That why I love Mario: There’s always a game with good twist to the principal game mechanics. Trying to save Peach is just an excuse for make a new game. But I still can’t understand all the people who still batch Nintendo for “rehash any game with new ideas”. Seriously people, learn to see.”

Maybe they’re complaining about Mario having the same damn storyline with stupid new twists each iteration because there’s been a number of good Platformers that manage to provide good gameplay, often with innovation like the Mario series is often praised for, and still provide a far better storyline than rescuing Princess Peach?

Of course there’s not a long list, but considering the Platformer genre is nearly dead and is mostly filled with licensed games with a few gems salvaging it to keep it relevant, it’s not surprising that there’s only been a few games in the past 5 years to do this.

How many franchises in the Platformer genre are still considered relevant and good? MARIO, RACHET & CLANK and JAK & DAXTER, and that’s it. With one new IP in half a decade(PSYCHONAUTS) that was well received with critics, and a few beloved franchises that are doing decent to somewhat above average but are mostly treading water at this point(SPYRO and CRASH BANDICOOT), at best.

Annoying RPGs from Japan long beaten those stables to death, and continue to this day, long before WW2 themed games became a gaming staple. And the out-put of the annoying Japanese themed RPG games seems to have a very comparable out-put to WW2 games, in fact the cliched games alone seem to be made more often than WW2 games now.