It’s well-known that Nintendo isn’t too fond of fan games, as seen witha recent DMCA takedownthat removed hundreds of Nintendo fan games from the web. But sometimes, fans just want to remember their favorite classic video games by reimagining how they might look today, and now, one fan has recreated a level fromWario Land 4from the ground up in Unity, and it is impressive, to say the least.
Over the years, Nintendo has created a myriad of classic video games to be enjoyed by both avid and casual gamers alike, spanning across a multitude of consoles and handheld systems over generations. With so many age-old IPs and series, it’s not hard to imagine that the Japanese video game company would want to capitalize on nostalgia withremakes and remasters of older games,but sometimes, fans take matters into their own hands.
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Over on Twitter, 3D artist and indie game developer MikMik posted a brief clip of their recreation of the Palm Tree Paradise level from the 2001 Game Boy Advance gameWario Land 4. According to MikMik, the Unity recreation was made over the course of just a few days as an environmental project. Although this isn’t playable, the 3D artist’s work breaths new, colorful, and stylized life into theclassic GBA game.
Fans can see that MikMik paid incredibly close attention to detail in the remake, complete with swaying palm trees, soaring seagulls, a glistening ocean, and a neat idle animation for Wario as well. Just like inWario Land 4, the 3D even artist kept Wario’s shoes purple, despite him appearing with green shoes in many other games. MikMik mentioned that while playing through all of theWario Landgames,they knew that they had to remake the Palm Tree Paradise level in HD as soon as they came across it. The level recreation is incredibly stylized, almost reminiscent of a more plastic art style, like the one seen in the Switch remake ofThe Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening.
It’s currently unknown as to whether MikMik intends on making this incredibleWario Land 4level playable. Recently, an equally impressivefan-made 2DMetroid Primedemowas released online after years of development, and for whatever reason, the big N has not gotten around to taking it down quite yet, so maybe there is hope out there for some Nintendo fan games after all.
This year marks nearly 30 years since Wario made his first appearance inSuper Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coinson the Game Boy back in 1992. While it has been some time since the lastWario Landand evenWarioWaregames, some fans are holding out hope to see Mario’s raunchy counterpart make a comeback sometime soon.
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