I grew up in the days when platformers were all the Rage. MARIO reigned supreme and everyone was trying to emulate Mario 64.

Nowadays platformers are somewhat lost. Developers are all trying to make that next big shooter game now and our market is over saturated with FPS.

With that said, what are the best platformers this gen?

-Super Mario Galaxy

-Little Big Planet

-Ratchet and Clank (somewhat of a shooter though)

WHAT ELSE IS THERE? What other platformers got good reviews and are worth playing?

Kameo

Banjo-kazooie:Nuts and Bolts

Super mario Galaxy

Braid and Wario Land: Shake it! are two of my favs that weren't mentioned.

Edit: I can't believe I forgot NSMB. :X Easily one of the best this gen.

p.s. Oh, and I just find it's worth a mention. NSMB Wii is going to be awesome.

Prince of Persia, Braid and Mirror's Edge are some others. I'd say Uncharted and inFamous are just as much platformers as Ratchet, too.

I would say Super Mario Galaxy and Braid.

Little Big Planet is actually nothing more than an average T best platformer with an exceptional art style and a level editor.

If you throw in handhelds New Super Mario Bros. blows all those out of the water.

I'm going with LittleBigPlanet and Ratchet & Clank. LittleBigPlanet is the best sidescrolling platformer I've played in a long time; it's just so fun and addicting! R&C is always good; platforming isn't huge, but it is there and it's definitely fun. And I'm a huge fan. =D

the conduit

The Conduit is not a platformer

shooter/platformer. it was cool

Super Mario Galaxy