Uploaded March 2023 | Updated September 2026, 12 hours ago

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All done! Again the goal here was to highlight a few notable ones from each year, not list every single game.
A (pretty much) complete documentation of the subgenre's early history can be found on my site: alexlandgren.wixsite.com/platform-adventure/third-generation-2002-2009

PS. The intro title is of course supposed to say 2002-2009, I made the 3D cube intro long before the rest of the video and lost the project file, so couldn't fix the typo.

End track: AdhesiveWombat - Night Shade

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List of games (a few planned ones didn't make it):
Kingdom Hearts
Scooby Doo: Night of 100 Frights
Shantae
CV: Harmony of Dissonance
Eternal Daughter
Arx Fatalis
Ratchet & Clank
Metroid Fusion
Metroid Prime
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
Prince of Persia: Sands of Time GBA
Ratchet & Clank 2
Beyond Good & Evil
Metroid: Zero Mission
Pitfall: The Lost Expedition
Kirby & the Amazing Mirror
Spider-Man 2 PS2/GC/XB
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
Shaman King: Master of Spirits
Cave Story ​
La-Mulana
Chibi-Robo!
Ys: The Oath in Felghana
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Shaman King: Master of Spirits 2
Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Pumpkin King GBA
Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks PS2/XB
Okami
Within a Deep Forest
Mega Man ZX
An Untitled Story
Bunny Must Die: Chelsea and the 7 Devils
Scurge: Hive
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
Lyle in Cube Sector
Mega Man ZX Advent
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Knytt Stories
Aquaria
LostWinds
Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia
Spider-Man: Web of Shadows DS
Batman: Arkham Asylum PS3/XB360/PC
Shadow Complex