03-22-2013, 11:45 PM
They're probably not given a chance only because they're licensed games, but Felix the Cat for NES and Spongebob Squarepants: Battle for Bikini Bottom for GCN/PS2/Xbox are two absolutely fantastic platformers. It's not really that there's anything special about them; they don't do anything that any prior 2D or 3D platformers (respectively) have done. It's just that they do it all 100% right! The controls feel perfect and tight, the graphics are clean and colorful, and every level/mission works.