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Riot Of The Blood on 02 May 2009

I think a lot of people pick Nintendo because they don't know/play platformers outside of Mario, Sonic, and DKC series. I'd pick them too if I was comparing them to Rare and Sega work. lmao



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atma998 on 02 May 2009
GooseGaws said:
GamingChartzFTW said:
SmokedHostage said:
It's too hard but Nintendo is surely no. 1.

RARE and Capcom platformers are superb though.

I can't really call Castlevania or Contra, platformers in the traditional sense but they're both wonderful series. WTF? LOL

SEGA has been awful since after Sonic Advance 1.

SmokedHostage, I read from your profile that you're only 19 years old. Let me inform you about Contra and Castlevania.

Castlevania is the definition of a Platformer. In Castlevania you jump from platform to platform and just like in Mega Man, you 'shoot' by hurling axes and you fight a boss in the end of each level. In Contra you jump from platforms upwards or down to platforms below. You shoot enemies just like in Mega Man and fight bosses at the end of each level.

:/

Castlevania and Contra may be platformers in the technical sense, but that isn't the focus of the gameplay nor are they prime examples of the "platforming" genre.  It's a moot point though, as no one can challenge Nintendo's dominance in the ever-shrinking category of such games.

Contra is a Run and Gun Platformer which is a sub-genre of the platformer games. Old Castlevania games are considered as platformer (expept maybe Castlevania II which is more of an Action-Adventure game) while the new one are Action-RPG.

Nintendo is without the shadow of a doubt the best platformer maker.

 



Johann on 02 May 2009
Riot Of The Blood said:
I think a lot of people pick Nintendo because they don't know/play platformers outside of Mario, Sonic, and DKC series. I'd pick them too if I was comparing them to Rare and Sega work. lmao

Just like the people who think FFVII/VIII/IX/X/XII is the best FF because they played it first/don't know the older ones, right? There's simply no way they have played the other games which are so obviously superior. I mean we all know quality is objective, don't we? That's why we trust reviews and shit.



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SmokedHostage on 02 May 2009

I always think of Castlevania as an action adventure side scroller, a genre shared with Metroid. I also think of Contra as a shoot-em up.



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dsister44 on 02 May 2009
Riot Of The Blood said:
I think a lot of people pick Nintendo because they don't know/play platformers outside of Mario, Sonic, and DKC series. I'd pick them too if I was comparing them to Rare and Sega work. lmao



umm. you do know that rare did the donkey kong country series right?



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Riot Of The Blood on 02 May 2009
Johann said:
Riot Of The Blood said:
I think a lot of people pick Nintendo because they don't know/play platformers outside of Mario, Sonic, and DKC series. I'd pick them too if I was comparing them to Rare and Sega work. lmao

Just like the people who think FFVII/VIII/IX/X/XII is the best FF because they played it first/don't know the older ones, right? There's simply no way they have played the other games which are so obviously superior. I mean we all know quality is objective, don't we? That's why we trust reviews and shit.

 

I don't care about Final Fantasy, so I don't know which one's the best. My favorite is III for DS, and the first FF I played was X.



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Riot Of The Blood on 02 May 2009
dsister44 said:
Riot Of The Blood said:
I think a lot of people pick Nintendo because they don't know/play platformers outside of Mario, Sonic, and DKC series. I'd pick them too if I was comparing them to Rare and Sega work. lmao

 

 

umm. you do know that rare did the donkey kong country series right?

Yep, all good games, too. I completed them all 100% for both the SNES and the GBA.

But they're not enough to put Rare above any of the devs on my list.

 



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dsister44 on 02 May 2009
Riot Of The Blood said:
dsister44 said:
Riot Of The Blood said:
I think a lot of people pick Nintendo because they don't know/play platformers outside of Mario, Sonic, and DKC series. I'd pick them too if I was comparing them to Rare and Sega work. lmao

 

 

umm. you do know that rare did the donkey kong country series right?

Yep, all good games, too. I completed them all 100% for both the SNES and the GBA.

But they're not enough to put Rare above any of the devs on my list.

 

well in your original post you said dkc, what is that?

my bad i miss understod your first post



Honkeytonk Monkey on 02 May 2009

Nintendo wins easily.



Johann on 02 May 2009
Riot Of The Blood said:
Johann said:
Riot Of The Blood said:
I think a lot of people pick Nintendo because they don't know/play platformers outside of Mario, Sonic, and DKC series. I'd pick them too if I was comparing them to Rare and Sega work. lmao

Just like the people who think FFVII/VIII/IX/X/XII is the best FF because they played it first/don't know the older ones, right? There's simply no way they have played the other games which are so obviously superior. I mean we all know quality is objective, don't we? That's why we trust reviews and shit.

I don't care about Final Fantasy, so I don't know which one's the best. My favorite is III for DS, and the first FF I played was X.

I was just trying to make a point. FF was just an example.

 



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