In order to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the “Metroid” series, a group of fans secretly spent three years making “Metroid Prime Origins”, remodeling the 2002 GameCube classic “Metroid Prime (Metroid Prime/Metroid Prime)” into a 2D version. The new game adopts a pixel style similar to that of the NES era. It basically re-cooks the original 3D first-person adventure into a retro-flavored 2D work.
The most embarrassing thing is that Nintendo seems to have really forgotten. .
The timing of the appearance of “Metroid Prime Origins” is also quite subtle, because Nintendo does not seem to be celebrating the 40th anniversary of “Metroid” at all this time. Kotaku even checked the official Nintendo website and X account, but found no anniversary news, not even a birthday greeting from Samus, let alone any special events. As a result, there was no official movement, and fans instead made a complete work on their own, which somewhat felt like “If you don’t do it, we will do it ourselves.”
I haven’t used AI, but I’m already worried about Nintendo coming to my door!
Lv. 4 Games stated that “Metroid Prime Origins” does not use generative AI at all, and all content is produced by the team itself. However, this group of fans also know that they are dancing on the edge of Nintendo’s minefield. Although they have not yet received a cease and desist notice, the production team has already laughed at themselves that “it should be the target of Nintendo Ninja now.”
Moreover, the game promotional video has even been removed from YouTube due to unclear terms of service. It seems that how long this fan creation can survive may really depend on how long Nintendo blinks.