Video Games

Platformer Franchises Tier List

Major platformer game series ranked.

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The crowd's ranking

S: Super Mario

A: Donkey Kong Country, Castlevania, Mega Man

B: Hollow Knight

C: Cave Story, Sonic

Discussion

throwaway88002: sonic in C is right, for every Mania theres three Sonic 06s

throwaway66130: Super Mario World. Still the best engine any platformer ever had, look at the kaizo hack scene.

jakea9317: Where is Rayman? Origins is better than half this list.

falcongamer: No Celeste?

LazyNoodle5: What is a man? A miserable pile of secrets.

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