What's the Appeal of “Metroidvania”? - Hardcore Gamer

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<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNHJkOajvvcqx5pg0xPcHel1dKw0rA&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&ei=Jsw-U5iVIIiYjAbzBA&url=http://www.hardcoregamer.com/2014/04/04/whats-the-appeal-of-metroidvania/79897/"><img src="//t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRWbndCbHIz_hNuZGtxQnrURsBaP_1sN VVP5DGmNxBFoNEezokVzGSnLrO0-qHLhN5MbXQ1Vi4" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="80" /><br /><font size="-2">Hardcore Gamer</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNHJkOajvvcqx5pg0xPcHel1dKw0rA&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&ei=Jsw-U5iVIIiYjAbzBA&url=http://www.hardcoregamer.com/2014/04/04/whats-the-appeal-of-metroidvania/79897/"><b>What&#39;s the Appeal of “Metroidvania”?</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Hardcore Gamer</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Despite the series returning to linear design with Castlevania III: Dracula&#39;s Curse on NES and Super Castlevania IV on <b>SNES</b>, the next major breakthrough for the series didn&#39;t appear until 1997 with Castlevania: Symphony of the Night on Playstation.</font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.ie/news/more?ncl=dTKbnx_YXGvpHDM&authuser=0&ned=en_ie"><nobr><b></b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table>

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