4. Super Smash Bros.
Platform: 3DS, Wii U
Nintendo have access to some of the most colourful and family friendly characters in video games, and seeing them beat the hell out of each other is surprisingly fun. Super Smash Bros. gives players the opportunity to pit classic characters such as Mario, Link, Pikachu, Samus and Pac-Man against each other in crazy combat.
Whilst it’s not as serious a game as others on this list, it’s one of the most eclectic, with characters, arenas, and power-ups drawn from the whole of Nintendo history that really shouldn’t work together, but does in magnificent style.
The additional use of Amiibo’s as a way of storing character data and unlockables means that it’s never been easy to take your character with you to fight your opponents without using online connections. A system that even worked on the handheld 3DS version of the game; a version which may be the best portable fighting game ever.