I’m looking for some suggestions for Platformers on current systems, preferably not the Wii. (We have a Wii but it really doesn’t get used much so it’s down in the basement.)
System preferences would be PS3 first, then XBox. PSN/XBLA are fine (and probably necessary).
Things we already have:
Sly Collection
PS3 Ratchet and Clank games
The two current gen Crash Bandicoot games
Kameo
PS2 Games such as Jak & Daxter, the old R&C titles
Is there anything else out there for PS3/360 that is at least as good as, say, the Crash games? (I know there was a current gen spyro, but it was supposed to be a buggy mess. The player for whom these games are sought is pretty immune to criticisms of gameplay in terms of being uninspired, but frame rate and other technical issues are still unacceptable.)
Seems like this genre has just withered and died on the more “adult” systems and has been relegated to the Wii, which is unfortunate, since they’ve always been favorites in this house.
If there’s nothing out there for the PS3/360 that’s not already covered, then I’ll have to look at the Wii stuff like Kirby and Donkey Kong. If that’s the case, is there a decent controller out there for these things, or do they all use the godawful waggle crap? I had looked at, say, the SMB All Stars collection, but I can’t imagine playing those games with a crappy Wii controller turned sideways. Do any of the alternative controllers maintain the wireless character and actually incorporate some reasonable ergonomics? Is Kirby point and waggle only? (I don’t want to debate how -this time- the Wii controls are okay really; I’ve not seen a single game where the point/waggle stuff wasn’t gimmicky and annoying on the Wii. So I’m mainly only interested if there’s a play mode that completely circumvents this mode.)