8 of the Most Awesome Platformers Ever Made

[ffronw]

8 of the Most Awesome Platformers Ever Made

Jump your way to great gameplay in these eight awesome platformers.

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[Neurotic Void Melody]

You have a very strange way of spelling and describing Banjo Kazooie. *cough* errr anyway...good list. The nostalgia is thickening, all those wonderous, majestic colours. Such adooorable furry heroes! I want more.
Actually, is shovel knight really that good then? I always feel playing NES like games on the Ps4 seems a bit like a waste of processing power.

 

[Katherine Kerensky]

None of the Oddworld games are on the list?
This saddens me greatly in a way I didn't know I could be saddened. Mario gets two places, Abe gets none.

 

[Ukomba]

As good as both SMB 3 and SM 64 are, I would have avoided doubling up on the same franchise.

 

[Neurotic Void Melody]

Abe gets none.

Pour a beer for our homie Abe! He is a marvellous fellow, playing the remaster of Oddworld lately, the humour still holds up in a Mr Bean Alien Edition sort of way.

 

[ZeroAX]

No Sonic? :S

 

[Nazulu]

Yeah, you could've put one Sonic game on there. C'mon man. C'mon! What is this!?

Also, you didn't put Super Metroid, which makes us mortal enemy's now.

 

[Dr.Susse]

A couple of dead set classics on that list.

The best bar none, in my eyes, isn't there but it's cool.

[small][sub]Yeah Crash![/sub][/small]

 

[Squilookle]

Not a bad list overall, but Conker's Bad Fur Day is better than anything with Ratchet and Clank on the cover and you all know it.

I'd also consider Super Mario World to be better than SMB3 but maybe that's just me.

 

[MasterOfHisOwnDomain]

Conspicuous absence of Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped, which was the crowning glory of the entire series and of the platforming genre on the PS1. The graphics were fairly astounding for the time, the audio effects and voice acting were flawless, and it was fun, inventive, and challenging to boot. With no offense to the Ratchet and Clank series (which is great), I don't think it deserves to stand amongst the all-time giants of the genre -- or at least not to the exclusion of others like Crash, Sonic, or Abe (as Katherine Kerensky said earlier).

 

[Xerosch]

While I really, really like Mario Bors. 3, I think Super Mario World on the SNES is surperior to it.

 

[Zeraki]

You forgot about Mega Man X.

In all seriousness it is a decent list, and it's always nice to see Shovel Knight getting love.

 

[ffronw]

None of the Oddworld games are on the list?
This saddens me greatly in a way I didn't know I could be saddened. Mario gets two places, Abe gets none.

And the sad thing is that I love Abe. I've even been playing New & Tasty of late.

As good as both SMB 3 and SM 64 are, I would have avoided doubling up on the same franchise.

The only reason I included SM64 was the way it redrew the landscape of platformers in a 3D world. It felt important enough to be in there.

All great suggestions here, and I actually had several of them on the list before the cuts had to be made.

 

[Neurotic Void Melody]

Guacamelee Super turbo something something! Metroidvania mexicanios!

Would Prince of Persia count as a platformer? Action/puzzle platformer maybe?

Edit; Almost forgot Rayman Origins. It was a very fresh experience for a relatively recent platformer.

EDIT Edit; With so many different, loved platformers for just an 8 limit list, why are AAA afraid to utilise this potential market?

 

[rembrandtqeinstein]

Going to go hipster here....the correct answer is Skullmonkeys

Watch this boss fight, listen to the soundtrack and try not to be totally weirded out

 

[Nazulu]

Going to go hipster here....the correct answer is Skullmonkeys

Watch this boss fight, listen to the soundtrack and try not to be totally weirded out

Hipster for picking something different, pfffft. Mate, it's usually the weird/extreme ones that are the best.

For eye poppers though, I think Mr. Nutz still has the best of that. It's just more intimidating. But I really want to get Skullmonkeys now so thanks for sharing that.

 

[Nooners]

No Sonic the Hedgehog? None at all? WTF is this? Castlevania counts as a platformer? Seriously?

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

Nice to see Mirror's Edge and one of Sony's 3D platformers in. Sands of Time could've used a spot though. Mario and DKC of course have to go in. Good list.

While I really, really like Mario Bors. 3, I think Super Mario World on the SNES is surperior to it.

I'M SPARTACUS I mean, me too.

 

[FPLOON]

The lack of Rayman Origins and/or Rayman Legends on that list disturbs me... Otherwise, I can almost agree with this whole list in general...

 

[Raggedstar]

Not a bad list overall, but Conker's Bad Fur Day is better than anything with Ratchet and Clank on the cover and you all know it.

To be fair, the platforming in Conker isn't great, and that's putting it nicely. Conker breaks his shins if he falls higher than a couple of feet, and a few other control issues that time hasn't treated well. I love CBFD, but it's definitely remembered more for the comedy and set pieces than for it's gameplay.