Super Metroid (SNES) Part 3 - James & Mike Mondays
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- Опубліковано 18 вер 2024
- James and Mike continue playing Super Metroid. He we make it to Ridley, which we will pick up with next time.
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The easy way to beat the maridia boss is, when he picks you up, plug your grappling beam into those electrical outlets
i did that boss recently and i knew that was a way, however, i never managed to be grabbed close enough for the grapple to connect
that's the only way i've ever beat him
You have to try and start as close to the wall as you can. He'll move a bit to the center but then start moving in a spiral pattern. As long as you have enough health, you can usually wait until he gets close enough to the side to grab one, but you're right - it sometimes takes a couple of tries.
I thought this was the only way. Still learning new things about this game after 20+ years.
the intermediate way is to get all the super missile upgrades and just nuke him
The Metroid's you saw at 0:50 are actually called Mochtroids. They are the result of failed experiment to clone the last Metroid.
miff nnnnneeeeerrrrrdddddd
Only found in Maridia.
Thank you for being the one to say that. I can't believe we still remember this shit after over twenty years lol
Was going to comment the same thing lol
were even do u get that info from?
Well, obviously James's tomb stone have to say "You can just walk over it". Anything else would be letting millions of fans down xD
3X73RM And if it doesn't, you'll probably track his tombstone down and chisel or spray-paint that on it so I wouldn't worry too much.
I thought it was going to be "FUCK", as seen in the AVGN Games episode.
3X73RM “no more continues....ASSSSSSS”
Those tactile sounds from the SNES controller are nice.
It sounds like its shattering!
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It was so much fun exploring the sprawling areas of Super Metroid and finding the upgrades back in the day and it still holds up well today, then theres the music.
am I the only one screaming "use the grapple hook"?
Haaaaahaha
ironically, during most of the grapple hook moments, i mentally screamed 'why aren't you walljumping that part?!'
And /or shinesparks , mockballs etc. Not that Im a speedrun pro but I never use the grapple beam once to finish the game. I know this is for fun and the commentary thou.
lol nope my mind is ablaze with those four words
Cory Brand i think he meant use the grappling beam on draygon, it ends the fight almost immediately.
the Draygon fight can be done in 10-15 seconds. destroy the guns on the wall that shoot the tiny energy pellets and they'll leave a little static patch on the wall. when Draygon grabs you after spitting that shit on you, latch onto the static patch with the grapple beam and it'll drain its energy!
This is my still my favorite game of all time; Even over 20 years later!
I wish I had it growing up, I discovered it back in 2010 through the Wii virtual shop. I wasn't a huge Metroid fan, I liked it a lot playing only Metroid II and Prime 1 previously, though Super Metroid blew me away. Greatest game of all time.
The way Mike looks at James at 10:20 lol. Such great friends very cool.
Co Worker: "Aww looks like someone has the case of the Mondays."
Me: "I dunno what you're talkin' about lady its fuckin' James and Mike Mondays!"
no, you're missing so many health tanks is the thing!
Talok85 they're just trying to get through the game. Not be completionests.
The maridia boss is actually very easy if you use the grappling beam.
That's the only method I use for defeating Draygon.
Agreed. I always thought that was the point, since they put the cannons on the walls that you can blow up.
The fact that he only has 4 Energy tanks at this point in the game hurts my face.
Hurts more to know it took him all 4 tanks to kill the boss. USE MISSILES
Lmao Draygon made the Godzilla sound pitched up and James gasped
I was hoping to see you guys use the grapple on the electricity.
180 missiles / 30 supers / 20 charged ice+plasma+wave shots each will kill him
If you guys had wave and a little more health this probably would have gone differently
Dark Tzitzimine They have the wave beam.
it feels like they cut 75% of their gametime, didn't see them grab the wave beam, plasma beam, so damned many missile upgrades
Still just under an hour of video and a part 4 coming. Maybe this game truly is too big for this particular series
Haha it's funny you calling it "too big". I can beat it in 1.5 hours.
So have I, but we're not James & Mike. They're taking their time, don't use walkthroughs, having fun. It's part of what makes the videos entertaining, since they're doing it their way. I just wish we could see the entire sessions.
Lol entire sessions would be hilarious, if the stuff they are messing up made the cut, just imagine how many times they died to regular enemies or how long they spent trying to wall jump.
Meridia boss is not hard. You guys missed alot of energy tanks for starters. Secondly, when he picks you up, switch to your grapple gun and you can latch on to those energy node things against the wall and funnel life out of him. Those two things would have made the fight alot easier. Love you guys! :)
ThePalskinator I guess this is what I get for not reading the comments section before attempting to take on that boss again. I finally beat it but not before getting really pissed off.
To be honest using that trick takes all the suspense from the fight... I prefer beating him the normal way it's still not hard at all like that
ThePalskinator omfg this is not a 100% video! They are playing for fun! "You guys missed a lot of energy tanks" no shit moron they're just trying to beat the game this isn't a 100% game play.
3:21 - 3:30 Now that is true teamwork! Awesome play!
And you can finish the bossfight at 6:10 quickly by selecting the Grappling beam, then letting the boss lift you up. When it's lifting you up, try and hit the electric sparks in the wall on either side of the room with the Grappling beam and hold the button. It'll do some damage to Samus too but the Boss should/will die before your Energy runs out.
Would be fun to see u guys watch and comment on a super Metroid Speedrun
10:13 cutest moment. i love james and mike
Absolutely loving the super metroid. My favorite James and Mike Monday series yet.
That's pretty true when they were saying "we figured this out when we were kids?" I think that sometimes when replaying Zelda games
There was a much easier way to beat Draygon... Just use the grappling beam and connect to the electric outlets once she picks you up. Insta kill.
Thank you James and Mike!!! I have always loved playing Super Metroid. Since you guys have been playing, I have been too. I am almost at Ridley myself again. When I am home from work, and on my days off, I keep playing. I used to hate Monday, but, I always have something AWESOME to look forward to.
James does everything the hard way.
Ivan Drago can still fight for sure James+Mike. Look up the music video: Imagine Dragons - Believer. He fights the vocal lead in the video lol...and it's recent. He looks like he hasn't aged at all! WTH, is that dude a vampire?
Why is it that every game James and Mike play, I immediately get the urge to play the game myself.. xD.
I live for the clicky goodness of controller sounds over game audio
In that part where they talked about "jumping into spikes" and "how did we figure it out when we were 12", I think you're supposed to have the X-Ray Scan by then, and you'd see the passage in the illusionary spikes. And they fought the 3rd boss with 5 energy tanks. That makes it harder -- and IMHO the 3rd boss is the hardest of them.
I was always the "Mike" when playing these old games, the kid who had the smart ideas telling my buddy what to do, LOL!
You don't need more missiles for Ridley. Charged plasma beam does way more damage, get some more energy and then just use the charge beam.
Super Metroid has to be my favorite SNES game and I LOVE that you guys are committing to an entire play-through! I understand that you guys are very busy and so it doesn't bother me that you aren't systematically collecting everything in the game. Don't let these trolls get under your skin, both of you guys are quite skilled at gaming and have impressed me many times! Besides, you were both clear about your familiarity with the game and so it's ludicrous for anyone to expect some crazy 100% speed run.
'He's doing popcorn' (Mike on Draygon). Sweet kids!
I think we just had way more time back then so we found many more tanks and missiles and it just was easier with double the life.
I wanna play every single game from JaM Mondays so fucking badly.. :D
including Sailing?
yeah it looks like great drinking game :D
We pretty much own almost every game they played with original consoles (besides the few rare one of course ) but there's just not enough time :(
No you don't. Some of these games are so bad they're not even fun to make fun of. (Don't) watch their Spirit of Speed video. It's the worst game ever, at least Big Rigs and Plumbers Don't Wear Ties are funny and I wouldn't consider it a "game" but Robert Mapplethorpe was a great photographer (he also took lots of pictures of naked kids...wonder why they never made a sequel)
Verty eh, I'm 23 and don't know anyone my age who has played it, save for myself. Seems like closer to 30 is the age that most likely played it
That boss fight was intense AF.
13:00 has to be one of my favorite music pieces in games
During the Meridia boss,i was actually expecting Mike to say "Hey let me show you an awesome trick to take this guy down"...in case you dont know what im talking about,when you shoot those turrets out and Draygon grabs you,while he's holding you you can latch onto the electrical fields that used to be the turrets with your Grappling Beam when you get close enough and although it will still damage you,you can fry Draygon in just a few seconds...still,im glad they did that fight legit and with so few energy tanks,i was pretty impressed...also those Metroids that you encounter there are not called Metroids...they're called MOCH-troids...but who cares they look the same so lets just call them Metroids.:P
"Why does this game get a pass and ninja turtles doesn't".
Because no one does that. You can use the speed booster on ground level, and shine spark through that room.
James got really lucky after killing Botwoon at 01:50, because Botwoon's body parts can still hit you after you've depleted his health. :)
Fortunately he got 'health bombed' because he was low on health right before a farm spot...
Great video guys. Did you know that you can electrocute Draygon? You just need to let him hold you and use the grappling beam on one of the broken electrical things on the wall and, voilá! The boss will get major damage and die after a few seconds. The only catch is that you lose health too, but it's totally worth it! Keep up the good work!
F-Zero is probably my favourite SNES game. I could never get enough of that Big Blue theme song when I was little.
Hey James and Mike just a tip on doing the bomb juggle/jump. There is something there that allows you to keep your timing right. At least in the beginning stages, listen to the music, tap the button to the beat double time, so if youre counting 1-2-3-4 you hit on every up and down beat so in a count of 4 you would actually hit it 8 times. So a count of 1-2-3-4 would actually have 8 hits of the button. Youll hear it, just start by tapping your foot to the fast beat, then try it out on the controller, once you get it, you really have to try to keep pace with the music, but once youve figured it out, you wont forget it. Anyways, give it a try I was able to get to the top of the cliff outside the ship on the right side doing it, and I suck at this game, ive only gotten past the 3rd boss. It was just something I figured out, I tried it, and it was perfect. Hope I get to see you use it in a video someday. Thanks for all the videos!
For the water boss, a trick: after taking out the cannons, equip the grappling beam & latch onto it. It'll electrocute him to death.
What's interesting about the space jockey being obscure is that in old interviews from the late 70's/earl 80's, Ridley Scott already had the idea of doing a prequel that focused on the space jockey. But once Cameron came along and put the focus on the Xenomorph, after the success of Aliens, Fox felt that every sequel from then on had to focus on them instead of the jockey and that backstory.
I do wonder overall how many people tell of THAT way to beat Draygon now. As well if James and Mike even knew of it?
I know you guys are retro but for October (not specifically this one) can you play Alien Isolation? I am a huge Alien nerd and it would be great to see you play something more modern for once.
Or maybe do a back-to-back Alien 3 Genesis/Super NES?
Dom! What's up man, it's Jericho!
Oh! Hey! What's up??
You can use the spring ball during the Ridley fight to lay the super bombs in the middle of the arena and get a much wider blast radius.
I'm glad that they didn't kill that boss the easy way like everyone here is talking about.
It was much more entertaining to watch them do it the challenging way.
I cannot describe how much I love this game!
You would think with James and Mike's vast experience with nes games, super metroid would be a cakewalk for them, but it's the reverse.
I still can't unhear that "I was watching television" song from when The Runaway Guys went to Norfair
3 health left. Unreal. Those sorts of moments are awesome.
Nothing beats hearing the sounds of the Snes controller squeaking as they play.
It's hard because you missed like 2000 secret rooms
Summer of 94. This game was my angry obsession. Had to call the Nintendo Power hint hotline to figure out that damn false spike floor.
I honestly didn't know you could beat Draygon without the grapple hook lmao
00:35 -- "Why does this game get a pass, and that doesn't?" Haha, Mike just summed up the entirety of most of his review videos. From one game to another, or one franchise to another, he'll either complain about, or celebrate/ignore similar elements.
"It's called getting old"
Fuck, that stung a little bit
Nothing better than hearing that snes plastic controller noise in the background.
Man Zoast better watch out for James.
If you don’t want to use the grapple method, Draygon needs either 20 super missiles or 80 regular missiles to be defeated.
The part at 15:06 to 15:15 looks something straight out of Castlevania!
Ridley may have actually been dead on James' attempt. Ridley can continue to attack in his "death state" if you are jumping around and attacking him. His death animation is picking you up and exploding. Best thing to do if you think he is dead is morph ball and hope he picks you up and dies. (If you have plasma, wave and Ice he takes 20 charge beam hits and changes color at 11 if you want to count it out.)
and sadly when James died to Ridley, Ridley was actually dead but he has a "Kill animation" where he picks up Samus and sometimes the tail is under him which can sometimes kill :( it happened to a Runner at SGDQ 2016 named Sweetnumb
Wow I never thought about the Ridley/ Ridley Scott tribute thing!
When I was a kid, I remember I was so angry that couldn’t beat Draygon that I started shooting fucking everything until by chance one of those times it was with the grappling hook to the electric things. Boom! Anger became victory. Fuck you Yoda!
Damn! That actually IS the Roar of Anguirus!!
my tombstone would have "if you can read this you don't need glasses"
Finally had the chance to play this amazing game when I got my hands on a SNES classic and I'm honestly not sure if I like this one or metroid prime for GC more. Zelda is great but honestly, Metroid is my favourite Nintendo Franchise.
Fun Fact: If you beat Ridley in the intro sequence which I think you guys did, he is weaker during his actual fight.
Love the show!!!
I was actually so happy that they didn't know about the grappling hook trick.
I am shocked you didn't know to grapple beam onto the electrical fields when fighting the Maridia boss, it makes the boss trivial but it's so fun to do it that way. I am 41 and I can beat this game in just a couple hours still lol, It's like muscle memory for me.
0:35 because you're just suppose to perch on the corner and duck to reach it. You don't need to jump.
Interesting how both
Super Metroid and
Super Castlevania
Both incorporated the
Multi-directional weapon
And grappling ability.
Please make more of these videos, were you guys play through an entire game. :)
Searching for all the jimmy jams is half the fun! Best of luck!
One of the easiest ways to beat Ridley is to shoot about 20 or more charged ice plasma beam shots. Do that, you will damage him a lot more and beat him much quicker!
Yes THIS. I hope James and Mike see this before spending hours grinding for health and missiles. Question is, though, have they gotten the plasma beam yet? If not, THAT needs to be their top priority going forward.
JAMES AND MIKE READ THIS COMMENT!
Real men in the 80s called her Metroid cause real men don't read instructions.
Home Improvement SNES greatest game of all time
On the fish boss your supposed to lock onto one of the electric zappers with the tractor beam when he's holding you. Wham instant fishzap
You guys should definitely do D on PS1 sometime! And damn, Ridley's definitely That One Boss, since unless you're incredibly skilled, there's just no plowing through him without having a great stockpile.
Alright we'll see ya next fall lol ! That part was funny, by far my favorite series and such a great game keep em coming James and mike
For Meridian boss, let it pick you up, use your grapple beam, and shoot into the broken sockets on the top sides of the room. It does instantly
I've always thought it's weird how well I remember certain things, like how do you not remember the grapple truck but you prepped for it? How do you not remember that those aren't metroids they are really bad clones, later the clones get better and look different. Or that the little guys before that boss are babies. Am I the weird one? Like your a proffessional nerd (props to you for making that a career, your awesome) which is why I think it's me that's the weird one...
You guys were supposed to wait for the Maridia boss to grab you, then grapple to one of the broken plasma cannons on the wall to electrify him!
One of my favorite James & Mike plays yet! And yeah, always struggled with the Maridia boss too. Even compared to Ridley and Mother Brain, I always thought this one was harder until just a few years ago when I got better at the game
You can just kneel down and use the grappling hook at that jump at the beginning.
Another one of those "you can just walk over it" moments
smh lol
4:25 you totally nailed it on Creed's son fighting Drago's son
In order of easiest to hardest (personally) the bosses went
Draygon - Mother Brain - Ridley - Phantoon - Kraid
FYI, Ridley takes 180 missiles, if I'm not mistaken, but it's a stupid way to kill him, considering it only takes 30 supers (supers do double damage on Ridley, so 6X as much as missiles) or 20 shots of charged ice+wave+plasma (n00bs tend not to catch on just how powerful their charge shots are this late in the game, and they screw around with regular missiles, which suck).
That boss was really tough because you guys missed out on a lot of E tanks. A thorough trek back through Brinstar to sweep for items once you have the gravity suit gets you up to about 11 or so tanks and a ton of missiles.
lmao when Mike has to take the "X" too good. Always entertaining guys.
on the Meridian boss you use the grappling hook to grab the electricity on the side of the wall when he has you in his clutches it will kill him instantly
I never got the chance to play Super Metroid when I was a kid (due to me being about four years old when it came out and the fact that I never got a SNES) and I've only played parts of Fusion and Zero Mission, so it's great to see something like this. I'll definitely pick up Metroid: Samus Returns for the 3DS when it comes out, though.
14:03 you could've called it "The Nintendo Triforce" and get another of your mandatory Zelda references.
From what Mike said, I bet he would like a movie version of Pitfall. It could happen.
james mashing buttons on the controller is driving me nuts!
James' tombstone will read "FUCK" as predicted in the AVGN game.
2:51
Mike: "Get up there!"
AVGN quote.
I remember fighting the maridia boss without the grappling hook
It was a pain in the ass