Ori and the Blind Forest is a single-player platform-adventure Metroidvania video game designed by Moon Studios, an independent developer, and published by Microsoft Studios.
 The game was released on March 11, 2015 for Microsoft Windows and Xbox One.
 A Definitive Edition was released for Xbox One on March 11, 2016, and for Windows on April 27, 2016.
Faxanadu (ファザナドゥ , Fazanadu ) is an action role-playing platform-adventure video game for the Family Computer (Famicom) and Nintendo Entertainment System (NES).
 The name was licensed by computer game developer Nihon Falcom ("Falcom") and was developed and released in Japan by Hudson Soft in 1987.
 In 1989, Nintendo of America released the game in the United States as a first-party title under license from Hudson Soft.
 Nintendo also released the game to the European market in 1990.
Sonic Team (Japanese: ソニックチーム , Hepburn: Sonikku chīmu ) is a Japanese video game development division of Sega.
 The division was established as Sega AM8 in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan in 1988, and was renamed to Sonic Team in 1991 after the release of "Sonic the Hedgehog" for the Sega Genesis home console.
 The game was a huge commercial success for Sega, and started the long-running "Sonic the Hedgehog" franchise.
 In the mid 1990s, the studio began to create and develop new intellectual properties, whilst continuing to oversee production on the "Sonic" series.
Elixir Studios was a British video game developer.
 The company was founded in 1998 by Demis Hassabis, formerly a prominent figure at Lionhead Studios.
 At its height, it employed around sixty people, and was based in London.
 It aimed to be an independent developer, creating its own intellectual properties rather than licensing established ones.
 The company's first game, "", was released in 2003, and a second game, "Evil Genius", was released in 2004.
Wizorb is a role-playing video game created and published by the independent developer Tribute Games.
 The game was released on the Xbox 360 Xbox Live Marketplace on September 29, 2011.
 The gameplay is a cross between "Breakout" and a role-playing game.
 "Wizorb" was ported to Microsoft Windows, OS X, and Linux.
 It was released for Microsoft Windows through Steam on March 14, 2012, with added achievements and cloud storage.
 Upon release, "Wizorb" saw favorable reviews from critics, with VentureBeat's Jacob Siegal listing it as one of the top 10 independent video games of 2011.
Owlboy is a platform-adventure video game created by independent developer D-Pad Studio.
 The game is notable for its long development cycle, which began in 2007, and was released in November 2016.
Gravitronix is an action video game created by independent developer Medaverse Studios for the Wii video game console.
 The game was released in North America on October 12, 2009 as a downloadable WiiWare title.
Motive Studios is a Canadian video game development studio owned and operated by Electronic Arts.
 Founded in July 2015 by Jade Raymond, a former Ubisoft executive and "Assassin's Creed" producer, Motive Studios was created to specialize in action-adventure games as well as incubate new intellectual properties.
 Their first announced project is to work with Redwood Shores-based Visceral Games on an upcoming "Star Wars video game.
Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance is a platform-adventure video game developed and published by Konami for the Game Boy Advance.
 Belonging to Konami's "Castlevania" video game series, it is the second installment of the series on the Game Boy Advance.
 It was released in Japan in June 2002, in North America in September 2002, and in Europe in October 2002.
 It was the first Castlevania game to be called "Castlevania" in Japan instead of "Akumajō Dracula".
The year 2016 saw releases of numerous video games, including new installments for several well-received franchises, such as "Ace Attorney", "Battlefield", "Call of Duty", "Civilization", "", "Dark Souls", "Dead Rising", "Deus Ex", "Dishonored", "Doom", "Far Cry", "FIFA", "Final Fantasy", "Fire Emblem", "Forza Horizon", "Gears of War", "Hearts of Iron", "Hitman", "Homefront", "Homeworld", "Kirby", "Mafia", "Mario Party", "Master of Orion", "Metroid", "Mirror's Edge", "Persona", "", "Pokémon", "Ratchet & Clank", "Shadow of the Beast", "Shadow Warrior", "Sonic the Hedgehog", "Star Fox", "Star Ocean", "Street Fighter", "Titanfall", "Total War", "Uncharted", "Watch Dogs", "XCOM" and "Zero Escape".
 In addition, it saw the release of new intellectual properties, including "Overwatch", "Quantum Break", "Tom Clancy's The Division" and "The Last Guardian", and indie titles such as "Abzû", "Hyper Light Drifter", "Inside", "No Man's Sky", "Owlboy", "Stardew Valley" and "The Witness".
 Many awards went to games such as "Overwatch", "", "Inside", "Doom", "Dark Souls III", "The Last Guardian", "Dishonored 2" and "Titanfall 2".

Question: What is the platform-adventure video game created by independent developer D-Pad Studio, and included in 2016 new intellectual properties releases notable for?
Answer: its long development cycle