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Retro Rebel Podcast is hosted by Amanda Fox and Stacy Bishop. Each week they take a deep dive into the gaming industry and discuss news stories, the current games they are playing as well as the topic of the week.  In this episode, Amanda is joined by a special guest, Steve, as they look at the 30 Best Platformer Games of All Time.

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Intro Music – Final Impasse By Ground is Lava

What we’re playing

What we’re playing

Amanda– I’m still just playing Marakesh on Board Game Arena. I get so absorbed in this little game. It’s simple, intuitive and with the ability to move the figurine after your turn it becomes a lot more cutthroat.

Steve-  Recently I’ve been playing Dread Hunger, a social “whodunit” game where you take a role on a ship and embark on an expedition to the antarctic where two of your crewmates are there to sabotage the voyage.

Main topic – 30 Best Platformer Games of All Time 

Again, as one of Google’s top results for the best platformers of all time (according to VideoGamer), we’ve got to cover it, but we’ve already found some flaws with the way these lists are created. Based on this one website’s review scores, it’s really limited in scope. We discuss their top picks:

1. Super Mario Galaxy 2 for the Wii
2. Inside for the PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
3. Super Mario Odyssey for the Nintendo Switch
4. New Super Mario Bros for the Nintendo DS
5. Psychonauts for the PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 4, Xbox
6. Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis for the Nintendo DS
7. Super Mario Galaxy for the Wii
8. Super Paper Mario for the GameCube, Wii
9. LittleBigPlanet for the PlayStation 3, PSP
10. Donkey Kong: Jungle Climber for the Nintendo DS
11. Sway for the iOS
12. Splosion Man for the Xbox 360
13. LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias for the iOS, Wii
14. Super Meat Boy for the Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Wii U, Xbox 360
15. Doodle Jump for the iOS
16. LittleBigPlanet 2 for the PlayStation 3, PS Vita
17. Kirby’s Epic Yarn for the Wii
18. Luigi’s Mansion 2 for the Nintendo 3DS
19. Super Mario 3D Land for the Nintendo 3DS
20. Cordy for the iOS/Android
21. Beat Sneak Bandit for the iOS
22. Rain for the PlayStation 3
23. Gunpoint for the PC
24. Super Mario 3D World for the Wii U
25. Ori and the Blind Forest for the Nintendo Switch, PC, Xbox 360, Xbox One
26. Tearaway Unfolded for the PlayStation 4
27. Axiom Verge for the Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Wii U, Xbox One
28. Little Nightmares for the Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
29. Celeste for the Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
30. Super Mario 64 DS for the Nintendo DS

I’m joined in the discussion today by platformer aficionado Steve to blast past all the Mario to talk about what really SHOULD be on this list. 🙂

STEVE’S list of the 20 greatest platformers (in no particular order):

1. Blasphemous
2. Hollow Knight
3. Metroid
4. Castlevania
5. Trine
6. Abe’s Odyssey
7. Journey
8. Crash Bandicoot
9. Megaman
10. Shovel Knight
11. Cuphead
12. Super Meat Boy
13. Rayman
14. Ori
15. Spelunky
16. Donkey Kong Country
17. Sonic
18. Ratchet and Clank
19. LittleBigPlanet
20. A Hat In Time

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