Another Pixel Art Zelda-Like Is On The Way, But This One Stars A Pig

Please don’t call action adventure games “zelda-likes”
Please don’t call anything a “[popular game]-like” besides Souls ans Rogue Likes.

Looks like a fun little game.

Definitely has some gorgeous pixel art! Will keep my eye on this one.

It looks more like Hyper Light Drifter, imo.

@darkswabber
I was using the term Zeldalike before I had even ever heard of Dark Souls lol. Why does Souls get special treatment, hm?

The term that personally irks me the most is "metroidvania" because it's just weird. Metroidlike would be a better term imo.

Looks interesting! Probably have to pass on it because I'm busy with other games though 😃.

It looks pretty cute honestly. One to keep an eye on.

Will there be a review of this one on NintendoLife?

I backed this on Kickstarter, just because it was cute. Unfortunately it doesnt have a physical, so kinda against my ethos but I do like to help out game devs

Looks cute, will be waiting for reviews.

Edit: There's a demo available on Steam, will try it later.

@EarthboundBenjy the term metroidvania actually specifically comes from Castlevania Symphony of the Night and Super Metroid. It didn’t exist yet after SM itself.
People tend to call the Metroid inspired ones Metroidvanias and the SotN inspired ones Igavanias in reference to Igarashi.

@darkswabber

I'm well aware of how the term came about.
Originally "Metroidvania" was used by the Castlevania community to refer specifically to the Castlevania games with metroid-style maps. The term gained traction outside of the Castlevania fandom when more and more indie games were using a similar style and gaining popularity.

The term IGAvania was speifically created by Koji Igarashi for his Bloodstained Kickstarter. It's a completely made up marketing gimmick term, used so that IGA could refer to his previous works without actually invoking the names of Castlevania or Konami in the marketing for Bloodstained (and to avoid mention of Metroid and Nintendo too I suppose). It seems to have stuck with fans of IGA and his works, but I have never heard the term used by a wider audience. I'm okay with use of this term to specifically refer to IGA's works (which means not including Circle of the Moon) but I certainly don't want to use it as a catch all genre descriptor.

More like pig-cell art...

I'll see myself out.

What a handy little piggy. I'd try a Switch demo of this.

@Rhaoulos Stay with us, that was a good one!

@Vyacheslav333 With the two-character juggling of Eastward and the pig mount of Blossom Tales II (assuming that you choose the pig over the horse, by why wouldn't you?).

Looks good, ill have to WL it.

@Rhaoulos Bra-VA!

I spent way too long trying to figure out how the subhead, "swine and dine," was a play on "dine and dash," before realizing I'm a stupid.

@hisownsidekick A play on the term "wine and dine" actually.

@Pho Right, I figured that out after a few moments, hence my further realization that I'm an idiot, haha.

@hisownsidekick Doh, now I'm the fool. Misread your comment

@Pho Well now that I know I'm not alone, it's clear to me that the article is to blame. You and I are faultless, haha.