See Metroidlike on Wiktionary
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"ref": "2017 March 11, MANvsGAME, Twitter, archived from the original on 2022-08-02:",
"text": "So glad I took the time to check out Hollow Knight. $15 is a steal for this gorgeous gem of a Metroidlike (Metroidvania IF YOU MUST).",
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"ref": "2018 April 18, TheRealPit0, Twitter, archived from the original on 2022-08-02:",
"text": "Got this today. The package looks amazing. Lets check this amazing metroidlike\n#NintendoSwitch #axiomverge #metroidlike",
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"ref": "2018 November 2, OhNoItsGlitch, Twitter, archived from the original on 2022-05-24:",
"text": "It's too bad nobody remembers the beautiful, redheaded homage to Samus Aran that was Jenosa Arma from Scurge: Hive (GBA / NDS)\nIsometric metroidlike action RPG bounty hunter heroine. She's quite wonderful.",
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"ref": "2018 November 26, warm_blankets, Twitter, archived from the original on 2022-08-02:",
"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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"ref": "2019 December 29, grosguerrier, Twitter, archived from the original on 2022-08-02:",
"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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"ref": "2021 August 6, NotDolphy, Twitter, archived from the original on 2021-08-06:",
"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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"ref": "2021 October 29, parkerrsimmons, Twitter, archived from the original on 2021-10-29:",
"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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"ref": "2022 February 3, ziggybull, Twitter, archived from the original on 2022-02-03:",
"text": "They're all called Metroidlikes going forward because we're not going to dignify Konami any longer.",
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