Obscure Nintendo games

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As title says, I'm interested in seeing some very odd and less known Nintendo developed/published games that are not part of their respective IPs.
As an example, there's StarTropics which is their alternate take on Zelda but on an distant island with some platformer elements.

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Startropics is definitely not what I'd call obscure. It's quite well known as a classic. Obscure is something like these imo
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Halfway through saying this I completely forgot it said Nintendo games
I guess I got 2/6. Here's an actual list of those aside from Conquest of the Crystal Palace and Custom Robo. Would you believe me if I said Fashion Dreamer is part of the Style Savvy franchise?

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I would say Startropics was well-known to real NES-era kids but it's at least semi-obscure now. It was a little bit before my time and I didn't hear about it until I started digging later on; I figure people younger to me would probably never about it unless they were die-hard Nintendo fans or deep into retro gaming and hanging out in places like this.
I ended up playing both games when I was probably 20 or so (I think), they're pretty good.
 
The rest of the Wars franchise I just remembered. Most people probably wouldn't know it's not just Advance Wars if it weren't for Smash. It is such a missed opportunity Battalion isn't named Gamecube Wars
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GiFTPiA, a game released exclusively for the GameCube, unfortunately so far there is no fan translation for this game.
 
Hotel Dusk Room 215 and Last Window: Secret of Cape West for Nintendo DS by second party Nintendo developer Cing. Amazing underrated games. These need a remaster and rerelease just like Trace Memory got.
 

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