Nintendo's best 2D platformer isn't a Mario game, and it isn't a console game, either.
For one reason or another, these games didn't make it into the top 101 or the first edition of Just Missed, but they still deserve a little bit of (shared) spotlight.
The most recent Mario Kart is the best of the bunch, and that's by design.
EarthBound manages to be an incredible send up of its genre and video games in general, while also being a fantastic, memorable video game in its own right.
This underlooked gem is one of the very best games on the Wii, Nintendo or otherwise.
Each Animal Crossing entry is different, but the core concepts have survived for nearly 20 years now for a reason.
Hey, guess what happens to one of Nintendo's all-time greats when it gets a proper update that respects the source material?
Three Houses is a stellar blend of Fire Emblem's past and its more modern incarnations, an all-encompassing game that brings the series to its beyond-the-battlefield peak.
It should say something about the franchise that a Mario game I have some complaints about still manages to be the 17th-best thing Nintendo has ever made.
The last F-Zero we got on a console was the best one, and it isn't close.
Link's Awakening was the best thing going in 2D Zelda even before its excellent Switch remake.
The first two Pikmin games were great, but Pikmin 3 took the concept to another level that justified the long wait between entries.
