Wears its inspiration on its Varia Suit sleeve
Since Nintendo seems dead set on never giving us another proper 2DMetroidgame, it is up to the indie community to pull up the slack.Ghost Song, a game heavily inspired by old school Metroid titles, andParadise Lost, a gorgeous pixelated stealth Metroidvania, both enjoyed pretty immense crowdfunding success on Kickstarter last year. A few days into its own campaign,ReVeNlooks like it might just do the same.
To be fair, whetherReVeNwill employ classic Metroidvania exploration and backtracking is unclear from the video, but what is clear is that the team takes a lot of inspiration from the legendary Nintendo franchise. The developer is named Varia Games, after all.
After about a week of its campaign, ReVeN has earned more than two-thirds of its funding goal of $18,000 onKickstarter. Additionally, it is up for voting onSteam Greenlight. Are you paying attention to this, Nintendo? People want another 2DMetroidgame so badly that they are now making their own, and those games are becoming fairly successful.
