icemann on 7/8/2016 at 06:55
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http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZkU7Z5svabc/VsFK2-iP-1I/AAAAAAAACaw/gH4IXeBsXi4/s1600/a7firstmetr.pngEver since playing Super Metroid on the Super Nintendo I've been a huge fan of the 2D Metroid games. Sadly for me, after Super Metroid there was next to no Metroid sequels to come out besides Metroid - Zero Mission + Metroid Fusion on the gameboy advance MANY years later. The NES original and Metroid 2 I never played. I'm not including the FPS entries as those are a completely different vein of the series.
Several years ago Project AM2R was setup by fans of the 2D Metroid games to create a more snes graphics style update to Metroid 2 considering that the first game got a update in that style (Metroid Zero Mission) by Nintendo itself, but never the sequel.
Personally I'm very excited by this and can't wait to have a play of it.
You can grab it here:
(
http://metroid2remake.blogspot.com.au/2016/08/am2r-10-released.html) Here
ZylonBane on 7/8/2016 at 19:00
How has this not been C&D'd into a fine mist?
Volitions Advocate on 7/8/2016 at 19:07
It really is amazing that it hasn't. And if he's totally finished now, I'm jumping all over it (played a few different versions of the alpha). Metroid 2 was my first metroid game.
Starker on 7/8/2016 at 21:03
Nintendo can be pretty apathetic about fan projects that don't make a profit in any way or "compete" with Nintendo's current projects. That was when Iwata was still alive, though.
icemann on 8/8/2016 at 14:36
Well it would be too late to stop it now that it's out.
Renault on 8/8/2016 at 16:47
Just thought I'd point out the significance of the date - the original Metroid was released on August 6th in Japan - 30 years ago.
I too am looking forward to playing this, hopefully with an actual SNES controller.
Sluggs on 8/8/2016 at 17:33
"This file has been removed due to copyright claims by Nintendo"
Oh dear! Both download links are down!
Renault on 8/8/2016 at 20:00
It may go back up at some point, looks like the C&D they got might be bogus. If anyone wants a copy in the meantime though, just PM me.
Starker on 8/8/2016 at 20:57
If nothing else, this is some good publicity for the project. There are a lot of websites out there who may not have particularly cared about a fan tribute for an old platformer, but it's definitely news now.
Manwe on 8/8/2016 at 21:51
I'm not sure what you guys are on about, I was able to download it from the main page of the website. I'm an hour in, it seems pretty good so far, very polished. Maybe a tad too easy on normal difficulty.
