Coglestop on 19 March 2008
Contra, Castlevania and Ninja Gaiden were NEVER classified as platformers, even when they were new
Contra was a shmup, specifically a run-n-gun type shmup
Ninja Gaiden and Castlevania were both classified as action-adventure games at the time of their launches
Oh, and how can you really say that ICO has more jumping than a mainline MARIO game? Even Sunshine was more jump-centric than ICO was.
