some game were you played as a dude who can't jump like mario, and is a total pusillanimous individual, and it was a platformer
Cruis'n USA?
Holy stuff, you were so close. I looked to the right and saw another one titled Cruis'n World and that's exactly what it was.
This one hovercar game. You did like missions and stuff for people. Came out around 1998-2002.
Was this for the N64? Sounds like a familiar game.
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers?
I had the demo for PC. Played the stuff out of it.
I have absolutely no idea, then. If it was for the N64, I was going to say it would have been F-Zero X, as you ride in a hovercraft, did missions for people and it came out around 1998.
A third person shooter as a robot on the original Xbox. The robots were clunky and relatively short. Don't remember the rest.
The one with multi-colored Yoshis and shyguys. I feel stupid for not remembering it exactly.
Yoshi's Story?
That is the EXACT game I am looking for