What’s an AM2R? Glad you asked! It’s actually what DoctorM64 refers to the Another Metroid 2 Remake project as. Which makes sense, as it’s much easier to say. Not that it matters after all, as that’s just a temporary name for this fan project which takes a fresh look at the Game Boy Metroid 2 classic with fresh graphics and a little bit of new content.

Right now, AM2R is still in the early stages. However, substantial progress has been made and there’s even something pretty awesome to see. There’s a trailer to watch an a demo to download…

Nintendo of Japan has unveiled a fix for the game-breaking glitch that has ruined the game for countless players. Unless you progress through a couple of rooms in the game’s Sector 3 in the proper order, a door permanently turns red. That means it’s locked and players cannot proceed.

One of Nintendo’s biggest titles of 2010, Metroid:Other M, has fallen prey to a game-ending bug that as of right now, cannot be fixed. IGN reports that a glitch in Sector 3 after leaving the desert refinery is causing players to become stuck. This bug effectively stops progress with the only current solutions being to load an earlier save or start the whole game over. Obviously, those are not fun options.

If you are a Metroid fan at any level and have not yet bought this, go for it. Metroid: Other M is a fun and innovative game. The graphics are impressive, the story is engaging and the action is a good combination of nostalgic nods and modern game play.

However, if you do not like long cut scenes and the idea of juggling your controller mid-game is not appealing to you, you will likely be too frustrated too early in the game to get much out of it. Click through to find out why…

We already knew Nintendo was going to be showing up at Comic-Con 2010 in San Diego, and now we know what games they’ll be showing off at the event. The two highlights will be the company’s two most recent releases, the DS game Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies and Metroid: Other M for the Wii. Both games will be playable throughout the entire event, which runs from July 22-25, 2010.

Dragon Quest IX-owning attendees will also want to bring their DS and their copy of the game. Nintendo will be distributing the treasure map Mortamor throughout Comic-Con. Just make sure your game is on and in the Canvass for Guests Tag Mode when you stop by Nintendo’s booth so you can download it to your cartridge…

Good news for Wii owners who missed out on the awesome Metroid Prime Trilogy deal, despite being discontinued you might still be able to find new copies out there. The catch is, you have to be willing to travel for them. While out of town and visiting Hayward, Wisconsin, I happened to stop by a local Pamida. Imagine my surprise in seeing a new copy of the Metroid Prime Trilogy Collector’s Edition for $49.99.

Nintendo released the Metroid Prime: Trilogy on August 24, 2009 and contained three games. It has the enhanced versions of the GameCube games Metroid Prime and Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, which were remastered to use Wii nunchuk and remote controls among other things, and the Wii game Metroid Prime 3: Corruption on a dual-layer disc. The collection was discontinued in North America and Australia in January, 2010…

The Game Cube games Metroid Prime and Metroid Prime 2: Echoes have been updated for the Wii. They’ve been touched up here and there, they’ve been converted to widescreen and they’ve been blessed with the WiiMote-Nunchuck combo. To top it off, they’ve been bundled with Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, placed on one dual-layer disc and given perhaps the best packaging yet seen in the US With all this, Nintendo and and Retro Studios have given us the best deal available on the Wii.

Even if you’ve played all these games before, it’s a package all Wii gamers should own.

From the operating table to the depths of space we go as we continue our quest for Wii franchises that’ll launch new gamers into the realm of hard core. Metroid is one of those rare games that has grown comfortably with the times. Since switching to 3D, the games have always been hampered by somewhat cumbersome controls. Freed from this limitation by the Wiimote/Nunchuck combo, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption suddenly performed the way its protagonist—bounty hunter Samus Aran—is portrayed: quick, fluid, and natural.

E3 2009 is all over now and the games have all been announced. It’s time to look at the best of the best, specifically for the Wii.

There were a ton of games announced at E3 that all look very good, so I limited it to the best ten, which really only makes this a sampling. Games are listed in no particular order.

At E3 2009, Microsoft showed us the future of gaming with Project Natal. Nintendo addressed the hardcore Nintendo fan’s concerns and Sony came out swinging with stuff all across the board.

If you are looking for a clear cut “winner,” however, I think you have to look at Nintendo. While Microsoft wins as my favorite presentation, Nintendo accomplished everything it set out to do and that’s comfort both gaming fans and Nintendo fans alike, by reassuring us that Nintendo hasn’t given itself completely up to the idea of catering only to a “casual” market.