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  2. Category:Metroidvania games - Wikipedia

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    This category describes games that have been classified as falling into the Metroidvania genre of gameplay, a specific type of action-adventure game (as well as platform game, generally) that features a large interconnected game world that progressively becomes more accessible as the player collects power-ups.

  3. Metroidvania - Wikipedia

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    Metroidvania [a] is a sub-genre of action-adventure games and/or platformers focused on guided non-linearity and utility-gated exploration and progression. The term is a partial blend of the names of the video game series Metroid and Castlevania, based on the template from Metroid (1986), Castlevania II (1987), Super Metroid (1994), and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (1997).

  4. The Best Metroidvania Games You Can Play Right Now - AOL

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    Really, this entry could be swapped out with any game in the Metroid series, 2D or 3D. Metroid Prime Remastered almost made it on the list, as did Super Metroid and Metroid Fusion — there’s a ...

  5. List of video game genres - Wikipedia

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    For example, an action game can be classified into many subgenres such as platform games and fighting games. Some games, most notably browser and mobile games, are commonly classified into multiple genres. [1] [2] The following is a list of most commonly defined video game genres, with short descriptions for individual genres and major subgenres.

  6. List of Metroid media - Wikipedia

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    All Metroid video games have been developed exclusively for Nintendo video game consoles and handhelds, dating from the Nintendo Entertainment System to the current generation of video game consoles. The franchise consists of eleven video games, the latest of which was released in 2021. Comics, manga adaptations, and soundtracks have also been ...

  7. Gestalt: Steam and Cinder - Wikipedia

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    Players explore a steampunk city in a post-apocalyptic world. Gestalt: Steam and Cinder is a Metroidvania game, a subgenre of platform games that emphasize exploration. As the bounty hunter Aletheia, they explore under the city and attempt to learn more about both its history and a mechanical threat.

  8. Metroid - Wikipedia

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    Along with the 1997 Konami game Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, the early Metroid games defined a subgenre known as Metroidvania. Tom Happ, developer of the 2015 Metroidvania game Axiom Verge , defined Metroidvania games as side-scrolling adventures with continuous maps, rather than discrete levels , that require the player to collect items ...

  9. Category:Video game genres - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Video game genres" The following 120 pages are in this category, out of 120 total. ... Massively multiplayer online role-playing game; Metroidvania ...