Tag Archives: Platformer

Ever one for nice surprises, Nintendo released its new, free update for Super Mario Odyssey (opens in new tab) without warning yesterday, delighting Switch owners everywhere with more costumes, photo mode filters, and a new game mode called Luigi’s Balloon World (opens in new tab).  As the name suggests, this …

Super Mario Odyssey (opens in new tab) has been out for a weekend, and Nintendo Switch just recently got built-in support for sharing videos to Twitter and other social networks – you can do the math. Players around the world are sharing their favorite moments from their journeys with Mario …

Who needs Destiny 2 (opens in new tab) when you can go butt-sliding down secret stages in Super Mario 64 with 23 of your closest friends? The same modder who retrofitted Super Mario Odyssey’s capture (read: hat possession) mechanic into Super Mario 64 (opens in new tab) has now implemented …

Some players have criticized the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy (opens in new tab) for introducing extra difficulty (opens in new tab) into what were already tough games and now the developers have responded. An official post on the Activision blog (opens in new tab) lays out Vicarious Visions’ plan …

What is it? A tough-as-nails Metroidvania that takes as much inspiration from 16-bit classics as it does Bloodborne Play it if you like: Navigating maze-like hallways; brooding, demonic terror; dying a lot Format: PS4/PC Price: $9.99/£6.99 Release date: Out Now Let’s get this out of the way up front: Momodora: …

I usually loathe platformers. They’re stressful, they’re unforgiving, and I just really don’t like things that are hard. I always turn games down to the easiest setting, even if they make fun of me by calling it something like ‘This Is For Babies’ or ‘Why Don’t You Just Go Play …

Few moments in gaming say attitude like a chameleon urinating on a cloud’s face while his bat buddy eggs him on. Though the cloud did ask for it, to be fair. He’s too tense to take a leak (due to the fact his wife’s just left him) and he needs …

Back in 1991, Naoto Oshima and Yuji Naka created Sonic to be Sega’s very own marquee mascot, a big-eyes Super Mario for a new decade of neon nerf footballs and aggressively weird Nickelodeon cartoons. And like any successful mascot, Sonic would go on to star in dozens of spinoffs, comic …

If you were curious about EA’s cutesy platformer Unravel (opens in new tab) but didn’t know if you wanted to spend the cash, maybe a demo can help make up your mind. Starting today, you can download the first level of this adorable adventure on PC via the Origin client, …

In creating amiibo (opens in new tab), Nintendo hit the emphatic fan (emfantic?) jackpot, with Nintendo devotees going to sometimes extreme lengths (opens in new tab) to to get their twitchy, grabby hands on these plastic idols to their favorite classic characters. But in addition to looking great and being …