Metroid Comes To Nintendo 64 In Impressive Fan Project
A talented Metroid fan is working on a retro 3D fan game that presents Samus Aran as she could have looked on the classic Nintendo 64 console. The beloved franchise gained some attention from fans in February when an image believed to be teasing the long-awaited Metroid Prime 4 was released on Twitter.
Fan-made game projects require massive amounts of time and dedication to pull off, but the results can be very impressive. As they are made by fans, they often focus on fan-favorite ideas, and as such can become very popular. Like mods, they allow gamers to explore possibilities that a franchise may never officially visit, often switching genres or otherwise adding themes that the developers would never allow. For example, one first-person shooter Pokémon fan game injected a notable amount of violence into the normally family-friendly world. However, as with many other notable fan games, its growing popularity quickly became its undoing when Nintendo issued a takedown notice for the project on copyright grounds.
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Twitter user and indie game dev Luto Akino is no doubt hoping that their new Metroid project, Metroid 64, will be able to avoid such a fate. As reported by IGN, they have uploaded a video of their work in progress to Twitter, showing a 3D Samus exploring a purple cave, shooting at placeholder enemies, and even using her Morph Ball and bombing abilities in the process. Although actually developed in Unity, the game's graphics are a perfect fit for the Nintendo 64, being highly reminiscent of actual games from that era like Super Mario 64. While Metroid did not have a game for the N64 itself, many other top franchises did, and some of these games have now
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