what can be some optimal chaeck points for a segmented run??

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BlueGlass

2006-10-28 12:23:28 am

segment 1: Ceres (duh)

segment 2: landing-after Power Bombs (this way you won't have to repeat climbing Red Brinstar every time you mess up in Wrecked Ship)

segment 3: after PBs-pre Botwoon (Maridia tube save point takes too long to go to-from)

segment 4: pre Botwoon-pre Lower Norfair

segment 5: pre Lower Norfair-ship

segment 6: ship-end

Saving mid-Wrecked Ship jsut seems like too short a segment. One trick to possibly make the gravity suit shinespark easier is to do a modified version of the quick charge: when you'd normally press run, instead simply tap the button, then press and hold it about half a second later.

As for the Lower Norfair screw attack skip shinespark, that one's kind of tricky. Smokey once made a very detailed post on how to do it at SCU, but I'm not sure it's there anymore. Basiaclly, start at the green gate, do a quick charge like normal, but at the room transition, let go of run and hold shoot. This causes Samus to shoot her beam the moment she enters the next room. You want to repress run when Samus reaches the second pillar in the background. You should reach speed booster speed just as you leave the room and can immediately hit down to charge the shine in the next room.

As for getting a faster Ridley fight, you might try the Murder beam.

And remember: for Botwoon, it's fastest to use Scarlet's method, but if you feel you'll need the Supers, use charged shots after the initial hit.

segment 1: Ceres (duh)

segment 2: landing-after Power Bombs (this way you won't have to repeat climbing Red Brinstar every time you mess up in Wrecked Ship)

segment 3: after PBs-pre Botwoon (Maridia tube save point takes too long to go to-from)

segment 4: pre Botwoon-pre Lower Norfair

segment 5: pre Lower Norfair-ship

segment 6: ship-end

Saving mid-Wrecked Ship jsut seems like too short a segment.  One trick to possibly make the gravity suit shinespark easier is to do a modified version of the quick charge: when you'd normally press run, instead simply tap the button, then press and hold it about half a second later.

As for the Lower Norfair screw attack skip shinespark, that one's kind of tricky.  Smokey once made a very detailed post on how to do it at SCU, but I'm not sure it's there anymore.  Basiaclly, start at the green gate, do a quick charge like normal, but at the room transition, let go of run and hold shoot.  This causes Samus to shoot her beam the moment she enters the next room.  You want to repress run when Samus reaches the second pillar in the background.  You should reach speed booster speed just as you leave the room and can immediately hit down to charge the shine in the next room.

As for getting a faster Ridley fight, you might try the Murder beam.

And remember: for Botwoon, it's fastest to use [url=http://www.metroid2002.com/3/boss_tricks_botwoon.php]Scarlet's method[/url], but if you feel you'll need the Supers, use charged shots after the initial hit.