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Metroid is so so SO much better than Castlevania that it makes no sense that this is a term. If you're using it to talk about an interconnected open world or movement techniques, that's 100% Metroid. Castlevania just contributes the RPG systems and thematic elements.

Metroid is so good and pure that you can have a game that has just ONE awesome movement technique and is otherwise pretty plain, like wall jumping, and use it to carry your entire game, and people will praise it as a great Metroidvania.

Metroid level design was straight up copied by "best level design ever" Dark Souls and no one noticed because it fundamentally feels so fresh and new every time, even if you're replaying the same game for the 10th time (which you have likely done with Metroid).

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