LibGuides: Game Collection: Nintendo Games

Browse Nintendo Games

Image Credit: Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

On this page you can browse the library's collection of Nintendo games, organized by console.

Switch & Switch Lite

Released by Nintendo in March 2017, the Switch works as a handheld console or connects to a monitor via HDMI cable and charging dock. The Switch Lite is a handheld-only version of the console released in September 2019.

Students can borrow a Switch or Switch Lite through the Equipment Loan Office, located on the lower level. The library also has a collection of circulating Switch games which can be browsed below.

three joker poker cards ensnared with red tendrils

A woman holding two guns leaping before a red moon

a tailed and horned creature, backlit by the moon, floats in front of two characters in green tinted forest

colorful cartoonish knight soar through purple air

a group of cartoon animals engage in a sinister ritual

four anime girls dressed in high school uniforms wave and smile invitingly on a pink background

a long white haired boy raises his fist in front of a rundown city

four colorful humans wearing animal costumes jump around trucks

A pair of dolls ride a dandelion through the sky

parade balloons of cartoon characters against a blue sky

a group of characters from the kirby games

Mario jumps for a block with numbered sides while other characters watch from below

mario and donkey kong face off in front of a background of green platforms

mario and friends engage in platforming action

a anime style boy and bean shaped creature read an embroidered book in a palace

an alien creature standing before a strange city wearing a backpack stares up in fear

a mystical forest scene with an owl and glowing creature

paper mario stands before a group of characters reading a map

a group of anime characters striking dynamic poses

A group of stylized characters explode towards the viewer

a collection of pikmin stand in a garden

a pair of pokemon trainers stare at a mountain

a figure in haz-mat suit stands before a house

Princess peach reaches towards the viewer, behind her the background shows her in various activities like fencing and baking

a woman in exercise clothing fires energy at a monster

a solid white girl outlined with black stands in the spotlight of a black background

cartoonish brawlers are centered in front of a yellow background with skyscrapers

a cardboard box with a stuffed pig inside

four colorful medieval style characters stand side by side in the foreground with a blue sky

Wario and a group of faceless gold backup dancers gyrate wildly

Wii

The Nintendo Wii was released in 2006, and is part of the seventh generation of video game consoles, alongside the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Students can borrow a Wii from the library's Equipment Loan Office, and can browse the library's collection of circulating Wii games below.

SNES Classic Edition

The original Super Nintendo Entertainment System — commonly shortened to Super Nintendo, Super NES or SNES — is a 16-bit home video game console released in Japan in 1990 and then in North America the following year. In 2017, Nintendo brought out the SNES Classic Edition, a plug-and-play emulator loaded with 21 SNES games.

The games below come preloaded on the SNES Classic Edition which you can borrow from the Equipment Loan Office, located on the lower level of the library.

star fox stands before a space background

a bunch of yoshis and baby mario in a bubble

NES Classic Edition

The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) is an 8-bit, third-generation video game console produced by Nintendo. First released in Japan in 1983 as the Family Computer (commonly referred to as Famicom), it was released as the NES in the North American market in 1985.

In 2016, Nintendo released the NES Classic Edition, a plug-and-play emulator of the original system. The Classic Edition can be borrowed from the library's Equipment Loan Office, and comes preloaded with the games below.