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Roy
2004-05-11 03:08:36 pm
i saw in a run an item called: reserve tank

what does it do?
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=Prime Killer=
2004-05-11 03:14:08 pm
It's self-explainatory. Almost.
Watch the runs,it says "auto" up there near the energy tanks,and sometimes it will be yellow,or faded. Reserve tanks are pretty much last-second resort if almost out of energy. It's energy in reserve incase your primary tanks run out of energy. Last-ditch defense. In reality,they can be a real help with bosses.
chinchillax13514
2004-05-11 10:22:05 pm
And correct me if I get this wrong, but I think the energy powerups don't fill up the reserve tanks. I think there's a special recharge station for them. Or something like that.
-¤MaynardsTOOL¤-
2004-05-11 11:29:02 pm
Normal energy can recharge them. Once you've gained full energy tanks, each ball of energy you pick up after goes to your reserves.
MetalRidley
2004-05-11 11:37:12 pm
They're simply four more energy tanks that don't show up on screen, but they made you jump through hoops to get them. You can see what a brilliant gameplay concept they were by the number of metroid games that have used them since.
HeroWolf
2004-05-12 01:46:58 am
Quote from MetalRidley:
They're simply four more energy tanks that don't show up on screen, but they made you jump through hoops to get them. You can see what a brilliant gameplay concept they were by the number of metroid games that have used them since.


So how many Metroid games did they use them in?
Red Scarlet
2004-05-12 03:51:28 am
I('d) like to watch (some MP3 runs)
Reserve Tanks are cool.

I believe they weren't used in Fusion because of the ridiculous amount of normal E-Tanks you can already get in that game.

I'm sure if Reserve Tanks were added in Prime and you could get one early on somehow (like through sequence breaking with the Space Jump or something, thus maybe skipping Varia), some people would sing a different tune about them.
Stonefish
2004-05-12 04:07:04 am
I like 'em.

But I'm more pissed off that they haven't had the Crystal Flash, Five Bomb Drop and Beam Shields in Metroid games since.  Those were awesome (particularly the Crystal Flash)
-¤MaynardsTOOL¤-
2004-05-12 12:06:53 pm
Quote from Stonefish:
I like 'em.

But I'm more pissed off that they haven't had the Crystal Flash, Five Bomb Drop and Beam Shields in Metroid games since.  Those were awesome (particularly the Crystal Flash)


I agree with that entirely. Those little "secrets" were always cool to pull off, and even made for some pretty interesting moments too. That's why SM>all.