Talk:Metroidvania

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I... wow. A great idea, sure, but what the hell happened with that formatting? Did you edit with the rich-text version? -- Dejiko


 * Looks like the guy just cut-and-pasted huge chunks from other pages -- notice the Metacritic colours, and the ".exe .tgz .dmg" from the Freeware page in what was the "publisher" column. The dude didn't notice she/he was pasting INSIDE the previous tables, and didn't stick around to see what the page looked like after publishing it.  I cleaned it up. --Mozai 23:16, August 2, 2011 (UTC)

Semi-Metroidvanias
Might it be possible to have a small section at the end for games that are like metroidvanias, but not quite?

Two games in particular in my mind are:

Shaman King Master of Spirits 2 for GBA - Collect spirits like Aria of Sorrow, but the stages are Classic-Castlevania (classicvania?) styled. You can revisit past stages and use the powers of certain spirits to get past obstacles you couldn't before. After a certain plot-point, you can warp to any stage you've visited. Better than the first MoS, and you can even fight the bosses from MoS1 in MoS2. It's actually made by Konami, so you know this shit's legit.

Vampire Killer for MSX (MSX2?) - Essentially Konami's remix of the first Castlevania for MSX, however, each stage is redesigned to be a big maze with locked doors and shit. IIRC. there's also merchants who sell you weapons/sub-weapons. Pretty cool, but a bit weird to get into at first. Not quite a full metroidvania, but more of a forerunner of things to come. Still pretty fun though. And IIRC, it also allows joypad support.