Top 5 2D platformers this gen?

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#1 GreekGameManiac
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#2 Twin-Blade
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  1. Super Meat Boy
  2. Braid
  3. Rayman Origins
  4. Outland
  5. LIMBO

I actually maybe slightly prefer Braid, or find it equal to SMB in terms of being a great game, but as a straight up platformer SMB has no equal.

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#3 GreekGameManiac
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  1. Super Meat Boy
  2. Braid
  3. Rayman Origins
  4. Outland
  5. LIMBO

I actually maybe slightly prefer Braid, or find it equal to SMB in terms of being a great game, but as a straight up platformer SMB has no equal.

Twin-Blade

Lol,don't put Super Meat Boy in initials.

Ppl will think it's Super Mario Bros.

:P

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#4 speedfreak48t5p
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1. Super Meat Boy

2. Super Meat Boy

3. Rayman Origins

4. Super Meat Boy

5. Super Meat Boy

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#5 WreckEm711
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1. Donkey Kong Country Returns 2. New Super Mario Bros. Wii 3. Rayman Origins 4. Little Big Planet 5. A Boy and his Blob
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#6 Koi-Neon-X
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I haven't played too many 2D platformers this gen, but my overall pick is definitely "Rayman Origins".
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1. Donkey Kong Country Returns 2. Super Meat Boy 3. Sonic Colors DS 4. New Super Mario Bros Wii 5. Kirby's Return to Dreamland
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#8 Pikminmaniac
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1) Rayman Origins (completely untouchable)

2) Donkey Kong Country Returns

3) New Super Mario Bros. Wii

I REALLY need to play Super Meat Boy. Unfortunately I don't have a 360 or a PC good enough to play it

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#9 GreekGameManiac
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What's so special about Rayman Origins?

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#10 Pikminmaniac
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What's so special about Rayman Origins?

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exceptionally tight controls, quick and smooth gameplay, and some of the best level design the genre's ever seen.

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#11 Flubbbs
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i think the only ones i played this gen are Limbo, Trine 2, and New Super Mario Bros Wii

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#12 da_chub
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1.DKCr 2. NSMBWii 3. Trine 1/2 4. Lost in Shadow. 5. Braid. I could keep going. this has been the best gen for 2d games since SNES. and Limbo should not be on anyones list. Lost in Shadow is better if only for the fact it is like 20 hours of gameplay where limbo is less then 2. Limbo and Journey are 2 biggest overrated games ive played this gen.
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#13 gpuFX16
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1. SUUUUUPEEEERRRR MEAT BOYYY! (Title screen:P)
2. Rayman Origins
3. Donkey Kong Country Returns
4. Braid
5. LittleBigPlanet if you count it, if not probably Limbo or NSMB Wii.

Honorable Mention: 'Splosion Man

If you're like me and got into gaming primarily because of platformers like DK and Mario, you owe it to yourself to play Super Meat Boy and Rayman Origins. Absolutely brilliant games, those two.

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1. Donkey Kong Country Returns 2. Rayman: Origins 3. New Super Mario Bros. Wii 4. Kirby's Return to Dreamland 5. Sonic Generations.
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#15 JustPlainLucas
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Super Meat Boy's been flatout amazing. It's so frigging hard but always reminds you that you have it in you to complete it, You just keep coming back for more and more. Right now, I'm playing Rayman Origins, and I got to say, it's the most beautiful 2D platformer I ever played.
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#16 campzor
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not braid..thats for sure. New super mario brothers wii donkey kong country returns rayman origins lbp kirbys return to dreamland
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#17 187umKILLAH
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Rayman Origins, everything else is irrelevant.

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#18 D1zzyCriminal
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I find your lack of Ms. Splosion Man disturbing.
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#19 tjricardo089
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Without any specific order:

  • LIMBO
  • Super Meat Boy
  • Trine 2
  • Rayman: Origins
  • Sonic Generations
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#20 Black_Knight_00
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Honorable mention: the 2D platforming section in Alice: Madness Returns. It was really really cool, I think it deserves a game of its own.