The late 90s and early 2000s were a big transition period for the gaming industry. Platformers were at an all-time high, but the emergence of more open-world, shooter games slowly edged them out.
Hindsight is 20/20, of course, and platformers went nowhere. In fact, It Takes Two is an action-adventure platformer that won Game of the Year 2021 at The Game Awards.
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