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superchunk on 13 July 2010
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Cross-X said:
superchunk said:

I think all of you who say anything but 'Mario' was the first thing to pop in your head is just being fanboyish. Seriously. Mario games are by far the biggest (and best) platforming games to have ever been created. Spanning over 20 years and is *most* people's first game let alone platforming game. I can't fathom anyone who would think *initially* of anything but Mario when platforming game is first mentioned unless they don't know what the term means. Then to define it, assuredly the person would use Mario. lol.

I'm not trying to sound Nintendo fanboyish, just being realistic on the size and scope of Mario games in our world, even outside of gaming.

I grew up playing Crash Bandicoot games with my family and friends and I have many unforgettable memories related to Crash Bandicoot games, more compared to all the Mario games I've played and if someone asked me what the OP asked, Crash Bandicoot comes into mind. Is that a problem? Am I being a fanboy?

Actually, this is where I flawed in my rant. I forget that my view is completely derived from my life. Since I grew up during Atari's dying days and Nitnendo's emergence as the best video game company the world has ever seen; my childhood was flooded with Mario and all that came with it. I forget that there are quite a few people on this forum who had that same experience just as Sony began to crush everything, therefore yes, they would naturally be more inclined to have fonder childhood memories of non-nintendo platformers.

However, I still don't get why somethign like LBP would be the first option unless you just finished playing it right before you saw the thread. I would think most people would immediately think of the platformer they mostly played as they grew up with in their respective generation. Mine was NES/SNES which could really only be Mario, while those from PS/PS2 would inevitably be somethign like Ratchet and Clank, etc, or potentially Mario if they also had a N64 as well. Then there are always those like you who only owned losing systems (lol, jk) and would be more familiar with Crash.

So I will retract my original post and declare that most of you probably are not just being fanboyish. Why can't the world just revolve around my personal experiences? :)