![]() ![]() Since then, Metroidvanias have come to dominate the indie space. WayForward Technologies made the Metroid-inspired sequel Shantae: Risky’s Revenge in 2010 DrinkBox released the first Guacamelee! * in 2013 and the following year, Tom Happ released *Axiom Verge, hailed by Polygon’s Jeremy Parish as the best indie Metroidvania ever made. ![]() While fans clamoured for new Metroid and* Castlevania* adventures in vain, indie studios stepped in to fill the void. The Metroidvania genre was, Duperron adds, “Ripe for indie reimagining, especially with a key genre franchise – which shall remain nameless – being rather quiet through most of the decade.” “The genre was wrapped in cherished childhood memories for much of the team,“ says Rodrigue Duperron, marketing and communications specialist at Thunder Lotus, the studio behind 2017’s Sundered. ![]()
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