's feet.
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A world map, a pocket of costumes, a flying tail and a two-player card theft: Super Mario Bros. 3 makes abundance feel mischievously organised.
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Before Pit became a chatty aerial hero, he was a small archer climbing out of the Underworld—paying for supplies with hearts, risking debt at a suspicious shop, and learning that Greek myth had room for a credit card.
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Marth's first campaign is a brisk, mischievous strategy adventure: castles to seize, villages to rescue, and just enough rules to make every square feel loaded.
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