Timeline of Nintendo Games By prescottc17 Jul 9, 1981 The first Super Mario game is released Period: Jul 9, 1981 to Apr 30, 2013 Nintendo Releases Jul 15, 1983 Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) released in Japan Feb 21, 1986 The Legend of Zelda is released Apr 21, 1989 The Nintendo GameBoy is released April 21, 1989 Nov 21, 1990 The SNES is released November 21, 1990 Jul 21, 1995 Virtual Boy is released Feb 27, 1996 The first Pokemon game is released Jun 23, 1996 Nintendo 64 is released Mar 21, 2001 Game Boy Advance Sep 14, 2001 Nintendo releases the Nintendo GameCube Nov 21, 2004 Nintendo DS is released Nov 19, 2006 The Wii is released November 19, 2006 Nov 1, 2008 The DSi is released Feb 26, 2011 Nintendo 3DS is released Nov 18, 2012 The Wii U is released