True, I might have not needed the spoiler tag, but I only did so just in case someone came along and didn't want to read that and then became disappointed that it wasn't that much harder. Now they know! :o
Yeah, I took my sweet time finding missle expansions and wandering about aimlessly for hours. It would have been at least 50 hours longer if I hadn't enabled hints to get powerbombs. Also enabled hints before screw attack, but I was very close to it anyway.
Hard mode, here I come. :D
By the way, is there any difference in hard mode besides the increased damage and health for enemies?
22:15 (Game time... real time was like 40 hours [reading scans etc.])
Scans - 100% Items - 100%
I took my time, as I wanted to make sure that I got every single possible scan there was to get, and then run around and find all of the items. I didn't use the hint system either, so there were quite a number of times where, as I couldn't work out where the main quest was going, I'd run back all around the map going through areas that I couldn't access before, now with my new upgrades, until I'd eventually run into where I was meant to be.
I could have beaten it bours sooner. But I wanted to prolong the experience as much as possible, so I went walkies round near every room in the game getting extra scans n items etc.
I did use the help function a couple of times. Only when I had to leave whatever area I was in and go elsewhere, like to get the Seeker missile.
Online help I used once! I couldn't understand what the Dark Samus scan meant about Pulling in Phazon :S