Duck Hunt (1984)
A laughing dog mocks a missed shot in Duck Hunt (1984), Nintendo's Zapper game of ducks and clay pigeons.
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Wii U games from Nintendo's HD home console before Switch. The Wii U catalog itself is not treated here as a current way to get a game. Later ports are named as history. Where to Play does not host these games.
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Battle City
Shared tanks and destructible bricks fill Battle City, Namco's Famicom game descended from Tank Battalion.
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Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. turned a running jump, a fire flower, and a flagpole into the pattern later Mario games still answer.
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Castlevania
Medusa heads drift across the stairs while Simon Belmont's whip cracks in Castlevania.
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The Legend of Zelda
The Legend of Zelda hands you a sword in a cave and then refuses to tell you which dungeon comes next.
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Final Fantasy (1987)
Light Warriors cross a bridge that breaks behind them in Final Fantasy (1987), Hironobu Sakaguchi's Famicom RPG that launched the series.
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Mega Man
Cut Man's shears and the Yellow Devil's shifting blocks open Mega Man, a shorter and harder robot-master gauntlet than the sequel that made the formula famous.
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Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
Experience points and side-view swordplay make Zelda II: The Adventure of Link the odd Zelda, closer to an action RPG than the first overhead quest.
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Mega Man 2
Metal blades from Metal Man answer whole rooms in Mega Man 2, where eight robot masters can be challenged in any order.
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Super Mario Bros. 2
Subspace vegetables and a four-person cast define Super Mario Bros. 2, the Western sequel built from a different Japanese game.
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Super Mario Bros. 3
Tanooki suits and a world map turn short stages into a toy box in Super Mario Bros. 3, with airships parked between the levels.
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Pac-Man
Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde chase the dot-eater in Pac-Man, Toru Iwatani's maze for Namco.
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The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past splits Hyrule into a light world and a dark world that share one map.
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Super Mario Kart
Banana peels and a red shell define Super Mario Kart, the Mode 7 racer whose handling stays slippery on purpose.
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Donkey Kong Country
Pre-rendered fur and a mine-cart ride define Donkey Kong Country, Rare's jungle where Diddy covers ground the big ape cannot.
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Super Metroid
Super Metroid opens with Samus delivering a baby metroid to researchers and then returning to a station that has already gone wrong.
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Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
Dixie's ponytail spins like a helicopter in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, and she and Diddy are the ones doing the rescuing.
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Mario Kart 64
Mario Kart 64 took the Super Nintendo racer's drifting and built courses that climb, drop, and hide shortcuts for four players on one television.
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Pokemon Snap
Professor Oak sends a photographer down a rail in Pokemon Snap, and the score depends on the framing, not on a battle.
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Super Smash Bros.
Floating arenas and a blast line define the rules, and Super Smash Bros. is HAL Laboratory's four-player fight starring Nintendo characters.
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Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
Konami lets a future protagonist drink enemy souls in Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, the 2003 castle you map at your own pace.
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The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
Ezlo the talking cap shrinks Link in The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap, the complete 2004 adventure Flagship made with Nintendo.
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Rayman Raving Rabbids
Ubisoft turned a platformer into a living-room party in Rayman Raving Rabbids, the 2006 Wii disc of motion minigames.
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Mario Kart DS
Mission tasks and a wireless lobby share a handheld, and Mario Kart DS is Nintendo's kart racer that uses both screens for the race and the map.
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New Super Mario Bros.
A wall jump and a Mega Mushroom mark the return of side-scrolling Mario, and New Super Mario Bros. puts those moves on two screens.
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The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Touch-screen sailing and a temple on a timer follow the cartoon sea, and The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass is Nintendo's sequel after The Wind Waker.
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The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
A train replaces the boat, and The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks makes Zelda a spirit partner rather than a distant goal.
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Secret Files: Tunguska
Nina Kalenkov hunts for her missing father, and Secret Files: Tunguska is Animation Arts' point-and-click wrapped around the Siberian blast.
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The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess lets Link become a wolf whenever the twilight covers a province.
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Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles
Capcom put the mansion, the city, and the train on rails, and Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles retells those outbreaks with a light gun.
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Toki Tori
A chick's egg hunt is Toki Tori, the puzzle Two Tribes reissued on WiiWare in 2008 after the Game Boy Color original.
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Donkey Kong Country Returns
Tiki Tak Tribe hypnotists steal the hoard in Donkey Kong Country Returns, the 2010 return Retro Studios built for Nintendo on the Wii.
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Super Mario Galaxy 2
Super Mario Galaxy 2 returns to small planets and then hands Mario a dinosaur the first Galaxy did not have.
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The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Motion swings cut through a sky of islands, and The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword opens on Skyloft above a surface unlocked one region at a time.
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Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two
Junction Point, led by Warren Spector, put Oswald beside Mickey, and Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two is that co-op cartoon on two Nintendo home machines.
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LEGO Batman 2 DC Super Heroes
Spoken jokes fill an open Gotham in LEGO Batman 2 DC Super Heroes, the 2012 sequel in which Traveller's Tales gave the bricks real dialogue.
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The Amazing Spider-Man
Oscorp's outbreak spills into an open city in The Amazing Spider-Man, Beenox's 2012 game based on the Marc Webb film.
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Disney Infinity
Plastic figures unlock play sets, and Disney Infinity is Avalanche Software's toys-to-life sandbox built around that swap.
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Just Dance 2017
Two Nintendo discs carried one fresh playlist, and Just Dance 2017 is that collection sold for the original motion console and its successor.
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Just Dance 2019
Disc presses were still running for living-room dancers when Just Dance 2019 arrived for the original motion console and its successor together.
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Edge
A cube rolls from tile to tile, and Edge grew out of an earlier mobile challenge before later living-room and handheld versions carried it.
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Terraria
The Guide warns you once, then the night belongs to Terraria, Re-Logic's 2011 sandbox of digging, crafting, and bosses on a flat plane.
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Unepic
A pizza-delivery worker is trapped in a castle, and Unepic is the computer parody that later reached the successor console's shop.
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Assassin’s Creed III
Connor Kenway's frontier war is Assassin’s Creed III, Ubisoft's 2012 chapter set in the American Revolution.
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Bridge Constructor Playground
Homemade spans get stress-tested by vehicles, and Bridge Constructor Playground is the sandbox from the bridge-building series.
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Call of Duty: Black Ops II
Raul Menendez links two wars in Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Treyarch's 2012 campaign split between the 1980s and a near-future fight.
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Darksiders II
Death's scythe replaces War's sword in Darksiders II, the 2012 sequel in which Vigil Games switched horsemen and added loot.
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FIFA 13
Launch-window football on the new living-room box was not the high-definition feature set, and FIFA 13 is EA Sports' edition that drew that line.
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Frederic: Resurrection of Music
A revived Chopin fights with piano battles, and Frederic: Resurrection of Music is Forever Entertainment's Polish rhythm game about that composer.
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Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams
Punk Giana swaps places with her cute form in Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams, Black Forest Games' reboot of the 1987 platformer.
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Girls Like Robots
Seating charts are the puzzle, and Girls Like Robots is the logic toy Adult Swim Games published about who may sit together.
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Knytt Underground
Combat barely matters underground, and Knytt Underground is Nifflas' long wander through caverns joined by climbable slopes.
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Little Inferno
Catalog toys exist to burn in Little Inferno, the 2012 fireplace Tomorrow Corporation made after World of Goo.
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Lone Survivor
Jasper Byrne drew a scavenging apartment crawl in Lone Survivor.
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Lone Survivor: The Director's Cut
Jasper Byrne expanded a sparse apartment horror, and Lone Survivor: The Director's Cut is the larger edition of his two-dimensional survival story.
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Mass Effect 3
Commander Shepard's last argument with the Reapers is Mass Effect 3, BioWare's 2012 finale of the trilogy.
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Need for Speed: Most Wanted - A Criterion Game
Fairhaven City is a reboot, not a sequel, in Need for Speed: Most Wanted - A Criterion Game, Criterion's 2012 open-world racer.
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New Super Mario Bros. U
Boost blocks drawn on the GamePad set New Super Mario Bros. U apart from earlier side-scrollers.
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Nihilumbra
Paint changes how the ground behaves, and Nihilumbra is BeautiFun Games' puzzle-platformer about coloring a path out of the Void.
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Nintendo Land
GamePad attractions fill a theme park in Nintendo Land.
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Pinball Arcade
Real Williams and Bally machines were licensed into a cabinet, and Pinball Arcade is FarSight Studios' collection of those tables.
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Puddle
A bead of liquid has to be tilted through machinery, and Puddle is the physics puzzle about keeping that blob intact.
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Resident Evil Revelations
Queen Zenobia's decks host Resident Evil Revelations, Capcom's cruise-ship story built first for the Nintendo 3DS.
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Scribblenauts Unlimited
Maxwell types a ladder into existence in Scribblenauts Unlimited, 5th Cell's 2012 puzzle where words become objects.
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Sniper Elite V2
Berlin ruins hide the V2 program in Sniper Elite V2, Rebellion's 2012 sequel known for an X-ray bullet camera.
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Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
Mid-lap boats replace cars in Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, Sumo Digital's 2012 Sega crossover whose karts switch among car, boat, and plane.
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Tekken Tag Tournament 2
Tag teams and a huge roster define the cabinet, and Tekken Tag Tournament 2 is Namco's fighter that lets one partner save another.
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Thomas Was Alone
Danny Wallace narrates the rectangles of Thomas Was Alone, Mike Bithell's 2012 puzzle about colored shapes with personalities.
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140
Geometry pulses with the music, and 140 is Jeppe Carlsen's one-button test of jumping in time with that throb.
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Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures
The web-series host becomes the avatar of a deliberately harsh throwback, and Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures puts that nerd through cheap deaths.
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Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag
Edward Kenway steals the Jackdaw in Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, Ubisoft's 2013 pirate story set in the Caribbean.
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Ballpoint Universe - Infinite
Ink on paper is the entire look, and Ballpoint Universe - Infinite is the shooter drawn as if a pen had doodled the enemies.
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BIT.TRIP Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien
Gaijin Games timed every fork to the soundtrack in BIT.TRIP Presents...
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Call of Duty: Ghosts
Riley's leash is a mechanic in Call of Duty: Ghosts, Infinity Ward's 2013 shooter with a new cast after Modern Warfare.
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CastleStorm
Physics rocks meet castle defense, and CastleStorm is Zen Studios' mix of a ballista shot and a side-view siege.
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Cubemen 2
Cube squads attack each other's bases, and Cubemen 2 is 3 Sprockets' blocky strategy game about that siege.
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Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut
Adam Jensen's augmentations get a second pass in Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut, Eidos Montreal's expanded cyberpunk role-playing game.
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Don't Starve
Wilson's campfire is a timer in Don't Starve, Klei's 2013 wilderness game where hunger and darkness are the usual killers.
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DuckTales: Remastered
Scrooge's pogo cane returns with new paint, and DuckTales: Remastered is WayForward's rebuild of Capcom's old hop across the moon, the Amazon, and the Himalayas.
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Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara
Two arcade beat-em-ups share a collection, and Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara is Capcom's bundle of Tower of Doom and Shadow over Mystara.
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Electronic Super Joy
Electronic tracks score a brutal series of jumps, and Electronic Super Joy is the computer original later brought to the successor console.
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FORCED
Spirit orbs rewrite a fighter's kit mid-trial, and FORCED is BetaDwarf's co-op arena game about surviving those tests.
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Gravity Badgers
Flipping gravity launches a badger through caves, and Gravity Badgers is Wales Interactive's physics puzzle about that burrow.
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How to Survive
Island scrap becomes spears in How to Survive, Eko Software's 2013 zombie game about crafting weapons on an island.
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Injustice: Gods Among Us
A regime of superheroes is the story, and Injustice: Gods Among Us is NetherRealm's one-on-one fighter about that split in the DC universe.
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Ittle Dew
A short dungeon teases classic top-down quests, and Ittle Dew is Ludosity's Swedish homage led by Ittle and the fox Tippsie.
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Lego City Undercover
Chase McCain returns to a brick city undercover, and Lego City Undercover is TT Fusion's police comedy that began as a successor-console exclusive.
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LEGO Marvel Super Heroes
Galactus arrives over a brick New York in LEGO Marvel Super Heroes, Traveller's Tales' 2013 packing of a large Marvel roster into an open city.
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Master Reboot
Memories are stored in a machine, and Master Reboot is Wales Interactive's first-person horror about walking through that archive.
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Mutant Mudds Deluxe
Extra levels join the mud-blasting hop, and Mutant Mudds Deluxe is Renegade Kid's expanded set of the handheld original.
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Pikmin 3
Juice rations limit the day in Pikmin 3. Alph's juice meter drops until fruit comes home.
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Race The Sun
Solar wings fail at dusk in Race The Sun, Flippfly's 2013 endless racer about a craft that dies when the sun sets.
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Rayman Legends
Murfy's touch stages were shaped on the Wii U gamepad for Rayman Legends, Ubisoft's 2013 follow-up to Origins.
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Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure
Typed words summon objects inside a superhero universe, and Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure is 5th Cell's crossover starring Maxwell.
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Shiny The Firefly
Padaone Games carried a mobile garden over to Wii U in Shiny The Firefly.
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Slender: The Arrival
A free prototype and an internet myth sit behind the commercial hunt, and Slender: The Arrival is Blue Isle's horror game about that tall figure.
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Sonic Lost World
Parkour on floating continents replaces a pure sprint, and Sonic Lost World is Sonic Team's successor-console game about the Lost Hex.
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Space Hulk
Terminators clear a derelict corridor, and Space Hulk is the video adaptation of Games Workshop's squad board game.
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SteamWorld Dig
Rusty digs under Tumbleton in SteamWorld Dig, Image & Form's mining adventure.
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Stick it to The Man!
Ray slaps stickers onto other people's thoughts with a spaghetti arm in Stick it to The Man!
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Super Mario 3D World
A cat suit and clear courses set a pace closer to side-scrolling Mario than to a sandbox, and Super Mario 3D World is Nintendo's four-player run of those boards.
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Teslagrad
Magnetism is the only vocabulary inside a silent tower, and Teslagrad is Rain Games' wordless climb that uses blue and red poles.
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Tetrobot and Co.
Blocks shove other blocks into sockets, and Tetrobot and Co. is Swing Swing Submarine's puzzle about robots built from those shapes.
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The Bridge
Escher stairs rotate with gravity in The Bridge, a 2013 puzzle about impossible architecture inspired by M.C. Escher.
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The Cave
Seven wanderers share one cavern, and The Cave is Ron Gilbert's Double Fine adventure about choosing which trio goes inside.
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The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD
The Swift Sail shortens the voyage, and The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD is Nintendo's sharper reissue of the same cartoon sea.
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The Swapper
Clone puzzles on a derelict station are The Swapper, Facepalm Games' 2013 game about making copies and moving your mind into them.
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The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct
Activision's first-person spinoff, widely panned and separate from Telltale, is The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct.
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The Wonderful 101
Drawing a shape builds the weapon in The Wonderful 101. Wonder-Red scratches a fist and the crowd becomes one.
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Toki Tori 2+
Two Tribes refused text tutorials, and Toki Tori 2+ makes each creature's effect something the player has to learn by trying it.
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Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Blacklist
Fourth Echelon's faster pace defines Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Blacklist, Ubisoft's 2013 Splinter Cell with a new voice for Sam Fisher.
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Volgarr the Viking
Ghosts 'n Goblins is the model, and Volgarr the Viking is a harsh arcade climb where armor strips off in a single hit.
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WARRIORS OROCHI 3 Ultimate
Koei Tecmo folded Dynasty Warriors officers into Samurai Warriors blades for WARRIORS OROCHI 3 Ultimate.
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Whispering Willows
Elena can step out of her body, and Whispering Willows is the ghost-story search built around that separation.
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Year Walk
Swedish year-walking folklore supplies the dread, and Year Walk is Simogo's horror about attempting that ritual.
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1001 Spikes
Spikes, darts, and falling blocks fill a cruel temple, and 1001 Spikes is the arcade challenge Nicalis published on two Nintendo machines.
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Back to Bed
A sleepwalker will march off an impossible path, and Back to Bed is Bedtime Digital's puzzle about placing objects in his way.
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Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate - Deluxe Edition
A handheld search of the prison moved to the television, and Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate - Deluxe Edition is Armature's home version with extra maps.
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Bayonetta 2
Hair becomes a demon-summoning weapon, and Bayonetta 2 is PlatinumGames' spectacle fighter published by Nintendo.
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Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
Rotating a small diorama leads Toad to a star he cannot jump for, and Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker is Nintendo's puzzle spun out of those no-jump boards.
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Chariot
A royal coffin has to be hauled through treasure caves, and Chariot is the co-op climb built around that awkward cargo.
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Child of Light
Aurora's poem is the script of Child of Light, Ubisoft Montreal's 2014 fable told in rhyme with a watercolor look.
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Costume Quest 2
Halloween costumes turn into battle forms again, and Costume Quest 2 is Double Fine's sequel about Wren, Reynold, and a dentist's time scheme.
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Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
Snowmads freeze the islands, and Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze is Retro Studios' sequel after Returns, with Dixie Kong as a partner.
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Electronic Super Joy: Groove City
A new city of music-driven stages continues the brutal jumps, and Electronic Super Joy: Groove City is that follow-up.
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Freedom Planet
Speed and a dragon heroine invite classic comparisons, and Freedom Planet is GalaxyTrail's fast side-scroller led by Sash Lilac.
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Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams - Director's Cut
Cute and punk forms twist the same stage, and Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams - Director's Cut is Black Forest Games' revival of the older series.
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Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition
Juan Aguacate's wrestler toolkit expands in Guacamelee!
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Hyrule Warriors
Battlefield crowds, not dungeon keys, carry Hyrule Warriors.
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LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham
Lantern Corps rings pull Batman into space in LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham, Traveller's Tales' 2014 sequel built around those corps.
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LEGO The Hobbit
Bilbo Baggins signs a contract in LEGO The Hobbit, Traveller's Tales' 2014 brick telling of Peter Jackson's Hobbit films.
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Lovely Planet
Tiny stages and a single shot define the pace, and Lovely Planet is quicktequila's brightly colored first-person run.
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Mario Kart 8
Mario Kart 8 bends tracks through anti-gravity so a course can drive on a wall and still be a race.
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Never Alone
Nuna's fox shares the blizzard in Never Alone, also called Kisima Ingitchuna, Upper One Games' 2014 puzzle platformer drawn from Inupiat folklore.
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Octodad: Dadliest Catch
Ordinary chores become a physics farce, and Octodad: Dadliest Catch is Young Horses' game about puppeteering an octopus through them.
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Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty
RuptureFarms returns in Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty, Just Add Water's 2014 rebuild of Abe's Oddysee, a new pass at the 1997 factory escape.
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OlliOlli
Landings are the trick, and OlliOlli is Roll7's skateboard game about flicking the stick at the exact moment the wheels meet the ground.
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Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut
Colored cubes extrude, vanish, or become springs, and Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut is Toxic Games' longer first-person puzzle set.
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Quest of Dungeons
Small generated floors and a compact party define the crawl, and Quest of Dungeons is the roguelike that ships those short delves.
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Road Redemption
Motorcycle weapons in the spirit of Road Rash define Road Redemption, which first appeared through computer early access rather than on a successor console.
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Shantae and the Pirate's Curse
Pirate gear replaces genie magic, and Shantae and the Pirate's Curse is WayForward's half-genie adventure about that swap.
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Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut
A DSiWare sequel was upgraded for the television, and Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut is WayForward's home version of that half-genie chase.
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Shovel Knight
A shovel replaces the usual sword, and Shovel Knight is Yacht Club Games' Kickstarter homage that treats that tool as a primary weapon.
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Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
Later knight campaigns share a carton with the original shovel quest, and Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is Yacht Club's bundle of those stories.
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Spy Chameleon - RGB Agent
Color is the hiding place, and Spy Chameleon - RGB Agent is the shop puzzle about matching a chameleon to the surface under him.
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STARWHAL
Narwhals poke each other in space, and STARWHAL is the local multiplayer couch game about stabbing a heart with a tusk.
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Stealth Inc 2: A Game of Clones
Test chambers grow meaner in Stealth Inc 2: A Game of Clones, Curve Studios' stealth-puzzle sequel.
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Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
Larger stages mark the home half of Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. Eight fighters on one television need the larger stage.
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Super Toy Cars
Miniature coupes thread between chair legs in Super Toy Cars.
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Tengami
Pop-up paper is the world, and Tengami is Nyamyam's puzzle adventure styled as a book that folds into rooms.
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The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
Mom's basement resets in The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, the 2014 rebuild Nicalis and Edmund McMillen made of the 2011 roguelike.
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The Fall
A combat suit's artificial intelligence wakes with one order, and The Fall is Over the Moon Games' adventure about that program hunting medical help for its pilot.
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The LEGO Movie - Videogame
Emmet's construction fantasy is retold in bricks, and The LEGO Movie - Videogame is TT Games' tie-in released with the film.
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Watch Dogs
Aiden Pearce hacks Chicago through ctOS in Watch Dogs, Ubisoft's 2014 open-world game about a city run by one network.
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Woah Dave!
One screen holds the whole scuffle in Woah Dave!
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Xeodrifter
A drifter hops tiny planets to rebuild a damaged ship, and Xeodrifter is Renegade Kid's pocket search across those small maps.
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Ziggurat
Floors reshuffle and wands replace guns, and Ziggurat is Milkstone Studios' first-person crawl through a wizard's randomized dungeon.
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Armikrog
Clay animation returns with the Neverhood team, and Armikrog is their Kickstarted point-and-click about Tommynaut and Beak-Beak.
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Axiom Verge
Glitches are weapons, and Axiom Verge is the Metroidvania Tom Happ built alone around a scientist who can corrupt the world.
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Citizens of Earth
Ordinary townspeople join the party, and Citizens of Earth is the turn-based joke about recruiting a barista, a farmer, and a conspiracy crank.
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Dracula's Legacy
Hidden objects fill a vampire story, and Dracula's Legacy is Jetdogs Studios' search built on that theme.
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Extreme Exorcism
A previous life replays as a hostile ghost, and Extreme Exorcism is the local party game about fighting that recording.
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Guitar Hero Live
Live-action crowds replace cartoon venues, and Guitar Hero Live is FreeStyleGames' restart that throws out the old five-color notes.
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Human Resource Machine
Inbox tiles become outbox tiles by a program the player writes, and Human Resource Machine is Tomorrow Corporation's visual coding set in a dreary office.
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Jones On Fire
A firefighter outruns the blaze he is standing in, and Jones On Fire is the short runner about staying ahead of that heat.
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Just Dance 2016
Ubisoft paired an on-disc tracklist with Just Dance Unlimited inside Just Dance 2016, while the Wii U disc still holds its own songs.
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Kung Fu Panda: Showdown of Legendary Legends
DreamWorks animals brawl on floating stages, and Kung Fu Panda: Showdown of Legendary Legends is the platform fighter built around Po and the Furious Five.
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LEGO DIMENSIONS
Warner licenses share one Toy Pad in LEGO DIMENSIONS.
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LEGO Jurassic World
Four films of dinosaurs become studs and jokes, and LEGO Jurassic World is TT Games' retelling from the first park through the later island.
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Minecraft: Story Mode
Choices replace digging as the main verb, and Minecraft: Story Mode is Telltale's episodic take on that world.
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Ninja Pizza Girl
Schoolyard cruelty shares the route with a delivery timer, and Ninja Pizza Girl is the Australian momentum game about a courier who is also a target.
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Nova-111
Turns and real-time blasts share one grid, and Nova-111 is the hybrid where a step is a turn until a bomb is live.
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Pumped BMX +
Timed flips on a side-view course define the run, and Pumped BMX + is that trick racer on the successor console's shop.
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Shiftlings
Two aliens share one body, and Shiftlings is the co-op game about stretching that body across a puzzle.
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Shutshimi
Power-ups are absurd and expire quickly, and Shutshimi is a short horizontal shooter about a fish grabbing whatever the banner offers.
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Sky Force Anniversary
A rebuilt vertical shooter chases scores, and Sky Force Anniversary is Infinite Dreams' anniversary pass at its own shmup.
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Splatoon
Turf War ends when the paint is counted in Splatoon.
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SteamWorld Heist
Ricochet shots are the main trick, and SteamWorld Heist is Image and Form's turn-based crew shooter built around bouncing bullets.
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Super Mario Maker
Course parts from several Mario eras snap together in Super Mario Maker.
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The Book of Unwritten Tales 2
A comedy point-and-click returns with a larger cast, and The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 is KING Art's sequel to that fantasy adventure.
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The Deer God
Reincarnation as a deer is the sentence, and The Deer God is the pixel side-scroller about living that animal life.
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The Swindle
Each burglary is laid out differently, and The Swindle is Size Five Games' steampunk heist about banking enough before a final score.
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Xenoblade Chronicles X
Planet Mira is the frontier, and a Skell is the ride, in Xenoblade Chronicles X. Elma's Skell license is earned on Mira, not on the Bionis.
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Yoshi's Woolly World
Yarn balls hide the secrets in Yoshi's Woolly World.
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Darksiders Warmastered Edition
War's Chaoseater gets a cleaner picture in Darksiders Warmastered Edition, the 2016 remaster of Vigil Games' horseman adventure.
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EARTHLOCK: Festival of Magic
A Norwegian studio's first project is a turn-based journey, and EARTHLOCK: Festival of Magic is Snowcastle Games' debut.
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LEGO Marvel's Avengers
The first two Avengers films get the brick treatment, and LEGO Marvel's Avengers is TT Games' retelling of those battles.
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LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Scenes that the film only implies get their own brick levels, and LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens is TT Games' version of the seventh movie.
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Letter Quest: Remastered
Spelling is the attack, and Letter Quest: Remastered is Bacon Bandit Games' word battle against a queue of monsters.
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Level 22: Gary’s Misadventure - 2016 Edition
Patrolling managers turn an office into a top-down stealth puzzle in Level 22: Gary’s Misadventure - 2016 Edition.
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Mahjong Deluxe 3
Stacked tiles wait for a solitaire match in Mahjong Deluxe 3, where pairs clear off a layered layout.
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Mighty No. 9
Beck absorbs a boss's power after the fight, and Mighty No. 9 is Keiji Inafune's Kickstarter project with Inti Creates, widely received as a troubled successor to Mega Man.
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Paper Mario: Color Splash
Huey's paint restores Prism Island in Paper Mario: Color Splash.
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Pirate Pop Plus
Bubble popping wears the shell of a tiny handheld, and Pirate Pop Plus is 13AM Games' arcade toy presented like a toy machine.
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Plantera
Gentle plant-raising fills a small garden, and Plantera is the sim about tending sprouts on the glasses-free handheld and the successor console.
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Severed
Touch swipes sever limbs, and Severed is Drinkbox Studios' first-person slash about a girl reclaiming her family.
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Shantae: Half-Genie Hero
A Kickstarter brought the half-genie back in high definition, and Shantae: Half-Genie Hero is WayForward's return to transformation dances.
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Star Fox Zero
Cockpit drawings disagree with the television in Star Fox Zero.
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The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD
Wolf Link crosses a sharper Hyrule in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD.
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Tumblestone
Matching runs are pulled out of columns, and Tumblestone is the versus puzzle that clears a stack by yanking one color in a connected line.
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forma.8
A small probe crosses an alien surface with no dialogue, and forma.8 is that quiet exploration.
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Ultratron
Twin-stick waves homage a robot massacre, and Ultratron is Puppy Games' take on that arena, later brought to the successor console by Curve Digital.
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Bayonetta
Witch Time slows the angels in Bayonetta, the 2009 character action game Hideki Kamiya and PlatinumGames made and Sega first published.
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Minecraft
Creeper blasts teach caution in Minecraft, the block sandbox Markus Persson started at Mojang.
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A World of Keflings
A giant hand helps tiny villagers, and A World of Keflings is NinjaBee's toy-like god game about building their town.
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RUSH
Conveyors and warps route a cube toward colored exits, and RUSH is Two Tribes' puzzle about painting the right path.
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Super Meat Boy
Dr. Fetus fills the saw halls of Super Meat Boy, the 2010 platformer Team Meat built as a precise successor to the Flash game Meat Boy.
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Zombie Defense
Units drop into lanes against incoming waves, and Zombie Defense is the defense game about holding that line.
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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild lets you leave the Great Plateau and walk toward the castle without finishing a single divine beast.
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