Brilliant Fan Remake Of Metroid II Arrives Just In Time

Brilliant Fan Remake Of Metroid II Arrives Just In Time

Metroid II: The Return Of Samus was released in 1991 for the Game Boy. Project AM2R, some six years in the making, takes that Game Boy game and makes it look, sound and play so much prettier. The fan project got its first full release today, to coincide with the series’ 30th.

It’s not the Metroid II players of the original will remember. Project AMR2 has taken the fast-paced gameplay of Metroid: Zero Mission for the Game Boy Advance, mixed it with the atmosphere of Super Metroid and incorporated a bunch of helpful new features.

  • Metroid Zero Mission style gameplay
  • Map system
  • Updated enemy AI
  • Minibosses
  • New areas
  • Challenging Metroid fights
  • Stackable beam system
  • Completely redrawn enemy and Metroid sprites
  • Log system with non-intrusive narrative
  • High quality soundtrack

That last bullet point isn’t kidding. I’ve had the game’s opening screen running for 20 minutes now, and I’m still digging the music.

Here’s YouTuber Gustavo Moreno giving the release a little play.

Head over to the Project AMR2 webpage now to grab a copy of the Windows version. A Linux version is coming soon.


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