Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago
Most Metroid fan projects typically fall short of reaching the finish line. This is one of the few that actually succeeded.
While the Metroid series slowly entered into a new renaissance with the release of Metroid Dread and the anticipated Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, one man was quietly chipping away at the reimagining of Metroid Fusion that Nintendo was unwilling to make. After spending 13 long years in development, his magnum opus was finally released to the public - not as a standalone fangame, but as a Super Metroid hack that pushed the limits of what could be done within the Super Metroid hacking scene.
This is a look at Super Metroid X-Fusion, an ambitious reinterpretation of the GBA original that features new bosses, new areas, and a revamped story. It's a rare example of a Metroid fan project actually crossing the finish line - but not exactly with perfect form.
For more information on Metroid X-Fusion, please check out @Metaquarius's channel (or use your favorite search engine; you're a smart one if you're reading this, I know you can figure it out).
TWITTER: twitter.com/Axelayer
Special thanks to Kuri & Sunny for providing additional feedback on the script and editing!
CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro
00:36 - X-Fusion IS NOT Metroid Fusion
03:08 - X-Fusion: A Technical Masterpiece
08:03 - X-Fusion: It Ain't No Masterpiece
15:02 - Managing Expectations
19:11 - [ENDCARD]
MUSIC USED:
EDEN (Sequence Palladium)
FANKY TANG (YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of this World, PC-98 ver.)
Movement (YU-NO, PC-98 ver.)
AKI_02 (Akiko Premium, Sharp X68000 ver.)
Movement 1 (YU-NO, PC-98 ver.)
FROM EAST, TO WEST (Sequence Palladium)
Strategic Beat [Briefing] (GINGA FORCE)
SOURCES:
gamingreinvented.com/interview/lets-interview-metroid-x-fusion-dev-metaquarius
metaquarium.wordpress.com
youtube.com/watch?v=-_sHZ1hzTXE (Oats' review of X-Fusion and 1.0 attempts)
youtube.com/watch?v=d-WDBXZ-ocE (Oats Reacts to X-Fusion's 2021 Update)
youtube.com/watch?v=Jf2apv_IaLk (Oats Reacts to X-Fusion's final trailer)
web.archive.org/web/20180901000000*/https://metaquarium.wordpress.com/xfusion
forum.metroidconstruction.com/index.php/topic,6088.0.html
metaquarium.wordpress.com/2023/04/08/fusion-mayhem (contains spoilers)
metaquarium.wordpress.com/2022/07/14/on-board-the-main-deck
imgur.com/2DJbveD (the X-Fusion map used in the video, made by LetsPlayNintendoITA)
(Special credit to the Metroid X-Fusion Discord server as well!)
#Metroid #Nintendo #Remake
Most Metroid fan projects typically fall short of reaching the finish line. This is one of the few that actually succeeded.
While the Metroid series slowly entered into a new renaissance with the release of Metroid Dread and the anticipated Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, one man was quietly chipping away at the reimagining of Metroid Fusion that Nintendo was unwilling to make. After spending 13 long years in development, his magnum opus was finally released to the public - not as a standalone fangame, but as a Super Metroid hack that pushed the limits of what could be done within the Super Metroid hacking scene.
This is a look at Super Metroid X-Fusion, an ambitious reinterpretation of the GBA original that features new bosses, new areas, and a revamped story. It's a rare example of a Metroid fan project actually crossing the finish line - but not exactly with perfect form.
For more information on Metroid X-Fusion, please check out @Metaquarius's channel (or use your favorite search engine; you're a smart one if you're reading this, I know you can figure it out).
TWITTER: twitter.com/Axelayer
Special thanks to Kuri & Sunny for providing additional feedback on the script and editing!
CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro
00:36 - X-Fusion IS NOT Metroid Fusion
03:08 - X-Fusion: A Technical Masterpiece
08:03 - X-Fusion: It Ain't No Masterpiece
15:02 - Managing Expectations
19:11 - [ENDCARD]
MUSIC USED:
EDEN (Sequence Palladium)
FANKY TANG (YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of this World, PC-98 ver.)
Movement (YU-NO, PC-98 ver.)
AKI_02 (Akiko Premium, Sharp X68000 ver.)
Movement 1 (YU-NO, PC-98 ver.)
FROM EAST, TO WEST (Sequence Palladium)
Strategic Beat [Briefing] (GINGA FORCE)
SOURCES:
gamingreinvented.com/interview/lets-interview-metroid-x-fusion-dev-metaquarius
metaquarium.wordpress.com
youtube.com/watch?v=-_sHZ1hzTXE (Oats' review of X-Fusion and 1.0 attempts)
youtube.com/watch?v=d-WDBXZ-ocE (Oats Reacts to X-Fusion's 2021 Update)
youtube.com/watch?v=Jf2apv_IaLk (Oats Reacts to X-Fusion's final trailer)
web.archive.org/web/20180901000000*/https://metaquarium.wordpress.com/xfusion
forum.metroidconstruction.com/index.php/topic,6088.0.html
metaquarium.wordpress.com/2023/04/08/fusion-mayhem (contains spoilers)
metaquarium.wordpress.com/2022/07/14/on-board-the-main-deck
imgur.com/2DJbveD (the X-Fusion map used in the video, made by LetsPlayNintendoITA)
(Special credit to the Metroid X-Fusion Discord server as well!)
#Metroid #Nintendo #Remake
