no

but Dr. Chaos and Goonies II are

No Patrick, Actraiser is not a Metroidvania.
Actraiser 2 is not a Metroidvania either.

>metroidvania
>Metroid means it has search action elements
>Vania means it's an Action Jarpig
More of just the latter

>>11391904
What about Actraiser 3

>>11392356
Solo Crisis isn't a Metroidvania either.

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>>11391757
There are some backtracking elements, as I remember taking stuff from later zones back to older zones. I just don't think of the game that way and more of its own thing as it has action segments and simulation segments. Back then, I think I considered it sort of that god game genre like Populous.

No, it' not a game from the Castlevania series with an exploreable map like Metroid which is the only thing a Metroidvania is or ever will be

>>11391757
No and neither is actraiser 2.