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Anon plays Metroid (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 days ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] Vince@lemmy.world 23 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I never understood why they call this genre Metroidvania. Metroid definitely came first right? Why isn't it just Metroid-like?

[–] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 43 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night on PS1 revitalized the genre so much, I think it's fair that it took on half the genre name. Modern metroidvanias are as much SOTN as Metroid.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 26 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Metroid wasn't first. Games like Pitfall II and Montezuma's Revenge predate it.

As for the "Metroidvania" name, originally it just applied to Castlevania games in the Metroid mould (particularly in the GBA/DS days when there were a tonne of them) but people just started applying it to the entire genre. It was always a terrible name.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

Neither of those are Metroidvanias. Montezuma's Revenge isn't one big interconnected world and they both lack ability-based progression.

[–] kruhmaster@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Super Metroid + SOTN