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Great questions! Terribly sorry, you've made me realize that for someone who actually wants to sell people on Metroid Planets, I've done next to zero to actually explain what it is!
Ok, so I'll try to keep this as simple and direct as possible: Metroid Planets is a game by VacantShadeGames on the Metroid Construction Forums. Adhering closely to the sound and aesthetic of NES Metroid, it consists of three main pillars:
- Planet Zebeth, a faithful, yet modernized remake of NES Metroid. It features sharper physics and more precise controls, a functioning map system, rock solid 60 FPS performance (as opposed to the frame drops of even the NSO version of the original), a sweet remixed soundtrack by MiniMacro Sound, QOL features such as respawning with full health and ammo (no more farming), new animations (most notably Samus's run cycle), autosaves, and more.
- Planet Novus, an original campaign featuring all of the above, and then some. Novus encompasses a longer adventure harboring some fun surprises I don't wanna spoil, and a larger, more intricate map than Zebeth. It heavily incorporates elements of Super Metroid, including 8-bit "demakes" of its OST, by the highly talented Loeder.
- Planet Enigma. I'll come right out and say it: this is literally a Metroid version of Super Mario Maker. Players create their own rooms, and the game chains them all together to form a playable campaign with natural progression. I've downloaded some room packs and generated some worlds myself, and it's really neat seeing what the community has been able to put together.
I consider the game to be a work of immense passion and reverence for the Metroid series, with a high degree of polish and quality in its design. In no way am I affiliated with the developer, and in no way is the game a commercial product. I'm just a fanboy who wants more folks to play it. It's like a 20MB download, will run on any computer, and makes for a ton of fun. If I didn't wholeheartedly believe it was excellent, I wouldn't have featured it in the event. AM2R is well known in the Metroid community (and with good reason), but Planets less so, even though I feel as though it's absolutely of comparable quality. These are probably the two best Metroid fan games out there.
I think the only thing left to do is show off a few gifs! First one is slow for me, for whatever reason, but opening it in a new tab should solve that, if it looks slow for you as well.
