Greatest Non-Mario Platformer

[burningdoom]

What game/series is your favorite platformer, outside of Mario (just because I know that will be overwhelmingly the #1 choice).

Sonic? Crash Bandicoot? Klonoa? Donkey Kong Country? Spyro? Lester the Unlikely? Share it here.

[turf]

My first thought was Donkey Kong Country.  That may be the one.  I think it is. 
I really like Earthworm Jim too.

[kamikazekeeg]

The first Jak & Daxter, Banjo-Kazooie/Tooie, and for something newer, Shovel Knight.

[stethebubble]

earthworm jim

[argyle]

2D:  Rayman: Origins/Legends, with special mentions to Klonoa 1&2 and the Donkey Kong Country series.

3D:  The original Spyro trilogy, with special mentions to the Sly Cooper series, Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, Maximo 1&2, Donkey Kong 64, the Ape Escape series and I-Ninja.

Honestly, don't think those would change much at all even if you included Mario, besides a mention of Super Mario World under the 2D list (tho it still wouldn't unseat Rayman). 

[bikingjahuty]

My list:


1. Donkey Kong Country 2


2. Sonic 3


3. Banjo Kazooie

[badATchaos]

Pretty damn hard to narrow it down to one game or series but here are some decent contenders:

BUBBLE BOBBLE!

The early Oddworld games were pretty good.

While some might consider the Techmo's original Ninja Gaiden series beat'em ups or something, I consider them platformers. I mean... come on. With exception to bosses, every enemy dies in one hit and a LOT of the gameplay is executing perfect jumps on platforms.

Mega Man!

Something more contemporary like Super Meat Boy maybe? I haven't played Shovel Knight yet so I guess we'll have to see.

The original Prince of Persia was definitely ahead of its time.

[justin8301]

I almost feel like its not fair to compare platformers from different generations. so here are my picks starting with generation 3.

Gen 3 - Adventure Island 2 - NES
Gen 4 - Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - GEN
Gen 5 - Crash Bandicoot - PSX
Gen 6 - Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus - PS2
Gen 7 - Little Big Planet - PS3
Gen 8 - Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze - Wii U

[dreama1]

Bonks adventure obviously come on. Could you be anymore unoriginal with the picks?

[foxhack]

Bonks adventure obviously come on. Could you be anymore unoriginal with the picks?

Not everyone had a TG-16 growing up. Or even now.

[burningdoom]

Bonks adventure obviously come on. Could you be anymore unoriginal with the picks?

Would you rather have had me make a list of every platformer ever made? I just threw a few out there for the initial post, those weren't supposed to be the only choices or anything. I mean come on, Lester the Unlikely?

[kamikazekeeg]

Not everyone had a TG-16 growing up. Or even now.

I didn't know that existed till the recent years of seeing retro stuff on Youtube lol

[dreama1]

Bonks adventure obviously come on. Could you be anymore unoriginal with the picks?

Not everyone had a TG-16 growing up. Or even now.

It's on NES, and SNES. 

[turf]

Bonks adventure obviously come on. Could you be anymore unoriginal with the picks?

Not everyone had a TG-16 growing up. Or even now.

It's on NES, and SNES. 

Even so, it's still not anyone else's favorite. It may be yours. Feel free to add it to the discussion.  I don't really like the SNES one. I've never played the TG-16 version, but the NES version is fun.

[pacpix]

Donkey Kong Country series for me, my personal favorite being Donkey Kong Country 3.  Also really enjoyed Pac-Man World 2 and Banjo-Kazooie