Super Lucky's Tale is a 3D Platformer originaly developed by Playful Studios and published by Microsoft for the Xbox and PC in November 2017. An expanded version called New Super Lucky's Tale was developed and published by Playful Studios and released in November 2019 for the Nintendo Switch and August 2020 for the Xbox, PC, … Continue reading New Super Lucky’s Tale: A Plucky Pastiche of 3D Platforming
Sound Shapes is a music-based 2D platformer developed by Queasy Games (with the assistance of Sony Santa Monica studio), and published by Sony. It was released on the PS3 and PS Vita in August 2012 and on the PS4 in November 2013. MSRB is $10. I played the PS Vita Version. Everyone knows that a … Continue reading Sound Shapes: A Musical 2D Platformer That’s More Than Meets the Ear
Kirby and the Forgotten Land is a 3D Platformer developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo. It was released in March 2022 as a Nintendo Switch exclusive. MSRB is $60. The Nintendo Switch has been defined by a lineup of what I like to call "Video Game Olympic Athletes." For example: Zelda went open … Continue reading Kirby and the Forgotten Land: An Unforgettable 3D Platformer
Kirby Star Allies is a 2D Action Platformer developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo. It was released exclusively for the Nintendo Switch in March of 2018. MSRB is $60. Back in the 1990s, most Platforming mascots like Mario and Sonic packed their bags and moved away to live in the Big City of … Continue reading Kirby Star Allies: Two-Dimensional Gameplay, Multidimensional Cute
LittleBigPlanet PS Vita is a 2D Platformer / Level Editor developed by Double Eleven and Tarsier Studios with the help of Sony's internal developers. It was published by Sony for the PlayStation Vita in 2012. It's been a while since I've talked about the PlayStation Vita... let's fix that! If you've owned a Sony console … Continue reading LittleBigPlanet PS Vita: Sony’s Answer to Super Mario Maker, Before Super Mario Maker
I once wrote a post about games I thought I'd never want to play. In this post, I claimed that I'd never want to play a game so ugly as Skyrim or Dark Souls. I elaborated about the overblown set pieces of cinematic games like Uncharted, sacrificing meaningful gameplay for a B movie plot. I … Continue reading My Gamer Palate
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze is a 2D Platformer developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo. It was originally released on the Wii U in February 2014 and received a Switch port in May 2018 with an added character and easier difficulty mode. I played the Nintendo Switch version. MSRB is $60. The people … Continue reading Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze: The Platforming King of the Jungle
The Nintendo 3DS was born in March of 2011. Its last major game, Persona Q2, was released in June of 2019. That means the system had a good long life of 8 years. I still play my 3DS, so I don't consider it dead yet, but I've realized that I've never made a post solely … Continue reading The Nintendo 3DS, 10 Years Later
A Hat in Time is a 3D Platformer developed by Gears for Breakfast and published by Humble Bundle. It released on the PC in October 2017 and the PS4 / Xbox One in December 2017. A Nintendo Switch version was later released in October 2019. It costs $30. I played the Nintendo Switch version. With … Continue reading A Hat in Time: The Cutest Darn 3D Platformer
Klonoa: The Door to Phantomile is a 2D Platformer developed and published by Namco. It released for the PS1 on March 13, 1998. A remake was also released for the Wii in 2008. I played the PS1 version on the Vita.When the PlayStation released in 1995, pixels were out, and polygons were in. Everyone tried … Continue reading Klonoa: Pioneer of the 2.5D Platformer
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