Metroidvania is a sub-genre of platform video games focused on guided non-linearity and utility-gated exploration and progression. The term is a portmanteau of the names of the video game series Metroid and Castlevania, with games in the genre borrowing from both series.Typically based on two-dimensional, sidescrolling platform gameplay, Metroidvania games feature a …

Dust: An Elysian Tail is an action role-playing video game developed by American independent designer Dean Dodrill, published by Microsoft Studios.It was released for Xbox 360 through Xbox Live Arcade in August 2012, and subsequently for Microsoft Windows in May 2013, for Linux and OS X in December 2013, and for PlayStation 4 in October 2014. A version for the Nintendo …

Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights is a 2021 action role-playing game developed by Adglobe and Live Wire and published by Binary Haze Interactive, featuring a dark fantasy fairy tale.. The story follows Lily, the last surviving priestess in a land devastated by an endless and oppressive rain that drives living things demented and transforms them into undead while granting …

A platform game (often simplified as platformer and sometimes called a jump 'n' run game) is a sub-genre of action video games in which the core objective is to move the player character between points in an environment. Platform games are characterized by levels that consist of uneven terrain and suspended platforms of varying height that require jumping and climbing to …

The Goonies II (Japanese: グーニーズ2 フラッテリー最後の挑戦, Hepburn: Gūnīzu Tsū: Furatterī Saigo no Chōsen, The Goonies II: The Fratellis' Last Stand) is an adventure game developed and published by Konami for the Nintendo Entertainment System.It was released on March 18, 1987 () in Japan, November 1987 in North America, and on December 19, 1988 () in …

Castlevania Chronicles is a platform video game developed by Konami for the PlayStation. It is a port of a game originally released in Japan for the Sharp X68000 home computer in 1993 as Akumajō Dracula. The Castlevania Chronicles port adds a number of features, including an Arranged Mode. Castlevania Chronicles is a remake of the original Castlevania for the NES, …

Faxanadu is a side scrolling action role playing game.. Players guide the hero through a screen-by-screen series of fields, towns, and dungeons. The hero can walk, jump, and climb ladders – all typical characteristics of a platform game.Along the way, he may also purchase usable items with gold, equip and use bladed weapons against enemies, equip armor, and cast magic projectiles.

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 is an action-adventure game, the sequel to the 2010 game Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, and part of the Castlevania franchise. The game was developed by MercurySteam and published by Konami. It was released late February 2014 in both North America and Europe and in March 2014 in Australia.

Fist (typography), the symbol ☞ In arts and entertainment. F.I.S.T., a 1978 film (Federation of Interstate Truckers) F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch, a 2021 Metroidvania video game; Fist (band), a heavy metal band from the UK Fantasy Interactive Scenarios by Telephone, a series of single-player telephone-based roleplaying games; Reverend Jeff "Fist" Fistwick, a recurring …

Metroid II: Return of Samus is an action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy.The first Metroid game for a handheld game console, it was released in North America in November 1991 and in Japan and Europe in 1992.The game follows bounty hunter Samus Aran on her mission to eradicate the Metroids from their home planet, SR388, before …