I wouldn't really say it was a platformer - its more a puzzle game that happens to have platforms in it, if you see what I mean.
I've not played it, but I worked on the original 3 titles back in the olden days.
and if i find the sd card i have my NAND backed up on, i can not only restore the NAND if i solder the right part in, but i can also put my NAND on dolphin, then i can play dolphin online, like PMEX Remix or MKWii Riibalanced