Topic: Super Metroid

It worked! You saved my day Thank you very much.

The sinking sand part humiliated me too because it always felt like I was JUUUUUUST about to make the jumps, so I kept trying, and wasting a lot of time. Don't bother with that part until you have the Gravity Suit / Space Jump (or whatever it is that lets you somersault again and again in the air) combo.

Phantoon was rough...I tanked a lot of hits, but if you blitz him with super missiles when you can, you should make it through eventually!

Yeah I have to admit I just brute forced my way through Phantoon with Super Missiles. Although after beating him I read a walkthrough and apparently if you use Super Missiles on him he will counter attack with a pretty devastating attack which will cause you to take unneeded damage. The walkthrough suggested using just a charge shot on him and the battle will be alot easier. Not sure if that is true or not since this is my first time playing it. Can anyone confirm that?

Super Missiles is all I've ever used against Phantoon. It just took five, IIRC. I've never heard of him unleashing a more powerful attack if you use Super Missiles. I believe Phantoon gets stronger with more damage you inflict. Super Missiles inflict the most damage and thus he gets "rowdier" quicker than with other weapons.

Just so nobody thinks less of me. That which is in bold is not from my mouth. I'm Australian and frankly I find the use of that word in place of it's more poetic equivalent offensive. Our friendly censor has made a grave error

Wow, the Gravity Suit helps a lot. Got through Phantoon after trying again, working out the pattern and doing a half decent job with full health. Not sure what I was doing wrong before. Got past with 1 and 1/2 tanks spare. Then everything opened up and it rained missile expansions. Finally gravity suit... and new area.

I'm surprised at how satisfying this game is. They really got the balance right between difficulty and reward.

Well finished off the Wrecked Ship and now I am starting out Miranda is it called. All I can say is I am not enjoying this area at all. So confusing and I have no idea which way to go. Going to have to take a little break and clear my head for a bit before attempting this area again.

Maridia confused me too...I killed the little snake miniboss there and then had no idea what to do. I'm thinking back to remember what I finally ended up doing to advance but...it's not coming to me. I think I had to go back and re-explore Brinstar or Norfair for something I missed.

From what I remember (I haven't played Super Metroid in three years), you're supposed to stay in Maridia. An easy way to advance is to memorise your map and to reach un-explored doors. Maridia is a one stop shop. No backtracking is required to advance.

Yeah I might be wrong...I do remember leaving to explore elsewhere, but I don't know if that's because I missed an obvious item early on, or if I was just running in circles hoping for something to "click." That's definitely where I got significantly stuck though.

I'm still working on that... :

OMG you got to be kidding me you gotta blow up the glass tube with a super bomb. Lol and here I was running around going WTF for several hours. I hate this zone I hate this zone I hate this zone. Lol

Forty minutes in and I just beat Crocomire. It's been too long Sammy!

Honestly Maridia wasn't that confusing for me, outside of maybe one part

I find the entirety of the game between Kraid and the Wrecked Ship to be way more confusing, since you basically have to go back and forth through Norfair and east Brinstar, and it's so annoyingly backtrack-y that it doesn't feel right in such a good game. I always decide to go all the way around through Crateria to get back to west Brinstar after getting power bombs instead, to the point that I have to believe it was designed to do that as I don't just want to go back to Norfair ASAP at that point into the game, and going through most of the rest of Brinstar just leads back to Norfair anyway. I honestly feel that was intentional, especially with the animals helping you learn new stuff.

I actually felt Maridia to be the easiest, with the exception of that rather portly crayfish. I hate that thing. And I loved the Wrecked Ship area the best. Backtracking done right. :3

I didn't find Maridia to be confusing, but parts of it were very annoying to navigate (until you get the Space Jump). Notably the segment with the quicksand, and the areas that require expert use of the grapple beam just to move forward (especially the room with those little floating critters you have to grapple from).

You get the space jump boots right before you fight Kraid.

You're thinking of the gravity suit.

@Chrono Don't you get the Space Jump in the room right next to the boss of maridia? I know that I didn't have them that early on. ._.

High Jump/Space Jump boots. The item that makes Samus jump higher, no?

Oh, the Space Jump. The "prototype" to the screw attack. Yes, you get that in Maridia, not the high jump boots.

Though, I'll never understand why the game doesn't hand you the screw attack while totally dismissing the high jump altogether. lol

The Hi-Jump & Space Jump are two seperate power ups.

You get the Hi-Jump first (before you fight Kraid), and it lets you jump higher.

You get the Space Jump in Maridia, and it allows you to somersault endlessly.

As for the Gravity Suit, you recieve it after fighting Phantoon, and it allows you to move freely underwater & in lava.