Topic: Metroid Prime 1 Remastered

That phazon mines stretch is long and difficult. What I did to slow down the Space Pirates trying to attack me is I used a charge shot with the beam the pirates are weak to. If the pirate is purple, use Wave. White Pirate? Ice beam. Charge up of of those shots. Power charged beam does good damage, charged wave beam stuns enemies, and a fully charged Ice beam freezes the enemy for longer. Always be at a distance from those stupid pirates. Lots of them only have melee combat capabilities. The standard ones have ranged shots. Stun/freeze them, kill them and advance.

@TheBigBlue
This is the way

Saving this for when I get there, thanks! I don't think I'm that far off actually...

@NintendoByNature You might want to prioritize getting the Grapple Beam and Plasma Beam first, many of the artifacts require those two abilities. For that matter, those abilities open a lot of doors in this game, there's a ton of expansions throughout Tallon IV that require those abilities. I would get those abilities first, then explore the older areas at your leisure to find expansions and artifacts, then return to Phazon Mines (but if you've already left the Mines, the Grapple Beam is back there so you might want to return there first).

Do you think it is more efficent to grab all of the chozo artifacts during the story as you gradually collect new power ups, or wait until the end when you need the artifacts to fight Meta Ridley and you just go to each location and grab them one by one?

I'm in the bottom level of Phazon Mines at the save point room next to the Elite Pirate boss fight. I went the long way around. These bottom chambers are creepy. Every single room had me on the edge of my seat, desperately trying to get to what I identified as a potential save room, only to get there and realize it was a Missile recharge station. Eventually got to a Save room though.

@TheBigBlue
Grab them as you go.

Some will require certain upgrades but for the most part you can get them as you go, or as you backtrack for something else you can use the opportunity to grab an artifact in the area also.

@TheBigBlue As long as you're not going out of your way to get them, I think it's more efficient to grab them as you collect new powerups and then mop up the rest after you get the Plasma Beam. You'll be going back and forth through different areas most of the story and it seems more efficient to just get the expansions as you backtrack to visit the new areas. But once you get the Plasma Beam you can get just about everything in the game (aside from the few you need when you're venturing to and obtain the Phazon Suit), so at that point you'll want to backtrack to each area and get everything that's left in those areas.

@Bolt_Strike got the grapple and xray visor. Magmoor caverns will be visited during tomorrow's session as there's a (?) On the map.

Okay, I just realized that there’s a few logbook entries I missed despite being super diligent. Will I have to replay the game if I want to 100% it? That’s somewhat frustrating, if so.

Thanks for the input! Already finished the game weeks back, but this will be useful for my second run, contrary to my first where after I got all the power ups, manually went to grab the other 12 artifacts

@Mrkittyhead Yes you do and yes it is, it's one of the most irritating aspects of this game. If you miss the scan, it's gone forever and you have to restart the entire game. I really wish they would fix this in Prime 4, but I'm concerned they won't. They'd rather give you an incentive to restart the game and have you engage with it further.

I love it. The challenge of scanning everything is one of the best parts. Of course you can miss scans. Once a boss is defeated they're gone. That's how it works. So... don't miss them. And if you do, then oh well, you miss it. Do better next time. One of the funnest parts of the game is seeing how close to 100% you can get. I don't want the game to trivialize that for me. I never get 100% and I'm OK with that. If the game handed it to me on a silver platter it wouldn't be fun to strive for anymore.

Besides which, if you start a new game on the same save file it carries all your scans forward, for any who wish to pursue 100%.

Just beat the Omega Pirate and collected the last two artifacts, and made my way back to my ship on Tallon IV overworld. Only missing 2 energy tanks and a few missile/power bomb upgrades. Think I've got like 150 missiles though, and 6 powerbombs, which is enough.

To be fair, the reward for 100% scans is barely anything, its pretty negligible. But there is also weird stuff like the Ice Shriekbat, a pointless enemy that vanishes for no reason after a while.

Honestly though, I'd argue that's just a weird quirk of the game, while games now would be far more likely to do this on purpose. Adding SOMETHING to avoid criticism from weird people who hate every game that has less than 30 hours of content, even though they obviously didn't make a 30 hour game. (looking at you, Link's Awakening remake randomized dungeon thing and vague New Pokemon Snap challenges).

@JaxonH That's good to know about the scans carrying forward, thank you for letting us know!

@JaxonH imagine getting 99% on Metroid Prime because you forgot to scan the injured space pirates or the parasite queen

@JaxonH oh, that’s so great to hear. I’m not upset as long as my scans carry over. I’ve gotten all of them except for that flamethrower-totem-thing. I didn’t even think about it being a boss until I beat it.🤦‍♂️

@kkslider5552000 I was miserable when I first entered Phendrana because I thought that as soon as the Ice Shriekbat attacked that it would be gone. I basically tiptoed through until I saw them.😂

When I first started I thought that I had to scan literally everything, so in the starting area I would scan a door, walk through, and then scan the other side.

When I first started I thought that I had to scan literally everything, so in the starting area I would scan a door, walk through, and then scan the other side.

@TheBigBlue
Oh its more common than you'd think.

There are entire reddit threads devoted to people who missed one single scan lol... that's one of the defining features of Metroid Prime games- it's part of the experience 😀

@Mrkittyhead @Colonel_Mustache
Oh, glad to help! It's definitely good to know if you wish to pursue that.