Review by Matt S. Well, there’s certainly more than enough content to go around in New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe on the Nintendo Switch. With over 150 levels, spread across New Super Mario Bros. U and New Super Luigi U, you’re not going to stop playing any time soon. You…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. OkunoKA is a hardcore platformer set in a colourfully nightmarish landscape and starring an impossibly cute blue puppy. What starts off as breezy platforming across lush backgrounds soon turns into one of the most punishingly difficult games on the Switch, rivalling titles like Super Meat Boy…
Read MorePreview by Matt C. Gris is one of the most beautiful games ever made. This much was clear when it was first unveiled earlier this year, but to actually play it and see everything in motion is an utter delight. People often liken games to “a painting in motion”—hyperbole, most…
Read MoreReview by Brad L. The current generation of consoles has become host to a constant barrage of remastered, remade, and upscaled games from the 1990s and beyond. Classics such as Crash Bandicoot, BioShock, Final Fantasy and all those Wii U titles that never sold well because the console was a…
Read MoreReview by Matt C. Car Quest is delightfully simple in its concept: it’s a 3D platformer, but you’re a car. You control like a car does—in other words, you can’t jump, save by flying off ramps. It works, and better than I would have expected. It’s got the best parts…
Read MoreReview by Trent P. In recent years there has been something of a trend of indies creating games that look and feel like the most retro of retro handheld games – the old Game Boy, monochrome titles. Clearly, a lot of developers entered the industry with fond memories of playing…
Read MoreReview by Matt C. Great though all the minigames in Playroom VR were, there was one that always stood out above the rest: Robot Rescue. Rejecting the assumption that VR games need to be first-person for the sake of immersion, Robot Rescue offered up a brilliant third-person platformer experience, with…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. One can never have too many Bubble Bobble and Snow Bros. clones. The era of the single screen arcade platformer is long over, but every so often something happens to delight fans of this particular niche. Case-in-point: I never knew Zupapa existed. Then it was released…
Read MoreReview by Pierre-Yves L. Mega Man, Rockman, The Blue Bomber; whatever you want to call him, he’s been around for a while and he’s influenced the platforming genre in many ways over the years. Finally coming back to the limelight after a hefty hiatus, Mega Man 11 sees this iconic…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. Defunct, from newcomer, Freshly Squeezed, and published by Soedesco, is a momentum-based 3D platformer that’s all about getting through vast and varied levels as fast as possible. With a central mechanic about rolling down steep hills and a level design philosophy that explores elements of platforming,…
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