milkyjoe on 11 July 2013
Super Mario Bros 3 and Super Mario World are the pinnacle of 2D platformers for me. NSMBU is the best of the NSMB series by far.
All the Donkey Kong Country games are great. They're tougher than other platformers, but never unfair. DKC and Returns are probably my favourites of the bunch.
I have a love/hate relationship with Sonic, but the highs just about outweigh the lows. The first game remains my favourite.
Rayman is just average really. The old games were nothing special or memorable, and most of the mechanics in Origins were taken from DKC games, but with added floaty physics, and floaty physics are the one thing you don't want in a 2D platformer.
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