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[Rodney McKay]

Agreed. It's pretty interesting, quite a few series conventions (both mechanically and aesthetically) originated from Metroid II. Off the top of my head:

- Save Stations
- Aiming downward
- Crouching
- The Spazer & Plazma Beams
- The Spider & Spring Ball
- Energy & Missile Refill points
- Samus' ship & the (now iconic) Varia Suit design
- The item fanfare

It's almost like a proto-Super Metroid in those regards. Whereas I'd probably recommend Zero Mission over the original to a newcomer (Even considering I personally prefer the NES version), I'd say Metroid II is worth a fair shake, at the very least.

Yeah, when I was playing some of Metroid 2 on my 3DS years ago, I didn't have any problems with how it played. I keep trying to get into Metroid 1, but it's just a bit too hard for me from the start. I should really just use a guide for it for my first full playthrough.

Literally the only thing I wish OG Metroid 2 had was a map. I wasn't playing the game consistently enough to learn the map as I went, and I wasn't drawing one, so I would get completely lost when I played it. Only got an hour or two in, so I'm pretty excited just to do a full playthrough with this remake.

Maybe once I finish the remake I'll go back to the original if the map is the same.

 

[ShadowOwl]

Hell Pokémon Uranium is dropping TODAY

It's out btw but the site is currently broken: http://www.pokemonuranium.com/download/

 

[Spring-Loaded]

I can feel it cumming.

 

[Ranmo]

30 seconds hype.

 

[Defect]

20 seconds!!!

 

[Menitta]

WE IN THERE

 

[ieptbarakat]

It's here!

 

[Feltrol]

ARE WE THERE YET?!

 

[A Link to the Past]

I just randomly tuned into the countdown clock and it was just 10 seconds left

That's a funny coincidence

 

[xHiryu]

I loved Zero Mission and Fusion as a kid, boutta download this and see whatsup

 

[Nohar]

It's up! MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINE!

 

[diaspora]

72MB? Damn.

 

[Ourobolus]

72 MB, GOOOOOO

 

[Arkanius]

It's out EVERYONE

 

[Seven Force]

We made it brehs

No L's to be had today

 

[Defect]

I wonder if anyone from Nintendo will play this.

 

[PSFan]

So where is it? Timer ran out and no download link?

 

[Menitta]

I pick Mediafire.

 

[Ranmo]

So where is it? Timer ran out and no download link?

Refresh the main page.

 

[legacyzero]

IT'S TOO LATE NINTENDO.

THEN INTERNET HAS IT NOW.

 

[BY2K]

IT'S ON MY PC, YOU CAN'T STOP IT NOW, NINTENDO!

 

[BassForever]

Gonna wait to play this until the Android port so I can play on my shield tv, hope this is good

 

[Linkstrikesback]

I can't believe we're actually getting a metroid 2 remake with a lot of work gone in to it on the anniversary, even if it is a fangame. Will give this a go for sure when I have time.

 

[Nohar]

There's lots of improvements and features planned for a near future. This is not a definitive version, but the first.

Heh. Let's just hope that the game won't suffer from a game-breaking bug. Still downloading here, but it should be over soon.

 

[John Kowalski]

I pick Mediafire.

me2

 

[EVA UNIT 01]

nintendo hit teams dispatched for our hard drives.

"the last AM2R is in captivity, Samus continues to R.I.P"

 

[Defect]

TIME TO PLAY

 

[Rich!]

Yesssss

We get a Metroid game for this anniversary year!

 

[ekgrey]

WOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[diaspora]

this guy needs to make Metroid 5

 

[SpacePirate Ridley]

Aaaaaand downloading!

 

[Oli]

How do I run the game on Mac? The .exe won't open.

 

[Seven Force]

Oh man, this Super Metroid style opening. Already off to a good start.

 

[diaspora]

How do I run the game on Mac? The .exe won't open.

uh, windows only

 

[Feltrol]

Enjoy the game, everyone!

 

[KHlover]

Customized the controls already. Missiles on "B" (Xbox pad) feels horrible. Put them on RB and changed the Missile setting to "Hold". Way better imo.

 

[Diprosalic]

Hell Pokémon Uranium is dropping TODAY

i just vomited a little when watching the trailer. Fan games were a mistake.

 

[Akai__]

I know what I'm doing later tonight.

How do I run the game on Mac? The .exe won't open.

Guess your only option would be Bootcamp? Don't know.

i just vomited a little when watching the trailer. Fan games were a mistake.

Has better designs than Sun and Moon, to be honest.

 

[OniBarubary]

Alriiiiiight, time for some Ass 2 Mouth

Edit: Wait a minute...

 

[Ranmo]

I feel like I'm playing the Sega Saturn equivalent of a Nintendo Metroid game. This is amazing.

 

[NoFaceNico]

ummm.... it's been stuck here for a few minutes.

Did the Big N pull the plug right before I could get the chance to play it? lol


edit: Alright, I got it, it works! Use the Mega link.

 

[Diprosalic]

Has better designs than Sun and Moon, to be honest.

lol

 

[RPGCrazied]

Whoa, very impressed. One guy made this?? Couple things I hope he adds at some point. 16:9 option and graphic filters. I know the original game was on the gameboy, but still. I hate playing games in 4:3.

Still this is pretty rad. Nice little present for the 30th anniversary even if Nintendo did jack shit for it.

 

[Vital Tundra]

Has better designs than Sun and Moon, to be honest.

Okay.

 

[KHlover]

First Metroid down. That's farther than I ever got in the real Metroid 2 :lol

 

[Nohar]

Controls are perfect, though I may need to do some button mapping later on. Musics are really good too so far.

I really like the auto-scanning and the new log entries. They add a lot to the atmosphere of the game without disrupting gameplay.

 

[Kuga]

Haven't tried the demo before, so this was a fresh treat.

Just in the first area right now - works wonderfully with my 8BitDo gamepad. And the game itself looks and sounds great so far!

 

[Diprosalic]

Okay.

yeah they have 0 thought behind them, no good theme and all either are or evolve into like a super cool edgemon.

my fave:

 

[Opa-Pa]

I can't believe I finally downloaded the full game, been waiting this for so many years now. Hype!!!

 

[Pharaoh 117]

Start with this and super Metroid (super first) then the GBA games. Metroid 1 absolutely last.

Play Zero Mission. Don't play original Metroid.

Metroid 1 & 2 didn't age too well compared to the rest of series. GBA and Prime games are great, still got to play Super Metroid (yes, shame on me!)

Thanks guys. I'll give it a go later.