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Topic	Nintendo officially endorses "Search Action" as a genre name
NeatoAnAccount 08/08/21 7:33:38 PM #105:	foolm0r0n posted... I fully understand your argument but it's extremely dumb. "Exploration" is literally a word in a dictionary that people use all the time for all kinds of things. You can translate it natively to others language. How the hell would "Metroid" be better understood? I honestly don't know how you believe this argument, but it seems genuine. Beyond that, you are also arguing that adding "vania" makes the term even more well understood. Even though you need to know: * It refers to Castlevania * It refers to just SOTN and not any of a dozen other Castlevanias * It doesn't refer to any of the RPG elements, only the map and abilities How?? The number of gamers who've heard metroidvania is bigger than the number of gamers who've heard "exploration action." Both terms are equally inaccessible to non-gamers; "what is a metroidvania" requires the same answer as "what is an exploration action game." "but exploration and action are both real words non-gamers know!" please ask your non-gaming relatives how they think an "exploration action" game works. they will probably say something like "idk, all video games include exploration and action." see if they come up with anything involving gates and keys. or better yet, don't waste your time because you already know both terms are equally non-descriptive foolm0r0n posted... Also "you have to play this specific video game in order to understand the word that describes it" I knew what a Metroidvania was before I played my first Metroid. --- Neato, an account <cite>NeatoAnAccount posted [p:956903514] in Nintendo o... [t:79602226]...</cite> <quote>foolm0r0n posted... </cite> <quote>I fully understand your argument but it's extremely dumb. "Exploration" is literally a word in a dictionary that people use all the time for all kinds of things. You can translate it natively to others language. How the hell would "Metroid" be better understood? I honestly don't know how you believe this argument, but it seems genuine. Beyond that, you are also arguing that adding "vania" makes the term even more well understood. Even though you need to know: * It refers to Castlevania * It refers to just SOTN and not any of a dozen other Castlevanias * It doesn't refer to any of the RPG elements, only the map and abilities How??</quote> The number of gamers who've heard metroidvania is bigger than the number of gamers who've heard "exploration action." Both terms are equally inaccessible to non-gamers; "what is a metroidvania" requires the same answer as "what is an exploration action game." "but exploration and action are both real words non-gamers know!" please ask your non-gaming relatives how they think an "exploration action" game works. they will probably say something like "idk, all video games include exploration and action." see if they come up with anything involving gates and keys. or better yet, don't waste your time because you already know both terms are equally non-descriptive foolm0r0n posted... </cite> <quote>Also "you have to play this specific video game in order to understand the word that describes it"</quote> I knew what a Metroidvania was before I played my first Metroid. --- Neato, an account</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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