Dude, if you think the game engine designer and programmer had nothing to do with the end result then you’re out of your mind.

You're projecting waaaay to much into what I wrote. Carmack did not design the game but obviously the engine is part of the overall package. Reading my statement into saying that he "had nothing to do with the end result" is insane.

You do know that symphony of the night is not the first Castlevania, right? The first Metroid and first Castlevania games both came out in 1986.

Yes, and for a decade Castlevania games were not "Metroidvanias". That's why the term makes no sense to be part of the genre but I also don't throw a tantrum over unimportant things on the internet. Relax.

Get some culture Van Winkle, you have been asleep for too long.

Why are you so angry? I did not attack you or your mom. It's just about video games. Chill, man.