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[Platinumstorm]

Banjo.

 

[rjc571]

Crash Bandicoot 3 pretty easily. The rest of those choices either aren't 3D, aren't good, or aren't platformers.

 

[phanphare]

Crash and it ain't even fair


banjo was never good, fight me

Spoiler

don't actually fight me..

 

[MacTag]

Sonic Adventure 1. Sad but true.

 

[TheMink]

Crash 3

 

[FinalStageBoss]

Crash

 

[rjc571]

Crash and it ain't even fair


banjo was never good, fight me

It was a pretty good action adventure game. Terrible platformer though.

 

[daninthemix]

Banjo. Absolutely no contest.

 

[N.Domixis]

Obviously the people saying Guitar haven't played "The Crash Bandicoot"

Spoiler

lol jk, I need to play Banjo one day.

 

[SoraNoKuni]

Crash 3 or Spyro.

 

[Mr Swine]

Banjo of course!

 

[Kill3r7]

Banjo! Crash 3 close second.

 

[Gigarator]

Crash 3 gets my vote.

 

[farisr]

Crash 3 Warped

 

[Caronte]

Spyro.

 

[JudgmentJay]

Banjo-Kazooie.

 

[impact]

Crash 3 and it's not close

 

[Nosgotham]

Crash Bandicoot 3 pretty easily. The rest of those choices either aren't 3D, aren't good, or aren't platformers.

did you just say Banjo wasnt good? it may not be your style, but not good? c'mon

 

[jennetics]

Crash Bandicoot Warped

 

[Trago]

Definitely Banjo.

 

[Henkka]

Spyro, yup

 

[SneakyStephan]

Klonoa was a huge surprise to me at the time, thought it would be some generic 4/10 game but it's probably the best platformer that I played in the psx gen

 

[Valahart]

It's like people are begging for the "what's a 3d platformer?" discussion to begin.

Really? Klonoa? Yoshi's Story?




Now on the subject:

Banjo-Kazooie

 

[nkarafo]

Banjo-Kazooie, easily


Also, Yoshi's Story a 3D platformer? When did this happen?

 

[jluedtke]

Banjo for sure, but Bomberman Hero gets a special mention just because it was originally supposed to be a Bonk game.

 

[galvatron]

I want to say Spyro since it's definitely more my type of gameplay, but damned if I didn't 100% Banjo and not Spyro.

It's a weird feeling to say you played a good game that made you never want to play that type of game again (collection heavy 3-d platformers have been a no-no for me since then). Really makes me say Banjo was basically a case of being there when all I wanted was a Mario 64 sequel.

 

[Balb]

Banjo for sure, but Bomberman Hero gets a special mention just because it was originally supposed to be a Bonk game.

The music is amazing too.

In any case, my vote goes to Banjo-Kazooie. Not even a contest for me.

 

[rardk64]

Banjo-Kazooie, without question. Also, some of them aren't 3D platformers (or aren't even in 3D).

 

[Atomski]

Man Banjo was so good.

 

[dhonk]

Banjo? Banjo.

 

[SoundPulse]

I'd have to go with Banjo, but Crash 3 isn't far behind it.

 

[MulderYuffie]

Banjo-Kazooie

 

[thomasmahler]

Is this a joke thread? Banjo, hands down.

 

[rjc571]

did you just say Banjo wasnt good?

No.

 

[RowdyReverb]

It's so weird that missed out on this whole era of early 3D games. I only had a NES and SNES up until the Dreamcast came out, so I was still playing Mega Man and Super Mario World when these were hot. My first 3D platformer was Sonic Adventure

 

[Peltz]

Spyro

 

[Castef]

1st: Banjo Kazooie (is that even a question?)
2nd: Gex. Great, great game.

 

[bede-x]

I guess it depends what you want out of platformer, but I don't find the actual platforming in Banjo (or pretty much any collect-a-thon) that great. One of the reasons I prefer the Galaxies and 3D World to 64. which has gret mechanics but very basic platforming.

I understand what you mean and kinda agree with it, but while the level layouts might not always favor platforming segments in Mario 64, I'd recommend taking a look at a speedrun to get a feel for how that "basic platforming" transforms when in the hands of a master.

 

[Piston Hyundai]

I don't think Klonoa should count, but that would take it for me, with Bomberman Hero coming in second.

 

[tkscz]

Got to go with Banjo just for scope and scale. Glover and Crash 3 tie for second.

 

[chronic_archaic]

Banjo Kazooie

Klonoa is great but it doesn't count, neither does Yoshi Story.

 

[hydruxo]

BK and nothing else even comes close

Bomberman Hero is actually a really fun game tho

 

[Aldric]

Banjo Kazooie by a country mile.

 

[Eliseo]

Banjo.

 

[R_thanatos]

Crash bandicoot warped

It's the one where i had the most fun with ?

 

[Voost Kain]

There's some good games among the listed, but is's gotta be Banjo-Kazooie. Any reason Sonic Adventure isn't on the list?

OP goes by american releases

 

[Regulus Tera]

Crash Bandicoot Warped
Banjo Kazooie

The rest are not even in the same level of competition

 

[LoneTraveler]

Banjo for sure..

 

[Voost Kain]

This is starting to look like a Crash Vs. Banjo thread. Though Spyro is gaining.

 

[Jack The Nipper]

Spyro The Dragon plays so much better than banjo, and so much better designed I gotta et out of this thread now

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