Bowser, Eggman, and Wily never actually die. As for Ganondorf, he's the "incarnation of hatred" that Demise cursed Link and Zelda with at the end of Skyward Sword. Ridley kept coming back even though Samus obliterated him multiple times.
Heath Wilson One of the reasons that Ridley keeps coming back is that he clones himself so that the lazy arse of the original doesn't have to do all the dirty work. Apparently the Ridley in the first Metroid game/Metroid Zero Mission was a clone, and the original was killed in Super Metroid. In later games (chronologically) the rest of the Ridleys Samus fights (Like in the unspoken game) were clones, whose DNA was cultivated from the remains of the original from Super Metroid.
Geonosian Warrior Right? I played it last year for the first time too. I got a few games to play for the snes because I wasn't going to have internet for some time, and at first this game for some reason got forgotten, but last christmas.. Man I got addicted to it, I even did 2 playthroughs right after the other one.
Buyinos It's impressive how such an old game feels so fresh. It's probably my 3rd favourite game this year (behind Fire Emblem Awakening and Pokemon X)
I'm actually playing it for the first time too right now after re watching alien it got me in the mood and yes it's an incredible game not to mention the music . Not to mention I was born in the 16 bit era so I love super Mario world and a link to the past to death so why not start with metroid here !
Sebastian Tinajero I was born right when Ocarina of Time came out and I only started playing games in the late Wii era. And I still loved it, hasn't aged one bit
One of the best games ever made, period. There is nothing overrated in liking a master piece. This game set a standart for future games including castlevania. The music, the graphics the visual effects were just amazing and no other video game at the time could topple that. I remember the heat waves from the extreme heated areas, the particles in the lava, the rain, the thunder and winds like wow... this game had a full presentation and what makes it even better is that each stage feels different and has an atmosphere of its own.
I agree. As a kid I never beat the 1st one on my own but I still liked it. But it had TONS of problems and it was difficult for the wrong reasons. When I first played Super Metroid I spent HOURS exploring until I 100% completed it because it is still that damn good of a game. The graphics and sound are amazing and the sense of exploration brings an even amount of challenge and reward. Its a game that really gives players freedom and rewards them for discovering everything. And the brief but awesome story was told through its gameplay which was revolutionary at the time. It never really slows either. People do give this game crap for being overhyped and while some games do deserve that, this game really doesn't because it improves on its own formula and perfectly adds more new elements, while staying true to what made it successful. I still go back and play it on occasion. When you can revisit a game years later and still enjoy every minute of it it really does become a masterpiece.
I started playing Super Metroid a few months ago. And boy, let's just say that my Playstation 4 has been collecting dust hahah. I choose this game over any other modern game. If you get into speedrunning , you can say goodbye to your life.
This is one of the games that in some areas feels like a movie, but remembers and knows that it isn't a movie but a video game. Something that some modern video games can't get right.
"TASTE THE RAINBOW, MOTHAFUCKA!!!" *pew* *pew* *pew* *pew* *pew* Anyone else find that funny as fuck? It's the way that Johnny set it up that made so funny. Anyone else see that?
Wait...you DON'T have to recharge after using the Hyper Beam? You can use it more than 5-8 times without an 'ammo' refill? Daaang, Pokémon got the short end of the stick...
This is the channel that introduced me to Super Metroid all the way back in 2015 and nearly 10 years later, im still playing this game to DEATH. Its one of the best games ive ever played with infinite replayability
Coming here almost EXACTLY 10 YEARS of this upload (by sheer coincidence!) and had just beaten this as my first ever Metroid game, I can definitely see why people hold this game to such high regard. Pretty engaging gameplay, beautiful visuals for a SNES game, upgrades and collectables are satisfying to build up to make Samus powerful among other things. My only real complaints would be some clunky controls like with wall/space jumps, iffy navigation, lack of fast travel, and Ridley pretty much kicking my butt until I could brute force him (thank you switch online version). Nice to finally get around to playing this classic.
M-Dread was my first Metroid experience. People were excited for it BECAUSE of Super and Fusion, but…. I hesitate to play Super Metroid bexause Dread spoiled me. I fear the control just won’t feel as good. No counter, slide, etc etc Nearing the end of my 3rd Dread playthrough 😅)
I was already used to the controls of Super Metroid, because the gravity reminded me of the original NES game. I agree that the wall jump is clunky, but once learned, it's like riding a bike. The rest of the game has always felt good to me, though, even after playing Zero Mission and Dread.
10 of 10. 5 of 5. 100% any best grade will never be enough. A masterpiece not only on 16bit era, but in the whole videogame history. Awesome review!! one of the best!
I recently played through Super Metroid for the first time. Took me 14 hours and I found 85% of the items. I think it's definitely the best game of its kind (better than any of the Metroidvanias) but if I have one criticism it's that the bosses have zero challenge. Even the trickier ones gush out health and ammo making them a push over even for a first time player. This issue takes some serious shine off the game.
On my first playthrough Crocomire took me ages to figure out and Ridley 2nd fight was fucking impossible for me. They're all really easy now that I've played the game a lot but for first timers they can still be challenging imo. Then again I was playing on a phone emulator touchscreen so maybe it had something to do with that.
I never got the screw attack on my first playthrough. Beat MB and escaped while freeing the animals with 3 seconds on the fucking clock and HOLY SHIT was it tense.
I own multiple versions of this. 3DS virtual console, wii virtual console, Switch online inclusion, SNES classic and the og SNES cartridge. Worth every purchase and one of the best games ever.
Never understood how anyone can comfortably play this game. I played it and beat it and while it was fun, it was even more frustrating. Not that the game was hard. It was just so damn difficult to know where to go. The beginning of the game and Brinstar aren't so bad but when I got to Norfair, the game slowed down considerably and I had to resort to going to a guide most of the time. My completion time was like 5 hours! I don't want to make anyone mad, that's just my opinion.
It becomes much easier to know where to go through multiple playthroughs. Place I still get lost in is maridia because it is a Big area. You'll most likely get lost when trying to get 100% items
Andrius Bandzinas everyone is different, I never liked the first metroid, Everything looked the same, I had no idea where to go and I didn't have a guide and no friends who played so I went back to Mario. I never played this one because of it
I would go with the Primes if I were you. I got bored/frustrated with Super Metroid too, but the Primes totally made me a fan. The map is much more detailed and if you want, there's a hint system that kicks in when you get lost that tells you where to go (I always turn it off though. The Metroid Prime series for me is like the world's greatest scavenger hunt. 100% items and scans for the freaking win! :D)
***** By more detailed I mean 3D map with elevation and color coded doors and such. If you read the rest of my comment, you'd know that getting lost is not an issue for me (You can't 100% Prime on your first play through without getting lost a bit). It's just that Prime doesn't rely on as much cheap stuff like stuff hidden in walls or secret passages that you'd never even think to look at unless you had a guide or tricks it doesn't teach you how to do. Plus it's simply more immersive IMO
To do the horizontal shinespark simply 1. Charge up the speed booster and store it 2. Do a forward jump (like if you were doing a screwattack (screwattack)) 3. Press up on the d-pad 4. Quickly press whichever horizontal direction you want to go in and boom you did it! For the diagonal it is even simpler 1. Copy step one from the other tutorial 2. Hold the R-button (If changed, the button that points your gun diagonally up) 3. Press the jump button and you did it. I love how many different ways you can sequence break this game or simply get through and area so much faster. I watch speed runs of Super Metroid and try to replicate what they do with I'd say a greater percentage of success after a while.
HOLY SHIT! i've never seen another human equal my time! (not implying anything). Damn, dude, you sure love super metroid as i did and still do. I've already watched all your metroid reviews and let me tell you, they were top notch! Congrats, dudes, i like to see someone who shares the same love for old school gaming as me.
johnny, you r one of the main reasons to why i got curious about trying out other game series i missed out on as a kid. u rock dude. just so u know, this game has become one of my all-time favs too :)
i remember when this game came out and i was looking in video game magazines and everyone was giving this game 10s and 9.8s and stuff.. and at the time i was a genesis kid so i was like man F*CK the super nintendo!!!! then donkey kong country came out and ruined my life lol
Does anyone know where the theme at the end of the video here is from? I know it is a version of Samus Aran's theme/credits theme of Super Metroid, but wondering who's version it is.
When i was nine, I played the leyend of zelda ocarina of time, and me being a Mexican dude who doesn't speak english, i couldn't get the goron brazalet because i needed saria's song, and got stuck until i learned how to read english. Now, what does that have to do with super metroid? Well, 3 years ago i beat super metroid in 82 percent i remember it cause i took a photo, i was very proud, anyway in this game i didn't got stuck in any part of the game, the only thing preventing me to beat the game is it's diffuculty and the easy to understand obstacles, that, what I call good game design! A game where a 6 year old kid, who can't read in english, can easily understand what to do. I think this is worth mention, since this review didn't touched that part of the game
Maybe it's just me but I think they should at least give you some information to me the exploration is just padding just a way to make the game longer don't get me wrong I liked the game but i got lost so many times I kept looking and looking and looking until I just crack and look it up maybe I'm just not good at these exploration oriented games but in my opinion exploration games shouldn't be without linearity there is a certain amount of conveyance needed for me to understand and when nothing is told to me I always think to myself "well now what" the game expects you to know everything about what to do when there is no indication of what to do and that's not a good thing i got so bored with the exploration that it took me three days to beat this game the exploration just got tedious to me it took so long for me to figure out what to do I saw no point in even doing it I'd rate the game a 5.9/10 it's not bad but it's far from the masterpiece everyone claims it to be..
I already posted this on a thread that you were in but i'm posting it here so that you understand that your complaints are both baseless and false: "Seriously anyone who complains about a lack of conveyance has a garbage sense of observation and spacial awareness. Most common complaint is how walls have no indication that you can bomb them. Thing is though is that there ARE little indications that show you where a bomb-able walls are located. Most of those walls are textured differently and others have other methods of showing you this such as cracks or little gaps. Even when you can't go passed a certain wall because you lack the equipment to do so, it will have a block with a symbol that shows you what can get you pass that (Ball for hyper bomb, arrow for speed boost, spiral for screwattack, etc). Most importantly this helps in hinting you where to go. You go to an area that you can't go pass yet but find one of those aforementioned blocks with a symbol on it. So you leave and go somewhere else and find an item that looks like that same block you found, so you get curious and back track to that area and use that item on that spot and find that you can now go pass it. This applies to most of the game with items like the high jump boots or the gravity suit. Thing is that all these little indications are very subtle and if your observation and spacial awareness skill is lacking then you will find this game difficult. But if that's the case then that is your fault, not the games."
The thing i hate about the 3DS and the newer generation is that we are no longer able to get 2d games like that....yes we still have cartoony 2d games and 3d 2d games but these looked so much better...now we get 8-bit revivals like Shovel Knight or Axiom Verge
Nothing is more awesome than that final scene at 12:02. To see Samus jump back and hear that glorious arm cannon one more time. Letting you know that you completed a kick-ass game.
Ghost7856 I don't know what these guys are complaining about. I mean, the first time I played through the game, I understand, but the second time I knew quite well how not to fall on it and get out.
Probably one of the best video-games ever created. Maybe it's my nostalgia-goggles, but I remember that game even about 15 years or so since I last played it. It was such a damn good atmosphere, as you got ever deeper into the planet, uncovered new things, got more and more powerful. One of the last Super NES Games I played before switching to PC for the rest of my life but I'll never forget this game
This game suffers from almost every problem that Jhonny whined about in his Metroid Prime 2 review and you gave that a 6... A score WORSE than the review you gave for Metroid: Other M, yet you give Super Metroid a 10 out of 10? Thanks bandwagon effect.
I finished it a week ago. I played it in three sessions two or three months separating each. I really struggled to enjoy it at first and I really had a hard time to find a reason to play it but at the end I loved it. It was just like a glass of water when you have been in the desert for an eternity. The first few gulps are terrible and painful but when the water finds its way to your...belly (I wanted to say heart but it would be inaccurate) it is one of the best experiences ever. I am looking forward to replay it. Also, my completion rate was 75% which, I guess, is good for a total newbie in the Metroid series. Yes, it was my first Metroid to play ever.
I have never played Metroid. I recently got this ridiculous fever for sidscrolling platformers. It started with Megaman X.i have been bingeing the x legacy collection for my fix but there are so many out there and personally I want to tackle the classics first. Castlvania, Metroid, and the original mega man are some that I have yet to sink into. As well as many modern ones I have seen on your channel. One that particularly stood out was Celeste. Anyways. Your channel is awsome I watch alot. Keep it up great stuff. Much appreciated.
I wasn't old enough during this console generation, but I played the game for the first time on the wii virtual console. It opened my eyes to how awesome snes graphics are!
As far as im concerned Super Metroid is the first ever cinematic game on a console. Atmospheric music, slick graphics, smooth fast gameplay it is truly a masterpiece.
2:09...That picture on the left in the manual... it reminds me of a certain Spiderman villains meme that appeared in recent times. God its so weird looking back
Maybe it's just me forgetting about the Shinespark, but I took far more time than Johnny did. 1'07"41? I had TWO SECONDS remaining on my countdown first time through. But you know what? I actually liked that. It made me feel anxious, pumped, and accomplished when I made it.
First off, great review! I've been playing this game for the past week, I gotta say that its the best in the franchise. One sort-of-cool thing I noticed is that when you kill an enemy while samus is full of health and ammo, nothing drops. I say its cool because of all the games I played, I never saw that happening, or either that I didn't notice. This game is definitely one I would complete again and try to beat it fast enough to see samus without her suit. Right now I want to beat it again, but sadly, I got other games to beat.
@ John Crain The music at the end of the video is a remix of the end credits for Super Metroid. I've been meaning to find it here so I could listen to it in it's entirety, but no such luck unfortunately.
Ah, Johnny. Watching you go from being so pure and genuine to a cool, laid-back dude was a pretty cool experience.
What do you mean
"Every boss explodes upon death". Huh, must be a michael bay movie.
“I understood that reference”
im bored and have nothing to do so im marathoning some reviews
or you could play super metroid.
it kicks f*cking ass
You're not the only one.
4 weeks until my comment turns 3 o_0
same
Same mate.
The Baby Metroid scared the hell out of me when it jumped on screen.
i jumped with the screwattack :3
SCREW ATTACK ;~D
Now that’s a *S U P E R M E T R O I D*
Ridley seems to fall under the category of a comic book super villain. In comic books, the bad guy always comes back. Always.
What about Bowser, and Ganon, and Dr. Eggman, and Dr. Wily
Bowser, Eggman, and Wily never actually die. As for Ganondorf, he's the "incarnation of hatred" that Demise cursed Link and Zelda with at the end of Skyward Sword. Ridley kept coming back even though Samus obliterated him multiple times.
Heath Wilson One of the reasons that Ridley keeps coming back is that he clones himself so that the lazy arse of the original doesn't have to do all the dirty work. Apparently the Ridley in the first Metroid game/Metroid Zero Mission was a clone, and the original was killed in Super Metroid. In later games (chronologically) the rest of the Ridleys Samus fights (Like in the unspoken game) were clones, whose DNA was cultivated from the remains of the original from Super Metroid.
LEOWN Jama
I'm gonna have to disagree.
Heath Wilson
Ok then.
So I decided to play this game after hearing of it's much praise. And I can say GODDAMIT IT'S SO AMAZING, EVEN IN 2015 :3
Geonosian Warrior Right? I played it last year for the first time too. I got a few games to play for the snes because I wasn't going to have internet for some time, and at first this game for some reason got forgotten, but last christmas.. Man I got addicted to it, I even did 2 playthroughs right after the other one.
Buyinos
It's impressive how such an old game feels so fresh. It's probably my 3rd favourite game this year (behind Fire Emblem Awakening and Pokemon X)
Super Metroid is my third favorite of ALL TIME with only Chrono Trigger and Zelda: Ocarina of Time in front of it,
I'm actually playing it for the first time too right now after re watching alien it got me in the mood and yes it's an incredible game not to mention the music . Not to mention I was born in the 16 bit era so I love super Mario world and a link to the past to death so why not start with metroid here !
Sebastian Tinajero
I was born right when Ocarina of Time came out and I only started playing games in the late Wii era. And I still loved it, hasn't aged one bit
That Baby Metroid Is FUCKING AWESOME!!!!
Sadly she died for Samud
One of the best games ever made, period. There is nothing overrated in liking a master piece. This game set a standart for future games including castlevania. The music, the graphics the visual effects were just amazing and no other video game at the time could topple that. I remember the heat waves from the extreme heated areas, the particles in the lava, the rain, the thunder and winds like wow... this game had a full presentation and what makes it even better is that each stage feels different and has an atmosphere of its own.
I agree. As a kid I never beat the 1st one on my own but I still liked it. But it had TONS of problems and it was difficult for the wrong reasons. When I first played Super Metroid I spent HOURS exploring until I 100% completed it because it is still that damn good of a game. The graphics and sound are amazing and the sense of exploration brings an even amount of challenge and reward. Its a game that really gives players freedom and rewards them for discovering everything. And the brief but awesome story was told through its gameplay which was revolutionary at the time. It never really slows either. People do give this game crap for being overhyped and while some games do deserve that, this game really doesn't because it improves on its own formula and perfectly adds more new elements, while staying true to what made it successful. I still go back and play it on occasion. When you can revisit a game years later and still enjoy every minute of it it really does become a masterpiece.
I started playing Super Metroid a few months ago. And boy, let's just say that my Playstation 4 has been collecting dust hahah.
I choose this game over any other modern game. If you get into speedrunning , you can say goodbye to your life.
This is one of the games that in some areas feels like a movie, but remembers and knows that it isn't a movie but a video game. Something that some modern video games can't get right.
In my opinion, my favourite next to Zero Mission
8:01 F**k johnny don't you ever do that to me again! (Leaves to go check blood pressure)
so your honestly going to tell me with the way he was talking and acting you didnt see that coming
Aboy5768
It can STILL make you jump, y'know.
ok true
"TASTE THE RAINBOW, MOTHAFUCKA!!!" *pew* *pew* *pew* *pew* *pew* Anyone else find that funny as fuck? It's the way that Johnny set it up that made so funny. Anyone else see that?
I found it funny aha
I found it hilarious
that is always awesome, the "TASTE THE RAINBOW MOTHAFUCKA"
Wait...you DON'T have to recharge after using the Hyper Beam? You can use it more than 5-8 times without an 'ammo' refill? Daaang, Pokémon got the short end of the stick...
Wrong Hyper Beam.
This is the channel that introduced me to Super Metroid all the way back in 2015 and nearly 10 years later, im still playing this game to DEATH. Its one of the best games ive ever played with infinite replayability
What's amazing about Super Metroid is that the intricate design teaches people how to play....*without* any dialogue and hand-held tutorials.
This game is so damn good. One of my all time favourites. Just the intro with the voice clip is enough to give me chills and put a smile on my face.
The song at 10 minutes is Nobody But Me by The Human Beinz
Thanks, that was driving me insane cause I have always loved that song, just never knew the name/artist. You Sir are alright in my books xD
sonicfan2486 you are a saint among men. Look I need my old school jams. Thanks
You know, it is actually very possible to DIE during Mother Brain's "technicolor laser attack."
That happened to me 2wice in recent playthrus.
L-Y3T Wow
L-Y3T my first play through it happened to me also
If you have less than 300 HP (assuming you have both suits equipped) you will die to it
I died on my first attempt, i got two energy tanks left and she drained all of it
@@Blueflag04 dang. RIP
R.I.P cartridge used for this review
Coming here almost EXACTLY 10 YEARS of this upload (by sheer coincidence!) and had just beaten this as my first ever Metroid game, I can definitely see why people hold this game to such high regard. Pretty engaging gameplay, beautiful visuals for a SNES game, upgrades and collectables are satisfying to build up to make Samus powerful among other things. My only real complaints would be some clunky controls like with wall/space jumps, iffy navigation, lack of fast travel, and Ridley pretty much kicking my butt until I could brute force him (thank you switch online version). Nice to finally get around to playing this classic.
Idk if you know this but he is re-reviewing the Metroid games, with Super Metroid coming most likely in three months
M-Dread was my first Metroid experience.
People were excited for it BECAUSE of Super and Fusion, but…. I hesitate to play Super Metroid bexause Dread spoiled me. I fear the control just won’t feel as good. No counter, slide, etc etc Nearing the end of my 3rd Dread playthrough 😅)
I was already used to the controls of Super Metroid, because the gravity reminded me of the original NES game. I agree that the wall jump is clunky, but once learned, it's like riding a bike. The rest of the game has always felt good to me, though, even after playing Zero Mission and Dread.
Best review ever.
+Bender Bending Rodriguez Tiniest. Genitalia. Ever.
TITO DICK "DICKMAN" BABY HE HATES PHIL AND LOVES THE LADIES
Best Game Ever
the senate Best Metroid ever. And that’s coming out of a guy whose favorite Metroid game is Fusion.
Agree
Here: "Okay, you're a girl, we get it!"
2021: "Amazon Samus is best Samus, why yes I am a simp."
i take it back my favorite metroid reaction is now "SWEET JESUS!"
Who jumped at 8:00?
I happened to be scrolling through "Ghost sightings" and scrolled down to an image filled with an eerie face, synced with the sound effect perfectly.
yes but only because that audio was way louder than it needed to be
8:00 I was watching this in the middle of the night, and that scared the crap out of me!!!
I was watching at 3am and it scared me
happy 30th anniversary super metroid!!! :3
favorite of the early metroid reviews alongside zero mission & love the ending.
Still one of the best games of all time.
I always come back to see these metroid videos. Stay safe Johnny
Someone should just take the escape clip from this video and just upload that. Nothing else, just that clip.
I like the idea of the baby Metroid, and realizing who you are at the end of the game, and saving your life, I like that
I wish you would bring back the screw attack shout, that was always my favorite lol!
Johnny killed him
In Metroid Prime 3 Corruption.
I never understood that joke.
Seriously.
And yet, it was still funny for whatever reason.
I love the sound
10 of 10. 5 of 5. 100% any best grade will never be enough. A masterpiece not only on 16bit era, but in the whole videogame history. Awesome review!! one of the best!
8:02 made me jump.
Same here.
Guilty.
Same
I just realized that the music playing in the background is from the Terminator.
watching the video with subtitles is always so much fun.
9:37, I love that part!
that Baby Metroid part scared me and i replayed the video and i was prepared but that jump on the creature .... Holy Fu**
GEEZ! Jump scares much?
I'll always love your reviews John
I recently played through Super Metroid for the first time. Took me 14 hours and I found 85% of the items. I think it's definitely the best game of its kind (better than any of the Metroidvanias) but if I have one criticism it's that the bosses have zero challenge. Even the trickier ones gush out health and ammo making them a push over even for a first time player. This issue takes some serious shine off the game.
Try playing again with fewer E-tanks. It takes me 7 E tanks to beat Ridley.
bumtree
except ridley doesn't use projectiles that can turn health and ammo.
On my first playthrough Crocomire took me ages to figure out and Ridley 2nd fight was fucking impossible for me. They're all really easy now that I've played the game a lot but for first timers they can still be challenging imo. Then again I was playing on a phone emulator touchscreen so maybe it had something to do with that.
It took me 5:36 to finish the game, one minute earlier than Metroid 2
Does anyone know the music that's playing in the background when the baby Metroid jumps out at 8:01?
Spoiler, it's from the first Terminator film where the T800 comes back to life after Kyle Reese blows it up and dies.
one of the best games of ALL TIME
Having seen the updated review it's so fun to come back to this one and compare!
I never got the screw attack on my first playthrough.
Beat MB and escaped while freeing the animals with 3 seconds on the fucking clock and HOLY SHIT was it tense.
Strangely enough, saving those animals is actually canon in the Metroid series. They pop up again in Metroid Fusion.
Where are the animals? I cant find them
I own multiple versions of this. 3DS virtual console, wii virtual console, Switch online inclusion, SNES classic and the og SNES cartridge. Worth every purchase and one of the best games ever.
Never understood how anyone can comfortably play this game. I played it and beat it and while it was fun, it was even more frustrating. Not that the game was hard. It was just so damn difficult to know where to go. The beginning of the game and Brinstar aren't so bad but when I got to Norfair, the game slowed down considerably and I had to resort to going to a guide most of the time. My completion time was like 5 hours! I don't want to make anyone mad, that's just my opinion.
I know how you feel
It becomes much easier to know where to go through multiple playthroughs. Place I still get lost in is maridia because it is a Big area. You'll most likely get lost when trying to get 100% items
Andrius Bandzinas everyone is different, I never liked the first metroid, Everything looked the same, I had no idea where to go and I didn't have a guide and no friends who played so I went back to Mario. I never played this one because of it
I would go with the Primes if I were you. I got bored/frustrated with Super Metroid too, but the Primes totally made me a fan. The map is much more detailed and if you want, there's a hint system that kicks in when you get lost that tells you where to go (I always turn it off though. The Metroid Prime series for me is like the world's greatest scavenger hunt. 100% items and scans for the freaking win! :D)
***** By more detailed I mean 3D map with elevation and color coded doors and such. If you read the rest of my comment, you'd know that getting lost is not an issue for me (You can't 100% Prime on your first play through without getting lost a bit). It's just that Prime doesn't rely on as much cheap stuff like stuff hidden in walls or secret passages that you'd never even think to look at unless you had a guide or tricks it doesn't teach you how to do. Plus it's simply more immersive IMO
This was back when Johnny was a TV Tropes encyclopedia. He still occasionally mentions them, but he used TV Tropes references all the time back then.
I mean, TV Tropes is awesome. Lol
The first time I saw this me and Johnny said "Holy shit" at the same time at 8:42
To do the horizontal shinespark simply
1. Charge up the speed booster and store it
2. Do a forward jump (like if you were doing a screwattack (screwattack))
3. Press up on the d-pad
4. Quickly press whichever horizontal direction you want to go in and boom you did it!
For the diagonal it is even simpler
1. Copy step one from the other tutorial
2. Hold the R-button (If changed, the button that points your gun diagonally up)
3. Press the jump button and you did it.
I love how many different ways you can sequence break this game or simply get through and area so much faster. I watch speed runs of Super Metroid and try to replicate what they do with I'd say a greater percentage of success after a while.
anyone here after Johnny reviews Super Metroid again.
Yep
Yes
One of my favorite games of all time & on the SNES. This game is the reason that I became a Metroid fan. I love it.
HOLY SHIT! i've never seen another human equal my time! (not implying anything). Damn, dude, you sure love super metroid as i did and still do. I've already watched all your metroid reviews and let me tell you, they were top notch!
Congrats, dudes, i like to see someone who shares the same love for old school gaming as me.
johnny, you r one of the main reasons to why i got curious about trying out other game series i missed out on as a kid. u rock dude. just so u know, this game has become one of my all-time favs too :)
#SaveTheAnimals.
Save the frames ;---;
BasicBlisseys Indeed.
Ruler3995 #fucktheanimals
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So, finally figured out what that song was during the escape sequence, and it's a song called "Nobody but me" by the Human Beinz from 1968.
One of those rare times where a game is literally perfect.
No. No it is not.
Your Face it’s not rare or it’s not perfect?
It's...not perfect
@@Mqstodon It's about as close to perfect as a game can realistically get.
I feel not many people point out that a lot of the boss cries in this game were taken from various Godzilla movies.
8:41 to 10:43 were the best parts.
Intro: Super quiet (turns up volume) BLAM 0:25 "NOW AS I MIGHT..." Thanks for popping my eardrums!
i remember when this game came out and i was looking in video game magazines and everyone was giving this game 10s and 9.8s and stuff.. and at the time i was a genesis kid so i was like man F*CK the super nintendo!!!!
then donkey kong country came out and ruined my life lol
If you don't join in on this Donkey Kong Country MADNESS, you're STUPID!
Yeah agree he is stupid
chase shepherd It was a reference to a Retsupurae video, where they were riffing on a terrible review of Donkey Kong Country 1.
Nintendo is what Genesisn’t.....
Genesisn’t overrated
Does anyone know where the theme at the end of the video here is from? I know it is a version of Samus Aran's theme/credits theme of Super Metroid, but wondering who's version it is.
Ah, never mind, found it. It's the Sound in Action Super Metroid tracks. Awesome stuff. They have them on UA-cam for those curious.
When i was nine, I played the leyend of zelda ocarina of time, and me being a Mexican dude who doesn't speak english, i couldn't get the goron brazalet because i needed saria's song, and got stuck until i learned how to read english.
Now, what does that have to do with super metroid? Well, 3 years ago i beat super metroid in 82 percent i remember it cause i took a photo, i was very proud, anyway in this game i didn't got stuck in any part of the game, the only thing preventing me to beat the game is it's diffuculty and the easy to understand obstacles, that, what I call good game design! A game where a 6 year old kid, who can't read in english, can easily understand what to do.
I think this is worth mention, since this review didn't touched that part of the game
Ahahahah easy to understand what to do this game is easy but it's not until you get lost that the frustration sets in
minecraftunamelh0000 i did got lost, lots of times, but i never felt stuck at some point, i just kept exploring.
Maybe it's just me but I think they should at least give you some information to me the exploration is just padding just a way to make the game longer don't get me wrong I liked the game but i got lost so many times I kept looking and looking and looking until I just crack and look it up maybe I'm just not good at these exploration oriented games but in my opinion exploration games shouldn't be without linearity there is a certain amount of conveyance needed for me to understand and when nothing is told to me I always think to myself "well now what" the game expects you to know everything about what to do when there is no indication of what to do and that's not a good thing i got so bored with the exploration that it took me three days to beat this game the exploration just got tedious to me it took so long for me to figure out what to do I saw no point in even doing it
I'd rate the game a 5.9/10 it's not bad but it's far from the masterpiece everyone claims it to be..
I already posted this on a thread that you were in but i'm posting it here so that you understand that your complaints are both baseless and false:
"Seriously anyone who complains about a lack of conveyance has a garbage sense of observation and spacial awareness.
Most common complaint is how walls have no indication that you can bomb them.
Thing is though is that there ARE little indications that show you where a bomb-able walls are located. Most of those walls are textured differently and others have other methods of showing you this such as cracks or little gaps. Even when you can't go passed a certain wall because you lack the equipment to do so, it will have a block with a symbol that shows you what can get you pass that (Ball for hyper bomb, arrow for speed boost, spiral for screwattack, etc). Most importantly this helps in hinting you where to go. You go to an area that you can't go pass yet but find one of those aforementioned blocks with a symbol on it. So you leave and go somewhere else and find an item that looks like that same block you found, so you get curious and back track to that area and use that item on that spot and find that you can now go pass it. This applies to most of the game with items like the high jump boots or the gravity suit.
Thing is that all these little indications are very subtle and if your observation and spacial awareness skill is lacking then you will find this game difficult. But if that's the case then that is your fault, not the games."
So, true story. I finally buckled down to beat Super Metroid and during the final escape, I only got to the ship with 1 millisecond to spare.
Nice! I just completed this game 100% today
The thing i hate about the 3DS and the newer generation is that we are no longer able to get 2d games like that....yes we still have cartoony 2d games and 3d 2d games but these looked so much better...now we get 8-bit revivals like Shovel Knight or Axiom Verge
+Cursedwind What about Ori and the Blind Forest?
***** Rare exception.
+Cursedwind If you haven't played any already, the Shantae series is fantastic
+Elliott Howard I will....but I meant for a AAA game from someone like Nintendo to make a game like this
+Cursedwind what's wrong with Shovel Knight?
Playing that last note from "the Insidious plane" by Joseph Bishara at the 8:01 point of this video sure is something!
Samus used Hyper Beam.
One-Hit-Ko.
Nothing is more awesome than that final scene at 12:02. To see Samus jump back and hear that glorious arm cannon one more time. Letting you know that you completed a kick-ass game.
9:54 teabag :3
You can't teabag if you don't have a bag, Samus.
11:14 whats that song playing in the background called ?
My only big gripe for this game is Maridia and its fucking sand.
Thinh Nguyen If you know what you're doing you'll barely ever need to deal with the quicksand.
Ghost7856 I don't know what these guys are complaining about. I mean, the first time I played through the game, I understand, but the second time I knew quite well how not to fall on it and get out.
Does anyone know where I can find the remix of the Metroid credits theme at the end of Johnny's review here?
*SCREW ATTACK* >=D
Y u do dis? ;n;
Rip screw attack
Probably one of the best video-games ever created. Maybe it's my nostalgia-goggles, but I remember that game even about 15 years or so since I last played it. It was such a damn good atmosphere, as you got ever deeper into the planet, uncovered new things, got more and more powerful. One of the last Super NES Games I played before switching to PC for the rest of my life but I'll never forget this game
It truly is
Only noobs can't wall jump.
Thumbs up if you can wall jump!
Only noobs ask for thumbs up.
LightSoul ADV I didn't ask for thumbs up dumbass. I said thumps up if you can!
+Andrewsafb71 no, u said thumbs
Thats asking for thumbs up indirectly.
LightSoul ADV You just can't fucking wall jump and that you're mad because you'd be lying to yourself if you did thumps up. I've figured you out dawg.
The last Metroid is in captivity, the galaxy is at peace.
Earthworm Jim: GROOVY!
This game suffers from almost every problem that Jhonny whined about in his Metroid Prime 2 review and you gave that a 6... A score WORSE than the review you gave for Metroid: Other M, yet you give Super Metroid a 10 out of 10? Thanks bandwagon effect.
And what problems would those be? Because I never noticed
@M3rtyville This doesn't have anything to do with ScrewAttack putting this as their number 1 SNES game does it?
At about 9 minutes this video is totally worth it. I laughed so hard at the montage.
I finished it a week ago. I played it in three sessions two or three months separating each. I really struggled to enjoy it at first and I really had a hard time to find a reason to play it but at the end I loved it. It was just like a glass of water when you have been in the desert for an eternity. The first few gulps are terrible and painful but when the water finds its way to your...belly (I wanted to say heart but it would be inaccurate) it is one of the best experiences ever. I am looking forward to replay it.
Also, my completion rate was 75% which, I guess, is good for a total newbie in the Metroid series. Yes, it was my first Metroid to play ever.
What version of the Metroid theme is played at the end? It's so grand and epic, I just want to know if I can find the full version.
I have never played Metroid. I recently got this ridiculous fever for sidscrolling platformers. It started with Megaman X.i have been bingeing the x legacy collection for my fix but there are so many out there and personally I want to tackle the classics first. Castlvania, Metroid, and the original mega man are some that I have yet to sink into. As well as many modern ones I have seen on your channel. One that particularly stood out was Celeste. Anyways. Your channel is awsome I watch alot. Keep it up great stuff. Much appreciated.
These videos are still enjoyable to watch.
Thanks for the compliment, and same to you. I'm glad to see people with reason around here, and I'm sure you are too. :)
I have never played this game, actually i have never played any metroid game, but this montage convinced me to do so.
I wasn't old enough during this console generation, but I played the game for the first time on the wii virtual console. It opened my eyes to how awesome snes graphics are!
Johnny, your editing never ceases to amaze me.
As far as im concerned Super Metroid is the first ever cinematic game on a console. Atmospheric music, slick graphics, smooth fast gameplay it is truly a masterpiece.
Whats the name of the song when Samus escapes?
2:09...That picture on the left in the manual... it reminds me of a certain Spiderman villains meme that appeared in recent times. God its so weird looking back
Maybe it's just me forgetting about the Shinespark, but I took far more time than Johnny did. 1'07"41? I had TWO SECONDS remaining on my countdown first time through. But you know what? I actually liked that. It made me feel anxious, pumped, and accomplished when I made it.
Gotta love how the third game of any game franchise is, most of the time, one of the best sequels.
I think the thing that convinced them to add diagonal shooting was the addition of shoulder buttons.
First off, great review! I've been playing this game for the past week, I gotta say that its the best in the franchise. One sort-of-cool thing I noticed is that when you kill an enemy while samus is full of health and ammo, nothing drops. I say its cool because of all the games I played, I never saw that happening, or either that I didn't notice. This game is definitely one I would complete again and try to beat it fast enough to see samus without her suit. Right now I want to beat it again, but sadly, I got other games to beat.
@10:54 Anyone got the name of that remix of Samus theme? I can't find it anywhere.
Someone please tell me the name of that song that plays during the escape sequence after mother brain at 10:02 I want that on my iPod.
Like Johnny and almost everyone else who has played this game, I freaking love it,
I'm glad you make these reviews, Johnny. You actually got me into Metroid! And Pokemon to a certain extent.
9:51 "So after that colorfull raping..." best line ever HAHAHAHA
He's so little! "Helloamjonnyandsupergaminbrothers"
I love it.
One of the best gaming experiences on the Super Nintendo and in gaming's entire history!
"NGAH! GET OFF! I'M TOO PURPLE AND BADASS TO DIE!"
-John, 07/20/2011
It would be interesting to see Johnny review it now in his new, more mellowed-out style but obviously he still loves this game - and rightly so
@ John Crain The music at the end of the video is a remix of the end credits for Super Metroid. I've been meaning to find it here so I could listen to it in it's entirety, but no such luck unfortunately.