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Greatest 16-Bit Platformers Anonymous Sun Jul 21 17:19:33 2013 No.923805 [Reply] [Original]

There can only be one. Choose wisely.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 21 17:23:02 2013 No.923819 >>923805 Of those three? DKC2.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 21 17:26:03 2013 No.923831 Vectorman

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 21 17:26:32 2013 No.923827 >>923805 definitely DKC2 out of those.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 21 17:34:32 2013 No.923846 Yoshi's Island

THE GREAT LEON !!1lTeau7nbNO Sun Jul 21 17:35:02 2013 No.923850

S3&K and DKC2 are more or less on equal ground, but I'd probably have to go with Sonic if I could only play one. It's just a more stimulating platform game and it stays that way with time, whereas DKC2 is fun to replay but you already know all the secrets then.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 21 17:36:02 2013 No.923851 these are all fucking terrible

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 21 17:37:32 2013 No.923852 >>923805 >DIDDY'S KONG-QUEST >kongquest >conquest Oh...never noticed that.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 21 17:37:32 2013 No.923853 >a collectathon with jumping >a collectathon with puzzles >a 2fast4u sidescroller >platforming choose one

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 21 17:41:32 2013 No.923863 >>923805 Wow, can we have a thread where we can openly discuss our favorite 16-bit platformers rather than a bullshit decision between your personal choices?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 21 17:45:02 2013 No.923874 >>923852 OH SHIT

Anonymous Sun Jul 21 17:45:33 2013 No.923872

>>923846
This.

I was a huge Sonic fan back in the 90s, could finish the S3&K special stages blindfolded, or get 150 lives in S&K alone (and all emeralds on Mushroom Hill), but even then I considered Yoshis Island ultimately better. Even if I didn't play it that much, it was just better in every way.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 21 17:48:32 2013 No.923879 >>923853 >a collectathon with jumping>a collectathon with puzzles>a 2fast4u sidescroller>platforming how is Yoshi's island in any way, shape, or form a collectathon?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 21 17:50:02 2013 No.923889 >>923863 Nope. I prefer debate and comparison.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 21 19:25:33 2013 No.924172 >>923805 donkey

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 21 19:42:34 2013 No.924215 >>923805 Man I love all 3 of those games. But I think I love DKC2 the most.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 21 19:48:33 2013 No.924238 >>923805 >greatest >only one

Anonymous Sun Jul 21 20:10:33 2013 No.924314

As someone who only had a Genesis as a kid and had to catch up on those games later, I'd actually say Yoshi's Island is my favorite there. S3&K is fun and has that nostalgia to it, but Yoshi's Island is just so much fun.

I still don't give a damn about DKC, though. That series has never clicked with me.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 21 20:20:03 2013 No.924354 >>923879 >Flowers >Red Coins >Those jumping star things.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 21 20:31:03 2013 No.924387 Yoshi's Island

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 21 20:38:33 2013 No.924406 Tough, tough choice. But I've got to go with YI.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 21 20:40:03 2013 No.924412 DKC-2 is probably what I'd pick. Yoshi's Island is a shorter game, and Sonic 3 isn't really something that I've played much in life.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 21 20:47:33 2013 No.924428 >>923805 >greatest >S&K instead of 2 or 3 >Yoshi's Island instead of World Of the 3, its DKC2. Of all 16 bit platformers its SMW.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 21 20:58:04 2013 No.924461 File: 32 KB, 632x466, whydb.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Sonic 1

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 21 21:07:03 2013 No.924493 Sonic 3 and fucking Knuckles

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 21 21:14:03 2013 No.924510 DKC2 by a fucking mile

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 21 21:16:33 2013 No.924518 >>923819 >>923827 This, easily. Solid gameplay as well as the best graphics and the best music.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 21 21:22:04 2013 No.924537 >>924461 What's up with those faces

Anonymous Sun Jul 21 21:26:33 2013 No.924552

>>923805
Super Mario World is better than all those 3 and it's not even really close to be honest. Yoshi's Island is always the great contender but at least for me collecting shit has never been anywhere near as entertaining as the actual mechanical challenge of platforming.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 21 23:50:03 2013 No.924910 File: 7 KB, 153x228, 1366609523820.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Of course it's Yoshi's Island.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 22 00:06:34 2013 No.924942 >>924537 huilk hogan

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 22 00:17:33 2013 No.924969 Toejam and Earl 2

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 22 01:12:04 2013 No.925075 File: 1.01 MB, 1530x1326, goemon.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] What, no Ganbare Goemon? Does a little japanese scare you /vr/?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 22 01:15:04 2013 No.925090 File: 58 KB, 171x155, swag.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] mfw dkc series are the best games of their time mfw dkc2 is the best platformer ever made mfw dkc series has the best music in video game history

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 22 10:39:06 2013 No.925853 File: 23 KB, 768x576, tumblr_lu9iv0BE6J1r2g7mto1_1280.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>925090 MFW none of your points are arguable

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 22 10:48:06 2013 No.925869 Yoshi's Island. 2 e z

TheSonyBastard Mon Jul 22 11:01:35 2013 No.925884
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>>924461
Oh how I wished that. The first one feels like a misshapen mess of what Sonic can do and what the levels are about. It's like they put level design in style for tight platforming but forgot that Sonic can't do that. The sequels are better.

>>925075
Oh god the Ganbare games are awesome and 4 is sweet but I wished someone would translate the damn game. The city sections were hardly needed but I don't know why they were needed outside of nostalgia for the previous games.

Anonymous Mon Jul 22 11:04:06 2013 No.925887

>>923805
I love all three, but none of them are particularly good platformers. They ahve great exploration, amazing art direction, great music, all that stuff, but as far as platformers go, they all have numerous problems.

Some of the best platformers ever are SMB, SMB3 and SMW. Those were stellar indeed.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 22 11:13:35 2013 No.925897 >>923805 S3&K

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 22 21:42:19 2013 No.927383 >>923805 S3&K all the way!

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 23 00:24:03 2013 No.927779 >>923805 DKC2.

Anonymous Tue Jul 23 00:33:03 2013 No.927806

Yoshi's Island, then DKC, then Sanic.

Even the classic Sonic games were never really that good. You just held right to GOTTA GO FAST without much thought to it. Occasionally, there was a bad platforming section where you use that slippery fuck Sonic to awkwardly jump around for a bit. Mario games were more popular for a reason.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 23 00:41:03 2013 No.927824 the DKC games feel like a fan-hack of a better game

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 23 03:33:28 2013 No.928198 File: 59 KB, 640x437, Kirby Super Star.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I choose none of those 3.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 23 05:04:11 2013 No.928315 I love me some DKC2.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 23 05:37:11 2013 No.928350 File: 487 KB, 1799x1199, 1373328037776.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>923805 Super Mario World

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 23 10:32:13 2013 No.928680 >>923805 Yoshi's Island.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 23 10:34:12 2013 No.928682 >>924537 >>924942 What's up with hulk hogan's face in Sonic 1

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 23 10:40:42 2013 No.928689 >>928350 is this official?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 23 11:01:12 2013 No.928725 >>928689 Either way it's pretty incredible.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 23 11:09:43 2013 No.928738 File: 140 KB, 430x600, url-5.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I rejected those answers. Instead, I chose something different. I chose the impossible. I chose... Rocket Knight Adventures

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 23 15:14:34 2013 No.929089 File: 2.06 MB, 1500x1000, 5486661974_ce44690f2d_o.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>928689 the artist's name is Bill Mudron There's also one for Hyrule

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 23 15:37:34 2013 No.929148 Yoshi's Island was a beautiful game to play. Even better if you are extremely high.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 23 15:44:34 2013 No.929159 Obviously Yoshi's Island.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 23 16:23:34 2013 No.929290 File: 1.03 MB, 1700x1391, KirbySuperStarUltra.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>928198 Muh nigga

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