Tag: platformer

Review: Yoshi’s New Island

Platform: 3DS
Developer: Azrest
Website: www.yoshisnewisland.nintendo.com
Australian classification: G

It’s not hard to immediately dismiss Yoshi’s New Island as a thoughtless kid’s game. The chalk-inspired art style looks like the wall of a nursery, the soundtrack sounds like a toddler’s nightly lullaby and the introductory cut-scene starts out by telling you babies come from storks. The short journey does contain some of the more alluring platforming elements from the 1995 original, but you’re probably better off just pulling out the SNES and playing that one over again instead.

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ZEDGAMES – Episode 116 [Playlist + Podcast]

Aired 2 May 2012

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Razor, Lee & Candi

Lee reviews Fez (XBOX Live Arcade)

We reminisce the days when side-scrolling platformer was the dominant genre.

 

1. GIANT MAN – King Koopa’s Jukin’

2. ANAMANAGUCHI – Twin Dragons

3. KIRBY’S DREAMLAND – Green Greens

4. DIBIASE – Donkey Kicks

5. TMNT S/TRACK – Overworld

6. MEGAMAN – Bomb Man

7. MC LARS – OG (original Gamer)