Metroid

The Story

Samus Aran was kept gender-ambiguous throughout Metroid's development — the ending reveal that she was a woman was intentional, unprecedented, and earned through completion time. Metroid gave players a planet to explore, power-ups that unlocked new areas, and no map. The isolation was deliberate. The genre the game spawned — Metroidvania — is named after it and Castlevania jointly, and is one of the most active indie design spaces today.

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