For me it's FPS on consoles, they give me motion sickness and overall analog stick is simply not accurate enough to give a full control of the bullets. They are better on PCs where you can control the mouse
Platformers can be insane when devs want to make things hard. You need good and fast reflexes and sometimes press an obnoxious combination of buttons in exactly the right moment to not die. Play some Mario Maker and you will understand