As my first (and probably last) Minecraft adventure map, I present Metroid Prime! This map includes over 12 iconic powerups from Nintendo's Metroid franchise, and on completion aims to be a full-fledged, multiplayer-compatible Metroid Prime game made entirely in Minecraft. No mods will be required, and the included resource pack will be optional.



Progress:

Fully-functional beam weapons, including the Power Beam, Ice Beam, and Plasma Beam
Morph Ball
Screw Attack
Power, Varia, and Gravity Suits
Two visor modes (Combat and Detection
Other powerups I don't want to give away yet
Two enemy types: Space Pirate and Pirate Aerotrooper
Resource Pack started (and updated as needed) containing modeled beam weapons, textured items and armor, and more

To Do:

Finish work on the final powerup (I might add more if I feel a candidate would be appropriate)
Additional enemy types
The actual map itself, comprised of a Tallon IV-like overworld, Norfair-esque lava caves, a Space Pirate base, and more
A couple of bosses, among which will likely include Ridley, Kraid, Yakuza, possibly Phantoon, and probably others I'll get to as the map progresses.
Rework vanilla health system (?)



So yeah, I've got a lot left to do. To be honest, I'm mostly just putting the map out now to see if it can generate enough support for me to consider it worthwhile. My interest in Minecraft outside of this project is dying like many others already have, and there's many other projects I could take to should nobody care about this. If people count on me to finish it, I'll definitely put in the time. If not, I'll simply throw all the command blocks for the items in a structure file or get the MCEdit file and put that out. If you want to see this brought to completion, though, show some support.