Topic: What is game Metroid desolation

Just happen to see this game ( Metroid desolation ) on a twitch chanel. Never heard of it before. Is it an actual release ? Can it be bought somewhere. When was it released. Says it's on switch. Did Google it and check gamefaqs but there wasn't much information on it

It's definitely not an official game, seems to be a ROM hack.

@Dogorilla what exactly would be a rom hack of a game

@Ninfan Basically an edit of a game's code (Metroid Zero Mission's in this case) to add new things or effectively turn it into a whole new game. It's not a scene I've paid much attention to myself but you could probably find this one online if Nintendo hasn't taken it down yet.

It's a rom hack, not an official Nintendo product.

Some programmer built their own game from the Metroid Zero Mission assets.

@Magician so is it much different to zero mission