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Back into the world of Kickstarter, we have two new games on practically the opposite ends of the spectrum, as far as Metroidvanias go. The first game is called Legend of Iya (pronounced Ee-yah). The game is 100% pixel-based, and seems to be taken right out of the end of the height of the 16-bit era. The character animation is extremely fluid and all the backgrounds seem to be painstakingly pixelled in extreme detail. The game's developer, DarkFalzX is asking for a weighty $75k, and unfortunately it doesn't look like he'll reach his goal, as he only has 5 days left. They may re-Kickstart after this one ends though, so keep and eye out for it. You can also download and play a short demo of the game. Check out the Kickstarter video below:

The other game is fairly new on the Kickstarter scene. Ghost Song: A Journey of Hope offers a high-resolution Metroidvania adventure, instilling itself with all the things we love about 2D Metroid games: an overwhelming sense of isolation, a dark and mysterious planet to adventure on, a storyline told without cutscenes or dialogue, and of course lots of enemies to blast and powerups to find. It was originally going to be a Flash-based game, but it eventually grew too big and he had to move on to another more capable engine, which is Unity. The game looks fantastic, and carries a lot of potential:

We at the MDb wish both projects the best of luck!

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