In fact, at least since 2008...
https://web.archive.org/web/20080615000000*/http://metroid2r... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owSldu1CRSo
https://web.archive.org/web/20080615000000*/http://metroid2r... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owSldu1CRSo
http://metroid2remake.blogspot.com/p/about-project.html?m=1
Incredible perseverance to ship it after close to a decade of work!