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With how many third-party universes that are being included in the ''Smash'' series recently, whether they get playable fighters or not, I decided to make a safe-haven for potential third-party candidates which anyone can include, provided they follow the ruleset.
With how many third-party universes that are being included in the ''Smash'' series recently, whether they get playable fighters or not, I decided to make a safe-haven for potential third-party candidates which anyone can include, provided they follow the ruleset.


==[[Bandai Namco]] series==
Because of the significantly less finite nature of this project compared to its [[List of minor Nintendo universes|inspiration]] [[List of minor third-party universes|pages]], I have decided to split it into three separate sub-pages. This page serves as the index so you can choose which category you want to check out. Here are the categories:
===''.hack''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = .hack (universe)
|image            = [[File:.hack logo.svg|250px]]
|developer        = CyberConnect2
|publisher        = Bandai Namco (previously Bandai)
|genres            = Action role-playing
|originconsole    = PlayStation 2
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|.hack//Infection}}'' (2002)
|latestinstallment = ''[[wikipedia:.hack//G.U.|.hack//G.U. Vol. 4 Reconnection]]'' (2017)
}}
'''''.hack''''' ({{ja|ドットハック|Dotto Hakku}}, ''.hack'') is a series of action role-playing games created by CyberConnect2 and published by Bandai Namco (formerly Bandai). The series is set in a fictional massively multiplayer online role-playing game called "The World", which does not require the player to connect to the Internet.
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===''Ace Combat''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Ace Combat (universe)
|image            = [[File:Ace Combat logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Bandai Namco (previously Namco)
|publisher        = Bandai Namco (previously Namco)
|genres            = Combat flight simulator
|originconsole    = PlayStation
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Air Combat}}'' (1995)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown}}'' (2019)
}}
'''''Ace Combat''''' ({{ja|エースコンバット|Ēsu Konbatto}}, ''Ace Combat'') is a series of combat fight simulator games by Bandai Namco (formerly Namco).
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===''Battle Fleet''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Battle Fleet (universe)
|image            = [[File:Battle Fleet logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Atlus
|publisher        = Namco
|genres            = Turn-based strategy
|originconsole    = Famicom
|firstinstallment  = ''Battle Fleet'' (1990) {{flag|Japan}}
|latestinstallment = ''Battle Fleet'' (1990) {{flag|Japan}}
}}
'''''Battle Fleet''''' ({{ja|バトルフリート|Batoru Furīto}}, ''Battle Fleet'') is a turn-based strategy game for the Famicom developed by Atlus and published by Namco.
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===''Dokuganryū Masamune''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Dokuganryū Masamune (universe)
|image            = [[File:Dokuganryu Masamune logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Namco
|publisher        = Namco
|genres            = Strategy
|originconsole    = Famicom
|firstinstallment  = ''Dokuganryū Masamune'' (1988) {{flag|Japan}}
|latestinstallment = ''Dokuganryū Masamune'' (1988) {{flag|Japan}}
}}
'''''Dokuganryū Masamune''''' ({{ja|独眼竜政宗|Dokuganryū Masamune}}, ''One-Eyed Dragon Masamune'') is a strategy game for the Famicom by Namco that focuses on the regional ruler of Japan's Azuchi–Momoyama period, {{s|wikipedia|Date Masamune}}.
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===''Dream Master''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Dream Master (universe)
|image            = [[File:Dream Master logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Birthday
|publisher        = Namco
|genres            = Role-playing
|originconsole    = Famicom
|firstinstallment  = ''Namco Prism Zone: Dream Master'' (1992) {{flag|Japan}}
|latestinstallment = ''Namco Prism Zone: Dream Master'' (1992) {{flag|Japan}}
}}
'''''Namco Prism Zone: Dream Master''''' ({{ja|ナムコプリズムゾーン ドリームマスター|Namuko Purizumu Zōn Dorīmu Masutā}}, ''Namco Prism Zone: Dream Master'') is a role-playing game for the Famicom developed by Birthday and published by Namco.
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===''Erika to Satoru no Yume Bōken''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Erika to Satoru no Yume Bōken (universe)
|image            = [[File:Erika to Satoru no Yume Boken logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Atlus
|publisher        = Namco
|genres            = Adventure
|originconsole    = Famicom
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Erika to Satoru no Yume Bōken}}'' (1988) {{flag|Japan}}
|latestinstallment = ''Erika to Satoru no Yume Bōken'' (1988) {{flag|Japan}}
}}
'''''Erika to Satoru no Yume Bōken''''' ({{ja|えりかとさとるの夢冒険|Erika to Satoru no Yume Bōken}}, ''Erika and Satoru's Dream Adventure'') is an adventure game for the Famicom developed by Atlus and published by Namco in which two siblings, Erika and Satoru, who are tasked by a cat-like being to search for a powerful crown that will alter time and space for the person who possesses it. Both siblings can either be controlled via switching between the two with one controller or via two controllers for each for a two-player experience.
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===''Family''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Family (universe)
|image            = [[File:Family logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Bandai Namco (previously Namco)<br>Various
|publisher        = Bandai Namco (previously Namco)
|genres            = Sports<br>Racing<br>Board game
|originconsole    = Famicom
|firstinstallment  = ''Family Jockey'' (1987) {{flag|Japan}}
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Fishing Resort}}'' (2011)
}}
'''''Family''''' ({{ja|ファミリー|Famirī}}, ''Family'') is a series of sports games by Bandai Namco (formerly Namco). The installments within the series focus on several sports such as horse racing, tennis, racing, or skiing. Some games within the series also involve non-sports activities such as mahjong or pinball.
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===''Family Stadium''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Family Stadium (universe)
|image            = [[File:Family Stadium logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Bandai Namco (previously Namco)
|publisher        = Bandai Namco (previously Namco)
|genres            = Sports
|originconsole    = NES
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Pro Yakyū: Family Stadium}}'' (1986)
|latestinstallment = ''Pro Yakyū: Famista 2020'' (2020) {{flag|Japan}}
}}
'''''Family Stadium''''' ({{ja|ファミリースタジアム|Famirī Sutajiamu}}, ''Family Stadium''), often shortened as '''''Famista''''' ({{ja|ファミスタ|Famisuta}}, ''Famista''), is a series of baseball video games released by Bandai Namco (formerly Namco).
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===''Final Lap''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Final Lap (universe)
|image            = [[File:Final Lap logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Namco
|publisher        = Namco<br>Atari
|genres            = Racing
|originconsole    = Arcade
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Final Lap}}'' (1987)
|latestinstallment = ''Final Lap 2000'' (2000) {{flag|Japan}}
}}
'''''Final Lap''''' ({{ja|ファイナルラップ|Fainaru Rappu}}, ''Final Lap'') is a series of Formula One-based racing games by Namco. The series is a spiritual successor to Namco's ''Pole Position'' series.
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===''Genpei Tōma Den''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Genpei Tōma Den (universe)<br>The Genji and the Heike Clans (universe)
|image            = [[File:Genpei Toma Den logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Namco<br>Now Production
|publisher        = Namco
|genres            = Hack and slash
|originconsole    = Arcade
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Genpei Tōma Den}}'' (1986) {{flag|Japan}}
|latestinstallment = ''Genpei Tōma Den: Kan no Ni'' (1992) {{flag|Japan}}
}}
'''''Genpei Tōma Den''''' ({{ja|源平討魔伝|Genpei Tōma Den}}, ''The Genpei Tale of the Demon Slayer''), released in English via ''Namco Museum Vol. 4'' as '''''The Genji and the Heike Clans''''', is a side-scrolling hack and slash game by Namco that stars {{s|wikipedia|Taira no Kagekiyo}}, a samurai who was killed in the Battle of Dan-no-ura during the Genpei War and was resurrected to defeat his enemy Minamoto no Yoritomo and the heads of his clan, Minamoto no Yoshitsune and Saito Musashibo Benkei.
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===''Hayauchi Super Igo''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Hayauchi Super Igo (universe)
|image            = [[File:Hayauchi Super Igo logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Home Data
|publisher        = Namco
|genres            = Board game
|originconsole    = Famicom
|firstinstallment  = ''Hayauchi Super Igo'' (1989) {{flag|Japan}}
|latestinstallment = ''Hayauchi Super Igo'' (1989) {{flag|Japan}}
}}
'''''Hayauchi Super Igo''''' ({{ja|早打ちスーパー囲碁|Hayauchi Sūpā Igo}}, ''Quick Play Super Go'') is a board game developed by Data Home and published by Namco for the Famicom based on the board game of Go.
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===''Jikū Yūden Debias''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Jikū Yūden Debias (universe)
|image            = [[File:Jiku Yuden Debias logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Namco<br>Now Production
|publisher        = Namco
|genres            = Action role-playing
|originconsole    = Famicom
|firstinstallment  = ''Jikū Yūden Debias'' (1987) {{flag|Japan}}
|latestinstallment = ''Jikū Yūden Debias'' (1987) {{flag|Japan}}
}}
'''''Jikū Yūden Debias''''' ({{ja|時空勇伝デビアス|Jikū Yūden Debiasu}}, ''Space-Time Hero Legend Debias'') is an action role-playing game released for the Famicom developed by Now Productions and published by Namco.
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===''Juvei Quest''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Juvei Quest (universe)
|image            = [[File:Juvei Quest logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Birthday
|publisher        = Namco
|genres            = Role-playing
|originconsole    = Famicom
|firstinstallment  = ''Juvei Quest'' (1991) {{flag|Japan}}
|latestinstallment = ''Juvei Quest'' (1991) {{flag|Japan}}
}}
'''''Juvei Quest''''' ({{ja|じゅうべえくえすと|Jūbee Kuesuto}}, ''Juvei Quest'') is a role-playing game for the Famicom developed by Birthday and published by Namco.
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===''Keru Nagūru''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Keru Nagūru (universe)
|image            = [[File:Keru Naguru logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Game Studio
|publisher        = Namco
|genres            = Fighting<br>Role-playing
|originconsole    = Famicom
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Tenkaichi Bushi Keru Nagūru}}'' (1989) {{flag|Japan}}
|latestinstallment = ''Tenkaichi Bushi Keru Nagūru'' (1989) {{flag|Japan}}
}}
'''''Tenkaichi Bushi Keru Nagūru''''' ({{ja|天下一武士 ケルナグール|Tenkaichi Bushi Keru Nagūru}}, ''The Greatest Warrior on Earth: Kick and Punch'') is a fighting game with role-playing elements developed by Game Studio and published by Namco for the Famicom.
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===''King of Kings''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = King of Kings (universe)
|image            = [[File:King of Kings logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Atlus
|publisher        = Namco
|genres            = Turn-based strategy
|originconsole    = Famicom
|firstinstallment  = ''{{iw|wikipedia|King of Kings|1988 video game}}'' (1988) {{flag|Japan}}
|latestinstallment = ''King of Kings'' (1988) {{flag|Japan}}
}}
'''''King of Kings''''' ({{ja|キングオブキングス|Kingu obu Kingusu}}, ''King of Kings'') is a fantasy-themed turn-based strategy game for the Famicom developed by Atlus and published by Namco.
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===''Klonoa''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Klonoa (universe)
|image            = [[File:Klonoa logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Bandai Namco (previously Namco)<br>Paon<br>Various
|publisher        = Bandai Namco (previously Namco)
|genres            = Platformer
|originconsole    = PlayStation
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Klonoa: Door to Phantomile}}'' (1997)
|latestinstallment = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Klonoa|2008 video game}}'' (2008)
}}
'''''Klonoa''''' ({{ja|クロノア|Kuronoa}}, ''Klonoa'') is a video game series created by Bandai Namco (formerly Namco) and Klonoa Works. The story follows Klonoa and his friend Huepow in their efforts to save the dream world of Phantomile from an evil spirit intent on turning it into a world of nightmares.
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===''Little Tail Bronx''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Little Tail Bronx (universe)
|image            = {{tabber|width=300px|title1=Tail Concerto|tab1=[[File:Tail Concerto logo.png|250px]]|title2=Solatorobo|tab2=[[File:Solatorobo logo.png|250px]]|title3=Fuga|tab3=[[File:Fuga logo.png|250px]]}}
|developer        = CyberConnect2
|publisher        = Bandai Namco (previously Bandai)<br>Atlus<br>Xseed Games<br>CyberConnect2
|genres            = Action-adventure<br>Platformer<br>Action role-playing
|originconsole    = PlayStation
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Tail Concerto}}'' (1998)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Fuga: Melodies of Steel}}'' (2021)
}}
'''''Little Tail Bronx''''' ({{ja|リトルテイルブロンクス|Ritoru Teiru Buronkusu}}, ''Little Tail Bronx'') is a series of action role-playing video games developed by CyberConnect2 set in a steampunk world populated by anthropomorphic canines and felines.
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===''Mendel Palace''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Mendel Palace (universe)
|image            = [[File:Mendel Palace logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Game Freak
|publisher        = Namco<br>Hudson Soft
|genres            = Action<br>Puzzle
|originconsole    = NES
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Mendel Palace}}'' (1989)
|latestinstallment = ''Mendel Palace'' (1989)
}}
'''''Mendel Palace''''' ({{ja|クインティ|Kuinti}}, ''Quinty'') is an action-puzzle game developed by Game Freak for the NES and published by Namco in Japan and Hudson Soft in North America. The game marks as the debut work of {{uv|Pokémon}} series developer Game Freak.
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===''Mindseeker''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Mindseeker (universe)
|image            = [[File:Mindseeker logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Namco
|publisher        = Namco
|genres            = Adventure
|originconsole    = Famicom
|firstinstallment  = ''Mindseeker'' (1989) {{flag|Japan}}
|latestinstallment = ''Mindseeker'' (1989) {{flag|Japan}}
}}
'''''Mindseeker''''' ({{ja|マインドシーカー|Maindoshīkā}}, ''Mindseeker'') is an adventure game by Namco for the Famicom in which the player tests their extra sensory perception and latent psychic ability. The game features Japanese TV psychic {{s|wikipedia|Masuaki Kiyota}}.
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===''Mr. Driller''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Mr. Driller (universe)
|image            = [[File:Mr. Driller logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Bandai Namco (previously Namco)<br>Project Driller
|publisher        = Bandai Namco (previously Namco)
|genres            = Puzzle
|originconsole    = Arcade
|firstinstallment  = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Mr. Driller|video game}}'' (1999)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Mr. Driller Drill Land}}'' (2020)
}}
'''''Mr. Driller''''' ({{ja|ソウルキャリバー|Misuta Dorira}}, ''Mr. Driller'') is a series of puzzle games by Bandai Namco (formerly Namco) that revolves around Susumu Hori, the titular Mr. Driller (or one of his friends), destroying colorful formations of blocks to make it to the bottom of a well.
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===''Namco Classic''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Namco Classic (universe)
|image            = [[File:Namco Classic logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Namco
|publisher        = Namco
|genres            = Sports
|originconsole    = Famicom
|firstinstallment  = ''Namco Classic'' (1988) {{flag|Japan}}
|latestinstallment = ''Namcot Open'' (1993) {{flag|Japan}}
}}
'''''Namco Classic''''' ({{ja|ナムコクラシック|Namuko Kurashikku}}, ''Namco Classic'') is a series of golf games by Namco.
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===''Rolling Thunder''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Rolling Thunder (universe)
|image            = [[File:Rolling Thunder logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Namco<br>Now Production
|publisher        = Namco<br>Atari
|genres            = Run-and-gun
|originconsole    = Arcade
|firstinstallment  = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Rolling Thunder|video game}}'' (1986)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Rolling Thunder 3}}'' (1993) {{flag|North America}}
}}
'''''Rolling Thunder''''' ({{ja|ローリングサンダー|Rōringu Sandā}}, ''Rolling Thunder'') is a series of run-and-gun games by Namco in which agents of the organization WCPO (World Crime Police Organization) named Albatross and (starting with second game) Leila must stop several terrorist groups.
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===''Sangokushi''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Sangokushi  (universe)
|image            = [[File:Sangokushi logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Tose<br>Namco
|publisher        = Namco
|genres            = Strategy
|originconsole    = Famicom
|firstinstallment  = ''Sangokushi: Chūgen no Hasha'' (1988) {{flag|Japan}}
|latestinstallment = ''Chūgen no Hasha: Sangoku Shōseiden'' (2006) {{flag|Japan}}
}}
'''''Sangokushi''''' ({{ja|三國志|Sangokushi}}, ''Records of the Three Kingdoms'') is a series of strategy games by Namco based on the 14th-century historical novel ''{{s|wikipedia|Romance of the Three Kingdoms}}''.
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===''Soulcalibur''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Soulcalibur (universe)
|image            = [[File:Soulcalibur logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Bandai Namco (previously Namco)
|publisher        = Bandai Namco (previously Namco)
|genres            = Fighting
|originconsole    = Arcade
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Soul Edge}}'' (1995)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Soulcalibur VI}}'' (2018)
}}
'''''Soulcalibur''''' ({{ja|ソウルキャリバー|Sōrukyaribā}}, ''Soulcalibur'') is a series of weapon-based fighting games by Bandai Namco (formerly Namco).
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===''Splatterhouse''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Splatterhouse (universe)
|image            = [[File:Splatterhouse logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Bandai Namco (previously Namco)<br>Now Production
|publisher        = Bandai Namco (previously Namco)<br>Atari
|genres            = Beat 'em up
|originconsole    = Arcade
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Splatterhouse}}'' (1988)
|latestinstallment = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Splatterhouse|2010 video game}}'' (2010)
}}
'''''Splatterhouse''''' ({{ja|スプラッターハウス|Supurattāhausu}}, ''Splatterhouse'') is a series of beat 'em up horror games by Bandai Namco (formerly Namco) that revolves around Rick Taylor, who must traverse through a haunted mansion in order to save his girlfriend, Jennifer Willis, all while wearing an ancient relic known as the "Terror Mask".
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===''Star Luster''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Star Luster (universe)
|image            = [[File:Star Luster logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Namco
|publisher        = Namco
|genres            = Space combat simulation
|originconsole    = Famicom
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Star Luster}}'' (1985) {{flag|Japan}}
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Star Ixiom}}'' (1999)
}}
'''''Star Luster''''' ({{ja|スターラスター|Sutā Rasutā}}, ''Star Luster'') is a series of space combat simulation game by Namco released for the Famicom and PlayStation.
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===''Tank Battalion''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Tank Battalion (universe)
|image            = [[File:Tank Battalion logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Namco
|publisher        = Namco
|genres            = Multi-directional shooter
|originconsole    = Arcade
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Tank Battalion}}'' (1980)
|latestinstallment = ''Shingun~Destroy! Girl's Tank Battalion'' (2014) {{flag|Japan}}
}}
'''''Tank Battalion''''' ({{ja|タンクバタリアン|Tanku Batarian}}, ''Tank Battalion'') is a series of multi-directional shooters by Namco that revolve around tanks.
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===''Time Crisis''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Time Crisis (universe)
|image            = [[File:Time Crisis logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Namco<br>Nex Entertainment
|publisher        = Bandai Namco (previously Namco)
|genres            = Light gun shooter<br>Rail shooter<br>First-person shooter
|originconsole    = Arcade
|firstinstallment  = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Time Crisis|video game}}'' (1995)
|latestinstallment = ''Time Crisis 5: True Mastermind'' (2015)
}}
'''''Time Crisis''''' ({{ja|タイムクライシスシリーズ|Taimu Kuraishisu}}, ''Time Crisis'') is a series of first-person light gun rail shooter games by Bandai Namco (formerly Namco) that focuses on the exploits of a fictional international intelligence agency who assigns its best agents to deal with a major threat by a hostile organization, which has ranged from criminals, terrorists, to hostile military outfits, and mostly take place within fictional locations across the world.
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===''Tower of Babel''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Tower of Babel (universe)
|image            = [[File:Tower of Babel logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Namco
|publisher        = Namco
|genres            = Puzzle<br>Platformer
|originconsole    = Famicom
|firstinstallment  = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Tower of Babel|1986 video game}}'' (1986) {{flag|Japan}}
|latestinstallment = ''Tower of Babel'' (1986) {{flag|Japan}}
}}
'''''Tower of Babel''''' ({{ja|バベルの塔|Baberu no Tō}}, ''Tower of Babel'') is a puzzle-platformer game released by Namco for the Famicom set in the [[wikipedia:Tower of Babel|biblical location of the same name]].
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===''Wagan''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Wagan (universe)
|image            = [[File:Wagan logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Bandai Namco (previously Namco)
|publisher        = Namco (previously Namco)
|genres            = Platformer
|originconsole    = Famicom
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Wagan Land}}'' (1989) {{flag|Japan}}
|latestinstallment = ''Wagan Shiritori de Shōbuda!'' (2016) {{flag|Japan}}
}}
'''''Wagan''''' ({{ja|ワギャン|Wagyan}}, ''Wagan'') is a series of platform games by Bandai Namco (formerly Namco) that stars the titular robotic kaiju, who originated from an electro-mechanical amusement machine for arcades.
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===''Warp & Warp''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Warp & Warp (universe)
|image            = [[File:Warp & Warp logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Namco
|publisher        = Namco
|genres            = Multi-directional shooter
|originconsole    = Arcade
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Warp & Warp}}'' (1981)
|latestinstallment = ''Warp & Warp'' (1981)
}}
'''''Warp & Warp''''' ({{ja|ワープ & ワープ|Wāpu to Wāpu}}, ''Warp & Warp'') is a multi-directional shooter arcade game by Namco revolving around the Monster Fighter, who must shoot tongue-sticking aliens named "Berobero" in the Space World.
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===''Xenosaga''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Xenosaga (universe)
|image            = [[File:Xenosaga logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Monolith Soft<br>Bandai Namco<br>Tom Create
|publisher        = Bandai Namco (previously Namco)<br>Sony Interactive Entertainment
|genres            = Role-playing
|originconsole    = PlayStation 2
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|xenoserieswiki|Xenosaga Episode I - Der Wille zur Macht}}'' (2002)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|xenoserieswiki|Xenosaga Episode III - Also Sprach Zarathustra}}'' (2006)
}}
'''''Xenosaga''''' ({{ja|ゼノサーガ|Zenosāga}}, ''Xenosaga'') is a series of science fiction role-playing games apart of the ''Xeno'' meta-series developed by Monolith Soft and published by Bandai Namco (formerly Namco). ''Xenosaga'' is set in a science fiction universe and follows a group of characters as they face both a hostile alien race called the Gnosis and human factions fighting for control of the Zohar, an artifact connected to a god-like energy called U-DO. Gameplay across the series is similar, with the characters being guided through a linear narrative and fighting enemies using a turn-based combat system. The party fights both on foot and in a variety of mechs.
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==[[Capcom]] series==
===''1942''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = 1942 (universe)
|image            = [[File:1942 logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Capcom<br>Eighting<br>Backbone Entertainment
|publisher        = Capcom
|genres            = Vertical shooter
|originconsole    = Arcade
|firstinstallment  = ''{{iw|wikipedia|1942|video game}}'' (1984)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|1942: Joint Strike}}'' (2008)
}}
'''''1942''''' ({{ja|1942}}, ''1942'') is a series of war-themed vertical shooters by Capcom.
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===''Ace Attorney''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Ace Attorney (universe)
|image            = [[File:Ace Attorney logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Capcom
|publisher        = Capcom
|genres            = Adventure<br>Visual novel
|originconsole    = Game Boy Advance
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney}}'' (2001)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve}}'' (2017) {{flag|Japan}}
}}
'''''Ace Attorney''''' ({{ja|逆転裁判|Gyakuten Saiban}}, ''Turnabout Trial'') is a series of visual novels by Capcom that focuses on a defense attorney investigating cases and defending their clients in court, often finding the truth by cross-examining witnesses and finding inconsistencies between the testimonies and the evidence they have collected.
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===''Code Name: Viper''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Code Name: Viper (universe)
|image            = [[File:Code Name Viper logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Arc System Works<br>Capcom
|publisher        = Capcom
|genres            = Action
|originconsole    = NES
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Code Name: Viper}}'' (1990)
|latestinstallment = ''Code Name: Viper'' (1990)
}}
'''''Code Name: Viper''''' ({{ja|人間兵器デッドフォックス|Ningen Heiki Deddo Fokkusu}}, ''Human Weapon Dead Fox'') is an action game for the NES developed by Arc System Works and published by Capcom that follows Kenny Smith, code name "Viper", an agent of the 98th Special Forces who is assigned by his commander, Director Jones, to investigate a large drug syndicate that covers all of South America and must uncover clues of the Syndicate's true mastermind.
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===''Commando''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Commando (universe)
|image            = [[File:Commando logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Capcom<br>Backbone Entertainment
|publisher        = Capcom
|genres            = Run-and-gun
|originconsole    = Arcade
|firstinstallment  = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Commando|video game}}'' (1985)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3}}'' (2008)
}}
'''''Commando''''' ({{ja|戦場の狼|Senjō no Ōkami}}, ''Wolf of the Battlefield'') is a series of run-and-gun games by Capcom.
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===''Darkstalkers''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Darkstalkers (universe)
|image            = [[File:Darkstalkers logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Capcom<br>Iron Galaxy Studios
|publisher        = Capcom
|genres            = Fighting
|originconsole    = Arcade
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors}}'' (1994)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Darkstalkers Resurrection}}'' (2013)
}}
'''''Darkstalkers''''' ({{ja|ヴァンパイア|Vanpaia}}, ''Vampire'') is a series of fighting games created by Capcom that revolve around characters based on either various kinds of monsters or their hunters, who all engage in combat against each other.
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===''Dead Rising''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Dead Rising (universe)
|image            = [[File:Dead Rising logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Capcom
|publisher        = Capcom<br>Xbox Game Studios
|genres            = Action-adventure<br>Survival horror
|originconsole    = Xbox 360
|firstinstallment  = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Dead Rising|video game}}'' (2006)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Dead Rising 4}}'' (2016)
}}
'''''Dead Rising''''' ({{ja|デッドライジング|Deddo Raijingu}}, ''Dead Rising'') is a series of action-adventure survial horror games by Capcom in which the protagonist must fend off hordes of zombies, rescue survivors, contend with crazed psychopaths, and stay alive while attempting to uncover the truth behind the outbreak. The protagonist can also attack enemies by fashioning weapons out of found items and combining them together.
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===''Final Fight''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Final Fight (universe)
|image            = [[File:FinalFightLogo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Capcom
|publisher        = Capcom
|genres            = Beat 'em up
|originconsole    = Arcade
|firstinstallment  = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Final Fight|video game}}'' (1989)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Final Fight: Streetwise}}'' (2006)
}}
'''''Final Fight''''' ({{ja|ファイナルファイト|Fainaru Faito}}, ''Final Fight'') is a series of beat 'em up games made by Capcom. The series takes place in the same universe as the {{uv|Street Fighter}} series.
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===''Ghost Trick''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Ghost Trick (universe)
|image            = [[File:Ghost Trick logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Capcom
|publisher        = Capcom
|genres            = Adventure<br>Puzzle
|originconsole    = DS
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective}}'' (2010)
|latestinstallment = ''Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective'' (2010)
}}
'''''Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective''''' ({{ja|ゴーストトリック|Gōsuto Torikku}}, ''Ghost Trick'') is an adventure-puzzle game by Capcom for the Nintendo DS that follows Sissel, a deceased detective who must figure out who he was when he was alive and who his murderer was.
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===''Higemaru''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Higemaru (universe)
|image            = [[File:Higemaru logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Capcom
|publisher        = Capcom
|genres            = Maze<br>Action-adventure
|originconsole    = Arcade
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Pirate Ship Higemaru}}'' (1984) {{flag|Japan}}
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Higemaru Makaijima - Nanatsu no Shima Daibōken}}'' (1987) {{flag|Japan}}
}}
'''''Higemaru''''' ({{ja|ひげ丸|Higemaru}}, ''Higemaru'') is series of games by Capcom that stars the sailor Momotaru, who must defeat a gang of pirates known as the "Higemaru Corps".
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===''Kamen no Ninja Hanamaru''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Kamen no Ninja Hanamaru (universe)
|image            = [[File:Kamen no Ninja Hanamaru logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Now Production
|publisher        = Capcom
|genres            = Platformer
|originconsole    = NES
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Kamen no Ninja Hanamaru}}'' (1990)
|latestinstallment = ''Kamen no Ninja Hanamaru'' (1990)
}}
'''''Kamen no Ninja Hanamaru''''' ({{ja|仮面の忍者 花丸|Kamen no Ninja Hanamaru}}, ''Masked Ninja Hanamaru'') is a platformer game for the NES developed by Now Production and published by Capcom that stars the titular masked ninja. In North America, the game was rebranded to be a tie-in to the {{s|wikipedia|Domino's Pizza}} restaurant chain under the title "''Yo! Noid''", with Hanamaru himself being replaced with the company's mascot at the time, {{s|wikipedia|The Noid}}.
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===''Ōkami''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Ōkami (universe)
|image            = [[File:Okami logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Clover Studio<br>Ready at Dawn<br>HexaDrive<br>Mobile & Game Studio, Inc.
|publisher        = Capcom
|genres            = Action-adventure
|originconsole    = PlayStation 2
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Ōkami}}'' (2006)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Ōkamiden}}'' (2010)
}}
'''''Ōkami''''' ({{ja|大神|Ōkami}}, ''Ōkami'') is a series of action-adventure games by Capcom set in feudal Japan, which follows the sun goddess Amaterasu (who is presented as a white wolf) in the original and her son Chibiterasu in the sequel ''Ōkamiden''.
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===''Onimusha''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Onimusha (universe)
|image            = [[File:Onimusha logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Capcom
|publisher        = Capcom
|genres            = Action-adventure<br>Hack and slash
|originconsole    = PlayStation 2
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Onimusha: Warlords}}'' (2001)
|latestinstallment = ''Onimusha Soul'' (2012)
}}
'''''Onimusha''''' ({{ja|鬼武者|Onimusha}}, ''Oni Warrior'') is a series of action-adventure hack and slash games by Capcom set in the Sengoku period of Japan in which the protagonist wields the power of the Oni, enabling them to fight the Genma, the main enemy in the series.
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===''Pro Yakyū? Satsujin Jiken!''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Pro Yakyū? Satsujin Jiken! (universe)
|image            = [[File:Pro Yakyu Satsujin Jiken! logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Capcom
|publisher        = Capcom
|genres            = Adventure
|originconsole    = Famicom
|firstinstallment  = ''Pro Yakyū? Satsujin Jiken!'' (1988) {{flag|Japan}}
|latestinstallment = ''Pro Yakyū? Satsujin Jiken!'' (1988) {{flag|Japan}}
}}
'''''Pro Yakyū? Satsujin Jiken!''''' ({{ja|プロ野球?殺人事件!|Puro Yakyū? Satsujin Jiken!}}, ''Pro Baseball? Murder Case'') is a baseball-themed murder mystery game released for the Famicom by Capcom. The game is a parody of the overabundance of ''The Portopia Serial Murder Cases''-styled games and baseball video games released for the Famicom.
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===''SonSon''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = SonSon (universe)
|image            = [[File:SonSon logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Capcom
|publisher        = Capcom<br>NEC
|genres            = Shoot 'em up<br>Action-adventure
|originconsole    = Arcade
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|SonSon}}'' (1984)
|latestinstallment = ''SonSon II'' (1989) {{flag|Japan}}
}}
'''''SonSon''''' ({{ja|ソンソン|SonSon}}, ''SonSon'') is a video games series by Capcom based on the Chinese novel ''{{s|wikipedia|Journey to the West}}''.
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===''Trojan''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Trojan (universe)
|image            = [[File:Trojan logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Capcom
|publisher        = Capcom
|genres            = Beat 'em up<br>Hack and slash
|originconsole    = Arcade
|firstinstallment  = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Trojan|video game}}'' (1986)
|latestinstallment = ''Trojan'' (1986)
}}
'''''Trojan''''' ({{ja|闘いの挽歌|Tatakai no Banka}}, ''Requiem for Battle'') is a hack and slash beat 'em up arcade game released by Capcom about a hero under the title "Hero Trojan", who is hired to defeat the gang of an evil dictator whom he once worked under, but rebelled against his leader for slaughtering innocent lives. He then must infiltrate the lands of the evil army with the help of his trusty sword, shield, and his martial arts.
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===''Viewtiful Joe''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Viewtiful Joe (universe)
|image            = [[File:Viewtiful Joe logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Capcom<br>Clover Studio
|publisher        = Capcom
|genres            = Beat 'em up
|originconsole    = GameCube
|firstinstallment  = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Viewtiful Joe|video game}}'' (2003)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Viewtiful Joe: Double Trouble!}}'' (2005)
}}
'''''Viewtiful Joe''''' ({{ja|ビューティフル ジョー|Byūtifuru Jō}}, ''Viewtiful Joe'') is a series of beat 'em up games by Capcom starring the movie-goer Joe, who transforms into the titular superhero while being thrust into a world of movies called "Movieland".
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===''Zack & Wiki''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Zack & Wiki (universe)
|image            = [[File:Zack & Wiki logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Capcom
|publisher        = Capcom
|genres            = Adventure<br>Puzzle
|originconsole    = Wii
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure}}'' (2007)
|latestinstallment = ''Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure'' (2007)
}}
'''''Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure''''' ({{ja|宝島Z バルバロスの秘宝|Takarajima Z: Barubarosu no Hihō}}, ''Treasure Island Z: Barbaros' Secret Treasure'') is a point-and-click adventure-puzzle game by Capcom released for the Wii which follows the titular pirate and monkey, who travel through a mythical island called "Treasure Island" in order to find the scattered pieces of the pirate captain Barbaros, who would promise to give the duo his legendary pirate ship.
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==[[Disney]] series==
Only IPs that originated as a video game and have enough prominent original characters rather than solely relying on pre-existing Disney characters are allowed here.
===''Club Penguin''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Club Penguin (universe)
|image            = [[File:Club Penguin logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = New Horizon Interactive<br>RocketSnail Games<br>Disney
|publisher        = Disney
|genres            = Massively multiplayer online game
|originconsole    = Adobe Flash
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Club Penguin}}'' (2005)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Club Penguin Island}}'' (2017)
}}
'''''Club Penguin''''' ({{ja|クラブペンギン|Kurabu Pengin}}, ''Club Penguin'') was a series of massive multiplayer online games by Disney set in a world of anthropomorphic penguins.
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===''Grim Fandango''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Grim Fandango (universe)
|image            = [[File:Grim Fandango logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = LucasArts<br>Double Fine
|publisher        = LucasArts<br>Double Fine
|genres            = Adventure
|originconsole    = Microsoft Windows
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Grim Fandango}}'' (1998)
|latestinstallment = ''Grim Fandango'' (1998)
}}
'''''Grim Fandango''''' is an adventure game by LucasArts set in the Land of the Dead, through which recently departed souls, represented as calaca-like figures, travel before they reach their final destination. The story follows travel agent Manuel "Manny" Calavera as he attempts to save new arrival Mercedes "Meche" Colomar, a virtuous soul, on her journey.
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===''Monkey Island''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Monkey Island (universe)
|image            = [[File:Monkey Island logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = LucasArts<br>Telltale Games
|publisher        = LucasArts
|genres            = Adventure
|originconsole    = MS-DOS<br>Macintosh<br>Atar ST<br>Amiga
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|The Secret of Monkey Island}}'' (1990)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge − Special Edition}}'' (2010)
}}
'''''Monkey Island''''' ({{ja|モンキー・アイランド|Monkī Airando}}, ''Monkey Island'') is a series of adventure games by LucasArts that follows the misadventures of the hapless Guybrush Threepwood as he struggles to become the most notorious pirate in the Caribbean, defeat the plans of the evil undead pirate LeChuck and win the heart of Governor Elaine Marley.
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===''Spectrobes''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Spectrobes (universe)
|image            = [[File:Spectrobes logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Jupiter<br>Genki
|publisher        = Disney
|genres            = Action role-playing
|originconsole    = DS
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Spectrobes}}'' (2007)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Spectrobes: Origins}}'' (2009)
}}
'''''Spectrobes''''' ({{ja|スペクトロブス|Supekutorobusu}}, ''Spectrobes'') is a series of action role-playing games by Disney set in the Nanairo galaxy, in which the protagonists, Rallen and Jeena, members of the Nanairo Planetary Patrol, must use the power of the titular Spectrobes, the creatures of the light, to defend the universe from the threat of Krux and his army of Krawl, the creatures of darkness, and prevent them from destroying it.
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===''Toontown Online''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Toontown Online (universe)
|image            = [[File:Toontown Online logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Disney<br>Schell Games<br>Frogchildren Studios
|publisher        = Disney
|genres            = Massively multiplayer role-playing
|originconsole    = Microsoft Windows
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Toontown Online}}'' (2003)
|latestinstallment = ''Toontown Online'' (2003)
}}
'''''Toontown Online''''' ({{ja|トゥーンタウン・オンライン|Toūntaun Onrain}}, ''Toontown Online'') is a series of massive multiplayer online games by Disney centered on an ongoing battle between a population of anthropomorphic cartoon animals known as the Toons and a collection of business-minded robots known as the Cogs who are trying to take over the town. Players can choose and customize their own Toon and go on to complete Toontasks, play mini-games, and fight the Cogs.
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===''Where's My Water?''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Where's My Water? (universe)
|image            = [[File:Where's My Water logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Creature Feep
|publisher        = Disney
|genres            = Puzzle
|originconsole    = Apple iOS<br>Google Android
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Where's My Water?}}'' (2011)
|latestinstallment = ''Where's My Water? featuring XYY'' (2014)
}}
'''''Where's My Water?''''' is a series of mobile puzzle games by Disney in which the player must route a supply of water to an alligator living in the sewers.
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===''Zombies Ate My Neighbors''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Zombies Ate My Neighbors (universe)
|image            = [[File:Zombies Ate My Neighbors logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = LucasArts
|publisher        = Konami<br>JVC Musical Industries<br>LucasArts<br>Disney
|genres            = Run-and-gun
|originconsole    = SNES
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Zombies Ate My Neighbors}}'' (1993)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Ghoul Patrol}}'' (1994)
}}
'''''Zombies Ate My Neighbors''''' is series of run-and-gun games by LucasArts in which two teenage friends, Zeke and Julie, must save their neighborhood from an onslaught of monsters.
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==[[Konami]] series==
===''Antarctic Adventure''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Antarctic Adventure (universe)
|image            = [[File:Antarctic Adventure logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Konami
|publisher        = Konami
|genres            = Racing<br>Platformer
|originconsole    = MSX
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Antarctic Adventure}}'' (1983)
|latestinstallment = ''Penta no Tsuri Bōken DX'' (2004) {{flag|Japan}}
}}
'''''Antarctic Adventure''''' ({{ja|けっきょく南極大冒険|Kekkyoku Nankyoku Daibōken}}, ''After all, Antarctic Great Adventure'') is a series of games by Konami starring the penguin Penta.
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===''Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa (universe)
|image            = [[File:Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Konami
|publisher        = Konami
|genres            = Platformer
|originconsole    = Famicom (Disk System)
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa}}'' (1988) {{flag|Japan}}
|latestinstallment = ''Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa'' (1988) {{flag|Japan}}
}}
'''''Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa''''' ({{ja|バイオミラクル ぼくってウパ|Baio Mirakuru Bokutte Upa}}, ''Bio Miracle I'm Upa'') is a platformer game by Konami that stars Upa, a baby prince who, after breaking an urn that contained the goat-like demon Zai, must save all the kidnapped babies of his kingdom.
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===''Bloody Roar''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Bloody Roar (universe)
|image            = [[File:Bloody Roar logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Eighting<br>Hudson Soft
|publisher        = Hudson Soft<br>Sony Interactive Entertainment<br>Activision<br>Virgin Interactive
|genres            = Fighting
|originconsole    = Arcade
|firstinstallment  = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Bloody Roar|video game}}'' (1997)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Bloody Roar 4}}'' (2003)
}}
'''''Bloody Roar''''' ({{ja|ブラッディロア|Buraddi Roa}}, ''Bloody Roar'') is a series of fighting games by Hudson Soft (now owned by Konami) that involve half-human, half-animal fighters known as "Zoanthropes".
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===''Bonk''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Bonk (universe)
|image            = [[File:Bonk logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Red Company<br>Atlus<br>A.I Co., Ltd.
|publisher        = Hudson Soft
|genres            = Platformer
|originconsole    = TurboGrafx-16
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Bonk's Adventure}}'' (1989)
|latestinstallment = ''PC-Genjin: Mobile Phone Version'' (2008) {{flag|Japan}}
}}
'''''Bonk''''' ({{ja|PC原人|PC-Genjin}}, ''PC-Primitive Man'') is a series of platformer games by Hudson Soft (now owned by Konami) starring the titular caveman, who attacks enemies with his comically large head.
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===''Contra''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Contra (universe)
|image            = [[File:Contra logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Konami<br>WayForward Technologies<br>M2<br>Arc System Works<br>Toylogic
|publisher        = Konami
|genres            = Run-and-gun
|originconsole    = Arcade
|firstinstallment  = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Contra|video game}}'' (1987)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Contra: Rogue Corps}}'' (2019)
}}
'''''Contra''''' ({{ja|魂斗羅|Kontora}}, ''Contra'') is a series of run-and-gun games by Konami.
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===''Crisis Force''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Crisis Force (universe)
|image            = [[File:Crisis Force logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Konami
|publisher        = Konami
|genres            = Vertical-scrolling shooter
|originconsole    = Famicom
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Crisis Force}}'' (1991) {{flag|Japan}}
|latestinstallment = ''Crisis Force'' (1991) {{flag|Japan}}
}}
'''''Crisis Force''''' ({{ja|クライシスフォース|Kuraishisu Fōsu}}, ''Crisis Force'') is a vertical-scrolling shooter game for the Famicom by Konami that that focues on fighter ship pilots Asuka and Maya, a pair of twin siblings descended from the ancient civilizations of Mu, who must save the world from a breed of artificial monsters from the lost civilization of Atlantis.
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===''Dance Dance Revolution''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Dance Dance Revolution (universe)
|image            = [[File:Dance Dance Revolution logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Konami<br>Bemani
|publisher        = Konami
|genres            = Music
|originconsole    = Arcade
|firstinstallment  = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Dance Dance Revolution|1998 video game}}'' (1998)
|latestinstallment = ''[[wikipedia:Dance Dance Revolution A20|Dance Dance Revolution A20 Plus]]'' (2020)
}}
'''''Dance Dance Revolution''''' ({{ja|ダンスダンスレボリューション|Dansu Dansu Reboryūshon}}, ''Dance Dance Revolution'') is a series of dance rhythm games by Konami and one of many franchises developed by {{s|wikipedia|Bemani}}.
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===''Double Dribble''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Double Dribble (universe)
|image            = [[File:Double Dribble logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Konami
|publisher        = Konami
|genres            = Sports
|originconsole    = Arcade
|firstinstallment  = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Double Dribble|video game}}'' (1986)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Double Dribble: The Playoff Edition}}'' (1994)
}}
'''''Double Dribble''''' ({{ja|ダブルドリブル|Daburu Doriburu}}, ''Double Dribble'') is a series of basketball games by Konami.
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===''Dragon Scroll''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Dragon Scroll (universe)
|image            = [[File:Dragon Scroll logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Konami
|publisher        = Konami
|genres            = Action role-playing
|originconsole    = Famicom
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Dragon Scroll}}'' (1987) {{flag|Japan}}
|latestinstallment = ''Dragon Scroll'' (1987) {{flag|Japan}}
}}
'''''Dragon Scroll: Yomigaerishi Maryū''''' ({{ja|ドラゴンスクロール 甦りし魔竜|Doragon Sukurōru Yomigaerishi Maryū}}, ''Dragon Scroll: Resurrection of the Demon Dragon'') is an action role-playing game released for the Famicom by Konami.
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===''Esper Dream''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Esper Dream (universe)
|image            = [[File:Esper Dream logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Konami
|publisher        = Konami
|genres            = Action role-playing
|originconsole    = Famicom (Disk System)
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Esper Dream}}'' (1987) {{flag|Japan}}
|latestinstallment = ''Esper Dream 2: Aratanaru Tatakai'' (1992) {{flag|Japan}}
}}
'''''Esper Dream''''' ({{ja|エスパードリーム|Esupā Dorīmu}}, ''Esper Dream'') is a series of action role-playing games by Konami set in a fairy tale world.
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===''Exciting''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Exciting (universe)
|image            = [[File:Exciting logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Konami
|publisher        = Konami
|genres            = Sports
|originconsole    = MSX
|firstinstallment  = ''Konami's Billiards'' (1984)
|latestinstallment = ''ESPN Great Outdoor Games Bass 2002'' (2001)
}}
'''''Exciting''''' ({{ja|エキサイティング|Ekisaitingu}}, ''Exciting'') is a series of sports games by Konami. The installments within the series focus on several sports such as billiards, baseball, boxing, soccer, or bass fishing.
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===''Frogger''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Frogger (universe)
|image            = [[File:Frogger logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Konami<br>Hudson Soft<br>Various
|publisher        = Konami<br>Sega<br>Sega-Gremlin<br>Hasbro
|genres            = Action<br>Platformer
|originconsole    = Arcade
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Frogger}}'' (1981)
|latestinstallment = ''Frogger in Toy Town'' (2019)
}}
'''''Frogger''''' ({{ja|フロッガー|Furoggā}}, ''Frogger'') is a series of games that involve the titular frog, who in some games is a regular frog who traverses through human settlement such as a road, while in other games he is an anthropomorphic frog who goes on various adventures.
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===''Ganbare Pennant Race!''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Ganbare Pennant Race! (universe)
|image            = [[File:Ganbare Pennant Race! logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Konami
|publisher        = Konami
|genres            = Sports
|originconsole    = Famicom
|firstinstallment  = ''Ganbare Pennant Race!'' (1989) {{flag|Japan}}
|latestinstallment = ''Ganbare Pennant Race!'' (1989) {{flag|Japan}}
}}
'''''Ganbare Pennant Race!''''' ({{ja|がんばれペナントレース!|Ganbare Penanto Rēsu!}}, ''Go For It, Pennant Race!'') is a baseball game for the Famicom by Konami.
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===''Gradius''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Gradius (universe)
|image            = [[File:Gradius logo.svg|250px]]
|developer        = Konami
|publisher        = Konami
|genres            = Horizontal-scrolling shooter
|originconsole    = Arcade
|firstinstallment  = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Gradius|video game}}'' (1985)
|latestinstallment = ''Gradius Arc: Legend of the Silver Wings'' (2010) {{flag|Japan}}
}}
'''''Gradius''''' ({{ja|グラディウス|Guradiusu}}, ''Gradius'') is a series of horizontal-scrolling shooter games by Konami.
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===''Knightmare''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Knightmare (universe)
|image            = [[File:Knightmare logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Konami
|publisher        = Konami
|genres            = Shoot 'em up<br>Platformer<br>Role-playing
|originconsole    = MSX
|firstinstallment  = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Knightmare|1986 video game}}'' (1986)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Knightmare III: Shalom}}'' (1987) {{flag|Japan}}
}}
'''''Knightmare''''' ({{ja|エキサイティング|Majō Densetsu}}, ''Demon Castle Legend'') is a series of games that centers around Popolon, hero of the Greek Kingdom, and his lover Aphrodite, Goddess of Love. Each game is of a different genre, with the first game being a shoot 'em up, ''The Maze of Galious'' being a platformer, and ''Shalom'' being a role-playing game.
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===''Lagrange Point''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Lagrange Point (universe)
|image            = [[File:Lagrange Point logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Konami
|publisher        = Konami
|genres            = Role-playing
|originconsole    = Famicom
|firstinstallment  = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Lagrange Point|video game}}'' (1991) {{flag|Japan}}
|latestinstallment = ''Lagrange Point'' (1991) {{flag|Japan}}
}}
'''''Lagrange Point''''' ({{ja|ラグランジュポイント|Raguranju Pointo}}, ''Lagrange Point'') is a science fiction role-playing game for the Famicom by Konami.
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===''Laser Invasion''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Laser Invasion (universe)
|image            = [[File:Laser Invasion logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Konami
|publisher        = Konami
|genres            = Shooter
|originconsole    = NES
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Laser Invasion}}'' (1991)
|latestinstallment = ''Laser Invasion'' (1991)
}}
'''''Laser Invasion''''' ({{ja|ガンサイト|Gan Saito}}, ''Gun Sight'') is a multi-genre first-person action game for the NES by Konami, in which the player takes control of a military operative who pilots an attack helicopter in order to infiltrate various enemy bases and fulfill his mission. In addition to the standard NES controller and NES Zapper, the game is compatible with the LaserScope, a voice-activated headset peripheral for the NES by Konami that was compatible with all NES Zapper-compatible games.
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===''Moai-kun''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Moai-kun (universe)
|image            = [[File:Moai-kun logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Konami
|publisher        = Konami
|genres            = Puzzle
|originconsole    = Famicom
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Moai-kun}}'' (1990) {{flag|Japan}}
|latestinstallment = ''Moai-kun'' (1990) {{flag|Japan}}
}}
'''''Moai-kun''''' ({{ja|モアイくん|Moai-kun}}, ''Mr. Moai'') is a puzzle game for the NES by Konami that stars Moai, a living Moai Statue that appeared in several Konami titles such as ''TwinBee'' and ''Gradius''.
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===''Motocross Maniacs''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Motocross Maniacs (universe)
|image            = [[File:Motocross Maniacs logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Konami<br>Human Entertainment
|publisher        = Konami
|genres            = Racing<br>Platformer
|originconsole    = Famicom
|firstinstallment  = ''Motocross Champion'' (1989) {{flag|Japan}}
|latestinstallment = ''Motocross Maniacs Advance'' (2002) {{flag|Japan}}
}}
'''''Motocross Maniacs''''' ({{ja|モトクロスマニアックス|Motokurosu Maniakkusu}}, ''Motocross Maniacs'') is a series of platforming motocross racing games by Konami.
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===''Parodius''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Parodius (universe)
|image            = [[File:Parodius logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Konami
|publisher        = Konami
|genres            = Horizontal-scrolling shooter
|originconsole    = MSX
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Parodius: The Octopus Saves the Earth}}'' (1988) {{flag|Japan}}
|latestinstallment = ''Parodius Portable'' (2007) {{flag|Japan}}
}}
'''''Parodius''''' ({{ja|パロディウス|Parodiusu}}, ''Parodius'') is a series of horizontal-scrolling shooter games by Konami that serve as a parody of the ''Gradius'' series, as well as containing several parodies of other Konami properties.
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===''Pop'n Music''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Pop'n Music (universe)
|image            = [[File:Pop'n Music logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Konami<br>Bemani
|publisher        = Konami
|genres            = Music
|originconsole    = Arcade
|firstinstallment  = ''Pop'n Music'' (1998) {{flag|Japan}}
|latestinstallment = ''Pop'n Music Kaimei Riddles'' (2020) {{flag|Japan}}
}}
'''''Pop'n Music''''' ({{ja|ポップンミュージック|Poppun Myūjikku}}, ''Pop'n Music'') is a series of rhythm games by Konami and one of many franchises developed by {{s|wikipedia|Bemani}}.
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===''Powerful Pro Baseball''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Powerful Pro Baseball (universe)
|image            = [[File:Powerful Pro Baseball logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Pawapuro Production
|publisher        = Konami<br>2K Sports
|genres            = Sports
|originconsole    = Super Famicom
|firstinstallment  = ''Jikkyō Powerful Pro Yakyū '94'' (1994) {{flag|Japan}}
|latestinstallment = ''eBaseball Powerful Pro Yakyū 2020'' (2020) {{flag|Japan}}
}}
'''''Powerful Pro Baseball''''' ({{ja|パワフルプロ野球|Pawafuru Puro Yakyū}}, ''Powerful Pro Baseball'') is a series of baseball games by Konami, notable for its super deformed character designs.
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===''Quarth''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Quarth (universe)
|image            = [[File:Quarth logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Konami
|publisher        = Konami
|genres            = Shoot 'em up<br>Puzzle
|originconsole    = MSX
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Quarth}}'' (1989)
|latestinstallment = ''Quarth'' (1989)
}}
'''''Quarth''''' ({{ja|クォース|Kwōsu}}, ''Quarth'') is a shoot 'em up puzzle game by Konami.
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===''Road Fighter''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Road Fighter (universe)
|image            = [[File:Road Fighter logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Konami
|publisher        = Konami
|genres            = Racing
|originconsole    = Arcade
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Road Fighter}}'' (1984)
|latestinstallment = ''Road Fighters'' (2010) {{flag|Japan}}
}}
'''''Road Fighter''''' ({{ja|ロードファイター|Rōdo Faitā}}, ''Road Fighter'') is a series of racing games by Konami.
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===''Silent Hill''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Silent Hill (universe)
|image            = [[File:Silent Hill logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Konami<br>Climax Studios<br>Double Helix Games<br>WayForward Technologies
|publisher        = Konami
|genres            = Survival horror
|originconsole    = PlayStation
|firstinstallment  = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Silent Hill|video game}}'' (1999)
|latestinstallment = ''{{iw|wikipedia|P.T.|video game}}'' (2014)
}}
'''''Silent Hill''''' ({{ja|サイレントヒル|Sairento Hiru}}, ''Silent Hill'') is a series of survival horror games by Konami set in the eponymous fictional town.
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===''Suikoden''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Suikoden (universe)
|image            = [[File:Suikoden logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Konami<br>Hudson Soft
|publisher        = Konami
|genres            = Role-playing
|originconsole    = PlayStation
|firstinstallment  = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Suikoden|video game}}'' (1995)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Genso Suikoden: Tsumugareshi Hyakunen no Toki}}'' (2012) {{flag|Japan}}
}}
'''''Suikoden''''' ({{ja|幻想水滸伝|Gensō Suikoden}}, ''Gensō Suikoden'') is a series of role-playing games published by Konami. Each individual game in the series centers on relative themes of politics, corruption, revolution, mystical crystals known as True Runes and the "108 Stars of Destiny" - a set of 108 protagonists.
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===''The Adventures of Bayou Billy''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = The Adventures of Bayou Billy (universe)
|image            = [[File:The Adventures of Bayou Billy logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Konami
|publisher        = Konami
|genres            = Beat 'em up<br>Light gun shooter<br>Racing
|originconsole    = NES
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|The Adventures of Bayou Billy}}'' (1988)
|latestinstallment = ''The Adventures of Bayou Billy'' (1988)
}}
'''''The Adventures of Bayou Billy''''' ({{ja|マッド・シティ|Maddo Shiti}}, ''Mad City'') is a game released for the NES by Konami that stars a Crocodile Dundee-esque survivalist and former U.S. soldier from New Orleans named Billy West, otherwise known as "Bayou Billy". The game features three different kinds of gameplay depending on the level: a side-scrolling beat 'em up section, a rail shooting section that is compatible (but not required) with the NES Zapper, and a driving seciton.
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===''Track & Field''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Track & Field (universe)
|image            = [[File:Track & Field logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Konami<br>Sumo Digital
|publisher        = Konami
|genres            = Sports
|originconsole    = Arcade
|firstinstallment  = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Track & Field|video game}}'' (1983)
|latestinstallment = ''Touch Konami: Hyper Sports Winter'' (2010) {{flag|Japan}}
}}
'''''Track & Field''''' ({{ja|ハイパースポーツ|Haipā Supōtsu}}, ''Hyper Sports'') is a series of athletic sports games by Konami.
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===''Wai Wai''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Wai Wai (universe)
|image            = [[File:Wai Wai logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Konami
|publisher        = Konami
|genres            = Platformer<br>Racing<br>Various
|originconsole    = Famicom
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Konami Wai Wai World}}'' (1988) {{flag|Japan}}
|latestinstallment = ''Krazy Kart Racing'' (2009) {{flag|North America}}
}}
'''''Wai Wai''''' ({{ja|ワイワイ|Wai Wai}}, ''Wai Wai'') is a series of crossover games between several properties owned by Konami.
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===''Yie Ar Kung-Fu''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Yie Ar Kung-Fu (universe)
|image            = [[File:Yie Ar Kung-Fu logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Konami
|publisher        = Konami
|genres            = Fighting
|originconsole    = Arcade
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Yie Ar Kung-Fu}}'' (1984)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Yie Ar Kung-Fu II}}'' (1986)
}}
'''''Yie Ar Kung-Fu''''' ({{ja|イー・アル・カンフー|Ī Aru Kanfū}}, ''One Two Kung-Fu'') is a series of arcade fighting games by Konami.
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===''Zone of the Enders''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Zone of the Enders (universe)
|image            = [[File:Zone of the Enders logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Konami
|publisher        = Konami
|genres            = Third-person shooter<br>Hack and slash<br>Tactical role-playing
|originconsole    = PlayStation 2
|firstinstallment  = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Zone of the Enders|video game}}'' (2001)
|latestinstallment = ''[[wikipedia:Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner|Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner - M∀RS]]'' (2018)
}}
'''''Zone of the Enders''''' ({{ja|ゾーン オブ エンダーズ|Zōn obu Endāzu}}, ''Zone of the Enders'') is a series of third-person shooter hack and slash games by Konami that focuses around combat in space with mecha called Orbital Frames.
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==[[Microsoft]] series==
===''Battletoads''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Battletoads (universe)
|image            = [[File:Battletoads logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Rare<br>Dlala Studios
|publisher        = Tradewest<br>Xbox Game Studios
|genres            = Beat 'em up<br>Platformer
|originconsole    = NES
|firstinstallment  = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Battletoads|video game}}'' (1991)
|latestinstallment = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Battletoads|2020 video game}}'' (2020)
}}
'''''Battletoads''''' ({{ja|バトルトード|Batorutōdo}}, ''Battletoads'') is a series of beat 'em up games by Rare that involve the titular trio of anthropomorphic toads, Rash, Zitz, and Pimple, who battle the Dark Queen and her army of space mutants.
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===''Blinx''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Blinx (universe)
|image            = [[File:Blinx logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Artoon
|publisher        = Xbox Game Studios
|genres            = Platformer
|originconsole    = Xbox
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Blinx: The Time Sweeper}}'' (2002)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Blinx 2: Masters of Time and Space}}'' (2004)
}}
'''''Blinx''''' ({{ja|ブリンクス|Burinkusu}}, ''Blinx'') is a series of platformer games developed by Artoon and published Microsoft that follows the titular anthropomorphic cat, who has the ability to control time with his TS-1000 Vacuum Cleaner.
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===''Fable''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Fable (universe)
|image            = [[File:Fable logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Big Blue Box<br>Lionheart Studios<br>Playground Games
|publisher        = Xbox Game Studios
|genres            = Action role-playing
|originconsole    = Xbox
|firstinstallment  = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Fable|2004 video game}}'' (2004)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Fable Fortune}}'' (2018)
}}
'''''Fable''''' ({{ja|フェイブル|Feiburu}}, ''Fable'') is a series of action role-playing games by Microsoft set in the fictional nation of Albion.
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===''Gears of War''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Gears of War (universe)
|image            = [[File:Gears of War logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Epic Games<br>People Can Fly<br>The Coalition<br>Mediatonic<br>Splash Damage
|publisher        = Xbox Game Studios
|genres            = Third-person shooter
|originconsole    = Xbox 360
|firstinstallment  = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Gears of War|video game}}'' (2006)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Gears 5}}'' (2019)
}}
'''''Gears of War''''' ({{ja|ギアーズ・オブ・ウォー|Giāzu obu U~ō}}, ''Gears of War'') is a series of third-person shooter games created by Epic Games and published by Microsoft.
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===''Halo''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Halo (universe)
|image            = [[File:Halo logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Bungie<br>343 Industries<br>Ensemble Studios<br>Creativity Assembly
|publisher        = Xbox Game Studios
|genres            = First-person shooter
|originconsole    = Xbox
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Halo: Combat Evolved}}'' (2001)
|latestinstallment = ''Halo: Fireteam Raven'' (2018)
}}
'''''Halo''''' ({{ja|ヘイロー|Heirō}}, ''Halo'') is a series of a first-person shooter games by Microsoft. Master Chief, the protagonist of the series, serves as the mascot for the Xbox brand.
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===''Ori''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Ori (universe)
|image            = [[File:Ori logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Moon Studios
|publisher        = Xbox Game Studios
|genres            = Platformer<br>Adventure<br>Metroidvania
|originconsole    = Microsoft Windows<br>Xbox One
|firstinstallment  = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Ori and the Blind Forest}}'' (2015)
|latestinstallment = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Ori and the Will of the Wisps}}'' (2020)
}}
'''''Ori''''' ({{ja|オリ|Ori}}, ''Ori'') is a series of Metroidvania platformers developed by Moon Studios and published by Microsoft Studios that follows a small forest creature named Ori who is tasked with traveling across the forests of Nibel (in ''Blind Forest'') and Niwen (in ''Will of the Wisps'') to save them from destruction and the external forces that are directly causing it.
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===''Sea of Thieves''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Sea of Thieves (universe)
|image            = [[File:Sea of Thieves logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Rare
|publisher        = Xbox Game Studios
|genres            = Action-adventure
|originconsole    = Microsoft Windows<br>Xbox One
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Sea of Thieves}}'' (2018)
|latestinstallment = ''Sea of Thieves'' (2018)
}}
'''''Sea of Thieves''''' is a first person action-adventure game by Rare in which the player assumes the role of a pirate who completes voyages from different trading companies in order to become the ultimate pirate legend, needing to become at least level 50 with 3 of the trading companies to become a Pirate Legend.
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===''Viva Piñata''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Viva Piñata (universe)
|image            = [[File:Viva Pinata logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Rare<br>Krome Studios
|publisher        = Xbox Game Studios<br>THQ
|genres            = Life simulation
|originconsole    = Xbox 360
|firstinstallment  = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Viva Piñata|video game}}'' (2006)
|latestinstallment = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Viva Piñata: Pocket Paradise}}'' (2008)
}}
'''''Viva Piñata''''' ({{ja|あつまれ!ピニャータ|Atsumare! Pinyāta}}, ''Gather! Piñata'') is a series of life simulation games by Rare set in a world of anthropomorphic piñatas.
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==[[Sega]] series==
===''Alex Kidd''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Alex Kidd (universe)
|image            = [[File:Alex Kidd logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Sega<br>Jankenteam
|publisher        = Sega<br>Merge Games
|genres            = Platformer
|originconsole    = Master System
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Alex Kidd in Miracle World}}'' (1986)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX}}'' (2021)
}}
'''''Alex Kidd''''' ({{ja|アレックスキッド|Arekkusu Kiddo}}, ''Alex Kidd'') is a series of platformer games by Sega starring the titular protagonist. Prior to the introduction of [[Sonic the Hedgehog]], Alex Kidd served as un unofficial mascot for Sega.
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===''Altered Beast''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Altered Beast (universe)
|image            = [[File:Altered Beast logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Sega
|publisher        = Sega
|genres            = Beat 'em up<br>Action-adventure
|originconsole    = Arcade
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Altered Beast}}'' (1988)
|latestinstallment = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Altered Beast|2005 video game}}'' (2005)
}}
'''''Altered Beast''''' ({{ja|獣王記|Jūōki}}, ''Beast King's Chronicle'') is a series of beat 'em up games by Sega that follows a human protagonist who is able to transform into several humanoid animal-like beast forms.
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===''Jet Set Radio''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Jet Set Radio (universe)
|image            = [[File:Jet Set Radio logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Smilebit
|publisher        = Sega
|genres            = Platformer<br>Action<br>Sports
|originconsole    = Dreamcast
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Jet Set Radio}}'' (2000)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Jet Set Radio Future}}'' (2002)
}}
'''''Jet Set Radio''''' ({{ja|ジェットセットラジオ|Jetto Setto Rajio}}, ''Jet Set Radio'') is a series of platformers published by Sega in the early 2000s. The first game was published on the Dreamcast in 2000, and the sequel was published on the original Xbox in 2002. The games focus on a group known as the GGs, whose goal is to spread art as graffiti throughout the city of Tokyo-to, before being caught by the police or running out of time.
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===''MadWorld''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = MadWorld (universe)
|image            = [[File:MadWorld logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = PlatinumGames
|publisher        = Sega<br>Spike
|genres            = Beat 'em up<br>Hack and slash
|originconsole    = Wii
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|MadWorld}}'' (2009)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|MadWorld}}'' (2009)
}}
'''''MadWorld''''' ({{ja|マッドワールド|Maddo Wārudo}}, ''MadWorld'') is a beat 'em up hack and slash game developed by PlatinumGames and published by Sega revolving around Jack Cayman, a man with a chainsaw who enters a game show called "DeathWatch" and proceeds to murder his opponents in brutal ways. The game's art style uses a black-and-white palette, with the exception of the color red being used for blood.
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===''NiGHTS''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = NiGHTS (universe)
|image            = [[File:NiGHTS logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Sonic Team
|publisher        = Sega
|genres            = Action
|originconsole    = Sega Saturn
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Nights into Dreams}}'' (1996)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Nights: Journey of Dreams}}'' (2007)
}}
'''''NiGHTS''''' ({{ja|ナイツ|Naitsu}}, ''Nights'') is an action game series that focuses on two teenagers (varying depending on the game) who enter a dream world called Nightopia where all dreams take place. They team up with NiGHTS, a Nightmaren who wishes to save the world of dreams from the evil ruler Wizeman.
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===''Puyo Puyo''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Puyo Puyo (universe)
|image            = [[File:Puyo Puyo logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Compile<br>Sonic Team
|publisher        = Compile<br>Sega
|genres            = Puzzle
|originconsole    = MSX2<br>Famicom (Disk System)
|firstinstallment  = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Puyo Puyo|video game}}'' (1991) {{flag|Japan}}
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Puyo Puyo Tetris 2}}'' (2020)
}}
'''''Puyo Puyo''''' ({{ja|ぷよぷよ|Puyo Puyo}}, ''Puyo Puyo'') is a series of puzzle games originally created by Compile and owned by Sega. Originally a spin-off to the dungeon crawler RPG series, ''Madō Monogatari'', the objective of the series is to defeat the opponent by causing the third column from the left of their side of the screen to become filled with slime-like creatures called "Puyo".
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===''Space Channel 5''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Space Channel 5 (universe)
|image            = [[File:Space Channel 5 logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = United Game Artists<br>Grounding Inc.
|publisher        = Sega<br>Sony Interactive Entertainment<br>Agetec
|genres            = Music
|originconsole    = Dreamcast
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Space Channel 5}}'' (1999)
|latestinstallment = ''Space Channel 5 VR: Kinda Funky News Flash!'' (2020)
}}
'''''Space Channel 5''''' ({{ja|スペースチャンネル5|Supēsu Channeru Faibu}}, ''Space Channel 5'') is a series of music games by Sega that focus on a space-faring reporter named Ulala, who investigates an alien invasion while engaging in rhythm-based combat where she mimics the actions of rivals in time to musical tracks.
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===''Super Monkey Ball''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Super Monkey Ball (universe)
|image            = [[File:Super Monkey Ball logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Amusement Vision<br>Sega<br>Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio<br>Marvelous AQL
|publisher        = Sega<br>THQ
|genres            = Platformer
|originconsole    = Arcade
|firstinstallment  = ''[[wikipedia:Super Monkey Ball (video game)|Monkey Ball]]'' (2001) {{flag|Japan}}
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD}}'' (2019)
}}
'''''Super Monkey Ball''''' ({{ja|スーパーモンキーボール|Sūpā Monkī Bōru}}, ''Super Monkey Ball'') is a series of platformer games by Sega in which the objective is to tilt the stage to guide a monkey encased in a transparent ball to the goal.
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===''Yakuza''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Yakuza (universe)
|image            = [[File:Yakuza logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Sega<br>Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio<br>syn Sophia
|publisher        = Sega
|genres            = Action-adventure<br>Beat 'em up<br>Role-playing
|originconsole    = PlayStation 2
|firstinstallment  = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Yakuza|video game}}'' (2005)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Yakuza: Like a Dragon}}'' (2020)
}}
'''''Yakuza''''' ({{ja|龍が如く|Ryū ga Gotoku}}, ''Like a Dragon'') is a series of video games published by Sega set in the world of Japanese organized crime (yakuza), featuring a variety of gameplay styles. The storyline premise for each franchise installment is typically a crime drama, with plotlines inspired by yakuza films. The most frequently featured protagonist is Kazuma Kiryu, a reformed gangster associated with the Kanto-based Tojo Clan.
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===[[Atlus]] series===
====''Etrian Odyssey''====
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Etrian Odyssey (universe)
|image            = [[File:Etrian Odyssey logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Atlus<br>Lancarse<br>Spike Chunsoft
|publisher        = Atlus<br>Nintendo<br>NIS America<br>Deep Silver
|genres            = Role-playing<br>Dungeon crawler
|originconsole    = DS
|firstinstallment  = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Etrian Odyssey|video game}}'' (2007)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Etrian Odyssey Nexus}}'' (2018)
}}
'''''Etrian Odyssey''''' ({{ja|世界樹の迷宮|Sekaiju no Meikyū}}, ''Labyrinth of the World Tree'') is a series of dungeon crawler role-playing games by Atlus.
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====''Megami Tensei''====
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Megami Tensei (universe)
|image            = [[File:Megami Tensei logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Atlus
|publisher        = Atlus<br>Namco
|distributor      = Sega
|genres            = Role-playing
|originconsole    = Famicom
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei}}'' (1987) {{flag|Japan}}
|latestinstallment = ''[[wikipedia:Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne|Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne HD Remaster]]'' (2020)
}}
'''''Megami Tensei''''' ({{ja|女神転生|Megami Tensei}}, ''Reincarnation of the Goddess'') is a series of post-apocalyptic role-playing games by Atlus. The series would spawn the sub-series {{uv|Persona}}.
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====''Rockin' Kats''====
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Rockin' Kats (universe)
|image            = [[File:Rockin' Kats logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Atlus
|publisher        = Atlus
|genres            = Platformer
|originconsole    = NES
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Rockin' Kats}}'' (1991)
|latestinstallment = ''Rockin' Kats'' (1991)
}}
'''''Rockin' Kats''''' ({{ja|ニューヨークニャンキーズ|Nyū Yōku Nyankīzu}}, ''N.Y. Nyankies'') is a platformer game for the NES by Atlus that stars Willy (also known by his stage name "The Rockin' Kat"), an anthropomorphic cat from New York who must save his girlfriend Jill from the local crime boss Mugsy.
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====''Trauma Center''====
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Trauma Center (universe)
|image            = [[File:Trauma Center logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Atlus
|publisher        = Atlus
|genres            = Simulation<br>Visual novel
|originconsole    = DS
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Trauma Center: Under the Knife}}'' (2005)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Trauma Team}}'' (2010)
}}
'''''Trauma Center''''' ({{ja|カドゥケウス|Kadukeusu}}, ''Caduceus'') is a series of hospital simulation visual novels by Atlus set in a near-future Earth where advanced medical procedures are used to treat several patients, including outbreaks of deadly viruses. A recurring organisation is Caduceus, a worldwide semi-covert medical foundation.
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==[[SNK]] series==
===''Baseball Stars''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Baseball Stars (universe)
|image            = [[File:Baseball Stars logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = SNK
|publisher        = SNK
|genres            = Sports
|originconsole    = NES
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Baseball Stars}}'' (1989)
|latestinstallment = ''Baseball Stars Color'' (1999)
}}
'''''Baseball Stars''''' ({{ja|ベースボール・スターズ|Bēsubōru Sutāzu}}, ''Baseball Stars'') is a series of baseball games by SNK.
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===''Dexterity''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Dexterity (universe)
|image            = [[File:Dexterity logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = SNK
|publisher        = SNK
|genres            = Puzzle
|originconsole    = Game Boy
|firstinstallment  = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Dexterity|video game}}'' (1990)
|latestinstallment = ''Dexterity'' (1990)
}}
'''''Dexterity''''' ({{ja|ファニーフィールド|Fanī Fīrudo}}, ''Funny Field'') is a puzzle game for the Game Boy by SNK in which the player must flip all of the light tiles on a square floor into dark tiles while also avoiding several enemies.
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===''Famicom Meijin Sen''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Famicom Meijin Sen (universe)
|image            = [[File:Famicom Meijin Sen logo.png|100px]]
|developer        = Alpha Denshi
|publisher        = SNK
|genres            = Board game
|originconsole    = Famicom
|firstinstallment  = ''Famicom Meijin Sen'' (1988) {{flag|Japan}}
|latestinstallment = ''Famicom Meijin Sen'' (1988) {{flag|Japan}}
}}
'''''Famicom Meijin Sen''''' ({{ja|ファミコン名人戦|Famicon Meijin Sen}}, ''Famicom Master Battle'') is a board game developed by Alpha Denshi and published by SNK for the Famicom based on the board game of Shogi.
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===''Fighting Golf''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Fighting Golf (universe)
|image            = [[File:Fighting Golf logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = SNK
|publisher        = SNK
|genres            = Sports
|originconsole    = Arcade
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Lee Trevino's Fighting Golf}}'' (1988)
|latestinstallment = ''Lee Trevino's Fighting Golf'' (1988)
}}
'''''Fighting Golf''''' ({{ja|ファイティング ゴルフ|Faitingu Gorufu}}, ''Fighting Golf'') is a golf game by SNK. The North American version of the game features real-life professional golfer {{s|wikipedia|Lee Trevino}}.
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===''Guerrilla War''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Guerrilla War (universe)
|image            = [[File:Guerrilla War logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = SNK
|publisher        = SNK
|genres            = Run-and-gun
|originconsole    = Arcade
|firstinstallment  = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Guerrilla War|video game}}'' (1987)
|latestinstallment = ''Guerrilla War'' (1987)
}}
'''''Guerrilla War''''' ({{ja|ゲバラ|Gebara}}, ''Guevara'') is a run-and-gun game by SNK. The original Japanese release is based on the exploits of revolutionary {{s|wikipedia|Che Guevara}} (who serves as the main playable character of the game, with {{s|wikipedia|Fidel Castro}} serving as the second player) and the defeat of the [[wikipedia:Fulgencio Batista|Batista]] regime in Cuba in the late 1950s. All references to the events relating to Che Guevera were changed in the localized versions.
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===''King of the Monsters''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = King of the Monsters (universe)
|image            = [[File:King of the Monsters logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = SNK<br>Hamster Corporation
|publisher        = SNK<br>Takara<br>Sega<br>D4 Enterprise<br>Hamster Corporation
|genres            = Fighting
|originconsole    = Neo Geo MVS
|firstinstallment  = ''{{iw|wikipedia|King of the Monsters|video game}}'' (1991)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|King of the Monsters 2}}'' (1992)
}}
'''''King of the Monsters''''' ({{ja|キング・オブ・ザ・モンスターズ|Kingu Obu Za Monsutāzu}}, ''King of the Monsters'') is a series of fighting games by SNK focused on giant monsters reminiscent of characters from the kaiju and tokusatsu genres.
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===''Magician Lord''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Magician Lord (universe)
|image            = [[File:Magician Lord logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Alpha Denshi
|publisher        = SNK
|genres            = Action<br>Platformer
|originconsole    = Neo Geo MVS
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Magician Lord}}'' (1990)
|latestinstallment = ''Magician Lord'' (1990)
}}
'''''Magician Lord''''' ({{ja|マジシャンロード|Majishan Rōdo}}, ''Magician Lord'') is an action-platformer game developed by Alpha Denshi and published by SNK starring the magician Elta, who must recover the stolen magic tomes from the hands of the evil sorcerer Gal Agiese and his followers before the god of destruction, Az Atorse, is revived and destroys both the land of Cadacis and the world. The game was one of the launch titles released for both the Neo Geo MVS and Neo Geo AES.
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===''Satomi Hakkenden''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Satomi Hakkenden (universe)
|image            = [[File:Satomi Hakkenden logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Alpha Denshi
|publisher        = SNK
|genres            = Role-playing
|originconsole    = Famicom
|firstinstallment  = ''Satomi Hakkenden'' (1989) {{flag|Japan}}
|latestinstallment = ''Satomi Hakkenden'' (1999) {{flag|Japan}}
}}
'''''Satomi Hakkenden''''' ({{ja|里見八犬伝|Satomi Hakkenden}}, ''The Eight Dog Chronicles'') is a role-playing game developed by Alpha Denshi and published by SNK for the Famicom based on the Japanese epic novel ''{{s|wikipedia|Nansō Satomi Hakkenden}}''.
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===''T.N.K III''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = T.N.K III (universe)
|image            = [[File:T.N.K III logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = SNK
|publisher        = SNK<br>Kitcorp
|genres            = Shoot 'em up
|originconsole    = Arcade
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|TNK III}}'' (1985)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Iron Tank}}'' (1988)
}}
'''''T.N.K III''''' ({{ja|Ｔ・Ａ・Ｎ・Ｋ|T.A.N.K}}, ''T.A.N.K'') is a series of tank-focused shoot 'em up games by SNK. The original arcade game marks the first appearance of Ralf Jones, who would later go on to become one of the main characters of the {{uvm3|Ikari Warriors}} series.
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==[[Square Enix]] series==
'''[[/Major Companies (A-M)|Major Companies (A-M)]]''': Universes by companies with playable representation whose names starts with a letter between '''A''' to '''M'''.
===''3-D WorldRunner''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = 3-D WorldRunner(universe)
|image            = [[File:3-D WorldRunner logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Square
|publisher        = Square<br>Acclaim
|genres            = Rail shooter<br>Platformer
|originconsole    = Famicom (Disk System)
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|The 3-D Battles of WorldRunner}}'' (1987)
|latestinstallment = ''JJ: Tobidase Daisakusen Part II'' (1987) {{flag|Japan}}
}}
'''''The 3-D Battles of WorldRunner''''' ({{ja|とびだせ大作戦|Tobidase Daisakusen}}, ''Operation: Jump Out'') is a series of rail shooting platformer games released by Square for the NES that follows Jack the WorldRunner, a wild "space cowboy" on a mission to save various planets overrun by serpentine beasts called "Serpentbeasts", who are led by the evil Grax.
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===''Bubble Bobble''===
'''[[/Major Companies (N-Z)|Major Companies (N-Z)]]''': Universes by companies with playable representation whose names starts with a letter between '''N''' to '''Z'''.
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Bubble Bobble (universe)
|image            = [[File:Bubble Bobble logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Taito
|publisher        = Taito<br>Square Enix
|genres            = Platformer
|originconsole    = Arcade
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Bubble Bobble}}'' (1986)
|latestinstallment = ''Bubble Bobble 4 Friends'' (2019)
}}
'''''Bubble Bobble''''' ({{ja|バブルボブル|Baburu Boburu}}, ''Bubble Bobble'') is a series of platformer games by Taito, a subsidiary of Square Enix, that follow Bub and Bob, two dragons that set out to save their girlfriends from a world known as the Cave of Monsters. In each level, Bub and Bob must defeat each enemy present by trapping them in bubbles and popping them.
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===''Chrono''===
'''[[/Minor or Unrepresented Companies|Minor or Unrepresented Companies]]''': Universes by companies with no playable representation in ''Smash''.
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Chrono (universe)
|image            = [[File:Chrono logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Square Enix (previously Square)
|publisher        = Square Enix (previously Square)
|genres            = Role-playing
|originconsole    = SNES
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Chrono Trigger}}'' (1995)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Chrono Cross}}'' (1999)
}}
'''''Chrono''''' ({{ja|クロノ|Kurono}}, ''Chrono'') is a duology of role-playing games by Square Enix (formerly Square). It follows a group of young adventurers led by Crono, who are accidentally transported through time and learn that the world will be destroyed in the distant future. Vowing to prevent this disaster, they travel throughout history to discover the means to save the planet.
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===''Door Door''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Door Door (universe)
|image            = [[File:Door Door logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Chunsoft
|publisher        = Enix<br>Chunsoft
|genres            = Puzzle<br>Platformer
|originconsole    = NEC PC-8801
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Door Door}}'' (1983) {{flag|Japan}}
|latestinstallment = ''Door Door'' (1983) {{flag|Japan}}
}}
'''''Door Door''''' ({{ja|ドアドア|Doa Doa}}, ''Door Door'') is a platformer puzzle game developed by Chunsoft and published by Enix about an egg-shaped creature with a baseball cap named "Chun", who must trap a horde of aliens by letting them inside a door and then closing it.
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===''Gex''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Gex (universe)
|image            = [[File:Gex logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Crystal Dynamics
|publisher        = Eidos Interactive<br>Crystal Dynamics<br>BMG Interactive
|genres            = Platformer
|originconsole    = 3DO
|firstinstallment  = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Gex|video game}}'' (1995)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko}}'' (1999)
}}
'''''Gex''''' ({{ja|ゲックス|Gekkusu}}, ''Gex'') is a series of platformer games by Crystal Dynamics and Eidos Interactive (now owned by Square Enix) that follows the titular gecko.
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===''Hanjuku Hero''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Hanjuku Hero (universe)
|image            = [[File:Hanjuku Hero logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Square Enix (previously Square)<br>Neverland
|publisher        = Square Enix (previously Square)
|genres            = Real-time strategy
|originconsole    = Famicom
|firstinstallment  = ''Hanjuku Hero'' (1988) {{flag|Japan}}
|latestinstallment = ''Hanjuku Hero Mobile'' (2006) {{flag|Japan}}
}}
'''''Hanjuku Hero''''' ({{ja|半熟英雄|Hanjuku Hīrō}}, ''Soft-Boiled Hero'') is a series of real-time strategy games by Square Enix (formerly Square) centered on Lord Almamoon, the protagonist who must save his country from danger in each game.
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===''Just Breed''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Just Breed (universe)
|image            = [[File:Just Breed logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Random House
|publisher        = Enix
|genres            = Tactical role-playing
|originconsole    = Famicom
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Just Breed}}'' (1992) {{flag|Japan}}
|latestinstallment = ''Just Breed'' (1992) {{flag|Japan}}
}}
'''''Just Breed''''' ({{ja|ジャストブリード|Jasuto Burīdo}}, ''Just Breed'') is a tactical role-playing game for the Famicom developed by Random House and published by Enix.
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===''King's Knight''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = King's Knight (universe)
|image            = [[File:King's Knight logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Square<br>Flame Hearts
|publisher        = Square Enix (previously Square)
|genres            = Scrolling shooter
|originconsole    = NES
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|King's Knight}}'' (1986)
|latestinstallment = ''King's Knight: Wrath of the Dark Dragon'' (2017)
}}
'''''King's Knight''''' ({{ja|キングスナイト|Kingusu Naito}}, ''King's Knight'') is a scrolling shooter game by Square Enix (formerly Square) that follows four heroes who must rescue Princess Claire of Olthea from the evil dragon Tolfida.
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===''SaGa''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = SaGa (universe)
|image            = [[File:SaGa logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Square Enix (previously Square)
|publisher        = Square Enix (previously Square)
|genres            = Role-playing
|originconsole    = Game Boy
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|The Final Fantasy Legend}}'' (1989)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|SaGa: Scarlet Grace}}'' (2016)
}}
'''''SaGa''''' ({{ja|サガ|Saga}}, ''SaGa'') is a series of science fantasy open world role-playing games by Square Enix (formerly Square).
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===''Space Invaders''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Space Invaders (universe)
|image            = [[File:Space Invaders logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Taito
|publisher        = Taito<br>Square Enix<br>Midway<br>Atari, Inc.
|genres            = Shoot 'em up
|originconsole    = Arcade
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Space Invaders}}'' (1978)
|latestinstallment = ''Space Invaders Forever'' (2020)
}}
'''''Space Invaders''''' ({{ja|スペースインベーダー|Supēsu Inbēdā}}, ''Space Invaders'') is a highly popular series of arcade shoot 'em up games by Taito, a subsidiary of Square Enix. They center around an effort to save Earth from a horde of invading aliens by shooting and destroying their ships.
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===''Square's Tom Sawyer''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Square's Tom Sawyer (universe)
|image            = [[File:Square's Tom Sawyer logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Square
|publisher        = Square
|genres            = Role-playing
|originconsole    = Famicom
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Square's Tom Sawyer}}'' (1989) {{flag|Japan}}
|latestinstallment = ''Square's Tom Sawyer'' (1989) {{flag|Japan}}
}}
'''''Square's Tom Sawyer''''' ({{ja|スクウェアのトム・ソーヤ|Sukuwea no Tomu Sōya}}, ''Square's Tom Sawyer'') is a role-playing game by Square for the Famicom based on the 19th century American novel ''{{s|wikipedia|The Adventures of Tom Sawyer}}''.
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===''Star Ocean''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Star Ocean (universe)
|image            = [[File:Star Ocean logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = tri-Ace
|publisher        = Square Enix (previously Enix)
|genres            = Action role-playing
|originconsole    = Super Famicom
|firstinstallment  = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Star Ocean|video game}}'' (1996) {{flag|Japan}}
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Star Ocean: Anamnesis}}'' (2016)
}}
'''''Star Ocean''''' ({{ja|スターオーシャン|Sutā Ōshan}}, ''Star Ocean'') is a series of science fantasy action role-playing games developed by tri-Ace and published by Square Enix (formerly Enix).
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===''The Portopia Serial Murder Case''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = The Portopia Serial Murder Case (universe)
|image            = [[File:The Portopia Serial Murder Case logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Chunsoft<br>Square Enix
|publisher        = Square Enix (previously Enix)
|genres            = Adventure
|originconsole    = NEC PC-8801
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|The Portopia Serial Murder Case}}'' (1983) {{flag|Japan}}
|latestinstallment = ''The Portopia Serial Murder Case'' (mobile) (2005) {{flag|Japan}}
}}
'''''The Portopia Serial Murder Case''''' ({{ja|ポートピア連続殺人事件|Portopia Renzoku Satsujin Jiken}}, ''The Portopia Serial Murder Case'') is a murder mystery adventure game created by Chunsoft and published by Square Enix (formerly Enix).
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===''The World Ends with You''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = The World Ends with You (universe)
|image            = [[File:The World Ends with You logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Square Enix<br>Jupiter<br>h.a.n.d.
|publisher        = Square Enix
|genres            = Action role-playing
|originconsole    = DS
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|The World Ends with You}}'' (2007)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Neo: The World Ends with You}}'' (2021)
}}
'''''The World Ends with You''''' ({{ja|すばらしきこのせかい|Subarashiki Kono Sekai}}, ''It's a Wonderful World'') is a series of action role-playing games by Square Enix in which the protagonist and their allies are forced to participate in an event called the Reapers' Game, a week-long competition that will determine their fate.
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===''Tomb Raider''===
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Tomb Raider (universe)
|image            = [[File:Tomb Raider logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Core Design<br>Crystal Dynamics
|publisher        = Eidos Interactive<br>Square Enix
|genres            = Action-adventure
|originconsole    = Sega Saturn
|firstinstallment  = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Tomb Raider|1996 video game}}'' (1996)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Shadow of the Tomb Raider}}'' (2018)
}}
'''''Tomb Raider''''' ({{ja|トゥームレイダー|Toūmu Reidā}}, ''Tomb Raider'') is a series of action-adventure games by Square Enix (previously by Eidos Interactive) that follows the adventures of archaeologist Lara Croft, who travels the world in search for lost artefacts and infiltrating dangerous tombs and ruins.
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==Series by miscellaneous companies==
Any IP owned by a company that does not currently have any of their IPs represented with a playable character in ''Smash'' goes here.
===Activision series===
====''Crash Bandicoot''====
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Crash Bandicoot (universe)
|image            = [[File:Crash Bandicoot logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Naughty Dog<br>Traveller's Tales<br>Vicarious Visions<br>Radical Entertainment<br>Toys for Bob
|publisher        = Sony Interactive Entertainment<br>Universal Interactive<br>Vivendi Games<br>Activision
|genres            = Platformer<br>Party<br>Racing<br>Hack and slash<br>Endless runner
|originconsole    = PlayStation
|firstinstallment  = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Crash Bandicoot|video game}}'' (1996)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Crash Bandicoot: On the Run!}}'' (2021)
}}
'''''Crash Bandicoot''''' ({{ja|クラッシュ・バンディクーシ|Kurasshu Bandikūshi}}, ''Crash Bandicoot'') is a series of games, mainly platformers, that follow the titular bandicoot's efforts to thwart the schemes of the evil Doctor Neo Cortex. Having since expanded in genres, platforms, and developers, the series is known for its iconic characters, art and animation style, humor, and difficulty.
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====''Spyro''====
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Spyro (universe)
|image            = [[File:Spyro logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Insomniac Games<br>Digital Eclipse<br>Amaze Entertainment<br>Krome Studios<br>Toys for Bob
|publisher        = Sony Interactive Entertainment<br>Universal Interactive<br>Vivendi Games<br>Activision
|genres            = Platformer<br>Action-adventure<br>Beat 'em up<br>Role-playing
|originconsole    = PlayStation
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Spyro the Dragon}}'' (1998)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Spyro Reignited Trilogy}}'' (2018)
}}
'''''Spyro''''' ({{ja|スパイロ|Supairo}}, ''Spyro'') is a series of platformer games that follow the titular dragon.
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===Arc System Works series===
====''Double Dragon''====
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Double Dragon (universe)
|image            = [[File:Double Dragon logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Technōs Japan<br>WayForward Technologies<br>Arc System Works
|publisher        = Technōs Japan<br>Taito<br>Atlus<br>Arc System Works
|genres            = Beat 'em up
|originconsole    = Arcade
|firstinstallment  = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Double Dragon|video game}}'' (1987)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Double Dragon IV}}'' (2017)
}}
'''''Double Dragon''''' ({{ja|双截龍|Daburu Doragon}}, ''Double Dragon'') is a series of beat 'em up games by Arc System Works (previously by Technōs Japan) that follows twin martial artists, Billy and Jimmy Lee, as they fight against various adversaries and rivals.
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====''Guilty Gear''====
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Guilty Gear (universe)
|image            = [[File:Guilty Gear logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Arc System Works
|publisher        = Arc System Works<br>Aksys Games<br>Bandai Namco<br>Sega<br>Various
|genres            = Fighting
|originconsole    = PlayStation
|firstinstallment  = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Guilty Gear|video game}}'' (1998)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Guilty Gear Strive}}'' (2021)
}}
'''''Guilty Gear''''' ({{ja|ギルティギア|Giruti Gia}}, ''Guilty Gear'') is a series of fighting games by Arc System Works.
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===Epic Games series===
====''Fortnite''====
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Fortnite (universe)
|image            = [[File:Fortnite logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Epic Games
|publisher        = Epic Games<br>Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
|genres            = Third-person shooter<br>Battle royale<br>Survival<br>Tower defense<br>Sandbox
|originconsole    = Microsoft Windows<br>macOS<br>PlayStation 4<br>Xbox One
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Fortnite: Save the World}}'' (2017)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Fortnite Creative}}'' (2018)
}}
'''''Fortnite''''' ({{ja|フォートナイト|Fōtonaito}}, ''Fortnite'') is an online game by Epic Games that is available in three distinct game mode versions that otherwise share the same general gameplay and game engine: ''Fortnite: Save the World'', a cooperative hybrid-tower defense-shooter-survival game for up to four players to fight off zombie-like creatures and defend objects with traps and fortifications they can build; ''Fortnite Battle Royale'', a free-to-play battle royale game in which up to 100 players fight to be the last person standing; and ''Fortnite Creative'', in which players are given complete freedom to create worlds and battle arenas.
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====''Jazz Jackrabbit''====
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Jazz Jackrabbit (universe)
|image            = [[File:Jazz Jackrabbit logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Epic Games<br>Game Titan
|publisher        = Epic Games<br>Gathering of Developers<br>Logicware<br>Jaleco
|genres            = Platformer
|originconsole    = MS-DOS
|firstinstallment  = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Jazz Jackrabbit|1994 video game}}'' (1994)
|latestinstallment = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Jazz Jackrabbit|2002 video game}}'' (2002)
}}
'''''Jazz Jackrabbit''''' ({{ja|ジャズジャックラビット|Jazu Jakkurabitto}}, ''Jazz Jackrabbit'') is a series of platformer games by Epic Games featuring the eponymous character, a green anthropomorphic hare, who fights with his nemesis, Devan Shell, in a science fiction parody of the fable, ''{{s|wikipedia|The Tortoise and the Hare}}''.
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===Koei Tecmo series===
====''Dynasty Warriors''====
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Dynasty Warriors (universe)
|image            = [[File:Dynasty Warriors logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Omega Force
|publisher        = Koei Tecmo (previously Koei)
|genres            = Hack and slash<br>Fighting
|originconsole    = PlayStation
|firstinstallment  = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Dynasty Warriors|video game}}'' (1998)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Dynasty Warriors 9}}'' (2018)
}}
'''''Dynasty Warriors''''' ({{ja|真・三國無双|Shin Sangokumusō}}, ''True Three Kingdoms Unrivaled'') is a series of hack and slash games developed by Omega Force and published by Koei Tecmo (formerly Koei). Originally a fighting game spin-off to Koei's ''{{iw|wikipedia|Romance of the Three Kingdoms|video game series}}'' series, the game would be followed by a hack and slash game titled "''Shin Sangokumusō''" in Japan, which was titled "''Dynasty Warriors 2''" in the West. After the latter game's release, it would spawn an entire sub-series of games under the ''Warriors'' title or otherwise have the same type of gameplay, including having crossovers with franchises such as {{uv|Dragon Quest}}, {{uv|The Legend of Zelda}}, {{uv|Fire Emblem}}, and {{uv|Persona}} series.
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====''Ninja Gaiden''====
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Ninja Gaiden (universe)
|image            = [[File:Ninja Gaiden logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Koei Tecmo (previously Tecmo)<br>Team Ninja<br>Spark Unlimited
|publisher        = Koei Tecmo (previously Tecmo)<br>Xbox Game Studios<br>Sega<br>Nintendo
|genres            = Platformer<br>Hack and slash<br>Beat 'em up
|originconsole    = Arcade
|firstinstallment  = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Ninja Gaiden|arcade game}}'' (1988)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z}}'' (2014)
}}
'''''Ninja Gaiden''''' ({{ja|NINJA 外伝|Ninja Gaiden}}, ''Ninja Gaiden''; originally known as {{ja|忍者龍剣伝|Ninja Ryūkenden}}, ''Legend of the Ninja Dragon Sword'') is a series of video game by Koei Tecmo (formerly Tecmo) starring the ninja Ryu Hayabusa.
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===Level-5 series===
====''Professor Layton''====
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Professor Layton (universe)
|image            = [[File:Professor Layton logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Level-5<br>Matrix Software
|publisher        = Level-5<br>Nintendo
|genres            = Puzzle<br>Adventure
|originconsole    = DS
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Professor Layton and the Curious Village}}'' (2007)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Layton's Mystery Journey}}'' (2017)
}}
'''''Professor Layton''''' ({{ja|レイトン教授|Reiton-kyōju}}, ''Professor Layton'') is a series of puzzle-adventure games by Level-5 that follows the adventures of Professor Hershel Layton and his apprentice Luke Triton, who must solve a series of puzzles and mysteries provided by the citizens of locales in which they explore.
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====''Yo-Kai Watch''====
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Yo-Kai Watch (universe)
|image            = [[File:Yo-Kai Watch logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Level-5<br>Ubisoft<br>Koei Tecmo
|publisher        = Level-5<br>Nintendo
|genres            = Role-playing<br>Music<br>Tactical role-playing
|originconsole    = 3DS
|firstinstallment  = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Yo-Kai Watch|video game}}'' (2013)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Yo-kai Watch Jam: Yo-kai Academy Y – Waiwai Gakuen Seikatsu}}'' (2020) {{flag|Japan}}
}}
'''''Yo-Kai Watch''''' ({{ja|妖怪ウォッチ|Yōkai Wotchi}}, ''Yōkai Watch'') is a series of role-playing games by Level-5 that revolves around befriending Yo-kai that are haunting the city, in which doing so will yield their friendship medal, an object that allows one to summon Yo-kai to either fight other Yo-kai, befriend others, or solve everyday tasks.
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===Marvelous series===
====''Rune Factory''====
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Rune Factory (universe)
|image            = [[File:Rune Factory logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Neverland<br>Hakama
|publisher        = Marvelous<br>Xseed Games<br>Natsume<br>Rising Star Games
|genres            = Action role-playing<br>Simulation
|originconsole    = DS
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon}}'' (2006)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Rune Factory 5}}'' (2021)
}}
'''''Rune Factory''''' ({{ja|ルーンファクトリー|Rūn Fakutorī}}, ''Rune Factory'') is a series of role-playing simulation games by Marvelous. The series is considered a spin-off to the ''Story of Seasons'' series.
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====''Story of Seasons''====
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Story of Seasons (universe)
|image            = [[File:Story of Seasons logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Marvelous<br>Amccus
|publisher        = Marvelous<br>Xseed Games<br>Natsume
|genres            = Life simulation<br>Role-playing
|originconsole    = SNES
|firstinstallment  = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Harvest Moon|video game}}'' (1996)
|latestinstallment = ''Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town'' (2021)
}}
'''''Story of Seasons''''' ({{ja|牧場物語|Bokujō Monogatari}}, ''Farm Story'') is a series of farm simulation games by Marvelous (formerly Pack-In-Video, which would later merge into Victor Interactive Software, which itself merged into Marvelous). Prior to 2014, the series was released in the West by Natsume under the name '''''Harvest Moon''''', before Xseed Games started handling the international distribution of the series. The "''Harvest Moon''" name remained under Natsume's ownership, and was spun-off into its own separate series starting with ''{{s|wikipedia|Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley}}''.
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===Spike Chunsoft series===
====''Danganronpa''====
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Danganronpa (universe)
|image            = [[File:Danganronpa logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Spike Chunsoft (previously Spike)
|publisher        = Spike Chunsoft (previously Spike)<br>NIS America
|genres            = Adventure<br>Visual novel
|originconsole    = PlayStation Portable
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc}}'' (2010)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony}}'' (2017)
}}
'''''Danganronpa''''' ({{ja|ダンガンロンパ|Danganronpa}}, ''Danganronpa'') is a series of visual novels by Spike Chunsoft (formerly Spike) that surrounds a group of high school students who are forced into murdering each other by a bear named Monokuma.
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====''Zero Escape''====
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Zero Escape (universe)
|image            = [[File:Zero Escape logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Spike Chunsoft (previously Chunsoft)<br>Chime
|publisher        = Spike Chunsoft (previously Spike)<br>Aksys Games<br>Rising Star Games
|genres            = Adventure<br>Visual novel
|originconsole    = DS
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors}}'' (2009)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Zero Time Dilemma}}'' (2016)
}}
'''''Zero Escape''''' ({{ja|ゼロ エスケープ|Zero Esukēpu}}, ''Zero Escape''; originally known as {{ja|極限脱出|Kyokugen Dasshutsu}}, ''Extreme Escape'') is a series of adventure games by Spike Chunsoft that follows a group of nine individuals, who are kidnapped and held captive by a person code-named "Zero", and are forced to play a game of life and death to escape. The gameplay is divided into two types of sections: Novel sections, where the story is presented, and Escape sections, where the player solves escape-the-room puzzles. The stories branch based on player choices, and include multiple endings.
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===Team17 series===
====''Worms''====
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Worms (universe)
|image            = [[File:Worms logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Team17
|publisher        = Team17<br>Various
|genres            = Artillery<br>Strategy
|originconsole    = Amiga
|firstinstallment  = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Worms|1995 video game}}'' (1995)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Worms Rumble}}'' (2020)
}}
'''''Worms''''' is a series of artillery tactical video games Team17 in which small platoons of anthropomorphic worms battle each other across a deformable landscape with the objective being to become the sole surviving team.
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====''Yooka-Laylee''====
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Yooka-Laylee (universe)
|image            = [[File:Yooka-Laylee logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Playtonic Games
|publisher        = Team17
|genres            = Platformer
|originconsole    = Microsoft Windows<br>Linux<br>macOS<br>PlayStation 4<br>Xbox One
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Yooka-Laylee}}'' (2017)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair}}'' (2019)
}}
'''''Yooka-Laylee''''' ({{ja|ユーカレイリー|Yūkareirī}}, ''Yooka-Laylee'') is a series of platformer games created by indie developer Playtonic Games, notable for being comprised largely of former [[Rare Ltd.]] developers. They feature the efforts of the titular protagonists, chameleon Yooka and bat Laylee, to halt the schemes of recurring antagonist Capital B. The games largely follow game design trends of '90s-era platformers such as Rare's own ''{{uv|Banjo-Kazooie}}'' and ''[[Donkey Kong (universe)|Donkey Kong Country]]'' series, while attempting to modernize and rejuvenate said design trends.
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===Ubisoft series===
====''Far Cry''====
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Far Cry (universe)
|image            = [[File:Far Cry logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Crytek<br>Ubisoft
|publisher        = Ubisoft
|genres            = First-person shooter
|originconsole    = Microsoft Windows
|firstinstallment  = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Far Cry|video game}}'' (2004)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Far Cry 6}}'' (2021)
}}
'''''Far Cry''''' ({{ja|ファークライ|Fā Kurai}}, ''Far Cry'') is a series of first-person shooter games by Ubisoft.
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====''Prince of Persia''====
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Prince of Persia (universe)
|image            = [[File:Prince of Persia logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Broderbund<br>Ubisoft<br>Various
|publisher        = Broderbund<br>Ubisoft<br>Various
|genres            = Cinematic platformer<br>Action-adventure
|originconsole    = Apple II
|firstinstallment  = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Prince of Persia|1989 video game}}'' (1989)
|latestinstallment = ''Prince of Persia: Escape'' (2018)
}}
'''''Prince of Persia''''' ({{ja|プリンス・オブ・ペルシャ|Purinsu Obu Perusha}}, ''Prince of Persia'') is a video game franchise created by Jordan Mechner and owned by Ubisoft. It is built around a series of action-adventure games focused on various incarnations of the eponymous Prince from ancient and medieval Iran.
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===Valve series===
====''Half-Life''====
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Half-Life (universe)
|image            = [[File:Half-Life logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Valve<br>Gearbox Software
|publisher        = Valve<br>Sierra Studios
|genres            = First-person shooter
|originconsole    = Microsoft Windows
|firstinstallment  = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Half-Life|video game}}'' (1998)
|latestinstallment =  ''{{s|wikipedia|Half-Life: Alyx}}'' (2020)
}}
'''''Half-Life''''' ({{ja|ハーフライフ|Hāfu Raifu}}, ''Half-Life'') is a series of first-person shooter games developed and published by Valve centered around Gordon Freeman, a scientist who must survive an alien invasion. The series would go on to spawn sub-series such as the ''Portal'' and ''Counter Strike'' series, as well as have an entire community dedicated to modding the games, some of which were officially endorsed by Valve.
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====''Portal''====
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Portal (universe)
|image            = [[File:Portal logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Valve
|publisher        = Valve
|genres            = Puzzle<br>Platformer
|originconsole    = Microsoft Windows<br>Xbox 360
|firstinstallment  = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Portal|video game}}'' (2007)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Portal 2}}'' (2011)
}}
'''''Portal''''' ({{ja|ポータル|Pōtaru}}, ''Portal'') is a series of first-person puzzle-platform games by Valve that follow a woman named Chell, who is forced to undergo a series of tests within the Aperture Science Enrichment Center by a malicious artificial intelligence, GLaDOS, that controls the facility. Most of the tests involve using the "Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device" (also known as the "portal gun"), which creates a human-sized wormhole-like connection between two flat surfaces, which Chell or objects can move through while conserving their momentum, allowing complex "flinging" maneuvers to be used to cross wide gaps or perform other feats to reach the exit for each test chamber.
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====''Team Fortress''====
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Team Fortress (universe)
|image            = [[File:Team Fortress logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Valve
|publisher        = Valve
|genres            = First-person shooter
|originconsole    = Microsoft Windows
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Team Fortress Classic}}'' (1999)
|latestinstallment =  ''{{s|wikipedia|Team Fortress 2}}'' (2007)
}}
'''''Team Fortress''''' ({{ja|チーム フォートレス|Chīmu Fōtoresu}}, ''Team Fortress'') is a series of multiplayer first-person shooter games by Valve in which the player joins in two different teams (RED and BLU) to compete for a combat-based objective, where they can choose between nine different characters with their own strengths, weakness and weapon sets, in addition to over a hundred maps available to play. The series originally started as a mod for ''{{iw|wikipedia|Quake|video game}}'' (simply titled ''Team Fortress''; released in 1996), before becoming a separate series.
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===Others===
If an IP is owned by a company that does not have its own sub-section, it goes here.
====''Among Us''====
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Among Us (universe)
|image            = [[File:Among Us logo.svg|250px]]
|developer        = Innersloth
|publisher        = Innersloth
|genres            = Party<br>Social deduction
|originconsole    = Apple iOS<br>Google Android
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Among Us}}'' (2018)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Among Us}}'' (2018)
}}
'''''Among Us''''' ({{ja|アマング・アス|Amangu Asu}} or {{ja|アモング・アス|Amongu Asu}}, ''Among Us'') is an online multiplayer social deduction game by Innersloth. It involves a group of 4-15 players who play as astronauts ("crewmates") that attempt to complete tasks and maintain their given environment (be it a spaceship, an airship or a planetary base), while also avoiding and isolating an unknown 1-3 of their group, the so-called "impostors," who attempt to covertly eliminate the crewmates and sabotage their work.
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====''Another World''====
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Another World (universe)
|image            = [[File:Another World logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Delphine Software<br>Interplay<br>The Removers
|publisher        = Delphine Software<br>Interplay<br>Various
|genres            = Action-adventure<br>Cinematic platformer
|originconsole    = Atari ST<br>Amiga
|firstinstallment  = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Another World|video game}}'' (1991)
|latestinstallment = ''Another World – 20th Anniversary Edition'' (2011)''
}}
'''''Another World''''' ({{ja|アウターワールド|Autā Wārudo}}, ''Outer World''), originally released as '''''Out of This World''''' in North America, is a cinematic platformer action-adventure game designed by Éric Chahi and published by Delphine Software. The game tells a story of Lester, a young scientist who, as a result of an experiment gone wrong, finds himself on a dangerous alien world where he is forced to fight for his survival.
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====''Angry Birds''====
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Angry Birds (universe)
|image            = [[File:Angry Birds Logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Rovio Entertainment
|publisher        = Rovio Entertainment<br>Activision
|genres            = Puzzle<br>Strategy
|originconsole    = Apple iOS<br>Maemo
|firstinstallment  = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Angry Birds|video game}}'' (2009)
|latestinstallment = ''Angry Birds Reloaded'' (2021)
}}
'''''Angry Birds''''' is a series of puzzle strategy-shooter games developed and published by Rovio Entertainment. It's main goal is to launch, with a slingshot, birds of different species each with their own abilities, at pigs stationed in or around various structures, with the objective to destroy all pigs on the field to rescue their eggs. The series has then spawned into other media, which include movies, animated series and among others.
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====''Bug Fables''====
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Bug Fables (universe)
|image            = [[File:Bug Fables logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Moonsprout Games
|publisher        = Dangen Entertainment
|genres            = Role-playing
|originconsole    = Microsoft Windows
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling}}'' (2019)
|latestinstallment = ''Bug Fables - Aphid Festival'' (2021)''
}}
'''''Bug Fables''''' ({{ja|Bug Fables 〜ムシたちとえいえんの若木〜|Bug Fables: Musi Tachi to Eien no Wakagi}}, ''Bug Fables: Insects and the Young Tree of Eien'') is a role-playing game developed by Moonsprout Games. Taking inspiration in art and gameplay from the first two ''Paper Mario'' games, the game's plot centers around three bugs, Vi the bee, Kabbu the beetle, and Leif the moth as they search the mythical land of Bugaria in pursuit of vast treasures and eternal life.
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====''Castle Crashers''====
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Castle Crashers (universe)
|image            = [[File:Castle Crashers logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = The Behemoth
|publisher        = The Behemoth<br>Xbox Game Studios<br>Sony Interactive Entertainment
|genres            = Action role-playing<br>Hack and slash
|originconsole    = Xbox 360 (Xbox Live Arcade)
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Castle Crashers}}'' (2008)
|latestinstallment = ''Castle Crashers Remastered'' (2015)
}}
'''''Castle Crashers''''' ({{ja|キャッスルクラッシャーズ|Kyassuru Kurasshāzu}}, ''Castle Crashers'') is a 2D indie-game style hack-and-slash video game developed and published by The Behemoth set in a fictional medieval universe. It begins with four knights attending a party in a king's castle. During the party, a dark wizard arrives, stealing a mystical gem and capturing four princesses. The king sends the knights to retrieve the gem, rescue his daughters, and bring the wizard to justice.
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====''Celeste''====
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Celeste (universe)
|image            = [[File:Celeste logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Extremely OK Games
|publisher        = Extremely OK Games
|genres            = Platformer
|originconsole    = Microsoft Windows<br>Linux<br>macOS<br>PlayStation 4<br>Xbox One<br>Switch
|firstinstallment  = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Celeste|video game}}'' (2018)
|latestinstallment = ''Celeste Classic 2: Lani's Trek'' (2021)
}}
'''''Celeste''''' ({{ja|セレステ|Seresute}}, ''Celeste'') is a pixelated platformer indie game developed and published by Matt Makes Games (now under the name "Extremely OK Games") that focuses on a young woman named Madeline who suffers with depression and anxiety, and deduces that the solution to her mental health issues is to climb the famous Celeste Mountain, with the mysterious mountain's powers creating a personification of her self-doubts that attempt to stop her from making the trip.
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====''Cookie Run''====
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Cookie Run (universe)
|image            = [[File:Cookie Run logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Devsisters
|publisher        = Devsisters
|genres            = Endless runner<br>Role-playing<br>Puzzle<br>Strategy<br>Gacha
|originconsole    = Apple iOS<br>Google Android
|firstinstallment  = ''OvenBreak'' (2009)
|latestinstallment = ''Cookie Run Kingdom'' (2020)
}}
'''''Cookie Run''''' ({{ja|クッキーラン|Kukkī Ran}}, ''Cookie Run''; released in South Korea under the title '''''Kukileon''''', {{rollover|쿠키런|Kukileon|?}})  is a series of online mobile endless running games (though at times switching genres) developed by Devsisters. The goal is to get the most points possible within the player's lifespan while avoiding various obstacles and collecting jellies.
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====''Cris Tales''====
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Cris Tales (universe)
|image            = [[File:Cris Tales logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Syck<br>Dreams Uncorporated
|publisher        = Modus Games 
|genres            = Role-playing
|originconsole    = Microsoft Windows<br>PlayStation 4<br>Xbox One<br>Nintendo Switch<br>Google Stadia<br>Xbox Series X/S<br>PlayStation 5
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Cris Tales}}'' (2021)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Cris Tales}}'' (2021)
}}
'''''Cris Tales''''' (stylized as '''''CrisTales''''') is a role-playing video game developed by Colombian indie game studios Dreams Uncorporated and Syck, and published by Modus Games. Taking inspiration from JRPGs such as ''Chrono Trigger'', the game follows Crisbell, an orphan girl who, while getting a rose for Mother Superior, sees Matias, a talking frog, snatch it from her, taking her to Narim Cathedral in order to unleash her powers. After the events, Matias asks Crisbell to accompany him to visit his friend Willhelm, a time mage, who explains more about her powers.
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====''Disgaea''====
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Disgaea (universe)
|image            = [[File:Disgaea Logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Nippon Ichi Software
|publisher        = Nippon Ichi Software<br>NIS America
|genres            = Tactical role-playing
|originconsole    = PlayStation 2
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Disgaea: Hour of Darkness}}'' (2003)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny}}'' (2021)
}}
'''''Disgaea''''' ({{ja|魔界戦記ディスガイア|Makai Senki Disugaia}}, ''Hell Chronicles Disgaea'') is a series of tactical role-playing games developed and published by Nippon Ichi Software in Japan, and NIS America in the west. It's games consist of a number of missions in which the player has to take from a central hub; each mission needs the player to complete an objective on a isometric grid-based board with spaces at various heights, the player and the computer can alternate turns and the player can summon a member of their party. Each character can perform an action, which include melee attacks and special abilities, and they may no longer move a turn once performed an action unless they attack before moving.
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====''Genshin Impact''====
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Genshin Impact (universe)
|image            = [[File:Genshin Impact logo.svg|250px]]
|developer        = miHoYo
|publisher        = miHoYo
|genres            = Action role-playing<br>Gacha
|originconsole    = Microsoft Windows<br>Apple iOS<br>Google Android<br>PlayStation 4
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Genshin Impact}}'' (2020)
|latestinstallment = ''Genshin Impact'' (2020)
}}
'''''Genshin Impact''''' ({{ja|源氏物語|Genji Monogatari}}, ''Tales of the Genji'') is an action role-playing gacha game developed and published by miHoYo. The game features an open-world environment in a vain similar to ''The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild'', and an action-based battle system using elemental magic and character-switching. ''Genshin Impact'' takes place in the fantasy world of Teyvat, which is home to seven distinct nations, each of which is tied to an element and ruled by a god associated with it. The story follows a twin, referred to as the "Traveler", who has traveled across many worlds with their twin but has become separated from them by an unknown god in Teyvat. The Traveler travels across Teyvat in search of the lost sibling with their companion Paimon and becomes involved in the affairs of the other nations, gods, and the world.
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====''Harvest Moon''====
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Harvest Moon (universe)
|image            = [[File:Harvest Moon logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Appci Corporation
|publisher        = Natsume
|genres            = Life simulation<br>Role-playing
|originconsole    = 3DS
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley}}'' (2014)
|latestinstallment = ''Harvest Moon: One World'' (2021)
}}
'''''Harvest Moon''''' is a series of farm simulation games by Natsume. Prior to 2014, the "''Harvest Moon''" name was used as the Western title for Marvelous's ''Bokujō Monogatari'' series, which was localized in Western territories by Natsume. Although Xseed Games would later acquire the international distribution rights of the series, the "''Harvest Moon''" name remained under Natsume's ownership and was spun-off into its own separate series. As a result, the Western title for ''Bokujō Monogatari'' was changed to "''Story of Seasons''".
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====''Loomian Legacy''====
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Loomian Legacy (universe)
|image            = [[File:Loomian Legacy logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Llama Train Studios
|publisher        = Llama Train Studios
|genres            = Role-playing
|originconsole    = Microsoft Windows<br>macOS (via ''Roblox'')
|firstinstallment  = ''Loomian Legacy - Veils of Shadow'' (2019)
|latestinstallment = ''Loomian Legacy - Veils of Shadow'' (2019)
}}
'''''Loomian Legacy''''' is a turn-based role-playing game developed by Llama Train Studios on the online game platform ''Roblox''. The game was originally a {{uv|Pokémon}} fangame on the site titled ''Pokémon Brick Bronze'' before getting it taken down for a DMCA strike. The game follows the player as they attempt to uncover the mysteries behind the stone tablet found in Mitis Dig Site that causes an outbreak of Corrupt Loomians throughout Roria.
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====''N''====
{{Infobox Series
|title            = N (universe)
|image            = [[File:N logo.jpg|250px]]
|developer        = Metanet Software
|publisher        = Metanet Software
|genres            = Platformer
|originconsole    = Browser<br>Microsoft Windows<br>Linux<br>Mac OS X
|firstinstallment  = ''{{iw|wikipedia|N|video game}}'' (2005)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|N++}} Ultimate Edition'' (2017)
}}
'''''N''''' ({{ja|N}}, ''N'') is a series of platform games. As a nameless ninja, the player is tasked with clearing batches of hazardous one-room stages using only running, jumping, wall-jumping, and careful usage of movement physics while under a time limit. The series is known for its relatively high difficulty level.
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====''OneShot''====
{{Infobox Series
|title            = OneShot (universe)
|image            = [[File:OneShot logo.png|250px]]
|developer        = Future Cat
|publisher        = Degica
|genres            = Puzzle<br>Adventure
|originconsole    = Microsoft Windows
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|OneShot}}'' (2014)
|latestinstallment = ''OneShot'' (Remake) (2016)
}}
'''''OneShot''''' ({{ja|ワンショット|Wanshotto}}, ''OneShot'') is a puzzle and adventure indie game developed by Future Cat and published by Degica in 2014, and remade in 2016. Officially described as a game where "the world knows you exist", both its gameplay and plot involve metafictional elements. Many puzzles involve interacting with the operating system outside of the game application. Narratively, the player is a separate character from the protagonist Niko; both arrive in an unfamiliar world which has been deprived of its sunlight, and eventually aim to restore it by replacing its sun, a light bulb, at the top of a tower.
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====''Roblox''====
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Roblox (universe)
|image            = [[File:Roblox logo.svg|250px]]
|developer        = Roblox Corporation
|publisher        = Roblox Corporation
|genres            = Game creation system<br>Massively multiplayer online
|originconsole    = Microsoft Windows<br>Mac OS X
|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Roblox}}'' (2006)
|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Roblox}}'' (2006)
}}
'''''Roblox''''' ({{ja|ロブロックス|Roburokkusu}}, ''Roblox'') is an online game platform and game creation system developed by Roblox Corporation which allows users to program games and play games created by other users. Created by David Baszucki and the late Erik Cassel in 2004 and released in 2006, the platform hosts user-created games called "Experiences" of multiple genres coded in the programming language Lua. Roblox is free-to-play, with in-game purchases available through a virtual currency called "Robux".
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====''Touhou Project''====
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Touhou Project (universe)
|image            = [[File:Touhou Project logo.gif|250px]]
|developer        = Team Shanghai Alice<br>Twilight Frontier
|publisher        = Team Shanghai Alice
|genres            = Bullet hell<br>Shoot 'em up
|originconsole    = PC-9800
|firstinstallment  = ''Touhou Reiiden ~ The Highly Responsive to Prayers'' (1997) {{flag|Japan}}
|latestinstallment = ''[[wikipedia:Unconnected Marketeers|Touhou Kōryūdō ~ Unconnected Marketeers]]'' (2021) {{flag|Japan}}
}}
'''''Touhou Project''''' ({{ja|東方Project|Tōhō Purojekuto}}, ''Touhou Project'') is a series of bullet hell shoot 'em up games created nearly singlehandedly by a single creator, ZUN. The series primarily focuses on Reimu Hakurei, the miko of Hakurei Shrine who is often tasked with resolving supernatural incidents caused in and around the sealed land called Gensokyo. It is notably popular as a source of ''dōjin'' content, with the series spawning a vast body of fan-made works; the long-running series can reasonably be considered one of the most popular among Japanese-developed indie games.
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Before making any contributions to them, however, I suggest you read this ruleset first.

With how many third-party universes that are being included in the Smash series recently, whether they get playable fighters or not, I decided to make a safe-haven for potential third-party candidates which anyone can include, provided they follow the ruleset.

Because of the significantly less finite nature of this project compared to its inspiration pages, I have decided to split it into three separate sub-pages. This page serves as the index so you can choose which category you want to check out. Here are the categories:


Major Companies (A-M): Universes by companies with playable representation whose names starts with a letter between A to M.

Major Companies (N-Z): Universes by companies with playable representation whose names starts with a letter between N to Z.

Minor or Unrepresented Companies: Universes by companies with no playable representation in Smash.

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