▲ 388 ▼ Anon plays Metroid (sh.itjust.works) submitted 1 year ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works [M] to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works 48 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Vince@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago (3 children) I never understood why they call this genre Metroidvania. Metroid definitely came first right? Why isn't it just Metroid-like? permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 45 points 1 year ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] kruhmaster@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago Neither of those are Metroidvanias. Montezuma's Revenge isn't one big interconnected world and they both lack ability-based progression. permalink fedilink source parent [–] kruhmaster@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago* Super Metroid + SOTN permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 45 points 1 year ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] kruhmaster@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago Neither of those are Metroidvanias. Montezuma's Revenge isn't one big interconnected world and they both lack ability-based progression. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago Neither of those are Metroidvanias. Montezuma's Revenge isn't one big interconnected world and they both lack ability-based progression. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kruhmaster@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago* Super Metroid + SOTN permalink fedilink source parent
