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Topic	Why are Zelda-adventure games not called Metroidvanias?
T0ffee 07/23/18 10:50:28 PM #15:	Lokarin posted... Zeus posted... Metroidvanias have far more qualifications than just that. Suchas? Try to define some diagnostic traits of metroidvanias so that Zelda 2 somehow isn't one. Backtracking to earlier areas to unlock new paths with abilities/items acquired through your adventure is a big part of metroidvanias. Haven't played Zelda 2, but watched a couple of let's plays and from what I see it's fairly linear, with little to almost no backtracking. --- "Splashing water on a pervert is like putting lasers on a shark" - Shiho Shishido <cite>T0ffee posted [p:905613023] in Why are Ze... [t:76831762]...</cite> <quote><cite>Lokarin posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Zeus posted...</cite> <quote>Metroidvanias have far more qualifications than just that.</quote> Suchas? Try to define some diagnostic traits of metroidvanias so that Zelda 2 somehow isn't one.</quote> Backtracking to earlier areas to unlock new paths with abilities/items acquired through your adventure is a big part of metroidvanias. Haven't played Zelda 2, but watched a couple of let's plays and from what I see it's fairly linear, with little to almost no backtracking. --- "Splashing water on a pervert is like putting lasers on a shark" - Shiho Shishido</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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