Another of those "trope name as image" ones: Metroidvania

Really, all the image gives us is the title. It doesn't even show that it relates to video games, unless you're already familiar with the two source series and thus able to understand the title anyway.

Motion to pull

The pic is based on the melding in the trope name but doesn't represent the trope at all.

Second

Reading over the page it seems like we'd be able to show at least some of its elements visually, though.

What happened to that old image of Samus edited into Castlevania Aria Of Sorrow?

Thirding, if that's not obvious from the fact that I started the topic :P

edited 20th Jul '11 11:27:40 AM by INUH

Pull. It's not even that fantastic a shop to begin with.

edited 20th Jul '11 11:42:33 AM by ArtemisStrong

Pulled.

The scary thing about that pic is that her cleavage window kinda looks like it has a face coming out of it.

...Great. Now every time I see that image, I'll see a face coming out of her breasts. Thanks for that.

@nuclearneo: It's here◊. It was removed by tjsomething on 29th Jan '11 3:13:36 PM under the justification "Better picture".

That one's...passable. It at least shows that it's a side-scrolling video game genre. Can we do better?

edited 20th Jul '11 12:08:35 PM by INUH

I was thinking of something like this : [1]◊

But better, of course.

edited 20th Jul '11 12:21:30 PM by ArtemisStrong

Showing the map of Dracula's Castle from any given Castlevania game would work just as well, as they barrowed the idea from Metroid in the first place.

In fact, a side by side pic would be best of Metroid and Dracula's Castle maps.

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The only problem would be how damn big the maps are. maybe we could use one from a small Metroid Vania.

edited 20th Jul '11 1:44:38 PM by Raso

We could do a collage.

Nice. Also, why the hell is Map Screen not a trope yet? I'll go YKTTW that now.

Good idea.

I like the map screen idea. Why do you think we need a collage?

1 vote for just a map screen. The one given works fine.

Bump...I like the map screen pic.

I think it should at least be paired with a gameplay screen.

Maybe gameplay screens showing some of the items you collect, etc.

Maybe a simpler map just showing the locations of items.

I do like that idea of a partial map, though.

Alternatively, we can show a picture of the player-character looking at a powerup he/she can't access yet. With a caption like "You'll need another powerup to get this one."

edited 13th Oct '11 5:44:21 PM by GlennMagusHarvey

I think we should do a collage. You know, a couple Metroid and Castlevania games, Cave Story, Mega Man Zero (much more than other Mega Man games), Shantae, etc. I'll find some pictures and see what I can do.

But how does a collage communicate the free-roaming explore-whatever nature of the subgenre? A collage of screens from sidescrolling games will have viewers thinking "oh, this is about sidescrollers?". Wrong trope, sorry.

edited 3rd Nov '11 7:34:54 PM by Stratadrake