List of canceled games

Also known as vaporware, this is a list of games that were announced while still in development, but were cancelled, moved to another system, or evolved into another game altogether.

Famicom

 * Arc Hound (available on the NES as Contra Force)
 * Deep Dungeon (available only on the Disk System)
 * Monster Party (released on the NES by Bandai)
 * Ninja Cop Saizou 2
 * Rune Master
 * Seiken Densetsu: The Emergence of Excalibur (Moved to the SNES)
 * Spirit Animal Genesis
 * Super Dog Booby: Akachan Daibouken no Maki

NES

 * 10th Frame (Available for PC)
 * A Boy and His Blob 2
 * American Crisis
 * An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (Available for the SNES)
 * Arcadia VI
 * Backgammon
 * Bee 52 (Aladdin)
 * Big Nose: The Witch Doctor
 * Bio Force Ape
 * Black Tiger
 * Blaster Master 2 (Available on Genesis)
 * California Raisins: The Grape Escape
 * Card Sharks
 * Caveman Ninja (Released as Joe and Mac)
 * Cheetahmen II
 * Crash 'n the Boys: Ice Challenge (only released in Japan)
 * Creation
 * Déjà Vu II: Lost in Las Vegas (Later released on Game Boy Color)
 * Drac's Night Out (Not commercially released)
 * Dr. Franken (Unreleased Prototype, available for Game Boy)
 * Final Fantasy IV (Moved to the SNES)
 * Genesis of the Mythical Beasts
 * Happily Ever After
 * Happy Camper
 * Hard Drivin'
 * Hit the Ice (Not commercially released — only released on Game Boy and SNES)
 * Hoppin Mad
 * Indy the Magical Kid
 * Inspector Gadget (Available on SNES)
 * John Madden Football
 * Jump Burger
 * Kitty's Catch
 * Licence to Kill
 * Married... With Children
 * Mii (Concept moved to Wii)
 * Monster Party II
 * New Kids on the Block
 * Off Zarken
 * Return of Donkey Kong
 * RoboCop versus The Terminator (Available for SNES and Game Boy)
 * Secret Ties (Not commercially released)
 * Sim City (Moved to the SNES)
 * Solomon's Key 2 (Released as Fire & Ice)
 * Space Ace
 * Spy vs Spy: The Island Caper
 * Street Fighter 2
 * Sunman (Not commercially released)
 * Super Password
 * Talking Super Password
 * The Addams Family 2 (Available for the Game Boy and SNES)
 * The Adventures of Dewey the Dolphin
 * The Legend of Zelda: The Triforce of Saga (Later turned into The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past for the SNES)
 * The Price is Right
 * Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends (Available on Sega Genesis and SNES)
 * Time Diver: Eon Man (Not commercially released)
 * Titan Warriors (Not commercially released)
 * Ultimate Journey
 * USA Bowling
 * War on Wheels

SNES

 * 7th Saga 2 (Available only in Japan as Mystic Ark)
 * Airborne Ranger
 * Akira
 * Apocolypse II
 * Baby's Day Out
 * Barbie Vacation Adventure
 * Batman: Revenge of the Joker (Available for Sega Genesis)
 * Bobby's World
 * Dorque & Imp
 * Fido Dido
 * Final Fantasy VII (Moved to the PlayStation)
 * Firearm
 * FX Fighter — (Available for PC)
 * Gargoyles — (Available for Sega Genesis)
 * Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters (Available only in Japan)
 * GoldenEye 007 (Moved to the N64)
 * Kaboom!: The Return of the Mad Bomber
 * Kid Kirby
 * Killer Instinct 2 (Moved to the N64 as Killer Instinct Gold)
 * Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
 * Lester the Unlikely 2
 * Lobo
 * Maniac Mansion II (Moved to the computers as Day of the Tentacle)
 * Mortal Kombat: Arena Edition
 * Mutant League Hockey (Available for Sega Genesis/Mega Drive)
 * Pinkie (Available for Amiga)
 * Reactor
 * RHI Roller Hockey 95
 * Socks the Cat Rocks the Hill
 * Sound Fantasy
 * Spot Goes to Hollywood (Available for Sega Genesis, Sega Saturn and PlayStation)
 * Star Fox 2 (Mastered Version is Available for SNES Classic Edition)
 * Star Wars: Dark Forces (Available for the PC and PlayStation)
 * Steven Seagal is The Final Option (Redesigned as Deadly Honor for Nintendo 64 and PlayStation)
 * Street Dunk
 * Super Kid Icarus
 * Superman
 * Super Mario FX (Later became Super Mario 64 on the N64)
 * Targa (Available only in Japan as Rendering Ranger R2)
 * The 7th Guest
 * The Firemen (Available in Europe and Japan)
 * The Shadow
 * Turbo Toons (Available only in Europe)
 * Ultrabots (Available for PC)

Virtual Boy

 * 3D Tank
 * Bound High!
 * Doraemon: Nobita no Doki Doki! Obake Land
 * Dragon Hopper
 * GoldenEye
 * Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
 * Sora Tobu Henry
 * Star Fox (Virtual Boy) (There was a game in production for the Virtual Boy called Red Alarm, and it had a very close plot to the Star Fox game)
 * Worms
 * Zero Racers

N64

 * 1080° Snowboarding 2 — (Moved to the GCN under the name of 1080° Avalanche)
 * 40 Winks — (N64 version cancelled, available for PlayStation [With a Nintendo Power quote on it])
 * 64 Wars
 * Acclaim Sports Soccer
 * Airport Inc. 64 (Remade as Airport for Windows PC)
 * Alien: Resurrection (Available on PlayStation)
 * Alien Trilogy — (Available on Sega Saturn and PlayStation)
 * Animal Forest — (USA and European release cancelled, available for GameCube as Animal Crossing)
 * Attack!
 * BassMasters 2000 — (Appeared at E3 1999, but cancelled)
 * Beetle Adventure Racing 2
 * Blades of Passage
 * Buggie Boogie
 * Cabbage
 * Carnivale
 * Catroots
 * Caesar Palace 64
 * Cavalry Battle 3000
 * Chanbara Fighter: Master of Puppets
 * Climber
 * Conker's Quest (Remade as Conker's Bad Fur Day)
 * Conscripts
 * Contra Spirits 64
 * Croc 2 — (Available on PlayStation and PC)
 * Cu-On-Pa 64
 * Dead Ahead
 * Desert Island 64
 * Dezaemon DD (Remade as Dezaemon 3D)
 * Die Hard 64 — (Moved to GCN, PS2, and Xbox as Die Hard: Vendetta)
 * Die Hard Trilogy — (Available on PlayStation ,Sega Saturn, Windows PC)
 * Dinosaur Planet — (Moved to GCN as Star Fox Adventures)
 * Disney's Dinosaur — (Available on PlayStation)
 * Doom Absolution
 * Doubutsu Banchou — (Moved to the GCN under the name of Cubivore: Survival of the Fittest)
 * Dragon Quest VII - (Moved to PlayStation and 3DS)
 * Dragon Sword
 * DT: Bloodmasters
 * D-Jump!
 * Earthbound 64 — (Revived and released for the GBA as Mother 3)
 * Echo Delta
 * Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem — (Moved to the GCN)
 * F1 '98
 * Final Fantasy VII — (Moved to the PlayStation)
 * Fire Emblem 64 — (Moved to the GCN as Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance and as Fire Emblem for GBA)
 * EggHead Shred
 * First Samurai 64
 * Freak Boy
 * Forever Dragonz
 * GameZero
 * Gendai Dai-Senryaku: Ultimate War
 * Ghosts ‘n Goblins 64
 * Glover 2
 * Grand Theft Auto 64
 * Harrier 2001
 * Hello Kitty 64
 * HeroQuest 64
 * Hype: The Time Quest (Available on Windows PC)
 * Ikazuchi No Go Toku
 * Jack and the Beanstalk
 * Japan Pro Golfer 64
 * Jeff Gordon XS Racing (Available on Windows PC and Game Boy Color)
 * Jest
 * Joust 64
 * Jungle Bots
 * Jungle Emperor Leo
 * Kameo: Elements of Power — (Moved to the Xbox 360)
 * Klepto
 * Konami Untitled Fighting Game
 * Kyle Petty’s No Fear Racing
 * Kirby Air Ride — (Moved to the GCN)
 * Lethal Encounter
 * Looney Tunes: Space Race (Available on Dreamcast and PlayStation 2)
 * Luigi's Mansion — (Moved to the GCN)
 * Mario Artist: Sound Maker
 * Mega Man 64 2 — (Remade as Mega Man Legends 2 for PlayStation)
 * Metal Slader Glory 2
 * Metroid 64
 * Mini Racers
 * Montezuma’s Return (Available for Windows PC)
 * Mortal Kombat: Special Forces (Available on PlayStation)
 * Monster Dunk
 * NBA Showtime 2000
 * NHL Blades of Steel 2000 (Available for Game Boy Color)
 * Nightmare Creatures II
 * Nichimen Graphics Untitled Beat ’em Up
 * Nintendo’s Harry Potter Pitch
 * O.D.T. — (Available for PlayStation & PC)
 * Ohcōchi Gengorō Ikka
 * Oriental Blue
 * Pilotwings 64 2
 * Pitfall
 * Pocket Monsters RPG
 * Pokémon Colosseum — (Moved to the GCN)
 * Pokémon de Panepon 64 — (Japanese Release of Pokémon Puzzle League, available in USA and Europe)
 * Powerslide
 * Project Cairo
 * Quest 2
 * Quest for Camelot 64
 * Red Baron
 * Renegade Racers
 * Resident Evil 0 — (Moved to the GCN)
 * Rev Limit
 * Resident Evil 3: Nemesis — (Available on PlayStation, Sega Dreamcast, GCN and PC)
 * Robotech: Crystal Dreams
 * Riqa
 * Roswell Conspiracies: Aliens, Myths & Legends (Available on PlayStation and GBC)
 * Sea-Doo HydroCross — (Available for PlayStation)
 * Shadowgate Rising
 * Shrek: Treasure Hunt (Available for the PlayStation)
 * SimCopter 64
 * Sin and Punishment — (USA and Europe release cancelled, eventually put on Virtual Console)
 * Space Jelly
 * Spooky
 * Smurfs 64
 * Super Mario 64 2 — (Moved to the GCN under the name of Super Mario Sunshine)
 * Super Mario Kart R (Remade as Mario Kart 64)
 * Survivor Day One
 * Sydney 2000 — (Available for PlayStation and Dreamcast)
 * Tamiya Racing 64
 * Teo
 * The Reign of Cats and Dogs
 * Thornado
 * Tommy Thunder
 * Toon Panic 64
 * Top Gun 64 (Remade as Top Gun: Fire at Will! for PlayStation and Windows PC)
 * Ura Zelda — (Remade and moved to the GCN under the name of "Zelda: Ocarina of Time Master Quest")
 * Viewpoint 2064
 * War: Final Assault (Available for Arcades)
 * Warspirits
 * Wild Metal Country 64 (Remade as Wild Metal Country for Windows PC)
 * Wild Water World Championships
 * WildWaters Xtream Kayak
 * Ultra Combat
 * Ultra Copter 64
 * Vampire Circus
 * Zenith

GameCube

 * Alias — (Available on PC)
 * Animal Crossing 2 (Moved to DS as Animal Crossing: Wild World)
 * Area 51 — (Available for PlayStation 2 & Xbox)
 * Armada 2: Exodus
 * Army Men: Air Combat - The Elite Missions (Europe only)
 * Army Men: Air Cavalry
 * Banjo-Threeie (Cancelled due to Microsoft's purchase of Rare)
 * Barbie Horse Adventures: Wild Horse Rescue — (Available on PlayStation 2 & Xbox)
 * BattleBots
 * Bulletproof Monk
 * Cabela's Dangerous Hunts (Available for PlayStation 2, Xbox, and PSP)
 * Car Combat
 * Conker's Other Bad Fur Day (Remade as Conker: Live & Reloaded on the Xbox)
 * Crash Twinsanity — Cancelled due to poor sales of the PlayStation 2 & Xbox versions.
 * Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Available for PlayStation 2, Xbox and Game Boy Advance)
 * Damage Inc.
 * Dead Phoenix
 * DK Bongo Blast (Moved to Wii as Donkey Kong Barrel Blast)
 * Donkey Kong Racing
 * Doomsday Rescue
 * Driv3r (Available for PlayStation 2 & Xbox)
 * Dr. Seuss The Cat in the Hat (Available for PlayStation 2 & Xbox)
 * Extreme Force
 * Family Guy: The Video Game (Available for PlayStation 2 & Xbox)
 * Fight For Your Right
 * Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
 * Futurama (Available for PlayStation 2 & Xbox)
 * FX Racing
 * Geist (Japan only)
 * Gold Mountain
 * Gold Star Mountain
 * Grabbed by the Ghoulies (Moved to the Xbox)
 * Gravity Games Bike (Available for PlayStation 2 & Xbox)
 * Guilty Gear X2 (Available for PlayStation 2)
 * I-Ninja 2
 * Jonny Moseley's Mad Trix 2
 * Joust
 * Juiced (Available on PlayStation 2 & Xbox)
 * Kameo: Elements of Power (Moved to the Xbox 360)
 * Kid Ninja
 * Kirby Adventure Redux
 * Kirby GCN (Moved to the Wii and evolved into Kirby's Return to Dream Land)
 * Kirby Tilt 'N' Tumble GCN
 * Mace Griffin: Bounty Hunter (Available for PlayStation 2 & Xbox)
 * Mario 128 (Concept used for Pikmin and Super Mario Galaxy)
 * Mad Dash Racing (Available for the Xbox)
 * Marionette
 * Meowth's Party (GC Tech Demo, unlockable video in Pokémon Channel)
 * Metallica: The Game
 * Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness 2
 * NARC (Available for PlayStation 2 & Xbox)
 * NASCAR Thunder 2004 (Available for PlayStation 2 and Xbox)
 * NBA Jam 2004
 * NFL Retro Football
 * NHL Hitz Pro (Europe only)
 * Nintendo Pennant Chase Baseball
 * Peach's Castle
 * Perfect Dark Zero (Available for Xbox 360)
 * Picassio
 * Pilotwings
 * Project Sandman
 * Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy (Available for PlayStation 2 & Xbox)
 * Pterosaur: Dawn of Destruction
 * 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)
 * Shaun Murray's Pro Wakeboarder (Available on PlayStation 2 & Xbox as Wakeboarding Unleashed Featuring Shaun Murray)
 * Shaun Palmer's Pro Snowboarder 2
 * Showdown: Legends of Wrestling (Available for Xbox)
 * Spy Hunter 2 (Available for PlayStation 2 & Xbox)
 * Stage Debut
 * StarCraft: Ghost
 * Super Mario Galaxy (Moved to the Wii)
 * Super Monkey Ball 3 (Moved to the Wii)
 * Super Paper Mario (Moved to the Wii)
 * The Crocodile Hunter
 * The Movies (Available for Mac and PC)
 * 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)
 * Travis Pastrana's Pro Moto X
 * Yoshi platformer (Moved to Nintendo DS as Yoshi Touch & Go)

Wii

 * Animal Leader (Moved to GameCube as Cubivore)
 * Bachindaa
 * Baja Destruction
 * Bonk: Brink of Extinction
 * Centipede: Infestation (Europe only)
 * Clay Fighter: Call of Putty
 * Clockwerk
 * Cosmic Walker
 * Crash Landed / I Am Crash Bandicoot
 * Crash Team Racing 2010
 * Crossword
 * Dance Factory (Available for PlayStation 2)
 * Digimon
 * Double Bloob (Available for DSiWare)
 * Family Guy: Back To The Multiverse
 * Fire Emblem Wii
 * FUUB
 * I Am Alive (Available for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360)
 * Jon & Kate Plus 8 — (Available for Nintendo DS)
 * Joysound
 * Kirby Adventure Redux
 * Knight Wars
 * Line Attack Heroes (Outside of Japan)
 * Medal of Honor: Airborne
 * Milion's Star Paradise
 * No Limits Racing
 * Pikmin 3 (Moved to Wii U)
 * Project H.A.M.M.E.R.
 * Red Faction BEAST
 * Sadness
 * SBK-08: Superbike World Championship
 * Sonic Generations
 * Sonic the Hedgehog (Port of Xbox 360 version cancelled in favor of Sonic & the Secret Rings)
 * Stuntman: Demolition
 * Super Mario Spikers
 * Tecmo Bowl: Kickoff - Available for Nintendo DS
 * The Next Big Thing
 * The Wonderful 101 (Moved to Wii U)
 * Untitled Kid Icarus game
 * Wave Race Wii
 * WeFly
 * Winter
 * Witches (All regions)
 * Wizard
 * Zblu Cops

Wii U

 * 007 Legends (Australia only)
 * Aliens: Colonial Marines — (Available for PC, PlayStation 3 & Xbox 360)
 * Ashes Cricket 2013 (Available for PC)
 * Battlefield 3 — (Available for PC, PlayStation 3 & Xbox 360)
 * Battlefield 4 — (Available for PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360 & Xbox One)
 * Bloodstained - Cancelled in favor of Nintendo Switch version
 * Crysis 3 — (Available for PC, PlayStation 3 & Xbox 360)
 * Dirt: Showdown (Available for Linux, Mac, PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360)
 * F-Zero (Proposed to Criterion Games)
 * Golf Story - Moved to the Switch
 * Grand Theft Auto V — (Available for PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360 & Xbox One)
 * Gunlord (Available as an indie title for Dreamcast)
 * Metro: Last Light
 * Need for Speed: Rivals — (Available for PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360 & Xbox One)
 * Pac-Man Museum
 * Project CARS — (Available for PC, PlayStation 4 & Xbox One)
 * Project Giant Robot - Seems to be incorporated into Nintendo Labo Robot Toy-Con
 * Putty Squad (Available for SNES, Amiga, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, PC and Xbox 360, Sega Mega Drive port also cancelled)
 * Raid of the River
 * South Park: The Stick of Truth (Available for PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One)
 * Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Available for Nintendo 3DS, Wii and Xbox 360)
 * The Avengers
 * Untitled Darth Maul game
 * Yooka-Laylee — Cancelled in favor of Nintendo Switch version
 * Young Justice: Legacy
 * Zombie Vikings

Switch

 * Old Time Hockey (Available for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One)

Game Boy/Color

 * Baby's Day Out
 * Densetsu no Stafy (Moved to GBA)
 * Dino Crisis
 * Elite
 * Game Boy Music
 * Kirby's Dream Land 2 DX
 * Mega Man V (Game Boy Color enhanced version)
 * Metroid II: Return of Samus DX
 * Pokémon Picross (Moved to 3DS)
 * Resident Evil
 * Rhino Rumble Puzzle
 * San Francisco Rush: Extreme Racing
 * South Park
 * The Legend of Zelda: Mystical Seed of Courage (third version of Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons)
 * Trap Gunner
 * Tyrannosaurus Tex
 * Waterworld (USA only)

Game Boy Advance

 * A Boy and His Blob
 * Aero the Acro-Bat 2
 * Alien vs. Predator
 * Battland
 * Broken Circle
 * Chronos Twin
 * Diddy Kong Pilot — (Revamped and released as Banjo-Pilot)
 * Donkey Kong Coconut Crackers — (Remade and released as It's Mr. Pants!)
 * Donkey Kong Plus
 * Dune: Ornithopter Assault
 * Flashback Legends
 * Game & Watch Gallery Advance — (only Japan, which would have been known as Game Boy Gallery 4)
 * Game Boy Music / Ensemble (predecessor to Jam with the Band)
 * GB Rally 2 Advance
 * GP-1 Racing
 * GP Advance
 * Jet Riders
 * Kien
 * Luna Blaze
 * Math Patrol: The Venus Virus
 * Mega Man Anniversary Collection
 * Mega Man Mania
 * Metallica: The Game
 * Metal Slug (Available for Wii as a Virtual Console game)
 * Motocross Challenge
 * Odema and the Magic Book
 * Oggy and the Cockroaches
 * Overstorm
 * Pocket Music
 * Shantae Advance
 * Spiralstone
 * The Haunted Mansion
 * Tootuff - The Gagmachine
 * Tyrian 2000
 * Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense
 * WarioWare: Twisted (Europe only)
 * World Reborn
 * Xyanide Advance

Nintendo DS

 * A Boy and His Blob DS (while the NES franchise didn't make a return on the DS as initially planned, it was later revived on the Wii)
 * Advance Wars: Days of Ruin (Japan only)
 * America's Next Top Model — (U.S. Exclusive Release, Available in UK)
 * Balloon Trip (tech demo, evolved into Yoshi Touch & Go
 * Baten Kaitos DS
 * Black & White Creatures
 * Bookworm Adventures (Available for PC)
 * Crash Landed
 * Crash Tag Team Racing
 * CrossworDS (Japan only)
 * Double Bloob (Available for DSiWare)
 * Fantasy Life (Moved to 3DS)
 * Halo DS
 * Jam with the Band (North America only; Available in Europe)
 * Jet Impulse (outside Japan)
 * Katamari Damacy (Available for PlayStation 2)
 * Lizzie McGuire & That's So Raven
 * Metroid Dread
 * Milion's Star Castle - Available for NES and Wii
 * Mobile Suit Gundam Seed
 * Raid of the River
 * Sadness
 * SBK-08: Superbike World Championship
 * Sonic DS (Cancelled in favor of Sonic Rush)
 * The Children of the Night
 * Super Pac-Man Pinball
 * Tokyo Xtreme Racer DRIFT
 * Tomb Raider: Underworld (Japan only)
 * Wander Donkey

Nintendo 3DS

 * A Boy and His Blob 3DS
 * Assassin's Creed: Lost Legacy
 * BloodRayne: The Shroud
 * Bomberman 3DS
 * Bonk 3D
 * Chocobo Racing 3D
 * de Blob 2 (Available for Nintendo DS and Wii)
 * DJ Hero 3D
 * Gauntlet DS
 * Gunlord (Available as an indie title for Dreamcast)
 * Kaio: King of Pirates
 * Kororinpa
 * Mega Man Legacy Collection 2 (Available for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One)
 * Mega Man Legends 3
 * My Garden
 * Omega Five
 * Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs
 * Saint's Row: Drive-by
 * Tetris Axis
 * Voltron

Arcade

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