Damn, I'm seeing elements of WAY more than Pokemon and Metroid in that gif. That's like half my childhood melted down into one game. Looks like it could be a nice nostalgia hit!
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Synth Beasts, a Pokemon-inspired monster collecting metroidvania, is announced for an upcoming release all major platforms
(video.fastly.steamstatic.com)
What others are you noticing?
The ones that jump out: Zelda, dungeon crawlers like Diablo or Gauntlet Dark Legacy, Final Fantasy, a hint of 1v1 combat like in Bloody Roar, and... I have no idea what the name of the game was, but it was a top-down scrolling jet-fighter with super dense enemy attack patterns so you were in a pretty much constant state of dodging waves of energy-balls and such.
It looks fun tbh. I hope it has some sort of co-op element to it. I do think the 3D and 2D styles clash, unlike Cassette Beasts where it looks natural. 8/10 tho would play.