Just showed the kid the final battle and ending sequence of Super Metroid. Not sure how well the classic pixel-based storytelling without dialogue landed, but he seemed to be into it.
I rescued the animals and pointed out to the four pixels escaping the planet as a result.
#SuperMetroid finished! Took just over 5 hours and I coolected 85% of the items. This might be the first time I've ever finished the game entirely without looking up a guide. There's definitely something freeing about replaying a game without worrying about collecting everything.
Very pleasant playthrough. I'm pretty sure some of the Redux patch changes enabled me to make it into some places out of order, which was interesting. I was worried a couple times that it got me stuck, but each time it all turned out well.
Definitely still got some time left this month, but I'm feeling pretty satisfied as far as Metroid goes, so I'm calling it here this month. Happy to have felt like participating again!
Finished a replay of #SuperMetroid tonight. Confirmed: it's still great.
So far for #VGCMay2025 I've finished:
+ Metroid
+ Metroid II
+ Super Metroid
+ Metroid Fusion
I have an in-progress save in Metroid Prime as well, where I'm close to going to the Mines (so I might quit, haha). I tried Pinball but hated it and Hunters, but found it boring.
There's Zero Mission, but I did replay that within the past year.
Apparently I forgot how much I like #Metroid
And done!
Glad I didn't spend the money on Metroid Prime Remastered, but I *am* glad I played it! Checking out the remaster was good motivation to get participating again and the game itself was fun regardless.
Didn't remember having quite so much trouble with the platforming nor the enemies that required specific beam types previous, but eh.
Surprised how low my completion percentage is, though! Only 83%, but I did at least get Samus sans helmet!
Since the month's barely half over, I think I'll pick another game. Probably #SuperMetroid. I could use the hit of nostalgia.
I've joined this awesome video game club online initiated by @killyourfm and this month we're playing #SuperMetroid. Just for the heck of it, since I've already played it a bunch of times, I decided to record a long play of the playthrough.
If you like non-commentary playthroughs of old video games, I recommend watching it over at PeerTube:
https://peertube.chuggybumba.com/my-library/video-playlists/uFpBnB171ANUj9vgJZBH2L
Cheers!
Five Great Runs from Awesome Games Done Quick 2025
A mere five runs among too many worth watching to list, of course.
https://www.dcgameblog.com/2025/01/five-great-runs-from-awesome-games-done-quick-2025/
#Videogames #CrazyTaxi #DickTracyNES #GamesDoneQuick #MegaManX3 #NewSuperMarioBrosWii #SuperMetroid
My @pixel_dailies for #mushroom and #orbit are #FanArt of two of my favorite games, #ALTTP and #SuperMetroid.
BTW, I want to shout out @sonneveld for streaming my game (#TaiFab)! It was really fun to watch you play, and the chat was lovely. To answer a chat question: it's a Holy Snorkel because of the Holy Symbol (https://castlevania.fandom.com/wiki/Holy_Symbol), but I loved one person's guess that it's a reference to Holy Diver! My husband loves that song. 
Today's catch-up @pixel_dailies are the Plasma #Beam from #SuperMetroid and a group of blood cells, including two #plate -lets.
First time getting back into proper runs and I set a new PB! I’d been focusing mainly on my boss performance and it kinda shows here, but there’s still so much room for improvement that I really wanna keep going!
(that, and I scrapped like 4 runs leading up to this one so I’m very pleased)
ok, since i got that issue resolved...
I'm playing Super Junkoid and doing a thread here since I don't know what else to do
for now...
this story sounds cool so far
I’m just saying, I’m glad Super Metroid lets you change the controls because the default ones suck. #Metroid #SuperMetroid #SNES
The irony of me expecting either my computer giving it up or me, and I’ve just gone and achieved the goal that of reaching a sub-hour run in SM!
I was completely blown away at it too—I was so sure that the run was going to fall apart at so many points, but I managed to hold on and I now have a new PB of 59:48!
Thinking back to my first timed run I did in 2023, it was a 1:21:03 and I was thinking surely there wasn’t anything else to be found right? Oh how wrong I was lmao
Not sure what I’ll do next since it was such a big goal of mine… Maybe I’ll go back to map rando for a bit.
#SuperMetroid #Speedrunning
RE: https://beep.flawbee.net/objects/57212bc4-e90c-4fed-b1fd-d86014cfed09
Song Nr 2 "Maridia" is about the aquatic area in #supermetroid with its' "halls made of water" and a "tub made of narrowness". We have a pretty strong sub-theme (no pun intended) about water, so it seemed just about right to have a song about Maridia.
Have a listen: https://malefreak.bandcamp.com/track/maridia
Games like #SuperMetroid and #LinkToThePast are often categorized very differently. The formula though seems nearly the same. Gated challenge areas that give new capabilities, that enable wider exploration.
The difference is largely in visual perspective and control mechanics. Sometimes our genres seem like a feeble attempt at drawing boundaries around an inherently flexible medium.
