Genre
Metroidvania 1986-1992 /26 titles
26 titles#16 Rank by number of titles (of 152)5,300 yen Median price25 points Median Famitsu scoreAbout this genre A record of the titles in this genre only.
Titles 26 titles Period 1986-1992 Formats FC / NES / FDS Main genre Metroidvania Median price 5,300 yen Median Famitsu score 25 points Share released in Japan
81%
Share released overseas
73%
Share with a known price
81%
Share with a known score
42%
Titles per year Covers the 26 titles with a known release date. The 0 without one are not on this line.
Which publishers released them Breakdown of the 26 titles with a known publisher. Press a name to open that company's page.
Which developers made them Breakdown of the 29 titles with a known developer.
4 Imagineering 7% 2 titles
6 Intelligent Systems 3% 1 titles
Where they were released 1 titles were released in more than one region, so the total exceeds the number of titles.
1 Japan 21 titles
2 North America 19 titles
3 Europe 11 titles
21 titles 5 titles
How much they sold and what they cost Copies sold and launch prices are listed side by side. No multiplied totals are shown.
2,730,000titles
The best-selling title, "Metroid ". Only 1 titles have known sales figures.
Launch price (median)
5,300 yen
21 titles have a known price
1 2,000 yen range 3 titles
2 4,000 yen range 6 titles
3 5,000 yen range 11 titles
4 6,000 yen range 1 titles
Famitsu score Out of 40. Across the 11 titles with a known score, the median was 25.
1 titles
4 titles
5 titles
1 titles
Titles in this group (all 26) Ordered by copies sold, then by score.Press a title to open the page for any of the 1.
1986-08-06 / Metroidvania/ 2,600 yen /
Nintendo 1988-01-14 / Metroidvania/ 5,500 yen / Famitsu 30 /
Konami 1986-11-13 / Metroidvania/ 4,900 yen / Famitsu 29 /
Hudson Soft 1987-08-28 / Metroidvania/ 2,980 yen / Famitsu 28 /
Konami 1987-03-18 / Metroidvania/ 5,300 yen / Famitsu 26 /
Konami 1987-04-17 / Metroidvania/ 4,980 yen / Famitsu 26 /
Tecmo 1992-07-17 / Metroidvania/ 5,800 yen / Famitsu 25 /
Capcom 1987-09-22 / Metroidvania/ 4,900 yen / Famitsu 24 /
Jaleco 1986-12-18 / Metroidvania/ 4,900 yen / Famitsu 21 /
Sunsoft 1989-01-27 / Metroidvania/ 5,800 yen / Famitsu 20 /
Vic Tokai 1988-07-20 / Metroidvania/ 5,900 yen /
Capcom 1991-09-20 / Metroidvania/ 6,200 yen /
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Source: created by adapting the "Media Arts Database" (https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/) of the National Center for Art Research, National Museum of Art