Retronauts Episode 137: How Symphony of the Night (almost) killed Metroidvania

Retronauts

Technology, Games, Video Games, Leisure

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2018

⏱️ 102 minutes

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Summary

Jeremy, Benj, and Chris explore the mid-’90s doldrums of the metroidvania genre, with a lengthy sidebar on the era's lone high point amidst industry-wide disinterest: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.

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0:00.0	This weekend, RetroNuts, what IS a man?
0:25.5	Well, guys, what is it?
0:27.0	A miserable little pile of secrets.
0:29.5	Enough talk, have at you.
0:31.0	Alright, yes, hi everyone.
0:34.5	What?
0:35.0	That's at the end when you came.
0:36.0	Okay.
0:37.0	Okay, so hi everyone.
0:38.5	Welcome to another Metroidvaniavania.
0:42.0	Episode of RetroNuts, I am Jeremy Parrish.
0:44.0	And as usual, I have brought them here together to pay me tribute.
0:53.0	Oh, you stole it, that was an idea.
0:55.0	Sorry, sorry about that, Chris.
0:56.5	Go ahead.
0:57.5	I'm Chris Sims.
0:59.0	What?
1:00.0	What?
1:01.0	And I am here to talk about the second best Metroidvania ever made after Super Mario World.
1:08.0	Oh, you just had to bring that in.
1:11.0	And also, here to be very specific about semantics.
1:16.0	It's...
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