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Metroidvania Genre Overview and Games
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- Genre Basics
- Metroidvania is a 2D platform game sub-genre of action-adventure
- Features large interconnected maps with story-driven exploration
- Players must overcome obstacles using abilities or NPC interactions
- Game progression involves unlocking new abilities and mechanics
- History
- Proto-Metroidvania games include Brain Breaker (1985) and Xanadu (1985)
- Metroidvania name emerged from Metroid (1986) and Castlevania series (1997)
- Genre took 10 years to develop after 12 games
- Key Features
- Real-time combat with evolving abilities and strategies
- Hidden passages and items for quick movement
- Story-driven gameplay with character development
- Return mechanic to previously explored areas
- Atmospheric design and challenging puzzles
- Top Games
- Ori and the Will of the Wisps (2020) features magical world exploration
- Hollow Knight (2017) pioneered dark theme and underground puzzles
- Dead Cells combines roguelike elements with metroidvania style
- Guacamelle (2013) revives genre with Mexican culture themes
- Moonscars (2022) combines Souls-like and Metroidvania mechanics