Play Wolverine Online

Wolverine came out for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1989, developed by Software Creations. It was part of that wave of licensed games trying to capture a character's appeal, and it landed right in the middle of the NES library's lifespan, not early and not late.

You control Wolverine through side scrolling levels, moving screen by screen. Your main goal is to fight through various locations like the Weapon X facility and city streets to uncover what happened to you. You use his claws for close combat and can also throw projectiles; you spend a lot of time jumping between platforms and battling enemies that respawn when you leave and re enter a screen. The game moves at a deliberate pace, and the difficulty can be punishing, demanding precise jumps and persistent combat. It feels like a constant, grueling brawl where every small advance is earned.