It doesn't get more soulful

>>11883776 (OP)
enter

>>11883776 (OP)
>Yoshi's Island
inb4 the filtered

>>11883776 (OP)

>>11883780
One of the best platformers and definitely the best co op platformer. My only complaint is I think it's a bit front loaded in terms of quality, but it's fun through our regardless.

>>11883776 (OP)
Yoshi's Island is soulless.

Umm, Kirby's Dreamland 3?

>>11884017
Stole my post

>>11883776 (OP)
Rocky Rodent. First time I put hands to a controller and played I noticed that there was a striking amount of detail put into Rocky's little slice of Manhattan, the bosses you encounter, and his hairstyles with a set of unique mechanics are just examples. It's one thing to copy Sonic word for word and throw in your own animal character but Rocky's a weird little gremlin who screams. You can tell the designers genuinely enjoyed cartoons. They didn't just succeed, they blew past the competition with staggering results. This game's sense of humor actually leaps off the screen and into your head more than any of the original Sonic games did but it's not totally exaggerated say in the way Earthworm Jim is. Here's just a couple of things that stood out to me.

If you run use the spike haircut to flip yourself onto platforms facing the wrong way, Rocky will smash into it hurting himself.
If you use the corkscrew hairstyle to bounce around the level, Rocky's shirt flops downwards in respect to gravity, just like it would in real life.
If you begin to run Rocky's eyeballs will bounce off of his head as he jogs. In the JP version, at top speed his legs will cyclone like Sonic's do when running.
If you start to stack lives, Rocky's life icons will go from a scowl to a carefree smile.
Entering a certain apartment in the second world lets you burst in on a woman taking a bath. She lets out a little terrified yelp.
There's an elaborate sequence of Rocky sliding down belts and rollers at the end of one of the chili factory stages that's almost like a Rube Goldberg machine.
Rocky doesn't care about Melody, the girl he's rescuing. He's known for being a dine-n-dasher and just likes free food. That's his motivation.

Rocky Rodent is up there with Rocket Knight Adventures, Mr Nutz, Ardy Lightfoot, and Aero The Acrobat if we're going by tiers of "mascot platformers" that are soulful. Play this game.

>>11883776 (OP)
Rayman fucking sucks, can't count the times that game put me to sleep

>>11884008
>>11884214
b-but it's got nice backgrounds!!! SOVL OVERLOVD!

>>11883776 (OP)
I know it's a cliched answer, but when it comes to sheer sovl, Gimmick clears.

>>11884220
And nice soundtrack.

>>11883776 (OP)
>It doesn't get more soulful
>>>

Yoshi's Island:
August 5, 1995 (Japan),
NA: October 4, 1995 (NA)

Rayman:
September 7th 1995 (NA - Playstation)
September 19th 1995 (NA - Jaguar)
November 1995 (NA- Saturn)


Both games were released really close together. To be honest, I still prefer Yoshi's Island over Rayman. But I do like Rayman, even though it is a hard as nails platofmrer.

Hermie Hopperhead - released weeks apart from Yoshi's Island , was a Japanese only release for the PS1. Developed by Yukes. Has a lot of similarities to Yoshi's Island.

I finally checked out Rayman after years. It looks like one of the most tedious games ever. Why is it brought up so much?

Rayman soul? More like soul crushing since it gets brutal pretty fast.

>>11887102
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjJV0iOYASU
tldr was in development most of its life for Jaguar and they botched the PlayStation conversion that'd be used for future ports but no one cared back then because gamers were built differently and Sony and their paid shills used every advantage to gaslight people who thought Atari had the better version for once.

*cough Plok

you might not like it but this is what peak soul looks like
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2xV-cCyxJw

>>11887819
PC games are a soul vacuum

>>11887928
>PC
retard

>>11884008
How? Yoshi's Island is one of those games you can tell they were incredibly inspired to make by just playing it, and everything from the gameplay, feel and aesthetics compliment this inspiration. It's not just a game made due to obligation. The definition of soul.

>>11884220
Sure that, but also masterful game design.

>>11888839

It might have soul but it kinda fucking sucks

>>11884045
You'd think the extremely soulful aesthetics would be enough to carry the game but Kirby 3 is sadly just a bit too boring to actually play

>>11887928
Most computer games were shit and a bit depressing before the 90s, but 93 to 07 is absolutely not soulless

>>11883780
I don't think it's possible to match the soulfuness of the ganbare goemon series. Yoshi and Rayman don't come anywhere close.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPmHmhU4rQE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDdxlytjI_M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NEbTwMXp6g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASf2_J2pZ1U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQbRrd6oggI

If you just want soul, Keio Flying Squadron 2 is oozing it from every pore. Unfortunately the controls are stiff and the hit detection can be hit and miss. Which makes it much worse than Yoshi's Island, but still better than fucking Rayman.

>>11889901
>Keio Flying Squadron 2
Lesser Ganbare Goemon.

>>11884045
>that Samus
CUTE

>>11884017
>>11884045
Definitely not on par with Yoshi and Rayman.

>>11889901
>Unfortunately the controls are stiff and the hit detection can be hit and miss.
Flaws and jank is part of anything truly soulful.

Heavily polished corporate products are the antithesis of soul.

>>11890010
Keio 2 has astronomical fuck ton of polish, but it does not excuse the most basic QoL issues.

>>11890013
>Keio 2 has astronomical fuck ton of polish,
Then fuck off with that soulless slop

>>11889797
Not liking the game is independent of soul/soulless. "Bad" games can have soul and "good" games can be soulless. Regardless how you feel about Yoshi's Island I think it's a good definition of soul.

>>11890946
>"good" games can be soulless
i.e. just about every Nintendo game over the last 20 years

>>11883776 (OP)
SOVL