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  • The game is another title in the "metroidvania" genre.

    StuffWeLike.com 2009

  • I think the chief that's interesting me is whispers this might be the first metroidvania to have some genuine focus on platforming instead of just rooms with harder enemies and the occasional set of spikes.

    Still Alive SVGL 2008

  • Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia is currently at the top of the heap in terms of metroidvania style games on the DS.

    Gaming Nexus 2008

  • I hear it has a metroidvania style segment, which seems like exactly the right kind of game environment for a character as versatile and just plain fun to control as Kirby. and will be removed from your comment.

    Verbal Spew 2008

  • Hey svgl, i understand the metroidvania joy, but whats your take on the main character? for that matter, all the recent "normal doods" (i.e. uncharted, bioshock, infamous, prototype, etc.). fucking yawn.

    Not Now, Honey, I'm Exploring SVGL 2009

  • AoS/DoS), the whole idea of a co-op metroidvania falls somewhere along the lines of

    Destructoid 2010

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