Hi there! If you’re joining us now, the month of march has been all about platform games!
Sometimes a platformer is nothing but pits and spikes, but more often than not they will also put living obstacles in your path. Sometimes you can jump on them, sometimes you must shoot them, quite often they’re lethal to the touch as if covered in poison paint. Many of these foes have become iconic in their own right, and todays prompt is about your best and worst of these platformer bestiaries- both in terms of memorable or frustrating single enemies, and bestiaries as a whole? What are some cool iterations of long-running franchise foes?
Bonus: What platformers enemy roster felt too sparse?
Extra Bonus: Any platformer enemies from long-running franchises that should be retired?
Extra bonus deluxe: Best cases of mook enemies being playable/sympathetic
TOMORROW: Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the Dragon