Seventeen of them: the 2D line from 1985, the handheld ones, and every 3D Mario from 64 to Odyssey.
Eleven out of thirty years: the Mega Drive run, the Adventure games, and the modern ones that are actually good.
Ten of the fifty: the whip-and-stairs classics, Symphony of the Night, the handheld Metroidvanias and one reboot.
The Naughty Dog trilogy and the 2020 sequel that picks up straight after it.
The two Broderbund originals, the Sands of Time trilogy, the 2008 reboot and the 2024 Metroidvania.
Michel Ancel's limbless hero, two 2D runs either side of the 3D ones.
Insomniac's three PlayStation platformers, before the purple dragon was handed to other studios.
Infobox