Still no gbp, but, I got bored.
Oh, and I cant be bothered making the pic smaller, so be wary when quoting.
Oh, and I cant be bothered making the pic smaller, so be wary when quoting.
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Hey, I just trashed Hard mode with 100% in 2:12:39. Not bad for my second playthrough, 'eh?
Of course, I can do much better. I refuse to use an emulator, and the thing about consoles is that you ignore little mistakes. You ignore the fact that the missle tanks in Ridley took you more than one try, because you're relieved you got them. Maybe you fought the Brinstar Worm more than once, or screwed up trying to get Crateria's power bomb.
Whatever it may be, just remember, seconds can add up. In my case, I estimate I lost at least a half-hour because of messing around, saving way too damn often, fighting bosses too carefully (which thankfully I did not do with Ridley; killed him with 9 health left, but he was dead.), or what have you.
If you're going for speed, do yourself a favor, and reset the game when you mess up. Sure, it's annoying, but which sucks more: having to repeat a part 4-5 times before you get it right, or having to go through the game again because of that mistake?
Food for thought.
I'm shooting for a time under 1:50 on my next run. Wish me luck!
Of course, I can do much better. I refuse to use an emulator, and the thing about consoles is that you ignore little mistakes. You ignore the fact that the missle tanks in Ridley took you more than one try, because you're relieved you got them. Maybe you fought the Brinstar Worm more than once, or screwed up trying to get Crateria's power bomb.
Whatever it may be, just remember, seconds can add up. In my case, I estimate I lost at least a half-hour because of messing around, saving way too damn often, fighting bosses too carefully (which thankfully I did not do with Ridley; killed him with 9 health left, but he was dead.), or what have you.
If you're going for speed, do yourself a favor, and reset the game when you mess up. Sure, it's annoying, but which sucks more: having to repeat a part 4-5 times before you get it right, or having to go through the game again because of that mistake?
Food for thought.
I'm shooting for a time under 1:50 on my next run. Wish me luck!
I am speechless Dave... You are a god!
Anyhow, I just did:
1:33:22 100% Normal
Better than the previous (obviously..) I am still making some mistakes by not getting some missiles on my first attempt, getting hit when I should not be, etc.. Maybe I shall see how fast I could do it on Easy... I could do an hour, but then Dave will probably pull out 20 minutes...
8)
The beginning seems to take me the most amount of time.. I will be out of Kraid's area at around 18-20 minutes... Be out of Ridely at around 40-45 minutes (some missiles still annoy me.. Like the collapsable block one.. I actually got that on my FIRST try on the above run..) So, I got PLENTY of time to knock off...
I am pretty good at Tourian.. On the above run, I entered at 50 minutes even and had Mother Brain defeated by 52:30 :) <---- Is that good??? I am not sure...
Anyhow, I just did:
1:33:22 100% Normal
Better than the previous (obviously..) I am still making some mistakes by not getting some missiles on my first attempt, getting hit when I should not be, etc.. Maybe I shall see how fast I could do it on Easy... I could do an hour, but then Dave will probably pull out 20 minutes...
The beginning seems to take me the most amount of time.. I will be out of Kraid's area at around 18-20 minutes... Be out of Ridely at around 40-45 minutes (some missiles still annoy me.. Like the collapsable block one.. I actually got that on my FIRST try on the above run..) So, I got PLENTY of time to knock off...
I am pretty good at Tourian.. On the above run, I entered at 50 minutes even and had Mother Brain defeated by 52:30 :) <---- Is that good??? I am not sure...
Well, remember, practice makes perfect.
On all of my latest 100% runs, I enter Tourian sub 30 minutes. In the sub 1hr run, I enter sub 29 minutes. If you have seen any of my emulated runs, then the route I follow is very similar, so that gives you a general idea of what it takes.
I get to the save before the larve just before Ridley with a time of around 19 minutes, if I remember correctly.
I also enter Kraid without long/charge beam sub 5 minutes.
And so there you have a couple of checkpoints to glare at.
On all of my latest 100% runs, I enter Tourian sub 30 minutes. In the sub 1hr run, I enter sub 29 minutes. If you have seen any of my emulated runs, then the route I follow is very similar, so that gives you a general idea of what it takes.
I get to the save before the larve just before Ridley with a time of around 19 minutes, if I remember correctly.
I also enter Kraid without long/charge beam sub 5 minutes.
And so there you have a couple of checkpoints to glare at.
Quote from Dave:
Well, remember, practice makes perfect.
On all of my latest 100% runs, I enter Tourian sub 30 minutes. In the sub 1hr run, I enter sub 29 minutes. If you have seen any of my emulated runs, then the route I follow is very similar, so that gives you a general idea of what it takes.
I get to the save before the larve just before Ridley with a time of around 19 minutes, if I remember correctly.
I also enter Kraid without long/charge beam sub 5 minutes.
And so there you have a couple of checkpoints to glare at.
On all of my latest 100% runs, I enter Tourian sub 30 minutes. In the sub 1hr run, I enter sub 29 minutes. If you have seen any of my emulated runs, then the route I follow is very similar, so that gives you a general idea of what it takes.
I get to the save before the larve just before Ridley with a time of around 19 minutes, if I remember correctly.
I also enter Kraid without long/charge beam sub 5 minutes.
And so there you have a couple of checkpoints to glare at.
Those checkpoint numbers are damn near scary Dave... Insane, but still awesome! I am lucky if I can enter Kraid at 10 minutes...
But, I AM getting better.. My current run has me entering Tourian at 44 minutes.. My last run was 52 minutes... So, practice makes perfect as you said :)
Man Dave...when I play this at the stores I usually just get the Charge Beam at 5 min....yeah, I suck, get over it, my total combined time of playing 2D Metroid is about 2 hr...hehe, I once beat Arachnus from Fusion in about 5 min. at the store demo, first time playing the game too...ok, 15, close enough...
Normal 32% 37:05
I think the % is right, but I'm not sure. Anybody know the "official" WR for nomal any%? The lowest time I've heard of is 35:59 (not counting the 32:xx savestate run), but I'm not sure what difficulty that was on. I can probably break that on my next run anyway, but I was just wondering.
I think the % is right, but I'm not sure. Anybody know the "official" WR for nomal any%? The lowest time I've heard of is 35:59 (not counting the 32:xx savestate run), but I'm not sure what difficulty that was on. I can probably break that on my next run anyway, but I was just wondering.
So far I've got
1:08:43 100% Normal
0:38:16 33% Normal
Latest 100% run: 0:15:45 at first Norfair save.
I'm personally not a fan of Hard mode. It's more of an inconvenience than a challenge at this point. i.e., bosses take longer to kill due to having half the usual arsenal, or having to backtrack to replenish your missiles when normally you wouldn't have to. I respect those who play in Hard, though I probably won't try speed runs anytime soon in it.
1:08:43 100% Normal
0:38:16 33% Normal
Latest 100% run: 0:15:45 at first Norfair save.
I'm personally not a fan of Hard mode. It's more of an inconvenience than a challenge at this point. i.e., bosses take longer to kill due to having half the usual arsenal, or having to backtrack to replenish your missiles when normally you wouldn't have to. I respect those who play in Hard, though I probably won't try speed runs anytime soon in it.
Nate-
I do have a GBP and I plan on recording the next run I do. I'll let you know when it's finished and I can mail it to you. I've already found ways to lower about 30 seconds off of my previous run, and with all the missed jumps and whatnot that I had, I am fairly confident that I can get a sub 36 with a solid run.
I do have a GBP and I plan on recording the next run I do. I'll let you know when it's finished and I can mail it to you. I've already found ways to lower about 30 seconds off of my previous run, and with all the missed jumps and whatnot that I had, I am fairly confident that I can get a sub 36 with a solid run.
awesome. hope you've seen scarlet's run, might be able to learn something from that. i'm still working on my fusion-nominal, btw, on segment 5 (giant plant to serris) right now, and it's looking excellent, much better than i'd hoped. prefer not to project any times in public, but i would like to think that it will easily be the world record. look forward to talking to you again.
I haven't watched Scarlett's run, actually. I should probably do that before attempting another any% run. I've been having some trouble with the first segment today. Lots of very random factors that all need to go right is not fun. Good luck with Fusion, I'll try to be online later tonight and we can talk about it.
GameCube04, what route are you using for any %? I tried one last night and got total crap 48:46 
. I figured I can subtract 5 minutes off that if I was capable of skipping the zip line boss, but it's still not close to :3x. Also since you're very close to me, you wouldn't even need to mail the tape to nate, could just bring it by here for me to capture it. 