▁the ▁sens ation ▁of ▁le aping ▁through ▁ 3 D ▁space ▁captured ▁my ▁child hood ▁imagination ". ▁▁ 1 UP . com ▁c ited ▁its ▁first - person ▁platform ing ▁as ▁a ▁prec ursor ▁to ▁Mir ror ' s ▁Edge , ▁despite ▁suggesting ▁that ▁the ▁jump ing ▁remained ▁" wo e fully ▁out ▁of ▁place " ▁in ▁the ▁platform ▁genre . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁Matt ▁Cas am ass ina ▁of ▁I GN ▁ranked ▁J ump ing ▁Flash ! ▁as ▁the ▁third - most ▁under r ated ▁video ▁game ▁of ▁all ▁time . ▁After ▁release , ▁co - developer ▁Ult ra ▁renamed ▁themselves ▁" M u u ▁Mu u ", ▁after ▁the ▁cre atures ▁featured ▁in ▁the ▁game . ▁ ▁Se qu els ▁ ▁Due ▁to ▁its ▁popular ity , ▁Sony ▁produced ▁two ▁sequ els ▁to ▁J ump ing ▁Flash !, ▁including ▁one ▁spin - off . ▁A ▁direct ▁sequ el , ▁J ump ing ▁Flash ! ▁ 2 — also ▁developed ▁by ▁Ex act — was ▁released ▁world wide ▁for ▁the ▁Play Station ▁the ▁following ▁year ; ▁it ▁continued ▁the ▁story ▁of ▁Rob bit ▁and ▁the ▁subsequent ▁rise ▁and ▁fall ▁of ▁Baron ▁Alo ha . ▁The ▁game ▁received ▁positive ▁reviews ▁upon ▁release , ▁with ▁critics ▁particularly ▁pra ising ▁its ▁updated ▁features . ▁Rob bit ▁Mon ▁Dieu ▁was ▁released ▁exclus ively ▁in ▁Japan ▁for ▁the ▁Play Station ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 9 , ▁and ▁was ▁the ▁final ▁instal ment ▁in ▁the ▁series . ▁It ▁was ▁met ▁with ▁mixed ▁reviews