Topic: Metroidvanias that aren't CV or Metroid

[PFG9000]

I forgot about Outland.  I've only played the demo, and only briefly at that, but I've heard that the game is very much a Metroidvania.

After a similar topic was posted years ago (not sure if it was at the CVDF), I tried Wanderers from Ys on the SNES.  It really wasn't a Metroidvania as far as I could tell.  I guess I was supposed to try the PC Engine one.  It looks pretty cool.

Also, I tried Wizards and Warriors 3 around that same time.  I got confused and put it down, but it looks like I really need to give it another shot.

[DragonSlayr81]

The Wanders from Ys for the SNES is really clunky feeling. As for being Metroidvania, it's more like OoE in a sense(exit location and you see the main map and various locations are nodes on the map, and enter them). I think the remake of Wanders from Ys looks better(better paced):

Ys III Wanderers from Ys (PS2) - Opening/Level Collage

[PFG9000]

Sorry for the bump, but I just finished Shantae: Risky's Revenge on DSiWare and it is absolutely a Metroidvania.  The map is 2D but has multiple layers, sorta like an advanced version of Goonies 2 NES.  As you play through the game, you find new transformation abilities that allow you to traverse previously inaccessible parts of the map.  You get the ability to climb walls and jump high like Grant in CV3, break through stone barriers like in CotM, swim like AoS and DoS, etc.  In fact, the basic attack mechanic is a hair whip, so the gameplay is a little CV-esque.  It's a very polished game.  I picked it up because I was blown away by Wayforward in Contra 4, and I was looking for their other stuff.  I highly recommend Shantae to any Metroidvania fans.  It's a beatifully animated 2D piece of artwork.

[Jorge D. Fuentes]

I've been thinkin' of buying that for my 3DS.

[Gunlord]

Hmm...this thread is old, but it's only on the third page, so I thought it might be better to resurrect it rather than start a whole new thread just for a Wiiware game.

Specifically, look at this:

http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/IfQuaJ0a5ztkrmJQwUemnZu73EoPviIN

Anima: Ark of Sinners. You apparently play as this scantily-clad white-haired lass in a game that's as Metroidvania as you can get. Mite b cool...at least for Wiiware. XD

[PFG9000]

beingthehero made a topic here about Return To Egypt, a MetroidVania with Egyptian themes.  Also, Wayforward's Aliens: Infestation is out now.  It's basically a Metroid-style Aliens game.  It's pretty well done, but not quite up to the high standards set by other Wayforward titles, in my opinion.  Still recommended for any fan of Metroidvanias and Aliens, especially since Metroid owes a lot to Aliens from the start.

[Thy Gory Rory]

Anybody else ever play the free PC Game "Eternal Daughter"? It's a total Metroidvania with a dash of Popful Mail.

Eternal Daughter

Or how about the more refined and polished "Aquaria" made by the same small team a couple of years later?

Aquaria Trailer

[KaZudra]

Ys : Origin
Ys III : Oath in Felhana
Ys IV: Ark of Naphiism

not only these three did metroidvania style, it's also a 3d metroidvania.

[Opium]

I love aquaria (best soundtrack in a video game, ever) but I've never tried Eternal Daughter.  Where can I get it?  NVM, i found it.

[Dark Nemesis]

Oh yes, Eternal Daughter, it was a great game, but i have never finish it......as for aquaria, great sound track and amazing graphics game play!!!! Thanks for sharing it's existence!!!

[Thy Gory Rory]

Here's another obscure free PC game by the name of "Seiklus". The vid below explains the game in more detail but overall it's a huge exploration game where you traverse through a 2D world that interconnects like a metroidvania and you collect things that eventually let you get further in places that you couldn't explore early in the game. However, the game is pretty simplistic and you mostly collect items and there is no real actual combat, monsters or bosses... so I don't think it's exactly fitting like some of the other games in this thread but a few of you may still like to check it out. I never beat it fully but it was a good experience.

seiklus 01 - Introduction

[shelverton.]

I have one little question about Monster Tale on the DS, for anyone who's played it; Does it have a map system like Castlevania/Metroid? I'm thinking about importing this game (it was never released in Europe) but I can't stand these type of games when they don't have a functional in-game map.

[X]

Here's one that I just picked up today. Aliens: Infestation for the DS. The game is 2D, the layout like Metroid and you need to collect things like key cards, ammo, etc. in order to progress. This game was done by Wayforward studios and even though I've only started playing it I think it's swell! I kind jumped when a stray cat dropped out of a roof vent and that James Horner music piece chimed in at just the right time too. It's already off to a good start! 

[TheouAegis]

Super Mario World! All stages are interconnected! :p

It's not side-scrolling so it's not Metroidvania, but if you like exploratory action games with puzzle elements, play the Story Of Thor series (Legend Of Oasis and Beyond Oasis, as they're known outside of Japan). It's like old-school Zelda with some fun features thrown in (you can stand on enemies' heads and make them attack each other! Or use the enemy's head as a platform to reach higher ground.) It gets confusing though if you take a few days or a week away from it and forget where you left off, because you backtrack through the world so many times.

And let us of course not forget the Chorus of the Undead! Or using the wand on zombies so you can free their accursed souls so they may find redemption in Heaven.