Would you consider a game MetroidBrainia if the MB part is accessible only later in the game?

In most MetroidBrainia games, once starting a second playthrough with the knowledge acquired from the first one, you can get to seemingly inaccessible places right from the beginning.

But what if the game you play only lets you do so later on, and even with the extra knowledge - you still need to play the game normally until you don't? Would you still consider it a MetroidBrainia?

For example - the game Environmental Station Alpha starts as a pure classic MetroidVania, and even on second playthrough, you can't go deeper the rabbit hole up until you pretty much have most of the abilities, which let you roam the space station more freely.