"Metroidlike" meaning in All languages combined

See Metroidlike on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: Metroidlikes [plural]
Etymology: Metroid + -like Etymology templates: {{suf|en|Metroid|like}} Metroid + -like Head templates: {{en-noun}} Metroidlike (plural Metroidlikes)
  1. Synonym of Metroidvania. Wikipedia link: Metroid Categories (topical): Video game genres Synonyms: Metroidvania [synonym, synonym-of]

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2018 April 18, TheRealPit0, Twitter, archived from the original on 2022-08-02",
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          "text": "i love games that are roguelikes and soulslikes, but also metroidbornes and soulsbornes and metroidlikes as well as permabornes, bornevanias and roguevanialikes",
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          "text": "Gato Roboto is a sharp and clever Metroidlike, you're playing a cat named Kiki, they is suiting a mech, to save Gary ! #NintendoSwitch",
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          "text": "metroidvania is a stupid word, castlevania didn't do shit, everything in that genre pulls way more from metroid. anything new sotn brought is barely ever used (also it sux...!!!)\nthis is my stupid hot take hill i will die on.\nalso why i passive-aggressively call them metroidlikes",
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          "text": "Only castelvania games can be metroidvanias. The rest are simply Metroidlikes. Give credit where it's due.\nIf you use \"Roguelike\" (named after the game Rogue), you can suck it all the way up and give Samus her credit!",
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