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[IbizaPocholo]

Metroid Prime has been converted to 2D by fans at Team SCU. Prime 2D is a demo showcasing what Metroid Prime would be like in 2D, but they did a lot more than just change the dimensions, as there are a number of other changes made, and they're pretty cool!

Prime 2D Demo v0.1.21.4.1

Hey everyone! The time has finally come for the first public Prime 2D demo. When we first posted it, this post was this April Fools’ day page with fake screenshots, hiding the fact that it was actually our real demo, but we can clear that joke away now that April 1 is over. And here is the demo...

forum.prime2d.com

 

[LastBattle]

Cease and desist order from Nintendo in 3...2...

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

.

 

[Fredrik]

This is awesome I want it!

 

[angelgs90]

Looks amazing!

 

[CuteFaceJay]

Heard they been working on this game since 2004

Do they have a finished build?

 

[Fredrik]

Makes me sad that this might get erased by Nintendo. Nintendo should hire them, give them money and let them finish it. It would probably be the best Metroid game we’ll get to see this decade.

 

[Knightime_X]

Make a game to bait big company attention
becomes popular
Rename and resprite to dodge legal stuff
???????????
profit

 

[Ailynn]

Metroid Prime has been converted to 2D by fans at Team SCU. Prime 2D is a demo showcasing what Metroid Prime would be like in 2D, but they did a lot more than just change the dimensions, as there are a number of other changes made, and they're pretty cool!

Prime 2D Demo v0.1.21.4.1

Hey everyone! The time has finally come for the first public Prime 2D demo. When we first posted it, this post was this April Fools’ day page with fake screenshots, hiding the fact that it was actually our real demo, but we can clear that joke away now that April 1 is over. And here is the demo...

forum.prime2d.com

This looks absolutely GORGEOUS. I wish Samus Returns had gone with this style.

 

[Videospel]

Actually, people that work on those types of projects expect two things:

1. Company that owns the rights hires them to make it official (rarely happens at all)
2. Company threatens to sue them, which they already expect. Then they proceed to rename the project, change the assets and use this to promote this new project. They already got people's attention (including the media's), so the chances of getting a publisher and investment for this new project increases.

Number 2 happened with that Mother 4 project which they renamed it "Oddity".

I think it's very rare to have plans like that. I think they genuinely think they'll get away with it.

 

[Spukc]

don't watch the video.. just play the game it looks fucking good.

dear lord nintendo just make a new 2d metroid game FFS

 

[LastBattle]

Actually, people that work on those types of projects expect two things:

1. Company that owns the rights hires them to make it official (rarely happens at all)
2. Company threatens to sue them, which they already expect. Then they proceed to rename the project, change the assets and use this to promote this new project. They already got people's attention (including the media's), so the chances of getting a publisher and investment for this new project increases.

Number 2 happened with that Mother 4 project which they renamed it "Oddity".

I’m sure they must have been aware of the potential outcome of their project being scrapped. You are probably right in that it could be calculated risk/strategy for the developer to build reputation.

 

[Chiggs]

This looks absolutely GORGEOUS. I wish Samus Returns had gone with this style.

Well, it did; it’s called AM2R.

 

[Spukc]

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[Spukc]

Ok i 100% it

all the info you need to 100% it



sub 20min 100% speedrun.

Thanks IbizaPocholo for this thread i had way way too much fun with it.. Solid 3 hours of exploring. It legit felt as good as a game made by nintendo.

All info to 100% in quote made some maps! glhf SPOILERS

 

[The_Mighty_X]

All info to 100% in quote made some maps! glhf SPOILERS

This game looks fantastic. What is Nintendo's problem?? Hire these people, let them finish their work and release this thang!

So frustrating

 

[Spukc]

This game looks fantastic. What is Nintendo's problem?? Hire these people, let them finish their work and release this thang!

So frustrating

agreed

just to the same shit they did with cadence

if your own dev team is too fucking incompetent to make a good looking 2d metroid game (looking at you samus returns)
then let other devs make the game.

Sega did it with sonic mania... There is a market that wants this shit.

 

[Kuranghi]

I only played most of the official 2D metroids (ZM, AM2R, SM & Fusion) last year, I'm super ready for more excellent 2D Metroids.

I tried og Metroid but metroid couldn't crawl so I couldn't get by the first part, Metroid 2 on GB was rouuuuugh for me, just constantly getting assaulted from offscreen by metroids:

Jokes aside, I did give og Metroid more of a chance but I found the music a bit grating and it felt like it wasn't giving me anything I didnt get from ZM. I'll play it when I'm hooked up to the VR-NET when I'm 80 or something like that:

"These damn kids and their monster truck rallies filled with licensed characters! I just want pixels!"

 

[The_Mighty_X]

agreed

just to the same shit they did with cadence

if your own dev team is too fucking incompetent to make a good looking 2d metroid game (looking at you samus returns)
then let other devs make the game.

Sega did it with sonic mania... There is a market that wants this shit.

I think Nintendo has a rule about their big IP's that they have to have a new way to play in order to have a reason to develop a new game. A graphic upgrade isn't enough.

It's got to have waggle controls, 3D, maybe VR or augmented reality. Open world is probably how they're going with prime 4.

But heck, Metroid has ALWAYS kinda been open world...

 

[scraz]

 

[Spukc]

they actually hid the game in this PNG lol

https://github.com/MCredstoner2004/ImageLOL use this software to extract the software from the PNG just drag and drop on top of exe

 

[jaysius]

These game project makers should learn, to not put out earl work, to wait until they have the entire thing completed, because Nintendo will always shut these things down.

Also GameXplain is the AIDS of youtube.

 

[Spukc]

These game project makers should learn, to not put out earl work, to wait until they have the entire thing completed, because Nintendo will always shut these things down.

Also GameXplain is the AIDS of youtube.

pretty sure plenty people know GE is sheit..
the game is good

 

[MiguelItUp]

That looks amazing! I know people loved the Prime series, but I just couldn't get into it. Which is strange considering how much I've always loved FPS games. Well, and Metroid. I think it's just because Metroid's jump to FPS felt like such a broad change. I really loved Metroid's classic style.

 

[Kuranghi]

I'm gonna skip this until the official controller support is in there, anyone know where I can register to get updates for this? I could watch this thread but I don't know if anyone is going to come back here.

 

[IbizaPocholo]

The Fan-Made 2D Metroid Prime Game Has Been Forced To Shut Down

"The announcement you have been dreading"

www.nintendolife.com

It seems the project has now been shut down. This information was shared over on the project's Discord by 'Troid92' and then reposted on the Metroid subreddit. While no names are mentioned, a "certain games-related company" has informed the team to stop their work immediately.

The demo has also been taken down, along with the MP3 soundtrack - and there's now a dialogue between the two parties taking place. In the same message to fans, it's noted how the decision to release the demo was the "right choice" for the team and SCU has no regrets about it. Here it is in full:

 

[SantaC]

Too bad, looked better than mercuryshits game.

 

[skit_data]

Holy shit!

Nintendo, fund these guys and let them use sound and music from the original. Looks insane!

 

[Rat Rage]

No one saw that coming. However, Nintendo is REALLY STUPID for not hiring these people!

It looked FANTASTIC.

 

[Spukc]

Shame loved the demo

 

[deriks]

Shit, that is amazing

...less than a month to Nintendo took it down

 

[Beer Baelly]