What are the most underrated and unknown platformers?

[TamagotchiTamaHero24]

2D or 3D.
What are some of your most underrated platformers that STILL haven’t gotten the attention they deserve, even in this YouTuber ridden era where tons of games are dredged up to be given a wider audience?

For me, it varies depending on what I know. But it would probably be Blinx 2, Astal, Ninpen Manmaru, and Klonoa: Empire of Dreams. That said, I can think of a few that are not necessarily unknown, but have a negative stigma around them THANKS to said YouTubers that they don’t really deserve. The main one being Jumping Flash!, a game I bought this week, and adore with all my heart.

 

[J.F.C]

Plok is unironically a great game, it's one of the better 2D platformers made on the West.

 

[DunkeyKong]

Evergate, it's such a fascinating looking game too

 

[TamagotchiTamaHero24]

Evergate, it's such a fascinating looking game too
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Never heard of it! Be sure, if I’ve never heard of a game mentioned in this thread, I’m going to be taking note of them all.

 

[pr0xy]

Demon Turf.

 

[TamagotchiTamaHero24]

I should note: Ninpen Manmaru is actually a licensed game. This introduces a spaner into the works of if we should count licensed games. I say we should. As a result, I actually think Ratatouille is quite the impressive effort for what it was. Releasing across all consoles of the sixth and seventh generations, as well as PC and handhelds, the main version of the game is a fun platformer that has strong character gameplay and levels that make full use of the small size your character plays from. It’s quite good.

 

[UnDubious]

Sky Blazer on the SNES is very underrated and overlooked.

 

[TamagotchiTamaHero24]

I expect many games on this list will be indie releases that haven’t yet had the time to grow a nostalgic attachment yet.

 

[RedNin3]

I expect many games on this list will be indie releases that haven’t yet had the time to grow a nostalgic attachment yet.

Now answering GRIS twice in a day to different questions makes me feel like I'm making an ad campaign for it LMAO.

 

[Bakuma1997]

Rockin Katz on NES, a fun little plataformer where you play as a cat with the biggest weapon in toonland: the retractable boxing glove

 

[J.F.C]

Rockin Katz on NES, a fun little plataformer where you play as a cat with the biggest weapon in toonland: the retractable boxing glove

Seeing that Atlus logo at the Title Screen gave me a jumpscare.

 

[thanonyx]

Dynamite Headdy

It's a great game but good God it's a game that's on all kinds of drugs.

 

[Yousef's iconYousef]

No one agrees anymore what is and isn’t underrated so this is quite hard to narrow down but Momodora is my pick, and some other niche Metroidvanias. List too long. Idk if those count though since they’re more action games than pure platformers.

 

[SpaceCress]

Pitfall the one in ps2 and GC

 

[DanCalibur]

Ducktales 2 on NES, everyone loves the first one but ignores the sequel.

 

[pupetto]

Switchblade 2 on the Amiga.

 

[goregoregoregoregoregore]

One of the best platformers i've ever played, thanks haunted ps2 games series

 

[Leiioo]

One of my favourite less-known platformers is the Umihara Kawase series. The best one is probably Sayonara Umihara Kawase for the 3DS and Vita. Quirky little platformer with physics-based swinging mechanics, it's really fun trying to master the game and beat old high-scores!

(P.S. I LOVED Blinx)

 

[TamagotchiTamaHero24]

Rockin Katz on NES, a fun little plataformer where you play as a cat with the biggest weapon in toonland: the retractable boxing glove

This is what I’m talking about! Never heard of it, but you bet I’ll emulate it when I get the chance!

 

[goregoregoregoregoregore]

One of my favourite less-known platformers is the Umihara Kawase series. The best one is probably Sayonara Umihara Kawase for the 3DS and Vita. Quirky little platformer with physics-based swinging mechanics, it's really fun trying to master the game and beat old high-scores!

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(P.S. I LOVED Blinx)

Based. I love Umihara Kawase. I think the aesthetic of the SNES ones are so comfy for some reason lol. I always wanted to learn to do some speedrun on it, seems tough af and fun

 

[Bakuma1997]

This is what I’m talking about! Never heard of it, but you bet I’ll emulate it when I get the chance!

Good to know, alas, be wary of some of the levels being flatout cheap if you don't know the tricks (like attacking a wall to bounce of it, ditto for the floor) and grabbing in the roofs to spin may be tricky, still doable

 

[Leiioo]

Based. I love Umihara Kawase. I think the aesthetic of the SNES ones are so comfy for some reason lol. I always wanted to learn to do some speedrun on it, seems tough af and fun

The spritework in the SNES games is SO adorable

 

[Mago]

Aquales is a personal favorite.

 

[middler]

Mighty Bomb Jack on the NES
None one heard of it at the time, its never on any lists, it just kind of fell through the cracks.
which is sad because its a great tricky game.

 

[TamagotchiTamaHero24]

Mighty Bomb Jack on the NES
None one heard of it at the time, its never on any lists, it just kind of fell through the cracks.
which is sad because its a great tricky game.

View attachment 43163Thankfully it always gets re-released! I’ll have to check it out via NSO when I get back to my Switch.