Editing Platformer (section)

===Platform-adventure game===
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{{see also|Metroidvania}}
[[File:Rain World animation - Pink Liz sm.gif|thumb|''[[Rain World]]'' is a 2017 platform-adventure game where the player explores the world while avoiding dangerous creatures.]]
{{failed verification span|text=Many games fuse platformer fundamentals with elements of [[action-adventure game]]s|date=July 2024}}, such as ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'', or {{failed verification span|text=with elements of [[Role-playing video games|RPGs]].|date=July 2024}} Typically these elements include the ability to explore an area freely, with access to new areas granted by either gaining new abilities or using inventory items. Many 2D games in the ''[[Metroid]]'' and ''[[Castlevania]]'' franchises are among the most popular games of this sort, and so games that take this type of approach are often labeled as "[[Metroidvania]]" games.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.joystiq.com/2009/08/20/these-metroidvania-games-are-neither-metroid-nor-vania/ | author=Fletcher, JC | title=These Metroidvania games are neither Metroid nor Vania | publisher=Joystiq | date=August 20, 2009 | access-date=July 14, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005015300/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/08/20/these-metroidvania-games-are-neither-metroid-nor-vania/ | archive-date=October 5, 2013 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}</ref> {{failed verification span|text=''[[Castlevania: Symphony of the Night]]'' popularized this approach in the ''Castlevania'' series.|date=July 2024}}<ref name="eurogamer gdc 2014">{{cite web | url = http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-03-21-koji-igarashi-says-castlevania-sotn-was-inspired-by-zelda-not-metroid | title = Koji Igarashi says Castlevania: SotN was inspired by Zelda, not Metroid | website = [[Eurogamer]] | date = 2014-03-21 | access-date = 2014-03-21 | first = Jeffery | last = Matulef | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140322014055/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-03-21-koji-igarashi-says-castlevania-sotn-was-inspired-by-zelda-not-metroid | archive-date = 2014-03-22 | url-status = live }}</ref> Other examples of such games include ''[[Hollow Knight]]'', both games in the ''Ori'' series (''[[Ori and the Blind Forest]]'' and ''[[Ori and the Will of the Wisps]]''), ''[[Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap]]'', ''[[Tails Adventure]]'', ''[[Cave Story]]'', ''[[Mega Man ZX]]'', ''[[Shadow Complex]],'' ''[[DuckTales: Remastered]]'').<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=8999257&publicUserId=5379721 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110605021916/http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=8999257&publicUserId=5379721 | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2011-06-05 | title = Metroidvania: Rekindling a Love Affair with the Old and the New | first = Jeremy | last = Parish | date = 2009-07-23 | access-date = 2009-07-25 | website = [[1UP.com]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.gamedeveloper.com/game-platforms/microsoft-confirms-summer-of-arcade-xbla-line-up | title = Microsoft Confirms 'Summer Of Arcade' XBLA Line-Up | website = [[Gamasutra]] | first = Leigh | last = Alexander | date = 2009-07-09 | access-date = 2009-07-25 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090712124721/http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=24367 | archive-date = 2009-07-12 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.gamersdailynews.com/article-2044-Castlevania-Symphony-of-the-Night-XBLA.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090717111110/http://www.gamersdailynews.com/article-2044-Castlevania-Symphony-of-the-Night-XBLA.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2009-07-17 | title = Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (XBLA) | first = Jim | last = Cook | date = 2009-07-14 | access-date = 2009-07-25 | publisher = Gamers Daily News }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.gamespite.net/toastywiki/index.php/Games/Metroidvania | title = Metroidvania | publisher = Game Sprite | first = Jeremy | last = Parish | access-date = 2009-07-25 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160627235428/http://www.gamespite.net/toastywiki/index.php/Games/Metroidvania | archive-date = 2016-06-27 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2009/05/commodore_castletroid_knight_n.php | title = Commodore Castleroid: Knight 'n' Grail | date = 2009-05-01 | access-date = 2009-07-25 | first = Eric | last = Caoili | publisher = [[Game Set Watch]] | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090515144307/http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2009/05/commodore_castletroid_knight_n.php | archive-date = 2009-05-15 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Bailey|first=Kat|date=2020-02-26|title=Ori and the Will of the Wisps is "Three Times the Scope and Scale" of Blind Forest|url=https://www.usgamer.net/articles/ori-and-the-will-of-the-wisps-final-preview|access-date=2020-06-19|website=USgamer|language=en}}</ref>

Early examples of [[Open world|free-roaming]], side-scrolling, 2D platform-adventures in the vein of "Metroidvania" include Nintendo's [[Metroid (video game)|''Metroid'']] in 1986 and [[Konami]]'s ''Castlevania'' games: ''[[Vampire Killer]]'' in 1986<ref>{{cite web|first=Jeremy|last=Parish|url=http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=8827111&publicUserId=5379721|title=Famicom 25th, Part 17: Live from The Nippon edition|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120629230850/http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=8827111&publicUserId=5379721 |archivedate=June 29, 2012|accessdate=July 2, 2024|work=[[1UP.com]]|date=August 1, 2008}}</ref><ref>Kurt Kalata and William Cain, [http://castlevaniadungeon.net/games/cv2.html Castlevania 2: Simon's Quest (1988)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723035624/http://castlevaniadungeon.net/games/cv2.html |date=2011-07-23 }}, Castlevania Dungeon, accessed 2011-02-27</ref>{{unreliable source?|date=July 2024}} and ''[[Castlevania II: Simon's Quest|Simon's Quest]]'' in 1987,<ref name=1UP-Parish>Jeremy Parish, [http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=7212636 Metroidvania Chronicles II: Simon's Quest] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629034651/http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=7212636 |date=2011-06-29 }} [[1UP.com]], June 28, 2006</ref><ref name="CV2History">{{cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/video/history_castlevania/p4_01.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725014047/http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/video/history_castlevania/p4_01.html |archive-date=2008-07-25 |title=The History of Castlevania - Castlevania II: Simon's Quest |website=[[GameSpot]] |author=Mike Whalen, Giancarlo Varanini |access-date=2008-08-01}}</ref> ''[[The Goonies II]]'' in 1987 again by Konami,<ref>Parish, Jeremy. "Metroidvania Chronicles IV: The Goonies II". Telebunny. Retrieved July 11, 2016.</ref> as well as [[Enix]]'s sci-fi [[Sharp X1]] computer game ''[[Brain Breaker]]'' in 1985,<ref name="Retro"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/brainbreaker/bbreaker.htm|title=Brain Breaker|date=6 October 2017|website=hardcoregaming101.net|access-date=16 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827000806/http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/brainbreaker/bbreaker.htm|archive-date=27 August 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> [[Pony Canyon]]'s ''[[Super Pitfall]]'' in 1986,<ref name="Gamasutra-Gems"/> [[System Sacom]]'s ''[[System Sacom#For computer|Euphory]]'' in 1987,<ref name="Retro"/> [[Quest Corporation|Bothtec]]'s ''The Scheme'' in 1988,<ref name=Retro/> and several ''[[Dragon Slayer (series)|Dragon Slayer]]'' [[Action role-playing game|action RPGs]] by [[Nihon Falcom]] such as the 1985 release ''[[Dragon Slayer II: Xanadu|Xanadu]]''<ref name="Parish-Metroidvania">{{cite web|author=Jeremy Parish|title=Metroidvania|work=Metroidvania.com|publisher=GameSpite.net|url=http://www.gamespite.net/toastywiki/index.php/Games/Metroidvania|access-date=2011-03-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160627235428/http://www.gamespite.net/toastywiki/index.php/Games/Metroidvania|archive-date=2016-06-27|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=8-Bit Cafe: The Shadow Complex Origin Story|author=Jeremy Parish|date=August 18, 2009|website=[[1UP.com]]|url=http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=9001783|access-date=2011-03-25|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120620044739/http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=9001783|archive-date=June 20, 2012}}</ref> and 1987 releases ''[[Faxanadu]]''<ref name="Parish-Metroidvania"/> and ''[[Legacy of the Wizard]]''.<ref name=gsutra_20games>{{cite web | last = Harris | first = John | title = Game Design Essentials: 20 Open World Games | website = [[Gamasutra]] | date = September 26, 2007 | url = http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/1902/game_design_essentials_20_open_.php?page=11 | access-date = 2008-07-25 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080624060124/http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/1902/game_design_essentials_20_open_.php?page=11 | archive-date = June 24, 2008 | url-status = live | df = mdy-all }}</ref>