As one-half of the aforementioned moniker, the Metroid and Castlevania franchises served as the bedrock upon which all other non-linear, multi-scrolling 2D platformer video games were built. When you play other Metroidvania titles like Guacamelee! (DrinkBox Studios, 2013) or Axiom Verge (Thomas Happ Games, 2016), you’ll notice the obvious nods to Super Metroid.
Super Metroid finds our hero bounty hunter, Samus Aran, once again on the hunt to recover a potentially threatening biological sample that was safely quarantined until just recently when space pirates abducted it from a space…
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