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Previous generations had some amazing platformers that will never see the light of day again


Bring back Gex

 

[Syril]

Didn't that have around four sequels?

Anyway, I nominate Ristar, though I wouldn't trust modern-day Sega to do it justice.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Previous generations had some amazing platformers that will never see the light of day again


Bring back Gex

Gex had sequels.

 

[CTLance]

I wouldn't say no to another 2D pixel Duke Nukem, or Turrican. Emphasis on Pixel art though, nothing above 640x480 and 256-1024 unique colours.

Thankfully Giana Sisters got a very nice sequel on the DS recently, which is more than I ever dared to hope for.

 

[GitarooMan]

Gex 2 was awesome.

Anyway, I'm going to go way out there and say Haven. Pre-Lego Star Wars, Travelers' Tales actually tried a new IP which spectactularly bombed. It was a little rough in some parts, but there was a lot of variety in level and world design and the game served up a solid challenge. One of the most forgotten PS2 games that could have used a little more love.

 

[Speevy]

Voodoo Vince

 

[Alphahawk]

Blinx the Cat

Spoiler

hur hur hur

 

[theultimo]

TURRICANNNNNNNNNN


Still is one of the best Sidescroller / Platformers ever.

:\

 

[crowphoenix]

I was just about to start replaying, Gex. Such an awesome game. One of my favorite that I had for the Saturn.

 

[Speevy]

Blinx the Cat

Spoiler

hur hur hur

Well, aside from not being awesome, someone saw fit to give this game a sequel, which also wasn't awesome.

 

[nightez]

Platformers that need sequels:

- Rayman
- Space Station Silicon Valley
- Glover
- Rocket - Robot on Wheels
- Starshot
- Mischief Makers
- Mr Nutz

 

[The Lamonster]

Super Princess Peach

Spoiler

I'm serious.

 

[Wray]

Super Mario World.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Pulseman

 

[Totobeni]

fuck you Sonic

 

[Polk]

Fury of the Furries (if it counts as platformer).

 

[manueldelalas]

Blinx the Cat

Spoiler

hur hur hur

It had and it is not awesome.

Gex was a piece of shit, and so were the sequels.

Does Ninja Five-O count as a platformer?

Ristar is a good choice.

 

[Ferrio]

Ristar

 

[Speevy]

The obligatory
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Also, Toe Jam and Earl's outing on the Xbox was considered the worst in the series, and will likely be the last.

 

[Struct09]

Jet Force Gemini

 

[Haunted]

- Space Station Silicon Valley
- Mischief Makers

oh yes.

 

["God's Beard!"]

Psychonauts.

 

[BarrelMakingPenguin]

A true sequel to Ape Escape 3.

 

[Speevy]

Jet Force Gemini is a shooter, is it not?

 

[Patryn]

Nobody's said Psychonauts yet? Of course, if a sequel was to be made, it would have to have Tim Schafer involved.

 

[Raide]

Bubzy the Bobcat...wait, what??

 

[Guybrush Threepwood]

The answer:

 

[Struct09]

Jet Force Gemini is a shooter, is it not?

It's third person and you shoot, but it still has a fair share of platforming. It's a Rare game

EDIT: GiantBomb explains it better than I could: http://www.giantbomb.com/jet-force-gemini/61-12696/

 

[Alphahawk]

Ok serious answer time: Tomba

 

[Amneisac]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4x4cp9E5IKU

 

[GCQuinton]

First post got it. More Gex, please! Now I can't get a CSI: Miami level out of my head.

 

[pswii60]

Monty On The Run

 

[wRATH2x]

GEX! GEX! GEX! A million times GEX! I even loved the 3D iterations.

 

[Hero of Legend]

DK64, Sonic Adventure 2 (Heroes is as close as we got, while good, it wasn't truly Adv 3 ), and Mario Sunshine.

 

[WickedLaharl]

 

[plagiarize]

did they make a CoolSpot 2?

 

[soco]

Voodoo Vince

ding! ding! we have a winner.

seriously, the game itself wasn't amazing, but the sequel would be if the team were still around.


i'm gonna also throw out Goonies 2.

 

[Aeris130]

 

[mclem]

Fury of the Furries (if it counts as platformer).

Was Pac-in-Time a rebranding of this or was it an actual new game built on the same engine? If it's the latter that could (just about) constitute a sequel.

 

[Ranger X]

 

[FateBreaker]

The answer:

This really is the answer. What an amazing game.

 

[manueldelalas]

did they make a CoolSpot 2?

I don't know, maybe you could search it...

 

[mclem]

Monty On The Run

Wanted: Monty Mole
Auf Wiedersehen Monty
Moley Christmas (okay, not *quite*)
Impossamole

Not enough for you?

 

[Flying_Phoenix]

*Waits for TheTakeOutBandit to scream "SHANTAE! SHANTAE! SHANTAE!"*

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Wario Land: Shake It!

 

[DangerStepp]

The answer:

Happily beaten to it.

 

[Wii Will Rock U]

Banjo-Tooie

 

[plagiarize]

I don't know, maybe you could search it...

what does 'rhetorical' mean?

 

[pswii60]

Wanted: Monty Mole
Auf Wiedersehen Monty
Moley Christmas (okay, not *quite*)
Impossamole

Not enough for you?

No. Not enough. None of them were as good as MotR. Although I enjoyed Auf Wiedersehen Monty.

I want a brand new XBLA/PSN Monty Mole. Or else.

Unfortunately Atari/Infogrames has the rights. They fucking ruined Gremlin Graphics :/

what does 'rhetorical' mean?

Yeah, don't worry, I saw what you did. CoolSpot was SHIT.

 

[acm2000]

not quite "awesome" but a beautiful and solid game which thankfully rejected RARE's usual collectathon craziness, a sequel could be awesome if they made one