ia . ▁ ▁Cult iv ars ▁ ▁× ▁Dy ck co hn ia ▁' Con rad ▁Mort on ' ▁ ▁References ▁Check list ▁of ▁Boliv ian ▁B rom elia ceae ▁Retrieved ▁ 2 1 ▁October ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁B SI ▁Cult iv ar ▁Reg istry ▁Retrieved ▁ 1 1 ▁October ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁ ▁mez iana ▁Category : Fl ora ▁of ▁Boliv ia <0x0A> </s> ▁Met roid van ia ▁is ▁a ▁sub gen re ▁of ▁action - ad vent ure ▁video ▁games . ▁The ▁term ▁is ▁a ▁port man te au ▁of ▁the ▁game ▁series ▁Met roid ▁and ▁Cast lev ania . ▁Met roid van ia ▁games ▁use ▁game ▁design ▁and ▁mechan ics ▁that ▁are ▁similar ▁to ▁games ▁from ▁these ▁two ▁series . ▁Specifically , ▁the ▁term ▁der ives ▁from ▁the ▁Cast lev ania ▁title ▁Cast lev ania : ▁Sym phony ▁of ▁the ▁Night ▁and ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁games ▁in ▁the ▁franch ise ▁which ▁come ▁after ▁it , ▁which ▁are ▁generally ▁considered ▁to ▁contain ▁certain ▁aspects ▁of ▁game play ▁compar able ▁to ▁that ▁of ▁the ▁Met roid ▁series ▁of ▁games . ▁As ▁such , ▁the ▁term ▁is ▁used ▁to ▁invoke ▁game play ▁concepts ▁and ▁mechan ics ▁similar ▁to ▁that ▁of ▁these ▁two ▁series . ▁Ko ji ▁I gar ashi , ▁the ▁assistant ▁director ▁for ▁Cast lev ania : ▁Sym phony ▁of ▁the ▁Night , ▁is ▁cred ited ▁with ▁establish ing ▁key ▁principles ▁of ▁Met roid van ias ▁through ▁his ▁work ▁on ▁other ▁Cast lev ania ▁games . ▁ ▁Met