Why is it that when Castlevania did the whole metroidvania thing it sells well but if it's Metroid nobody gives a shit?

Why is it that when Castlevania did the whole metroidvania thing it sells well but if it's Metroid nobody gives a shit?

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Because melee combat is fun and ranged combat sucks.

Because ranged combat is fun and melee combat sucks.

Metroid games struggle to find the fun in their mandatory backtracking and world design. You're never hit with an element of discovery and satisfaction, just "oh they want me to go through here to go back to here just so I can come back and go through here."

I've always found CV to be superior in atmosphere to Metroid and that goes a long way.

>it sells well
lol
lmao
Castlevania games are lucky to break one million. Only like 3 ever did, and SotN was one of them, only reaching that through multiple rereleases.

It has a lot more flexibility and variety. You can choose what kind of weapons you want to use that are all different but ranged weapons do still exist. You have magic spells, the sub weapons, there's just tons of ways to play the games the way you want to. Metroid has a regular shot and a charged shot, that's it.

Customization makes it much more fun, especially when replaying it if you're not a speed run obsessed autist.

Metroid games sold much better than castlevania games. SOTN had mediocre sales compared to Super Metroid or Metroid Fusion.

Metroid has never once done metroidvania

this desu

metroid is pure

Samus is a virgin and also my wife

Alucard is a faggot lol

lmao SOTN didn't even break 1M

Because sci-fi is for autistic children while campy Gothic horror is for well adjusted literature fans
And the gameplay is better

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Turns out late 1800 gothic fantasy is more enjoyable than science fiction.
Castlevania has iconic monster and boss designs while Metroid is still mostly stuck with Kraid and Ridley.

This. Super Metroid sold 1.4 million
SOTN sold only 700k on saturn+psx, only after re-releases on xbox and ps3 that reached 1millon 10 years later.

>a bunch of people glued to a ball
>iconic boss design

behold...iconic boss design

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Because Metroid feels more impersonal even with overarching lore, mostly thanks to Samus being silent in a majority of the games. Castlevania meanwhile has defined characters with personalities and they all play slightly different from each other in their respective games (that's not including the widely different mechanics in them). Conversely in Metroid it's all Samus all the time.

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Legion is kino
I can't think of one Metroid boss that looks good or has cool lore

Nintendo has always undersold the importance of having actual world building that is semi coherent.

>Turns out late 1800 gothic fantasy is more enjoyable than science fiction.
>Castlevania has iconic monster and boss designs while Metroid is still mostly stuck with Kraid and Ridley.

Nah, Metroid evolved with Prime games. Castlevania got stucked on metroidvania, 3d castlevanias was always mediocre until LOS which was more closer to GOW rather than anything related to castlevania.

raven beak

probably because literally the only reason anyone has ever cared about metroid is for the porn

OP I'm sure this was a drive by shitpost but in case you're around, I'm genuinely curious as to why you thought SotN/Castlevanias sold well (or better than Metroid at least)? Did something specific put that thought in your head, or are you just equating the large number of "Metroidvanias" spawned in style of SotN to the original game's own success?
kill yourself doug

>Metroid is still mostly stuck with Kraid and Ridley.
Castlevania is still stuck on Rondo Sprites, I mean, they even reuse SNES sprites on DS games.

It should work since metroid games sold always better than castlevania games.

*deletes Prime shit*

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>doug
is this another one of those boogeymen that tendo tots come up like barry and assassins creed fag?

What's Ayami Kojima doing these days?

thats fine, they were never better games and that's all that matters

She did the art for Bloodstained.

Metroid doesn't have a bitchin cape

metroid has a literal brain in a jar both series has some lame designs

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