NES & Famicom
Nintendo launched their first cartridge-based home console in Japan in 1983, named the "Family Computer" (or "Famicom" for short). It took the Japanese gaming market by storm.
After 1983, the United States was undergoing a painful transition from videogame consoles to home computers (sometimes referred to as the "videogame crash"). When Nintendo decided to break into the U.S. market, they renamed and radically redesigned the Famicom to make it look less toy-like. It became the "Nintendo Entertainment System" (or "NES" for short).
Release Details
| System |  |
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|---|---|---|---|
| NES / Famicom | 15 July 1983 | 18 October 1985 | September 1986 |
| New-Style NES / New Famicom | 1 December 1993 | 11 October 1993 | - |
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Nintendo Games
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Donkey Kong
NES, 1983
NES / Famicom
- 15 July 1983
- June 1986
- 15 October 1986
Famicom Disk System
- 8 April 1988
Dōbutsu no Mori (N64) – Playable Item
- 14 April 2001
Animal Crossing (GC) – Playable Item
- 14 December 2001
- 16 September 2002
- 24 September 2004
Game Boy Advance Card-e NES Classics Series
- 11 November 2002
Game Boy Advance Classic NES Series / Famicom Mini
- 14 February 2004
- 7 June 2004
- 9 July 2004
Wii Virtual Console
- 19 November 2006
- 2 December 2006
- 8 December 2006
Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console
- 17 October 2012
- 15 August 2013
- 21 November 2013
Wii U Virtual Console
15 July 2013
NES Classic Edition
- 10 November 2016
- 11 November 2016
- 11 November 2016
Nintendo Classics / Nintendo Switch Online
- 19 September 2018
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Donkey Kong Jr.
NES, 1983
NES / Famicom
- 15 July 1983
- June 1986
- 15 June 1987
Famicom Disk System
- 19 July 1988
Animal Crossing (GC) – Playable Item
- 14 December 2001
- 16 September 2002
- 24 September 2004
Game Boy Advance Card-e NES Classics Series
- 16 September 2002
Wii Virtual Console
- 2 December 2006
- 4 December 2006
- 22 December 2006
Nintendo 3DS Ambassador Program
- 31 August 2011
Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console
- 18 April 2012
- 14 June 2012
- 23 August 2012
Wii U Virtual Console
- 26 April 2013
- 27 April 2013
- 15 July 2013
NES Classic Edition
- 11 November 2016
- 11 November 2016
Nintendo Classics / Nintendo Switch Online
- 15 May 2019
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Mario Bros.
NES, 1983
NES / Famicom
- 9 September 1983
- June 1986
- 1 September 1986
Animal Crossing (GC) – Playable Item
- 14 December 2001
- 16 September 2002
- 24 September 2004
While Mario Bros. is available in the code, it cannot be obtained legitimately in the European version.
Game Boy Advance Card-e NES Classics Series
- 11 November 2002
Game Boy Advance Classic NES Series / Famicom Mini
- 21 May 2004
Wii Virtual Console
- 19 November 2006
- 8 December 2006
- 12 December 2006
Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console
- 8 May 2013
- 9 January 2014
- 30 January 2014
Wii U Virtual Console
- 29 May 2013
- 20 June 2013
- 20 June 2013
NES Classic Edition
- 10 November 2016
- 11 November 2016
- 11 November 2016
Nintendo Classics / Nintendo Switch Online
- 19 September 2018
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Baseball
NES, 1983
NES / Famicom
- 7 December 1983
- October 1985
- September 1987
Famicom Disk System
- 21 February 1986
Animal Crossing (GC) – Playable Item
- 14 December 2001
- 16 September 2002
- 24 September 2004
Game Boy Advance Card-e NES Classics Series
- 11 November 2002
Wii Virtual Console
- 2 December 2006
- 29 December 2006
- 1 January 2007
Wii U Virtual Console
- 23 October 2013
- 24 October 2013
- 24 October 2013
Nintendo Classics / Nintendo Switch Online
- 19 September 2018
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Donkey Kong Jr. Math
Donkey Kong Jr. no Sansū AsobiNES, 1983
NES / Famicom
- 12 December 1983
- October 1985
- September 1987
Dōbutsu no Mori (N64) – Playable Item
- 14 April 2001
Animal Crossing (GC) – Playable Item
- 14 December 2001
- 16 September 2002
- 24 September 2004
Wii Virtual Console
- 27 March 2007
- 20 April 2007
- 3 December 2007
Wii U Virtual Console
- 28 August 2014
- 15 April 2015
- 22 January 2015
Nintendo Classics / Nintendo Switch Online
- 4 July 2024
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Tennis
NES, 1984
NES / Famicom
- 14 January 1984
- October 1985
- 1 September 1986
Famicom Disk System
- 21 February 1986
Dōbutsu no Mori (N64) – Playable Item
- 14 April 2001
Animal Crossing (GC) – Playable Item
- 14 December 2001
- 16 September 2002
- 24 September 2004
Game Boy Advance Card-e NES Classics Series
- 16 September 2002
Wii Virtual Console
- 2 December 2006
- 18 December 2006
- 22 December 2006
Wii U Virtual Console
- 10 October 2013
- 10 October 2013
- 30 October 2013
Nintendo Classics / Nintendo Switch Online
- 19 September 2018
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Pinball
NES, 1984
NES / Famicom
- 2 February 1984
- October 1985
- 1 September 1986
Famicom Disk System
- 30 May 1989
Dōbutsu no Mori (N64) – Playable Item
- 14 April 2001
Animal Crossing (GC) – Playable Item
- 14 December 2001
- 16 September 2002
- 24 September 2004
Game Boy Advance Card-e NES Classics Series
- 16 September 2002
Wii Virtual Console
- 19 November 2006
- 2 December 2006
- 15 December 2006
Wii U Virtual Console
- 23 October 2013
- 24 October 2013
- 24 October 2013
Nintendo Classics / Nintendo Switch Online
- 26 May 2022
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Wild Gunman
NES, 1984
NES / Famicom
- 18 February 1984
- October 1985
- September 1987
Wii U Virtual Console
- 22 October 2015
- 7 January 2016
- 22 June 2016
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Duck Hunt
NES, 1984
NES / Famicom
- 21 April 1984
- October 1985
- 15 August 1987
Wii U Virtual Console
- 24 December 2014
- 25 December 2014
- 25 June 2015
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Golf
NES, 1984
NES / Famicom
- 1 May 1984
- October 1985
- 15 November 1986
Famicom Disk System
- 21 February 1986
Dōbutsu no Mori (N64) – Playable Item
- 14 April 2001
Animal Crossing (GC) – Playable Item
- 14 December 2001
- 16 September 2002
- 24 September 2004
Game Boy Advance Card-e NES Classics Series
- 21 April 2003
Wii U Virtual Console
- 10 October 2013
- 10 October 2013
- 13 November 2013
Nintendo Classics / Nintendo Switch Online
- 4 July 2024
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Hogan's Alley
NES, 1984
NES / Famicom
- 12 June 1984
- October 1985
- September 1987
Wii U Virtual Console
- 22 October 2015
- 7 January 2016
- 22 June 2016
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Donkey Kong 3
NES, 1984
NES / Famicom
- 4 July 1984
- June 1986
- September 1987
Animal Crossing (GC) – Playable Item
- 14 December 2001
- 16 September 2002
- 24 September 2004
Game Boy Advance Card-e NES Classics Series
- 21 April 2003
Wii Virtual Console
- 14 July 2008
- 23 July 2008
- 9 January 2009
Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console
- 27 March 2013
- 5 December 2013
- 12 December 2013
Wii U Virtual Console
- 26 September 2013
- 24 October 2013
- 6 November 2013
Nintendo Classics / Nintendo Switch Online
- 17 July 2019
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Devil World
NES, 1984
NES / Famicom
- 5 October 1984
- 15 July 1987
Wii Virtual Console
- 22 January 2008
- 31 October 2008
Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console
- 17 April 2013
- 20 March 2014
Wii U Virtual Console
- 5 November 2014
- 30 October 2014
Nintendo Classics / Nintendo Switch Online
- 31 October 2023
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Urban Champion
NES, 1984
NES / Famicom
- 14 November 1984
- June 1986
- September 1987
Game Boy Advance Card-e NES Classics Series
- 11 November 2002
Wii Virtual Console
- 2 December 2006
- 15 December 2006
- 1 January 2007
Wii U Virtual Console
- 17 October 2013
- 17 October 2013
- 23 October 2013
Nintendo Classics / Nintendo Switch Online
- 4 July 2024
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Clu Clu Land
NES, 1984
NES / Famicom
- 22 November 1984
- October 1985
- 15 February 1987
Dōbutsu no Mori (N64) – Playable Item
- 14 April 2001
Animal Crossing (GC) – Playable Item
- 14 December 2001
- 16 September 2002
- 24 September 2004
Game Boy Advance Classic NES Series / Famicom Mini
- 21 May 2004
Game Boy Advance Card-e NES Classics Series
- 21 April 2003
Wii Virtual Console
- 1 September 2008
- 6 March 2009
Wii U Virtual Console
- 17 October 2013
- 17 October 2013
Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console
- 27 March 2014
- 8 May 2014
Nintendo Classics / Nintendo Switch Online
- 15 May 2019
- 15 May 2019
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Excitebike
NES, 1984
NES / Famicom
- 30 November 1984
- October 1985
- 1 September 1986
Animal Crossing (GC) – Playable Item
- 16 September 2002
- 24 September 2004
Game Boy Advance Card-e NES Classics Series
- 16 September 2002
Game Boy Advance Classic NES Series / Famicom Mini
- 14 February 2004
- 7 June 2004
- 9 July 2004
Wii Virtual Console
- 16 February 2007
- 13 March 2007
- 19 March 2007
Wii U Virtual Console
- 26 April 2013
- 27 April 2013
- 27 April 2013
NES Classic Edition
- 10 November 2016
- 11 November 2016
- 11 November 2016
Nintendo Classics / Nintendo Switch Online
- 19 September 2018
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Balloon Fight
NES, 1985
NES / Famicom
- 22 January 1985
- June 1986
- 15 December 1986
Dōbutsu no Mori (N64) – Playable Item
- 14 April 2001
Animal Crossing (GC) – Playable Item
- 14 December 2001
- 16 September 2002
- 24 September 2004
Game Boy Advance Card-e NES Classics Series
- 16 September 2002
Game Boy Advance Classic NES Series / Famicom Mini
- 21 May 2004
Wii Virtual Console
- 8 June 2007
- 16 July 2007
- 13 November 2007
Nintendo 3DS Ambassador Program
- 31 August 2011
Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console
- 22 August 2012
- 2 May 2013
- 2 May 2013
Wii U Virtual Console
- 27 April 2013
- 23 January 2013
- 27 June 2013
NES Classic Edition
- 10 November 2016
- 11 November 2016
- 11 November 2016
Nintendo Classics / Nintendo Switch Online
- 19 September 2018
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Ice Climber
NES, 1985
NES / Famicom
- 30 January 1985
- October 1985
- 1 September 1986
Animal Crossing (GC) – Playable Item
- 14 December 2001
- 16 September 2002
- 24 September 2004
While Ice Climber is available in the code, it cannot be obtained legitimately in the European version.
Game Boy Advance Card-e NES Classics Series
- 11 November 2002
Game Boy Advance Classic NES Series / Famicom Mini
- 14 February 2004
- 7 June 2004
- 9 July 2004
Wii Virtual Console
- 16 January 2007
- 12 February 2007
- 16 March 2007
Nintendo 3DS Ambassador Program
- 31 August 2011
Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console
- 4 July 2012
- 31 January 2013
- 2 May 2013
Wii U Virtual Console
- 27 April 2013
- 26 April 2013
- 27 April 2013
NES Classic Edition
- 10 November 2016
- 11 November 2016
- 11 November 2016
Nintendo Classics / Nintendo Switch Online
- 19 September 2018
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Soccer
NES, 1985
NES / Famicom
- 9 April 1985
- 15 January 1987
- March 1987
Famicom Disk System
- 21 February 1986
Animal Crossing (GC) – Playable Item
- 16 September 2002
- 24 September 2004
Wii Virtual Console
- 2 December 2006
- 19 November 2006
- 22 December 2006
Wii U Virtual Console
- 12 June 2014
- 12 June 2014
- 3 December 2014
Nintendo Classics / Nintendo Switch Online
- 19 September 2018
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Wrecking Crew
NES, 1985
NES / Famicom
- 18 June 1985
- October 1985
- September 1987
Famicom Disk System
- 3 February 1989
Game Boy Advance Classic NES Series / Famicom Mini
- 21 May 2004
Wii Virtual Console
- 24 August 2007
- 19 November 2007
- 5 February 2008
Nintendo 3DS Ambassador Program
- 31 August 2011
Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console
- 19 September 2012
- 7 March 2013
- 9 May 2013
Wii U Virtual Console
- 19 June 2013
- 20 June 2013
- 20 June 2013
Nintendo Classics / Nintendo Switch Online
- 17 July 2019
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Stack-Up
Family Computer Robot: Block Set -
Gyromite
Family Computer Robot: Gyro Set -
Super Mario Bros.
NES, 1985
NES / Famicom
- 13 September 1985
- October 1985
- 15 May 1987
Famicom Disk System
- 21 February 1986
Animal Crossing (GC) – Playable Item
- 14 December 2001
- 16 September 2002
- 24 September 2004
While Super Mario Bros. is available in the code, it was only available in Japan as a limited promotion.
Game Boy Advance Classic NES Series / Famicom Mini
- 14 February 2004
- 7 June 2004
- 9 July 2004
Wii Virtual Console
- 2 December 2006
- 25 December 2006
- 5 January 2007
Nintendo 3DS Ambassador Program
- 31 August 2011
Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console
- 5 January 2012
- 16 February 2012
- 1 March 2012
Wii U Virtual Console
- 5 June 2013
- 12 September 2013
- 19 September 2013
NES Classic Edition
- 10 November 2016
- 11 November 2016
- 11 November 2016
Nintendo Classics / Nintendo Switch Online
- 19 September 2018
Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros.
- 13 November 2020
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Mach Rider
NES, 1985
NES / Famicom
- October 1985
- 21 November 1985
- 15 March 1987
Wii Virtual Console
- 25 May 2007
- 9 July 2007
- 4 September 2007
Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console
- 17 July 2013
- 10 April 2014
- 12 June 2014
Wii U Virtual Console
- 1 May 2014
- 7 August 2014
- 1 October 2014
Nintendo Classics / Nintendo Switch Online
- 4 July 2024
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The Legend of Zelda
Zelda no DensetsuNES, 1986
Famicom Disk System
- 21 February 1986
NES / Famicom
- August 1987
- 15 November 1987
- 19 February 1994
Animal Crossing (GC) – Playable Item
- 14 December 2001
- 16 September 2002
- 24 September 2004
While The Legend of Zelda is available in the code, it cannot be obtained legitimately in any version.
The Legend of Zelda: Collector's Edition (GC)
- 14 November 2003
- 17 November 2003
- 18 March 2004
Game Boy Advance Classic NES Series / Famicom Mini
- 14 February 2004
- 7 June 2004
- 9 July 2004
Wii Virtual Console
- 19 November 2006
- 2 December 2006
- 8 December 2006
Nintendo 3DS Ambassador Program
- 31 August 2011
Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console
- 22 December 2011
- 12 April 2012
- 5 July 2012
Wii U Virtual Console
- 28 August 2013
- 29 August 2013
- 29 August 2013
NES Classic Edition
- 10 November 2016
- 11 November 2016
- 11 November 2016
Nintendo Classics / Nintendo Switch Online
- 19 September 2018
Game & Watch: The Legend of Zelda
- 12 November 2021
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The Mysterious Murasame Castle
Nazo no MurasamejōNES, 1986
Famicom Disk System
- 14 April 1986
Game Boy Advance Classic NES Series / Famicom Mini
- 10 August 2004
Wii Virtual Console
- 19 August 2008
Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console
- 3 July 2013
- 29 May 2014
- 7 August 2014
Wii U Virtual Console
- 30 July 2014
Nintendo Classics / Nintendo Switch Online
- 31 October 2023
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Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
Super Mario Bros. 2NES, 1986
Famicom Disk System
- 3 June 1986
Game Boy Advance Classic NES Series / Famicom Mini
- 10 August 2004
Wii Virtual Console
- 1 May 2007
- 14 September 2007
- 1 October 2007
Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console
- 25 July 2012
- 27 December 2012
- 27 December 2012
Wii U Virtual Console
- 8 August 2013
- 23 January 2014
- 13 March 2014
Nintendo Classics / Nintendo Switch Online
- 10 April 2019
Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros.
- 13 November 2020
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Metroid
NES, 1986
Famicom Disk System
- 6 August 1986
NES / Famicom
- August 1987
- 15 January 1988
Game Boy Advance Classic NES Series / Famicom Mini
- 10 August 2004
- 25 October 2004
- 7 January 2005
Wii Virtual Console
- 20 July 2007
- 13 August 2007
- 4 March 2008
Nintendo 3DS Ambassador Program
- 31 August 2011
Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console
- 29 February 2012
- 1 March 2012
- 15 March 2012
Wii U Virtual Console
- 11 July 2013
- 11 July 2013
- 14 August 2013
NES Classic Edition
- 10 November 2016
- 11 November 2016
- 11 November 2016
Nintendo Classics / Nintendo Switch Online
- 14 November 2018
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Kid Icarus
Hikari Shinwa: Palutena no KagameNES, 1986
Famicom Disk System
- 15 December 1986
NES / Famicom
- July 1987
- 15 February 1988
Game Boy Advance Classic NES Series / Famicom Mini
- 10 August 2004
Wii Virtual Console
- 23 January 2007
- 12 February 2007
- 23 February 2007
Wii U Virtual Console
- 11 July 2013
- 25 July 2013
- 14 August 2013
NES Classic Edition
- 11 November 2016
- 11 November 2016
Nintendo Classics / Nintendo Switch Online
- 13 March 2019
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Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
Link no BōkenNES, 1987
Famicom Disk System
- 14 January 1987
NES / Famicom
- 26 September 1988
- December 1988
The Legend of Zelda: Collector's Edition (GC)
- 14 November 2003
- 17 November 2003
- 18 March 2004
Game Boy Advance Classic NES Series / Famicom Mini
- 10 August 2004
- 25 October 2004
- 7 January 2005
Wii Virtual Console
- 23 January 2007
- 23 January 2007
- 9 February 2007
Nintendo 3DS Ambassador Program
- 31 August 2011
Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console
- 6 June 2012
- 13 September 2012
- 22 November 2012
Wii U Virtual Console
- 11 September 2013
- 12 September 2013
- 26 September 2013
NES Classic Edition
- 10 November 2016
- 11 November 2016
- 11 November 2016
Nintendo Classics / Nintendo Switch Online
- 16 January 2019
Game & Watch: The Legend of Zelda
- 12 November 2021
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Smash Table Tennis
Smash Ping PongNES, 1987
Famicom Disk System
- 30 May 1987
Wii Virtual Console
- 25 November 2008
- 17 July 2009
Wii U Virtual Console
- 18 March 2015
Nintendo Classics / Nintendo Switch Online
- 18 December 2020
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Famicom Mukashi Banashi: Shin Onigashima
NES, 1987
Famicom Disk System
- 4 September 1987 (Disk 1) / 30 September 1987 (Disk 2)
Game Boy Advance Classic NES Series / Famicom Mini
- 10 August 2004
Wii Virtual Console
- 19 June 2007
Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console
- 5 June 2013
Wii U Virtual Console
- 18 September 2013
Nintendo Classics / Nintendo Switch Online
- 4 July 2024
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Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
Mike Tyson Punch-Out!! Punch-Out!! (Reissue)NES, 1987
NES / Famicom
- October 1987 / 1990 (Reissue)
- 21 November 1987
- 15 December 1987 / 1990 (Reissue)
Animal Crossing (GC) – Playable Item
- 14 December 2001
- 16 September 2002
- 24 September 2004
Wii Virtual Console
- 30 March 2007
- 3 April 2007
- 16 April 2007
Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console
- 1 February 2012
- 1 March 2012
- 8 March 2012
Wii U Virtual Console
- 20 March 2013
- 27 April 2013
- 5 June 2013
NES Classic Edition
- 11 November 2016
- 11 November 2016
Nintendo Classics / Nintendo Switch Online
- 10 April 2019
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Nakayama Miho no Tokimeki High School
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Famicom Wars
NES, 1988
NES / Famicom
- 12 August 1988
Wii Virtual Console
- 19 May 2009
Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console
- 26 December 2012
Wii U Virtual Console
- 3 December 2014
Nintendo Classics / Nintendo Switch Online
- 12 December 2019
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Super Mario Bros. 3
NES, 1988
NES / Famicom
- 23 October 1988
- February 1990
- 29 August 1991
Wii Virtual Console
- 5 November 2007
- 9 November 2007
- 11 December 2007
Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console
- 1 January 2013
- 26 December 2013
- 17 April 2014
Wii U Virtual Console
- 25 December 2013
- 26 December 2013
- 17 April 2014
NES Classic Edition
- 10 November 2016
- 11 November 2016
- 11 November 2016
Nintendo Classics / Nintendo Switch Online
- 19 September 2018
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Super Mario Bros. 2
Super Mario USANES, 1988
NES / Famicom
- October 1988
- 28 April 1989
- 14 September 1992
Wii Virtual Console
- 25 May 2007
- 2 July 2007
- 10 August 2007
Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console
- 28 November 2012
- 11 July 2013
- 7 August 2013
Wii U Virtual Console
- 16 May 2013
- 16 May 2013
- 19 March 2014
NES Classic Edition
- 10 November 2016
- 11 November 2016
- 11 November 2016
Nintendo Classics / Nintendo Switch Online
- 13 February 2019
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EarthBound Beginnings
MotherNES, 1989
NES / Famicom
- 27 July 1989
Wii U Virtual Console
- 14 June 2015
- 15 June 2015
- 15 June 2015
Nintendo Classics / Nintendo Switch Online
- 9 February 2022
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Famicom Mukashi Banashi: Yūyūki
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Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light
Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryū to Hikari no KenNES, 1990
NES / Famicom
- 20 April 1990
Wii Virtual Console
- 20 October 2009
Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console
- 1 August 2012
Wii U Virtual Console
- 4 June 2014
Nintendo Classics / Nintendo Switch Online
- 13 March 2019
Nintendo Switch eShop
- 4 December 2020
- 4 December 2020
An enhanced, localised port of the original game was available for a limited time. It was delisted on 31 March 2021.
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Dr. Mario
NES, 1990
NES / Famicom
- 27 July 1990
- October 1990
- 27 June 1991
Game Boy Advance Classic NES Series / Famicom Mini
- 21 May 2004
- 25 October 2004
- 7 January 2005
Wii U Virtual Console
- 13 February 2014
- 26 February 2014
- 27 March 2014
NES Classic Edition
- 10 November 2016
- 11 November 2016
- 11 November 2016
Nintendo Classics / Nintendo Switch Online
- 19 September 2018
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NES Play Action Football
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StarTropics
NES, 1990
NES / Famicom
- December 1990
- 20 August 1992
Wii Virtual Console
- 7 January 2008
- 11 January 2008
Wii U Virtual Console
- 3 September 2015
- 26 May 2016
NES Classic Edition
- 11 November 2016
- 11 November 2016
Nintendo Classics / Nintendo Switch Online
- 13 March 2019
- 13 March 2019
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NES Open Tournament Golf
Mario Open GolfNES, 1991
NES / Famicom
- 20 September 1991
- September 1991
- 18 June 1992
Wii Virtual Console
- 11 May 2007
- 18 June 2007
- 24 July 2007
Nintendo 3DS Ambassador Program
- 31 August 2011
Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console
- 5 July 2012
- 10 August 2012
- 23 August 2012
Wii U Virtual Console
- 15 January 2014
- 6 February 2014
- 6 March 2014
NES Classic Edition
- 10 November 2016
Nintendo Classics / Nintendo Switch Online
- 10 October 2018
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Yoshi
Mario & Yoshi Yoshi no TamagoNES, 1991
NES / Famicom
- 14 December 1991
- June 1992
- 30 December 1992
Wii Virtual Console
- 6 March 2007
- 16 May 2007
- 9 July 2007
Nintendo 3DS Ambassador Program
- 31 August 2011
Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console
- 22 August 2012
- 21 February 2013
- 2 May 2013
Wii U Virtual Console
- 12 June 2013
- 12 June 2013
- 13 June 2013
Nintendo Classics / Nintendo Switch Online
- 19 September 2018
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Clu Clu Land D
Clu Clu LandNES, 1992
Famicom Disk System
- 28 April 1992
Animal Crossing (GC) – Playable Item
- 14 December 2001
- 16 September 2002
- 24 September 2004
Wii Virtual Console
- 10 March 2009
Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console
- 12 June 2013
Wii U Virtual Console
- 20 November 2013
Nintendo Classics / Nintendo Switch Online
- 15 May 2019
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Kirby's Adventure
Hoshi no Kirby: Yume no Izumi no MonogatariNES, 1993
NES / Famicom
- 23 March 1993
- May 1993
- 9 December 1993
Wii Virtual Console
- 12 February 2007
- 16 February 2007
- 27 February 2007
Wii U Virtual Console
- 17 April 2013
- 17 April 2013
- 18 April 2013
NES Classic Edition
- 10 November 2016
- 11 November 2016
- 11 November 2016
Nintendo Classics / Nintendo Switch Online
- 13 February 2019
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Wario's Woods
Wario no MoriNES, 1994
NES / Famicom
- 19 February 1994
- December 1994
- 1995
Animal Crossing (GC) – Playable Item
- 14 December 2001
- 16 September 2002
- 24 September 2004
Wii Virtual Console
- 19 November 2006
- 8 December 2006
- 12 December 2006
Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console
- 29 May 2013
- 24 October 2013
- 7 November 2013
Wii U Virtual Console
- 7 November 2013
- 29 January 2014
- 27 February 2014
Nintendo Classics / Nintendo Switch Online
- 12 December 2018
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Zoda's Revenge: StarTropics II
NES, 1994
NES / Famicom
- March 1994
Wii Virtual Console
- 29 December 2008
- 10 July 2009
Wii U Virtual Console
- 3 September 2015
- 26 May 2016
Bundle Games
Nintendo published some games exclusively in a hardware bundle. These are usually compilation carts.
Promotional Games
These games were only available as part of a promotion or competition, and were not available for general purchase.
