Platformers.

[DMKA]

Also, Mischief Makers is the best platformer ever, no arguments or you die.

If it was on N64 it's not possible.

[Lindy]

This coming from a guy who still plays Crash Bandicoot games.

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

BOY, AM I GLAD TO SEE YOU, MARINA!

[Dreddz]

2D platformers win over 3D

Cant agree with you there....

[Lionx]

Any reason why? I find 2-D platformers and 2 1/3(i think thats how you say it) to be much more fun than full 3-D ones like Mario 64 or Crash. Not that they sucked, but it just seemed that way and with 3-D you seem to be wanting more of an action genre.

[Lindy]

With the migration to 3D, platformers are now one of the weakest genres out there, yet back in 2D world, they were incredibly popular.

Heck, one of the biggest reasons Viewtiful Joe was so popular was that it had a 2D style.

[SomethingBig]

This coming from a guy who still plays Crash Bandicoot games.

Would you do me the honor of marrying me?

[Lindy]

If I wasn't taken, it would be my pleasure.

As long as I could be the hubby.

[Cloud No.9]

platform games have just became diluted. before there was a clear dividing line between plaformer and everything else. first of all there was platforms and a whole load of jumping. now the platforms are mostly gone and you can now shoot things, carry things, drive things, use stealth. it never used to be like that. platformer just merged with action in a way.

[Lindy]

Yoshi's Island was very much a platformer and you could shoot and carry things, the same applies to Mischief Makers.

[Cloud No.9]

it was but it was still a real platformer. not like the modern ones like ratchet and clank and jak and daxter. i think 3d caused the mergence. but there must have been a game that started all this..... can someone name it?

[Lindy]

I don't even try to call Ratchet and Clank a platformer though, I don't think anyone does, they're action games, same applies to Jak and Daxter (the latter two more than the first game), nobody is TRYING to call these games platformers.

[Rengori]

Technological advancements have allowed fighting in games to become increasingly more fun, so instead of having tons of games where you jump around a lot and occasionally fight something (platformers), we now have tons of games where you fight constantly and occasionally jump somewhere (beat'em-ups).

I'm still a fan of Megaman, Jak, Mario, Ratchet and Clank, and hell, I still go back to play the first three Spryo and Crash Bandicoot games. I love platformers! Beat'em ups suck, they get repetitive very fast, and they don't f***in' die out (I'm looking at you, Dynasty Warriors). Platformers need to make a comeback. They actually provide challenge.

I played Ratchet and Clank (the latest one, dunno what it's called) at my cousin's place. It was hard as! Controls are impossible! I couldn't help but think how much platformers had evolved from the ol' jump to kill things Mario/Crash genre. The new guys are lugging an entire arsenal of weapons, I so can't get into it.

They did in Megaman. I had trouble using the weapons correctly the first time, but you get used to it.

[SomethingBig]

VJ is a sidescroller/beat 'em up, for people who got it mixed up. For people wanting a good platformer, Sands of Time is your best bet for the newer consoles.

[XxSephirothxX]

I always thought this game looked really cool, and way, way back before I had an N64 and thought they were the most amazing thing on the planet (Hey, I was in 3rd grade ) I saw one of my friends playing it and was totally confused but enthralled at the same time. I just recently played Gunstar Heroes, and that game is awesome.