With a lot of older series that have made the jump from 2D to 3D, I generally prefer the 2D iterations. Partly because of nostalgia – these are the games I grew up with, after all – but also because when you introduce a third dimension, you inevitably introduce frustrating camera angles…and with platforming games, that’s a death sentence.

But there are exceptions to every rule!

At this point I am completely confused – I’m not sure if I’m better or worse at platformers than I was when I was a child. I could never finish Super Mario Land as a child, which I did this year…and yet I cannot do Labyrinth Zone for the life of me in the original Sonic the Hedgehog, and I could do that as a six-year old. I suppose just because I grew up with platformers doesn’t necessarily mean I’m especially good at them.

This was another painful reminder of my lack of skill.