Hooray for an episode centering around Discord. Even after he reformed in Season 3, he is still a lot of fun, being the mischievous draconequus that he always is. Not to mention that he is voiced by Q from Star Trek: The Next Generation, doubling the fun. It seems as though we have yet another great episode in this season, taking advantage of Discord’s comedy, while still providing a relatable situation.
The episode begins with Discord and Fluttershy having a tea party. Fluttershy reveals to him that she is taking someone to the Grand Galloping Gala, the show’s equivalent to a ball. Discord is a little ticked off about this, but tries not to show it in front of her. Yup, it’s a jealousy episode.
The episode begins at Appleoosa’s rodeo show. Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo are interested in taking part so they can get their Cutie Marks. They learn that the town is keeping a close eye on a criminal, and we get a glimpse of his shadow and his hoof print.
Is there a platformer movie? Is there a platformer novel? Is there such a thing as a platformer television show? Nope. The existence of platformer only exists in video games. It’s simple really, it’s an action game genre where the main goal is to adventure, defeat enemies, and (most importantly) jump to platform to platform. Jumping on platform to platform is some of my favorite things to do in a video game. Platform games (or platformers) really are my favorite genre of video games. The fact that there are so many different challenges of platforming for every single game in the genre offers variety for a veteran like me. To add even more variety, there are so many subgenres of platformers like metroidvania, hop and bop, cinematic platformers, 3d platformers, and many more! Platformers maybe the most important video game genre ever because during the crash of 1983, what saved the video game industry? Super Mario Bros., and that was a platformer! I always say that every console needs a platformer and here I am announcing my future project exclusively for itstailtime.net!
To begin this Top 10 Platformers for every Console, lets start out with the Atari 2600, the birthplace of platformers. I respect the Atari 2600 for being console that began the video game industry and all of its history. It was the first console that started the whole console trend that we all take for granted today. It might be a generation gap for me but I have a hard time giving that much appreciation for a gaming machine like this because this was before the time when gaming had storylines and long hours of gameplay became the norm. I couldn’t enjoy it a much as I would like to. But what fascinated me is that this is where platformers first existed. So for those who says Super Mario Bros. was the first platformer honestly is ignoring the Atari 2600 entirely. The theory of having a button to jump over enemies and land counts as a platformer and it surprised me that I could make a countdown of platformers for this list (though there aren’t that many). So here are the 5 best platformers for this console.