Super Metroid's Zoo-Smelling Nap Room Birthed a Handheld Legend
Ten to fifteen Nintendo developers were sleeping in shifts in an unwashed room that smelled like a zoo, and the director who led them through Super…
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Ascent DX Brings Bite-Sized Metroidvania Bliss to Switch on August 20
At $2.99 with a runtime that respects your commute as much as your weekend sofa session, Ascent DX is the rare Metroidvania built around the reality…
Akatori Ditches Switch 1 for Switch 2: What Handheld Gamers Need
HypeTrain Digital just killed the Switch 1 version of Akatori and bet the whole thing on Switch 2 instead. Originally announced for the original…
Playdate's 1-Bit 3D: A Dev Defies Limits With a Custom Renderer
Cristina Ramos built a 3D renderer from scratch for Panic’s Playdate — a monochrome handheld with a 4 MHz ARM Cortex-M7 and 16 MB of RAM — because…
Echo Weaver Brings Time-Loop MetroidBRAINia to Switch 2 Handhelds
The metroidvania genre's [natural fit for handhelds](/news/castlevania-belmonts-curse-handheld-enlightenment/) -- sprawling maps begging for…
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse Seeks Handheld Converts
Konami producer Tsutomu Taniguchi noticed something from reading social media and fan communities: a significant share of modern Metroidvania players…