According to the developers of the hit Metroidvania "ANIMAL WELL", "more than half of the stages we thought about were scrapped". The mind-boggling iterative development of "Metroidvania"

According to the developers of the hit Metroidvania "ANIMAL WELL", "more than half of the stages we thought about were scrapped". The mind-boggling iterative development of "Metroidvania"
The developers talked about the development process of ANIMAL WELL, which is currently gaining popularity. In the development of this work, it seems that there were difficulties such as destroying a large number of designed rooms (stages). According to the developers of the hit Metroidvania "ANIMAL WELL", "more than half of the stages we thought about were scrapped". The mind-boggling iterative development of "Metroidvania"...

The linked article is in Japanese.