Pixel Art Metroidvania '9 Years Of Shadows' Delayed Until 2023 On Switch

And yet another Metroidvania!!!

@Axelay71 As long as they're high quality like this one, bring em!

Is this the one being developed by a mexican team?

but this is 300% Saint Seiya style! and I'm super in!! CDZ rulez!

@StefanN each to there own I guess, personally I'm sick of Metroidvania, soulslike games. Personally I love rail shooters but unfortunately certainly not Enough of those anymore.

@Axelay71 Yeah sometimes i just feel like it's pointless to dismiss games for the genre as much as it's happening here. Because if a game turns out great, everybody's just gonna love it. Simple as that, good games are good. Not saying all this to correct/convince you specifically or something! I just feel like people might be missing out. Personally I don't like most of the Metroidvanias on switch, which is sad because i love a good one 😅.

Rail shooters are underrepresented as hell for sure!

I hadn't even heard of this one yet. But if it plays half as good as it looks, I'm in.

I really need to be more discerning of my Metroidvanias. With high quality ones such as this, we are spoilt for choice to the point I can't just settle and waste money on an average Metroidvania.

@StefanN like I said I respect your opinion, but as a whole the games industry is stuck in a hole. Really wish devs would produce a wider range of games. It's just the same stuff over again. Or pale imitations of amazing retro games. Devs need to realise there is a wider audience who play games that are different generations. I'm an old fart with disposable income. I just need to realise I'm not the target audience unfortunately.

Who put Saint Seiya armors and Sailor Moon transformations in my 2D pixel-art Metroidvania?

Interesting... It looks like Sailor Moon meets Saint Seiya in a gothic environment. Goona keep an eye on it.

@Axelay71 Hm, well i see what you mean. I feel completely different about it. Personally i feel there's such an incredible variety of styles of games at any point in time nowadays that it really doesn't matter that a few genres are particularly popular to be made. Welp, hoping for some rail shooters for you my man! 😄

Holy mother effing eff!! I can't remember the last time I was more hyped for a game!! I'd never see this before but this just blew my MIND!!!!! Stick it in my veins!!!!!

.... also, please put it on a physical disc or cartridge. plz plz plz plz

I am excited for this one but quality takes time so delays are worth it.

The game I'm working on is all pixel art done by me and it's also a metroidvania but it's Co-Op through 99.9% of the game.

@StefanN variety... only if you like Metroidvania, open world, co op, soulslike. Roguelite. It's a bit of joke really. Games like the original God of war, Dantes inferno are few and far between. Even God of war has changed with semi open world, crafting weapons. The word linear in the gaming world seems like a dirty word!! I'm hoping PSVR 2 brings more awesome arcade like experiences just fun great games without all the crap attached to them.

@Axelay71 Well i mean, you're not wrong. I do like those genres. While writing my last comment i was thinking that my perceived variety is definitely greater since I'm happy getting all those genres a lot. Well i think you're right now that i thought about it some more. I still think there's incredible variety but I'm not gonna say anymore that there isn't a noticeable tendency towards particular genres.

Oh and open world games is a good example. That's something I can relate to more easily since that bothers me too. I'm playing Neon White on Switch right now and god, i love it. It is level based, completely linear (well unless you're speedrunning levels) and this kind of game just wouldn't be possible without linear design. So yeah.

And yeah i hope you'll get some cool stuff on PSVR2!

@StefanN totally respect your opinion mate, just me having a rant. Unfortunately all its about for devs is making money. As a whole I prefer linear games, story driven. Especially retro games. Even racing games have to be open world now its just crazy!!

The more I see of this game the better it had gotten. Definitely looking forward to it.

Looks glorious. Guess I'll be nabbing it for Steam (Deck). I'll take all the Metroidvanias I can get.

I can't believe we're only getting 568 Metroidvanias this year instead of 569!

@GeminiSaint The beginning was like SAAIILORRRR MOOONNN

Gotta love that teddy bear. Just a straight up magic teddy bear companion.

@StefanN I agree with you. Also, a single person being sick of a genre doesn't really mean anything other than I guess they chose to play to many. And there are enough games in any genre for someone to get sick of that genre if they so choose.

@Lyricana Actually, you're making me realize another thing - i pretty much felt the same way as the person i had this conversation with just now, about Battle Royale games. Even up to the point of lamenting their existence because i too thought that we would otherwise be getting more creative games. But nope, Battle Royale is what seems to bring in the people/money thus everybody does it. And i never played Battle Royales except like three for a short period of time 😅. But yeah, i still feel variety is booming and there's so much creative stuff going on right now. And as time goes on, the ideas just get crazier and more outlandish, more people get inspired by all these crazy concepts to make games themselves.

@MeloMan 100% agree.

I love me a metroidvania, but it’s gotta be high quality. Even just a little off, and the experience can be bland.

So yep, must choose them wisely.

Well, looks like the Steam Deck it is. I'd rather not wait until Q1 2023. I've really been looking for a new Metroidvania to get into.

Delayed to 2023? Guess it’s 10 years of shadows then!

…I’ll see myself out.

The game itself does look very cool.