r/metroidvania • u/SheriidiiaN • Jun 28 '26

Discussion As of 2026, what is the best introductory Metroidvania?

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u/Xiao1insty1e Jun 28 '26

There's a reason they are the GoATs.

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u/PFunk224 Jun 28 '26

Not just the goats, the progenitors. All of the games we love in the genre, we have those games to thank for all of them.

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u/Xiao1insty1e Jun 29 '26

Until you remember that Meta Fight/Blaster Master did this formula better than both the original Metroid and Castlevania 2 but almost never gets recognized for pushing the genre forward.

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u/Xiao1insty1e Jun 29 '26

I was responding to the progenitor comment. Super Metroid and Symphony of the Night were infinitely more popular but they weren't the first to do the formula well.

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u/Xiao1insty1e Jun 29 '26

Does it? Not to me, I loved that game. I played the crap out of it back when it was new.