List of canceled games

Also known as vaporware - these are a list of games that were announced while still in development, but were cancelled or moved to another system.

NES

 * A Boy and His Blob 2
 * Dr. Franken (Unreleased Prototype, available for Game Boy)
 * Drac's Night Out
 * Hit the Ice (Not commercially released)
 * The Legend of Zelda: The Triforce of Saga
 * Licence to Kill
 * Return of Donkey Kong
 * RoboCop Versus The Terminator
 * Sim City - (Moved to the SNES)
 * Street Fighter 2
 * Sunman (Not commercially released)
 * Super Password
 * Talking Super Password

SNES

 * FX Fighter - (Available for PC)
 * GoldenEye 007 (moved to the N64 as the smash hit we know and love)
 * Kid Icarus SNES
 * Mortal Kombat: Arena Edition
 * The Shadow
 * Socks the Cat Rocks the Hill
 * Sound Fantasy
 * Star Fox 2
 * Steven Segal: The Final Option (Redsigned as Deadly Honor for Nintendo 64 and PlayStation)
 * Super Mario FX

N64

 * 1080 Snowboarding 2 - (Moved to the GCN)
 * 40 Winks (N64 version cancelled, available for PlayStation)
 * 64 Wars
 * Cabbage
 * Catroots
 * Climber
 * Dinosaur Planet - (Moved to GCN under the name of ''StarFox Adventures")
 * Doubutsu Banchou
 * Earthbound 64 (Cancelled, then revived and released for the GBA as Mother 3)
 * Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem - (Moved to the GCN)
 * F1 '98
 * Final Fantasy VII - (Moved to the PlayStation)
 * Fire Emblem 64
 * Freak Boy
 * Glover 2
 * Jack and the Beanstalk
 * Japan Pro Golfer 64
 * Jungle Empor Leo
 * Kameo: Elements of Power - (Moved to the Xbox 360)
 * Kirby Air Ride - (Moved to the GCN)
 * Luigi's Mansion - (Moved to the GCN)
 * Mario Artist: Sound Maker
 * Mega Man 64 2 - (Available as Mega Man Legends 2 for PlayStation)
 * Mini Racers
 * NBA SHowtime 2000
 * NHL Blades of Steel 2000
 * O.D.T. - (Available for PlayStation & PC)
 * Pilotwings 64 2
 * Pokemon Colosseum - (Moved to the GCN)
 * Quest 2
 * Quest for Camelot 64
 * Red Baron
 * Robotech: Crystal Dreams - (Moved to the GCN)
 * Shadowgate Rising
 * SimCopter 64
 * Smurfs 64
 * Super Mario 64 2 - (Moved to the GCN under the name of Super Mario Sunshine)
 * Sydney 2000
 * Ura Zelda - (Tweaked and moved to GCN under the name "Zelda: Ocarina of Time Master Quest")

GameCube

 * Alias - (Available on PC)
 * Area 51 - (Available for PlayStation 2 & Xbox)
 * Banjo-Threeie (Cancelled due to Rare and Nintendo breaking up)
 * Barbie Horse Adventures: Wild Horse Rescue - (Available on PlayStation 2 & Xbox)
 * Cabela's Dangerous Hunts - (Available for PlayStation 2, Xbox, and PSP)
 * Crash Twinsanity - (Cancelled due to poor sales of the PlayStation 2 & Xbox versions.)
 * Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - (Available for PlayStation 2 & Xbox)
 * Dead Phoenix
 * DK Bongo Blast - (Moved to Wii as Donkey Kong Barrel Blast)
 * Donkey Kong Racing
 * Dr. Seuss The Cat in the Hat - (Available for PlayStation 2 & Xbox)
 * Driv3r - (Available for PlayStation 2 & Xbox)
 * Grabbed by the Ghoulies - (Moved to the Xbox)
 * Gravity Games Bike - (GameCube version cancelled, available for PlayStation 2 & Xbox)
 * Juiced - (Available on PlayStation 2 & Xbox)
 * Kameo: Elements of Power - (Moved to the Xbox 360)
 * Kirby GCN - (Moved to the Wii under the tentative name of Kirby Wii.)
 * Kirby Tilt 'N' Tumble GCN
 * Mace Griffin: Bounty Hunter - (Available for PlayStation 2 & Xbox)
 * Mario 128 - (Original concept for Pikmin)
 * Marionette
 * NARC - (Available for PlayStation 2 & Xbox)
 * NFL Retro Football
 * Nintendo Pennant Chase Baseball
 * Perfect Dark Zero - (Moved to the Xbox 360)
 * Pilotwings - (Moved to Wii)
 * Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy - (Available for PlayStation 2 & Xbox)
 * Rally Fusion: Race of Champions - (Available for PlayStation 2 & Xbox)
 * Raven Blade
 * Richard Burns Rally - (Available for PC, PlayStation 2 & Xbox)
 * RTX Red Rock - (Available for PlayStation 2)
 * Showdown: Legends of Wrestling - (Available for Xbox)
 * Spy Hunter 2 - (Available for PlayStation 2 & Xbox)
 * Stage Debut
 * The Suffering - (Available for PlayStation 2 & Xbox)
 * Thunder Rally
 * Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter - (Available for PlayStation 2, Xbox and Xbox 360)
 * Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear
 * Too Human - (Moved to the Xbox 360)
 * Super Monkey Ball 3 - (Transferred to Wii)
 * Super Paper Mario - (moved to the Wii as a smash hit)

Wii

 * Jon & Kate Plus 8 - (Available on Nintendo DS)
 * Project H.A.M.M.E.R.
 * Sonic The Hedgehog (Port of Xbox 360 version cancelled in favor of Sonic & The Secret Rings)

Game Boy/Color

 * Denetsu no Stafy (Moved to GBA)
 * Game Boy Music
 * Kirby's Dream Land 2 DX
 * The Legend of Zelda: Mystical Seed of Courage
 * Mega Man V (Game Boy Color enhanced version)
 * Metroid II: Return of Samus DX
 * Rhino Rumble Puzzle

Game Boy Advance

 * Battland
 * Diddy Kong Pilot - (Remade and released as Banjo Pilot)
 * Donkey Kong Coconut Crackers - (Remade and released as It's Mr. Pants!)
 * Donkey Kong Plus
 * Luna Blaze
 * Mega Man Mania
 * Pocket Music

Nintendo DS

 * A Boy And His Blob DS
 * Baten Kaitos DS
 * Black & White Creatures
 * Jam With the Band
 * Katamari Damacy (US version cancelled)
 * Lizzie McGuire & That's So Raven
 * Mobile Suit Gundam Seed
 * Super Pac-Man Pinball
 * Tokyo Xtreme Racer DRIFT

Arcade

 * Star fox Arcade (May have been Star Fox Assault)