Minecrafthas sparked the innate creativity of many players over the years, leading to a plethora of mansions, cathedrals, and replica locations from books and games. Now aMinecraftplayer has added to the list of impressive creations by building a playable slice ofMetroid Fusion.
A video posted on Reddit byMinecraftplayer Nyubug initially shows Samus Aran jumping through what looks to be a few levels of the 2002Game Boy AdvancegameMetroid Fusion. Then the camera pans out and it becomes clear that everything in the video was actually built inside ofMinecraft.
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According to Nyubug’s post, he has been working on the project for the past few months and, although he has worked on 2D creations before, he has never attempted anything this complex. TheMetroid Fusionrecreation has been built completely inMinecraftand the goal is to match the original game as closely as possible.
TheMetroid Fusionreplica features a working camera, player physics, sprite and background animations, as well as scrolling parallax backgrounds. The game is fully playable using WASD to controlSamus’ movements and even sports camera locks and door transitions. When a fellowMetroid Fusionplayer noticed that the physics look perhaps more “floaty” than in the original game, Nyubug conceded that there is a slight delay in movement in his version, which is one of the things that he is still working to fix.
The project runs in vanillaMinecraftand no mods were used to recreate the classic pixelated look and bright colors of the GBA game. Instead, Nyubug turned to a custom shader system usingspectate mode shaders and resource packs, as well as assets taken directly from aMetroid FusionROM. This of course puts the entire creation at risk of being pulled down by Nintendo, a company that is notoriously protective of its games and assets. But Nyubug is okay with that. “If it happens, it happens,” he said in the Reddit post. “It is their property after all.”
In addition to building intricatehouses inMinecraft, some other mind-boggling feats pulled off by playersinclude a recreation of Rapture fromBioshockbuilt entirely underwater, the entirety of King’s Landing fromGame of Thrones,andLord of the Rings’Minas Tirith and Mines of Moria.
Minecraftis available for mobile devices, Mac, PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One.
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