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.

The best Nintendo games do two things. The first is introducing a delightful gaming mechanic — take Ultrahand in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom or Cappy in Super Mario Odyssey for some ...

Longtime pop cultural lists and sports news writer, specialising in gaming and cinema. Along with several years of published writing experience, John has extensive experience in editing and content ...

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: ...

Pac-Man World Re-Pac is a remastered/enhanced version of one of the most popular Pac-Man games of all time, bringing back the classic 3D platformer with HD visual enhancement, gameplay improvements ...

Nadia Grace Mullings is a contributor and journalist for Game Rant, and has been a big fan of video gaming from a young age. Strong first impressions included point-and-click games on an old PC (way ...

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 ...

Shatter the shackles of time as you jump, swing, and slash through a fantastic world in this love letter to classic 3D action platformers. Zirian, accompanied by his mechanical Cuckoo, must save his ...

During the Gamescom Opening Night Live preshow, Atari and Fabraz announced Bubsy 4D, a 3D platformer starring the titular Bubsy, one of the many video game mascots of the 1990s. What could possibly go ...

A Bowser 3D platformer would be so much fun. It’s always interesting to get to play as the villain, and that hasn’t really been possible very much throughout Nintendo’s history. Their most iconic ...