Who said that walking on feet is the only way to navigate in metroidvanias? This short video demonstrates the variety of ways to explore Max's consciousness.
I played tons of metroidvanias I want to note the extreme scarcity of modes of movement in some games of this genre. While linear platformers most of the time can offer a big variety of mechanics in metroidvanias player is forced to run and jump all the time till the end of the game. I decided to dilute the running around with a bunch of other ways to move around the map.