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Metroid Prime PC Port Via Engine Rewrite (Update: 2½ Hours of Gameplay)
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The second this gets released is the second it gets C&D
I don't know why people do this to themselves, I don't see us living in a world where Nintendo doesn't try to protect their IP. This is that Metroid 2 remake all over again.
I don't know why people do this to themselves, I don't see us living in a world where Nintendo doesn't try to protect their IP. This is that Metroid 2 remake all over again.
I've never understood the endgame of these type of endeavours. Like even when it inevitably gets shut down, will the game still make its way into a few hands or something?
Well if it manages to get released and people can download it there's no problem even if it gets taken down afterwards. AM2R can be downloaded and played after all.
Much like emulators, this isn't piracy in and of itself, but it certainly enables running pirated content and it certainly will be used for it. Probably more than for legal rips.
But really cool.
But really cool.
Absolutely not. It's a recreation of Metroid Prime's engine specifically and (by design) has no connection to the Gamecube hardware. Having said that, it would be a solid base for Metroid Prime 2 and 3 (and even fan games).
Ah, I see - still awesome though!
And I might remember that wrong but doesn't MP2 use some engine / tech parts of other Nintendo games, namely Mario sunshine with the dissolve when he jumps into a level?
Hmm, I don't actually remember that effect from either SMS or MP2! I doubt it's something that can't be recreated though, and even if it isn't, having a less fancy transition isn't the end of the world, especially for an initial release.
Sure I find it interesting how the Nintendo games use their engine for mutliple games and genres from that era. I heard at some point that Sunshine and Wind Waker have the same engine base, but again - no idea if that is even true. I think it was from a magazine from the 00s.
I doubt the engines are 1:1, but they were all built on the same tech even into the Wii eta (you can load wind waker maps into Mario Galaxy with only minor tweaks for example).
But this is nothing new for Nintendo since you could do the same for OoT maps in Mario 64.
The one where everyone loved it, it's still obtainable, it still gets updates, and the developer went on to work on Ori and the Will of the Wisps?
Almost 2½ hours of new footage
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I interviewed someone from the team behind this.
www.pcguide.com
Fan-made port bringing Metroid Prime over to PC
www.pcguide.com
I just played through Metroid Prime for the fourth time or so in my life and just hearing the Phendrana music in that video makes me immediately want to boot it up yet again. The soundtrack in this game is still fucking unreal and this looks great.
So true, it's awesome. People don't talk as much about the Chozo Ruins music...I love those beats.
New test footage
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Part of me wishes Nintendo would just release the Metroid Prime trilogy (maybe the entire Metroid saga) on PC. I mean, it's not a superb seller on their consoles, and I think it could find an entire new market. Watching this video only further convinces me Metroid Prime could have some kind of rebirth if that happened.
The rest of me constantly mocks that part.
The rest of me constantly mocks that part.
Playable from start to finish
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I'm more excited for this for what it means for other games getting this kind of treatment than being able to play Metroid.
Doesn't seem like you all have that much longer of a wait.
Doesn't seem like you all have that much longer of a wait.
Technically, this was already possible via Dolphin VR. It was a fork of the main build by an individual developer. However, it included code that breached the open-source agreement. To my knowledge, it hasn't been updated in years.
I only got it to work for brief periods of time, but wearing it felt like I was able to see 10 years into the future.
It already works in Dolphin VR. I got it working with my Quest. It is very cool but the controls are a little clunky.
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Mine was 0-00 but I figured it would be since I'm pretty sure I got it at release.
Some sort of alpha was also released publicly a while back but I'm not really sure what it is or how to do anything with it since I haven't been following this all that closely, and it doesn't include any instructions for how to run it. From videos it still looks too early to really play the whole game through, but they're getting there.
Some sort of alpha was also released publicly a while back but I'm not really sure what it is or how to do anything with it since I haven't been following this all that closely, and it doesn't include any instructions for how to run it. From videos it still looks too early to really play the whole game through, but they're getting there.
If only Sony can see that and make a game like that for psvr... They could have their own metroidvania game.
Man I'd kill for a VR Metroid Prime sort of game. Give me all the motion sickness of jumping in and out of first person, I'll take it
Yeah, hire the studio that did far point to make a metroid prime game. Can work for standard setup and vr.
I would imagine it would be a quite easy game when you dont have to juggle the lock on
It doesn't just aim to, it soars. Makes it feel like a completely native PC port and it's a fucking revelation!