A Critical Thought on Metroidvania Design

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Super Metroid
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Super Metroid (1994)
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Today's Critical Thought is on Metroidvania design. I talked about how the genre came about and what is and isn't an example of it. Good Metroidvania design is about mechanic growth over the course of a game, and there is a good and bad way to do it.

I also want to know if we should still call the genre "Metroidvania," or is there another term for it?

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