I think they only did so because Samus Returns was in development. They really only tend to shut down projects that could directly detract from projects they have going on. They allowed it to release, which tells me they let the development continue until the code was released so that it still could exist, just not "officially"
i hate the fucking apologist “nintendo waited so it could be released officially!” theory when it’s so obviously not the case when you look at the myriad of other projects nintendo has cancelled. they just didn’t know about it man
they literally waited until the game was released, it was in development for literally years, the guy had a website for it and everything, they could have easily destroyed it but istead let it be completed and now anyone can get their hands on it
Queen Metroid is one of my favorite boss fights in the franchise. It requires just enough technique and patience without being tedious, an incredible sense of urgency, and the player is rewarded for using as much brute force as possible.
I didn't know you could roll under the Torizo. That would have made that fight much easier instead of trying to space jump over him through a small gap.
Diego go play with barbies meng! Stop playing that darn controller BOI go play with your DOGS! LEARN A TRADE! JOIN A FINGER-LICKING MASQUERADE! Take a stroll to the mall! Meet a gal then DATE Sal!!!!! Ya silly dingoe.
This is specifically nuts because playing this game without any guides on fusion mode, I ended up gravitating towards the exact same strategies organically. I timed my jumps with arachnus, I knew to roll under the legs because you could do that in Super Metroid, I used the Spider ball after bashing my head against the wall and learning that Zeta Metroids can't attack above themselves, along with the safe spot for omegas, and I stuck to the walls with Serris near the exits because I learned it couldn't turn fast enough to damage me in the corners. The only difference here is with the queen metroid. I always aimed straight up to catch those green spike balls so I didn't risk rolling into morph ball and getting hit. As with the Tester, I trusted my projectiles beyond the screen and shot missiles and my beam straight up even when it was off screen since the tester always defaults to the center column of the room in its X position. Also, I used missiles against the tank's metal shell because I always thought it was immune to non-plasma shots. Guess I was wrong.
Ha, I didn't even know you could freeze the green globs during the queen fight, I would always just screw attack in place to keep them off me until they disappeared, and in particular the last room was very cramped doing that. Looking back, I did all of the boss fights the hard way: Didn't hide behind generators, didn't roll under chozo, didn't spiderball anywhere, didn't get life / missile refills, etc., etc.. Watching this video was like "Oh......"
Yeah Fusion mode is crazy hard. I have enough experience with the game to be able to 100% it in a bit over an hour and a half, and Torizo took me like 7 attempts.
@@speedude0164 Flying Torizo in hardmode fusion was hell! weirdly in normal suit mode the boss I mostly suffered with was the Tester but in Fusion mode i killed it first time
This was awesome. I had no idea that you could cheese Torizo with the morph ball or power bomb the Tester. I had a lot of trouble with both during my playthroughs. Thanks for this.
@@alexbridden1594 Yeah I'm pretty sure Arachnus and Tester can be skipped without what would be considered a sequence break, but you need to bomb jump to skip Torizo (I forget if the fly is there to take you up on normal mode, it might only be in NG+ and RG+).
@@speedude0164 Yea, without Space Jump, it is almost impossible to complete the game unless you're a walljumping god. But yea, the only mandatory non-Metroid bosses are Ancient Guardian and Serris (Even the Tank Prototype is skippable but it involves skipping Power Bombs)
When fighting the Torizo, I'm pretty sure it's meant to be a remix of the Chykka (Larvae AND Adult) from Prime 2 czcams.com/video/e-itqJmCuUc/video.html czcams.com/video/OIYAdMIThk0/video.html (for convenience)
man... i think would me more Challenging if on fusion mode u get the ice missles instead the icebeam just a idea lol c.c still this game doesnt get old
I wanna start by saying I love this game just beat it on normal not to long ago but for sake of lore, tank and the tester weren’t x’s so why was Torizo
You can see the Torizos in Super Metroid drip fluids. And since they're Choo-designed, it's not unreasonable to think that they have similar tech to Samus's suit, which was also biomechanical.
As the previous two users mentioned the Torizo is bio-mechanical in nature, this is even stated in the Torizo’s log book entry. The X would have infected the organic components to control the rest of the unit; like they did with B.O.X and Nightmare from Fusion.
That Torizo fight had me locked for 2hrs now. But how do you aim diagonally up while crouching? Cuz my aim is locked diagonally down...Amazing fights and tips. Great video! Edit: beat it in 2 tries after seeing your fight!
Set the Aim to 2 Buttons, a button for aiming up and another for aiming down Set to 1 Button will make it up while standing up and down while crouching
It was a fan game that came out a year before Nintendo's official remake of Metroid 2. However, imo, it's better than Nintendo's official remake. If you want to know more about it, check our r/AM2R on reddit.
@@tacodelivered8564 you can find the 1.1 version at the link shared by the video creator. Just look for the button labelled older versions, then select 1.1 and download the zip.
You're going to have to look it up. The original website that had it got hit with a DMCA by Nintendo. So you need to find a site that still has it and hope that it's not a virus.
If you want hardcore mode, play on the phone without controllers and on Hard, good luck dealing with Torizo, Gammas, the Zeta in the dark and the Queen
This can't happened the X are almost extinct when she goes and kills all the metroids also she did not have the vaccine here either because she gets it in fusion so the X would kill her off easily
That's probably one of the reasons Nintendo wanted to take down this fan made game, so as to not muddy the waters with paradoxical story beats like say Fusion mode which shouldn't exist yet. But it's a fan made game and Fusion mode is a fan service extra so in this context it works. As an official Nintendo game though if AM2R was one, ironically, series canon comes into play straight away - even in a remake.
@@Monody512 I'm not sure why anyone would think otherwise. Extra game modes that aren't supposed to be a part of the actual story are super common to video games.
@@TayoEXE It's also a little weird that they assume this takes place before Fusion and complain about the vaccine of all things... when Samus is literally wearing the fusion suit. :P I mean it makes no more sense if you assume it's after Fusion, but still...
The Ridley fight in M:SR was just shoehorned in at a really inappropriate time. You've finished your mission with the death of the metroid queen and you're supposed to have this calm, contemplative trip back to your ship but in comes a suprise Ridley fight for no reason. Is it cool? Kinda. Does it fit with the tone and story? No. Because directly after this, Samus leaves the larva at Ceres which is then attacked by Ridley. This raises an issue because we just severely wounded an already wounded cyborg Ridley. When did he find time to regrow his body? Why does he not have any of the mechanical armor in Super? It just really makes this not make much sense. If there was going to be a Ridley fight it should've been handled better.
![Metroid 2 Remake - All Bosses [Hard Mode/No Damage]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/dHyOYGkqoDA/mqdefault.jpg)
![[WR] AM2R v1.5+ Speedrun in 1:25'55 (100%)](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/uFCId6Idykg/mqdefault.jpg)
God, the amount of time and love that must have gone into this... it kills me nintendo was like "yeah...this can't be allowed to exist"
I think they only did so because Samus Returns was in development. They really only tend to shut down projects that could directly detract from projects they have going on. They allowed it to release, which tells me they let the development continue until the code was released so that it still could exist, just not "officially"
i hate the fucking apologist “nintendo waited so it could be released officially!” theory when it’s so obviously not the case when you look at the myriad of other projects nintendo has cancelled. they just didn’t know about it man
@@getaloadofthisp3d036 Bullshit
@@getaloadofthisp3d036 yes, and I am grateful for that much. Thanks for not being a nindrone. :)
they literally waited until the game was released, it was in development for literally years, the guy had a website for it and everything, they could have easily destroyed it but istead let it be completed and now anyone can get their hands on it
Queen Metroid is one of my favorite boss fights in the franchise. It requires just enough technique and patience without being tedious, an incredible sense of urgency, and the player is rewarded for using as much brute force as possible.
I agree. Somebody was saying it was one of the worst metroid bosses and I was just like WHAT?!?!
I wonder who would win between an alien queen and a queen metroid
Well said.
@@dylansylvester4719
Well, the original fight wasn't really winning awards for best final boss
surprisingly enough, i beat it first try. not sure if thats impressive, because i didnt watch any other playthroughs
dude thats quite impressive, and to make things harder with only 99 max hp, you have my respect.
Yeah, he’s basically playing a one HP run
@@ASquared544 he gets hit constantly in the last fight, he just happens to not get hit twice between hp refills
I pulled this run before, this guy is a PRO
I didn't know you could roll under the Torizo. That would have made that fight much easier instead of trying to space jump over him through a small gap.
You could do that to the Torizos in Super too, that's where the idea came from
Man, I am so sorry for your trouble. But at least it gave you a good challenge.
Great, Now i know that you can roll under Torizo! I'm definitely gonna use that on Hard Mode and Fusion Mode.
@@hystericalpeanut2844 I don't have fusion mode. Where can I download that?
@@NoHandle44 It's part of an update...
I grew up with Metroid fusion, so seeing Arachnus and Serris in this while being original ideas for bosses is crazy to me! What an amazing game!
Arachnus actually appeared in the original Metroid 2 (but yeah, that's a modified version of the Fusion sprite!)
@@theinmortal6 and also in Samus Returns.
Diego go play with barbies meng! Stop playing that darn controller BOI go play with your DOGS! LEARN A TRADE! JOIN A FINGER-LICKING MASQUERADE! Take a stroll to the mall! Meet a gal then DATE Sal!!!!! Ya silly dingoe.
@@virtualpellot933 Really? Don't do this to us lol
@@zuperzoniko6365 Can you not?
This is specifically nuts because playing this game without any guides on fusion mode, I ended up gravitating towards the exact same strategies organically. I timed my jumps with arachnus, I knew to roll under the legs because you could do that in Super Metroid, I used the Spider ball after bashing my head against the wall and learning that Zeta Metroids can't attack above themselves, along with the safe spot for omegas, and I stuck to the walls with Serris near the exits because I learned it couldn't turn fast enough to damage me in the corners. The only difference here is with the queen metroid. I always aimed straight up to catch those green spike balls so I didn't risk rolling into morph ball and getting hit. As with the Tester, I trusted my projectiles beyond the screen and shot missiles and my beam straight up even when it was off screen since the tester always defaults to the center column of the room in its X position. Also, I used missiles against the tank's metal shell because I always thought it was immune to non-plasma shots. Guess I was wrong.
Ha, I didn't even know you could freeze the green globs during the queen fight, I would always just screw attack in place to keep them off me until they disappeared, and in particular the last room was very cramped doing that. Looking back, I did all of the boss fights the hard way: Didn't hide behind generators, didn't roll under chozo, didn't spiderball anywhere, didn't get life / missile refills, etc., etc..
Watching this video was like "Oh......"
Wait, it isn't immune to Plasma Beams? And I getting damaged every time I fought him, I could just hide behind the green things...
@@ToadstedCroaksSameeeee, it took me watching a playthrough and days of playing to realize that the Spike Balls of Queen Metroid were breakable...
Yeah, you're nuts. No way in hell I'm playing with only 99 health. Props to you for doing that.
I am currently playing through fusion mode and there is only one word to describe it: PAIN
@@bullsbulls3358 yeah
everything is like many times harder
oops, I thought you said "random fusion" mode heh
@@luis-sophus-8227 Oof, if fusion mode is already painful, i cant imagine it with randomized power ups
Try Other M on hard mode...essentially the same. Lol took me awhile to beat on hard plus everyone hates that game.
*Energy Units. Health, HP etc. is in other games
I love this remake!
Samus Returns was cool as well.
Glad to see Nintendo letting Mercury Steam handle Metroid Dread.
Dread is a masterpiece
Samus Returns was trash, worse sound effects than Other M, and Other M is very known for its terrible sound effects
On the other hand, Dread was the best thing ever created
The last boss fight was brutal!!! I think it was actually the hardest of all the Metroid series and that for a fan made game!!!
I agree
I disagree.
I didn’t know this project is still going on.
Awesome.
I don't think it is still going on, but it's out there to play
@@LinkieGoose They're still doing updates on it, but it's complete content wise.
@@LinkieGoose Fans have taken over development and have been making improvements and additions to the game.
They updated the launcher to a whole new coded one it seems
They are now working on a 2.0.0 version that updates the textures
fusion mode zeta in the dark wow a true legends
So Fusion mode transforms this game into Metal Slug/Contra...
Honestly it gave me more of a fighting megaman bosses vibe since metal slug/contra you die in one hit
Yeah Fusion mode is crazy hard. I have enough experience with the game to be able to 100% it in a bit over an hour and a half, and Torizo took me like 7 attempts.
@@speedude0164 Flying Torizo in hardmode fusion was hell! weirdly in normal suit mode the boss I mostly suffered with was the Tester but in Fusion mode i killed it first time
20:23 Uh...Samus, I think you might have broke something.
Samus: Oh that yeah don't worry about it.
This was awesome.
I had no idea that you could cheese Torizo with the morph ball or power bomb the Tester.
I had a lot of trouble with both during my playthroughs.
Thanks for this.
Realizing you can Power Bomb the Tester is the most satisfying feeling ever (or the most stressing if you did it the hard way)
jesus this game's fusion mode is way more fusion than samus returns fusion mode will ever be
OOHH wow!! i love the explosion light effect on the supa bombs!
Is fusion mode part of the game or an additional mod?
fusion mode can play after clear normal or hard mode with 100%
It’s part of the community updates.
You can find out more about it on the AM2R subreddit.
@@masaruto3043 *fuck now i need beat hard mode and do a 100% run thank you*
I was hoping for a brutal ending to the Queen Metroid. Was not disappointed
Even beating it the normal way is insane, this way, it exploded from inside, the normal way, it explodes from outside
The Genesis isn't in here, but it's technically a hidden/optional boss anyways so I guess it doesn't really need to be in here.
Technically every non-Metroid boss except the Ancient Guardian and Serris is optional.
@@speedude0164 Well, if you count sequence breaks, absolutely.
@@alexbridden1594 Yeah I'm pretty sure Arachnus and Tester can be skipped without what would be considered a sequence break, but you need to bomb jump to skip Torizo (I forget if the fly is there to take you up on normal mode, it might only be in NG+ and RG+).
@@speedude0164 Yea, without Space Jump, it is almost impossible to complete the game unless you're a walljumping god. But yea, the only mandatory non-Metroid bosses are Ancient Guardian and Serris (Even the Tank Prototype is skippable but it involves skipping Power Bombs)
How you fight genesis btw?
Unreal that’s probably the most skillful game play I’ve ever seen
Why is the Varia suit green and pink? Am I the only one who saw it as more of a yellow in Fusion?
Maybe there trying to mix it up a bit it a different color for the varia suit
Because it is that color in Samus Returns.
He’s using the Samus Returns color scheme for the Fusion suit here.
There’s an optional “Fusion” coloration which retains the puke yellow/pink colors.
Serris is always funny on Fusion mode, as when it dies it sends X Parasites flying everywhere.
Wait, does Fusion Mode not give you energy tanks? Or did you do the most masochistic set of sequence breaks in Dan gaming history?
That last boss was insane. 5 times bigger than Mother Brain.
TRULY a CHAD
I can't play Fusion Mode without dying to the first enemy!
When fighting the Torizo, I'm pretty sure it's meant to be a remix of the Chykka (Larvae AND Adult) from Prime 2
czcams.com/video/e-itqJmCuUc/video.html
czcams.com/video/OIYAdMIThk0/video.html
(for convenience)
I thought it sounded dead familiar
It is a remix
Is because is a remix of Chykka Larva and Adult, good remix btw.
12:50 this areas music is my favorite in the game caught myself at times when I played just listening to it not actually playing
For the Queen Metroid, Is it just me or does it sound like the very first mechagodzilla roar?
Was fusion mode for this game in the 1.0 or 1.1 versions or did this get added after Samus Returns gave the idea to do so?
was in the 1.1 iirc, playable after a 100% clear on normal
@@kurokofs113 awesome, so AM2R did it first
@@goose1752 I don't think AM2R did it first... I'm pretty sure Fusion Mode wasn't added until 1.4 or 1.5 or something.
@@GarryDumblowski that's what I was thinking but Kuruko says it was on 1.1, idk to be honest that's why im asking
@@goose1752 He’s wrong, Fusion mode was added in the 1.4 community update, not the last official release (1.1).
I think they are missing a boss ithink it's called genesis, unless I'm stupid and they aren't missing that boss
@@zuperzoniko6365 LOL good reference
But seriously this person missed genesis, but is not that big of a deal, because that fight is super easy
The excellence of AM2R demonstrates why the original game should have been a Super Nintendo release instead of on the Gameboy.
You don't need more energy tanks if you don't lose health.
-this guy probably
Damn i just remembered this game existed, i played it when waiting for Dread to release.
Where do you get this game?
@@jasonroscoe8746 you will eventually find it if you search it, i doubt it has an official website or something like that since it got taken down.
Yeah seconded. Never got the chance to play it.
Very nice
ワンパンロボットとかこっから元にしてそうだけど
イシュタル出す所とか色々考えたらサムスリターンズより完成度高いんよな
I really love serris in the game I like killing it with power bomb
man...
i think would me more Challenging if on fusion mode u get the ice missles instead the icebeam
just a idea lol
c.c still this game doesnt get old
Wish I could see this game on a cartridge being SNES , GENESIS, or EVEN ON THE 64 , didnt got to play this version and it looks freaking nice .
God it’s been so long since I played this game I didn’t remember any of this.
How do you unlock fusion mode?
fusion mode can play after clear normal or hard mode with 100%.
Was this on gba? I dont seem to remember some of the bosses
No, this is a fan game for PC
I wish Samus Returns was this good :(
Samus returns is pretty good though
SMus Returns is better in my opinion.
I wanna start by saying I love this game just beat it on normal not to long ago but for sake of lore, tank and the tester weren’t x’s so why was Torizo
If I remember correctly, torizos are actually biomechanic robots, same as B.O.X in fusion
You can see the Torizos in Super Metroid drip fluids.
And since they're Choo-designed, it's not unreasonable to think that they have similar tech to Samus's suit, which was also biomechanical.
As the previous two users mentioned the Torizo is bio-mechanical in nature, this is even stated in the Torizo’s log book entry.
The X would have infected the organic components to control the rest of the unit; like they did with B.O.X and Nightmare from Fusion.
Hey can you tell me how to get that mod or game looks really fun :D
This is beautiful should be redone like this
Hey what's this? How can i play it?? Looks awesome
That Torizo fight had me locked for 2hrs now. But how do you aim diagonally up while crouching? Cuz my aim is locked diagonally down...Amazing fights and tips. Great video! Edit: beat it in 2 tries after seeing your fight!
Set the Aim to 2 Buttons, a button for aiming up and another for aiming down
Set to 1 Button will make it up while standing up and down while crouching
This is a thing? How have i never heard of it?
It’s fan made play on PC
It was a fan game that came out a year before Nintendo's official remake of Metroid 2. However, imo, it's better than Nintendo's official remake. If you want to know more about it, check our r/AM2R on reddit.
Both are good, neither represent the original very well. SR probably edges it out but this is definitely one of the best fan games I’ve ever seen
@@wonderguardstalker a lot of fans who played the original Metroid 2 seem to prefer AM2R just for keeping the original ending intact.
*I fear no player, but masa ruto scares me*
That is quite the game
Amazing
wow its very cool bro
Why did you never get any more health???
I mean, goddamn that's impressive, but STILL
I think that's part of fusion mode
Queen metroid she's doing acid attack at the ground?
And serris had a speed booster mode. He also throws ice clumps at you too.
I didn't see these before when i last played am2r
@@nota444tm2 Those were added in later updates, more specifically Serris using the Speed Booster
I can't find a way to download this game...
Where did you get this?
Download here
am2r-another-metroid-2-remake.jp.uptodown.com/windows
To play the latest version make sure you go to the official subreddit and download the launcher along with AM2R 1.1 from the other link
@@ultimate9056 can you link the 1.1 version please?
@@tacodelivered8564 you can find the 1.1 version at the link shared by the video creator. Just look for the button labelled older versions, then select 1.1 and download the zip.
@@ultimate9056 thanks
Arachnus has Sonic’s special attack.
What exist a 1.5.1? I play the 1.5 but exist a 1.5.2?
Nombre del juego?
I don't need amiibo for this fusion difficulty
Why do some of the bosses use Godzilla monster sounds?
Most of them are Kaiju from different Japanese media, but it was done in reference to Super Metroid doing the same thing.
2:48 _god i hate the way that thing speed walks.._ 🥶 So uncanny looking.
It looks funny
Que juego es?
What Metroid is that!?
i love this game ... is free again ??
I dont understand what was changed
10:05 that ots remix though
I'm begging on my knees. PLEAS WHERE CAN I GET THIS GAME. T_T
You're going to have to look it up.
The original website that had it got hit with a DMCA by Nintendo.
So you need to find a site that still has it and hope that it's not a virus.
am2r-another-metroid-2-remake.jp.uptodown.com/windows
Get here
I can send you a download for the original version of the game, but if you want a newer version go to r/am2r
Anyone know what's the best controller to use for this??
Snes controller is my personal choice, but a PS4 controller will also work
I used ps4 controller
It is difficult to play keyboard
Switch pro is my go-to
If you want hardcore mode, play on the phone without controllers and on Hard, good luck dealing with Torizo, Gammas, the Zeta in the dark and the Queen
@@alexgarnica8498 how are you playing on mobile I wanna know 💀
this is AM2Hard
y imaginar que el que hizo este hermoso fangame es un argentino.
I see a Metroid game but it feels like a Mega Man Game
Looks pretty good. But a little ... strange.
The bosses give scary
マルカラの声かわいい
Metroid dread is newest and it’s Metroid 5
これ公式じゃない？？
ファンメイド作品ですね
It's a rom hack ?
So is the Genisis not really a boss in Fusion mode?
It is, the uploader just didn’t include him for some reason.
Torizo and Raven Beak sure share a lot of techniques. Hmm…
Yo Zeta metroid is BullS%!+
Ese juego es de metroid habra para ps4
Nice my dad said this remake is not fammade
Wen I was 6 I had metri9d dread
Man i want to play this
You can get ahold of it in the AM2R subreddit. Make sure you get the latest version 1.5.2.
It's free and doesn't need high specs to run
weird i remember the queen doing me at least two e-tanks dmg....could have been cause i had no armor in randomizer tho XD
wait only two? i could swear it was three XD
@@kekkaishi90 You answered yourself dude...
wth with Queen Metroid
What game is this ?
This Game is called AM2R (Another Metroid 2 Remake)
What the heck is this game?!
Metroid dread*
Ya wanna know a foolproof way to tell a Metroid 2 game is a remake? No matter the quality? The original was in black and white
Thanks Captain obvious
👍
The queen Metroid is mechagodzilla lol
This can't happened the X are almost extinct when she goes and kills all the metroids also she did not have the vaccine here either because she gets it in fusion so the X would kill her off easily
That's probably one of the reasons Nintendo wanted to take down this fan made game, so as to not muddy the waters with paradoxical story beats like say Fusion mode which shouldn't exist yet. But it's a fan made game and Fusion mode is a fan service extra so in this context it works. As an official Nintendo game though if AM2R was one, ironically, series canon comes into play straight away - even in a remake.
@@thommohawk1216 There's literally a "Fusion mode" in Samus Returns.
It's a bonus gamemode. It doesn't have to be canon.
@@Monody512 I'm not sure why anyone would think otherwise. Extra game modes that aren't supposed to be a part of the actual story are super common to video games.
@@TayoEXE It's also a little weird that they assume this takes place before Fusion and complain about the vaccine of all things... when Samus is literally wearing the fusion suit. :P
I mean it makes no more sense if you assume it's after Fusion, but still...
Basically get hited by any enemy it´s an instant kill
Hit*
Ridley not exist..😢
Yeah which is Good
@@user-jk6iu6lf6b How so.
@@robertkenny2636 because he ruined the Ending of Samus Returns
@@user-jk6iu6lf6b How so?
The Ridley fight in M:SR was just shoehorned in at a really inappropriate time. You've finished your mission with the death of the metroid queen and you're supposed to have this calm, contemplative trip back to your ship but in comes a suprise Ridley fight for no reason. Is it cool? Kinda. Does it fit with the tone and story? No. Because directly after this, Samus leaves the larva at Ceres which is then attacked by Ridley. This raises an issue because we just severely wounded an already wounded cyborg Ridley. When did he find time to regrow his body? Why does he not have any of the mechanical armor in Super? It just really makes this not make much sense. If there was going to be a Ridley fight it should've been handled better.
I didn't know Serris was in Metroid 2
Stupid Queen Metroid... should just walk two more steps further instead of standing still in each room.
14:01
that's nothing my brother and I Bensimon to all the bosses with keyboard and keyboard cruseta