smh castlevania is castlevania and metroid is metroid why are they on this list rolling eyes emoji

@TheFireDragoon Dracula and Ridley bullied me into including these games.

Just to let you know, the Castlevania games that have a linear progression are called Classicvanias. They're separate from the Metroidvanias you've listed

@PhantomJack Which are considered Metroidvanias then?

@DayChan, the ones that let you explore the castle or any type of place rather than straightforward progression. Examples include Symphony of the Night, Aria of Sorrow, Order of Ecclesia, etc

@DayChan, I should probably give you a little more information. There is a term named Igavania, named after the SOTN assistant director, Koji Igarashi. You already know what Metroidvania means, so I don't think I need to define it for you. It's a plural between two game series, Metroid and Castlevania (post-SOTN) since they're similar in design

So anything Symphony of the Night and later on that has a similar structure counts as a Metroidvania. Sorry if this was too much

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