My second choice would be Ninja Spirit, even though it might not technically be a platformer.
I don't understand you peoples definition of a platformer, if you jump on platforms and dodge obstacles it's a platformer. What else would you call Ninja Spirit?
A JRPG, aka Action game. You see before "Super Mario Brothers" the first
JRPG to be concieved by the world, everything in videogames was just
get as many points.
A platformer, is just a consumer word invented to make games that have no logic but running and jumping, like the word JRPG used widely means a DAD game from Japan, or the word Adventure means a game with go differnt places, but do not repeat. However these action games all have stories.
Ninja Spirit is an arcade game/beat em up kinda thing, you know the type where you hack an slash against the quarter 25 cents, or $1. Most adventure games are from the arcade setup. Till Super Mario and then
Sonic came along and said "hey guys you, don't have to be so ruff, just chill and have fun".
Sonic and Mario generation was filled with these games. One being a fast paced arcade/shooter or another being a semi explorive action game.
Meanwhile on computers game systems. Kirby is an great example of a
JRPG, because it was original meant for children and novice players.
This is where a platformer comes in. Take the game Vexx, ( which ownership is up for grabs ). That game looked like it was going to another Jack and Daxter, or Evildead but instead it turned into
what Conker was trying to avoid. I brought that game, discovering it was another, ohhhhhewww loook castle doors, and collect the floating oranges. However another example is Hamtaro, yes I said Hamtaro.
You basically run all over the game collecting rocks, yes fricking rocks,
to unlock what?
So what is a platformer? It is any videogame, that strolls in a linear path
and allows full movement of a character. A more recent example of a
platformer, is starfox: Adventure on the Gamecube, which you have to play, at least once, because it was just meaningless adventure featuring Starfox. That is what a platformer is.
In fact the term of platformer could also be described as a western term, for JRPG ( action game ). A comic adventure is also called a graphic adventure. So in short action, adventure, Beat Em up, platformer, JRPG are all the same thing.
Action - any game where you have movement, where you was restricted, in another senario. A game where you can venture back and forth in a sandbox.
Adventure - A game where you head in one direction
JRPG - An action game with RPG elements. Not a turn-based RPG
that is DAD but from Japan.
platformer - A game where you jump, from ledges and proceeds as the mentioned
Beat Em up - A game with fighter like graphics and procceeds like the previous mentioned.
I do not think their has ever been a Beat Em Up Platformer yet.
