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spemanig said:
Samus Aran said:

Because Mario and Metroid are two totally different genres: one is a game with many shooter elements while another is a platformer. How many good first person platformers have you played? Precisely.

It's common sense that Metroid went first person and Mario went third person. Miyamoto knew this and he was a key figure in both franchises' jump to 3D.


Metroid is a platformer. Stop playing around. They're the exact same genre, only Metroid has action elements and connected levels. Miyamoto doesn't know best. He's responsible for Star Fox Adventures.

Metroid is its own genre. No one but you considers it a platformer. None of the games even have tricky platforming elements. The main elements are exploration, isolation, power-ups and shooting.