Kill Your Babies! Removing the Platformers!
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This Kill Your Babies! is going to be real painful personally. Watching all of these great platformers will feel the cruelty of all of our preferences!
As always, just in case there are new players, here are the rules:
Rule #1: When you make a kill, give your reason why you are killing. Just taking it out isn't all that inspiring. Whether you truly dislike it, you strike out of revenge, you feel that there are other important titles that should have made it, or you have legitimate critiques, explaining your kill is necessary to validate its death. Yes, even to those of you who kill because they're good (Because that makes sense :joy: )
Rule #2: Please keep the updated list for the benefit of other players. Cross through your kill to identify what's been chosen.
Rule #3: You may kill another game after only three other people have made a kill OR if 12 hours have passed from the last overall kill (not necessarily your own). This should be plenty of time for others to get involved.
Rule #4: If you fail to give a reason, make a 2nd kill without allowing the time to pass/proper amount of players a turn, or if there is an unforeseen issue up for potential review, your kill may not be recognized. This rule is subjective to the situation and hopefully will not be implemented.
Rule #5: Per normal, we will have a straw poll for the final two. Please vote for the one you want to win, not lose.
Let me know if you have any questions. Your kills are your own, so be ruthless, uncompromising, and most importantly:
HAVE FUN!!!
Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy
Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario Galaxy
Ape Escape
Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando
Portal 2
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Psychonauts
Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon
Sonic CD
Donkey Kong Country Returns
Rayman Origins
Spyro 2: Gateway to Glimmer
Crash Bandicoot (3): Warped
Goemon's Great Adventure
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
Ori and the blind forest
Banjo Kazooie
Rogue Legacy
Spyro: Year of the Dragon
Rayman Legends
Super Meat Boy
Kirby and the Crystal Shards
Shovel Knight
Cave Story
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Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy
Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario Galaxy
Ape Escape
Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando
Portal 2
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Psychonauts
Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon
Sonic CD
Donkey Kong Country Returns
Rayman Origins
Spyro 2: Gateway to Glimmer
Crash Bandicoot (3): Warped
Goemon's Great Adventure
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
Ori and the blind forest
Banjo Kazooie
Rogue Legacy
Spyro: Year of the Dragon
Rayman Legends
Super Meat Boy
Kirby and the Crystal Shards
Shovel Knight
Cave StoryNow the list is legit! Every other game here probably deserve to win.
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Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy
Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario Galaxy
Ape Escape
Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando
Portal 2
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Psychonauts
Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon
Sonic CD
Donkey Kong Country Returns
Rayman Origins
Spyro 2: Gateway to Glimmer
Crash Bandicoot (3): Warped
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
Ori and the blind forest
Banjo Kazooie
Rogue Legacy
Spyro: Year of the Dragon
Rayman Legends
Super Meat Boy
Kirby and the Crystal Shards
Shovel Knight
Cave StoryI used to play the Jak (and Daxter) games when I was younger and thought that getting the collection on PS3 was a nice way to reminisce. Sadly the game has not stood the test of time, and I can't play more than a few minutes before getting annoyed with pretty much everything the game does and how it plays.
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Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario Galaxy
Ape Escape
Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando
Portal 2
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Psychonauts
Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon
Sonic CD
Donkey Kong Country Returns
Rayman Origins
Spyro 2: Gateway to Glimmer
Crash Bandicoot (3): Warped
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
Ori and the blind forest
Banjo Kazooie
Rogue Legacy
Spyro: Year of the Dragon
Rayman Legends
Super Meat Boy
Kirby and the Crystal Shards
Shovel Knight
Cave StoryGreat game, don't really see it as a platformer though
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Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario Galaxy
Ape Escape
Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Psychonauts
Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon
Sonic CD
Donkey Kong Country Returns
Rayman Origins
Spyro 2: Gateway to Glimmer
Crash Bandicoot (3): Warped
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
Ori and the blind forest
Banjo Kazooie
Rogue Legacy
Spyro: Year of the Dragon
Rayman Legends
Super Meat Boy
Kirby and the Crystal Shards
Shovel Knight
Cave StoryOne of the best games ever, though it's more action/RPG than Platformer...
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Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario Galaxy
Ape Escape
Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando
Psychonauts
Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon
Sonic CD
Donkey Kong Country Returns
Rayman Origins
Spyro 2: Gateway to Glimmer
Crash Bandicoot (3): Warped
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
Ori and the blind forest
Banjo Kazooie
Rogue Legacy
Spyro: Year of the Dragon
Rayman Legends
Super Meat Boy
Kirby and the Crystal Shards
Shovel Knight
Cave StoryIt's just not up to the level of the rest of these games.
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Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario Galaxy
Ape Escape
Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando
Psychonauts
Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon
Sonic CD
Donkey Kong Country Returns
Rayman Origins
Spyro 2: Gateway to Glimmer
Crash Bandicoot (3): Warped
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
Banjo Kazooie
Rogue Legacy
Spyro: Year of the Dragon
Rayman Legends
Super Meat Boy
Kirby and the Crystal Shards
Shovel Knight
Cave StoryMany said the year it was released that the game was their GOTY and all, but I just don't see it. There's something off-putting in the very nature of this game to me, sorry to say. A sidescroller going hundred miles per hour. Naah. I like my platformers 3D with more freedom where to go and how to move in general.
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Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario Galaxy
Ape Escape
Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando
Psychonauts
Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon
Sonic CD
Donkey Kong Country Returns
Spyro 2: Gateway to Glimmer
Crash Bandicoot (3): Warped
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
Banjo Kazooie
Rogue Legacy
Spyro: Year of the Dragon
Rayman Legends
Super Meat Boy
Kirby and the Crystal Shards
Shovel Knight
Cave StoryI haven't played them a ton, but I remember not loving these games.
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Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario Galaxy
Ape Escape
Psychonauts
Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon
Sonic CD
Donkey Kong Country Returns
Spyro 2: Gateway to Glimmer
Crash Bandicoot (3): Warped
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
Banjo Kazooie
Rogue Legacy
Spyro: Year of the Dragon
Rayman Legends
Super Meat Boy
Kirby and the Crystal Shards
Shovel Knight
Cave StoryHeresy, but I never liked the Spyro games. Not even the "good" ones. I don't think they hold up like the rest of the games on this list.
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Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario Galaxy
Ape Escape
Psychonauts
Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon
Sonic CD
Donkey Kong Country Returns
Spyro 2: Gateway to Glimmer
Crash Bandicoot (3): Warped
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
Banjo Kazooie
Rogue Legacy
Rayman Legends
Super Meat Boy
Kirby and the Crystal Shards
Shovel Knight
Cave StoryYeah, no.
I liked Sonic enough but the series is surpassed as a platformer by most of the other games on this list.
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Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario Galaxy
Ape Escape
Psychonauts
Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon
Sonic CD
Donkey Kong Country Returns
Spyro 2: Gateway to Glimmer
Crash Bandicoot (3): Warped
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
Banjo Kazooie
Rogue Legacy
Rayman Legends
Super Meat Boy
Kirby and the Crystal Shards
Shovel Knight
Cave StoryI don't think it's a bad game but Galaxy left me feeling like it was an 8/10. Technically it's brilliant, but a lot of the time it feels really linear in its mission structure and level progression. A lot of the new 3D Mario games have been a bit more filtered and linear and I feel like it just doesn't fit quite right to me.
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@Churchy You monster.
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Super Mario Bros. 3
Ape Escape
Psychonauts
Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon
Donkey Kong Country Returns
Spyro 2: Gateway to Glimmer
Crash Bandicoot (3): Warped
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
Banjo Kazooie
Rogue Legacy
Rayman Legends
Super Meat Boy
Kirby and the Crystal Shards
Shovel Knight
Cave StoryI don't like the characters or the franchise, but I'll let Tropical Freeze live out of these two (for now, muahaha), because the Allies praise it more.
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Super Mario Bros. 3
Ape Escape
Psychonauts
Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon
Spyro 2: Gateway to Glimmer
Crash Bandicoot (3): Warped
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
Banjo Kazooie
Rogue Legacy
Rayman Legends
Super Meat Boy
Kirby and the Crystal Shards
Shovel Knight
Cave StoryI was never a big fan of the Crash games
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Super Mario Bros. 3
Ape Escape
Psychonauts
Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon
Spyro 2: Gateway to Glimmer
Crash Bandicoot (3): Warped
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
Banjo Kazooie
Rogue Legacy
Rayman Legends
Super Meat Boy
Kirby and the Crystal Shards
Shovel Knight
Cave StoryJust don't think it's as good or innovative as DKC Returns in my view, a sequel that wasn't needed and populated with needless tertiary characters.
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@DisturbedSwan R&C, and several others have been killed already. You must have pulled a wrong list. Please make a new kill from the following:
Super Mario Bros. 3
Ape Escape
Psychonauts
Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon
Spyro 2: Gateway to Glimmer
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
Banjo Kazooie
Rogue Legacy
Rayman Legends
Super Meat Boy
Kirby and the Crystal Shards
Shovel Knight
Cave Story
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Super Mario Bros. 3
Ape Escape
Psychonauts
Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon
Spyro 2: Gateway to Glimmer
Banjo Kazooie
Rogue Legacy
Rayman Legends
Super Meat Boy
Kirby and the Crystal Shards
Shovel Knight
Cave Story@DisturbedSwan, heads up, someone killed your pick earlier, you may want to kill something else.
Okay, before you all toss me out of here for my kill, hear me out. Shovel Knight was great when it came out and hearing Yacht Club games get announced on stage recently got me pumped for a new franchise, a sequel, anything but more DLC. Nearly 3 years after initial release, we're getting more DLC instead of something new and fresh. There's also a lot of segments that factor more as slow and tedious as opposed to loads of fun. Sorry Shovel Knight, you won't be able to save Shield Knight this time.
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@SabotageTheTruth @Brannox Cheers for the heads up, will amend my post now, you guys may need to update your lists too to keep the continuity (sorry I messed up).
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Super Mario Bros. 3
Ape Escape
Psychonauts
Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon
Spyro 2: Gateway to Glimmer
Banjo Kazooie
Rogue Legacy
Rayman Legends
Super Meat Boy
Kirby and the Crystal Shards
Cave StoryI did enjoy it for a while, but then, it nearly drove me insane. Those later levels... They are most likely literally designed by devil.
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@jipostus you got to git gud, but yeah Super Meat Boy is insane
Super Mario Bros. 3
Ape Escape
Psychonauts
Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon
Spyro 2: Gateway to Glimmer
Banjo Kazooie
Rogue Legacy
Rayman Legends
Kirby and the Crystal Shards
Cave StoryPlayed it a little bit, not my thing
