Platformers went through an interesting evolutionary cycle since video games started dominating entertainment scenes. Originally the medium’s dominant genre, to the point where even games that focused more on action had platforming elements, it turned into a way for a fad to express itself after Sonic the Hedgehog proved to be successful enough to attract imitators. The genre arguably peaked during its transition to 3D, when the PlayStation started getting icons such as Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the Dragon, and Rare developed its own identity with its “collect-a-thon” platformers. Gaming culture changed in the 2000s and platformers, 2D and 3D, were overshadowed by the booming sandbox and first-person shooter genres. It seems that only the PlayStation 2’s platforming trio, Jak and Daxter, Ratchet and Clank, and Sly Cooper, stood the test of time and entered the collective psyche of players.