Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development
In the catalog, developer of 97 games; the atlas has read 18. A dot's size is its number of Wikipedia language editions, a measure of notability rather than sales.
| Genre | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
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| platformer 22 | Super Mario All-Stars | Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island | Yoshi's Story | Super Mario 64 DS | Super Mario Galaxy | New Super Mario Bros. Wii | Super Mario Galaxy 2 | Super Mario 3D Land | New Super Mario Bros. U | Super Mario Maker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| action 19 | Luigi's Mansion | The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures | The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess | The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass | The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks | The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword | The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| racing 12 | Super Mario Kart | Mario Kart DS | Mario Kart Wii | Mario Kart 7 | Mario Kart 8 | Mario Kart Tour | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| simulation 9 | Animal Crossing: Wild World | Animal Crossing: City Folk | Animal Crossing: New Leaf | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| shooter 7 | Star Fox | Splatoon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| sports 5 | 1080° Snowboarding | Wii Sports | Wii Sports Resort | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| puzzle 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| strategy 5 | Pokémon Stadium | Pokémon Stadium 2 | Pikmin 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| fitness 3 | Wii Fit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| adventure 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| party 2 | Wii Play | Nintendo Land | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| role-playing game 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| music 1 | Wii Music | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| quiz 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| other 2 | Nintendogs |
Games read
- The Mysterious Murasame Castle 1986 · developer
- Shin Onigashima 1987 · developer
- Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic 1987 · developer
- Ice Hockey 1988 · developer
- Yūyūki 1989 · developer
- Super Mario World 1990 · developer
- Time Twist: Rekishi no Katasumi de... 1991 · developer
- Mario Kart 64 1996 · developer
- Super Mario 64 1996 · developer
- Star Fox 64 1997 · developer
- F-Zero X 1998 · developer
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 1998 · developer
- The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 2000 · developer
- Animal Crossing 2001 · developer
- Pikmin 2001 · developer
- Super Mario Sunshine 2002 · developer
- The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker 2002 · developer
- Mario Kart: Double Dash!! 2003 · developer
Their mechanics
Time of day 4, Gravity 3, Item distribution 3, Jump 3, Variable jump height 3, Running 2, Time-travel penalty 2, Triple jump 2, Unit growth 2, Wall jump 2, Air control, Barrel roll, Boost meter, Boost pad, Charge shot, Commodity trading, Day limit, Dodge roll, Drift boost, Energy meter, Engine class, Evasive hop, Flight, Ground pound, Hitbox, Invincibility frames, Locational damage, Lock-on shot, Lock-on targeting, Long jump, Mode 7, Music driver, Price fluctuation, Resource harvesting, Rocket start, Rubber-band AI, Sailing, Sampled sound, Setup slider, Status bar split, Wind
Release years are each game's first release. Genres come from Wikidata through the atlas's taxonomy; a game sits in the lane of its first mapped genre.