Random trivia: Varia Suit probably had it's name messed up in translation. It supposed to be "Barrier Suit" but the japanese text translates to "Baria Sūtsu" since V sounds like B in japanese. The name was kept like Varia since them for consistency and because it kinda makes sense like in "Variable temperature" or something like that.
Interesting hearing talk of differences between castlevania and metroid game design. One of the things I think metroid generally does better than castlevania is abilities. Castlevania games have a habit of giving you abilities that are only ever used in one or two specific places, and have no other effects outside of that. Breaking ice in DS and pushing boxes in circle of the moon come to mind. Metroid is usually a bit better about having abilities be more versatile.
The very slow parasite rooms are there to teach you about the Bombs and Varia Suit. In the original, there was no need to learn bombs kill enemies because there were no crouch or diagonal aiming. As for Varia, back then it didn't have the extra layer of protection against the environment, just against damage im general.
Man, the Zero Mission rando seems like a ton of fun, especially with how open ended Zero Mission is when you know the game. The only things you need to beat the game are Morph Ball, Bombs, Missiles and Ice Beam.
Dang. You're not half bad at this. You're certainly better at bomb jumping than I ever was. Regarding wall-jumping in ZM vs. Super, one reason why I find it harder is that in ZM the bottom portion of Samus's sprite has to be touching a wall, while in Super as long as any portion of the side of her sprite is touching the wall it works.
i did a randomizer of this once, the power grip was locked behind the Ridley's maze room in the hidden lower left passage- pain in the ass cause it's ALMOST power grip locked and i had to make really precise jumps and missile shots to make it though
33:07 this is the very last secret I had to find to get 100% I spent a few hours just power-bombing every room wondering how the hell I could miss not one but TWO items, and I don't even remember how I eventually found it.
You know what's crazy, i have a best seed in my gba like i almost have all of the major, only wave beam are missing for me. And the frickin power grip was in ridley where you have to solve a puzzle with missles block, and there is 2 tank of missles
Also, to give Kraid a bit of credit, he’s a huge bastard in 15% Hard. (I would say low% but you can absolutely go lower than 15%, it’s just that 15% is the number you need for the extra endings.)
I just realized that the space pirate mothership has the wrecked ship theme from super metroid, does that mean that it is the wrecked ship after the game is completed?
You know I discovered this dude yesterday with this video so what March 30, 2024 and yeah I like him he's entertaining I subbed as well as liked the video
Alot of them have settings to allow you to make them as difficult and/or technical as you want. Like Metroidhunter said, the main difficulty usually comes from remembering all the item spawns and what you might need to get to them on the lower difficulties, other than that, you should be able to reach them with intended techniques only.
I wish that the also had a better "go-mode" because by the time you can go you're already probably at endgame amount of gear. Since most of the time you're gonna need to hunt things down
Random trivia: Varia Suit probably had it's name messed up in translation. It supposed to be "Barrier Suit" but the japanese text translates to "Baria Sūtsu" since V sounds like B in japanese. The name was kept like Varia since them for consistency and because it kinda makes sense like in "Variable temperature" or something like that.
there is always something like this when it comes to translation between japan and the rest of the world xD
I'd say it being a misspelling is correct. It only had the damage reduction in the first two games, so the "barrier" bit had to come from there.
also varia sounds way cooler than "barrier" so imo it was a great mistranslation
@@sebc255 varia suit reduces damage in super metroid and I'm 99% sure it does it in zero mission as well
@@Unit_00 Oh, I just noticed I worded it a bit weird. I meant that in the first two games the Varia Suit had only damage reduction.
This game has some of the best physics and movement ever in a 2D game.
Interesting hearing talk of differences between castlevania and metroid game design. One of the things I think metroid generally does better than castlevania is abilities. Castlevania games have a habit of giving you abilities that are only ever used in one or two specific places, and have no other effects outside of that. Breaking ice in DS and pushing boxes in circle of the moon come to mind. Metroid is usually a bit better about having abilities be more versatile.
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I disagree. The best Shinespark is the one tied to Fusion's bonus message.
Both ZM escape sparks are more hype imo. You actually use them in runs too
The very slow parasite rooms are there to teach you about the Bombs and Varia Suit. In the original, there was no need to learn bombs kill enemies because there were no crouch or diagonal aiming. As for Varia, back then it didn't have the extra layer of protection against the environment, just against damage im general.
Amazing, and glad you didn't skip the suitless sequence. ZM is my favorite stealth game after all
It's cool seeing something different on the channel
Very much appreciated
Keep your good work
Zero Mission is neck-and-neck with Aria for my favorite Search-Action game. I ADORE this game, especially the way it controls.
Based picks
Man, the Zero Mission rando seems like a ton of fun, especially with how open ended Zero Mission is when you know the game. The only things you need to beat the game are Morph Ball, Bombs, Missiles and Ice Beam.
And plasma
YEEEESSSSS! I did not see this coming but this is my 2nd favorite metroid only behind dread so it's awesome to see you play this!
You're the first person I've watched speedrunning my favorite game. I'm as happy as a clam!
29:08 that silence made me laugh hard man... LOL
It's fun to watch you do this. I am so bad at this game; in the metriodvania spectrum, I lean more to the Vania, haha. Great stuff!
Jup playing a Metroid Rando is absolutely unexpected but it is so hype
Dang. You're not half bad at this. You're certainly better at bomb jumping than I ever was.
Regarding wall-jumping in ZM vs. Super, one reason why I find it harder is that in ZM the bottom portion of Samus's sprite has to be touching a wall, while in Super as long as any portion of the side of her sprite is touching the wall it works.
i did a randomizer of this once, the power grip was locked behind the Ridley's maze room in the hidden lower left passage- pain in the ass cause it's ALMOST power grip locked and i had to make really precise jumps and missile shots to make it though
33:07 this is the very last secret I had to find to get 100%
I spent a few hours just power-bombing every room wondering how the hell I could miss not one but TWO items, and I don't even remember how I eventually found it.
this game and Prime 2 have the best escape theme. I wish they stopped using ridley's theme every time x)
You know what's crazy, i have a best seed in my gba like i almost have all of the major, only wave beam are missing for me. And the frickin power grip was in ridley where you have to solve a puzzle with missles block, and there is 2 tank of missles
This is my favorite game in the Metroid franchise.
There should be a Spazer Beam addon to it
(Spazer)
"Widens to about three beams, short enemies will die easily with it!"
So what happens if you get Gravity before Varia? Does Gravity resist heat even without Varia stacked on top?
The Fully Power Suit already has Varia when you obtain it, even if you didn’t get it in the first part of the game.
100% agree that wall jumping is easier in Super. It’s also just a shame how little you can do with wall jumps in this game when compared to Super.
Also, to give Kraid a bit of credit, he’s a huge bastard in 15% Hard. (I would say low% but you can absolutely go lower than 15%, it’s just that 15% is the number you need for the extra endings.)
I just realized that the space pirate mothership has the wrecked ship theme from super metroid, does that mean that it is the wrecked ship after the game is completed?
27:23 iceless is exactly what I call those kinds of jumps
You know I discovered this dude yesterday with this video so what March 30, 2024 and yeah I like him he's entertaining I subbed as well as liked the video
I guess the biggest issue with ZM Rando I have is how bombs crack the game open for checks.
This game is actually my favorite of all time.
Now do it in Fusion to make it chaotic😂
Room transitions are style only, the game can load screens pretty quickly actually
Is it just me or some of these missile tanks are feeling like an eyesore...
metroid 1 2 3 4 AND 5 in one mix metroid 5 because of morph ball shinespark
Why skip missiles?
Sadly most Metroid randos require so much tech to be known
Most of them at this point have pretty solid casual logic, at least.
Alot of them have settings to allow you to make them as difficult and/or technical as you want. Like Metroidhunter said, the main difficulty usually comes from remembering all the item spawns and what you might need to get to them on the lower difficulties, other than that, you should be able to reach them with intended techniques only.
I wish that the also had a better "go-mode" because by the time you can go you're already probably at endgame amount of gear. Since most of the time you're gonna need to hunt things down
Walljumping is definitely harder in this than in Super.
Yeah, Samus feels so much heavier in ZM compared to SM
This is a blast from the past.
How to play this game on PC ?
Excellent.
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Unfairnes doesn make a good fight >:u