Summary
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Mario games like Super Mario Bros. set the standard for 2D platform players.
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Switch offers a variety of 2D platform players beyond Mario, such as Sonic Mania and Pizza Tower.
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Various titles like Kirby Star Allies and Rayman Legends provide unique 2D experiences.
Super Mario Bros. Was the reason to get a NES at the launch in 1985. It is a bit archaic now, but at that time it was a mind-blowing 2D platform player. The Mario Series just got better from there, including some of his best games at Switch. Beyond Mario However, games have switch all types of 2D platform players from indie developers to AAA Studios.
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Mario will really make the list in some form, but variety is the spice of life. Do any of the other titles do a better job of perfect 2D experience? Let's jump in and find out and rank their total quality as a platform player.
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Disney Illusion Island
A passive Metroidvania
Disney Illusion Island Is a Metroidvania in its core, but unlike most people in the genre it is a passive experience. Players can choose to play as either Mickey, Donald, Goofy or Minnie, alone or in four-players co-op, and they can get new forces along the way, like a pen to help with scaling walls.
It is one of the nicest 2D games on Switch, certainly thanks to the cartoon infused designs of characters and environments, almost like the characters run around old cartoon Cels.
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Kirby Star Allies
Party with four
Kirby Star Allies is one of two large 2D platform players with the pink puff ball, with Kirby's return to Dream Land Deluxe to be the other. Kirby Star Allies Designed from the ground up Switch, with four-players co-op and lots of forces to find, from swords to fire balls.
It does nothing so new for Kirby Franchise, but anyone who wants to make a group of friends together for a simpler platform experience at Switch will find this game at just the right level of difficulty.
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Soni
Sonic's back!
It had been a while since a good Sonic Game was released at this time in 2017, let alone a 2D. That is why Soni Be such a revelation, known as both a throw and a new step forward after a long list of disappointments.
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It was clear that this little team understood what was doing Sonic Games well in the 90s, from the music to the intense level design. Two-player co-op, pixel-perfect graphics and anime intro also helped.
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Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
Kongs bundles up
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze Started as a Wii U game before it got a gate to Switch, just like its predecessor, Donkey Kong Country returns. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze Added a lot of cool game mechanics from the previous game, such as new Kongs, including Cranky Kong as a playable character who could jump around on his cane, related to Scrooge in Duck game. Dixie Kong also returned in the nuclear game, Funky Kong was added for Switch, and there were two-players co-op.
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Rayman Legends
A series has gone too early
Rayman Legends is another awesome look 2D platform player similar Disney Illusion Islandwhich also contains four-players co-op. It was a bigger and more ambitious game than its predecessor, including more levels and those that experimented with what it meant to be a platform player.
One of the levels that stands out has players to jump or attack things to the melody of “Black Betty” by Ram Jam, sung in a more exaggerated style, nor is a only music level.
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The pizzer
Food -based Wario Mayhem
Wario Country: Shake It! It may be the nicest 2D platform player of all time, but it is captured on Wii. Nintendo also did not make any sequels on the switch, but the fans were treated for something better anyway: The pizzer.
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The pizzer borrowed the manic style of platform player that Wario land Games were known for, along with the process of going through levels backwards to escape. The pizzer Have some of Sonic DNA also thanks to the speed factor.
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Celeste
Prepare yourself to die
Dark souls is to challenge RPG as Celeste is for hardcore platform players. It is strange considering the bright colors and the young female heroine, Madeline, but it is one of the games that requires pixel-perfect platform that resembles Braid and LimboOtherwise, players will die and cry after hundreds of attempts.
Yet it is not impossible, and that feeling of reward is intoxicating for those who can figure it out. In addition, accessibility options can facilitate the ascent, which is always nice to see in a game.
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Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Truly a healthy breath for the kingdom of fungal
It can be clisjé to put a Mario games at the top of a Nintendo-based platform list, but Super Mario Bros. Wonder Is simply wonderful, all word games intended. Each individual level has a twist, thanks to Wonder Flowers, which can feel more like an induced journey than a platform level.
From swirling colors to vocal plants, Nintendo breathed new life in this franchise through the power from 2D, and it was really remarkable for a thirty-plus-year-old character as Mario.
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