full game discussion (spoilers)

2017-09-16 04:40:00 pm

Some of the Metroid fights in this game are surprisingly tough the first time around.

2017-09-16 06:19:38 pm

That gallery unlock was legit spooky.

TheOthin

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TheOthin: 2017-09-17 06:00:02 pm

2017-09-17 05:59:32 pm

So this happened.

When I first reached Area 3, I went down the shaft, fought the Gamma, died, and respawned at the checkpoint at the entrance to the Gamma's room. Then I left, died somewhere in the shaft, and respawned on the other side of the Gamma's room, in a room I hadn't reached yet.

I don't know what it would take to intentionally replicate it, but still, it's interesting that the game can apparently somehow mess up checkpoints.

2017-09-17 06:11:00 pm

Anyone have a full map of area 4? I'm at 95.2% and trying to find the last item is driving me nuts.

2017-09-17 06:22:08 pm

That seems to be the same spot where it happened to someone else, so maybe this wrong warp doesn't have as much general potential as I thought

Quote from Idkbutlike2:

Anyone have a full map of area 4? I'm at 95.2% and trying to find the last item is driving me nuts.

Probably missed an item you've already uncovered and it turned the circle on the map into the item type. Pretty pointless feature that cost me like 15 minutes during cleanup >_>

2017-09-17 06:38:13 pm

Yep. That's exactly what it was lol. I missed an Aeion expansion.

2017-09-17 08:22:19 pm

Phew. Just beat the game with 100% item collection. I really, really liked it! It's probably gonna end up being my favorite side-scrolling Metroid besides Super. Not sure how well-liked it'll be in the speedrunning scene, but I'll definitely try getting faster times whenever I get a chance to replay it.

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Idkbutlike2: 2017-09-17 08:26:16 pm

2017-09-17 08:26:08 pm

Uh... what the fuck was that last gallery image?

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Opium: 2017-09-17 10:38:37 pm

2017-09-17 10:38:25 pm

Quote from TheOthin:

So this happened.

When I first reached Area 3, I went down the shaft, fought the Gamma, died, and respawned at the checkpoint at the entrance to the Gamma's room. Then I left, died somewhere in the shaft, and respawned on the other side of the Gamma's room, in a room I hadn't reached yet.

I don't know what it would take to intentionally replicate it, but still, it's interesting that the game can apparently somehow mess up checkpoints.

I see a patch coming

2017-09-17 10:39:21 pm

Finished my first playthrough finally. 14+ hours. It doesn't tell me what my %age is at the end so I don't know what it was.

TheOthin

2017-09-17 11:05:59 pm

Quote from Opium:

Finished my first playthrough finally. 14+ hours. It doesn't tell me what my %age is at the end so I don't know what it was.

It should tell you on your file select, assuming your last save has all your items.

It's really strange that the clear time screen doesn't say it, though.

2017-09-18 12:01:18 am

15:32:47 100% :)

I'm kind of hating that there was no speed booster in this game. I didn't realize how much I like shinespark puzzles until I was robbed of them.

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Opium: 2017-09-18 12:11:18 am

Opium: 2017-09-18 12:07:38 am

2017-09-18 12:07:03 am

Quote from Idkbutlike2:

Uh... what the fuck was that last gallery image?

Very interesting. When I study the image, it looks like one of the chozo leaders is standing over the other chozo leaders slaughtered bodies victoriously. He definitely just killed them because the same smoke is coming off of their bodies that's coming off his arm cannon. He seems to be giving directions to the chozo warriors. Some kind of chozo coup? Maybe a foreshadowing of Prime 4?

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Idkbutlike2: 2017-09-18 01:01:46 am

2017-09-18 01:01:27 am

Quote from Opium:

Very interesting. When I study the image, it looks like one of the chozo leaders is standing over the other chozo leaders slaughtered bodies victoriously. He definitely just killed them because the same smoke is coming off of their bodies that's coming off his arm cannon. He seems to be giving directions to the chozo warriors. Some kind of chozo coup? Maybe a foreshadowing of Prime 4?

Someone brought up the possibility of X-parasite-infected clones infiltrating the top brass of the Chozo. Samus already hinted at how catastrophic such an event could be in Fusion. But even if that's not the case, having an evil Chozo organization or factional disputes among members of their race all seem really interesting lore-wise.

2017-09-18 05:42:44 am

I just thought it was non-SR388 Chozo/Zebesian Chozo killing those on SR388 for creating the Metroids

2017-09-18 08:49:15 am

I think they're supposed to be the pinnacle of peaceful, civil beings. I don't see them performing impulsive executions over mistakes or disagreements.

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Serris: 2017-09-18 10:03:40 am

Serris: 2017-09-18 10:03:00 am

2017-09-18 10:02:36 am

Yeah but this is before they ascended to some incorporeal plane of enlightenment

Don't think it's Chozo-X either considering there's an army of Metroids around which were engineered to hunt X and did so to near extinction

The "other" Chozo seem to have arrived from outside the planet too

zeldacia3

2017-09-18 10:06:47 am

Amateur Speedrunner, Roleplayer

I think that may be forshadowing a new 2d metroid because when it first appears the image is labeled "2d"

2017-09-18 10:12:04 am

I think the chozo in the image are the same chozo that were in the previous images in the Chozo Memories gallery. It shows them arriving on SR388, creating the metroids, and shows that there are two groups of chozo there: the elders and the warriors. I don't see that any new ones showed up in the last image.

zeldacia3

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zeldacia3: 2017-09-18 02:20:25 pm

2017-09-18 02:13:14 pm

Amateur Speedrunner, Roleplayer

I wish I hadn't known about Ridley being in the game. that would have been cool if I hadn't known about it. also the thought of that fight in fusion mode scares me O_O

2017-09-18 02:16:58 pm

I'm scared by the advanced Space Pirate technology that relocated and revived Robo Ridley into full-on Ridley during the 5 minutes it takes Samus to warp from SR388 to Ceres

zeldacia3

2017-09-18 02:19:56 pm

Amateur Speedrunner, Roleplayer

*beats Ridley* Ok bye. See you in like 5 minutes because Super Metroid lol

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Opium: 2017-09-18 03:07:36 pm

2017-09-18 03:07:16 pm

I thought she took the baby to ceres and then hung out while 'the scientist's findings were amazing...' and all that was going on. Then Ridley attacked right after she left Ceres.