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a shooting game that quietly invented the joy of getting lost on purpose.
means a sci-fi action-adventure series where you explore a hostile alien world, gaining abilities that unlock places you already visited.
from nintendo's 1986 answer to the question what if a platformer had no hand-holding and a bounty hunter turned out to be a woman under the armor.
samus revealfinishing fast strips her helmet, shocking 1986 players
genre namesakemetroidvania borrows half its name from this
password nightmareoriginal game saved via brutal 24-character codes
long hiatuseight years passed between fusion and prime
for instance
super metroid — 1994 snes classic, still ranked among greatest games ever
metroid prime — 2002 shift to first-person, retna won ign game of year
metroid dread — 2021 return after 19-year wait for 2d entries
metroid fusion — 2002 gba game introducing the sa-x stalker threat