Are there any 3D platformers that you just would like to play in 2D? If there are, why would you think that they'd be better this way?

Chad, could you please do an improvised "Virtual Console"-type song to honor Ch-Ch-Ch-Chip N Dale Rescue Rangers? I'll be your BFF.

Do you think we will ever see another "traditional" Banjo game?

You all probably remember the animal buddies from the Donkey Kong Country games. You'd jump in a box and one would pop out with a specialized skill for a specific part of the level. (My favorite was always Rambi. TASTE RHINO HORN, KREMLINGS!)

Anyways, my question is: if you could have your own personal animal buddy in real life, what would it be, and what sort of skill would it use? (I think I already can guess what Chad's answer will be...)

What is the most useless power up you've ever experienced in a platformer? Was it sometimes useful, but given to you at a bad time (like Sonic's running shoes in some levels), or is it always a steaming turd?

Also, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for the NES: Balls hard platformer, or exercise in masochism?

People, lets not forget about 2 heroes who were prepared to throw parts of themselves at the enemies. Dynamite Heddy and Rayman. You need to discuss Dynimite Heddy!

What was the first platform game you completed?

Also, @Chad:
On a scale of one through ten, what would you give Colette's beauty? ;)

Have any of you ever played Super Demo World? It's a rom hack of Super Mario World for SNES that is incredible. The Levels are very tricky and creative...yet the game plays and feels exactly the same. I recommend it strongly. You can NOT download it.

My question;

Which C64 game was the best platformer to you guys?

The reason I ask this is because when I saw the topic for RFGO!, I thought of the first game I ever completed. This was Count Duckula: No Sax Please, We're Egyptian, a C64 game that was based on a particular episode of the cartoon. You had to guide Count Duckula around a pyramid and avoid duck-mummies (I think) and countless other stuff.

If you need to play anything before you die guys, it needs to be Vectorman on the genesis. It's like Donkey Kong Country made love to Mega Man & had a green baby who's body was made entirely of balls.

What type of platformer player are you guys? The type who meticulously collects every item and goes extremely slowing as not to die, or the type who blasts through the level yelling fuck you to everything you pass. The later would generally grab the controller from the former because of how painfully hard it is to watch them play.

Whose idea was it to create a double-jump in video games? It makes no sense any way you look at it.
Physically, it's impossible to jump off of nothing in mid-air, and game-wise, why not just make the ledges lower?

How do y'all feel about platorming areas in non-platforming games? Any memorable instances in certain games? I don't mean generic stuff like jumping in action games or shooters, but actual platforming sections in otherwise completely different genres.

Like, certain areas of dungeons in Link's Awakening switched you from the traditional top-down view to a side-scrolling perspective and had you hopping on or slashing at goombas and avoiding piranha plants, lava pits and thwomps. It's obvious where they got the inspiration for those bits from, but they were still very fun and memorable, and worked to switch up the gameplay well.

Hi, Retroforce Crew. Long time listener, first time commenter here.

Aren't ice levels the worst?

Also, have any of you guys played Psychosomnium? It's by the indie dev Cactus, and bucks a lot of the traditional conventions for 2d platformers. At one point in the game, you're actually expected to die, and when you do another character standing on the screen takes your place.

Also, also, if you Chad could just do an impression of the sound Yoshi makes when he hits a spike, that would just be phenomenal.

Thanks. You guys are awesome.

platformers are great. but recently they have disappeared of the consoles, it seems. so onto my questions.

Do you prefer 2D or 3D platformers?
What do you like about platformers?
And Earthworm Jim, for SNES or Sega?

Now I'm late to the video game thing being 35 and having only started playing 5 years ago, but is it me but are the older games just freaking harder than now? I need to have my girlfriend play Super Mario 3 (played for the first time ever, three months ago) as she is so much better at it than I'll ever be. Or is it just me and my old man reflexes? I also bring puzzle fighter into this as I can whip through HD remix on hard but the GBA version owns me on level one or two on normal. Also............ dolphins.

Anyone remember Pandemonium?

Is there anything in a platformer more annoying then the enemy hits you mid jump so that the recoil knocks you into the pit?

If there is what is it?

How the hell did Nintendo get mario right on so many subtle levels? Acceleration after running a few steps, jumps based on the length of time the A button was held down, BUOYANCY IN FREAKING WATER! The Nintendo must have had a wicked programming team.

So here's a good topic. Platformer conventions, the good, the bad, that which have yet to be discovered!

examples:
good: low jump / high jump
bad: time limits
new: infinitely large levels!

being creative is hard.


P.S. ASCII MARIO FTW!

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Alright, platformers! They were the best... until the N64/PS1 produced almost nothing but Mario 64 clones. Anyways, I wanted to let you guys know that I'm currently working on making a little RetroforceGO! game using Game Maker. I'm not gonna tell you what it's about, but it's a secret to everybody. Just be rest assured that it's going to be something Topher's gonna really dig and it's gonna have a WiiWare tastic name. When it's finished, would one of you guys mind saying the title of it for me in Double Dribble speak just so I can play it when you start the game?

I keep forgetting to send this to Rev Anthony for NGD and since it's mostly related I'll put it here and maybe you guys can come up with something m'kay?

What do you call it when in a platformer you go out of your way to get an item like a 1up but you get killed trying to retrieve it?

@eternalplayer2345: I have it on the Wii, and holy shit. But it's so satisfying when you beat worlds. I would probably be better at it had they released it stateside back when.

I hope I am not too late.
What about SMB arcade?
No place to multiple 1-up's

How fucked up Is eversiom?