A strange little side quest
One reason platform games keeps producing good game ideas around Forest Battle Royale is that its history is full of strange turns. Donkey Kong arrived in 1981 with a character called Jumpman, who would later become one of gaming's most recognizable figures: Mario. The same trail leads to another fact: Space Invaders arrived in 1978 and helped turn electronic games from an arcade curiosity into mainstream entertainment. That history is one reason familiar mechanics can still feel new when they are recombined well.
