This Collider feature highlights eight Nintendo games considered exceptional throughout their entirety, spanning multiple decades and franchises including Mario, Zelda and Metroid. The list underscores Nintendo's consistent design quality, noting how these titles broke new ground in their genres, from pioneering 3D platforming to redefining open-world exploration.

The selections include Super Mario 64 (1996), praised for its groundbreaking 3D controls and non-linear progression; Super Mario Odyssey (2017), noted for its vast world and 999 collectible Power Moons; The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017), described as a defining open-world title and possibly the best Switch game; Super Metroid (1994), lauded for its atmospheric, non-linear exploration; and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998), though the article's discussion of this and the remaining entries is cut short in the available text.