2 little hints: 1 - pressing X will cancel any missile/super/grapple etc selection you have and restore the beam to the currently selected shot. I acc rebind X to Select and vice versa in the game’s options menu 2 - the hint for exploding the tube in Maridia is another already exploded tube in the adjacent room. It’s a little cryptic, and I think even a small crack in the main tube could’ve helped signal it a bit better, but a hint does exist I hope these help!
there is also a specific way to set missles/supers/pbs to use one and auto cancel, though i cant remember the exact button combo to engage this feature
Another hint for the tube is in the demo for waiting on the title screen. It shows you that you can do that at all very explicitly. By todays standards it may not be the best way but it certainly gets the job done and it may have been better closer to the games release.
@@fenris_wuffy You do that by holding Y (or whatever button you set as the cancel) while cycling through the weapons. It can be useful, but personally I find it easier to just press the cancel button without setting this up.
You actually don't have to repeatedly press Select in order to reequip the beam; On the standard controller mapping Y cancels your item selection, which lets you shoot with the beam immediately. But yes, following titles address the whole item selection hassle and let you quickly swap between beam and missiles. I think Super Metroid is pretty great but I have two main issues: 1. Doors aren't marked on the map, making it unclear which rooms are connected and which lead to dead ends. 2. Having Jump, Shoot and Run all on face buttons is extremely uncomfortable because you might want to use any of the three in any combination (pressing X and B at the same time sucks). For my second playthrough I mapped Run to R and that was way more enjoyable but now I couldn't aim diagonally down anymore. The controls just are to complex for the SNES controller and work better on one with 4 shoulder buttons. Anyways, looking forward to your thoughts on Fusion and Zero Mission!
Wow I never even thought about checking or doing that, goes to show I need to keep looking at the games a little more in-depth in case, so thank you for the correction! I'm also glad someone feels the same way about the doors, I've played Fusion in brief and already I feel that the map in that game has been perfected (as well as now learning about the different item selection system on that game too). Thank you for your continued support!
@@LukerYT Your face when one of your biggest complaints about the game was already solved by the developers with a single button press ;) I do agree that the map system in Fusion and Zero Mission are much better than Super. But, to me, this feels like the same type of comparison as comparing Super to its previous installments. I'm sure in 1994, when those of us who are old enough (oh... wow... I'm old), CELEBRATED the fact that we had a map AT ALL and found that to be SO MUCH better than the no-map of Metroid and Metroid 2. So, it stands to reason that Quality of Life improvements will happen in future games over previous ones. Honestly, my biggest issue with the Super Metroid map is that you can only view the map of the area you're currently in, as opposed to being able to look at any area's map at any time. So yeah, Fusion's map is truly excellent, and has a lot of QoL improvements over Super, but that is to be expected. Still loved the video though, been looking forward to this one for weeks!
@@LukerYT It's funny because it's actually a really important button - being able to select either missiles or super missiles with 1 or 2 quick button presses then swap immediately back to your beam with the single press of a different button makes combat so much more fluid. Unfortunately, when you're looking at the Button Map settings BEFORE YOU'VE EVEN PLAYED THE GAME, like most people, you don't really know what "Item Select" and "Item Cancel" do or where they're going to be most comfortable to use for you personally. Most people also don't realize you can make a save, reset the game, and go back into your save file and edit the buttons whenever you want! Also, button map settings ON AN SNES GAME is pretty incredible, how many SNES even let you do that? Not many. Lastly, you're in luck: every game from this point on came up with a much better control method for both swapping to missiles/power bombs AND diagonal aiming. This was mostly due to the necessity of needing to find a way to make Super's controls work on the 2-face-button, 2-shoulder-button GameBoy Advance (for Metroid Fusion and Zero Mission).
I never gave a second thought to what the "cancel item" button was for. Thank you for bringing light to something that's gonna be really useful on my next playthrough 😄
Super Metroid is probably my all-time favorite game. One of my earliest memories is playing Metroid on NES, and loving it so much I begged for an NES for Christmas. Metroid 2 was the only real reason I wanted a Gameboy. And when Super Metroid came out, it was the first time I stayed up all night in my life. I think I was about 12 or 13. I love that game so much.
The big baby Metroid from part 2 didn't stop draining Samus for no reason, it stopped because it hears her suits HP alarm going off, it had gone a bit ferral but upon hearing the familar audio cry for help it remembers... which is a setup for the payoff at the end when it comes to save you, it knows the sound mom makes when in big trouble
There is a hint for the Maridia tube tunnel power bomb. If you enter Maridia from the north-east after getting your first power bomb you come across a similar tube tunnel that had already been destroyed. Super Metroid's subtext was a masterclass. Great video. Subbed! I recommend you play through the games in order of release which would bring you to Metroid Fusion and then Zero Mission (you can choose to play through the Prime games at the same time or not, they're a separate storyline). Also, please don't overlook AM2R. :)
Oh wow, I completely missed this context clues! Goes to show I have a bit of tunnel vision when I'm playing this haha And thank you for the compliment! I reckon I will play in chronological order (I have a holiday in October so I will miss a few weeks, might drop a video on a different game entirely) but AM2R is certainly on my radar :P
The best thing about the Draygon fight is that you can defeat her easily by electrocuting her with the grapple beam. I am living for your Metroid videos :)
Oh wow for real? All I did was keep electrocuting myself where the turrets shot at me, I should've played a little smarter haha And thank you so much for the compliment! I appreciate that you enjoy them :D
Blast open those glass bulbs on the side of Draygoon’s arena and wait unit she grabs you. Equip the grapple beam and hold on! Samus takes damage too, but not nearly as fast.
I never knew that when I played super metroid until after the fact I beat Draygon without doing that but now that I know it made me realize just how cool the attention to detail and overall ways to handle bosses are! super metroid is definitely a great entry in the series.
This game has many secrets to it. Some of them you can find out by sitting at the title screen and letting some footage of the game play, some of them have been addressed in other comments, such as electrocuting Draygon. The three little aliens are somewhere near Brinstar, they teach you how to wall jump. You get there by doing what the emu looking alien does and speed boosting in the room he's in which will make you run over a set of tiles, dissolving them. You'll fall down into a seemingly inescapable hole. The three little aliens will be there and will teach you how to wall jump. Also, use the X-ray scope everywhere. Super Metroid is one of the few games that doesn't under utilize an item like that. The speed boost can actually be stored and be used to boost jump. After you've gotten up to speed, crouch. That'll store the energy and you can jump in any direction, which causes Samus to more or less fly. You can utilize this ability in many different places, especially outside near your ship. Super Metroid was a massive part of my childhood. It's always great to see people experience this masterpiece work of art for the first time.
I'm currently on Zero Mission and it has taken me to this point to realise I can wall jump, what a concept haha - I did eventually manage to find the boosted jump animal which was useful! And for sure! I definitely am a massive fan of the Metroid style having played it, looking forward to going over the next few games over time too :D
In the demo screen when you leave the title screen idle shows exploding the tube in one of the sequences. It's also got some hints for more interesting advanced moves like the Crystal Flash and the Power Bomb + Charge Beam combos. Definitely love the enthusiasm you put into this video, and looking forward to seeing what else you have on your channel
2:23 the joke you made here was why I subbed. By the way, old school gamer here who grew up and played these games in succession. Cheers to you for playing them
I just saw all your Metroid videos and I love them! I may even watch your other videos. Will cover any Shantae games in the future? Anyways, see you next mission!
Glad to hear you found and enjoyed them! I'm very humbled by your kind words too :) As for Shantae games, thank you for the recommendation! I'm not entirely sure what I want to do after I've done all the Metroid games, but I've definitely got interest in the idea of playing non-Metroid Metroidvanias (Hollow Knight is another one I want to talk about) so I may add it to the list :P See you again soon!
Well mate, stakes were high but I'm extremely glad to say you made it. Awesome video. The hype was totally justified. When I first tried Super Metroid it felt the exact same. And it doesn't feel like a SNES game to be honest, the game's world is huge (I found myself to be constatly surprised by "oh...There's even more??" every single time I found a new area of the map), the duration of the game is quite high if you don't make use of guides, certanly quite longer than most games back then and long enough to be acceptable for even new games made in 2021. Great job m8! Also, little note: When you talk about Draygon and how you have to learn to dodge his attacks, there's a much more easy way to kill him. If you get grabbed by Draygon and use the Grapple Beam to attach yourself to one of the opened electric blocks, you will electrocute Draygon to death in a few seconds. Another nice detail from the developers rewarding smart gameplay.
Ahh I'm glad you think I reached the bar! It was something to reach for and I'm very humbled by your words :) I completely agree, if you had a reskin of Super Metroid under a completely different title as an indie game (in a world where Super Metroid never existed) and released it today, it would be a very acclaimed hit in my opinon. It's one of the most timeless games I've seen for sure. And that's something I never knew, thank you for the tip! I think that's a real issue with my videos, I like to get them out consistently at the moment but I worry I'm half-assing it with moments like that; thankfully people like you give clear points of reference and correction for others to notice, which I massively appreciate!
@@LukerYT Don't worry! Having the ridiculously small amount of time you had to finish Super Metroid, right after that start writing a script, and on top of that editing the full video by yourself... Just wow. I was a "youtuber" a few years back (got around 1000 subs before stopping uploading videos) and I know it's extremly hard to grow up on the first thousands subs, but I do believe your content is amazing, and has almost the same quality as some top notch game-analysis yt channels. So, keep the great stuff coming!
@@losrabbabots Wow, I'm floored by the kind words so thank you so much! I'm definitely going to be keeping at it as best I can, but support like this is definitely a motivcator so thank you again, truly!
Awesome video, your excitement at seeing the series grow and mature makes it hard not to smile It's funny that you never met some of the animals, as those are the guys that teach you how to wall jump I know you'll have a great time playing even more awesome games
Even if you miss the initial broken tube in Maridia that hints maybe you need something strong to break it, curiosity should always be your go-to skill in any game. And that means trying everything in your arsenal periodically to see if something has changed since the initial discovery. Even if sometimes your curiosity doesn't pan out all the time, 9 times out of 10, your intrigue is most likely going to lead you down the correct path.
13:07 I- It has never occured to me just how cryptic that might be. As a kid, despite being born in the 2000's I only had an nes and an atari to play for my early gaming experiences. One of these was Zelda II, which is easily the most labrynthian game I've ever played. But most importantly for my Super Metroid experience, is that before playing *any* metroid games (the nes version being my first and least favourite by far for 2D metroid), I had played through every zelda game out at the time (which I believe the latest release at the time was Spirit Tracks on the DS) and particularly due to the original LoZ and oracle of ages, I'd developed a habit of bombing just about everything. Good catch as I'm sure lots of others who played super metroid-especially on release likely also had this ingrained into them somewhat by the era.
I REALLY hope you continue on this metroid gameplay series. You are AMAZING at making videos. I mean, when I watched your first metroid video, I thought you were one of those guys that had more than a million subs. You're not! That's crazy to me! I can see your channel becoming huge someday very soon. You definitely get a sub from me.
Wow, that's such high praise, thank you so much! I'm really glad you're enjoying them and fingers crossed I can get to a million one day haha Once again, thank you truly for the compliment and subscription!
I recently also started my metroid ventures except that I played the remakes for both metroid 1 and 2 and honestly I went from someone who didn't care about metroid at all to someone who loves the series. I loved the exploration and while there were moments of getting lost, when I finally found the upgrade needed to progress further it made it feel so rewarding and empowering because that's what it was, making samus stronger and more fun to play with. I'm currently playing fusion and so far it's been fun other than a few hiccups. I can't wait to see your video on fusion once I finish the game! your content is honestly amazing, keep up the great work man! :]
Glad to hear other people are joining on the same train I am! The style of games they are really feel vindicating when you finally figure out what you need to do to progress + it's always great getting constant power-ups. And thank you so much for the kind words! I really appreciate and I'm just as excited to talk about Fusion :D
There are actually a number of hints in the game about power bombing the tube in Maridia. 1: The game forces you through it a number of times, telling you it's important so you commit it to memory (it's also the only glass tube in the entire game). 2: There's a room you are forced to travel through a little earlier, not too far away, which has a broken tube, dropping a massive clue. 3: If you look at the map, you can see that room has explorable areas directly above and below it. 4: At the point in time when you are required to break the tube, the power bomb is your most recent upgrade, so you should already be thinking "okay now where can I use this?".
On top of all that, out of all the walls, bricks, blocks, rocks, etc. that you can blow up... You'd think players would jump at the chance to blow some glass up as soon as they see it.
I Hope you come back and keep making content, your editing is great and you have a great sense of humour! And your guidelines for comments are *chefs kiss*
Wow. I’ve wanted to binge more Metroid reviews before Dread, but I’ve already seen King K, Geek Critique and others reviews many times. I’m so glad I saw you in my recommended, can’t wait to see more from you!
Man dude your videos are so well put together and edited You have a good voice for narrating You're not fumbling over your words or stuttering very high quality video and content I'm subscribed Hope to see more from you soon in the future!
Another great video. I just love your style (but I need to be honest and say, that I love Jerry's style, and Oregano, even more). I'm very much looking forward to your review of the remaining 3 entries in the series (and maybe AM2R) if you get hooked I recommend revisiting Super Metroid and Zero Mission for sequence breaking and Fusion, Zero Mission and Samus Returns for the harder difficulties. :)
Thank you again for the compliments! I'm really looking forward to talking about Fusion, & after Zero MIssion I'll be talking about the Prime games too, so we'll see how that goes! I definitely think I'll be playing a few of them casually again after all of this because I enjoyed them so much :)
Thank you incredibly for the kind words, I'm very flattered! Much appreciated that you're along for the ride, and hope I can get the Fusion review done ASAP :)
I've been watching your Metroid videos (albeit not in order) and damn, I'm impressed by your production quality, especially for a smaller channel. Subbed! :)
Good video! Wish I could make this myself, that's why I subscribed, keep doing you! The algorithm will treat you right ASAP, greetings from Denmark my friend
Loved the video. You've just described exactly how much of a masterpiece Super Metroid is. I was lucky enough that my Super Nintendo came with a Super Metroid cartridge, as my very first 16bit videogame. Pure glory! Cheers from Brazil. Subscribed!
Thank you for the kind words! I'm 27 years late but I'm very glad I could take part in it too! Many thanks from England (my Brazil viewers are #1 so don't tell anyone :P) and much appreciated for subscribing!
@@LukerYT waiting for the Metroid Zero Mission video! What a game it's! And if I may, a suggestion: AM2R (that fan remake of Metroid II). It's really good!
Great video, man! I’m a veteran playing through the series again as well, and it’s always fun to see a newcomer’s reaction to the games! Hope you enjoy the GBA titles
Thank you so much! It's definitely been massively entertaining so far and really looking forward to getting through all of them! Work and personal life have been rough the past few weeks but hoping to get my Fusion video out by Friday latest :D
top notch vid m8. u can press the Y button to get back to ur beams when uv got ur missiles equipped. Also Maridia is where the game stops holding ur hand and becomes a little more confusing, respect the opinion tho. Also the animals teach u how to walljump and shinespark. I would love to see u sequance break the game because thats where the fun comes from on 2nd and third playthrougfhs. (Im currently on my 18th playthrough lol)
Ah thanks for the correction! I can't believe I didn't once even encounter that at all about the item cancel haha Yeah Maridia is definitely a lot more open-ended, I tended to get lost quite a lot in there :P I believe I encountered the ostrich-style animal who taught me to Shinespark, but unfortunately I didn't meat the Wall Jump creatures - I dind't even know how to wall jump until Zero Mission haha But I'm definitely looking forward to coming back to it at some point! And thanks a bunch for the kind words :D
You have an awesome sense of humor and a good perspective, so I did like Jerry and grew oregano!... and subbed, of course. I'm relatively new to metroid (two to three years ago) and i just... love the franchise with all it's faults. It was a good gush video, and i also respect the fact that you left time to acknowledge super's issues (though the one with the marydia power bomb access? apparently foreshadowed by a room nearby with a pre-broken tube.) I just beat samus returns today so I'm much looking forward to that (and, I'll admit, to AM2R, sorry not sorry)
Haha thank you so much! Glad Jerry could be a trendsetter for so many people :p That's a good point about Maridia's foreshadow, I saw it in the footage after I'd written the script but still somewhat stood by what I said - your point is very true though, I'll have to get a bigger brain for next time :P Oh wow, hope you enjoyed that one! When I eventually get to it & the other remake, I'll certainly be interested to see how both of them do :D
I'll be honest, my impression of Super was tainted a bit by later games. I wanted to play the most up-to-date versions in timeline order, so I started with Zero Mission, then played AM2R after that (Samus Returns wasn't out yet). In comparison, Super feels kind of dated, janky, and slow. In particular, the movement was just generally unwieldy, the map was just vague enough that you never quite knew if there was more to find or not, exploration through Lower Norfair was super confusing, and more than anything, the way Samus turns invisible when hit, basically destroying any chance you had at accurately maneuvering out of your potentially deadly situation, was absolutely teeth-clenching at times. It's a remarkable improvement over its predecessors, and is excellent in comparison to what came before, and in the context of its time. As a modern game, it's a pretty good retro experience, and a gem of gaming and speedrunning history, but I hesitate to give it too much more than that.
You won yourself a subscriber. Super Metroid is my favorite game ever, is just so good, I recommend you play it again, there's so much room for sequence breaking, you need to learn how to shine spark and wall jump and the game just opens wide, did you know you can get power bombs before kraid or that you don't even need the grappling beam at all? and you don't have to be a speedrunner to do any of these, man such a great game
Thank you so much! And I deifnitely will touch on it when I get the chance to, I've been interested to watch the Summoning Salt video on Super Metroid speedruns but held on it until I'd beaten it myself, now I'm fascinated by the topic :P
@@LukerYT Super Metroid's control is like art once you get used to it and it's not as difficult as it seems on speedruns, sure some tricks are but things like mockball or infinite bomb jump are easily doable with little practice. Watch some RBO runs and be amazed
The best hint in old games is to let the game run and show you the "promotional" images. Super Metroid teaches you to: - Normal & Diagonal Shinespark - Walljump - Crystal Flash - Bomb jump - Hidden secrets and shortcuts.
Lol I was going to point out the thing about you not needing to continuously tap anything in order to deselect Super Missiles, but someone beat me to it. Really enjoyed your content. Subscribed.
Haha yeah I did mess that up quite a bit, fortunately everyone has been really nice to me about it! Glad to hear it! Really appreciate the subscription :)
I watched a friend try to play super metroid for the first time… It was both horrifying and hilarious. For the first time, i saw what happens if you DONT escape during the opening sequence… as a kid, i never thought to see what would happen.
I waited a few years after the SNES came out before I got my own (had been playing at a friend's). Super Metroid was my first game. The level of polish and effects over previous games was amazing. They've put so much time polishing everything, from physics, animations, music, level design, enemy behavior. Even the music isn't typical video game fare. The songs vary so much and are such a serious style.
I’m sad you didn’t look up some of the secrets mechanics, like how to heal with bombs, the special beam functions, or how to electrocute the underwater boss, I had no idea about these functions when I was a kid and thought it was fake until I tried them myself. In my mind, it’s still cryptic, but doesn’t impede gameplay. But it was the 90s the school yard game rumour was king, the kids with Nintendo power or other gaming magazines had secrets. Not like today where a new game basically has everything about it online within a week. I would love to see a designer somehow solve the problem of “just look up the solution online”
Oh wow, that's awesome that you have an original copy as well as an NES! Hope that you enjoy and really glad to hear that I played a part in convincing you tp play it! Just maybe make sure to use a guide for the OG Metroid (at least from my own behest ;P)
Lifelong metroid fan here. In the draygon fight you can destroy the wal turrets with super missiles. Then let Draygon pick you up, equip your grapple bean, and you can grapple said turrets. You can cook the fish in under 10 seconds when you hold the connection
Oh wow, this definitely shows a limitation of a first playthrough analsyis of these games because you learn something new everyday about how cool Super has sweet strategies for more things than I ever figured out. Thank you for the info!
@@LukerYT There's all kinds of neat stuff hidden in this game, intended and not. There's a way to turn on spazer/plasma bean in a certain room, walk out the door, go to your ship, save, quit, and reload them game in a "new game+" mode. You restart with EVERYTHING you saved with, sans missiles. In the speedrun community, it's a "glitch%" run. You can even pick up items again, though aside from missiles/super missiles/power bombs have no use. Plus you're free to go wherever, whenever, kill whatever boss you want first. Imagine having 5 rows on energy tanks on the game select screen, it's wild.
For some reason this was the day the algorithm started to make me aware of your channel's existence. Seems in a bit of a slumber atm, but I'll give it a sub and hope for the best.
The crazy thing I love about Super Metroid is that both it’s JP release and my literal birth were on the same day in 1994. Because of that, Super is one of the games I’m fascinated to watch gameplay of, yet I am intimidated heavily by it while playing.
Yayyy!! Been waiting for this one! But feels bad when the solution to your complaint about the weapon cycling was already included in the game, and you just apparently hadn't realized/found it. But man this game is NEAR perfection. I recognize there are a few things about the game that are objectively bad, but I find it very easy to wave off complaints about the game from people who only played it after the later installments, or that are actually solved by in-game features that the player just hasn't found yet. But man I love this game, it's an absolute masterpiece and I can hardly believe how well it's aged. This game has aged far better than even a lot of games from the GameCube or Wii era. Really a testament to how amazing it is (though it was sad to hear about the crunch development... that super sucks)
Gahhh that's so frustrating! I really need to take a step back and look before I write because that would be such an easy thing to check, apologies! I agree for sure though, the SNES is in the perfect point where it's the pinnacle of a generation that never necessarily ages, & I imagine it + others will live on for the betterment of it too! And yeah the crunch culture is something still sadly so pervasive in the games industry, I really hope we see some pushback from employees/developers being exploited for their passion for gaming as games as an art form is truly one of the best!
damn as much as I loved this game I never realized they were dead scientists at the intro screen! I understand why but I simply thought they were part of the machinery
The game is so deep and so fun to play that its a game you end up playing your whole life. I've played it off and on for 3 decades and I've just recently learned enough tricks to try a speedrun or sequence break (WICH IS SO FUN!). Starting as an adult, and using a good d-pad, you probably won't need as long😅 It's a life-long game. Prepare for a journey.
I'd go so far as to say that Super Metroid is one of the finest accomplishments in human art. They literally took their medium and pushed it to it's absolute limit. Most of the old masters can't even say that. Every time I play it, I see another thing, and I've been beating it a couple times a year since about 1998.
Oh wow I'm very flattered, thank you! The growth I've had lately has been massive and I'm always grateful, but I appreciate that you think I deserve more and I'll keep grinding away at it :D
I’ve been waiting for this video! I recently gotten into the Metroid series because of the hype for Metroid Dread, and Super Metroid is probably now on my top 5 favorite games list! By the way, I love your editing and style. Keep it up, you deserve way more subs!
Ah thank you so much! I'm doing much the same, with the reveal of Dread at E3 I got on the hype train & after playing the past 3 I definitely see theb reason why it's so beloved! Very much appreciate the kind words, take care!
Hello fellow billionaire! SuperMetroid truly deserves Super in its title! (Side Note on the story and narration aspect: In those days you were supposed to read the manual. Samus is even referred as he to heighten the reveal. And lorewise she was just a BountyHunter in a space suit.) Keep up the good work! Wii-U nintendo planet has amazing metroid multiplayer. Hope to see third person Metroid game like Returnal one day.
Super Metroid is a dam near prefect game if there is one. I rented this game and beat it on my first playthrough. About 8 hours but that was a cold playthrough without a guide. Incredible game and awesome soundtrack.
Yep yep! I believe the order of the games for videos will be Fusion - Zero Mission - Return of Samus (+ AM2R) - Dread - the Prime Trilogy + Hunters - Other M - Federation Force - and a final video or two capping it off. Not sure how consistently I'll be able to upload, but we'll give it a go!
@@LukerYT Samus Returns and Dread both build on the prime games and other m a considerable bit, so at this point I would recommend going release order (Wii versions of the primes, though)
You think Super was great? Imagine having grown up having played both the NES Metroid and the GameBoy sequel (on an original monochrome GameBoy to boot) extensively. As in, having beat both games multiple times and having gotten the best endings for both, having hand-drawn maps on a pad of graph paper for reference, and so on. Then Super Metroid comes out and you and your dad go to Toys 'r' Us and pick up a copy on Saturday, and you sit down at suppertime to play it and next thing you know, it's 9 AM the next day and everyone else is waking up and asking, "You're still playing? When did you go to bed?" I didn't. I played that game for like 15 hours straight and only quit because my Dad wanted to make his own save file, not because I was tired of playing. I don't care what anyone says, Super Metroid is one of the best games ever made. Not just "one of the best SNES games". No caveats, one of the greatest of all time. Are there some niggles with the controls? Yes. Is cycling through your arsenal a bit cumbersome? Yes. Do some people prefer the snappier jump physics in Fusion/Zero Mission? Yep. Does any of that matter much compared to the amazing soundtrack, immaculate sprite work, the challenging and screen-filling Bosses, and near-perfect map design? Absolutely not. The only real "problem" with Super Metroid is that it's so good that they've never been able to do better. Hell, you can argue that there are only a select few Metroidvanias that even come close to matching it at all (Symphony of the Night, Hollow Knight, Ori maybe?) so most post-Super Metroidvanias end up disappointing you in some way once you've experienced this one.
I actually love Metroid Other M i love the 2.5d and the game on dolphin setup right on xbox controller the missile aim with right stick by switching to fp real quick is so fun and fluid and fast
I love M3 to death it's one of my favourites of all-time but yeah the default controls are pretty ass IMO. I have to change the controls a little closer to what I'm used to in MegaMan X Y shoots, B jumps, A dashes, X selects item, Select cancels them all
if you are at all into rock look up metroid metal. a band called scrimage or something like that remixed a whole host of metroid songs and they killed it. ive been listening to it for years
Judging on your comments on lack of hint to break the tube to enter Maridia I think your review missed an important point that you just skimmed with Old Mother Brain room locking you up to force you to grab morph ball. Like someone else said there was in fact a hint when you enter Maridia through the east ocean after defeating Phantoon and getting Gravity Suit. Super Metroid is in fact littered with context hints and other narration / tutorials through gameplay only. When you get into Green Brinstar there is a bridge that collapse if you don't sprint while traversing it, this room is meant to teach you to use the run button, you can't go back because there is a wave gate blocking you, you have to know how to sprint to progress. When you reach the top of Red Brinstar you're locked between yellow doors, you can't progress or go back, you're meant to find your first power bombs there. The entrance to Lower Norfair that you can just peak through by using morph ball but can't enter until you have Space Jump is a huge Ridley's head statue. The escape from Grapple Beam room that require you to experiment with the item right away, similar to the Speedbooster Lava Trap, or the Ice Beam exit. And you should really try to encounter those animals you saved at the end during your playthrough, they will teach you a few other tricks ;)
I actually struggled with a lot of the additional things you mentioned at first, I was just too embarrassed to share some of them (like the bridge collapsing thing, which took me a while to learn what to do) :P But I really appreciate how Super Metroid does mitigate a lot of unnecessary 'exploration' by closing off sections so you can't find yourself completely off-base from what you need to be doing or where you need to be. I'm looking forward to coming back to it at some point and taking it in for a second run-through :D
@@LukerYT I think the game is made for a second playthrough, you're meant to sequence break some of those obstacles once you learn how to wall jump and shinespark. You can circumvent areas where you should use High Jump Boot or Grapple using both these tricks and reduce the need to backtrack. Then there is still a few tricks that can open other areas earlier and are clearly intended like Infinite Bomb Jump, Wall Jump into Morph Ball airborne, Crystal Flash to replenish health in heated rooms. Some of those tricks are only demo'ed in the intro gameplay sequence once there is a save file with the ending cleared.
You forgot to mention wall jumping, infinite bomb jumping, and you can cancel missile super missiles, super bombs ect with a touch of a button and it goes to your gun (default)
(sarcastically) It's your fault for being born after this game came out that you didn't know to power bomb the underwater tube! Seriously though, I think the only reason anyone knew about that back in the day was because they tease it in the commercials. In skimming UA-cam just now I could only find a Super Metroid commercial about a dog that shows Samus setting off the bomb in that tube, but not it breaking after, but I swear there was a commercial out there (perhaps a general SNES commercial) that featured the tube breaking. It was one of those school yard knowledge kind of things that got passed around where a lot of people know you could power bomb and break that long before we ever unlocked the power bombs. Also, if you've never let the game sit idle on the title screen, you should. There's several little demo game play loops it runs if you let it sit long enough, and those demos are quite revealing. They show you a lot of advanced moves that aren't necessary to beating the game and aren't spelled out for you any way other through experimentation or those demo clips. Moves such as the flying shoulder charge and the power bomb healing cocoon. I thought perhaps one of the demo clips showed the tunnel breaking as well, but again on skimming UA-cam I didn't see that specific one, so I am not quite sure where I have the vivid memory of it being advertised as a kid, but it was definitely in some commercials. Playing through it new these days though, it is completely understandable that you would miss that was a possible option, especially since it's not strictly necessary to do for beating the game. Great videos!
the Baby Metroid has a name... is The Baby... literally, but that's thanks to another game, i don't wanna give you spoilers, i hope you to find in wich game at the right moment c: there are a few things i hate about Super Metroid the timing for the Space Jump is horrible, i've played Metroid II a few days ago and it has a better timing than Super. Then, the fact that you can't use the Space Jump if you have to shoot or if you jump in your place, it has to be moving forward, uuuuugh Then, the Grapple Beam becomes useless once you get the Space Jump and finally, you don't even need the X-Ray to beat the game, you can easily leave it there and it's not a big deal, it was one of the last items i found, tbh anyway, amazing video, looking forward for the next one about Fusion
Looks like I'll have to keep an eye out! Thank you for the heads up :P I actually found the inverse funnily enough! I couldn't get a rhythm with Return of Samus' space jump, but here I rarely if ever failed it on Super Metroid. But I do agree that it's annoying you need momentum in a direction to pull it off. I think there's a nice sense of realising you get stronger thanks to upgrades that make other ones futile, but I also agree that it would be great if each item had concentrated use that makes it mandatory throughout. The X-Ray I think would be better as an early-game boss bonus (like when you beat the first Chozo on top of the bombs) that you can't miss, but I see your point! And thank you so much for the kind words! Fusion is going to be a fun one for sure :D
Given that you can charge your cannon before space jumping for an impromptu screw attack, there's no real reason to shoot while space jumping. Now that I think about it, this's the first time I've seen any complaints about the space jump in Super.
Always nice to see how a new player experience a classic series. Great vid and i'm subscribed. Can't wait to see how you judge the rest up to Dread. I suggest you skip the 3D metroids and do them after all 2D games.
Thank you so much! I'm glad to finally playing the games :D Way ahead of you, currently finalising the script for my Samus Returns review, and really looking forward to starting Dread soon!
@@LukerYT One suggestion about Dread. Play it twice. The first playthrough is really hard and enraging. It's not like the other metroids (although i don't want to influence you too much on your review). The bosses are really, really hard compared to the other games, and are action based rather than endurance mode. While the first playthrough is hard and made me angry, the second playthrough when you sequence break and get the upgrades out of order is much more enjoyable.
2 little hints:
1 - pressing X will cancel any missile/super/grapple etc selection you have and restore the beam to the currently selected shot. I acc rebind X to Select and vice versa in the game’s options menu
2 - the hint for exploding the tube in Maridia is another already exploded tube in the adjacent room. It’s a little cryptic, and I think even a small crack in the main tube could’ve helped signal it a bit better, but a hint does exist
I hope these help!
there is also a specific way to set missles/supers/pbs to use one and auto cancel, though i cant remember the exact button combo to engage this feature
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Another hint for the tube is in the demo for waiting on the title screen. It shows you that you can do that at all very explicitly. By todays standards it may not be the best way but it certainly gets the job done and it may have been better closer to the games release.
@@fenris_wuffy You do that by holding Y (or whatever button you set as the cancel) while cycling through the weapons. It can be useful, but personally I find it easier to just press the cancel button without setting this up.
@Russ_T. yeah, its mainly used in SM speedruns for specific setups for tricks. i tend to use it a lot in sm map randos
You actually don't have to repeatedly press Select in order to reequip the beam; On the standard controller mapping Y cancels your item selection, which lets you shoot with the beam immediately.
But yes, following titles address the whole item selection hassle and let you quickly swap between beam and missiles.
I think Super Metroid is pretty great but I have two main issues:
1. Doors aren't marked on the map, making it unclear which rooms are connected and which lead to dead ends.
2. Having Jump, Shoot and Run all on face buttons is extremely uncomfortable because you might want to use any of the three in any combination (pressing X and B at the same time sucks). For my second playthrough I mapped Run to R and that was way more enjoyable but now I couldn't aim diagonally down anymore. The controls just are to complex for the SNES controller and work better on one with 4 shoulder buttons.
Anyways, looking forward to your thoughts on Fusion and Zero Mission!
Wow I never even thought about checking or doing that, goes to show I need to keep looking at the games a little more in-depth in case, so thank you for the correction! I'm also glad someone feels the same way about the doors, I've played Fusion in brief and already I feel that the map in that game has been perfected (as well as now learning about the different item selection system on that game too).
Thank you for your continued support!
@@LukerYT Your face when one of your biggest complaints about the game was already solved by the developers with a single button press ;)
I do agree that the map system in Fusion and Zero Mission are much better than Super. But, to me, this feels like the same type of comparison as comparing Super to its previous installments. I'm sure in 1994, when those of us who are old enough (oh... wow... I'm old), CELEBRATED the fact that we had a map AT ALL and found that to be SO MUCH better than the no-map of Metroid and Metroid 2. So, it stands to reason that Quality of Life improvements will happen in future games over previous ones. Honestly, my biggest issue with the Super Metroid map is that you can only view the map of the area you're currently in, as opposed to being able to look at any area's map at any time.
So yeah, Fusion's map is truly excellent, and has a lot of QoL improvements over Super, but that is to be expected. Still loved the video though, been looking forward to this one for weeks!
@@LukerYT It's funny because it's actually a really important button - being able to select either missiles or super missiles with 1 or 2 quick button presses then swap immediately back to your beam with the single press of a different button makes combat so much more fluid.
Unfortunately, when you're looking at the Button Map settings BEFORE YOU'VE EVEN PLAYED THE GAME, like most people, you don't really know what "Item Select" and "Item Cancel" do or where they're going to be most comfortable to use for you personally. Most people also don't realize you can make a save, reset the game, and go back into your save file and edit the buttons whenever you want! Also, button map settings ON AN SNES GAME is pretty incredible, how many SNES even let you do that? Not many.
Lastly, you're in luck: every game from this point on came up with a much better control method for both swapping to missiles/power bombs AND diagonal aiming. This was mostly due to the necessity of needing to find a way to make Super's controls work on the 2-face-button, 2-shoulder-button GameBoy Advance (for Metroid Fusion and Zero Mission).
I never gave a second thought to what the "cancel item" button was for. Thank you for bringing light to something that's gonna be really useful on my next playthrough 😄
@@jerryrose9472 I think it might have been less confusing had they called it the "Item De-select Button" because that's really what it does.
Super Metroid is probably my all-time favorite game. One of my earliest memories is playing Metroid on NES, and loving it so much I begged for an NES for Christmas. Metroid 2 was the only real reason I wanted a Gameboy. And when Super Metroid came out, it was the first time I stayed up all night in my life. I think I was about 12 or 13. I love that game so much.
I can't belive that you "only" have 207 subs, your editing and overall content are amazing my dude. Looking forward for the Fusion review.
Thank you so much for the compliment! I truly appreciate it & I hope I can keep the same quality for Fusion :)
He definitely has more than 207 subs now
@@rootedcorgi7742 A lot more :)
@@Itsthatbun but no new videos 😭
The big baby Metroid from part 2 didn't stop draining Samus for no reason, it stopped because it hears her suits HP alarm going off, it had gone a bit ferral but upon hearing the familar audio cry for help it remembers... which is a setup for the payoff at the end when it comes to save you, it knows the sound mom makes when in big trouble
I really hope that that is not true. Wouldn't it be rather... inconvenient to alert enemies that you are on low health?
@@alri1054 Right... why would a low health alert be heard outside the helmet, let alone the suit.
@@TenderViddlezNo evidence for this, but maybe Metroids are just really good at hearing, and can hear sounds normally only heard inside the suit?
There is a hint for the Maridia tube tunnel power bomb. If you enter Maridia from the north-east after getting your first power bomb you come across a similar tube tunnel that had already been destroyed. Super Metroid's subtext was a masterclass.
Great video. Subbed! I recommend you play through the games in order of release which would bring you to Metroid Fusion and then Zero Mission (you can choose to play through the Prime games at the same time or not, they're a separate storyline). Also, please don't overlook AM2R. :)
Oh wow, I completely missed this context clues! Goes to show I have a bit of tunnel vision when I'm playing this haha
And thank you for the compliment! I reckon I will play in chronological order (I have a holiday in October so I will miss a few weeks, might drop a video on a different game entirely) but AM2R is certainly on my radar :P
@@LukerYT Both Nintendo and a random fan decided to remake Metroid 2… I bet I can guess which you'll like more.
The best thing about the Draygon fight is that you can defeat her easily by electrocuting her with the grapple beam.
I am living for your Metroid videos :)
Oh wow for real? All I did was keep electrocuting myself where the turrets shot at me, I should've played a little smarter haha
And thank you so much for the compliment! I appreciate that you enjoy them :D
@@LukerYT I found that entirely by accident and had a "OF COURSE, YOU IDIOT!" Moment...
Blast open those glass bulbs on the side of Draygoon’s arena and wait unit she grabs you. Equip the grapple beam and hold on! Samus takes damage too, but not nearly as fast.
I never knew that when I played super metroid until after the fact I beat Draygon without doing that but now that I know it made me realize just how cool the attention to detail and overall ways to handle bosses are! super metroid is definitely a great entry in the series.
@@Nandru85 I feel like Metroid has tons of those moments, but I call em "Oh ok I wasn't stuck I'm just a moron" momenta
This game has many secrets to it. Some of them you can find out by sitting at the title screen and letting some footage of the game play, some of them have been addressed in other comments, such as electrocuting Draygon.
The three little aliens are somewhere near Brinstar, they teach you how to wall jump. You get there by doing what the emu looking alien does and speed boosting in the room he's in which will make you run over a set of tiles, dissolving them. You'll fall down into a seemingly inescapable hole. The three little aliens will be there and will teach you how to wall jump.
Also, use the X-ray scope everywhere. Super Metroid is one of the few games that doesn't under utilize an item like that.
The speed boost can actually be stored and be used to boost jump. After you've gotten up to speed, crouch. That'll store the energy and you can jump in any direction, which causes Samus to more or less fly. You can utilize this ability in many different places, especially outside near your ship.
Super Metroid was a massive part of my childhood. It's always great to see people experience this masterpiece work of art for the first time.
I'm currently on Zero Mission and it has taken me to this point to realise I can wall jump, what a concept haha - I did eventually manage to find the boosted jump animal which was useful!
And for sure! I definitely am a massive fan of the Metroid style having played it, looking forward to going over the next few games over time too :D
The three animals are acessed by using power bombs in the green brinstar main room.
In the demo screen when you leave the title screen idle shows exploding the tube in one of the sequences. It's also got some hints for more interesting advanced moves like the Crystal Flash and the Power Bomb + Charge Beam combos.
Definitely love the enthusiasm you put into this video, and looking forward to seeing what else you have on your channel
2:23 the joke you made here was why I subbed. By the way, old school gamer here who grew up and played these games in succession. Cheers to you for playing them
Super Metroid is to me, still the best Metroid game in the series. Even including the Prime series.
I just saw all your Metroid videos and I love them! I may even watch your other videos. Will cover any Shantae games in the future? Anyways, see you next mission!
Glad to hear you found and enjoyed them! I'm very humbled by your kind words too :)
As for Shantae games, thank you for the recommendation! I'm not entirely sure what I want to do after I've done all the Metroid games, but I've definitely got interest in the idea of playing non-Metroid Metroidvanias (Hollow Knight is another one I want to talk about) so I may add it to the list :P See you again soon!
Well mate, stakes were high but I'm extremely glad to say you made it. Awesome video. The hype was totally justified.
When I first tried Super Metroid it felt the exact same. And it doesn't feel like a SNES game to be honest, the game's world is huge (I found myself to be constatly surprised by "oh...There's even more??" every single time I found a new area of the map), the duration of the game is quite high if you don't make use of guides, certanly quite longer than most games back then and long enough to be acceptable for even new games made in 2021.
Great job m8!
Also, little note: When you talk about Draygon and how you have to learn to dodge his attacks, there's a much more easy way to kill him. If you get grabbed by Draygon and use the Grapple Beam to attach yourself to one of the opened electric blocks, you will electrocute Draygon to death in a few seconds. Another nice detail from the developers rewarding smart gameplay.
Ahh I'm glad you think I reached the bar! It was something to reach for and I'm very humbled by your words :)
I completely agree, if you had a reskin of Super Metroid under a completely different title as an indie game (in a world where Super Metroid never existed) and released it today, it would be a very acclaimed hit in my opinon. It's one of the most timeless games I've seen for sure.
And that's something I never knew, thank you for the tip! I think that's a real issue with my videos, I like to get them out consistently at the moment but I worry I'm half-assing it with moments like that; thankfully people like you give clear points of reference and correction for others to notice, which I massively appreciate!
@@LukerYT Don't worry! Having the ridiculously small amount of time you had to finish Super Metroid, right after that start writing a script, and on top of that editing the full video by yourself... Just wow.
I was a "youtuber" a few years back (got around 1000 subs before stopping uploading videos) and I know it's extremly hard to grow up on the first thousands subs, but I do believe your content is amazing, and has almost the same quality as some top notch game-analysis yt channels.
So, keep the great stuff coming!
@@losrabbabots Wow, I'm floored by the kind words so thank you so much! I'm definitely going to be keeping at it as best I can, but support like this is definitely a motivcator so thank you again, truly!
Awesome video, your excitement at seeing the series grow and mature makes it hard not to smile
It's funny that you never met some of the animals, as those are the guys that teach you how to wall jump
I know you'll have a great time playing even more awesome games
Even if you miss the initial broken tube in Maridia that hints maybe you need something strong to break it, curiosity should always be your go-to skill in any game. And that means trying everything in your arsenal periodically to see if something has changed since the initial discovery. Even if sometimes your curiosity doesn't pan out all the time, 9 times out of 10, your intrigue is most likely going to lead you down the correct path.
13:07 I- It has never occured to me just how cryptic that might be. As a kid, despite being born in the 2000's I only had an nes and an atari to play for my early gaming experiences. One of these was Zelda II, which is easily the most labrynthian game I've ever played. But most importantly for my Super Metroid experience, is that before playing *any* metroid games (the nes version being my first and least favourite by far for 2D metroid), I had played through every zelda game out at the time (which I believe the latest release at the time was Spirit Tracks on the DS) and particularly due to the original LoZ and oracle of ages, I'd developed a habit of bombing just about everything. Good catch as I'm sure lots of others who played super metroid-especially on release likely also had this ingrained into them somewhat by the era.
I REALLY hope you continue on this metroid gameplay series. You are AMAZING at making videos. I mean, when I watched your first metroid video, I thought you were one of those guys that had more than a million subs. You're not! That's crazy to me! I can see your channel becoming huge someday very soon. You definitely get a sub from me.
Wow, that's such high praise, thank you so much! I'm really glad you're enjoying them and fingers crossed I can get to a million one day haha
Once again, thank you truly for the compliment and subscription!
I recently also started my metroid ventures except that I played the remakes for both metroid 1 and 2 and honestly I went from someone who didn't care about metroid at all to someone who loves the series. I loved the exploration and while there were moments of getting lost, when I finally found the upgrade needed to progress further it made it feel so rewarding and empowering because that's what it was, making samus stronger and more fun to play with. I'm currently playing fusion and so far it's been fun other than a few hiccups. I can't wait to see your video on fusion once I finish the game! your content is honestly amazing, keep up the great work man! :]
Glad to hear other people are joining on the same train I am! The style of games they are really feel vindicating when you finally figure out what you need to do to progress + it's always great getting constant power-ups.
And thank you so much for the kind words! I really appreciate and I'm just as excited to talk about Fusion :D
Just found your channel, gotta say videos of this quality definitely deserve more views and subs, great work.
Ah thank you so much! Very much appreciated :D
"You press select once to get to the missile, and five times to get back to a normal shot."
Pressing Y cancels whatever item you're on.
There are actually a number of hints in the game about power bombing the tube in Maridia. 1: The game forces you through it a number of times, telling you it's important so you commit it to memory (it's also the only glass tube in the entire game). 2: There's a room you are forced to travel through a little earlier, not too far away, which has a broken tube, dropping a massive clue. 3: If you look at the map, you can see that room has explorable areas directly above and below it. 4: At the point in time when you are required to break the tube, the power bomb is your most recent upgrade, so you should already be thinking "okay now where can I use this?".
On top of all that, out of all the walls, bricks, blocks, rocks, etc. that you can blow up... You'd think players would jump at the chance to blow some glass up as soon as they see it.
I Hope you come back and keep making content, your editing is great and you have a great sense of humour! And your guidelines for comments are *chefs kiss*
Thanks a bunch! I really appreciate the kind words :D
Wow. I’ve wanted to binge more Metroid reviews before Dread, but I’ve already seen King K, Geek Critique and others reviews many times. I’m so glad I saw you in my recommended, can’t wait to see more from you!
Oh wow I'm flattered you're putting me up to the level of those people! Really glad you enjoyed the video & looking forward to making more content :D
I am subscriber 344 and I just want to say I can’t wait to see you at 100k. Quality work, champ
Thank you so much! I'll be sure to remember you when I get to that point ;P Much appreciated!
Man dude your videos are so well put together and edited You have a good voice for narrating You're not fumbling over your words or stuttering very high quality video and content I'm subscribed Hope to see more from you soon in the future!
Wow, why isn't this channel more popular? You're so thorough and have a clean editing style! Subbed
Ah thanks so much for the compliment! I'm also glad my editing comes across as clean too, the subscription is very much appreciated :D
I loved that jab at the title screens. Made me spit out my drink 😂
Super Metroid is a game to live with. Any things that may seem like drawbacks on a first playthrough completely fade away with time.
Another great video. I just love your style (but I need to be honest and say, that I love Jerry's style, and Oregano, even more). I'm very much looking forward to your review of the remaining 3 entries in the series (and maybe AM2R) if you get hooked I recommend revisiting Super Metroid and Zero Mission for sequence breaking and Fusion, Zero Mission and Samus Returns for the harder difficulties. :)
Thank you again for the compliments! I'm really looking forward to talking about Fusion, & after Zero MIssion I'll be talking about the Prime games too, so we'll see how that goes! I definitely think I'll be playing a few of them casually again after all of this because I enjoyed them so much :)
i swear i read the 256 subscribers as 256k, and when i realized it wasnt i was so dumbfounded. jeez amazing content so far dude, keep it up
Wow! I'm very flattered, thank you so much for the compliment!
Phenomenal Review. I didn't even realize you were a smaller youtuber. I'm subscriber #410, looking forward to the Fusion Review.
Thank you incredibly for the kind words, I'm very flattered! Much appreciated that you're along for the ride, and hope I can get the Fusion review done ASAP :)
Just found your channel and I absolutely love your videos. I’m a sucker for anything Metroid! Hope to see more from you soon.
I've been watching your Metroid videos (albeit not in order) and damn, I'm impressed by your production quality, especially for a smaller channel. Subbed! :)
Thanks so much!
Good video! Wish I could make this myself, that's why I subscribed, keep doing you! The algorithm will treat you right ASAP, greetings from Denmark my friend
Thank you! Shouts out to Denmark too
The wall jumping in SM has always been nearly impossible for me; and that's the main complaint I've ever had about it.
@@djancak Theoretically, you could bomb jump up if you were extremely good at it and had a ton of patience.
Loved the video. You've just described exactly how much of a masterpiece Super Metroid is. I was lucky enough that my Super Nintendo came with a Super Metroid cartridge, as my very first 16bit videogame. Pure glory! Cheers from Brazil. Subscribed!
Thank you for the kind words! I'm 27 years late but I'm very glad I could take part in it too!
Many thanks from England (my Brazil viewers are #1 so don't tell anyone :P) and much appreciated for subscribing!
@@LukerYT waiting for the Metroid Zero
Mission video! What a game it's! And if I may, a suggestion: AM2R (that fan remake of Metroid II). It's really good!
Great video, man! I’m a veteran playing through the series again as well, and it’s always fun to see a newcomer’s reaction to the games! Hope you enjoy the GBA titles
Thank you so much! It's definitely been massively entertaining so far and really looking forward to getting through all of them! Work and personal life have been rough the past few weeks but hoping to get my Fusion video out by Friday latest :D
top notch vid m8. u can press the Y button to get back to ur beams when uv got ur missiles equipped. Also Maridia is where the game stops holding ur hand and becomes a little more confusing, respect the opinion tho. Also the animals teach u how to walljump and shinespark. I would love to see u sequance break the game because thats where the fun comes from on 2nd and third playthrougfhs. (Im currently on my 18th playthrough lol)
Ah thanks for the correction! I can't believe I didn't once even encounter that at all about the item cancel haha
Yeah Maridia is definitely a lot more open-ended, I tended to get lost quite a lot in there :P
I believe I encountered the ostrich-style animal who taught me to Shinespark, but unfortunately I didn't meat the Wall Jump creatures - I dind't even know how to wall jump until Zero Mission haha
But I'm definitely looking forward to coming back to it at some point! And thanks a bunch for the kind words :D
After just watching your first metroid experience a few min ago i was glad to see u played the SNES metroid , awesome entry , dread is a must play
You have an awesome sense of humor and a good perspective, so I did like Jerry and grew oregano!... and subbed, of course.
I'm relatively new to metroid (two to three years ago) and i just... love the franchise with all it's faults.
It was a good gush video, and i also respect the fact that you left time to acknowledge super's issues (though the one with the marydia power bomb access? apparently foreshadowed by a room nearby with a pre-broken tube.)
I just beat samus returns today so I'm much looking forward to that (and, I'll admit, to AM2R, sorry not sorry)
Haha thank you so much! Glad Jerry could be a trendsetter for so many people :p
That's a good point about Maridia's foreshadow, I saw it in the footage after I'd written the script but still somewhat stood by what I said - your point is very true though, I'll have to get a bigger brain for next time :P
Oh wow, hope you enjoyed that one! When I eventually get to it & the other remake, I'll certainly be interested to see how both of them do :D
I'll be honest, my impression of Super was tainted a bit by later games. I wanted to play the most up-to-date versions in timeline order, so I started with Zero Mission, then played AM2R after that (Samus Returns wasn't out yet). In comparison, Super feels kind of dated, janky, and slow.
In particular, the movement was just generally unwieldy, the map was just vague enough that you never quite knew if there was more to find or not, exploration through Lower Norfair was super confusing, and more than anything, the way Samus turns invisible when hit, basically destroying any chance you had at accurately maneuvering out of your potentially deadly situation, was absolutely teeth-clenching at times.
It's a remarkable improvement over its predecessors, and is excellent in comparison to what came before, and in the context of its time. As a modern game, it's a pretty good retro experience, and a gem of gaming and speedrunning history, but I hesitate to give it too much more than that.
You won yourself a subscriber.
Super Metroid is my favorite game ever, is just so good, I recommend you play it again, there's so much room for sequence breaking, you need to learn how to shine spark and wall jump and the game just opens wide, did you know you can get power bombs before kraid or that you don't even need the grappling beam at all? and you don't have to be a speedrunner to do any of these, man such a great game
Thank you so much! And I deifnitely will touch on it when I get the chance to, I've been interested to watch the Summoning Salt video on Super Metroid speedruns but held on it until I'd beaten it myself, now I'm fascinated by the topic :P
@@LukerYT Super Metroid's control is like art once you get used to it and it's not as difficult as it seems on speedruns, sure some tricks are but things like mockball or infinite bomb jump are easily doable with little practice.
Watch some RBO runs and be amazed
The best hint in old games is to let the game run and show you the "promotional" images.
Super Metroid teaches you to:
- Normal & Diagonal Shinespark
- Walljump
- Crystal Flash
- Bomb jump
- Hidden secrets and shortcuts.
Lol I was going to point out the thing about you not needing to continuously tap anything in order to deselect Super Missiles, but someone beat me to it.
Really enjoyed your content. Subscribed.
Haha yeah I did mess that up quite a bit, fortunately everyone has been really nice to me about it!
Glad to hear it! Really appreciate the subscription :)
I watched a friend try to play super metroid for the first time…
It was both horrifying and hilarious.
For the first time, i saw what happens if you DONT escape during the opening sequence… as a kid, i never thought to see what would happen.
I waited a few years after the SNES came out before I got my own (had been playing at a friend's). Super Metroid was my first game. The level of polish and effects over previous games was amazing. They've put so much time polishing everything, from physics, animations, music, level design, enemy behavior. Even the music isn't typical video game fare. The songs vary so much and are such a serious style.
I’m sad you didn’t look up some of the secrets mechanics, like how to heal with bombs, the special beam functions, or how to electrocute the underwater boss, I had no idea about these functions when I was a kid and thought it was fake until I tried them myself. In my mind, it’s still cryptic, but doesn’t impede gameplay. But it was the 90s the school yard game rumour was king, the kids with Nintendo power or other gaming magazines had secrets. Not like today where a new game basically has everything about it online within a week. I would love to see a designer somehow solve the problem of “just look up the solution online”
I like that boss fight. Underwater electric room
Had to sub, never played Metroid either but recently picked up an NES with an original copy. Thanks for convincing me to play the series!
Oh wow, that's awesome that you have an original copy as well as an NES! Hope that you enjoy and really glad to hear that I played a part in convincing you tp play it! Just maybe make sure to use a guide for the OG Metroid (at least from my own behest ;P)
Lifelong metroid fan here. In the draygon fight you can destroy the wal turrets with super missiles. Then let Draygon pick you up, equip your grapple bean, and you can grapple said turrets. You can cook the fish in under 10 seconds when you hold the connection
Oh wow, this definitely shows a limitation of a first playthrough analsyis of these games because you learn something new everyday about how cool Super has sweet strategies for more things than I ever figured out. Thank you for the info!
@@LukerYT There's all kinds of neat stuff hidden in this game, intended and not. There's a way to turn on spazer/plasma bean in a certain room, walk out the door, go to your ship, save, quit, and reload them game in a "new game+" mode. You restart with EVERYTHING you saved with, sans missiles. In the speedrun community, it's a "glitch%" run. You can even pick up items again, though aside from missiles/super missiles/power bombs have no use. Plus you're free to go wherever, whenever, kill whatever boss you want first.
Imagine having 5 rows on energy tanks on the game select screen, it's wild.
That intro was a creative twist of the overdone "DiD yOu KnOw OnLy 0% oF yOu ArE sUbScRiBeD?" thing
This review shares all of my views of Super Metroid and 16-bit games, right down to views on Unions. Thank you for this. Sorry, I'm late to the party.
For some reason this was the day the algorithm started to make me aware of your channel's existence. Seems in a bit of a slumber atm, but I'll give it a sub and hope for the best.
PS. I don't grow oregano but I do smoke weed. Not sure if that's neither here nor there.
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The crazy thing I love about Super Metroid is that both it’s JP release and my literal birth were on the same day in 1994. Because of that, Super is one of the games I’m fascinated to watch gameplay of, yet I am intimidated heavily by it while playing.
I'm glad you started playing Metroid games.
Yayyy!! Been waiting for this one! But feels bad when the solution to your complaint about the weapon cycling was already included in the game, and you just apparently hadn't realized/found it. But man this game is NEAR perfection. I recognize there are a few things about the game that are objectively bad, but I find it very easy to wave off complaints about the game from people who only played it after the later installments, or that are actually solved by in-game features that the player just hasn't found yet. But man I love this game, it's an absolute masterpiece and I can hardly believe how well it's aged. This game has aged far better than even a lot of games from the GameCube or Wii era. Really a testament to how amazing it is (though it was sad to hear about the crunch development... that super sucks)
Gahhh that's so frustrating! I really need to take a step back and look before I write because that would be such an easy thing to check, apologies!
I agree for sure though, the SNES is in the perfect point where it's the pinnacle of a generation that never necessarily ages, & I imagine it + others will live on for the betterment of it too!
And yeah the crunch culture is something still sadly so pervasive in the games industry, I really hope we see some pushback from employees/developers being exploited for their passion for gaming as games as an art form is truly one of the best!
I love Super Metroid!! One of the few games I actually beat and finished.
damn as much as I loved this game I never realized they were dead scientists at the intro screen! I understand why but I simply thought they were part of the machinery
Dude, I love you! Hope you come back!
Hopefully am not too far away!
SM is the *definitive* End of the OG Metroid Trilogy! A very good Game with a few Flaws but a *Masterclass* in Non-verbal Story telling
This is probably my favorite game of all time.
The game is so deep and so fun to play that its a game you end up playing your whole life. I've played it off and on for 3 decades and I've just recently learned enough tricks to try a speedrun or sequence break (WICH IS SO FUN!). Starting as an adult, and using a good d-pad, you probably won't need as long😅
It's a life-long game. Prepare for a journey.
I'd go so far as to say that Super Metroid is one of the finest accomplishments in human art. They literally took their medium and pushed it to it's absolute limit. Most of the old masters can't even say that. Every time I play it, I see another thing, and I've been beating it a couple times a year since about 1998.
stayed up late to watch this, glad I did. you need more subs
Oh wow I'm very flattered, thank you! The growth I've had lately has been massive and I'm always grateful, but I appreciate that you think I deserve more and I'll keep grinding away at it :D
the quick sand in Maridia gave me PTSD
There is a button to cancel sub weapons without cycling through all of them
the glass tube is not the only way into Maridia
This is probably the best game in existence.
I’ve been waiting for this video! I recently gotten into the Metroid series because of the hype for Metroid Dread, and Super Metroid is probably now on my top 5 favorite games list! By the way, I love your editing and style. Keep it up, you deserve way more subs!
Ah thank you so much! I'm doing much the same, with the reveal of Dread at E3 I got on the hype train & after playing the past 3 I definitely see theb reason why it's so beloved! Very much appreciate the kind words, take care!
same here, I'm playing through fusion right now and I'm super excited for dread!
Hello fellow billionaire! SuperMetroid truly deserves Super in its title!
(Side Note on the story and narration aspect: In those days you were supposed to read the manual. Samus is even referred as he to heighten the reveal. And lorewise she was just a BountyHunter in a space suit.) Keep up the good work! Wii-U nintendo planet has amazing metroid multiplayer. Hope to see third person Metroid game like Returnal one day.
Super Metroid is a dam near prefect game if there is one.
I rented this game and beat it on my first playthrough. About 8 hours but that was a cold playthrough without a guide. Incredible game and awesome soundtrack.
I imagine people have mentioned that the Y button turns off your toggleable items so you can indeed easily get from missiles to beams easily.
Possibly :P I deserve it though lmao
Very good very good, you'll be playing all the metroid games?
Yep yep! I believe the order of the games for videos will be Fusion - Zero Mission - Return of Samus (+ AM2R) - Dread - the Prime Trilogy + Hunters - Other M - Federation Force - and a final video or two capping it off. Not sure how consistently I'll be able to upload, but we'll give it a go!
@@LukerYT Samus Returns and Dread both build on the prime games and other m a considerable bit, so at this point I would recommend going release order (Wii versions of the primes, though)
You need like more than 1k subs good vid
You think Super was great? Imagine having grown up having played both the NES Metroid and the GameBoy sequel (on an original monochrome GameBoy to boot) extensively. As in, having beat both games multiple times and having gotten the best endings for both, having hand-drawn maps on a pad of graph paper for reference, and so on.
Then Super Metroid comes out and you and your dad go to Toys 'r' Us and pick up a copy on Saturday, and you sit down at suppertime to play it and next thing you know, it's 9 AM the next day and everyone else is waking up and asking, "You're still playing? When did you go to bed?" I didn't. I played that game for like 15 hours straight and only quit because my Dad wanted to make his own save file, not because I was tired of playing.
I don't care what anyone says, Super Metroid is one of the best games ever made. Not just "one of the best SNES games". No caveats, one of the greatest of all time. Are there some niggles with the controls? Yes. Is cycling through your arsenal a bit cumbersome? Yes. Do some people prefer the snappier jump physics in Fusion/Zero Mission? Yep. Does any of that matter much compared to the amazing soundtrack, immaculate sprite work, the challenging and screen-filling Bosses, and near-perfect map design? Absolutely not.
The only real "problem" with Super Metroid is that it's so good that they've never been able to do better. Hell, you can argue that there are only a select few Metroidvanias that even come close to matching it at all (Symphony of the Night, Hollow Knight, Ori maybe?) so most post-Super Metroidvanias end up disappointing you in some way once you've experienced this one.
I actually love Metroid Other M i love the 2.5d and the game on dolphin setup right on xbox controller the missile aim with right stick by switching to fp real quick is so fun and fluid and fast
Hoping for more content soon!
I want to see your reaction to a speedrun, theyre pretty nuts
I have the Summoning Salt video on my watch list, looking forward to seeing people completely destroy it in a tenth of the time it took me!
Super Metroid is the best game of all time. Graphics, soundtrack, game play. Everything.
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By default, you can press Y to stop using special weapons/items.
Yeah I'm a big dumb idiot for not figuring that out once lmao, thank you for letting me know!
@@LukerYT It's fine, on my first playthrough I didn't figure it out until 3 and a half hours later.
Super Metroid is perfect not a single wasted pixel.
I love M3 to death it's one of my favourites of all-time but yeah the default controls are pretty ass IMO. I have to change the controls a little closer to what I'm used to in MegaMan X
Y shoots, B jumps, A dashes, X selects item, Select cancels them all
Well damn. I think I have to subscribe now. Don’t wanna give ALL JERRYS a bad name.
I love your content
Thank you so much! Take care :D
if you are at all into rock look up metroid metal. a band called scrimage or something like that remixed a whole host of metroid songs and they killed it. ive been listening to it for years
@@djancak oh no shit? That's impressive af
14:28 that's just normal hours in Japan, sadly
Judging on your comments on lack of hint to break the tube to enter Maridia I think your review missed an important point that you just skimmed with Old Mother Brain room locking you up to force you to grab morph ball.
Like someone else said there was in fact a hint when you enter Maridia through the east ocean after defeating Phantoon and getting Gravity Suit.
Super Metroid is in fact littered with context hints and other narration / tutorials through gameplay only.
When you get into Green Brinstar there is a bridge that collapse if you don't sprint while traversing it, this room is meant to teach you to use the run button, you can't go back because there is a wave gate blocking you, you have to know how to sprint to progress.
When you reach the top of Red Brinstar you're locked between yellow doors, you can't progress or go back, you're meant to find your first power bombs there.
The entrance to Lower Norfair that you can just peak through by using morph ball but can't enter until you have Space Jump is a huge Ridley's head statue.
The escape from Grapple Beam room that require you to experiment with the item right away, similar to the Speedbooster Lava Trap, or the Ice Beam exit.
And you should really try to encounter those animals you saved at the end during your playthrough, they will teach you a few other tricks ;)
I actually struggled with a lot of the additional things you mentioned at first, I was just too embarrassed to share some of them (like the bridge collapsing thing, which took me a while to learn what to do) :P
But I really appreciate how Super Metroid does mitigate a lot of unnecessary 'exploration' by closing off sections so you can't find yourself completely off-base from what you need to be doing or where you need to be. I'm looking forward to coming back to it at some point and taking it in for a second run-through :D
@@LukerYT I think the game is made for a second playthrough, you're meant to sequence break some of those obstacles once you learn how to wall jump and shinespark.
You can circumvent areas where you should use High Jump Boot or Grapple using both these tricks and reduce the need to backtrack.
Then there is still a few tricks that can open other areas earlier and are clearly intended like Infinite Bomb Jump, Wall Jump into Morph Ball airborne, Crystal Flash to replenish health in heated rooms.
Some of those tricks are only demo'ed in the intro gameplay sequence once there is a save file with the ending cleared.
You forgot to mention wall jumping, infinite bomb jumping, and you can cancel missile super missiles, super bombs ect with a touch of a button and it goes to your gun (default)
yeah it's probably why I'm not too keen on these old reviews aha, I miss a lot of things
I play with the TV off so the game doesn't pass me any visual cues or hints.
You can easily kill draygon by connecting your grapple bem to the broken electrical socket on either side of the room after he holds you
Ahh I should've tried that! I knew just punching the directional buttons probably wasn't the ideal strategy to get out haha
underrated game
Map rooms don't show everything. 8:40 is an example. (They do show much.)
(sarcastically) It's your fault for being born after this game came out that you didn't know to power bomb the underwater tube! Seriously though, I think the only reason anyone knew about that back in the day was because they tease it in the commercials. In skimming UA-cam just now I could only find a Super Metroid commercial about a dog that shows Samus setting off the bomb in that tube, but not it breaking after, but I swear there was a commercial out there (perhaps a general SNES commercial) that featured the tube breaking. It was one of those school yard knowledge kind of things that got passed around where a lot of people know you could power bomb and break that long before we ever unlocked the power bombs.
Also, if you've never let the game sit idle on the title screen, you should. There's several little demo game play loops it runs if you let it sit long enough, and those demos are quite revealing. They show you a lot of advanced moves that aren't necessary to beating the game and aren't spelled out for you any way other through experimentation or those demo clips. Moves such as the flying shoulder charge and the power bomb healing cocoon. I thought perhaps one of the demo clips showed the tunnel breaking as well, but again on skimming UA-cam I didn't see that specific one, so I am not quite sure where I have the vivid memory of it being advertised as a kid, but it was definitely in some commercials. Playing through it new these days though, it is completely understandable that you would miss that was a possible option, especially since it's not strictly necessary to do for beating the game.
Great videos!
everytime it freaks me out that u call the only guy that isnt subscribed jerry AAAAAA
the Baby Metroid has a name... is The Baby... literally, but that's thanks to another game, i don't wanna give you spoilers, i hope you to find in wich game at the right moment c:
there are a few things i hate about Super Metroid
the timing for the Space Jump is horrible, i've played Metroid II a few days ago and it has a better timing than Super.
Then, the fact that you can't use the Space Jump if you have to shoot or if you jump in your place, it has to be moving forward, uuuuugh
Then, the Grapple Beam becomes useless once you get the Space Jump
and finally, you don't even need the X-Ray to beat the game, you can easily leave it there and it's not a big deal, it was one of the last items i found, tbh
anyway, amazing video, looking forward for the next one about Fusion
Looks like I'll have to keep an eye out! Thank you for the heads up :P
I actually found the inverse funnily enough! I couldn't get a rhythm with Return of Samus' space jump, but here I rarely if ever failed it on Super Metroid. But I do agree that it's annoying you need momentum in a direction to pull it off.
I think there's a nice sense of realising you get stronger thanks to upgrades that make other ones futile, but I also agree that it would be great if each item had concentrated use that makes it mandatory throughout. The X-Ray I think would be better as an early-game boss bonus (like when you beat the first Chozo on top of the bombs) that you can't miss, but I see your point!
And thank you so much for the kind words! Fusion is going to be a fun one for sure :D
Given that you can charge your cannon before space jumping for an impromptu screw attack, there's no real reason to shoot while space jumping.
Now that I think about it, this's the first time I've seen any complaints about the space jump in Super.
Always nice to see how a new player experience a classic series. Great vid and i'm subscribed. Can't wait to see how you judge the rest up to Dread. I suggest you skip the 3D metroids and do them after all 2D games.
Thank you so much! I'm glad to finally playing the games :D Way ahead of you, currently finalising the script for my Samus Returns review, and really looking forward to starting Dread soon!
@@LukerYT One suggestion about Dread. Play it twice. The first playthrough is really hard and enraging. It's not like the other metroids (although i don't want to influence you too much on your review). The bosses are really, really hard compared to the other games, and are action based rather than endurance mode.
While the first playthrough is hard and made me angry, the second playthrough when you sequence break and get the upgrades out of order is much more enjoyable.
BEAUTIFUL, AS ALWAYS
Thank you!! Very flattered :D
Not sleeping is my job you silly sausage 😤
Wait what the fuck why are you up that late
Go to bed, now.
@@LukerYT sorry dad
13:06 I agree this part is absolute bullsh*t.
Select to pick missile/super etc, item cancel button turns them off, dont press select 5 times 😂 check tbe controls in the file selecr screen