If you haven't played the retro - style
sidescroller on other platforms, now's as good of a time as any.
It began with many memorable
sidescrollers on the NES and SNES, before adopting a more explorative, Metroid - inspired style with the masterful Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.
Not exact matches
There were versions of games like «Mass Effect» and «Call of Duty» that were inferior to their counterparts
on other platforms, and Nintendo's own contributions were lackluster: a rehashed,
sidescrolling Mario game, and «Nintendoland,» a forgettably competent mini-game collection that offered some great menu music and not much else.
Although PixelJunk
Sidescroller is a decent, «retro» shoot»em up, the flawed checkpoint system and the «cheap deaths» have a significant negative impact
on the overall experience.
I know this game isn't a AAA exclusive, but it's a lot better than the indie
sidescrollers that are
on ps now or the game you're getting for free
on either console.
Pikmin, the title for which is currently not final, will release sometime in 2017 and be a
sidescrolling adventure, as opposed to having an open 3D world, with a focus
on action.
Skyjinks — 4/5 The only reason why this game doesn't get a 5 is because it's basically a crapshoot at the end
on the last cloud to see who can time the
sidescrolling screen best.
Coldwood's
sidescroller Unravel has a release date, and it will be making its way to PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One
on...
Yeah it looks good to me man i'm gunna get it i like a good old platformer /
sidescroller and apperently its got a decent amount of diffculty to it so it should be worth checking out mate heres a link to a couple of levels done by gamexplain
on youtube so you can get a feel for it
The game looks great but I do nt think its to difficult to make graphics look good
on a
sidescroller.
One 2D
sidescrolling Mario
on Wii U, for the entire generation.
The game attempts to recapture the best of classic games like Capcom's Ghouls «n Ghosts by focusing
on difficult
sidescrolling gameplay.
Resogun, the
sidescrolling arcade - style shooter that Housemarque launched alongside the PlayStation 4 last year, will be coming soon to the PS Vita, the studio said yesterday
on Twitter.
Retro Studios, best known for its work
on the Metroid series, the Texas - based studio takes a swing at Donkey Kong with Donkey Kong Country Returns, a
sidescrolling platformer due out this holiday.
doesn't do anything to innovate
on the classic
sidescrolling platformer, but the core gameplay is still strong enough to make navigating the wonderful levels worth your time.
And of course, games aren't being left the odd man out; just today, two retro - themed
sidescrolling shooter games, each leaning heavily
on late»80s / early»90s tropes, were announced.
Dust: An Elysian Tail Developer: Dean Dodrill A
sidescrolling action RPG featuring beautiful hand - painted and animated sprites, large sprawling areas to explore and combat focusing
on combos.
Selecting levels via a map screen reminiscent of Super Mario World was cool, and the game does advertise multiple gameplay modes that involve
sidescrolling space shooting, but the 2D platforming was dull and the betting cash at the end of each level
on a race you can't control was dumb.
Twin Blades — This
sidescrolling action game where an anime nun runs around killing zombies with melee & gun attacks has some of the most gorgeous graphics I've seen
on the service.
Set
on an alien planet this 2D
Sidescroller is a action - adventure game which sees the main character stranded
on a strange alien world with the ability to alter night and day to avoid hostile wildlife and manipulate the environment to create access points to progress through the world.
Monsters, Eden, and
Sidescroller could still see versions
on PS4 and I encourage it.
This is quite fortuitous timing, given that the new Ghost Rider movie and the 2K Games - published game based
on it are just about to debut, but the PlayStation Museum site has unearthed an unreleased Neversoft beta of an earlier Ghost Rider game - as a 2D
sidescroller!
This
sidescroller jumping game takes place
on Jupiter's moon Europa.
The level design was not quite exciting, but it did offer a bit of variety in the form of elevator levels, stealth sections, and hazard sections
on top of the regular
sidescrolling, platforming action.
Now, games didn't focus
on story, but
on the action in the platformers and
sidescrollers.
Sidescrolling platformers are beloved by many hardcore gamers, as evidenced by the recent release of Braid
on XBLA.
Motion Twin's hard - as - nails
sidescrolling roguelike Dead Cells arrived
on Steam's Early Access programme back in May, and has now breached the bounds of GOG's Games in Development initiative.
While Tokyo Jungle
on the PS3 was a free moving 2.5 D
sidescroller, this mobile edition simplifies exploration to a grid with a 2.5 D isometric view.
doesn't do anything to innovate
on the classic
sidescrolling platformer, but the core gameplay is still strong enough to make navigating the wonderful levels worth your time.
The game is essentially a beat - em - up
sidescroller, with multiple enemies
on screen at once.
It's a game that lets you order a CD of Out Run's «Magical Sound Shower» from your cellphone; a game that lets you try to win a Hatsune Miku doll from a UFO catcher; a game that lets you play a
sidescrolling beat - em - up
on a virtual reality headset crafted by a Japanese Doc Brown.
Mommy's Best Games (Weapon of Choice, Shoot 1UP) uploaded this first trailer for Explosionade, its
sidescrolling run - and - gun title releasing
on Xbox Live Indie Games next Monday — it was supposed to come out last Saturday, but the studio delayed it slightly to fix a crash bug, rebalance gameplay, and attend to other issues.
The principle behind the indie games movement was that developers not chained to the high stakes world of initial public offerings and demographics research would be able to create innovative games that users would want to play, rather than what users had proven in the past that they would be willing to play, and finally there is a mecha game
on the XBLIG service that proves the indie movement right, because Explosionade is a love letter to the great 2D SNES mecha
sidescrollers that adds just enough new gameplay mechanics to make it its own beast.
The last time we saw Nintendo's lovable transforming pink puff Kirby, it was
on the Wii in the form of Kirby's Return to Dream Land, the latest game that featured a return to traditional
sidescrolling Kirby gameplay.
The game delivers a new spin
on the MOBA genre with its emphasis
on modern play with a
sidescroller feel.
A 2D spaceship shooter seemed like a great fit for the theme, so we tried to incorporate elements from
sidescrolling shooters
on top of our rhythm game core.
When the
sidescroller debuted
on both the SNES and Genesis, it quickly became a smash hit and even spawned a sequel and a few spin - offs.
Valiant Hearts, the latest game to be made
on Ubisoft's gorgeous 2D UbiArt engine, is a
sidescrolling adventure game with puzzles and items you can use to solve them, but it's also so much more.
The result is a 4v4 team sport with one ball, two goals, enthusiastic commentary and an emphasis
on brotastic team play... only with the mechanics of a
sidescrolling platformer.
Skyjinks — 4/5 The only reason why this game doesn't get a 5 is because it's basically a crapshoot at the end
on the last cloud to see who can time the
sidescrolling screen best.
Now, Kirby is back for another
sidescrolling adventure, this time
on the 3DS in the form of Kirby: Triple Deluxe.
Kirby Star Allies continues
on Nintendo's idea of returning Kirby to his platforming roots, with a traditional 2.5 D
sidescroller view.
The 2D run - and - gun
sidescroller impressed enough of the right people to get an exclusive launch
on PSN.
Shu just recently released
on the Nintendo Switch, and it harkens back to some of the great
sidescrollers of time past like Rayman, Donkey Kong Country, and Sonic... but does -LSB-...]
Our friends at Raw Fury have just launched a sale
on their first title, Kingdom, an award - winning and IGF nominated
sidescrolling strategy game that has enamored thousands of kings and queens with its pixelated charm, simplistic design, and brutally challenging and addictive gameplay.
On the show floor at E3, Twisted Pixel showed off a few new gameplay features too: dual - gun shootdowns,
sidescrolling action, which looks quite similar to the amazing Comic Jumper, and a sequence where you are taken into Gunstringer's past, in his flesh and blood form.
A: Phalanx was just another Super NES
sidescrolling shooter that we all probably would have forgotten by now — if not for the inexplicable shot of the bearded geezer strummin» a banjo
on the game's box cover.
fail0verflow jumped
on the bandwagon
on January 7th, where they demonstrated a «coldboot exploit» which was used to make the simple
sidescroller seen below:
The fact that the designers bothered to come up with three different play modes (the huge - sprite - flaunting BIG Mode, which Samurai Ghost fans are already acquainted with; a
sidescrolling distant - view mode; and an overhead - view one) signifies some ambition
on their part and gives the game the foundation for Blaster Master - style variety.
In fact, a music video from 1996 is largely how developer Mediatonic ended up with these themes
on this type of game, a
sidescrolling beat - em - up coming to Xbox Live in...