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2013: The Return of the Year of the Platformer?

SuperPhillip Central writes, "We don't follow the Chinese New Year at all, so we're not certain of what year it is for that country. Year of the Snake? Year of the Dragon? Year of the Dolphin? Who knows. What we do know is that for the gaming industry, we're seeing a large number of platforming titles, both 2D and 3D, that make us extremely happy. Platformers are what we grew up on as 8-bit and then 16-bit era kids. It's our fondest genre to play. Perhaps we could call 2013 the Year of the Platformer instead of whatever animal China has. Here are nine of the biggest retail platformers that are coming out from now until the end of the year!"

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ape0073896d ago

mario 3D world and DKCTF are MUST BUY

RTheRebel3896d ago

David Wise what more do you want?!?
You buy this frikin game =)

thomasmiller3896d ago

and sonic lost worlds!! I agree, the platformer is one of my favorite types of games!! and it's so cool to see so many good ones coming out in one year!!

Kyosuke_Sanada3896d ago

With Sony reacquiring Crash Bandicoot I hope so......

admiralvic3896d ago

Are you really going to trust some random YouTubers claim as a factual account of things that happened?

Misaka_x_Touma3896d ago

Don't believe everything you read on the Internet.

imXify3896d ago

You should have included Tearaway. Looks AMAZING !

Phil323896d ago

It is being advertised as more of an adventure game than a platformer, I believe. It does look amazing, though. You are absolutely right!

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from the beach3896d ago

The last DKC was superb so I've high hopes for the Wii U one.

Race for '2D platformer of the year' is on!

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Will There Ever Be A New Rayman Game?

Ubisoft barely have a leg to stand on lately, so do they need to crack open the vaults and return platforming royalty to glory for some goodwill?

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-Foxtrot54d ago

We need Rayman 4, they could make a great platformer game if they wanted. With the open hub levels and the like.

Better than relying on Rabbids and Assassins Creed all the time

Profchaos54d ago

Yeah agree id love a Rayman 2 style 3d platform game over another 2d platformer I know people loved legends but it never gelled with me same as Rayman 1 back in the day on PS it just felt like a average platformer with sonic and Mario offering something better on what was then last gen hardware

Terry_B54d ago

Yes..but I am sure it won't be the Rayman game fans want. Not from the company that is Ubisoft today.

mastershredder54d ago (Edited 54d ago )

Ancel is retired from games. His hoodlum/rabbid team are doing their own thing. It would not be the same if Ubisoft did.

Profchaos54d ago

Probably far more profitable to make low effort Rabbids games aimed at kids over a next Rayman

Chocoburger54d ago

Experience points, skill trees to fill up, level gating, endless menial tasks and side quests, constantly scrounging for resources. Always having to upgrade your gear. A.KA. "The Ubisoft effect".

No thanks, don't ruin Rayman's legacy.

Profchaos54d ago

Sure there will be it'll launch right alongside the next splinter cell

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Sonic Game Writers Had ‘Very Little Say’ On Story Scripts

The writing duo behind Sonic games like Sonic Colors and Sonic Lost World reveal they have little creative control over their game scripts.

-Foxtrot97d ago

They need to start letting people take inspiration from the comics, there's a ton of great stuff to take inspiration from.

phoenixwing95d ago

My beef is why even hire writers if you're just going to control the whole process. I'd be very upset as a writer if someone did that. A job is a job though.

DarXyde95d ago

Performative for optics, I would think.

It's like the US Congress holding a vote to "denounce the evils of socialism." It literally did absolutely nothing about anything and was a complete waste of everyone's time (and tax dollars—which is its own irony, by the way)

Dumbest thing in the world, but if you hire writers, it looks like you made a serious effort to make something great.

Do you remember when the original Suicide Squad movie was coming out? How much did we hear about Killer Croc's actor watching cannibal videos to get into character? Or even the "incredible lengths" Jared Leto went through to personify Joker on and off set?

It looks better when people think you're taking it seriously.

XiNatsuDragnel96d ago

Pretty much confirmed that SEGA controls everything about sonic no derivations fr

Profchaos95d ago

Nothing new sonic forces was meant to be far darker then sega got cold feet and they did the same old power of friendship ending

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Rayman Legends – 10 years on from the near perfect platformer

A decade on from Rayman Legends' release, it remains a near perfect platformer, so what happened to Rayman? Will we ever see another sequel?

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