<s>
AM2R	B-Application
(	O
Another	B-Application
Metroid	I-Application
2	I-Application
Remake	I-Application
)	O
is	O
an	O
action-adventure	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Argentinian	O
programmer	O
Milton	O
Guasti	O
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
DoctorM64	O
)	O
and	O
released	O
on	O
August	O
6	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
Metroid'''s	O
30th	O
anniversary	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
an	O
unofficial	B-Application
remake	I-Application
of	O
the	O
1991	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
game	O
Metroid	B-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Return	I-Application
of	I-Application
Samus	I-Application
in	O
the	O
style	O
of	O
Metroid	B-Application
:	I-Application
Zero	I-Application
Mission	I-Application
(	O
2004	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
in	O
the	O
original	O
Metroid	B-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
players	O
control	O
bounty	O
hunter	O
Samus	O
Aran	O
,	O
who	O
aims	O
to	O
eradicate	O
the	O
parasitic	O
Metroids	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
AM2R	B-Application
adds	O
several	O
features	O
,	O
including	O
new	O
graphics	O
and	O
music	O
,	O
new	O
areas	O
and	O
bosses	O
,	O
altered	O
controls	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
map	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
after	O
release	O
,	O
Nintendo	O
sent	O
DMCA	O
notices	O
to	O
websites	O
hosting	O
AM2R	B-Application
,	O
and	O
download	O
links	O
were	O
removed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	O
released	O
an	O
official	O
Metroid	B-Application
II	I-Application
remake	I-Application
,	O
Metroid	B-Application
:	I-Application
Samus	I-Application
Returns	I-Application
,	O
in	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameplayAM2R	O
is	O
an	O
enhanced	O
remake	O
of	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
game	O
Metroid	B-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Return	I-Application
of	I-Application
Samus	I-Application
,	O
which	O
follows	O
Samus	O
Aran	O
on	O
her	O
quest	O
to	O
eradicate	O
the	O
parasitic	O
Metroid	B-Device
species	O
from	O
SR388	O
,	O
their	O
home	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
remake	O
is	O
done	O
in	O
the	O
style	O
of	O
Metroid	B-Application
:	I-Application
Zero	I-Application
Mission	I-Application
,	O
adding	O
a	O
map	O
system	O
,	O
new	O
areas	O
,	O
mini-bosses	O
,	O
upgrades	O
originally	O
introduced	O
in	O
Super	B-Application
Metroid	I-Application
,	O
redone	O
graphics	O
and	O
music	O
,	O
an	O
updated	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
for	O
enemies	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
log	O
system	O
similar	O
to	O
Metroid	B-Device
Prime	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Logs	O
give	O
the	O
player	O
more	O
information	O
on	O
Metroids	B-Device
,	O
enemies	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
world	O
after	O
the	O
player	O
has	O
encountered	O
certain	O
enemies	O
or	O
arrived	O
in	O
new	O
areas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
controls	O
are	O
less	O
"	O
floaty	O
"	O
than	O
those	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
and	O
feature	O
new	O
abilities	O
such	O
as	O
wall	O
jumping	O
and	O
grabbing	O
onto	O
ledges	O
,	O
being	O
more	O
in	O
line	O
with	O
the	O
gameplay	O
the	O
series	O
has	O
employed	O
since	O
Super	B-Application
Metroid	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Metroids	B-Device
the	O
player	O
fights	O
have	O
four	O
main	O
evolutionary	O
stages	O
–	O
Alpha	O
,	O
Gamma	O
,	O
Zeta	O
,	O
and	O
Omega	O
–	O
which	O
have	O
been	O
altered	O
compared	O
to	O
their	O
Metroid	B-Application
II	I-Application
counterparts	O
,	O
including	O
new	O
techniques	O
used	O
in	O
battle	O
;	O
Alpha	O
is	O
the	O
least	O
altered	O
,	O
having	O
only	O
been	O
given	O
a	O
new	O
dodge	O
move	O
,	O
while	O
Omega	O
has	O
been	O
altered	O
the	O
most	O
,	O
having	O
been	O
changed	O
to	O
earth-bound	O
enemies	O
that	O
trap	O
the	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
confronts	O
these	O
Metroid	B-Device
bosses	O
often	O
and	O
has	O
to	O
defeat	O
55	O
of	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Among	O
the	O
newly	O
added	O
bosses	O
are	O
non-Metroid	O
enemies	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
moving	O
statue	O
or	O
a	O
Torizo	B-Application
statue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Guasti	O
wanted	O
to	O
recreate	O
the	O
fast	O
gameplay	O
of	O
Metroid	B-Application
:	I-Application
Zero	I-Application
Mission	I-Application
and	O
the	O
"	O
atmosphere	O
and	O
solitude	O
"	O
of	O
Super	B-Application
Metroid	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
having	O
finished	O
Metroid	B-Application
II	I-Application
for	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
,	O
he	O
imagined	O
it	O
to	O
be	O
"	O
cool	O
"	O
to	O
play	O
the	O
game	O
with	O
modern	O
gameplay	O
,	O
an	O
in-game	O
mini-map	O
rather	O
than	O
with	O
a	O
physical	O
map	O
on	O
one	O
's	O
lap	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Omega	O
Metroids	B-Device
as	O
tall	O
as	O
the	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
Guasti	O
was	O
not	O
a	O
programmer	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
he	O
used	O
a	O
trial-and-error	O
method	O
to	O
modify	O
a	O
platforming	O
game	O
engine	O
by	O
Martin	O
Piecyk	O
within	O
the	O
game	B-Application
creation	I-Application
system	I-Application
GameMaker	B-Operating_System
,	O
with	O
learning	O
being	O
his	O
main	O
motivation	O
for	O
working	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
first	O
the	O
remake	O
followed	O
the	O
original	O
Metroid	B-Application
II	I-Application
map	O
layout	O
and	O
already	O
existing	O
sprites	O
from	O
Metroid	B-Application
:	I-Application
Zero	I-Application
Mission	I-Application
and	O
Super	B-Application
Metroid	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
Guasti	O
kept	O
working	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
engine	O
and	O
polished	O
each	O
ability	O
,	O
he	O
felt	O
that	O
AM2R	B-Application
started	O
to	O
seem	O
more	O
and	O
more	O
authentic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
game	O
had	O
been	O
made	O
public	O
,	O
several	O
artists	O
contacted	O
Guasti	O
and	O
volunteered	O
to	O
create	O
original	O
art	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
;	O
the	O
Metroid	B-Device
evolutions	O
were	O
redesigned	O
,	O
and	O
new	O
enemies	O
and	O
areas	O
unrelated	O
to	O
other	O
Metroid	B-Device
games	O
were	O
added	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
so	O
much	O
was	O
changed	O
in	O
AM2R	B-Application
compared	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
Metroid	B-Application
II	I-Application
–	O
with	O
color	O
,	O
a	O
larger	O
screen	O
,	O
"	O
less	O
claustrophobic	O
"	O
caves	O
,	O
and	O
new	O
gameplay	O
controls	O
–	O
Guasti	O
was	O
faced	O
with	O
the	O
challenge	O
of	O
recreating	O
the	O
original	O
's	O
feeling	O
of	O
danger	O
within	O
a	O
more	O
modern	O
style	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Metroid	B-Application
II	I-Application
featured	O
"	O
tight-quarters	O
combat	O
"	O
,	O
while	O
AM2R	B-Application
greater	O
amount	O
of	O
screen	O
space	O
and	O
mobility	O
meant	O
that	O
the	O
Metroids	B-Device
 '	O
behavior	O
had	O
to	O
be	O
changed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
scale	O
of	O
the	O
rooms	O
throughout	O
the	O
game	O
world	O
also	O
had	O
to	O
be	O
changed	O
,	O
with	O
some	O
landmarks	O
being	O
redesigned	O
to	O
make	O
better	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
larger	O
screen	O
;	O
some	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
were	O
kept	O
similar	O
in	O
size	O
to	O
their	O
Metroid	B-Application
II	I-Application
counterparts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
first	O
areas	O
were	O
made	O
colorful	O
and	O
accurate	O
to	O
their	O
counterparts	O
in	O
Metroid	B-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
later	O
areas	O
were	O
expanded	O
and	O
introduced	O
new	O
elements	O
,	O
featuring	O
progressively	O
darker	O
caves	O
,	O
tighter	O
passages	O
,	O
and	O
Metroids	B-Device
found	O
in	O
more	O
dangerous	O
locations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
increasingly	O
darker	O
and	O
menacing	O
music	O
,	O
was	O
to	O
recreate	O
the	O
feeling	O
of	O
Metroid	B-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
which	O
Guasti	O
described	O
as	O
"	O
being	O
lost	O
in	O
a	O
dark	O
,	O
mysterious	O
cave	O
without	O
knowing	O
what	O
's	O
ahead	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
latter	O
parts	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
development	O
,	O
the	O
largest	O
challenge	O
was	O
to	O
coordinate	O
Guasti	O
's	O
and	O
his	O
collaborators	O
 '	O
work	O
;	O
when	O
Guasti	O
started	O
working	O
as	O
a	O
programmer	O
,	O
he	O
learned	O
about	O
project	O
management	O
and	O
applied	O
it	O
to	O
AM2R	B-Application
,	O
but	O
still	O
found	O
it	O
challenging	O
to	O
have	O
deadlines	O
and	O
keep	O
people	O
motivated	O
,	O
as	O
everyone	O
was	O
working	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
free	O
in	O
their	O
spare	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
2014	O
,	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
newer	O
version	O
of	O
GameMaker	B-Operating_System
Studio	I-Operating_System
,	O
which	O
enabled	O
improved	O
loading	O
times	O
and	O
performance	O
,	O
but	O
required	O
the	O
complete	O
rewriting	O
of	O
some	O
features	O
and	O
changes	O
to	O
the	O
designs	O
of	O
some	O
levels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
move	O
also	O
made	O
bugs	B-Error_Name
faster	O
to	O
fix	O
and	O
new	O
builds	O
easier	O
to	O
make	O
,	O
leaving	O
the	O
development	O
progress	O
in	O
a	O
more	O
expedient	O
and	O
productive	O
state	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
the	O
developers	O
worked	O
on	O
improving	O
the	O
visuals	O
,	O
giving	O
the	O
fourth	O
area	O
a	O
new	O
graphics	B-Application
tile	I-Application
set	I-Application
intended	O
to	O
give	O
it	O
more	O
personality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
full	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
free	O
following	O
a	O
countdown	O
through	O
its	O
website	O
on	O
August	O
6	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
coinciding	O
with	O
the	O
Metroid	B-Device
series	O
 '	O
30th	O
anniversary	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
said	O
he	O
understood	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
need	O
to	O
protect	O
its	O
intellectual	O
properties	O
and	O
encouraged	O
AM2R	B-Application
players	O
to	O
buy	O
the	O
official	O
Nintendo	B-Application
eShop	I-Application
release	O
of	O
Metroid	B-Application
II	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
continued	O
by	O
people	O
from	O
the	O
Metroid	B-Device
fan	O
community	O
,	O
including	O
bug	B-Error_Name
fixes	O
,	O
new	O
enemies	O
and	O
story	O
elements	O
,	O
and	O
additional	O
game	O
modes	O
such	O
as	O
New	O
Game+	O
and	O
a	O
"	O
Randomizer	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
shuffles	O
the	O
locations	O
of	O
power-ups	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	O
released	O
an	O
official	O
remake	O
of	O
Metroid	B-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
Metroid	B-Application
:	I-Application
Samus	I-Application
Returns	I-Application
,	O
in	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
year	O
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
AM2R	B-Application
,	O
Guasti	O
announced	O
that	O
he	O
had	O
been	O
hired	O
by	O
Moon	O
Studios	O
to	O
design	O
levels	O
for	O
Ori	B-Application
and	I-Application
the	I-Application
Will	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Wisps	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
also	O
announced	O
a	O
project	O
made	O
in	O
Unity	B-Application
3D	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
AM2R	B-Application
team	O
formed	O
SquidShock	O
Studios	O
and	O
began	O
work	O
on	O
an	O
original	O
Metroidvania	O
,	O
Bō	O
:	O
Path	O
of	O
the	O
Teal	O
Lotus	O
,	O
using	O
hand-drawn	O
art	O
and	O
inspired	O
by	O
games	O
like	O
Hollow	B-Device
Knight	I-Device
and	O
Okami	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mike	O
Fahey	O
,	O
writing	O
for	O
Kotaku	O
,	O
called	O
the	O
game	O
brilliant	O
and	O
compared	O
the	O
gameplay	O
,	O
graphics	O
,	O
and	O
music	O
favorably	O
to	O
their	O
Metroid	B-Application
II	I-Application
counterparts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sam	O
Machkovech	O
at	O
Ars	O
Technica	O
said	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
be	O
a	O
delight	O
to	O
people	O
who	O
liked	O
Zero	B-Application
Mission	I-Application
,	O
and	O
that	O
its	O
quality	O
and	O
amount	O
of	O
polish	O
put	O
it	O
on	O
par	O
with	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zack	O
Furniss	O
of	O
Destructoid	O
liked	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
the	O
point	O
that	O
he	O
thought	O
Nintendo	O
should	O
use	O
some	O
ideas	O
from	O
it	O
in	O
future	O
Metroid	B-Device
titles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jonathan	O
Holmes	O
,	O
also	O
at	O
Destructoid	O
,	O
said	O
that	O
AM2R	B-Application
does	O
a	O
good	O
job	O
at	O
filling	O
the	O
"	O
void	O
"	O
left	O
by	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
lack	O
of	O
new	O
2D	O
Metroid	B-Device
games	O
,	O
calling	O
it	O
"	O
even	O
more	O
of	O
an	O
extensive	O
re-imagining	O
than	O
Metroid	B-Application
:	I-Application
Zero	I-Application
Mission	I-Application
was	O
to	O
Metroid	B-Device
1	I-Device
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gonçalo	O
Lopes	O
at	O
Nintendo	O
Life	O
said	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
a	O
great	O
way	O
to	O
celebrate	O
the	O
series	O
 '	O
30th	O
anniversary	O
and	O
a	O
dream	O
come	O
true	O
for	O
Metroid	B-Device
fans	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
he	O
imagined	O
people	O
would	O
be	O
willing	O
to	O
pay	O
money	O
for	O
it	O
if	O
sold	O
on	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
eShop	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tom	O
Sykes	O
at	O
PC	O
Gamer	O
praised	O
AM2R	B-Application
as	O
a	O
"	O
great	O
game	O
in	O
its	O
own	O
right	O
"	O
regardless	O
of	O
whether	O
one	O
had	O
played	O
Metroid	B-Application
II	I-Application
prior	O
or	O
not	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NF	O
Magazine	O
Tony	O
Ponce	O
initially	O
worried	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
lose	O
the	O
"	O
eerie	O
charm	O
"	O
of	O
Metroid	B-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
but	O
found	O
it	O
to	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
keep	O
a	O
high-tension	O
feeling	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
including	O
new	O
things	O
for	O
longtime	O
fans	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Furniss	O
found	O
that	O
the	O
gameplay	O
changes	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
Metroid	B-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
grab	O
onto	O
ledges	O
,	O
all	O
felt	O
natural	O
,	O
and	O
called	O
the	O
user	O
interface	O
"	O
sleek	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
liked	O
the	O
log	O
system	O
,	O
calling	O
it	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
biggest	O
additions	O
,	O
and	O
enjoyed	O
how	O
the	O
opening	O
added	O
more	O
story	O
content	O
while	O
not	O
being	O
"	O
overdone	O
"	O
,	O
instead	O
feeling	O
like	O
the	O
opening	O
to	O
Super	B-Application
Metroid	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Holmes	O
commended	O
the	O
boss	O
battles	O
,	O
calling	O
them	O
"	O
arguably	O
"	O
the	O
best	O
across	O
all	O
2D	O
Metroid	B-Device
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ponce	O
found	O
the	O
precise	O
win	O
conditions	O
for	O
Metroid	B-Device
battles	O
annoying	O
considering	O
how	O
often	O
they	O
are	O
fought	O
,	O
but	O
similarly	O
thought	O
that	O
the	O
new	O
non-Metroid	O
bosses	O
were	O
among	O
the	O
most	O
exciting	O
and	O
challenging	O
in	O
all	O
2D	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
particularly	O
enjoyed	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
color	O
palette	O
,	O
saying	O
that	O
it	O
made	O
AM2R	B-Application
feel	O
like	O
a	O
completely	O
new	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alec	O
Meer	O
at	O
Rock	O
,	O
Paper	O
,	O
Shotgun	O
said	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
looked	O
lovely	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
large	O
improvement	O
over	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
version	O
's	O
green	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jeffrey	O
Matulef	O
,	O
writing	O
for	O
Eurogamer	O
,	O
found	O
it	O
impressive	O
how	O
closely	O
the	O
game	O
resembled	O
Super	B-Application
Metroid	I-Application
visually	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
nominated	O
for	O
The	O
Game	O
Awards	O
2016	O
in	O
the	O
"	O
Best	O
Fan	O
Creation	O
"	O
category	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
removed	O
from	O
the	O
nomination	O
page	O
without	O
notice	O
alongside	O
the	O
fan	B-Application
game	I-Application
Pokémon	B-Application
Uranium	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Game	O
Awards	O
host	O
Geoff	O
Keighley	O
explained	O
that	O
AM2R	B-Application
and	O
Pokémon	B-Application
Uranium	I-Application
were	O
not	O
legally	O
cleared	O
by	O
Nintendo	O
to	O
be	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
event	O
.	O
</s>
