OMG when the organ music started playing at the beginning of the final battle (then Bowser laughed)... younger-me thought that was the coolest thing ever! :O
Nah, the total number of gamers is expanding, especially by the Wii last gen, to a group of people that wouldn't buy a console before the Wii launched.
A new group that'll explore for example Mario, but also other 3D platformers.
The genre still sells good, won't die anytime soon. If the COD madness continues though... God I hate that n00b game, still based on COD4 engine from 2007 with a yearly upgrade on it.
Am i the only one thats getting sick of these pathetic doom and gloom articles in the world of gaming? every other day these "journalists" post articles begging questions no one was asking. "Is (whatever random thing hasnt been around much lately) DYING?!?!" well...no, not really. the 3d platforming genre is doing just fine actually. multiple examples that i wont even bother to list prove it. Why is anyone even attempting to bring this up? website hitss.
How can someone say 3D platformers are dying when technically some of the top games incorporate heavy platforming mechanics: From Tomb Raider and Prince of Persia to Uncharted and Assassins Creed and Crackdown or even the very recent I Am Alive. Sure, these games are also about either shooting, hack-n-slashing or other mechanics, but the platforming is still there. After all, even Mario wasn't *just* a platforming game - especially the later games in the series that incorporated many other element. The platformer is not dead, it just evolved.
Platformers are a sub genre after all: Mario, Metroid and Ratchet for example are action/action-adventure games sub-categorized as platformers. Mario can shoot fireballs, right?
Because developers want to make their games all realistic and open-world with cinematic cut-scenes and giving the player unlimited freedom. No wonder why I feel that HD console gaming is redundant.
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Shoot, it's STILL amazing even today.
Every time I hear this I just want nothing more than to plug in my old N64 and allow the memories to flood in!
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Sly Cooper
Ratchet & Clank
Super Mario 64
Super Mario Galaxy 1, 2
Banjo Kazooie
Crash Bandicoot and Spyro on PS1
all fantastic games/series
It takes one developer to make a plat former to sell well to get everybody to copy it, then we will be drowned in platformers.
A new group that'll explore for example Mario, but also other 3D platformers.
The genre still sells good, won't die anytime soon. If the COD madness continues though... God I hate that n00b game, still based on COD4 engine from 2007 with a yearly upgrade on it.
every other day these "journalists" post articles begging questions no one was asking. "Is (whatever random thing hasnt been around much lately) DYING?!?!" well...no, not really. the 3d platforming genre is doing just fine actually. multiple examples that i wont even bother to list prove it. Why is anyone even attempting to bring this up? website hitss.
Sure, these games are also about either shooting, hack-n-slashing or other mechanics, but the platforming is still there. After all, even Mario wasn't *just* a platforming game - especially the later games in the series that incorporated many other element. The platformer is not dead, it just evolved.
Platformers are a sub genre after all: Mario, Metroid and Ratchet for example are action/action-adventure games sub-categorized as platformers. Mario can shoot fireballs, right?