Random Number Generation - Metroid Fusion Randomizer

[@gamesdonequick]

Introduction starts at 0:00​​​​​​ First run starts at: 3:22 Second run starts at 1:33:20 Featured streamers: www.twitch.tv/herculesbenchpress You can find the Highlight reel here! kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5i6e56lpsSrnNE

[@andriypredmyrskyy7791]

There will be some people watching this that have never seen the tubes connecting the sectors below deck. I still remember finding all these hidden paths as a kid. So much fun.

[@theaxeninja9298]

I knew about a few of them but it's been a few years since I played fusion lol. Just finished Dread tho lol

[@drim3945]

what are you talking about, timestamp?

[@funforall9741]

Those were the best

[@eskimoprime09]

@@drim3945 Most are inaccessible until power bombs/screw attack iirc, but each of the sectors has a passageway that leads directly to another sector, allowing you to travel between all of them without having to go to the main deck. There's one at 59:40

[@Davian2073]

**Uses le magic Powerbomb** "Oh, it's right there!" **Gets a Powerbomb Tank on one** "This worked for something at least"

[@bluey011]

“What does spicy mean? Imagine a normal food, but spicy.” …thanks, that clears it up!

[@Blizo123no]

Like it too difficult to say "interesting"

[@cloviepounders6703]

Interpreting his response made me think it was going to be a slog for him to get through but in the end entertaining for the viewers to watch. Imagine ordering a chicken sandwich but getting the spicy version. You still have to eat it since you're hungry but it's not what you wanted and anyone watching will get to see you bearing with that spice.

[@BradenBest]

timestamp?

[@jon9828]

Interesting/unusual/eye-catching. Something in that space is usually what I've taken it to mean in a gaming/speedrunning context.

[@jasonjellie9342]

@@Blizo123nono, interesting and spicy are too very different terms 😆

[@SergeantTeabag]

Having casually played Fusion for 15 years, I have never seen that recharge station at 32:38. I'm shocked.

[@fintanaldridge7487]

Same

[@TwilightWolf032]

Same here. i found it out my last playthrough a couple of days ago independently from this video, and boy was I shocked.

[@Chadius]

It's cool that Adam tells you the mandatory upgrades needed.

[@MatheusHenrique-qh8qe]

not exactly, the game doesnt tell you that u also "NEED" an upgrade to reach the red door navigation up there, so u must have hi-jump or space jump BUT there's some other ways to reach that door without those upgrades, i managed once to reach the door without them and it was Metal Locked, i had to go back and look for them, this is a flaw on Adam text they put there as we have no way to know the vertical access for that red door was needed, so to be clear what really is needed to beat the game is: Charge+ plasma (adam tells it so its ok), Gravity + speed (to enter the area to unlock red door), any upgrade to "Leave" the lower sector 4 area (ice missile, difusal, screw, IceBeam + Wave Beam ,or space jump if u know how to do ShineSpark trick), normal missile Data at least(needed for SA-X Core) ,and either Hi-jump or Space just to reach the last room

[@craigfunk3453]

Interesting food conversations. Reminds me of the 'cursed' food conversations in NEST raiding in FF14. They made a point that Nachos are cereal. Grain in a dairy

[@thrnwggrs]

I was a fan of him until he said that thing about mayo on fries.....

[@samario7935]

3:03:58 And here you can see the streamer's soul briefly leaving their body...

[@kapikapisun]

to really sell it it would've been more funny if he literally cried

[@lynnlantern7513]

I love that the one room in Sector 1 had 3 Energy Tanks in it

[@TsuikeNovaus]

THERE"S A METROID FUSION RANDOMIZER? Now I'm trying to figure out what's better...Metroid Fusion Rando or Metroid Dread coming out....

[@GoldDragon20]

It was released on v0.9 right after Dread’s announcement. And a new update is being worked on as we speak

[@alexmoon3844]

I think that can only be answered once Dread comes out.

[@willo90li]

both my friend, equally both

[@Frostburnphoenix]

bitch if u think dread aint more hype imma act tf UP but in all seriousness this is cool

[@bladerpower1]

So technically Samus died during the first run since the ship would have been destroyed by the omega Metroid because the animals Weren't saved and Adam couldn't start the ship on his own

[@thesuntitan]

The single-shot wave beam lets you play Fester's Quest

[@SolidFoxHoundSF]

LOL

[@MrMetroidDread]

3:03:55 I know that feel so well, lol. I've been playing the Fusion Randomizer for a while and there are times I was looking for a key powerup and it was in a very easy to access place in the beginning of the game that I always keep over looking those spots think it could be hiding in a more complex spot, but when you focus so much on exploration you forget that one area. Randomizers can bring up random emotions when searching and finding what you need. lol

[@Tower-kn1dr]

So can i ask you a question? Why is there missile data room and sb data room in his check list? As i undersand there are 100 items -2(98 in other words)+ice beam + something else? What is the other item?

[@ventuskitsune4257]

@@Tower-kn1dr The ice beam displaces one of the minor expansions, and the power bombs displace the other. The ice beam is otherwise obtained alongside the orange suit in the vanilla game, but that's been separated so it needs its own place. The ice missiles and power bombs in vanilla were both gained at the sector 5 data room, but that spot can only hold a single check in the randomizer. Thus, a second minor item is removed so the power bombs have their place.

[@michaelhodnett431]

And that is why you check sphere 1

[@gtpgotthepower6993]

Timestamps for Item Collection Order (RUN 1) 00:04:38 / Morph Ball 00:05:37 / Space Jump 00:08:01 / Speed Booster 00:11:03 / Power Bomb Data 00:13:56 / Missile Data 00:16:08 / Hi-Jump 00:20:38 / Bomb Data 00:25:30 / Super Missiles 00:33:34 / Ice Missiles 00:44:21 / Varia Suit 00:46:19 / Wave Beam 00:56:31 / Plasma Beam 00:59:10 / Gravity Suit 01:09:53 / Wide Beam 01:12:39 / Ice Beam 01:20:42 / Screw Attack 01:23:44 / Charge Beam 01:24:33 / GO Mode!! Timestamps for Item Collection Order (RUN 2) 01:34:36 / Missile Data 01:35:14 / Morph Ball 01:38:35 / Wide Beam 01:40:00 / Super Missiles 01:41:42 / Varia Suit 01:44:33 / Speed Booster & Diffusion 01:47:18 / Screw Attack 01:48:03 / Ice Missiles, Ice Beam, Space Jump 02:01:10 / Wave Beam 02:08:47 / Charge Beam 02:09:19 / Hi-Jump 02:12:41 / Power Bomb Data 02:19:38 / Gravity Suit 02:44:36 / Bomb Data 03:03:55 / Plasma Beam 03:04:54 / GO Mode!!

[@GoldDragon20]

Alternate name for 3:03:55 PAIN

[@phillipk4196]

i can't wait for someone with te skills to get the idea for a zero mission/samus returns/super metroid/fusion/dread mega randomizer where you jump between all 5 points of the series getting upgrades for each game at random for a truly chaotic and messy progression

[@holhorse41]

Dread is a pretty recent game so yeah i don't know if it's gonna happen

[@darksquigglyboy]

That sounds absolutely wonderful but the amount of testing that would require is ASTRONOMIC. I think youd need a Nasa scientist to get that to a remotely finisbable state.

[@gamekid2746]

I definitely want this, but it will take a long time for Metriod Dread to get a rando and then even longer to connect the 5 of them.

[@braydengraves4655]

I don't know about two months ago when your comment was made, but Dread has a randomizer now.

[@Neltharak]

2:20:27 is when i yelled "JUST GRAB THEM, PLEASE", seeing herc just skip everything and then need it throughout this run hurt my soul x')

[@TheRealBDouble]

Yea I didn't quite understand that. He skipped a lot of stuff it seems

[@okumabear]

A hot dog is a taco? Hmm.... Well a quesadilla is just grilled cheese

[@GameDawgs]

I've been trying to argue this forever. I'm glad to find another sandwich scholar.

[@jonathan19947]

And a hammer is a shovel

[@leoschmitz1695]

A Chicago style pizza is a lasagna

[@zero1994LP]

That Metroid Fusion (One of the most linear Metroid Games) ist the Metroid Game with the best Randomizer

[@aaronstreet1054]

Me personally, loving this game and playing through it over a hundred times, it was amazing to see Samus with the spread Ice shot still running around playing the game. I would absolutely love it, these randomizers are so awesome!! ❤️👍🏻👍🏻

[@toddkatz9700]

Almost spit out my coffee when "cheerio beam" was acquired, this run is too funny. Are most Fusion randomizer seeds this masochistic or are you just unlucky? Update: Figured out how to set up the randomizer and gave it a spin, and I now understand what you mean by "spicy". Fusion is kinda jank and quirky before someone managed to do the impossible and make it sequence-breakable with this randomizer, and after beating it with no missile upgrades besides missile tanks and diffusion missile, I have acquired a taste for the unparalleled, moderately painful zing of randomized Metroid 4. Randomized Metroid Fusion has tantalized me, beaten me senseless, barely gave me a way to claw my way to victory, and then left me wanting another serving. Between this and Multitroid AM2R, I think I'll have my free time filled. Thanks again. Update 2: Samus Returns Did you know that the Screw Attack does so much damage it can OHKO the Arachnus's first phase? I didn't, but finding that out sure was exciting!

[@newtrog.367]

That ice cream he made was probably the worst tasting food ever

[@rygreenbean]

THERES A RECHARGE ROOM AFTER THE POWER IS CUT OUT IN SECTOR 2? I NEVER KNEW ABOUT THAT AND I HAVE SPEDRUN THIS GAME

[@fewshun]

More fusion randomizer! Hype!

[@duross101]

Herc has around 60 more on his channel. You should check them out 👍

[@Atlessa]

Your name scares me...

[@Wirdcash]

i love how bombs and plasma keep trolling him throughout both runs, is this even randomized? KEKW

[@DrewMarinelli]

After watching Hercules run this a number of times, I finally got to try out the randomizer myself. My favorite part is going to navigation rooms where it will ask if you want to hint and if you say yes, it will just say, " this is where a hint will be at some point"

[@joshuasmith6909]

As an avid Fusion player, I’d like to point out that Sector 5’s ice theme plays way too early in the first run’s first visit.

[@lagrush9039]

I had a no return seed once. Ridley had wave

[@RaiokIncaris]

First seed: ghost pepper. You know it's gonna be spicy going in and you just put up with it. Second seed: one chip challenge. It lures you into a false sense of security, and shatters your expectations with the spiciness.

[@StopChangingUsernamesYouTube]

Dessert lasagna sounds terrifying to me, but if I were to attempt it, I'd sub something similar to cinnamon roll dough for the sheet noodles. To anyone daring enough to replicate that, you're welcome for the bad idea.

[@HeliosIncarnate]

I love watching these fusion randos. Also I'm really craving tiramisu now.

[@maxthompson7107]

1:27:22 “Sadly, I’ve, uh, skipped Arachnis and came back to fight him during escape and Arachnis is not spawned in during escape.” Hercules Benchpress saying that makes me want to see a Metroidvania indie game that requires you to defeat multiple bosses during an escape sequence.

[@fernando98322]

This was a great showcase, great runner and great host!

[@legorearick1312]

This video is very spicy 🌮 😂 great gameplay bro 👍

[@Alex-ip1dn]

Getting super hyped for the new Metroid! Awesome run! ❤️

[@G_Travel99]

That Charge bean on the crumbre city was pretty poetic for this seed. Cursed seed my friend.

[@shadowolf590]

Its so frustrating watching him skip the capacity upgrades then later on he's like "I need more Missiles and power bombs for that to be feasible"

[@TheRealBDouble]

Exactly! I get not necessarily getting every single one, but he would skip capacity upgrades and not recharge and then wonder why he didn't have enough missiles. These random speedruns are cool but some of these runners are so focused on speed that they don't realize if they took just a little extra time to get missiles especially, quite a few of the fights would go so much quicker

[@6598471]

Today I could beat my first randofusion thanks Herc! for inspiring me with this run and make me remember when i was a kid!!

[@davey_rulez7301]

imagine getting the ice spaghetti-o beam lmao

[@raynorzeraph953]

This is how I found out that metroid fusion randomizer is even possible to do, and I'm totally alright with that.

[@TheArcher143]

3:04:16 It's a good thing there was a replay cam for that moment, I wasn't able to figure out how he managed to pull it off the first time.

[@SpryCheetah6]

I just ran 2 randomizer runs casually since Metroid Fusion is my favorite GBA game and it is so much fun!

[@craigfunk3453]

So the 2nd seed had a crazier bomb placement than a seed Herc mentioned a lot in his vids. It was a seed that had the bombs location posted before the 1st showcase that had bombs down in the fish tank. This time it was deeper than that requiring lvl 4 opened to reach the BOX data room...now we just need to a seed with a required Ridley for once

[@anonafiao1692]

I’ve gotten a required Ridley fight, it was my first time trying the randomizer, level 0, cause no confidence, the dragon had gravity suit

[@nitrocide1746]

I mean... If you think about it, Nachos are a cereal. It's a grain, submerged in dairy. And if cereal is a soup, then we're reaching new levels of food convos.

[@ThePlantoparadise]

Metroid Fusion Randomizer at GDQ? Heck yes!

[@RosemaryTheFloran]

ib4 people realize a taco is a type of sandwich

[@tf_lecter]

This rando might actually get me to replay Fusion, as they removed my main problem with the game: the constant linearly-funneling-you-into navchambers and their objectives

[@NongIng]

Yay another Metroid fusion randomized on GDQ

[@NikMcPherson]

Nice! Been looking forward to seeing more fusion rando since I learned it was a thing!

[@FlawlessCowboy2552]

The second seed is what it takes for the logic to LITERALLY floor the runner. Cursed by the devil himself!

[@DarkKen87]

I look forward to races. This was great.

[@zkelethor1929]

My mind is absolutely blown that this was even possible. Does this mean we can finally get Metroid: Fusion romhacks?? Just kidding, haha

[@olliezoop]

I appreciate the chicken bake visibility here

[@LordCartmanGaming]

1:46:30 - I mean yeah ;ayonnaise and similair sauces are nice with fries but I mostly eat them with mustard

[@winterFox2r]

46:20 - I love it. "Cheerio Beam". That's the best nickname. 56:50 - Noodle Beam!

[@Just_Seif]

Chicken bake is absolutely godlike. 10/10

[@TheClownsAreThere]

While Adam tells you the items you need to beat the game at the start, does he authorize their use?

[@TrueSolunar]

A strawberry ISN’T a berry, but a banana IS…

[@arsarma1808]

Long live the Cheerios beam.

[@NekuZX]

Speedrunners actively avoiding picking up items is so painful to me,,,

[@TheRealBDouble]

Especially when more than once they go "oh, I wish I had more missiles or bombs". I get not necessarily getting EVERYTHING but I want to say there were 3 bosses during the second run where he complained he didn't have enough missiles when he skipped near every missile tank

[@Mister32]

Gonna watch this later. Knowing how hard it is to legitimately sequence break fusion really makes me wonder how this randomizer works. 👀

[@karldettmann7780]

In the second run it hurt watching him go right past the data room in sector 3 multiple times. I'm not sure if that's changed because of the randomizer but that worked in real game to give super missiles

[@bananapeelsmoker4982]

Is it just me or do the elevators in this run seem faster than normal gameplay

[@CZeke]

They're sped up in rando. It's a great convenience, but it really screws you up when you go back to the normal game.

[@mandlecreed02]

OMG the Monty Python references 🤣

[@Knuxfan24]

The only time I've played this randomiser I got trolled by the Missile Launcher spawning in the random waterlogged room in Sector 2, which I'm not sure was actually obtainable (TIL there are pillars in the room before it, so I'm now assuming there's on in that room and I look like an idiot)

[@killrnoob]

A dessert lasagna can be made using ice cream sandwiches layered with chocolate fudge (the ice cream topping) and peanut butter. It's really tasty.

[@humblebee5575]

Oh man I remember those cheesecake platters with all the different flavor slices. Used to be able to find em at Costco, funnily enough, but I haven't seen any in years. Probably stopped selling them- a damn shame, if I do say so myself.

[@adeen5438]

METROID FUSION HAS A RANDOMIZER NOW OMG OMG OMG OMG

[@immakickyerass]

Never had tiramisu, but i've had ben & tiramisu ice cream, and that is some top tier stuff

[@karenschulz5457]

30s30th is 30 2 I and and loved the3 it

[@emaldon7]

Awesome runs!

[@Jmac1493]

The animals didn't get left behind. They were in the cutscene. They saved him. Going to their cage and releasing them manually would just be unnecessary in my opinion.

[@BassForever]

The worst place an item can be in a randomizer is in it's vanilla location, because nobody wants to check vanilla.

[@JustSomeDinosaurPerson]

Looks pretty neat. Might TAS one of these seeds one of these days.

[@Blaze-cr2iu]

3 E tanks in the same room 9 minutes into the first run lol

[@Manix312]

alright, on weird food takes: yogurt is a sauce imo. you're welcome :^)

[@gankzgaming4919]

32:27 I didn't know that was there, does that room count to map%? Because I definitely do not remember it

[@MinkyBoodle44]

This commentary is making me hungry

[@stgirard9916]

We call it random food generation.

[@nhodgie]

I literally got hungry amd got some roast chicken from the fridge just before you apologised for making us hungry...

[@Hollywood_30]

Herc is awesome!

[@waynetemplar2183]

So that's what all the practising was about

[@Knux5577]

There's already a patch that allows you to get powerbombs when you find them if I remember correctly

[@forceshieldjeff]

Thanks for being a shield

[@Morningstar_95]

Forgot to write it down and tired of trying to find it in the video again. What did he say to do to play the randomizer?

[@taehupo]

Is Tiramisu not that common in the Us ?!! In France it's a desert in nearly every restaurant :V

[@ventuskitsune4257]

Ironic since Tiramisu is Italian. :P

[@saygan2475]

Those were some nice seeds

[@gokublack8342]

No way....They always said a Fusion randomizer would be impossible

[@Destroyah5000]

How is there randomization in this game without surprise SA-X location changes? That's missing, in my opinion, the most crucial piece of the game's character.

[@forresthouku1475]

I’ll take all the metroid I can get right now

[@SnowmanTF2]

I love that this has been able to be modded to remove the story and allow sequence breaking, it bring it back to what I want in a Metroid game, even better that further moding brings in randomization

[@mackay700]

Has someone made one of these where each room is random?

[@ilbabo2218]

Peanut butter pie yessss

[@Sonic-oh2ly]

I feel bad for Richard

[@Doomedrpgthecozygamer99]

Imagine a spicy chicken dish

[@kowski1976]

speed booster swaped with plazma whould be cool

[@ethang8936]

SA-X pog

[@robertabugelis3962]

Killed the ice cream and the animals! Shame!

[@dazzlemasseur]

Spoiler He killed the animals on the first run.

[@jollykirby2138]

20:11 why does he try to slam himself into the door lmao

[@albaneedge]

my question is: what does wide+wave without plasma look like?....

[@autumn_basil]

it likely looks the same as with plasma.

[@Zsaver3]

The wide projectiles oscillate like wace beam

[@samuellamoureux977]

An open world fusion version? Makes me wanna try it

[@ryagas5369]

This is the random food generation episode. :)