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| Topic | Nintendo officially endorses "Search Action" as a genre name |
| NeatoAnAccount 08/08/21 10:26:12 PM #120: | <a onclick="return show_quoted_message(8, 79602226, 956906807, 'f813bc50');" href="/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/79602226/956906807">MZero posted... </a> No, I'm talking about discussing Metroid with someone who doesn't know what Metroid is, which is exactly what this article is doing. Telling them it's a Metroidvania is completely useless This article is using the Japanese translation of metroidvania, which literally means "search action" in English. Also, how many people found that article without knowing that Metroid is? Maybe like 3? it's a genre name, it has to be generic at some level otherwise you're just describing a specific game. Action, Fighting, and Strategy could all describe Final Fantasy. I have changed my mind on what the problem with this point is. Actually, it's totally fine for genre names to be incomprehensible to non-gamers. Genre names are not for non-gamers. Non-gamers will never run into the words "platformer" or "metroidvania." --- Neato, an account ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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