THE CROCOMIRE IS IN METROID: ZERO MISSION! - VGF

GRENTLEMEN · 04-29-2008, 12:35 AM

Well, kind of. People searching around in the game's data found unused sprites for the Crocomire in Metroid: Zero Mission. That's not big news. Somebody's taken it upon theirself to bring it to life, though! Glory!

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THE CROCOMIRE LIVES

Tazy_10 · 04-29-2008, 07:34 AM

I.....can see why they didn't keep him in.....

wariovswario · 04-29-2008, 01:22 PM

I wonder if it was intentional for him to pin Samus against the wall or if it was a bug in the programming.

That Guy · 04-29-2008, 02:20 PM

prehaps it has something to do with him not being finished

Metal Man · 04-29-2008, 02:59 PM

Nice to see there's a competent hacking community for that game.

Having seen a number of bad ones, you'd think half the game hackers these days only frequent games with automated editors.

Tad Venture · 04-29-2008, 08:10 PM

AI, was it still separate sprites like it was in Super Metroid? I remember there being a sprite for each its head, body, and arms.

Cravdraa · 04-29-2008, 11:00 PM

Yes, it was. In fact, I'm 99% sure those aren't the sprites that were originally found in the game. It looks like he re-did them, because the originals looked more like a rough draft.

GRENTLEMEN · 04-30-2008, 07:48 PM

The original sprites were actually of an infant Crocomire. I think they(the game developers) were planning on including a young Crocomire, which would have grown by the time you see it in Super Metroid.

Here's a site with the sprites for it:
.::[Metroid: Fan Mission]::.

Cravdraa · 04-30-2008, 09:18 PM

I've never seen that before. Not what I was talking about, but interesting, none the less.

GRENTLEMEN · 04-30-2008, 10:17 PM

Oh, wow. I just did a double take, that was apparently from SUPER Metroid. ****, I didn't know anything about that. Confusion.

1-up SalesFACEman · 05-03-2008, 10:10 AM

that was a pretty cool battle. but i can see why he wasn't in it.if he was going to be in it, they're should definitely be more room to fight him.

GRENTLEMEN · 05-03-2008, 11:23 AM

The hacker has coded an entirely original A.I. for it, no one knows how it might have originally behaved. That's part of why it's so cool that it was hacked into the game.

Tazy_10 · 05-05-2008, 12:01 PM

The least he could've done is make the Crocomire go backwards when he's hit.

Me? I wouldn't enjoy being crushed between a Crocomire and the door.

GRENTLEMEN · 05-05-2008, 06:23 PM

Nobody likes losing.

Tazy_10 · 05-05-2008, 06:48 PM

Good point.

I will add it to my log.

04-29-2008, 01:22 PM	#3
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04-29-2008, 08:10 PM	#6
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04-30-2008, 07:48 PM	#8
GRENTLEMEN Retro Nintendo Supermod Art & Literature Mod Metroid Mod Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 15,911 Thanks: 472 Thanked 1,179 Times in 634 Posts Points: 7,802.38 Bank: 1,866,967.49 Total Points: 1,874,769.86 Donate	The original sprites were actually of an infant Crocomire. I think they(the game developers) were planning on including a young Crocomire, which would have grown by the time you see it in Super Metroid. Here's a site with the sprites for it: .::[Metroid: Fan Mission]::.

04-30-2008, 09:18 PM	#9
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04-30-2008, 10:17 PM	#10
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05-03-2008, 10:10 AM	#11
1-up SalesFACEman Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Poot Gender: Posts: 962 Thanks: 55 Thanked 17 Times in 13 Posts Blog Entries: 5 Points: 10,310.78 Bank: 0.01 Total Points: 10,310.79 Donate	that was a pretty cool battle. but i can see why he wasn't in it.if he was going to be in it, they're should definitely be more room to fight him.

05-03-2008, 11:23 AM	#12
GRENTLEMEN Retro Nintendo Supermod Art & Literature Mod Metroid Mod Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 15,911 Thanks: 472 Thanked 1,179 Times in 634 Posts Points: 7,802.38 Bank: 1,866,967.49 Total Points: 1,874,769.86 Donate	The hacker has coded an entirely original A.I. for it, no one knows how it might have originally behaved. That's part of why it's so cool that it was hacked into the game.

05-05-2008, 12:01 PM	#13
Tazy_10 Forum Host Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Tazy is a bad Mafia Player. I'm Serious. Gender: Posts: 7,567 Thanks: 158 Thanked 268 Times in 208 Posts Blog Entries: 5 Points: 19,217.24 Bank: 27,192.19 Total Points: 46,409.42 Donate	The least he could've done is make the Crocomire go backwards when he's hit. Me? I wouldn't enjoy being crushed between a Crocomire and the door.

05-05-2008, 06:23 PM	#14
GRENTLEMEN Retro Nintendo Supermod Art & Literature Mod Metroid Mod Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 15,911 Thanks: 472 Thanked 1,179 Times in 634 Posts Points: 7,802.38 Bank: 1,866,967.49 Total Points: 1,874,769.86 Donate	Nobody likes losing.

05-05-2008, 06:48 PM	#15
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