Chris Harvey, the co-founder of Drinkbox, and MTV recently sat for an interview to discuss Guacamelee!
In their interview it was brought up that Guacamelee! has been compared to the “Metroidvania” genre. When asked what he thought of this opinion, Harvey likened the game to the Zelda series. See that portion of the interview below.
Well, maybe I shouldn’t say this because we’ve been using the term Metroidvania in our description, but personally I think “Guacamelee!” is more like a “Zelda” game in many ways. Like “Zelda,” the game has open areas and towns with a number of dungeons or temples that you complete in a specific order. Plus, like “Zelda,” the game is guided by a story that keeps driving you to the next location. The sidescrolling platforming is certainly Metroidvania, but the structure of the game is more “Zelda”-like.
