Metroidvania
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thumb|320px|Screenshot of the 2013 Metroidvania game Guacamelee!
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Terminology
- History
- Gameplay concepts
- "Metroidbrainia" sub-genre
- Analysis
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
thumb|320px|Screenshot of the 2013 Metroidvania game Guacamelee!
A Metroidvania, also known as in Japan, is a sub-genre of action-adventure games focused on nonlinear exploration and guided progression with a need to acquire key items to enter certain areas. The term is a portmanteau of the names of the video game series Metroid and Castlevania, based on the template from Metroid (1986), ''Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (1987), Super Metroid (1994), and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night'' (1997), among others in their respective series.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Metroidvania” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.