Well that's Symphony of the Night beaten. The plot and plot twists aren't nearly as clever as they thought they were and that explains why I was so OP. I do know that if you don't explore everything than you get the shit ending, so maybe I missed out on stuff. It is however, awesome and clever and most certainly the sort of thing you can produce when Konami wants extra sequels

Super Metroid: almost perfect level design and the game retains challenge, even as you gain ALL the power

Symphony of the Night: Really, really good with polish on every sprite and effort spent everywhere. You get OP quickly though and can get lost or stuck sometimes tho

At the end of the day, I have to like Metroid better due to the level design, but honestly they're both really good. I wish they would remake Super Metroid with some modern graphical polish but make everything else unchanged

Double post douchery. *ahem* Metroidvania is derived from Super Metroid and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. Both of these have blown my mind, like a 14 year old whacking it for the first time.

If you haven't played them before, now is the time to emulate them! All things considered, I can describe them as folllows:

During the PS1 era, Japanese guys who didn't speak English got to direct the English voice acting, which resulted in stilted delivery and weird pronunciation like this. This problem would persist until the PS3 era.

At any rate, Symphony of the Night is still unfathomably based, but I must admit Alucard gets OP about 2 hours in or so and the bosses don't provide any challenge. The whole package is like being sucked off by angels though

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlnskSFijXQ

Wicked Guild discusses the peasant revolt and why their nobility requires more taxes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8ygD_K8JOU