[TAS] Metroid: Zero Mission 100% Hard in

Created with TAStudio on Bizhawk 2.6.0
Wanted to improve my old TAS because I've learned a lot of small things. Not to say this can't be improved still. Also want to say thanks to Dragonfangs and CScottyW for various strats and small optimizations, and the ZM community as a whole.
Strat notes here: pastebin.com/9GbryeiV Perhaps most surprising is how Crateria spaceboost is STILL worth going for when you do MingLee.
Real-time from file select (frames): 235509 = 1꞉05꞉43.06 (@59.7275 fps)
My other ZM TASes: • [Theory TAS] Metroid: ...
SEGMENT TIMES
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Bombs: 3꞉46.23
Enter Kraid: 3꞉57.23
Exit Kraid: 3꞉10.36
Exit Crateria: 3꞉56.57
Enter Ridley: 7꞉34.55
Exit Ridley: 6꞉42.91
Enter Tourian: 2꞉03.49
Escape: 2꞉38.77
Enter Charlie: 6꞉04.91
Full Suit: 1꞉28.33
Power Bombs: 3꞉22.85
Exit Tourian: 7꞉33.88
Exit Kraid: 4꞉48.54
Exit Norfair: 2꞉08.55
Enter Mecha: 4꞉33.11
Done: 1꞉52.66
More info here: pastebin.com/WkYcYSPU
CHAPTERS
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00:00 Intro
3:55 Bombs
7:55 Enter Kraid
15:02 Exit Crateria
22:56 Enter Ridley
31:41 Tourian
35:16 Suitless
44:47 Early Power Bombs
46:37 Glass Tube
51:42 Tourian Cleanup
53:13 Kraid Cleanup
57:20 Norfair Cleanup
1:00:18 Chozodia Cleanup
1:02:49 Door Clip
1:05:45 Pirates
1:09:15 Clear Screen

[@ReaperX7]

I always liked the little tiny drawing at the end left behind by little Samus.😊

[@Manikinator]

This should be made into a something about video. This is so well done i had to subscribe. Thanks 🙏

[@MetaZekrom72]

I love the rapid T-bag moments. 🤣
5:38, 10:01, 1:04:33

[@Brawler_1337]

Samus’s legs must be amazing to do that.

[@CrasherX2000]

This is probably the first TAS of Zero Misiion I’ve seen that goes for the Long Beam immediately instead of taking the shortcut to the rest of the map AND collects the Charge Beam instead of skipping it

[@Jakoliath]

Yeah, it was made to be a showcase of the fastest known human route, late long and late charge would most likely be faster for an optimized TAS

[@ittybittyshinystar]

I want to know what the artists were trying to do with Samus' bangs. It's like they couldn't decide on which direction to draw them so they made it a weird circle instead

[@muffinconsumer4431]

It’s uhhh sci fi you wouldn’t get it yeah

[@mkcstealth7624]

I've been playing this game since 2004, have 100% multiple times, and this guy still took routes I've never seen before

[@xValkyrie93]

DOOOOOOOD theres a timer, ok S rank TAS here

[@Jakoliath]

back by popular demand ☺

[@Chad_Thundercock]

You did to both Kraid and Ridley, what Ridley did to my ears.

[@hydraarts7806]

Love the space pirate jumping in front of the escape pod at the end. Bro was like "you got nowhere to run now"

[@AGZhark]

26:49 This is what I don’t like about Zero Mission. Yes, sometimes secret paths are easy to spot, but other times, it’s stuff like this that makes me feel dumb. A video game should not make you feel that way.
Fusion on the other hand is much better at secret things. You can clearly tell that something is off, if a room is oddly empty, try using a Power Bomb, and there! You’ve opened up a whole secret passage.

[@Jakoliath]

Yeah they could have hinted that better. PBs would reveal the secret there but you've got no reason to think one is there
Fusion's underwater section is infamous for the proper path forward not being revealed with PBs

[@socalrcguy1]

This game look so good but hard to navigate around and doesnt really tell you where to go next so can easily get lost

[@thawkade]

That's pretty much the point, it's exploration based, you're supposed to piece together your route via the upgrades you get and roadblocks you'd previously encountered

[@danger2980]

This game is super easy imo, first time I ever played it, I finished in the same day

[@federicoricca2512]

You do know that the chozo statues tell you where to go next right?

[@gablink5190]

Skill issue

[@tiddlez3948]

Hilariously enough, ZM is probably the most hand-holdiest of the 2D Metroid games other than Fusion

[@edgaragramonte1525]

why at 5:38 dont adquire the second tank ???

[@Jakoliath]

There's only 1 in that room. To the left there is Varia Suit, which is not needed because we get it automatically at the end of the suitless section