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The King of Fighters

The King of Fighters, abbreviated KOF, is a crossover fighting game series by SNK, begun in 1994, where teams of three fighters compete in a tournament.

The King of Fighters XIV (ザ・キング・オブ・ファイターズXIV)

The King of Fighters XIV (ザ・キング・オブ・ファイターズXIV) is SNK's 2016 PlayStation 4 3-on-3 fighting game, the first numbered KOF in 3D, with 50 fighters, Max Mode, Climax Cancel, and Rush mechanics.

The King of Fighters XV

The King of Fighters XV (KOF XV) is a 2022 fighting game by SNK, the first mainline entry since 2016's KOF XIV, with three-on-three team battles.

The Last of Us (franchise)

The Last of Us (franchise): Naughty Dog/Sony action-adventure survival series begun in 2013 with Joel and Ellie; includes Part II (2020), Left Behind, remakes, canceled The Last of Us Online, and the HBO series.

The Legend of Heroes (英雄伝説)

The Legend of Heroes (英雄伝説) is Nihon Falcom's JRPG series, launched 1989, best known for the Trails (Kiseki) subseries since 2004: 13 interconnected mainline games set on Zemuria across Liberl, Crossbell, Erebonia, and Calvard arcs.

The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky

The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky (Sora no Kiseki) is Falcom's 2004 JRPG, sixth Legend of Heroes and first Trails game, following Estelle and Joshua Bright in Liberl; remade as 1st Chapter (2025) and 2nd Chapter (2026).

The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel

Trails of Cold Steel (Sen no Kiseki) is Nihon Falcom's four-game Erebonia arc of the Trails JRPG series, following Rean Schwarzer at Thors Military Academy with turn-based Combat Links combat, bonding events, and a school calendar.

The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III

Trails of Cold Steel III (英雄伝説 閃の軌跡III) is Nihon Falcom's 2017 PS4 JRPG, eighth Trails game and third Erebonia-arc entry: Rean becomes a Thors Branch Campus instructor leading a new Class VII, with Brave Orders, Break Gauge, and direct-command combat; NIS America released it in the West from 2019.

The Legend of Zelda (ゼルダの伝説)

The Legend of Zelda (ゼルダの伝説), Nintendo's action-adventure series created by Shigeru Miyamoto, first released February 1986 on Famicom Disk System; known for non-linear Hyrule exploration, Ocarina of Time's Metacritic 99, and 100 million-plus sales.

The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds

The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (Triforce of the Gods 2 in Japan) is Nintendo's 2013 3DS action-adventure sequel to A Link to the Past, known for wall-merging, item rentals, any-order dungeons, 2.51 million sales, and VGX and GDC handheld awards.

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and Four Swords

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past & Four Swords (ゼルダの伝説 神々のトライフォース&4つの剣) is a 2002 Game Boy Advance cartridge pairing a port of the SNES classic with Four Swords, the first multiplayer Zelda, later re-released on Switch Online in 2024.

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (ムジュラの仮面) is Nintendo's 2000 N64 action-adventure sequel to Ocarina of Time, set in Termina around a repeating three-day time loop before a falling moon, directed by Eiji Aonuma and remade for 3DS in 2015.

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (ゼルダの伝説 時のオカリナ 3D) is Grezzo's 2011 Nintendo 3DS remake of the 1998 N64 classic, with glasses-free 3D, touch-screen inventory, gyro aiming, Master Quest mode, Metacritic 94, and 6.44 million sold.

The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages

The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages, 2001 Game Boy Color action-adventure games by Capcom with Nintendo, directed by Hidemaro Fujibayashi; linked via passwords, set in Holodrum and Labrynna.

The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass

The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass is a 2007 action-adventure game for the Nintendo DS, a stylus-controlled direct sequel to The Wind Waker that received universal acclaim.

The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks

The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (Zelda no Densetsu: Daichi no Kiteki) is Nintendo's 2009 Nintendo DS action-adventure, a Phantom Hourglass sequel set 100 years later where Link and Zelda's spirit restore train tracks binding Demon King Malladus; directed by Daiki Iwamoto, produced by Eiji Aonuma.

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (TotK) is Nintendo's 2023 Switch action-adventure, direct sequel to Breath of the Wild, released May 12, 2023, with Ultrahand, Fuse, Ascend, and Recall abilities; it sold 10 million copies in three days.

The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (ゼルダの伝説 ふしぎのぼうし)

The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (ゼルダの伝説 ふしぎのぼうし) is a 2004 Game Boy Advance action-adventure by Capcom's Flagship, the twelfth Zelda game. Link shrinks with the hat Ezlo and fuses Kinstones; directed by Hidemaro Fujibayashi.

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (ゼルダの伝説 風のタクト)

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (ゼルダの伝説 風のタクト) is Nintendo's 2002 GameCube Zelda adventure, cel-shaded and set on the Great Sea; controversial at launch, later acclaimed, remade as Wind Waker HD (2013).

The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes

The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes is a 2015 Nintendo 3DS co-op action-adventure by Grezzo, built around three Links, a totem-stacking mechanic, costumes, and a criticized doppel-based single-player mode.

The Long Dark

The Long Dark: first-person exploration-survival game by Canada's Hinterland Studio, Kickstarter 2013, Steam Early Access 2014, 1.0 release August 1, 2017. Survival Mode sandbox plus five-episode WINTERMUTE story; Episode Five launched March 31, 2026; sequel Blackfrost announced.

The Orange Box

The Orange Box: Valve's five-game 2007 compilation (Half-Life 2, Episodes One and Two, Portal, Team Fortress 2), released October 10, 2007 for $49.99 PC/$59.99 console; Metacritic 96, Portal won 30+ GOTY awards.

The Oregon Trail (series)

The Oregon Trail (series) is a line of educational computer games begun in 1971 by Rawitsch, Heinemann, and Dillenberger and published by MECC, simulating an 1848 wagon journey to Oregon; 65 million copies estimated sold.

The Pokémon Company (株式会社ポケモン)

The Pokémon Company (株式会社ポケモン), founded April 1998 as Pokémon Center Co., Ltd. by Nintendo, Game Freak, and Creatures, manages the Pokémon brand, games, trading card game, licensing, and shops worldwide.

The Witness (2016 video game)

The Witness is a 2016 first-person puzzle game designed by Jonathan Blow, in which players explore an abandoned island and solve more than 600 line-drawing puzzles.

The World Ends with You (すばらしきこのせかい)

The World Ends with You (すばらしきこのせかい) is a 2007 Square Enix/Jupiter action RPG for Nintendo DS, set in Shibuya's Reapers' Game, known for dual-screen touch combat, pins, and its 2012, 2018, and 2021 sequels and ports.

TimeSplitters

TimeSplitters: FPS series by Free Radical Design (ex-Rare founders of GoldenEye/Perfect Dark), three games 2000-2005 on PS2, Xbox, GameCube; multiplayer-focused with mapmaker; revival under Embracer shut down 2023.

Titanfall

Titanfall: Respawn Entertainment's FPS series (EA) of Pilots and Titan mechs. Titanfall (2014, Xbox/PC, multiplayer-only) and Titanfall 2 (2016, added Jack Cooper and BT-7274 campaign).

To the Moon

To the Moon (2011) is Freebird Games' Kan Gao narrative adventure, made in RPG Maker XP, in which two doctors traverse a dying man's memories to grant his wish to go to the moon; Metacritic 81, sequels Finding Paradise and Impostor Factory.

Tokimeki Memorial (ときめきメモリアル)

Tokimeki Memorial (ときめきメモリアル) is Konami's dating sim series, first released on PC Engine May 27, 1994. Set at Kirameki High, it made stat-raising romance games mainstream in Japan; never officially localized in English.