AM2R (Metroid 2 Remake) 1.0 is here!

This thread should be getting more love... AM2R is awesome I sirously think people should download the game ASAP here is a link to the game -->click me<--  click there and it will take you to the AM2R home page and there should be links under the words v1.0 DOWNLOADS - WINDOWS

It took 10 years to make this game and it's awesome XD... here is a trailer and some gamplay from the game.



and here is the gameplay

does anyone know what happened to the download? it seems it is gone I think nintendo shut him down... glad I got it before... this sucks (but totally expected)

yeah but if someone really wants the game, it should be out there somewhere... they might have to torrent it (though that will be technically illegal)...

I nabbed it earlier this afternoon myself. I respect that they are legally obligated to fight stuff like this to protect their ownership of the IP....doesn't mean I won't download it. Game is fantastic, and its been so long since we got a Metroid game I'd forgotten just how much I missed it.

Metroid has a weird history with Nintendo's other franchises. As far as The West is concerned, its part of the Holy Trinity: right there with Mario and Zelda, but the franchise never took of in Japan like it did here. I think the franchise would have been benched even further back if America wasn't so fond of it and the Prime Trilogy wasn't the critical and commercial darling it turned out to be.

This might sound like bias on my part (given my obvious avatar choice), but I'd almost say Nintendo is really pushing Fire Emblem to be the third part of their "Trinity" (and given how well the 3DS games have sold, I'd say its mostly working). The franchise was always bigger in Japan but thanks to Smash Bros and a reassurance of the franchise post-DS era, its clawed its way out of the niche it sat in quite spectacularly in the West.

But I digress; we will always love Metroid to pieces. Like you said: its out there now and nothing will stop fans from getting it any way they can. But, Nintendo took the action they needed to ensure they don't loose the IP. Just keep circulating the mirrors and we all win! XD.

EDIT: I'm really happy I bought the Prime Trilogy on Wii when I did. Not only is it rare as all hell now, I still have that sweet poster on my wall . 

Interesting side note: The sites hosting AM2R have been DMCA'd, but the creator himself has not received any communication from Nintendo or their lawninjas.  So theoretically, DoctorM64 can still patch the game without actually being in violation of anything.

This may sound weird... but I think someone at nintendo might've wanted him to finish. Here is one theory: nintendo did not do anything to the creator the whole time he was creating it... and it was a big deal in the metroid community, I doubt nintendo missed this. it was on youtube and on social media. and they let the game out for two days before they shut it down... I know people are going to say "it was the weekend" but come on it was widely announced and if they really wanted it out they could have done something... so I still think that nintendo "let" this game be released. even though they stopped it after the release it is out in the internet now, and will never truly die.

but this could be some crazy theory from a crazy old dude lol

cool hopefully I will be able to get it before they give him/her/them the notice.