Metroid was influenced by Zelda. Castlevania and Metroid are half-siblings
Can you come up with new names for these "genres" that are not completely retarded?
Sebastian Wood
Noah Walker
Adventure
Roguelike
Action
Next
William Sullivan
action platformer
1guynocontinues
action
Chase Mitchell
garbage games
there I did it.
Logan Miller
Castlemania
Nethackvania
Devil May Cry 3-like
Adam Allen
Action platformer fits more for something like megaman i think
Joshua Lee
Adventure Platformer
Roguelite isnt a genre
Character Action is fine
Carter Ross
why did these become problems in the first place?
William Richardson
true. map platformer then. one user already took exploration platformer
Oliver Cox
Why would you want to? The name communicates the genre, which is all it has to do.