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Prime 2D is a fan-made remake of Metroid Prime in the style of the 2D Metroid games, developed by a group known as Team SCU. It is not, however, aiming to recreate a 1:1 version of Metroid Prime in 2D. Instead, it uses familiar elements from that game, like locations, music and enemies, and adapts and translates them to 2D as a commentary on the shift from 2D to 3D gaming. "Instead of copying the source material exactly, we are instead focused on taking the core concepts, translating those, and then implementing them in a logical 2D solution," reads a post by one of the team members from their official forums. "By doing this we allow ourselves to focus on building a good game first and foremost, and then using that as a base on which to create a familiar experience, rather than constraining ourselves to trying to implement 3D ideas in 2D space."

According to a post on their forums, work on Prime 2D started in 2004 and has continued irregularly since then, seeing several shifts in personnel along the way. After a lengthy silent period, Team SCU released their first full demo on their official forums on April 1, as a reference to a long-running gag of releasing fake demos on April Fool's Day. Currently, it is only runnable on Windows and requires a mouse and keyboard to play. It is unknown if gamepad controls will be added to this demo or future releases. You can download the Prime 2D demo at this link or at the source link below.

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[TheZander]

We need a paper metroid next

 

[relauby]

We need a paper metroid next

Let's get crazier. What about a 2D Mario

 

[NumberXIIIEdwin]

Let’s see how long it takes before Nintendo takes this down... hopefully they don’t pull an AM2R and take it down literally right after the full thing comes out.

 

[CompSciOrBust]

Oh cool. Hope Nintendo doesn't take it down.

 

[banjo2]

I might have to check this out

 

[Silent_Gunner]

Holy! Is this the same project that's been in development for a while!? Because I think I saw something like this earlier a few years back!

Here's hoping Nintendo won't be revealing the holes in their asses!

 

[Xzi]

Let’s see how long it takes before Nintendo takes this down... hopefully they don’t pull an AM2R and take it down literally right after the full thing comes out.

That's probably the best we can hope for actually...most Nintendo fan projects never make it to full release.

 

[The Catboy]

I betting maybe 48 hours before they get a C&D from the Big N

 

[Foxi4]

I fully expect a C&D to follow shortly, just like in the case of AM2R. Homebrew developers tackling this specific property need to start completing their projects before they blow their load online, otherwise they'll never go past beta state before Nintendo's famously litigious legal department catches wind of their activities.

 

[cvskid]

They should have waited until this project was done and then release it so nintendo can't do anything about it.

 

[XDel]

I WOULD NOT release a demo, the developer HAS to know what's going to go down once he announces the release of the final game.

On the other hand, this will ensure that Nintendo knows about his project, and that they will pressure the dev(s) to pull it, and then those who got it in time will spread it, and his work shall become legend; even more so if it ends up not sucking.

 

[limpbiz411]

in before the dmca

 

[Arecaidian Fox]

Was playing this this morning. Had a lot of fun, really enjoyed some of the twists to things like boss battles and the like. But at any rate, now we're at the "wait for Ninty to drop the eventual hammer" part of the fangame game.

 

[Spider_Man]

Nintendo lawyers smelling a nice payday coming.

Its funny that fans are making better games off nintendo titles than nintendo themselves, all they manage is lazy ports.

Didnt they again promise better third party support, which hasnt happened yet again, and now we see first party support drop as all they seem focussed on is porting older games more than they do making something new, or they just recycle the same old rinse repeate titles.

 

[Viri]

Let’s see how long it takes before Nintendo takes this down... hopefully they don’t pull an AM2R and take it down literally right after the full thing comes out.

That's probably the best case scenario. Once it's released online, it's released online, lol.

 

[banjo2]

Let's get crazier. What about a 2D Mario

That would be awesome, they should've put something like that on the DS, I hope they release at least four of them in the span of six years!

 

[DuoForce]

Let's get crazier. What about a 2D Mario

Shhhh! Don't give Nintendo ideas!

 

[Silent_Gunner]

Nintendo lawyers smelling a nice payday coming.

Its funny that fans are making better games off nintendo titles than nintendo themselves, all they manage is lazy ports.

Didnt they again promise better third party support, which hasnt happened yet again, and now we see first party support drop as all they seem focussed on is porting older games more than they do making something new, or they just recycle the same old rinse repeate titles.

It's weird because you'd think that Nintendo would be making first party games themselves for the Switch while having another group handle the Wii U ports, which I'm all for, btw. The Wii U had good games, but no one wanted the thing, and I wouldn't be surprised if the system and everything for it becomes eBay fodder in the coming years!

But still, BOTW2 is probably going to come out in 2023 at the rate things are going, and Metroid Prime 4 will be the launch title for the Switch 2 is my personal prediction.

 

[Deleted User]

Lets count the days before this gets DMCA please