Posts Tagged ‘Platform’

Klonoa is not a name which comes readily to mind when I think of awesome platformers. Mario holds the most dominant spot on the list with Sonic, Rayman, Jak, and whole bunch of other “who cares about ‘em” characters. Klonoa really deserves some recognition, however, for his game is one of the best platformers ever [...]

Rare is a company made famous during the SNES days because of the advancements they made graphically in their games. These enhancements helped Nintendo push the SNES to its limits and made it possible to push back the release of the N64. During those days, Rare was one of Nintendo’s best assets, since all of [...]

Anyone who bought a GameCube knows that there aren’t very many [good] games to pick from. While just about every first-party game is a success, there is little third-party support to justify buying a GameCube over a PS2 or Xbox. This is why I was so excited to see the release of Billy Hatcher and [...]

What happens when you try to make a platform/adventure game geared towards kids? The same thing that happens with every platform/adventure game geared towards kids. It ends up being too simple and yet surprisingly frustrating at the same time. I don’t understand how that can be, but it’s a trend I’m getting mighty sick of. [...]

Mario platformers rejoice! For those of you who’ve been waiting for any kind of new epic 2D side scrolling Mario Bros. adventure, your wait is now OVER! The Nintendo DS will be the first system to feature a new Mario Bros. 2D platforming game since the days of the NES, SNES and GBA ports! Now [...]

I love platformers. I’ll even play bad platformers just so I can experience the wonder of running around in a CG world. I was not a fan of the original Ty the Tasmanian Tiger, however. It was as generic, boring, and frustrating as a platformer can get. It must have done something right, though, in [...]

Sabre Wulf is a relatively unknown name. Aside from a brief cameo in Banjo-Tooie, this generation of gamers hasn’t seen anything Sabre related. As Rare continues to ironically publish more GBA games than Xbox games, they have decided to resurrect the Sabre Wulf franchise in what is a very fun and refreshing experience that outdoes [...]

Only an ignorant gaming novice would deny the impact the original Donkey Kong had on the video game industry. No timeline or documentary is complete without it. Nintendo, always wanting to make a little money off past successes (see: Classic NES series), has brought Mario and Donkey Kong back to their roots of barrel-rolling and [...]

The GameCube is the industry’s scapegoat. If you need to take a cheap shot at someone (or something), you aim at Nintendo. This has been the company’s home console’s fate. But one can’t ignore the impact the Game Boy Advance has made on the market. It’s huge! It’s so huge, we’re seeing GBA iterations of [...]

Donkey Kong is back, so dust of those conga drums. Donkey Kong’s Jungle Beat is a 2-d plat-former, that well, uses the bongo drums to control Donkey Kong through his latest adventure. If your hesitant, don’t worry, the drums give new life and a fresh feel to an old genre. The game may sound like [...]

• Page 3 of 3
• « Previous —
• 1
• 2
• 3