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In the original packaging, the object identified as the "Spazer" in-game was listed as the "Spazer Laser Beam" in the original manual. In Super Metroid, this was officially changed to "Spazer Beam", but the fact still remains that the item's full original name was indeed the "Spazer Laser Beam". One merely needs to manual to confirm this. Here's an excerpt from the original manual:
Spazer Laser Beam
A three way beam with an extremely wide focus is fired when this weapon is discharged. [1]
The "IPS" version floating around isn't actually the *first* version of Metroid II DX Unofficial that was released at all. In actuality, the first M2DXU it utilized a completely different method of colorization, one that relied on the now-defunct "GBColorizer" by MisterFishy. Unlike the IPS patch, the GBColorizer one actually modified several sprites to take advantage of the colorization, rather than just adding color to the game. I've provided a link that has information regarding that original colorization project (but it does not have a link to the ROM, mind you), and I don't think MisterFishy's page is up anymore.
[ [1]] <- There's the information regarding the original project. If you would like more information regarding it, please feel free to send me an Instant Message or an Email.
User:Doom127 11:21, 5 January 2006 (UTC) (Doom127)
I'm very sure that the readers would like to see a colorized version of the best ending. I have one. http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/9678/colormetroidendrl9.png - Xparasite9 01:05, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
There's a new addition that mentions that DX mode is available on some paks. Metroid II, from what I've read, features some pre-loaded palettes for use with the Super Game Boy, but this is a bit different from the DX version. Perhaps the user was confused by this? - Jacquismo 01:20, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
There have been many fangame projects of Metroid II started up in the past few years, most notably AM2R and Metroid: SR:388. Should these projects be added to the page, even though they are unofficial fan projects? 151.205.80.37 ( talk) 12:48, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
I noticed you'd been putting a lot of work into this article recently to get it to GA standard (not to mention your FA work on the Prime series, which was awesome, and I thank you for). Unfortunately, I don't have any suitable development info for that or its prequel. What I wanted to talk to you about was the remakes section. I saw that you had marked two refs with the questionable source tag. I'm actually not arguing your actions; I just want to make sure you see the reasoning behind why we allowed that entire section and the two refs backing it to get into the article, which you probably wouldn't have seen since the discussion about it started at the Metroid II discussion page ( in this convo) and then ended up moving to my own talk page ( here). Whether those links continue to be considered reputable is up to whoever will look over the article for eventual FA status, I suppose, but I just want you to be aware of all angles so you won't be surprised by any results or know enough to argue your own opinion if and when the time comes. Though it's probably notable that there will never be more reliable refs we could possibly find for that section due to the legality of the subject matter and major sites not wanting to cover it, so I imagine if these refs get the axe, then the article will likely have to ditch all info on the remakes for good. Arrowned ( talk) 09:33, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
Does anyone have anything useful that we could use to expand the Development section? Gary King ( talk) 04:23, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
Okay, what d'ya think now? Gary King ( talk) 23:03, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
"It introduced new gameplay elements to the series, such as allowing players to save their progress and continue in another session." This sentence is just false. Original Metroid already had a save system: [6]. Also could we get some mention of the announced but cancelled Game Boy Color port? -- Mika1h ( talk) 23:35, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
To quote the wiki article...
Due to the black and white color palette used in Metroid II, and because of the canceled Game Boy Color version, there have been attempts to create colored versions of Metroid II. A programmer using the pseudonym DoctorM64 created Project AM2R, also known as Another Metroid 2 Remake. The project aims to update the game's appearance by emulating, and in some cases, trumping the visual design of Super Metroid (1994). The game is in working beta as of March 2008. Ars Technica claims that it features "incredible graphics" and they consider it a "painstaking recreation of the original level design".
Actually I'm quite sure they don't do any sort of emulation of the games code, as far as I know from reading the projects website they actually use GameMaker, a program generally for non programmers to create games, not to discredit the programmer who appears to have done very well with it.
Also, I don't mean to sound harsh, but it appears the project uses graphics ripped from Super Metroid (see the ship for example), and maybe other games of the Metroid series (the ground tiles in some cases very much resemble to me the design of those from either Metroid Fusion or Metroid Zero Mission, not exactly sure), but for all I know these could just be place holders. Further, I do not understand by what means it trumps the visual design of Super Metroid, I think an explaination is neccessary. Otherwise I think the video presentation of it looks quite impressive and fun, but it appears to me little thought has been put into the design of the graphics as a whole. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.181.87.62 ( talk) 05:36, June 26, 2009
As much as I love AM2R, and keep up with its current development, I feel the paragraph here is misleading. Especially as it stands today, AM2R is a reboot/reimagining more than just a colorization project as the current text would imply. I'm not even sure that it belongs in this article at all as anything other than a "see also" link. 74.138.221.109 ( talk) 03:49, 8 February 2015 (UTC)
Just wondering...the article says the game was released in January, 1992. The source the article cites says the release was 1993. The source for the European date says 1992, and shows a rerelease in 1993. The game's title screen shows a 1991 date. Am I right in therefore thinking that: This game was created and completed in 1991 (hence the copyright on the title screen), released in January of 1992, and the first source cited in the article about release dates is wrong? 98.28.141.221 ( talk) 06:25, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
The article says that this game allowed to save the progress for the first time in the series, but didn't the original Famicom Disk System version of Metroid also allow to save? -- Grandy02 ( talk) 12:27, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
The article says that Metroid II "was the only one in the Metroid series to be developed by Intelligent Systems." But if it is, why does IS's game list include Metroid and Super Metroid? Even the article Super Metroid mentions IS. Ironically, Metroid II isn't listed at IS's website at all. -- Grandy02 ( talk) 12:05, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
Why is the first link like that? It's an official Nintendo website, I would imagine they would've deleted a website like that. I don't know much about older websites, but I'm guessing the way they rendered Japanese characters formerly are now rendered in a ridiculous, unreadable manner now? 69.228.12.177 ( talk) 17:55, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
"12 classic Game Boy and Game Boy Color games we want on 3DS" page from GamesRadar no longer exists anymore, and I can't archive it through the Wayback Machine as the snapshots of it redirects to nothing but a page that says "Womp Womp… Page Not Found". I therefore removed it from the article. I found a WebCite snapshot alright, but I assume the game listed on the second page that redirects to a different page ("Best Game Boy games of all time")... -- Hounder4 02:14, 5 April 2015 (UTC)
We all know that AM2R has been taken down after sites hosting it received a DMCA notice from Nintendo, but it appears that the pages (from both Project AM2R website and the Metroid Database fansite) are available at the Wayback Machine and the download link still works. IP 112.202.38.188 ( talk) gave download links to Wikipedia, but I reverted that because I feel that they are not considered reliable and would be a legal issue if we leave them there. The IP added those links again, so I need more eyes on this one. Any suggestions? – // Hounder4 // 12:36, 9 August 2016 (UTC)
Near the top of the articles, it states, "The game introduced several features that became staples of the series, including Samus's round-shouldered Varia Suit, Space Jump, Spazer Beam and Spider Ball." The Varia Suit was in Metroid, this is not a new introduction. Unless the article is saying that the round shoulders are an introduction, which is likely not of note (I'm not to familiar with policies on that), should this be removed or re-worded? 76.143.16.205 ( talk) 04:54, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
General descriptions like GameRankings is decent for cataloguing and finding reviews, but we shouldn't use as a serious source for organizing genres. There is no indication on who organizes these genres, no name attached to such material. As genre is subjective, we need a citation from a source that makes it clear that they have experience with the game, not just an aggregator. Andrzejbanas ( talk) 18:33, 24 June 2024 (UTC)