Samus: *Saves the last metroid and brings it to a space colony after an arduous, tiring, mentally exhausting and long genocidal walk through a planet* Ridley: *Steals the metroid 5 minutes after samus left the colony* *Somehow, from different parts of the galaxy the irritated screams of a woman can be heard*
I would bet for that but I also bet myself that Sora wouldn’t be the last smash fighter (and now I have to play chain of memories), so I’m not taking any chances right now.
@@jumponeverything HEY. Other M is a dumpster fire and non-canon af, but Anthony is the only thing I like from said dumpster fire, let's not get ahead of ourselves. It was clearly that one dipshit federation chief who came out of nowhere last minute, bet he's behind it.
Regarding Samus losing all her equipment at the start of every game, I always just headcanoned it to be that Chozo weaponry has an expiration date. They were a peaceful, nomadic race, but their weaponry is something to be feared. So maybe the equipment permanently deactivates after a certain amount of time has passed or when the user leaves a certain planet. It's not a perfect explanation, but it's what I use.
I've always assumed she just sells it. Can't imagine bounty hunting is a particularly lucrative business, so to keep financial security between contracts she just pawns off her recovered artefacts. The galaxy is supposed to be at peace, anyway. If we imagine there to be at least some stretch of time between Metroid 2 and this game, then we can assume that Samus doesn't need her equipment. To her knowledge, she totally eradicated the two biggest known threats to galactic peace - I doubt she ever thought she'd need to do any total extermination jobs again.
@@Paiste2002Fan Not to random people. To researchers, arms manufacturers, museums and collectors. These are priceless scientific marvels that are made even more scarce by the fact that they are some of the last items ever recovered from detonated civilisations and planets.
@@alfiehicks1 also we know now that space pirates had their hands on Chozo tech by the fact they were reverse engineering Samus' equipment (albeit unsuccessfully).
@@Twilight17Petkoton The game looks like a mobile game and Samus ended up winning because she is a big Mary Sue; I think it would be better to pirate that game instead.
1:11 It's always nice to hear the mention of Yokoi. You could picture him as the head honcho for R&D1 Everyone knows he is Nintendo's Handheld godfather. But his role in R&D1 is what insisted on Kid Icarus, Metroid and even Wario Land to stil get games later on. Yamauchi trusted him so much and he was the first mentor for Miyamoto and other coworkers.
Yokoi-san also birthed the Mario Land trilogy, so we have him to thank for the wackiness we got in Wario games later on as well. We question a lot "why touch Mario Land?" With some good reason... but honestly, that was a cute experiment. It was bringing Mario to handheld (and Kid Icarus also was there. With Metroid too) and thanks to that, we got 2 later on and Wario Land.
Update: Johnny actually responded to my concerns on Twitter with this: “Let me put your presumptuous heart at ease. The gag at the end is because Dread was releasing soon at the time of the upload. It’s out now. I’m going to play it now. But I will review it later. Chill.”
@@EnvyMizuhashi He/She/They was looking for a soul to steal, He/She/They was in a bind ‘cause he/she/they was way behind, and he/she/they was willin’ to make a deal!
In fairness, Samus didn't lose her abilities from being infected with the X parasite. In trying to treat her for the infection, whole sections of her suit had to be surgically removed. She lost her abilities because they literally removed them from her suit.
Also we straight up see the SAX using the abilities Samus lost. My favorite way this is used is how if the SAX catches you it shoots you with an ice beam and a super missle. In other words the same way you killed Metroids on previous games. Because the SAX sees Samus as a Metroid because on Fusion she is.
I love this game’s attention to detail. From the mangled corpses in the opening screen, the bubbles in the lava after Crocomire is burnt to the bone to that little light spark at the end signifying the animals you saved before the Zebes explodes. Hell, I just learned through That Trav Guy that you could use the morphball to slip under the Chozo statue boss’ legs, and I’ve played this game for over 10 years.
“Not that Kenji Yamamoto, this Kenji Yamamoto. The one who didn’t plagiarize songs I still like listening to.” I’m not sure if this is exactly what you meant, BUT plagiarism aside, that Yamamoto’s original score for Dragon Ball Z Kai is absolutely stellar. When he got booked with plagiarism and they had to replace that score with the old DBZ score, a small part of me died inside… For anyone crazy enough to be interested, I still have the first 3 volumes of the funimation release of Kai which came out before they swapped out the score, and I am NEVER letting those babies go. Watching the saiyan saga with that immaculate score… oh it’s just beautiful.
Here’s the line for his revival. Johnny’s just listing off item names when… SCREW ATTACK! Johnny: HOW ARE- YOU DIED! I SHOT YOU DEAD! Tails doll: I revived him. Johnny: AND YOU’RE DYING NEXT!
Honestly as a beginner I really have a hard time with wall jumping in this game. Also I think it'd be cool if we had a Metroid game where Samus was to keep her arsenal from the last game and got new tools, with her now needing to use what she had from last game (maybe the first area could be dedicated to showing how they all work) along with the new tools such as a Grapple Beam upgrade that could pull enemies/objects to use as a flail, a drone to traverse small areas that the morph-ball can't get to or be in like a maze of electric seaweed for example, missiles that launch Samus back and she could use to rocket jump ala Soldier in TF2, etc. Then again that would be too much for newcomers to the series to get into.
Over in Japan, several Super Metroid parody comics were made to tie in with its release. They're pretty harmless reads, though I never though I would see a chibi Samus that's obsessed with round objects.
Even though I only played it less than a decade ago and had more experience with the GBA and GC titles, Super Metroid is my favorite in the series for its atmosphere and hidden depth. That said, it's very hard to recommend to totally new players, especially those who aren't used to how metroid games are structured in general. Fairly recently, I saw a group of friends (like 8 or 9 people) try to play it for the first time (or the first time in over a decade at least) and over half of them either bounced off of it hard or at least struggled with learning the game due to the controls (Samus's jump/spin jump in particular) and a lack of affordances in areas like the bomb blocks in the elevator room to Norfair. Can't really blame them for bouncing off of it and I'm sure I looked up a guide more than once during my first playthrough. As much as I wanted to defend the game, I had to recognize that those flaws will stop quite a few players from getting deeper into this game.
Ah yeah, some of my friends said they don’t like Metroid since they tried Super on the Switch Snes online. Made me really sad, I’ll have to let them try out Zero Mission or something since that’s what got me into the series and I believe it’s the most accessible
I'm one of those guys too. I have a self imposed rule that I won't use walkthroughs, save states, or anything of the like the first time I go through any game. And without any guidance, I didn't even make it to wrecked ship on my first run of SM before putting it down. I never even gave it a second look because of how badly it pissed me off, until I saw the SM/Z3 rando at GDQ. I love LttP so as soon as I saw that I had a new randomizer to play I grabbed a guide and learned how to play SM and now I can say I like it. Still not a favorite of mine or anything, but just having the knowledge of what the game offers took it from a game that I loathed to one that I don't mind revisiting from time to time.
I grew up on Fusion and I’ve probably played that more than any other game to date. That being the case, I’ve tried and tried over and over again to beat Super Metroid. Fusion just refined so much of Samus’s moveset, not least of which being the ability to grab onto ledges and making the shinespark less finicky, that I have a hard time looking past what I consider some flaws. But now with Dread coming tomorrow, I’ve resolved to FINALLY finish this game, after which I’ll be following the mainline story (and my heart!) straight back into Fusion to fully set myself up for Dread :)
I played it proper for the first time this summer, it also being my first metroid. I had played up to kraid before, but got frustrated and didn't really come back until dread's announcement. I believe it was my third attempt in my life and.. it clicked hard. The moment you get back to the surface of zebes and samus's theme starts playing, i was fully convinced this was one of the greatest games of all time. If you're having trouble getting into it, give it time and patience cause it's absolutely deserving of both.
Nostalgia and/or the old school mindset required for Super Metroid is just not there for me, so I don't enjoy it. I wanna like it but I can't, I've always preferred games with tight controls and a semi-linear design.
There are many games I played as a kid that have lost their lustre with age. Super Metroid is one of the few that I began to like more as the years go on.
I played it in April, still can get 100% of the power ups and get the best ending. I also became more efficient and getting the power ups and will change my strategy up each time.
I’ve never been hugely into Metroid, and I was a Sega and Sony boy growing up so I have no nostalgic connection with this game. That’s why it’s a huge deal for me to say: This game is a masterpiece! I may have been late to the party with it but I’m glad I got to experience it!
@@DrWiley-fm3ik Just letting people know I don’t speak from a place of nostalgia blindness my man. I’m allowed to express myself just as much as you are. I’m also not asking to have my opinion respected, I’m merely stating it as one tends to do on a video where another is expressing their own opinion. Whether you respect my opinion or not couldn’t matter less to me, I’ve got more important things to worry about. Sorry that me expressing myself upset you.
@Akihito Zero5454 Good gameplay doesn't necessarily make a game good per se; that is something every person with a sufficient level of honesty and knowledge knows.
The way to deal with item select: Have X be to select item and Select be to cancel. Makes it so much easier to swap items in a firefight so you don't take your left thumb off your ability to DODGE THE BOSS ATTACKS WHEN YOU JUST WANT TO SWITCH TO SUPER MISSILES
You know what, that’s brilliant. I’m going to switch my controls as soon as I get home. EDIT: Tried it out, and stuck with it to the end of the game. Works so much better for me! Great tip.
I actually tried that on my most recent playthrough, except I was using the Joy-Con grip. That minus button is a little too small in the heat of the moment.
And then, I just sit with L being item select and R being shoot. I just wish that the game actually accommodated for that, instead of making me lose diagonal aiming for the control scheme I find most comfortable.
Good to see you, Johnny. Gotta go back in time with classic game of Super Metroid. My favorite classic SNES game besides Super Mario World and Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.
It makes me feel nostalgic when you mention your uncle. My uncle introduced me to many games that I still love to this day (Super Metroid being one of them). I'm glad you have a cool uncle too, Johnny!
definitely adding "why yes i am a simp." to the list of things i'd thought i never hear johnny say unless drunk.(do love buff samus aran alongside nyatto's buff art of mai shiranui.:3)
Last night, while playing super Metroid just for fun, i did my first-ever Sequence break to Kraid early. It felt so good to nail that wall jump. I guess that's one of the hallmarks of this game, that even all these many years later, it's still so satisfying to get better at.
Nintendo: We force censored Mortal Kombat & Wolfenstein 3D because they're too gory & violent. also Nintendo: So here's some dead bodies in Super Metroid.
Phantoon's attacks are based on what you hit him with (Super Missile, Missiles, etc.) and he's an incredible push over because you can just go through his flame wheel (his response to super missiles) using the charge beam spin attack (which for some reason just makes you ignore the attack and go through it.)
I love when the Metroid alarm plays, John is just....g o n e. He's already on the move for such an event. Gotta wonder how that's gonna top Prime 4 when it comes out.
You have a map. It tells you where the bosses are. And it tells you where you haven't been yet. That should be enough. I never got lost my first time and I only just played it 4 years ago.
@@MEXUS. No... in the Johnny VS. Metroid video. This first of this marathon, uploaded a few weeks ago. He reviewed Zero Mission in the same video. He won't be giving it it's own video, ostensibly.
I was never much into metroid, I never really had access to many of the games or the time to play them. But I was replaying Super Metroid for a second full playthrough, and I discovered that if you are holding a full charge and go into morph ball, it drops about 5 bombs around you. I'm sure many already knew that, but I'm pretty much learning from scratch. I thought it was so cool to discover something like that.
My theory is Samus has an emotional attachment towards her base suit. It's the one the Chozo initially gave her so she for the first few games she kept switching back to it. Later, she got over handicapping herself but fate keeps contriving ways that she's reset anyway.
Is it weird that this was my first Metroid game, even though I am terrible at video games, but I remembered really enjoying playing this game. In fact, it was one of my very first video game that I got to play. Super Metroid was just one of my favourite childhood games ever, along with super smash brothers melee. Even though my friend and I started playing this game around when the Wii came out, her sister just so happen to have a Super Nintendo, with that game. So we always took turns playing the game, by alternating who’s playing every time someone dies. My friend and I had a blast playing it since both of us love competing against each other, we just went all out, trying to see who can get the furthest, who can beat a boss the fastest, etc.
If your wondering about the "is it just nostalgia" thing lemme say this: Im not the biggest fan of metroidvania games, this and aria of sorrow are the only ones ive ever completed. AND ive never had patience for any game before the ps1 era aside from a few exceptions. And even with all that, i played this game for the first time ever when it came out on switch a couple years back and absolutely loved it. It was so good, i genuinely think its one of the most well aged (i feel i could probably word that better...) games from that generation.
Similar case here, and I always mention that nostalgia bit to people. I hated Super Metroid as a kid, but about 6 years ago when I got back into gaming, I decided to complete it. It instantly became my favorite game, and remains so to this day. The nostalgia isn't there, it's just that damn good
I know Lewis brings him up a lot in your commentaries, but Maximillian Dood recently played Super Metroid for the first time and he really enjoyed playing it, especially given he's more into fighting games
The one thing I'm not excited about that game is the control scheme. From what I heard, you can't use the dpad to move. A huge shame. I prefer a control scheme where you move with the dpad, free aim with the left analog stick, and switch aeon abilities with the right analog stick
I've never played a game so deep in its control scheme where you can pull off so many cool tricks. You're spot on with the whole learning to ride a bike analogy - it took me years to master the wall jump and now I can do it without thinking. It's so hard to not get that first missile in Brinstar or the wave beam early!
As someone who is far younger than Johnny and didn’t play Super Metroid until very long after the Prime games were already available. I can say it absolutely holds up. I can maybe understand that it might feel a bit floaty to some people, but I really think you get used to it rather quickly, and the design of the game is still absolutely stellar. Give it a shot.
Fresh from seeing an archive of Johnny's reaction of the Final Smash presentation on Twitch and watching Johnny revisiting Super Metroid? This has been one exciting week indeed. 😄
I remember going to Sears back in 1994 and they had a set with this game on a Bose home theatre system... The experience was leagues beyond amazing, I am 36 and I still remember that moment like it was yesterday. I honestly don't know how to play these but I love em and respect them.
Random story: Johnny appeared in my dream last where I was hanging with him and Elliot reviewing Sonic games. Next day he uploads a video. Must be a sign!
My biggest obstacle with this game is the wall jump. Whenever I get to the animals that try to teach me how to do it, I have to put the game down because I just can't do it. I have autism and that limits how much I can learn a particular thing or hinders the ability to learn certain things. I've been trying to do the wall jump for 10 years and I just can't do it
Even if Super isn't my favourite, (that would be Zero Mission) there is absolutely no denying that this is one of the most influential and important games ever made. That fact that so many games to this day are still modelled after Super just to go how much of an impact it has made.
Super Metroid is a weird one for me _personally._ I myself _am_ a huge Metroid fan - absolutely. Massively so. But... I just don't really fancy Super Metroid that much. I recognize its importance... the brilliant elements of many parts of its design... the dense atmosphere... all of that. So I totally see why many think it's amazing - it just somehow doesn't click with _me,_ y'know?
Super is a game that I have SUCH conflicting opinions on. On one side: I absolutely love the stuff you can do in this game. Unintentional like the mockball or intentional like shinespark or walljumps. It's just fun to get through this game. ... but on the other side: I can't jive with the controls AND the weapon select system. Specially since I played this game AFTER Fusion and Zero Mission. Those games are just so snappy and satisfying to control, and for me that's the most important thing in a game, specially one where movement is as important as Metroid is. I also don't really like this game much visually. The atmosphere is amazing and most of the bosses look awesome, but again, I got spoiled by later games which made sound effects, visual effects and Samus sprite a lot more "in your face" and it makes Super look a bit meh in the end. Also I think the level design can be a bit dickish, nothing major but stuff Johnny mentioned like the sand in Maridia and other stuff like it... It can be a pain. But in the end, I always liked going back to this game, even if not as much as the GBA games or even Samus Returns. It's my least favorite of the "good" 2d Metroid games, but it's still a blast.
Personally, I only played Super Metroid for the very first time less than a year ago. I definitely think it holds up brilliantly and would recommend it as a first Metroid game. Being really shitty with the controls and slowly getting better at them is part of the experience of the first playthrough. Yeah, I couldn't get the hang of the wall jump. Yeah, shine sparking took me 3 tries to get a single one right. But the rush when I pulled them off was crazy. Absolutely love this game.
16:17 my theory is that all that excess weaponry consumes a lot more energy and isn’t really necessary for Samus’s other bounty hunts, so she generally has them removes
Super Metroid was one of my First SNES games, and only the 3rd I beat after SMW, and TMNT IV TIT. I loved every minute of it. I even tried to show my family how cool it was by saving the animals. I remember during a AGDQ when they where having a Save/Kill the Animals (Save, it's always save). Save won by over $5,000. In the end he jumped up and said, there people. There is your $5,000 dollar pixel. XD
I find it interesting that you hesitate to recommend Super Metroid to new players. For one of my cousin’s birthdays, I bought the Wii Points for my little cousin’s Wii and DL’d Super Metroid specifically to his system for him. He was 13-14 at the time. I honestly think it speaks to the craftsmanship of a game when a child can pick it up for the first time almost 20 years after the initial release and fall in love with it. I would recommend Super Metroid to literally anyone with even a passing interest in video games in general.
I agree with your point, but I probably agree with Johnny more. I first played Super Metroid when I was 10 years old with basically no gaming experience and I couldn't even make it past the first boss. It's a pretty hard game your first time. Which is why I always recommend Zero Mission to people who have never played Metroid.
I relate to Johnny's, "Am I too old?" when discussing whether a game has problems or not. I grew up with PS1 RPGs, I was fucking spoiled by the golden age of RPGs to the point that I just can't enjoy RPGs today because, in my eyes, they're not as good. Yet when I play something like Chrono Cross and someone points out some of the major problems with it, I shrug it off as, "Oh you're too harsh" even though they're more than likely right. (Also not helped that I feel RPGs of today try to hard to cater to NES/SNES era of games, their stories are about as in-depth as those games but are stretched out to 60+ hours, and rely too heavily on FFV job system. [Bravely default 1/SL/2, Octopath Traveler, Yakuza 7 {Love this game but it does fall into that category}])
Johnny from the bottom of my heart I gotta thank you man. your the entire reason I got into the serious. started with super, didn't finish it then played fusion and finished that and just this last week I played and beat returns for 3ds, zero mission and finally super. Thanks for introducing me to this series with your old sgb reviews.
The original SGB review of Super Metroid was the first video of yours I watched....I was in high school at the time...now I'm 27....it's been 10 years! O_O Time sure does fly! I was a Metroid fan then, and I am still one now! Happy to see this revisit!
Honestly, this has gotta be one of my favorite reviews you've done. As someone who is a big metroid fan, i never really got into super metroid(i first played it on the virtual console), but your review kinda got me interested in giving it another shot, especially since i really love fusion and prime 1. But yeah, great review johnny, it was very well done >:3
I just finished this one for the first time and gotta say, it's aged SO well. The world design, the feeling of creepiness and isolation that I haven't gotten from any of the others, the surprisingly tough boss fights, and the extremely well-placed secrets! It may very well be my favorite 2D Metroid, taking over from my previous favorite, Samus Returns (haven't played Fusion yet, going in order). I didn't end up 100%ing it because I couldn't play it during my move for almost a month and by the time I picked it up again, I had lost all sense for secrets. But still, this one's fantastic. If you have any curiosity, pick it up and give it a go.
12:09 _I do!_ The first time I played this game, I got lost (read: stuck) in Norfair, cuz I didn't know about the ice beam, let alone where to find it, and that's how my first playthrough ended. I didn't own a Super Nintendo, so I didn't pick this game up again until I was a teenager, when emulators became a thing.
Samus: *Saves the last metroid and brings it to a space colony after an arduous, tiring, mentally exhausting and long genocidal walk through a planet*
Ridley: *Steals the metroid 5 minutes after samus left the colony*
*Somehow, from different parts of the galaxy the irritated screams of a woman can be heard*
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.
Heaven help you against an annoyed Samus Aran.
@KayFiOS that didn't happen in the original, though...so, what, did that game get retconned?
@@esmooth919
While I don't usually like retconning the original games, Samus Returns made Prime canon, so I'm willing to make an exception this time.
*And she's ready to choke that stupid space lizzard to death*
"I CAN'T LEAVE YOU SHITS ALONE FOR 5 FUCKING MINUTES!!!!"
you say no one cares about Hardy now, but when he’s revealed to be the villain of meteoroid dread you’ll all be sorry for doubting him.
I would bet for that but I also bet myself that Sora wouldn’t be the last smash fighter (and now I have to play chain of memories), so I’m not taking any chances right now.
I know this is either a result of autocorrect or an inside joke but Meteoroid dread sounds like a bootleg.
We all know it's actually going to be Anthony higgs from other m
@@Super_Suchi for gba or for ps?
@@jumponeverything HEY.
Other M is a dumpster fire and non-canon af, but Anthony is the only thing I like from said dumpster fire, let's not get ahead of ourselves. It was clearly that one dipshit federation chief who came out of nowhere last minute, bet he's behind it.
2011 Johnny: *Sees Giant Metroid* "Sweet Jesus!"
2021 Johnny: *Sees Giant Metroid* "heheh Big Metroid go SUCC."
I'm surprised Johnny managed to condense his love for Super into 20 minutes
It is difficult. XD
Thought for sure we'd get closer to Sonic 06 length
Yeah I was expecting at least a sonic adventure length….
@@Future_Vantas Nah, that won't happen until he resumes the Final Fantasy marathon.
He originally did it in a shorter time
Regarding Samus losing all her equipment at the start of every game, I always just headcanoned it to be that Chozo weaponry has an expiration date. They were a peaceful, nomadic race, but their weaponry is something to be feared. So maybe the equipment permanently deactivates after a certain amount of time has passed or when the user leaves a certain planet. It's not a perfect explanation, but it's what I use.
I mean in Prime 2 she returns the Luminoth tech to them, for instance.
I've always assumed she just sells it.
Can't imagine bounty hunting is a particularly lucrative business, so to keep financial security between contracts she just pawns off her recovered artefacts.
The galaxy is supposed to be at peace, anyway. If we imagine there to be at least some stretch of time between Metroid 2 and this game, then we can assume that Samus doesn't need her equipment.
To her knowledge, she totally eradicated the two biggest known threats to galactic peace - I doubt she ever thought she'd need to do any total extermination jobs again.
@@alfiehicks1 I couldn’t even imagine seeking something like the Screw Attack to some random person.
@@Paiste2002Fan Not to random people.
To researchers, arms manufacturers, museums and collectors. These are priceless scientific marvels that are made even more scarce by the fact that they are some of the last items ever recovered from detonated civilisations and planets.
@@alfiehicks1 also we know now that space pirates had their hands on Chozo tech by the fact they were reverse engineering Samus' equipment (albeit unsuccessfully).
“Thank you, Rucksack”
Don’t think I didn’t notice that Just a Pancake reference.
They call him that in the game too tho
Okay I believe you
Johnny did make another pancake reference in his smash ultimate review with a brief Xehanort shouting “x-blade”
I wonder what’s he’s up to nowadays I wonder what’s his reaction to Sora in Smash?
Tails Doll: Do you seriously still have that stupid alarm?!
Johnny: Shut up and finish the dishes.
Oh, the ways you have to get a paycheck xd
@@tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard32 The Tail Doll works at WaWa's
Tails doll x Johnny ship confirmed
@@MrShop-fg2on I think it’d be funnier if he works at a sonic XD
@@PFEANYCS 😮
"Why yes I'm a SIMP."
-SomecallmeJohnny
Hiralous saying from Johnny that will be timeless for years to come. We'll look back and remember that saying.
Jason wont let us forget it.
@King Slayer Me too. Same for Lara Croft and Bayonetta and Kim Possible(even though she's not a game character).
@just do it just report you because you're a bot with no rights? Ok
I mean, can you blame him?
*W-WHO SAID THAT?!*
Can't believe Johnny is a Sniper Monkey.
3:45 That deflated Metroid was an image I never knew I needed in my life until I saw it.
If that ain't PERFECT TIMING, I don't know what is. I will see you all tomorrow when the next chapter of Samus's legend finally releases.
Yeah Metroid Dread is coming Tomorrow the same day lunching Nintendo Switch Oled.
And I ain't got the money for it at present! *SHIT!* 😫😫
He’s reviewing all the 2D Metroid games
@@Twilight17Petkoton The game looks like a mobile game and Samus ended up winning because she is a big Mary Sue; I think it would be better to pirate that game instead.
@@ramonandrajo6348 cool opinion man next time keep to to yourself
1:11 It's always nice to hear the mention of Yokoi. You could picture him as the head honcho for R&D1
Everyone knows he is Nintendo's Handheld godfather. But his role in R&D1 is what insisted on Kid Icarus, Metroid and even Wario Land to stil get games later on.
Yamauchi trusted him so much and he was the first mentor for Miyamoto and other coworkers.
@just do it just report you because you have no rights? Ok
Yokoi-san also birthed the Mario Land trilogy, so we have him to thank for the wackiness we got in Wario games later on as well.
We question a lot "why touch Mario Land?" With some good reason... but honestly, that was a cute experiment. It was bringing Mario to handheld (and Kid Icarus also was there. With Metroid too) and thanks to that, we got 2 later on and Wario Land.
Ah. Good to see that the Metroid alarm also moved to Georgia.
nah it didn't move it's just so loud and bright you can see it from a different state.
He’s covering Dread before Fusion and Other M? I get the timing, but story wise feels off for me.
The Metroid Went Down to Georgia
Update: Johnny actually responded to my concerns on Twitter with this:
“Let me put your presumptuous heart at ease. The gag at the end is because Dread was releasing soon at the time of the upload.
It’s out now. I’m going to play it now. But I will review it later. Chill.”
@@EnvyMizuhashi He/She/They was looking for a soul to steal, He/She/They was in a bind ‘cause he/she/they was way behind, and he/she/they was willin’ to make a deal!
In fairness, Samus didn't lose her abilities from being infected with the X parasite. In trying to treat her for the infection, whole sections of her suit had to be surgically removed. She lost her abilities because they literally removed them from her suit.
But it did lead to her losing her abilities, even if it wasn't direct.
@@josephgravley3603 i mean, yeah, but it would still be incorrect to say she lost her abilities because she got infected by a parasite.
Also we straight up see the SAX using the abilities Samus lost. My favorite way this is used is how if the SAX catches you it shoots you with an ice beam and a super missle. In other words the same way you killed Metroids on previous games. Because the SAX sees Samus as a Metroid because on Fusion she is.
The ending with the Metroid Alarm had me laughing. We’ve only got a few more hours before Dread is in our hands at long last.
That ending brought a goofy ass smile to my face, and I can't wait to hear you absolutely gushing over Dread whenever you get around to it!
Can we appreciate the fact that he’s playing on an actual SNES
Always! 😁
Max Dood is playing his first time on it too.
And on a CRT Television as God intended
Can we appreciate the fact that Johnny is actually a SNES?
Naw.
This game’s atmosphere is top notch. The red soil theme of Brinstar is one my favorite pieces of video game ost
I love this game’s attention to detail. From the mangled corpses in the opening screen, the bubbles in the lava after Crocomire is burnt to the bone to that little light spark at the end signifying the animals you saved before the Zebes explodes. Hell, I just learned through That Trav Guy that you could use the morphball to slip under the Chozo statue boss’ legs, and I’ve played this game for over 10 years.
“Not that Kenji Yamamoto, this Kenji Yamamoto. The one who didn’t plagiarize songs I still like listening to.”
I’m not sure if this is exactly what you meant, BUT plagiarism aside, that Yamamoto’s original score for Dragon Ball Z Kai is absolutely stellar. When he got booked with plagiarism and they had to replace that score with the old DBZ score, a small part of me died inside…
For anyone crazy enough to be interested, I still have the first 3 volumes of the funimation release of Kai which came out before they swapped out the score, and I am NEVER letting those babies go. Watching the saiyan saga with that immaculate score… oh it’s just beautiful.
At least he was a plagiarist that had good taste in music.
Are those first releases hard to find? I want the Yamamoto score so bad
Why yes, I have the lyrics to Dragon Soul memorized, how could you tell? English or Japanese? Yes.
I'm not saying he should've gotten away with it... I'm just kinda sad that he got caught.
Mourning the loss of screw attack guy, he would've loved to see Metroid Dread become a reality
Find the Dragon Balls and bring him back.
Here’s the line for his revival. Johnny’s just listing off item names when… SCREW ATTACK! Johnny: HOW ARE- YOU DIED! I SHOT YOU DEAD! Tails doll: I revived him. Johnny: AND YOU’RE DYING NEXT!
The timing could not be anymore perfect…..here’s to Metroid Dread, everyone!
Once that alarm hit at the end and Johnny was just gone from the chair, out loud I said “Yup, time for Dread.”
0:47 finally got the reference. It is from the Super Metroid commercial. Good one Johnny.
This might be the SGB review I’ve wanted to see updated in Johnny Vs. most.
Honestly as a beginner I really have a hard time with wall jumping in this game.
Also I think it'd be cool if we had a Metroid game where Samus was to keep her arsenal from the last game and got new tools, with her now needing to use what she had from last game (maybe the first area could be dedicated to showing how they all work) along with the new tools such as a Grapple Beam upgrade that could pull enemies/objects to use as a flail, a drone to traverse small areas that the morph-ball can't get to or be in like a maze of electric seaweed for example, missiles that launch Samus back and she could use to rocket jump ala Soldier in TF2, etc. Then again that would be too much for newcomers to the series to get into.
Yeah it was the same for me but I gotten use to clinging to the left wall for wall jumping but it’s really hard for me to do left wall jumps
Same here.
Yeah it's bad in Super Metroid. Luckily Samus Returns onward have fixed that
me too kid
yeah after practicing a little bit it flows like water
That Scott Steiner clip and that reverberated fart made me crack the hell up. Absolutely stunning job by you and your editor, John.
Over in Japan, several Super Metroid parody comics were made to tie in with its release. They're pretty harmless reads, though I never though I would see a chibi Samus that's obsessed with round objects.
Can I get a source on this? I'm pretty curious
Even though I only played it less than a decade ago and had more experience with the GBA and GC titles, Super Metroid is my favorite in the series for its atmosphere and hidden depth.
That said, it's very hard to recommend to totally new players, especially those who aren't used to how metroid games are structured in general. Fairly recently, I saw a group of friends (like 8 or 9 people) try to play it for the first time (or the first time in over a decade at least) and over half of them either bounced off of it hard or at least struggled with learning the game due to the controls (Samus's jump/spin jump in particular) and a lack of affordances in areas like the bomb blocks in the elevator room to Norfair. Can't really blame them for bouncing off of it and I'm sure I looked up a guide more than once during my first playthrough. As much as I wanted to defend the game, I had to recognize that those flaws will stop quite a few players from getting deeper into this game.
Ah yeah, some of my friends said they don’t like Metroid since they tried Super on the Switch Snes online. Made me really sad, I’ll have to let them try out Zero Mission or something since that’s what got me into the series and I believe it’s the most accessible
I'm one of those guys too. I have a self imposed rule that I won't use walkthroughs, save states, or anything of the like the first time I go through any game. And without any guidance, I didn't even make it to wrecked ship on my first run of SM before putting it down. I never even gave it a second look because of how badly it pissed me off, until I saw the SM/Z3 rando at GDQ. I love LttP so as soon as I saw that I had a new randomizer to play I grabbed a guide and learned how to play SM and now I can say I like it. Still not a favorite of mine or anything, but just having the knowledge of what the game offers took it from a game that I loathed to one that I don't mind revisiting from time to time.
I grew up on Fusion and I’ve probably played that more than any other game to date. That being the case, I’ve tried and tried over and over again to beat Super Metroid. Fusion just refined so much of Samus’s moveset, not least of which being the ability to grab onto ledges and making the shinespark less finicky, that I have a hard time looking past what I consider some flaws. But now with Dread coming tomorrow, I’ve resolved to FINALLY finish this game, after which I’ll be following the mainline story (and my heart!) straight back into Fusion to fully set myself up for Dread :)
I played it proper for the first time this summer, it also being my first metroid. I had played up to kraid before, but got frustrated and didn't really come back until dread's announcement. I believe it was my third attempt in my life and.. it clicked hard.
The moment you get back to the surface of zebes and samus's theme starts playing, i was fully convinced this was one of the greatest games of all time.
If you're having trouble getting into it, give it time and patience cause it's absolutely deserving of both.
Nostalgia and/or the old school mindset required for Super Metroid is just not there for me, so I don't enjoy it.
I wanna like it but I can't, I've always preferred games with tight controls and a semi-linear design.
There are many games I played as a kid that have lost their lustre with age. Super Metroid is one of the few that I began to like more as the years go on.
I played it in April, still can get 100% of the power ups and get the best ending.
I also became more efficient and getting the power ups and will change my strategy up each time.
3:45 That fart reverb, though. That got me good.
I’ve never been hugely into Metroid, and I was a Sega and Sony boy growing up so I have no nostalgic connection with this game. That’s why it’s a huge deal for me to say: This game is a masterpiece! I may have been late to the party with it but I’m glad I got to experience it!
@@DrWiley-fm3ik Just letting people know I don’t speak from a place of nostalgia blindness my man. I’m allowed to express myself just as much as you are. I’m also not asking to have my opinion respected, I’m merely stating it as one tends to do on a video where another is expressing their own opinion. Whether you respect my opinion or not couldn’t matter less to me, I’ve got more important things to worry about. Sorry that me expressing myself upset you.
It's one of the best.
@@DrWiley-fm3ik Nah, just you
Masterpiece? No, not at all.
@Akihito Zero5454 Good gameplay doesn't necessarily make a game good per se; that is something every person with a sufficient level of honesty and knowledge knows.
The way to deal with item select: Have X be to select item and Select be to cancel.
Makes it so much easier to swap items in a firefight so you don't take your left thumb off your ability to DODGE THE BOSS ATTACKS WHEN YOU JUST WANT TO SWITCH TO SUPER MISSILES
You know what, that’s brilliant. I’m going to switch my controls as soon as I get home.
EDIT: Tried it out, and stuck with it to the end of the game. Works so much better for me! Great tip.
I’ve always done it that way. Still a tad awkward but much better to deal with.
I actually tried that on my most recent playthrough, except I was using the Joy-Con grip. That minus button is a little too small in the heat of the moment.
That's what I've always done too. Never once hit item cancel so I might as well dump it off to the select graveyard lol
And then, I just sit with L being item select and R being shoot. I just wish that the game actually accommodated for that, instead of making me lose diagonal aiming for the control scheme I find most comfortable.
Good to see you, Johnny. Gotta go back in time with classic game of Super Metroid. My favorite classic SNES game besides Super Mario World and Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.
@just do it just report you? And every like you get is another bot you created?
Gotta love how he doesn’t even give his outro this time, the New Metroid Alarm is blaring and he’s already gone to answer the call!
It makes me feel nostalgic when you mention your uncle. My uncle introduced me to many games that I still love to this day (Super Metroid being one of them). I'm glad you have a cool uncle too, Johnny!
definitely adding "why yes i am a simp." to the list of things i'd thought i never hear johnny say unless drunk.(do love buff samus aran alongside nyatto's buff art of mai shiranui.:3)
Last night, while playing super Metroid just for fun, i did my first-ever Sequence break to Kraid early. It felt so good to nail that wall jump. I guess that's one of the hallmarks of this game, that even all these many years later, it's still so satisfying to get better at.
You've taken your first steps into a larger world
Nintendo: We force censored Mortal Kombat & Wolfenstein 3D because they're too gory & violent.
also Nintendo: So here's some dead bodies in Super Metroid.
I'm so glad I got an SNES mini. I know that there are a bunch of great games on it, but having a physical way to play Super Metroid makes my day.
Ending startled me so much it took me a second to recognize the gag and another second to realize "Oh shit, IT'S ALMOST HERE!"
7:34 - I legit thought a sponsorship transition was about to happen.
It’s thanks to this channel that I even gave Super Metroid (hell, the entire series) a shot. It’s now one of my favorite games
I see John is getting the appetizers ready for the main course tomorrow. Can't believe Dread is almost here but man it's gonna be a good time.
I lol'd at 7:14 "Someone saying no"
That really tickled me
Phantoon's attacks are based on what you hit him with (Super Missile, Missiles, etc.) and he's an incredible push over because you can just go through his flame wheel (his response to super missiles) using the charge beam spin attack (which for some reason just makes you ignore the attack and go through it.)
7:30 I always theorized that she dumps her power ups and expansions because it puts too much strain on the Power Suit long term.
This is going to be awesome. I can't wait to see how Johnny reacts to Metroid dread tomorrow
When I was younger I always thought the dead guy outside of Kraid's room was the blue armored guy from the Nintendo Power comic.
I love when the Metroid alarm plays, John is just....g o n e. He's already on the move for such an event. Gotta wonder how that's gonna top Prime 4 when it comes out.
There's just a Johnny sized hole in the wall.
"you should never find yourself lost in this game" I don't believe we had the same experience
You have a map. It tells you where the bosses are. And it tells you where you haven't been yet. That should be enough. I never got lost my first time and I only just played it 4 years ago.
Can’t wait to see your Zero Mission review, that game is so tight
He already reviewed it.
@@Omar_E11 Well yeah, 11 Years ago. He's redoing his old reviews in the VS. format (he already review Super Metroid as well, but redid it now).
@@MEXUS. yeah thanks lol
@@MEXUS. No... in the Johnny VS. Metroid video. This first of this marathon, uploaded a few weeks ago. He reviewed Zero Mission in the same video. He won't be giving it it's own video, ostensibly.
@@Omar_E11 No he didn't, I just watched that. He mentions he'll give Zero Mission it's own video in that review!
I was never much into metroid, I never really had access to many of the games or the time to play them. But I was replaying Super Metroid for a second full playthrough, and I discovered that if you are holding a full charge and go into morph ball, it drops about 5 bombs around you. I'm sure many already knew that, but I'm pretty much learning from scratch. I thought it was so cool to discover something like that.
22:59 Its been an eternity in the metroid fanbase. The galaxy, has lost its collective shit.
Good video :)
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My theory is Samus has an emotional attachment towards her base suit. It's the one the Chozo initially gave her so she for the first few games she kept switching back to it. Later, she got over handicapping herself but fate keeps contriving ways that she's reset anyway.
YOU REALLY COORDINATED THAT GAG WITH TRAV HUH? (loved it, nice job you two)
Is it weird that this was my first Metroid game, even though I am terrible at video games, but I remembered really enjoying playing this game. In fact, it was one of my very first video game that I got to play. Super Metroid was just one of my favourite childhood games ever, along with super smash brothers melee. Even though my friend and I started playing this game around when the Wii came out, her sister just so happen to have a Super Nintendo, with that game. So we always took turns playing the game, by alternating who’s playing every time someone dies. My friend and I had a blast playing it since both of us love competing against each other, we just went all out, trying to see who can get the furthest, who can beat a boss the fastest, etc.
everytime you learn a new trick in this game, you NEVER go back to how you were playing before
Right?
If your wondering about the "is it just nostalgia" thing lemme say this:
Im not the biggest fan of metroidvania games, this and aria of sorrow are the only ones ive ever completed. AND ive never had patience for any game before the ps1 era aside from a few exceptions.
And even with all that, i played this game for the first time ever when it came out on switch a couple years back and absolutely loved it. It was so good, i genuinely think its one of the most well aged (i feel i could probably word that better...) games from that generation.
great games I recommend Symphony of the night as well
Similar case here, and I always mention that nostalgia bit to people. I hated Super Metroid as a kid, but about 6 years ago when I got back into gaming, I decided to complete it. It instantly became my favorite game, and remains so to this day. The nostalgia isn't there, it's just that damn good
I know Lewis brings him up a lot in your commentaries, but Maximillian Dood recently played Super Metroid for the first time and he really enjoyed playing it, especially given he's more into fighting games
Tomorrow will be dreadfully exciting.
Metroid Dread joke?
The one thing I'm not excited about that game is the control scheme. From what I heard, you can't use the dpad to move. A huge shame.
I prefer a control scheme where you move with the dpad, free aim with the left analog stick, and switch aeon abilities with the right analog stick
HA!
I've never played a game so deep in its control scheme where you can pull off so many cool tricks. You're spot on with the whole learning to ride a bike analogy - it took me years to master the wall jump and now I can do it without thinking. It's so hard to not get that first missile in Brinstar or the wave beam early!
Gotta agree with you Johnny. Black bikini Samus > Zero Suit.
Glad you mentioned the dog commercial! _"Ship it!"_
As someone who is far younger than Johnny and didn’t play Super Metroid until very long after the Prime games were already available. I can say it absolutely holds up. I can maybe understand that it might feel a bit floaty to some people, but I really think you get used to it rather quickly, and the design of the game is still absolutely stellar. Give it a shot.
One of the main uses of the crystal flash for me is hell runs in randomizers. I imagine it'd also be used for some meme runs like RBO and DPRK.
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Fresh from seeing an archive of Johnny's reaction of the Final Smash presentation on Twitch and watching Johnny revisiting Super Metroid? This has been one exciting week indeed. 😄
I remember going to Sears back in 1994 and they had a set with this game on a Bose home theatre system... The experience was leagues beyond amazing, I am 36 and I still remember that moment like it was yesterday. I honestly don't know how to play these but I love em and respect them.
Random story: Johnny appeared in my dream last where I was hanging with him and Elliot reviewing Sonic games. Next day he uploads a video. Must be a sign!
7:00 Did he seriously call Roxas RUCKSACK?!?! Unless he said that on purpose, you just did our boy😊 dirty!!!! Lol
I'm honestly glad this game and fusion got me into the series, I would have never tried out games like hollow knight otherwise
My biggest obstacle with this game is the wall jump. Whenever I get to the animals that try to teach me how to do it, I have to put the game down because I just can't do it. I have autism and that limits how much I can learn a particular thing or hinders the ability to learn certain things. I've been trying to do the wall jump for 10 years and I just can't do it
We've gotten reprints of the Mario and Zelda Nintendo Power comics, we need the same for the Metroid comic.
3:43 always gets me like im in highschool again i dont know why xD
Even if Super isn't my favourite, (that would be Zero Mission) there is absolutely no denying that this is one of the most influential and important games ever made. That fact that so many games to this day are still modelled after Super just to go how much of an impact it has made.
Johnny, you've been my favorite youtuber for a couple years now, and now you've reviewed my absolute favorite game? Glorious.
Super Metroid is a weird one for me _personally._ I myself _am_ a huge Metroid fan - absolutely. Massively so.
But... I just don't really fancy Super Metroid that much. I recognize its importance... the brilliant elements of many parts of its design... the dense atmosphere... all of that.
So I totally see why many think it's amazing - it just somehow doesn't click with _me,_ y'know?
What about it specifically tho? The controls? Just genuinely curious.
@@sadham2668 It's mainly the controls and movement physics, they feel very uncomfortable for me (primarily the latter).
@15:51 "Who the hell is that guy"
You talked about him earlier in your episode.... Houston. Its hard to see but he's got the hair and beard.
The armor is the wrong color.
Super is a game that I have SUCH conflicting opinions on.
On one side: I absolutely love the stuff you can do in this game. Unintentional like the mockball or intentional like shinespark or walljumps. It's just fun to get through this game.
... but on the other side: I can't jive with the controls AND the weapon select system. Specially since I played this game AFTER Fusion and Zero Mission. Those games are just so snappy and satisfying to control, and for me that's the most important thing in a game, specially one where movement is as important as Metroid is.
I also don't really like this game much visually. The atmosphere is amazing and most of the bosses look awesome, but again, I got spoiled by later games which made sound effects, visual effects and Samus sprite a lot more "in your face" and it makes Super look a bit meh in the end.
Also I think the level design can be a bit dickish, nothing major but stuff Johnny mentioned like the sand in Maridia and other stuff like it... It can be a pain.
But in the end, I always liked going back to this game, even if not as much as the GBA games or even Samus Returns. It's my least favorite of the "good" 2d Metroid games, but it's still a blast.
I enjoy these “gushy” videos from you. It’s always fun hearing you talk about your favorite games.
Personally, I only played Super Metroid for the very first time less than a year ago. I definitely think it holds up brilliantly and would recommend it as a first Metroid game. Being really shitty with the controls and slowly getting better at them is part of the experience of the first playthrough. Yeah, I couldn't get the hang of the wall jump. Yeah, shine sparking took me 3 tries to get a single one right. But the rush when I pulled them off was crazy. Absolutely love this game.
16:17 my theory is that all that excess weaponry consumes a lot more energy and isn’t really necessary for Samus’s other bounty hunts, so she generally has them removes
You can actually "beat" Ridley on Ceres? Crazy how I'm STILL learning new stuff about this game.
Super Metroid was one of my First SNES games, and only the 3rd I beat after SMW, and TMNT IV TIT. I loved every minute of it. I even tried to show my family how cool it was by saving the animals.
I remember during a AGDQ when they where having a Save/Kill the Animals (Save, it's always save). Save won by over $5,000. In the end he jumped up and said, there people. There is your $5,000 dollar pixel. XD
One of my personal favorite from the classic library of the SNES Collection.
This is one of my favourite videos of yours in a long time. Great writing and snark and information.
100% agree, Amazon Samus is pure awesome and how she should have been since Super.
Dang back to back videos so close together. We love you Johnny!!
I find it interesting that you hesitate to recommend Super Metroid to new players. For one of my cousin’s birthdays, I bought the Wii Points for my little cousin’s Wii and DL’d Super Metroid specifically to his system for him. He was 13-14 at the time. I honestly think it speaks to the craftsmanship of a game when a child can pick it up for the first time almost 20 years after the initial release and fall in love with it. I would recommend Super Metroid to literally anyone with even a passing interest in video games in general.
I agree with your point, but I probably agree with Johnny more. I first played Super Metroid when I was 10 years old with basically no gaming experience and I couldn't even make it past the first boss.
It's a pretty hard game your first time. Which is why I always recommend Zero Mission to people who have never played Metroid.
The scott steiner joke caught me offguard so I jumped and laughed at the same time. Great video!
I relate to Johnny's, "Am I too old?" when discussing whether a game has problems or not.
I grew up with PS1 RPGs, I was fucking spoiled by the golden age of RPGs to the point that I just can't enjoy RPGs today because, in my eyes, they're not as good. Yet when I play something like Chrono Cross and someone points out some of the major problems with it, I shrug it off as, "Oh you're too harsh" even though they're more than likely right.
(Also not helped that I feel RPGs of today try to hard to cater to NES/SNES era of games, their stories are about as in-depth as those games but are stretched out to 60+ hours, and rely too heavily on FFV job system. [Bravely default 1/SL/2, Octopath Traveler, Yakuza 7 {Love this game but it does fall into that category}])
I feel the same way about both Metroid 1 and LoZ1. I am smart enough to recognize all of the flaws, but that won't stop me from enjoying those games.
I'm this way with N64/PS1 era 3D platformers.
Johnny from the bottom of my heart I gotta thank you man. your the entire reason I got into the serious. started with super, didn't finish it then played fusion and finished that and just this last week I played and beat returns for 3ds, zero mission and finally super. Thanks for introducing me to this series with your old sgb reviews.
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The original SGB review of Super Metroid was the first video of yours I watched....I was in high school at the time...now I'm 27....it's been 10 years! O_O
Time sure does fly! I was a Metroid fan then, and I am still one now! Happy to see this revisit!
Honestly, this has gotta be one of my favorite reviews you've done. As someone who is a big metroid fan, i never really got into super metroid(i first played it on the virtual console), but your review kinda got me interested in giving it another shot, especially since i really love fusion and prime 1. But yeah, great review johnny, it was very well done >:3
I just finished this one for the first time and gotta say, it's aged SO well. The world design, the feeling of creepiness and isolation that I haven't gotten from any of the others, the surprisingly tough boss fights, and the extremely well-placed secrets!
It may very well be my favorite 2D Metroid, taking over from my previous favorite, Samus Returns (haven't played Fusion yet, going in order). I didn't end up 100%ing it because I couldn't play it during my move for almost a month and by the time I picked it up again, I had lost all sense for secrets. But still, this one's fantastic. If you have any curiosity, pick it up and give it a go.
You can tell Johnny's a huge Metroid fan when he threw in an escape sequence for himself at the end.
12:09 _I do!_ The first time I played this game, I got lost (read: stuck) in Norfair, cuz I didn't know about the ice beam, let alone where to find it, and that's how my first playthrough ended. I didn't own a Super Nintendo, so I didn't pick this game up again until I was a teenager, when emulators became a thing.