Genre changes that worked?

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CaptainExplosion said:

SegataSanshiro said:
No one has mentioned Castlevania yet? Really!?. 8-16 bit era they were linear action games. With the 32 bit era and beyond became a side scrolling Action RPG with Metroid elements..thus creating the term Metroidvania.

Super Metroid did it better. =P

Anyone remember when NaughtyDog made Jak X Combat Racing?

But Super Metroid was not a genre change from Metroid.