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I decided to go back and polish up my gameplay skills, and was practicing horizontal bomb jumping, and realized there's an easier way to horizontal bomb jump. It's similar to one-wall underwater wall jumping.
It's still difficult, obviously, but now it's not much harder than double bomb jumping.
Start bomb jumping as normal. You don't have to worry about hovering, although if you can hover comfortably you should. When you're ready to switch to horizontal bomb jumping, move forward a bit, then turn around so Samus is facing the bomb.
When the bomb explodes, lay another bomb as normal, and hold forward (away from the bomb) until the peak of Samus's jump. She'll suddenly swing back hard, THEN hold back (towards the bomb). You should be able to reach it very easily.
It's a bit counter-intuitive, but once you get the hang of it it's not too bad. It allows much more room for error than the hover-requiring horizontal bomb jump.
It's a sort of bug abusing the game's momentum. The game uses relative momentum ('forward' and 'backward'), not absolute ('left' and 'right'), so if you turn around you'll switch the direction of momentum.
It's still difficult, obviously, but now it's not much harder than double bomb jumping.
Start bomb jumping as normal. You don't have to worry about hovering, although if you can hover comfortably you should. When you're ready to switch to horizontal bomb jumping, move forward a bit, then turn around so Samus is facing the bomb.
When the bomb explodes, lay another bomb as normal, and hold forward (away from the bomb) until the peak of Samus's jump. She'll suddenly swing back hard, THEN hold back (towards the bomb). You should be able to reach it very easily.
It's a bit counter-intuitive, but once you get the hang of it it's not too bad. It allows much more room for error than the hover-requiring horizontal bomb jump.
It's a sort of bug abusing the game's momentum. The game uses relative momentum ('forward' and 'backward'), not absolute ('left' and 'right'), so if you turn around you'll switch the direction of momentum.
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