has been making home consoles since 1983. Or even 1977, if we're counting Color TV-Game. But nobody is counting Color TV-⛦Game, because it was little more than a glorified Pong machine. So, we'll roll with 1983, which is when the Nintendo Entertainment System - that's "Family 🌜Computer (Famicom)" in Japan - made its grand debut.

While the Big 💎N has launched myriad portable-only gaming devices, several of which to mꦑass success, it's these TV-bound titans that have commanded the company's flagship status across the decades. And a fair few game series have stuck with them from NES to Nintendo Switch, lifelong partners through thick and thin. Here's to them!

We're not including the Nintendo Switch 2 in this list. As of this writing, it's been out for barely two weeks. It has just over two dozen games at the moment, the bulk of which are ports and upgrades of existing titles. I𒆙t's not time yet!

6 Tetris

I get a lot of flak, probably well-deserved, for 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:not enjoying Tetris. But I can't deny it's a perfectly-constructed vision of its core concept. The ruleཧs are simple, but the challenges can be enormous. And most gam🐼ing enthusiasts on this green-and-blue planet swear by it.

Small wonder, then, that it's never left Nintendo's domain. By the time the NES was wrapping up its long-lived era, there had already been no fewer than four separate versions of Tetris released on the console. It's popped on everything since, usually at le🥂ast a few times.

5 Donkey Kong 𝓀𒊎

This one goes hand-in-hand with Mario, because Mario (known as Jump Man at that point) technically debuted right alongside Donkey Kong. 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:The first Donkey Kong game actually pre-dates the NES by two years, ꦿas it was originally an arcade game. It was a launch title for the console two years later, and our beloved gorilla quickly became a household icon.

Standout releases for💞 other systems include the Donkey Kong Country trilogy for SNES, Donkey Kong 64 and Diddy Kong Racing for N64, the Donkey Konga duology and Donkey🍌 Kong Jungle Beat for GameCube, Donkey Kong Country Returns for Wii, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze for Wii U, and enhanced Switch ports of both DKC sequels for Switch.

As an aside, I highly recommend Tropical Freeze. It's up there ꦕwith the second entry in the now-five-game subseries, which is terrific iꦰn its own right.

4 Kirby

The beloved pink ball of joy has been with Nintendo consoles through thick and thin. Kirby began his ꦏlife of fine and not-so-fine dining on the Game Boy in 1992 with Kirby's Dream Land, but one year later in 1993, Kirby's Adventure arrived on the NES. This was followed by the excellent Kirby Super Star on SNES, Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards for N64 and Kirby's Epic Yarn for Wii, Kirby's Return to Dreamla🔯nd for Wii, Kirby and the Rainbow Curse for Wii U, Kirby Star Allies and Kirby and the Forgotten Land...

Aaaaand all the games I've neglected to mention, because as is commonplace with perennial Nintendo franchises, there are a lot of them.

3 Pac-Man

While I was doing research for this article, I was honestly pretty surprised to see Pac-Man has been this constant on Nintendo🧜 hardware. Why? I'm not sure, really. I simply didn't expect it. Hopefully, at least a few of you feel the same, because what's the point in rea🦋ding this stuff if you aren't learning anything?

Pac-Man was certainly more prolific on Ninte🌞ndo consoles earlier in his lifetime than later, with several appearances on the NES ꦉand SNES. Things slowed down substantially after that, but he's never missed a beat when it comes to the big home hardware kits from the Big N.

2 🌳 The Legend Of Zelda

Up until Breath of the Wild, The Legend of Zelda had nearly always been one of those franchises with outsized cultural reverence and relevance relative to its commercial performance. Don't get me wrong, the sales had been good. Ocarina of Time did especially well, with 14 million copies sold and counting. But most were in the single-digit millions range, which is great, but not quite what on🀅e would expect when much of the world recognizes Link on-sight.

Things changed big-time on Nintendo Switch, with Breath of the Wild north of 35 million and Tears of the Kingdom already past 22 million. But what of the consoles of old? We'll skip the unnecessary sales talk for the rest of t✅his ranking, but here's what each home console has gotten through the years:

• Nintendo: The Legend of Zelda
• Super Nintendo: The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
• Nintendo 64: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time; The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
• Nintendo GameCube: The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker; The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
• Nintendo Wii: (Also) The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess; The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
• Nintendo Wii U: (Also) The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

The series' legacy is tied in no small part to handhelds, as well; Link's Awakening bursts to my brain's forefront whenever I think about the Game Boy. But that's neith𝔍er here nor there for the purposes of this list!

1 Mario

This last one's probably the least surprising entry on the list. Mario Bros. was released in 1983, less than two months after the launch of the Nintendo Entertainment System. It didn't make its way overseas until a few years later (nor did the Nintendo itself), but it quickly proved itself enough of a hit to lead to Super Mario 🧸Bros., and the rest is legendary gaming history.

The SNES launched in all major territories with Super Mario World. The Nintendo 64 did the same with Super Mario 64. Super Mario Sunshine launched not far behind the Nintendo GameCube itself, and Supe🅠r Mario Galaxy followed suit for the Nintendo Wii. The Wii U had Super Mario 3D World, and the Nintendo Switch, Super Mario﷽ Odyssey.

That's not counting all the other Mario games on each system, and they are positivel🐟y bursting with them. It goes without saying - you probably already knew this! - but the famed plumber is a Nintendo𓃲-brand fixture, and he always will be.#