The 3D platformer is quintessentially Nintendo. As famous as games like Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, and Astro Bot are, they all live in the shadow of (and often owe a debt of gratitude to) the big N.

Joshua Speer is a Staff Writer at DualShockers who has been covering games professionally since 2013, with a focus on indie games, retro games, platformers, deckbuilders, roguelikes, and Nintendo ...

The best Nintendo games do two things. The first is introducing a delightful gaming mechanic — take Ultrahand in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom or Cappy in Super Mario Odyssey for some ...

Yoshi and the Mysterious Book shows that Nintendo is at its best when it’s trying something new. is an entertainment editor ...

The Nintendo DS was the kind of handheld that practically begged to travel with you. It slipped into a backpack, survived ...

Nintendo's latest Yoshi platform game is charming, with a unique approach, but some reviewers are disappointed by its lack of structure and challenge ...

Super Mario’s 40 year history is a testament to all the different ways you can make a little guy run from left to right across a screen. Nintendo’s line of 2D Mario platformers has gone through three ...

These platformers are the cream of the crop, and still worth diving back into if you missed playing them in the ’90s. Most ...