platformer
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platformers
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a type of video game in which the player moves an avatar through an environment filled with obstacles, primarily by running and jumping; platform game.
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a digital service or company that hosts, distributes, or amplifies media content.
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The Sony event also revealed several remakes of major game franchises, including the God of War trilogy, as well as a 30th anniversary edition of platformer Rayman.
From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2026
It fended off competition from Death Stranding 2, Nintendo platformer Donkey Kong Bananza, indie games Hollow Knight: Silksong and Hades 2, and medieval adventure Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 to claim the top prize.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2025
Host Geoff Keighley also revealed that the 3D platformer and the role-playing game had received seven nominations each, including Game of the Year.
From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2024
When you think of a platformer, you probably think of jumping.
From The Verge ● Sep. 8, 2022
It’s sort of like the inverse of Super Mario Run, another mobile take on the platformer but one where jumping is the central way to interact with the world.
From The Verge ● Sep. 8, 2022
Even so, a few hosts like Stewart have featured projects by filmmakers and authors who otherwise wouldn’t receive exposure on major TV platformers.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2024
They are also both platformers - a fairly nebulous genre where the goal is generally to bypass obstacles and enemies by utilising different platforms in a stage.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2023
Urquhart: Going back to Mario 64, what I love about 3D Mario games—and 3D platformers more broadly—is this feeling of freedom.
From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2021
It’s a meaty collection, one that covers a number of genres; there are lots of shmups, some side-scrolling action games and platformers, and a number of adventure and role-playing titles.
From The Verge ● Apr. 15, 2020
That's the patter of the platformers; and don't they jest give tongue!
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, January 9, 1892 by Various
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