LogFAQs > #937315595

Using the looser version of the term, I don't consider most metroidvanias to be RPGs, but I do consider Zelda games to be metroidvanias. Since I never had the word formally defined for me, I had taken it to mean a game where you earn progression items as your primary advancement and that heavy backtracking is typically require to leverage your new skills.

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VGMC13 champion: Ar Nosurge - Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE;