Terranigma, considered to be in the same "Series" as Soul Blazer and Illusion of Gaia. Not because there is any great connection between the games just they have the same loose recreation of earth theme. The game with a story so incredibly bad it's actually warped around the other side and become good. There is just NO topping having christopher colombus leading you through a inter-dimesonal time to defeat the spirit of the earth's evil twin.
and the attack? Oh give me a moment on that, I know it's his spear-dive thingy he had but I don't recall the exact name it'll take a moment to look it up.
EDIT: I think it was called the "Slider"