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Metroidvanias

Metroidvanias is the plural of Metroidvania.

Meaning of Metroidvania

Noun

Metroidvania (countable and uncountable, plural Metroidvanias)

  1. (informal) A (genre of) platform game with role-playing game elements and inventory items, involving more exploration than a traditional linear platform game, particularly revisiting previously explored areas.
    • The Castlevania games share similarities with the Metroid series, in particular the free-roaming design in which new abilities allow access to different areas. Because of this, fans often refer to such games as “Metroidvania” in style.2008, “Metroid”, in Craig Glenday, editor, Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition, London: Guinness World Records, →ISBN, page 65, column Trivia

Questions about Metroidvanias

What is Metroidvanias the plural of?
Metroidvanias is the plural of Metroidvania.

Words near Metroidvanias in the dictionary

  1. Metroidbrainia
  2. Metroidbrainias
  3. Metroidlike
  4. Metroidlikes
  5. Metroidvania
  6. Metroidvanias
  7. metroisation
  8. Metrolina
  9. Metroliner
  10. Metroliners
  11. metrolingual

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