Finally actually beating the games

**Loot** · 02-05-2012, 10:17 PM

Metroid games beaten:

Prime
Prime 2
Fusion - Currently attempting > 2 hour run, although I'm having my doubts at this point. Got the Plasma Beam but I believe I'm up to... 1:20? Somewhere around there.
NES
Zero Mission

Now working on: Super Metroid

Man, kinda shameful how it's taken me so long to finally get around to beating Super Metroid, Fusion, and Zero Mission. Fusion is giving me great speed run practice, as linear as it is.

Sometime I'll pick up Metroid II on my 3DS.

***Cosmonautical*** · 02-06-2012, 12:01 AM

Super Metroid is one of those games that can stop you dead in your tracks, unless you're willing to bomb every wall/etc. It's possible a lot of people have progressed to Maridia but not realized you need to get the gravity suit (or that it exists), or never found Kraid's lair.

Rainbow Dash · 02-06-2012, 02:59 AM

i've beaten zero mission, fusion, prime 3, and other m

ive progressed pretty far in super, prime and prime 2

also **** maridia seriously

***Cosmonautical*** · 02-06-2012, 07:27 AM

Yeah, even with the gravity suit it's a total maze.

BTW, if I haven't mentioned this yet,

Super Metroid controls:
Map the run button to "R", map aim up to L, use Y for fire and B for jump. Toggle buttons set to X and A. Works about perfectly.

***Marilink*** · 02-06-2012, 10:00 AM

^That's exactly how I do it. It just works so well to have run and Aim Up on R+L, because then you can just dash through whole rooms and take out enemies that fly from the top.

***Cosmonautical*** · 02-06-2012, 10:38 AM

Absolutely, it makes you feel unstoppable(and it seriously takes a piece out of Ridley). Plus, you can wall-jump just about anything, like the room before the wave-beam. Sequence break there, and you can do most of lower Norfair out of order.

**Loot** · 02-06-2012, 11:50 AM

Unfortunately I don't seem to have my Classic Controller around so that puts my playthrough to a stop there

Getting closer to my second completion of Fusion, I can honestly say some of the Fusion bosses are just awful, especially Nightmare and Yakuza.

**X-3** · 02-06-2012, 04:18 PM

You can use the GCN Controller. It'll just be...uncomfortable.

Luigiman7 · 02-06-2012, 04:22 PM

i've only beaten prime :C

i'm working on the original, fusion and the second prime currently. original is pissing me off

**Deku Trii** · 02-06-2012, 05:34 PM

I've beaten Metroid, Super Metroid, Metroid Prime, and Metroid Prime 2. I own Prime 3, but the controls bothered me so I didn't get hooked and stopped playing earlier. I might give it another go sometime after I finish a few other games.

***Marilink*** · 02-06-2012, 10:24 PM

LM, I would honestly put the original down for a while and pick up Super Metroid. Even then, only go back to the original if you feel like it. I haven't beaten Metroid or Metroid II and it doesn't really bother me. One day I'll get down to it, but even then
I'm going to use a map online.

**X-3** · 02-06-2012, 10:51 PM

I dunno, I think he should just go through it chronologically so he can appreciate how the series evolved or something. Plus he won't have a voice in the back of his head urging him to beat Metroid.

**Loot** · 02-06-2012, 11:00 PM

But wouldn't Other M defeat the purpose of that

Rainbow Dash · 02-06-2012, 11:48 PM

i find that the original metroid, much like deus ex 1, is hard to get into if you didnt play it around the time it came out.

***Cosmonautical*** · 02-07-2012, 06:26 AM

^ Deus Ex is a good example of that. IMO? Play Zero Mission first, and then play Metroid. You'll learn enough about the map from ZM to figure out what the hell you're doing in Metroid. Otherwise, it's just trial and error, which can be pretty awful to gamers not used to that generation.

02-05-2012, 10:17 PM	#1
Loot Apparently I'm a mod? Join Date: May 2001 Location: LEGITIMATE BUSINESS Gender: Posts: 13,208 Thanks: 236 Thanked 1,237 Times in 659 Posts	Finally actually beating the games Metroid games beaten: Prime Prime 2 Fusion - Currently attempting > 2 hour run, although I'm having my doubts at this point. Got the Plasma Beam but I believe I'm up to... 1:20? Somewhere around there. NES Zero Mission Now working on: Super Metroid Man, kinda shameful how it's taken me so long to finally get around to beating Super Metroid, Fusion, and Zero Mission. Fusion is giving me great speed run practice, as linear as it is. Sometime I'll pick up Metroid II on my 3DS.

02-06-2012, 04:22 PM	#9
Luigiman7 ヽ(◔ ◡ ◔)ノ.･ﾟ*｡･+☆ Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: ~)´◡｀(~ Gender: Posts: 17,605 Thanks: 1,134 Thanked 1,012 Times in 713 Posts Blog Entries: 8	i've only beaten prime :C i'm working on the original, fusion and the second prime currently. original is pissing me off __________________ ／人◕ ‿‿ ◕人＼ＷＯＮ’Ｔ　ＹＯＵ　ＢＥＣＯＭＥ　Ａ　ＭＡＧＩＣＡＬ　ＧＩＲＬ？

02-06-2012, 11:00 PM	#13
Loot Apparently I'm a mod? Join Date: May 2001 Location: LEGITIMATE BUSINESS Gender: Posts: 13,208 Thanks: 236 Thanked 1,237 Times in 659 Posts	A joke, son, a joke! But wouldn't Other M defeat the purpose of that

02-06-2012, 12:01 AM	#2
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	Super Metroid is one of those games that can stop you dead in your tracks, unless you're willing to bomb every wall/etc. It's possible a lot of people have progressed to Maridia but not realized you need to get the gravity suit (or that it exists), or never found Kraid's lair.

02-06-2012, 02:59 AM	#3
Rainbow Dash been dreamin', i've been waitin' Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: a bomb-ass cloud house bachelorette pad Gender: Posts: 24,401 Thanks: 173 Thanked 1,179 Times in 716 Posts	i've beaten zero mission, fusion, prime 3, and other m ive progressed pretty far in super, prime and prime 2 also **** maridia seriously

02-06-2012, 07:27 AM	#4
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	Yeah, even with the gravity suit it's a total maze. BTW, if I haven't mentioned this yet, Super Metroid controls: Map the run button to "R", map aim up to L, use Y for fire and B for jump. Toggle buttons set to X and A. Works about perfectly.

02-06-2012, 10:00 AM	#5
*Marilink* Gotta catch 'em all! Supermod! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Location, Location. Gender: Posts: 29,118 Thanks: 2,535 Thanked 1,822 Times in 1,007 Posts	^That's exactly how I do it. It just works so well to have run and Aim Up on R+L, because then you can just dash through whole rooms and take out enemies that fly from the top.

02-06-2012, 10:38 AM	#6
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	Absolutely, it makes you feel unstoppable(and it seriously takes a piece out of Ridley). Plus, you can wall-jump just about anything, like the room before the wave-beam. Sequence break there, and you can do most of lower Norfair out of order.

02-06-2012, 11:50 AM	#7
Loot Apparently I'm a mod? Join Date: May 2001 Location: LEGITIMATE BUSINESS Gender: Posts: 13,208 Thanks: 236 Thanked 1,237 Times in 659 Posts	Unfortunately I don't seem to have my Classic Controller around so that puts my playthrough to a stop there Getting closer to my second completion of Fusion, I can honestly say some of the Fusion bosses are just awful, especially Nightmare and Yakuza.

02-06-2012, 04:18 PM	#8
X-3 Useful as an Owl Join Date: Jan 2004 Gender: Posts: 15,943 Thanks: 753 Thanked 1,213 Times in 790 Posts Blog Entries: 10	You can use the GCN Controller. It'll just be...uncomfortable.

02-06-2012, 05:34 PM	#10
Deku Trii PP&R Mod Current Events Mod Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Texas Gender: Posts: 9,031 Thanks: 521 Thanked 1,099 Times in 583 Posts	I've beaten Metroid, Super Metroid, Metroid Prime, and Metroid Prime 2. I own Prime 3, but the controls bothered me so I didn't get hooked and stopped playing earlier. I might give it another go sometime after I finish a few other games.

02-06-2012, 10:24 PM	#11
*Marilink* Gotta catch 'em all! Supermod! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Location, Location. Gender: Posts: 29,118 Thanks: 2,535 Thanked 1,822 Times in 1,007 Posts	LM, I would honestly put the original down for a while and pick up Super Metroid. Even then, only go back to the original if you feel like it. I haven't beaten Metroid or Metroid II and it doesn't really bother me. One day I'll get down to it, but even then I'm going to use a map online.

02-06-2012, 10:51 PM	#12
X-3 Useful as an Owl Join Date: Jan 2004 Gender: Posts: 15,943 Thanks: 753 Thanked 1,213 Times in 790 Posts Blog Entries: 10	I dunno, I think he should just go through it chronologically so he can appreciate how the series evolved or something. Plus he won't have a voice in the back of his head urging him to beat Metroid.

02-06-2012, 11:48 PM	#14
Rainbow Dash been dreamin', i've been waitin' Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: a bomb-ass cloud house bachelorette pad Gender: Posts: 24,401 Thanks: 173 Thanked 1,179 Times in 716 Posts	i find that the original metroid, much like deus ex 1, is hard to get into if you didnt play it around the time it came out.

02-07-2012, 06:26 AM	#15
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	^ Deus Ex is a good example of that. IMO? Play Zero Mission first, and then play Metroid. You'll learn enough about the map from ZM to figure out what the hell you're doing in Metroid. Otherwise, it's just trial and error, which can be pretty awful to gamers not used to that generation.