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General Castlevania Discussion / Re: Metroidvania Fan Refers to Platformers as Mariosonics
« Last post by theplottwist on May 21, 2023, 12:28:06 PM »
I have a hot take: This is one of the conversations where, whenever it appears, I ask myself "What else is there to "get" about the word? It's not that complicated." Feels like the conversation made it needlessly complicated for no reason.

Metroidvania = Has the sidescrolling Metroid exploration elements with RPG elements added on top of it.  Metroid brought that gated non-linear exploration. Castlevania brought the item-collecting and RPG mechanics. That's it, as I understand it.

Nowadays people have started calling anything that is a 2D exploration platforming game a "Metroidvania" - including Metroid itself, which still leaves me bewildered. It's like calling black coffee "a latte" because coffee is one part of the latte, but I digress - and the term has been completelly emptied of meaning.
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General Castlevania Discussion / Re: Metroidvania Fan Refers to Platformers as Mariosonics
« Last post by X on May 21, 2023, 10:00:13 AM »
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We call ours migavanias

Thanks. My mind just went somewhere lol. Now imagine if McDonalds made their own CV game. McVania.
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General Castlevania Discussion / Re: Metroidvania Fan Refers to Platformers as Mariosonics
« Last post by Migami Games on May 20, 2023, 10:46:40 AM »
We call ours migavanias
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Fan Stuff / Re: Darkest Abyss
« Last post by X on May 20, 2023, 09:18:39 AM »
Gunlord@

Oh, I see. Gotcha.
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Fan Stuff / Re: Darkest Abyss
« Last post by abdeloliveira on May 20, 2023, 06:39:05 AM »
Yes, some things are very similar lol

I'm still going to redo some sprites, the walking cycle is also very similar, by the way.

The character design is based on Frida Kahlo, dress and hair detail, something like that. :)

Thanks for the feedback guys!
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General Castlevania Discussion / Re: Metroidvania Fan Refers to Platformers as Mariosonics
« Last post by LuxKiller65 on May 19, 2023, 08:35:06 PM »
we called them igavanias
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Fan Stuff / Re: Darkest Abyss
« Last post by Gunlord on May 19, 2023, 07:15:27 PM »
Quote from: X on May 19, 2023, 06:21:41 PM
I feel the character is distinctive enough from Miriam in my eyes. She actually looks more like one of those Mexican flamenco dancers.

I meant stuff like her sliding animation and crouching animation are ripped straight from CotM lol. See the position of their arm and leg here for instance: https://imgur.com/BGWaFw7
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Fan Stuff / Re: Darkest Abyss
« Last post by X on May 19, 2023, 06:21:41 PM »
I feel the character is distinctive enough from Miriam in my eyes. She actually looks more like one of those Mexican flamenco dancers.
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Fan Stuff / Re: Darkest Abyss
« Last post by Gunlord on May 19, 2023, 06:03:38 PM »
It looks very impressive and the sprites are excellent. That said, this seems to be as much of a Curse of the Moon game as a classicvania...like I mentioned on Twitter, IMO it might be wise to edit the main girl's sprite so she doesn't resemble Miriam as much. Also the lifebar is pretty much just from CotM lol. Little things like that would make your game seem much more distinctive :D
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General Castlevania Discussion / Re: Metroidvania Fan Refers to Platformers as Mariosonics
« Last post by nokundhi on May 19, 2023, 03:46:12 PM »
Exploration platformer is a sufficient term, I think.
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