Quote from Littlenino:
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It may be a vague question, but people can have a varying answer to the question. How you mention not going straight off the optimized routes (which is a great idea since I did this with SM3DW and it kinda killed it for me) and learning 100% is a smart idea. Every game that I've thought about getting into, I'll mention it to someone that streams it and they'll say how hard it is, etc etc. I know its not trying to scare me, but I like the heads up for the reasons why. I may start with that since my first full casual run of the game was 73% in 11 hours. I don't think that's bad at all and can definitely improve from there. I've had the game since the release in 2002 and I never beat it as a kid, but it was still really close to my heart. Loved Samus since Smash 64 (Didn't know who she was since I never played Super Metroid until later in life) and since I've had the game back when I got my Gamecube.