A green chameleon and a wisecracking bat, proud heirs to a golden age of the platformer.

The profile is that of a balanced game, with no sharp extreme. Attachment and the desert island criterion hold the top, ahead of a little over half the games, and art direction lands right in the middle. Below that, fun and the feel of the controller stay shy, ahead of roughly a quarter of titles, and rediscovery closes the march at the very bottom, ahead of barely more than one game in ten. No line triumphs, none truly collapses, it is a profile all in shades. Keep in mind, each criterion rests on one or two votes only, sometimes a single one, so this portrait is a sketch, not a verdict.

In the lineage of collectathon platformers from the 2000s, it is a sincere tribute that struggles to spark the love at first sight its models triggered.

So, who is it for? For you if you feel nostalgic for big colorful platformers and want that formula back. Much less so if you expect a fresh, memorable feel in the hands, because on that ground the early votes stay cautious.