Feature: Biggest Nintendo Gaming Anniversaries Of 2025

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57 games with big birthdays this year

by Gavin Lane 58m ago

Throughout 2025, many of gaming's most treasured gems will be celebrating a significant birthday and to remind you of some of the biggest (and of just how old you are!), we've compiled this list of nearly 60 gaming dates for your calendars.

What do we mean by 'significant' birthdays? Anything that ends in a five or a zero - fairly standard stuff. 10 years is the minimum for the list below (and believe us, compiling this list had us gawping in disbelief multiple times at five-year-old games which feel like they launched six months ago - Hades cannot be five this year!) and you'll see a few games that will be heading into their fifth decade sometime in 2025.

Let's proceed starting in January, shall we?

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1.January
1. 1.1.Resident Evil 4 (20)
2. 1.2.Kirby and the Rainbow Curse (10)
3. 1.3.Ice Climber (40)
2.February
1. 2.1.Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (20)
2. 2.2.Ridge Racer 64 (25)
3. 2.3.Star Fox: Assault (20)
3.March
1. 3.1.Chrono Trigger (30)
2. 3.2.Itoi Shigesato no Bass Tsuri No. 1 Ketteiban! (25)
4.April
1. 4.1.Affordable Space Adventures (10)
2. 4.2.Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (20)
3. 4.3.Nintendogs (20)
4. 4.4.The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (25)
5. 4.5.Final Fantasy III (35)
6. 4.6.Metal Gear Solid (GBC) (25)
7. 4.7.Excitebike 64 (25)
5.May
1. 5.1.Gargoyle's Quest (35)
2. 5.2.Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old is Your Brain? (20)
3. 5.3.Perfect Dark (25)
4. 5.4.Super Mario Galaxy 2 (15)
5. 5.5.Splatoon (10)
6.June
1. 6.1.Killer7 (20)
2. 6.2.Xenoblade Chronicles (15)
3. 6.3.Trauma Center: Under The Knife (20)
4. 6.4.Chibi Robo (20)
5. 6.5.Advance Wars: Dual Strike (20)
6. 6.6.Yoshi's Woolly World (10)
7.July
1. 7.1.Dr. Mario (35)
2. 7.2.Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan (20)
8.August
1. 8.1.Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (30)
2. 8.2.Journey To Silius (35)
3. 8.3.Paper Mario (25)
4. 8.4.And Yet It Moves (15)
5. 8.5.Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (20)
9.September
1. 9.1.Ghosts 'n Goblins (40)
2. 9.2.Super Mario Maker (10)
3. 9.3.Super Mario Bros. (40)
4. 9.4.Pokémon Black and White (15)
5. 9.5.Okamiden (15)
10.October
1. 10.1.Terranigma (30)
2. 10.2.Metroid Prime Pinball (20)
3. 10.3.Rock Band 3 (15)
11.November
1. 11.1.Mario Kart DS (20)
2. 11.2.WWF No Mercy (25)
3. 11.3.Shadow The Hedgehog (20)
4. 11.4.F-Zero (35)
5. 11.5.Super Mario World (35)
6. 11.6.Banjo-Tooie (25)
7. 11.7.Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (30)
8. 11.8.Sin and Punishment (25)
9. 11.9.Animal Crossing: Wild World (20)
10. 11.10.Mario & Luigi Partners In Time (20)
12.December
1. 12.1.Mario Party 3 (25)
2. 12.2.SaGa 2 (35)
3. 12.3.Star Wars Episode I: Battle for Naboo (25)
4. 12.4.Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine (25)
5. 12.5.ActRaiser (35)
6. 12.6.Pilotwings (35)

January

Resident Evil 4 (20)

We've had a glorious remake in the decades since, but on 11th January it'll be 20 years since we first stumbled upon Los Ganados in their village. A 'Cloud Edition' of the remake on Switch wouldn't satisfy anyone, but let's cross our fingers that Capcom has something special planned for later in the year.

Ice Climber (40)

Not exactly Nintendo's most venerated series. In fact, it's not a series at all — it only got this one entry, unless you count the NES and VS. Arcade versions as separate (which we'd be tempted to do because, hey, they're different!).

Ice Climber turns 40 on 30th January and both versions are available on Switch via NSO and Hamster's Arcade Archives release.

February

Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (20)

We're cheating a little bit with this one, as this one had its 20th anniversary last year (it launched in Japan in December 2004), but Europe got it on 4th February 2005 so let's squeeze it and its bongo-bashing platforming in here, hmm? If Nintendo wants to dust off this classic and manufacture some Bongo-Con for Switch, we'd buy 'em!

Ridge Racer 64 (25)

Look, of all the Ridge Racers perhaps Ridge Racer 64 isn't the one that jumps out as a series best. Still, we've been jonesing for the return of Namco's series to a Nintendo console for years now, and if getting NST's entry on Nintendo Switch Online is the best we can hope for, we'll take it. It'd make for a nice little Valentine's present on 14th February.