Game Boy Longplay [016] Metroid II: Return of Samus

[@poiluparadis]

I somehow beat this as a kid (no maps, no internet, just pure addiction) and is probably the reason it's one of the most nostalgic games for me. When Super Metroid came out a few years later I nearly lost my mind when the opening showed the baby Metroid hatch. I loved that lil guy. Fantastic series.

[@MrDibara]

Bet you were pretty sad when you beat Super Metroid, no? :'(

[@BeastEnte]

Maan these were the days, pure joy playing the game, no looking stuff up just pure gold playing a great and xonfusing game but willing to do anything to beat it and yes the ending was epix for me. This game holds a spexial plaxe in my heart and spirit. This was one of my first memories in gaming. Suxh and honor to have gotten an amazing xhildhood. Everyday i xouldnt wait to get off sxhool just to try and beat this game and the satisfaxtion of obtaining a new item or upgrade was so fulfilling. Id also say this game and LoZ OOT was one of the few games i beat without help as a kid. I haven’t quite found that feeling of fulfilling on these games in today’s age. Maybe im not looking hard enough. Ah took me baxk you saying “pure addixtion” haha

[@Frogluv64]

Me too! 😉

[@wizardz7938]

@@MrDibara why would he be sad

[@id-f8679]

​@@wizardz7938 The death of the baby Metroid.

[@GT6SuzukaTimeTrials]

As a kid, I was so lost in this game. Didn't get far at all. Watching this now for the first time in over 20 years is trippy.

[@DravenWolfe]

Considering how easy I get turned around, I am surprised I managed to beat it. :P .

[@Soulful_Chaos]

Me either. Lol! I found the game on the ground at school.

[@Aego384]

SoulfulChaos What? You found it lying on the ground? Well, lucky you

[@WillemsMathias]

Lol, also never managed to finish it, just got passed the thrid last 'boss', then got lost too; also out of rockets :) 20 years ago indeed...

[@lsx_doc]

This hit home for me harrrrdddd

[@audiofunkdialect]

I got a gameboy in 1993 when I was nine and this was the first game I got for it I think. The sound and the environments just made you feel so alone and claustrophobic. They did so much with so little. What an amazing game.

[@taylorpearce5007]

You and I had identical childhood experiences then…

[@stevecelestino7352]

NEVER knew the intro music was more than just that monotone screeching! Years of playing the game as a kid and I would always press start before that

[@greenrobot3653]

i would have never figured out to go inside the walls without a strategy guide or this video...very cryptic game

[@uefamikep]

I found them all when I played in the eaely 90s. Usually just have to not care slimming your way up every wall all over lol

[@AntFactoryMusic]

that sound when you encounter one of them metroids o.o always got me shittin brix

[@stantrol]

this game was one of my all platforms favorite... And I beat it in my dad's car while doing the ride to go to Disney World!!! Awesome memories!

[@eckbw]

Remember playing this in the dark with a game boy light adapter as a kid, was a bit creeped out by the game, still today the game has great suspense. Good memories.

[@yournamehere7329]

Danielle Pluzsik I know me too. I think the reason why it creeped me out so much was that this being one of my favorite and most played games as a kid was wondering what the heck a stone face has to do with Metroid?

[@zacharyhunt9594]

i can immedietely tell i like this run. "oh that guy hit me. gotta turn around and make sure he DIES!"

[@grackleking6413]

4:45

[@VaelVictus]

I remember being seven years old stuck on how to play this game. The days where you only knew what the protagonist looked like because of the box art. ;}

[@LchanOtakudom]

Geez, the GameBoy really could do anything, couldn’t it?! The detail on Samus herself is insane!! Not to mention the quick scroll from one screen to another, I’m in awe!

[@jotarokujo5610]

I know right my 16 year old son had a Gameboy Advance SP

[@JohnFekoloid]

I spent more energy trying to learn the song by ear and play it on my piano. Fun times. I was never good at any games. I was always listening tot the songs.

[@cristinatorres2011]

I love the theme that plays when Samus acquires an item.

[@troyandrew7443]

so do i

[@isabellam1936]

This brings back so many childhood memories. I was born in 1984.

[@Hmongboi228]

Same but born in March 1985.. 🤝

[@user43119]

Can gladly say I completed this game. Took a lot of persistence/patience

[@eintopfmitschinken1596]

My greatest achievement with this game was when I discovered that you can get inside the Metroid Queen and blast her with bombs. I cannot remember how often I played this jewel of a game.

[@MegaKronos1]

I remember that! I found that out too and thought I was done for! That move destroys the final boys allot faster! Good times! 😆

[@grackleking6413]

Wow. I just beat the game, so I’ll have to try it that way lol

[@DemetrisLeptos]

As a kid, before KZbin and stuff, I used to like games like Super Mario Land and cute stuff and this came to me as surprise to love it - little did I know I was not the only one. But seriously, the ambiance this game has is remarkable :D

[@wallynuts610]

one of the best games ever. spent many a day playin this as a wee lad. all the tunes, sound effects and images bring back so many fond memories.

[@gilpinsteven]

I freakin' love this game.

[@unoriginalusername1748]

Surely we're not going to ignore how great this music is for being on the GameBoy. I also like how it foreshadows the boss metroid battle with a shed shell at 11:26.

[@apanst]

When i was a kid i thought the jumping animation looked like samus tied up in a knot.

This game tests a lot our memory for having to walk this scenario without the help of a map.

[@billias11]

I got this game for Christmass. Wow so many good memories

[@grackleking6413]

Lucky kid. Just beat it, and it’s such a good game

[@blackmagic1087]

i remember when i was 7 yrs old i draw my own map on a piece of paper so i wouldnt get lost, but i could never beat this game either ..

[@xerxesafshar8784]

How cute and clever idea

[@kabirh3626]

Classic...I remember playing this it was amazing, when I found the secrets to power up it was such a feeling and the metroids scared the hell out of me , the music was so atmospheric as well

[@rrbeats2004]

i remember being so scared when the boss metroids came

[@jesusrvalenzuelac6522]

no les entiendo nadaaaaa

[@eLSeniorPancho]

geNo meNoid so you're encouraging terror attacks? what kind of fucked up piece of shit are you? probably the kind that mows my lawn.

[@Markboyy1984]

I remember as soon the dramatic music starts sometimes it made me jump when I was a kid

[@Tactividz]

I was 4 or 5 when I first played this. The sharp music with the first metroid made me terrified and it always killed me haha

[@xoener]

I remember getting nervous when I saw those broken shells

[@Al0neStillAlive]

1:52:27 I've never played this game before, but what happens if you roll into that hole in this boss fight? The hole closes after you beat the boss so I'm curious.

[@MegaKronos1]

I remember that hole is an exit to when you run out of rocket ammo and have to make a quick exit to refill again, but you have to start making your way back to the boss and fight it again😐

[@dillonkinder9296]

One of the best Game Boy games ever

[@marioeggol]

As a child, it took me years to finish it. The other kids had played Mario Land, but I just had to get Metroid for my Game Boy. I was totally into the game. As a 6-year-old, it was completely overwhelming. But I loved it!

[@JazGalaxy]

I miss how stylized the art in this game used to be. Seamus' spazzy running animation used to be the defining characteristic of this series

[@JazGalaxy]

lol Samus. Typo. Seamus O'ran is her Irish great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather.

[@barockmanobama2151]

Nothing beats Samus's chicken walk in the first Metroid.

[@BigChrisENT]

I played this game religiously as a kid and barely got anywhere 😂

[@2NDFLB-CLERK]

▪ Sh1t was still 💣 AF thou. I like it better than the 3ds remake. 🟥

[@Retromags]

This was the only Metroid game I played as a kid, and I believe one of the very first video games I beat. Not sure if I beat this or Kirby's Dreamland first. Fantastic game!

[@grackleking6413]

I’m betting it was Kirby lol

[@audiofunkdialect]

Me too I didn’t end up playing another one until Metroid prime which was also amazing.

[@bobbygnosis]

That intro music is pretty tight if you stop and really listen to it.

[@gunman9131]

Only JAPANESE could do this type of shhhhi. For real. Thank you Team Metroid! We owe you big time! THANK YOU! ARIGATOU!

[@eckbw]

Did you know btw, that varia suit is actually a mistranslation. In japanese it was named バリア "ba-ri-a" aka barrier suit, but was mistranslated into "varia".

[@grackleking6413]

That’s funny, especially since Varia Suit sounds much cooler

[@TheScribe1.0]

@@grackleking6413 amen.

[@linushyper300]

00:01 RIP earphone users

[@pablosorbara2280]

+Dr Ivo Robotnik WHAT DID YOU SAY? I CAN'T HEAR YOUUUUUUUUU

[@Link-ek3iw]

No u

[@keilojr]

Managed to beat this somehow as a kid after getting lost countless times 😆 one of the very best games out there

[@rsp7029]

That final battle is frantic. I think i was prouder to have beaten this game than winning a baseball game

[@Zipzeolocke]

Metroid 2 was one of my first Game Boy games when I was a kid and being only 8 years old at the time it scared the crap out of me! And I loved it! This was back before maps existed so I had no idea where to go, I just knew I was hunting these alien creatures and trying to stay alive! It was so dark and the only thing that kept me going was the music and a desire to see how far down into the planet I could get to find more weapon upgrades and better suits

[@Bloodreign1]

Nintendo Power at the time had a couple issues that had the maps for this game. Sadly a big flood wiped out my NP magazines I had in outside storage (though I believe my Gamepro and EGM mags survived due to being on a higher level of the storage shed), so no more maps for me unless I want to download the magazines.

[@mynameisleeyesitis]

The best metroid. Everything about this game is perfect from every aspect of the gameplay, the storyline, the world it features right down to the tunes in all the different sections.

[@erjang.5997]

It’s my childhood fave game. It was one of the most unforgettable moment for me when I completed all the levels and destroyed the thing like dinosaurs. I felt like I saved the world. Wish to go back that time and stay as child forever.....

[@TraumaER]

*So much nostalgia. I only typed Metroid today because of a PC ad used the word in their banner and was like HOLY CRAP. Let me check on this game for Game Boy. One of the very first games I ever played ever.* _Depressing as hell_

[@kastaway-mtx]

I remember beating this game in 1994-95 when I was 12 or 13 and beat the game without using any help, took me over 100 hours 😁 It was a nightmare to find everything plus hidden rooms. The NES and Gameboy turned me into a life long gamer.

[@Aldiggy2000]

1:52:05 .. cool how you can hear the queen room away .. nice touch!

[@sunnydayyesgameofthronesno2981]

The beam that Samus shoots that just moves up and down is called the “Wave Beam”

[@dr.decker3623]

Thank you so much for waiting on the title screen,.. that is a punch in the feels

[@ceec6923]

This game was the bomb 💣 Was my favourite out of the all the game boy games !

[@GlowingOrangeOoze]

I think, someday, this game will be recognized for its own unconventional greatness; kind of like Majora's Mask. It may not trump Super in most eyes, but what it has is definitely of some value.

[@teasteman]

Woaaah!!!...I remember this old good times

[@shroom9095]

33:47 i always did a damage jump to get those missiles, didn't know it was for high jump

[@Bates1960]

Before there was Resident Evil this was one of my favorite games as a kid. I miss the original Game Boy. I played this game for so many hours. I also beat the whole game without maps and a strategy guide. I got all Samus's upgrades the best achievement. The good old fashioned days back when games had less or no dialogue certain games had no save points. Back when Gamestop used to be called Babbage's. Those were the days simple times.

[@Darrell9000]

This game was so good. I can't believe I beat this thing as an 8 year old.

[@ripleyhicks3634]

Thank you for this guide!! Reliving my childhood ❤️

[@Wesleech]

I remember constantly getting lost in the game. It was a bit to big for my young stupid brain.

[@chrisjones245]

youre right, this was never a kids game, i spent hours getting back to the same spot

[@VanillaLimeCoke]

Same here. Took two years to beat and some of that was basically spoon fed to me through friends on what to do. Even in the beginning I had to wait like 2 weeks before my friends showed me you have to downward shoot those blocks at the very start of the game.

[@kenshiro11]

i loved this game, brings me a lot of good memories!!

[@lioncrud9096]

this game entertained me for HOURSSSSS

[@WMO14]

I enjoy these more than speedruns, since I get to see it how I played it back then.

[@uefamikep]

I played this endlessly in the early 90s lol

[@Alison_Faith]

I just got this from Club Nintendo! I am so excited!

[@grackleking6413]

How was it? Just beat it myself

[@Nycholas17]

It's still a source of pride for me that I could once beat Zelda, Super Mario Bros, Contra and Metroid, the last being a stellar combo of all those equally great games. Man, they all swept me into another world unlike anything else ever has.

[@isabellam1936]

I got so mad at this game when I was little because there was no map, at least that I could find in the game. I never beat it because of that. I loved the game though. So addictive.

[@facugomez8104]

when i was 4 and got in trouble my dad would put me in the corner of my room to stare at the wall.. after a few minutes my dad would feel sorry for me and then hed give me his GameBoy with Metroid 2 in it.. my all time fav game :) i misbehaved very often :D

[@marchioof]

I'm using this as my Samus Returns walkthrough on my 3DS.

[@44bigfreeze]

Why not just use a Samus Returns walkthrough?

[@TheWaynelds]

1:52:30 You can go down that hole on the left side underneath the platform. Once you defeat the boss, then it’s too late to go down there and get the items hidden down there.

[@Hmongboi228]

Born in March 85, beat this game multiple times during my childhood but please refresh for me and the rest of us, what items were down there? 💡🤔🤷🏻‍♂️

[@alex_pro_827]

Это не забываемо! Я прошел Мероида в 90-хх ... причем видимо неплохо - так как в конце я помню увидел что это девушка. Офигел)

[@SDBROOKS08]

For a game boy game people don’t realize how deep this game was. I was 5 when this dropped and I used to be about to have a heart attack when your life running low and you on a boss fight. Terrorizing for a kid my age lol

[@xrodarte82]

Did that gimmick armor even do anything to reduce HP? What a work. Man this game, frustrated the hell out of me as a kid.

[@chavez45able]

Wish Nintendo could officially remake Metroid 2: Return of Samus. But what kind of remake 2D like Metroid, Zero Mission, Super Metroid and Fusion or 3D like the Prime trilogy and for what console 3DS or Nintendo Switch?

[@Maru96]

Albert Chavez Well, there is a fan remake in progress, there is even a demo.

[@chavez45able]

I was thinking of an official remake made by Nintendo like Metroid: Zero Mission.

[@XMalevolentPandoraX]

Albert Chavez considering how Nintendo has been treating the Metroid franchise lately, I don't think they should remake this game. BTW you should look up AM2R, it's a fan made remake that has been developed for 7 years. The game hasn't been completed yet, but they have released the demo. I've been playing the demo this entire week and I must tell you it's amazing! Its has the same atmosphere and feeling of the original yet its improved in every other way. I highly recommended this game

[@Michelle-uf7rj]

+Albert Chavez There is a remake :) its not finishd yet but he has a demo released and its really good! heres link: metroid2remake.blogspot.ca/

[@DemetrisLeptos]

Definitely and I'm glad I was redirected to: metroid2remake.blogspot.com.cy/

[@tonysmith4687]

I remember playing this after all the hype about it and I was blown away

[@MegaKronos1]

You knew that in the room before you fought the final mutated metroid you where in for a great fight! The music in that room and during the fight is epic! ..... even for gameboy standards! 😲😨😆

[@Zakthextremest]

Especially for Gameboy standards. 😐

[@clickycal]

@Imgema :P Yea, good point there. I don't think we will be seeing any team ninja games on nintendo for a long time, if at all.

[@Zeithri]

@LetsPlayTarosan - Unless I am wrong, it is also heavily implied in Metroid Other M. Also, this is the only game in the series that just about exclusively deals with it's namesake :3 A very special game.

[@discman15]

I never had ANY IDEA where to go, I'm glad I wasn't the only one

[@ReeBer-kb7cw]

30:45 somehow as a kid on my old gameboy i always thought it was a clowns face 😂

[@VanillaLimeCoke]

1:00:32 Originally I always fought that Metroid through the wall. It was darn near impossible but yet that Metroid could never seem to get me too. I never realized you had to go down the egg to get it.

[@petertobas3473]

The black and white graphics made this game so much more ominous than the others in the series

[@Blueflag04]

when i got 35 metroids to go ,i couldnt find the way to the next area and got stuck

[@ailill5458]

I have no idea how I beat this game as a kid.

[@XXtheJUMPoffXX]

I’m playing through Samus Returns on 3DS right now, watching this source material is crazy, what a big difference

[@isabellam1936]

I wonder what this generation of kids think of these old games I played as a kid like Metroid for GameBoy.

[@lacreatura4737]

Dunno about other kids, but my young cousin freaking loves this game and Super Metroid. ... Granted, I'm there to help him with it. Of course. He calls me "Navigator" when we play.

[@deussejalouvadodeus1903]

I wonder if the metroid franchise can be for kids, because the metroid prime had scenes that I think were heavy, apart from the ERSB rating, because before I didn't have control of it, I only had it after the mortal Kombat was released.

[@joaofernandes9756]

@@deussejalouvadodeus1903 Metroid 2D: everyone. Metroid 3D: teen.

[@VanillaLimeCoke]

1:15:48 I always found this part odd. It was like you’re about to enter into the most sacred golden part of the game.

[@ioannishussein8038]

1:55:23: The credits scene. 1:57:23: FINAL RESULT!

[@r100curtaincall]

I love this game. its one of my favorites. Pity the emulator can't reproduce the sounds properly.

[@jeanferrat8251]

Call me sentimental but it's my favorite from the serie. Bring me back to 1994.

[@jeanferrat8251]

mais oui bizaremment j'ai fais le compte aujourd'hui, j'ai eu ma game boy à Noël 1992 et metroid en septembre 1993. Je me suis trompé d'un an. J'ai joué à Super Metroid en 94 en effet.

[@DemetrisLeptos]

I never got so hooked up with a game not of my let's say genre - I'll have to agree - and that music / ambiance whatever it is..

[@44bigfreeze]

What's your opinion on Samus Returns?

[@michelpheliosse9758]

zero mission est le meilleur !

[@timothyroehm4307]

Spider ball aka. the only item of Metroid that never makes another appearance!

[@sonicANDtailsfan157k]

Does so, just not as often as people think it should.

[@someguy23475]

I only had a handful of Game Boy games growing up. This was one of them. Never beat it. I should see if it’s still at my mom’s house next time I visit and give it another shot. It’s probably been close to 25 years since I last played.

[@DemonkaiMugen]

Damn this shit is somewhere packed away in the house lol i hope my old gameboy still works

[@MeajnL08]

I’m too young to have played the Gameboy version. Here I am now playing the 3ds version.

[@TheJukka96]

This game rocks!!! Metroid II is definedly one of my all time favourite games. I prefer this game even to Metroid prime and Black ops ;)

[@durchfreude]

i couldnt finish that game in my childhood lol didnt know how to get further but was amazed with the powers i found

[@CoupableDetout]

this game is called "the forgotten" (in the metroid series) for me it is unforgettable: when I was a kid, I traded against a fucking transformer ac / dc! because of the exorbitant price of batteries it was a terrible mistake youth ... unforgivable

[@gren4586]

"The forgotten"? Really? The game *has* a title.

[@nico_mueller]

I remember this in green and black.

[@xrodarte82]

Was there a thing where you could accidently cause the water to rise and then you're basically F'd if you saved it?

[@FearNoGrave]

This game use to always give me the creeps, but I loved playing it. I have yet to beat it though.....

[@dominik-man3156]

Without a map from the internet you're lost.

[@bgrcomputersltd]

1:53:48 No escape theme for Metroid II?

[@EUROPAMusicOfficialChannel]

I never could beat this. Seeing how many secrets there are makes me feel better about not knowing what to do.

[@tomastucker1447]

thank you for clearing that up for me i think i knew that her name is samus did'nt know that metroid was the jellyfish things i haven't played too many metroid games that propley explains why i didn't have a clue on some things on this game series but i am trying to get all the metroid games i am that determented to do it

[@Elias991000]

I've always loved this game. I remember when I played this and beat the game with the best ending. When I beat it, I remember that a boy watched me played this and saw the ending, he was very pissed off that Samus is a woman. I take it that he never played Metroid before.

[@emanuelarriaza3710]

One of my first game boy games am2r is greatness update to this beloved game

[@MGTRANSFORMER]

i bought the game 3 years back and played again this past new years. gearing up for Other M.