Metroidvania

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A Metroidvania, also known as Exploratory Action (探索型アクション, Tansaku-Gata Akushon) in Japan, is a sub-genre of action-adventure games focused on nonlinear exploration and guided progression with a need to acquire key items to enter certain areas.

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