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Metroidvania

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Metroidvania

Summary

Metroidvania is a video game genre[1]. Metroidvania has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Metroidvania's instance of is recorded as video game genre[3].
  • Castlevania is named after Metroidvania[4].
  • Metroid is named after Metroidvania[5].
  • Metroidvania is a type of action-adventure game[6].
  • Metroidvania is a type of 2D platform game[7].
  • Metroidvania's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Metroidvania games[8].
  • Metroidvania's game mechanics is recorded as nonlinear gameplay[9].

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Definition and Type

Metroidvania's instance of is recorded as video game genre[3]. Recorded subclass of include action-adventure game[6] and 2D platform game[7].

Origins

Things named after include Castlevania[4], a video game series[10] and Metroid[5], a video game series[11].

Why It Matters

Metroidvania has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Metroidvania is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [10] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 26d ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → action-adventure game, 2D platform game
    Instance of → —
    Game mechanics → nonlinear gameplay
    P14470 → Concepts/Search_Action
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14470]]: Concepts/Search_Action, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
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