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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:
- Super Mario Galaxy 2 for the Wii
- Inside for the PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
- Super Mario Odyssey for the Nintendo Switch
- New Super Mario Bros for the Nintendo DS
- Psychonauts for the PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 4, Xbox
- Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis for the Nintendo DS
- Super Mario Galaxy for the Wii
- Super Paper Mario for the GameCube, Wii
- LittleBigPlanet for the PlayStation 3, PSP
- Donkey Kong: Jungle Climber for the Nintendo DS
- Sway for the iOS
- Splosion Man for the Xbox 360
- LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias for the iOS, Wii
- Super Meat Boy for the Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Wii U, Xbox 360
- Doodle Jump for the iOS
- LittleBigPlanet 2 for the PlayStation 3, PS Vita
- Kirby’s Epic Yarn for the Wii
- Luigi’s Mansion 2 for the Nintendo 3DS
- Super Mario 3D Land for the Nintendo 3DS
- Cordy for the iOS/Android
- Beat Sneak Bandit for the iOS
- Rain for the PlayStation 3
- Gunpoint for the PC
- Super Mario 3D World for the Wii U
- Ori and the Blind Forest for the Nintendo Switch, PC, Xbox 360, Xbox One
- Tearaway Unfolded for the PlayStation 4
- Axiom Verge for the Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Wii U, Xbox One
- Little Nightmares for the Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
- Celeste for the Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
- 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):
- Blasphemous
- Hollow Knight
- Metroid
- Castlevania
- Trine
- Abe’s Odyssey
- Journey
- Crash Bandicoot
- Megaman
- Shovel Knight
- Cuphead
- Super Meat Boy
- Rayman
- Ori
- Spelunky
- Donkey Kong Country
- Sonic
- Ratchet and Clank
- LittleBigPlanet
- A Hat In Time
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