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The “2.5D” perspective offered constant personality and style, taking advantage of the DS’s increased power and allowing the developers to experiment with power-ups, level design and aesthetics.

Console titles like Tomba 2 and the Crash Bandicoot series replicated the basic design of a 2D platformer, but still incorporated pseudo-3D visuals and mechanics.

It's also just an astoundingly well-crafted platformer, with varied level design and tight controls. Check out a bit of footage below. For more free PC games, you can follow that link.

A reader reveals his love for the recent Rayman Legends and why he’s glad developers have realised that plaformers work best in 2D.