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| Topic | Nintendo officially endorses "Search Action" as a genre name |
| MZero 08/08/21 9:39:27 PM #117: | NeatoAnAccount posted... You're discussing metroidvanias with people who don't know what metroid is? This is like saying we should change the name "wavebounce" in Smash Bros because it's meaningless to people who've never heard of wavedashing and doesn't tell you anything about it. No, I'm talking about discussing Metroid with someone who doesn't know what Metroid is, which is exactly what this article is doing. Telling them it's a Metroidvania is completely useless NeatoAnAccount posted... Also exploration action is a really generic term. Like sure, you can tell won't play like an FPS or JRPG, but "exploration action" sounds like basically any game with real-time combat where you're looking around for stuff. Metroidvanias have a really specific structure that you have to see to understand. You can't communicate the genre to the uninitiated in a snappy little 3-word name, you need a full description. it's a genre name, it has to be generic at some level otherwise you're just describing a specific game. Action, Fighting, and Strategy could all describe Final Fantasy. NeatoAnAccount posted... My contention is that the word metroidvania is known and used by too many people to be forcibly changed from the outside by scolding people who say metroidvania. unfortunately, that's probably true --- MZero, to the extreme I never saw azuarc coming, but he won the Guru! ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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