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Nemesis (Resident Evil)
Nemesis (Nemesis-T Type, the Pursuer) is Capcom's Resident Evil bioweapon: a Tyrant implanted with the NE-α parasite by Umbrella Europe, stalking Jill Valentine in Resident Evil 3 (1999) and its 2020 remake while growling "S.T.A.R.S."
Nero (Devil May Cry)
Nero is a protagonist of Capcom's Devil May Cry series, introduced in Devil May Cry 4 (2008), created by Bingo Morihashi and the son of Vergil.
New Super Mario Bros.
New Super Mario Bros. (New スーパーマリオブラザーズ) is Nintendo's 2006 Nintendo DS 2D platformer, Mario's first side-scroller since Super Mario World, with Mega/Mini Mushrooms and Blue Shell, and the DS's best-selling game.
Newgrounds
Newgrounds: Tom Fulp's user-submitted portal for games, animation, audio, and art across four Portals; community blam/save voting, Flash-era peak in 2008, survival via Ruffle and HTML5, Supporter subscriptions.
NFL 2K
NFL 2K: Visual Concepts' Sega-published American football game series (1999–2004, Dreamcast/PS2/Xbox/GameCube), Madden NFL's rival; ended with ESPN NFL 2K5 at $19.99 when EA took exclusive NFL rights; revived as mobile NFL 2K Playmakers.
NHL (video game series)
NHL (EA Sports NHL) is EA Vancouver's annual licensed ice hockey video game series, running from EA Hockey (1991) through NHL 27; NHL '94 is its landmark entry, and it has had no competitor since NHL 2K11 (2011).
Ni no Kuni (二ノ国)
Ni no Kuni (二ノ国) is a Level-5 JRPG series set in a parallel fantasy world, begun on DS in Japan in 2010 with Studio Ghibli animation and Joe Hisaishi music; later entries include Wrath of the White Witch, Revenant Kingdom, and the Netmarble mobile MMORPG Cross Worlds.
Nier
Nier (NieR) is a Square Enix action RPG franchise by Yoko Taro, spun off from Drakengard; the 2010 original flopped, but NieR: Automata (PlatinumGames, 2017) sold over 10 million copies.
Nier: Automata
Nier: Automata is a 2017 action role-playing game directed by Yoko Taro and developed by PlatinumGames. The game depicts androids fighting machine lifeforms on a far-future Earth.
Night in the Woods
Night in the Woods: 2017 narrative adventure game by Infinite Fall (Holowka, Benson, Hockenberry), published by Finji, funded on Kickstarter at $209,375. Mae Borowski, a 20-year-old college dropout, returns to the declining town of Possum Springs.
Nina Williams
Nina Williams (ニーナ・ウィリアムズ) is a fictional assassin in Namco's Tekken series, known as Anna Williams' older sister and rival. In Tekken 8, she commands G Corporation forces.
Nintendo Comics System
Nintendo Comics System was the umbrella brand for Valiant Comics' licensed Nintendo comic books, published in the United States from 1990 to 1991 and covering Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda, and Metroid.
Nintendo franchises
Nintendo franchises are game series whose intellectual property rights Nintendo controls, led by Mario, Pokémon, and The Legend of Zelda, with Mario selling over 820 million games.
Nintendogs (ニンテンドッグス)
Nintendogs (ニンテンドッグス) is Nintendo's 2005 Nintendo DS virtual pet simulation, sold in three Japanese versions (Chihuahua, Dachshund, Lab & Friends) with 15 breeds, Bark Mode wireless play, and about 18 million copies sold by January 2008.
No Man's Sky
No Man's Sky is a 2016 space exploration and survival game by Hello Games, set in a procedurally generated universe of over 18 quintillion planets; its poor launch was reversed by years of free updates.
No More Heroes (series)
No More Heroes is an action game series created by Goichi Suda, known as Suda51, in which the otaku assassin Travis Touchdown fights ranked killers with a beam katana.
No Russian
No Russian: controversial 2009 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 mission in which the player, an undercover CIA agent, joins Makarov's terrorist massacre at Moscow's Zakhaev International Airport; skippable, debated in UK parliament, triggers the game's Russian-American war.
Nobunaga's Ambition (信長の野望)
Nobunaga's Ambition (信長の野望, Nobunaga no Yabō) is Koei's historical grand strategy series, first released 1983, set in Sengoku-era Japan where players as daimyo unify Japan; distinct from Koei's Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
Noctis Lucis Caelum
Noctis Lucis Caelum (ノクティス・ルシス・チェラム) is the protagonist of Final Fantasy XV, prince and 114th heir of Lucis, son of King Regis, voiced by Tatsuhisa Suzuki, designed by Tetsuya Nomura, originally from Versus XIII.
Oddworld
Oddworld: video game franchise by Lorne Lanning and Sherry McKenna's Oddworld Inhabitants (1994), beginning with Abe's Oddysee (1997); satirical alien world of exploitation, including Munch's Oddysee, Stranger's Wrath, New 'n' Tasty, and Soulstorm.
Omori (video game)
Omori (OMORI) is a 2020 psychological horror RPG by OMOCAT, LLC, inspired by EarthBound and Undertale, funded on Kickstarter in 2014, released December 25, 2020 on Steam, with a turn-based emotion-system combat and about 2.3–2.9 million estimated Steam sales.
Onimusha (鬼武者)
Onimusha (鬼武者) is Capcom's swordplay action game series of Oni-powered warriors fighting the demonic Genma, launched in 2001 with Warlords, totaling 7.9 million sales by 2011, and revived in 2026 with Way of the Sword starring Miyamoto Musashi.
Ori and the Blind Forest
Ori and the Blind Forest (Definitive Edition) is a 2015 Metroidvania platformer by Moon Studios, published by Microsoft, for Xbox One, PC, and Switch; Metascore 88, energy-orb save system, over 10 million copies sold.
Outlast
Outlast (2013) is a first-person survival horror game by Montreal's Red Barrels; a journalist with a camcorder explores Mount Massive Asylum with no combat, night-vision batteries, and the Whistleblower DLC.
Outlast 2
Outlast 2 (Red Barrels, April 25, 2017) is a survival horror game starring cameraman Blake Langermann, who searches the Arizona cult town of Temple Gate for his wife Lynn; no weapons, camcorder night vision, Metascore 75.
OutRun (series)
OutRun (アウトラン) is Sega's arcade driving game series created by Yu Suzuki, starting with the 1986 Super Scaler classic with branching routes, five endings, Hiroshi Kawaguchi's soundtrack, and sequels through OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast.
Overwatch
Overwatch is a team-based first-person shooter developed and operated by Blizzard Entertainment, in which two teams of heroes with distinct abilities fight over objectives, launched in 2016 and now free-to-play.
Overwatch 2
Overwatch 2, also called Overwatch after February 2026, is Blizzard's free-to-play 5v5 hero shooter launched October 4, 2022, known for the Push mode, canceled PvE, and the Reign of Talon relaunch.
Overwatch seasonal events
Overwatch seasonal events are Blizzard's limited-time holiday and themed celebrations in the hero shooter Overwatch (formerly Overwatch 2), running since the July 2016 Summer Games with modes like Lúcioball and Mei's Snowball Offensive, evolving from event loot boxes to a shop, battle pass, and 2026 faction meta events.
P.T. (video game)
P.T. (Playable Teaser) is a 2014 free PS4 psychological horror demo by Kojima Productions under the pseudonym 7780s Studio, teasing the cancelled Silent Hills by Kojima and del Toro; a looping L-shaped hallway, no HUD, delisted April 2015.