When one used to talk about the platform game in the good old days, it  normally would be a conversation about Sonic or Mario. Recently, the genre of  characters who run across a bright and colorful screen--collecting, bouncing,  and generally having fun, while solving simple problems--has been ill supplied.  Well, that is until now.Super Magnetic Neois a hapless title that's styled on a  Sonic-meets-Mario-meets-Crash-Bandicoot sort of affair. With colorful graphics,  and gameplay that sees you running through a pseudo 3-D landscape, this game  just oozes fun.The wacky, if not different, plot revolves around Pinki, a naughty toddler who  whittles away her time by working out ways to wreak havoc in Pao Pao Park. To  stop her mischievous activities, the Professor sends out his robotic  creation--called the (wait for it) Super Magnetic Neo--to battle against the  misguided Pinki. You control Neo, and it's your task to return Pao Pao Park back  to its pleasant state.Just about any player can complete this simple game by using the basic method of  playing, dying, playing some more, dying, and eventually getting to the end of  each level; it rewards more with aesthetics than challenging gameplay. To put it  simply,Super Magnetic Neojust has thatje ne sais quoithatCrash Bandicoothad when he first made it onto our screens.--Stuart  Miles--Amazon.co.uk