I haven’t played a Metroidvania in a while and I’m looking for suggestions of some good ones to try. Some I would recommend:
Ender’s: Lilies (Magnolias is good too, but play Lilies first. The setting and theme hits better.)
Ori and the Blind Forest / Will of the Wisps (Will of the Wisps did bring a tear to my eye)
Monster Sanctuary (a creature capture metroidvania)
Any system is good, interested to hear of other good ones that are out there.
Axiom Verge. I don’t know how they managed to improve on the feeling of Super Metroid, but they did it.
Agreed both are really good games. One of the few games I’ve 100%
If you havent played the sequel I would recommend it. It definitely is not the same as the original but is still really solid and hopefully there will be further games