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Right now, be it on PC, big consoles or even little portable ones, we just don't see any platformers. 3D action is all the rage.
Right now, be it on PC, big consoles or even little portable ones, we just don't see any platformers. 3D action is all the rage.


Oni 2D is about reviving the 2D platformer genre. Flashback was great (and had much in common with Oni, actually). Super Metroid and Abuse were great. There was a great action/quest mix for Flashback and Super Metroid, and Abuse (which was pure action, very much like the DOOM of 2D platformers) had a really nice mouse-aiming system.
Oni 2D is about reviving the 2D platformer genre. Flashback was great (and had much in common with Oni, actually). Super Metroid and Abuse were great. There was a great action/quest mix for Flashback and Super Metroid. Abuse was pure action, very much like the DOOM of 2D platformers, and it had a really nice mouse-aiming system.


Take Flashback, add Abuse's mouse-aiming gunplay and Oni-like melee component, throw in hi-res graphics and the power of today's hardware, and you'll have a little retro-revolution. Fast, playable and beautiful.
Take Flashback, add Abuse's mouse-aiming gunplay and Oni-like melee component, throw in hi-res graphics and the power of today's hardware, and you'll have a little retro-revolution. Fast, playable and beautiful.