Platformer

It pretty much created what we know as a platformer today and introduced us to the world of the Super Mario Bros., which is a world I'm not sure I would like to live in if they didn't exist in it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Even though we've already spent all of 2009 plumbing its procedurally generated depths -- over, and over, and over, and over -- on PC, the forthcoming console port of Derek Yu's retro-platformer is worth watching for all the ways in which it won't be a port. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Secondly, while the original Kingdom Hearts could be called a platformer-RPG, Kingdom Hearts II features almost no platforming elements. ❋ Greg Tannahill (2006)

Capsized feel very different from your standard 2D platformer, which is kind of the point. ❋ Andrew Webster (2011)

Whereas Nintendo's list could be characterized as a platformer, a fitness package, a minigame collection, a music game, and a driving games the Xbox 360 and PS3 lists consist of RPGs, third-person action games, and shooters. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I'm not convinced this is a detriment to the game overall, but it provides a more repetitive feel than I'm accustomed to from a platformer, which is highlighted by a repeated cut-scene that shows the Rabbids taking your trash from a toilet to the junkyard pile. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A platform game (also known as platformer) is a video game genre distinguished by jumping to and from suspended platforms or over obstacles. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It's a 2D platformer, which is basically a rehashed Mario game. ❋ Unknown (2009)

However, Sony marketer John Koller has spoken up on the rumor, and while he confirmed little, he did concede that the platformer is a likely candidate for expansion within the Sony family. ❋ Unknown (2008)

For example, DrNeroCF's The Fancy Pants Adventures is a smoothly-animated "platformer" game starring a hand-drawn stick figure. ❋ Unknown (2007)

My favorite off-beat game is the original Earthworm Jim (1994 SNES/Genesis) platformer which is also my favorite side-scrolling platformer. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Another sore point with me is, if you're going to make a vehicle based 'platformer' (I use the term loosely) at least make the main vehicle control decently. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I can grasp that people want to make their own levels (I don't but good for them), but the gameplay just did not feel like the kind of platformer that I enjoy. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Featuring more than 80 colorful levels, this new "platformer" game has you running from the left side of the screen to the right -- just like the past games -- to collect coins, bounce on bad guys and reach the flagpole at the castle.

DrNeroCF’s The Fancy Pants Adventures, for example, is a smoothly-animated "platformer" game starring a hand-drawn stick figure. ❋ Unknown (2007)

'platformer' seems like the incorrect label for LBP now. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Person 1: [Hey man], are you a platformer? Person 2: [What the fuck] does platformer mean? Person 1: Urban Dictionary has an [answer]. ❋ RookieMastah (2017)

I [covered] her with [baby oil], and all she had on was a [pair of] black platforms! ❋ The Pretender (2003)

[kirby] is a platform [game]. ❋ Mdemon9991 (2004)

Sean One, Leader of [the Free] [Orbital] [Platform] movement. ❋ Kade (2005)

[Ya bro], I heard [John Hancock] was [platforming] people when they signed the declaration. Should have been named John Hanballs. ❋ Bobby N SF (2018)

User 1: Platform User 2: PLEASE DONT [DDOX] ME [OFFLINE] [BROSKI] 1337 ❋ Dexter113 (2018)

"Hey [bz] did you [platform] this morning?" "Yeah, did I do a [good job]?" ❋ Allama (2006)

Hey bro, where did you end up last night? Bro I was "[platforming]" last night and got [locked up] for being drunk and [disorderly] Bro, you got "platformed" as!!! ❋ Steviej85 (2019)

[Ya bro], I heard [John Hancock] was [platforming] people when they signed the declaration. Should have been named John Hanballs. ❋ Bobby N SF (2018)

Person A: Hey [Schmicky]! Look over there, that f***er is making away with all our weights like a [drunken sailor] making off with [wenches]. Person B: That's not a sailor, that's a f***ing Platform Pirate! Don't f*** with him, he's on a mission! ❋ Jjboseck (2011)