The PS5 is home to many mature-rated first-person shooters, RPGs and action titles, but it's also a source of many fantastic 3D platformers. Kids (and kids at heart) can enjoy all manner of ...

2D Platformers were some of the most popular games across 8-bit and 16-bit consoles. New technology in the 1990s allowed the genre to make the jump to 3D, with classics like Crash Bandicoot and Super ...

The 3D platformer is quintessentially Nintendo. As famous as games like Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, and Astro Bot are, they all live in the shadow of (and often owe a debt of gratitude to) the big N.

Evan is a Communications student based in Edmonton, Alberta. Formerly a sports writer, he was drawn to Game Rant by his longtime passion for video games. An avid gamer since the age of 13, Evan has ...

Charming Holiday is a news article writer from the United States. He is a former cultural policy advisor who has turned his focus to his lifelong passion of gaming. He lived and worked in South Korea ...

14 years after the original Nintendo Wii release, the quite ambitious 3D platformer Epic Mickey is getting a second chance at success. A new remake by developer Purple Lamp called Epic Mickey: ...

A freelance writer with over 10 years of experience. His favourite games are Kingdom Hearts, Beyond Good & Evil, and Celeste. The Nintendo Switch is a source of many great 3D platformers with standout ...

Gaming has come a long way over the last few decades, and while the cynic in me loathes many aspects of 'modern gaming,' the medium has made mighty strides. Fans of the SNES have to check out this ...

As Dodo the Duck, you spent most of your life on a placid farm—surrounded by friendly chickens and sheltered from danger. That changes when, one day, you wake up to aliens abducting all of your ...

These five 2D platformers didn't blow the doors off of fans at the time, but deserved much more love than they got.

Nintendo just held a livestream to drop more details on the forthcoming Switch 2 console. At the very end, it revealed a brand-new 3D platformer starring Donkey Kong. This is the first game of its ...