>>11833394
>Similar to the Genesis version of Aladdin

Yeah, because most of the Earthworm Jim team was founded by members of Virgin Interactive VIA Dave Perry. Most of the animation techniques that went into Earthworm Jim came from the development of Aladdin. They both are built from the TUME level editor (Just like 90% of Dave Perry's 16bit games). Which gave Dave Perry produced platformers a 'same-y' feel to them.