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Need for Speed Payback
Need for Speed Payback is a 2017 Ghost Games/EA open-world arcade racing game for PC, PS4, and Xbox One, set in Fortune Valley against the cartel The House, with a criticized random Speed Card upgrade system and mixed reviews (Metacritic PC 62).
Need for Speed Rivals
Need for Speed: Rivals (2013), Ghost Games' open-world cop-versus-racer racer with the AllDrive shared-world system. Metacritic 75-80; EA shut down its online servers October 7, 2025, leaving offline play.
Need for Speed Unbound
Need for Speed Unbound (NFS Unbound) is Criterion Games' 2022 open-world street racing game for PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC, set in Lakeshore City, with anime graffiti effects, A$AP Rocky, Lakeshore Online, and Volume 9 as its final update.
Need for Speed: Carbon
Need for Speed: Carbon is a 2006 EA Black Box street racing game set in Palmont, introducing crew racing, canyon duels, and Autosculpt customization; released October 31, 2006 on 10+ platforms, Metacritic 77.
Need for Speed: Carbon – Own the City
Need for Speed: Carbon – Own the City is EA's 2006 handheld-exclusive spinoff of NFS Carbon for PSP, DS, GBA, and Zeebo, set in Coast City with a revenge story, wingmen crews, and free roam, distinct from the console game.
Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2005 video game)
Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2005), by EA Black Box, is a Rockport-set street racing game built on a 15-racer Blacklist and escalating police pursuits; it sold 16 million copies and won 2006 AIAS Racing Game of the Year.
Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012 video game)
Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012) is Criterion Games' open-world arcade racer rebooting the 2005 title, released October 30, 2012 by EA for Xbox 360, PS3, Vita, PC, iOS, and Android, set in Fairhaven with EasyDrive, Autolog 2, Speed Points, and over 50 cars.
Need for Speed: No Limits
Need for Speed: No Limits (NFS No Limits) is a 2015 free-to-play arcade racing game for iOS and Android by Firemonkeys and EA, set in Blackridge, with fuel-limited short races, blueprints, and ongoing live-service updates.
Need for Speed: The Run
Need for Speed: The Run (2011) is EA Black Box's cross-country racing game, the 18th series entry and first on Frostbite 2, following Jack Rourke from San Francisco to New York; Metacritic 68, delisted 2021.
Need for Speed: Underground
Need for Speed: Underground (2003), EA Black Box's street racing game, first in the series with aftermarket visual customization and nitrous oxide; sold about 15 million copies and spawned Underground 2 (2004).
Need for Speed: Underground 2
Need for Speed: Underground 2 (NFSU2) is EA Black Box's November 2004 street racing game set in the open city of Bayview, with circuit, drag, sprint, drift, and URL events, deep tuning customization, and the series' first SUVs.
Need for Speed: World
Need for Speed: World (NFSW, formerly World Online) was EA's free-to-play MMO racing game for Windows, launched July 2010, set in a Tri-City map from Most Wanted and Carbon; shut down July 14, 2015, revived by Soapbox Race World.
Nemona
Nemona (ネモ, Nemo) is the Champion-ranked rival in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet (2022), who rebuilds a new team to battle the player through Victory Road, the Academy Ace Tournament, Pokémon Masters EX, and Pokémon Horizons.
Neopets
Neopets is a free virtual pet browser game launched in 1999 by Adam Powell and Donna Williams, set in Neopia, with Neopoints, mini-games, over 150 million players, and owners including Viacom, JumpStart, and NetDragon.
Nessa (ルリナ) (Pokémon)
Nessa (Japanese: ルリナ, Rurina) is the Water-type Gym Leader of Hulbury in Pokémon Sword and Shield, the second gym leader faced, who Dynamaxes Drednaw; also appears in Pokémon Masters EX, Twilight Wings, and Pokémon Adventures.
NetHack
NetHack: single-player roguelike dungeon crawler, fork of Hack, first released 28 July 1987; goal is retrieving the Amulet of Yendor. Maintained by the volunteer DevTeam; NetHack 5.0.0 released May 2, 2026 with over 3100 changes.
Neuvillette (Genshin Impact)
Neuvillette is a 5-star Hydro catalyst character in Genshin Impact, released September 27, 2023; the Iudex of Fontaine and reborn Hydro Dragon, he is an HP-scaling on-field DPS built around Charged Attack: Equitable Judgment and Sourcewater Droplets.
Neva (video game)
Neva is a 2024 2D platform-adventure game by Nomada Studio and Devolver Digital, following Alba and a wolf cub through a dying world across four seasons; Metacritic 87, Games for Impact winner at The Game Awards 2024.
Neverness to Everness
Neverness to Everness (NTE) is a free-to-play supernatural urban open-world action RPG by Hotta Studio/Perfect World, set in Hethereau, launched April 29, 2026 on PS5, PC, and mobile, with a board-game gacha (Scarborough Fair) and no 50/50 loss.
New Super Lucky's Tale
New Super Lucky's Tale, also called New Super Lucky's Tale (Switch), is Playful Studios' 2019 reworked 3D platformer with a free camera, Book of Ages pages, Jinx and Kitty Litter villains; Metacritic 76.
New Super Mario Bros. 2 (ニュースーパーマリオブラザーズ2)
New Super Mario Bros. 2 (ニュースーパーマリオブラザーズ2) is Nintendo's 2012 Nintendo 3DS side-scrolling platformer, the first traditional 2D Mario made for the 3DS, built around a series-first one million coin goal with the Gold Flower, Gold Block, Gold Ring, and Coin Rush DLC packs.
New Super Mario Bros. U
New Super Mario Bros. U (New スーパーマリオブラザーズ U) is Nintendo's 2012 Wii U launch 2D platformer with five-player Boost Mode via the GamePad; ported to Switch in 2019 as New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe with New Super Luigi U, Metascore 84.
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
New Super Mario Bros. Wii (New スーパーマリオブラザーズ Wii) is Nintendo's 2009 four-player 2D Mario platformer for the Wii, first since Super Mario World on consoles, with Super Guide and Penguin Suit.
NFL Street
NFL Street (EA Tiburon, EA Sports, January 13, 2004) is a 7-on-7 arcade football game for PS2, Xbox, and GameCube with no kicking, style points, and gamebreakers; Metascore 81, around two million copies sold, followed by two sequels.
NHL 25
NHL 25 (EA SPORTS NHL 25) is EA Vancouver's ice hockey simulation, released October 4, 2024 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, featuring the ICE-Q intelligence system and Hughes brothers as the first sibling cover athletes.
Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom
Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom is Level-5's 2018 action RPG (PS4, PC; later Switch and Xbox) starring boy king Evan Pettiwhisker Tildrum, with real-time combat, Higgledy sprites, kingdom building, and skirmish battles.
Ni no Kuni mobile games
Ni no Kuni mobile games, chiefly Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds (二之国：交错世界), a Netmarble Neo MMORPG with Level-5 and Studio Ghibli styling, launched 2021 in Asia, 2022 globally, known for gacha and blockchain monetization controversies.
Ni no Kuni: Dominion of the Dark Djinn
Ni no Kuni: Dominion of the Dark Djinn (二ノ国 漆黒の魔導士, Shikkoku no Madōshi) is Level-5's Japan-only Nintendo DS RPG of December 9, 2010, made with Studio Ghibli and Joe Hisaishi, bundled with the Magic Master spellbook, and expanded into Wrath of the White Witch.
Night Trap
Night Trap is a 1992 full-motion video game released as a launch title for the Sega CD in North America on October 15, 1992, starring Dana Plato.1
Nights into Dreams
Nights into Dreams (NiGHTS into dreams...) is a 1996 Sonic Team flight game for Sega Saturn, directed by Naoto Ohshima, produced by Yuji Naka, with score-attack 2D-controls-in-3D gameplay, bundled 3D Control Pad, Christmas NiGHTS disc, and 2012 HD remaster.