My friend said he would only play Mario Wonder if it gets voted Game of the Year and refuses to consider “platformers” as a real genre of game. Please help him fix his viewpoint by getting Mario Wonder voted as GoTY.
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I guess he’s never gonna play the game.
I find Mario games a pleasant, if unarousing presence, like a well-watered fern.
Your friend is kind of idiot if they don’t consider platformers a genre. For years they were THE genre. Mega Man, Metroid, Mario, Castlevania, Earthworm Jim, Rayman, Flashback, Donkey Kong, OG Prince of Persia, Commander Keen, Duke Nukem, etc. And that is only the 2D ones off the top of my head. Once Mario 64 hit there was a rush of 3D platformers that became their own genre in themselves and brought gaming to new heights. It’s fine if the don’t like platformers but to say they aren’t a genre is asinine.