Nintendo's legacy started with 2D platformers and continues to thrive on the Switch. The Nintendo Switch's versatile platforming catalog offers casual experiences, like Gris, and more challenging ...

Josh Speer has been writing about videogames for more than a decade now, but he's loved them since he was a small boy. He grew up with Mario and Mega Man, moved onto RPGs with Chrono Trigger and Final ...

As Nintendo Switch Online wrapped up 2025, they gave us a few more treats in December, but you can only enjoy them if you have the Expansion Pack. The theme for December seemed to be wacky 3D ...

Trumann started writing for news around 2017-2018, with a specialization in local news and gaming reviews for a local paper. He began writing for GameRant in June 2021 as one of the team's Weekend ...

If you’re unfamiliar with Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair, it’s the second game in the Yooka-Laylee franchise from developer Playtonic. While it’s a modern title that is only about five years old ...

The Switch-exclusive Disney Illusion Island is the perfect 2D sidescroller for kids and Disney adults alike Nintendo Disney Illusion Island isn’t technically a Mickey Mouse solo adventure, as it ...

Nintendo just held a livestream to drop more details on the forthcoming Switch 2 console. At the very end, it revealed a brand-new 3D platformer starring Donkey Kong. This is the first game of its ...

Looking for two of the best platformers in history at a discount? This Super Mario Galaxy bundle is perfect for you.

It Takes Two is the winner of The Game Award for Game of the Year in 2021 and has a surprisingly controversial reputation thanks to sequences that were rather violent and shocking, a changed-ending, ...

One of the most critically acclaimed platformers in the history of video games is now available for Nintendo's latest console.

Despite being announced for Switch back in 2024 and even being given an "early 2026" release window last year, Amazon Games and Glowmade have today announced that the party platformer King of Meat ...

Whether it is back on the NES or the best Switch games coming out today, Nintendo has always been home to the best platformers on the market. The Mario games obviously set the standard for the genre, ...