Metroidvanias

[courthousedoc]

So lately I have fallen into love with the Metroidvania genre, anyone else here a fan of this fantastic genre of exploration based platforming pioneered by Metroid, and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night?

My faves so far are:
Shadow Complex
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Apotheon

[Badnik96]

hollow knight was my sh**. you should definitely pick it up

[Asbestosstar]

So lately I have fallen into love with the Metroidvania genre, anyone else here a fan of this fantastic genre of exploration based platforming pioneered by Metroid, and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night?

My faves so far are:
Shadow Complex
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Apotheon

What do you play CastleVania on?

[Enigm@]

my girl shantae has some pretty neat platforming games

[Pwnator]

shantae is bae and pirate's curse is dope

But I'm more biased towards 3D Metroidvania-like games like Zelda and Souls games.

[Dreamcast]

But I'm more biased towards 3D Metroidvania-like games like Zelda and Souls games.

Aren't those called action/adventure games?

[Lightning S.]

started playing momodora recently. pretty fun

[Pwnator]

not all action/adventure games have interconnected and intricately designed environments, as well as natural character progression through stat and equipment upgrades, and especially the hands-free minimal storytelling

not sure about you guys, but i consider those the main characteristics of metroidvania games and souls definitely fit into the definition (now that you mentioned it zelda does feel like an offshoot of the classic metroidvania formula though)

[kix]

Some of my fav metrovania games (which are just mero/vania games, and shantae)...
Castlevania: Symphony Of The Night
Super Castlevania (aka Castlevania 4)
Castlevania 1
Super Metroid
Metroid
Shantae for GBC (newest one is great too tho)