Johnny vs. Metroid

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SomecallmeJohnny

SomecallmeJohnny

Күн бұрын

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In today's episode, a new Metroid cometh! So to celebrate the occasion, let's redo some of my oldest SGB reviews involving Metroid. One of my favorite series of all time.
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@DrSuperLuigiSeth1
@DrSuperLuigiSeth1 3 жыл бұрын
A moment of respect for the “SCREWATTACK!” guy that Johnny shot years ago.
@benburke3015
@benburke3015 3 жыл бұрын
It's so weird not hearing that anymore lol.
@tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard32
@tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard32 3 жыл бұрын
...oh. Is that what experiment is working on?
@zachattack5691
@zachattack5691 3 жыл бұрын
@@tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard32 I hope that's what it is he's working on
@SetoShadowVT
@SetoShadowVT 3 жыл бұрын
Gone but not forgotten
@Ichijopaniponi
@Ichijopaniponi 3 жыл бұрын
I'm half-expecting the Screwattack guy to make a comeback in the Metroid Dread review
@ThundagaMage
@ThundagaMage 3 жыл бұрын
Johnny’s the reason I started and finished all the Metroid games and fell In love with the series. Thank you Johnny
@SabeNo-rh7mb
@SabeNo-rh7mb 3 жыл бұрын
I've played and beaten everyone but 2, Zero Mission, Other M, Prime Hunters, and Samus Returns (I'm not going out of my way to get a 3DS for just one game). But yeah, Metroid is awesome.
@thevenom2731
@thevenom2731 Жыл бұрын
@@SabeNo-rh7mb you should get a 3ds for modding. You can get pretty much every game for free on a modded 3ds.
@THESHINIGAMIPOSSE
@THESHINIGAMIPOSSE 11 ай бұрын
Johns the reason I like video games in general lmao
@IAmInfinitus208
@IAmInfinitus208 Ай бұрын
Same here, except I haven't done the Prime trilogy or Dread just yet. Skipping Other M cuz it ain't worth it for me.
@SamProcrastinates
@SamProcrastinates 3 жыл бұрын
Hold on.... 20:50 WHAT ARE YOU PLANNING JOHN??? Also just remembered why there was no SCREWATTACK joke. John shot the guy 😭
@Eminster
@Eminster 3 жыл бұрын
Ehh what's sup
@retiredalt
@retiredalt 3 жыл бұрын
WHY?!😠😆
@pippo17173
@pippo17173 3 жыл бұрын
He died and probably rotten in johnny house.
@wistfulanthophila9317
@wistfulanthophila9317 Жыл бұрын
we never did know what he was planning
@romdan7136
@romdan7136 16 күн бұрын
@@wistfulanthophila9317 Even 1 year later?
@ThundagaT2
@ThundagaT2 3 жыл бұрын
The Zebeth name might have been a mistranslation due to the "th" phenome in Japanese sounding like the English phenome "s". The Localizers might have assumed it was supposed to be Zebeth rather than Zebes due to this. It's the same mixup that caused Aerith of Final Fantasy VII to be originally known as Aeris. When such words using the "th" sound are romanized, they are often written with an "s" rather than "th".
@JJames666male
@JJames666male 3 жыл бұрын
Just like the Varia suit is likely the Barrier suit
@ThundagaT2
@ThundagaT2 3 жыл бұрын
@Chip Wiseman Yeah you're right, I forgot about that tidbit
@JJames666male
@JJames666male 3 жыл бұрын
@Chip Wiseman for people who can't read kana, it's "Zebesu" in Japanese, and it's up to the translator/localisation team to make a decision, unless the source provides an official romanization
@novustalks7525
@novustalks7525 3 жыл бұрын
Interesting
@jesusbarrera6916
@jesusbarrera6916 3 жыл бұрын
@@JJames666male if it is "ZEBESU" then the direct translation is obviously ZEBES
@SpongeMagic
@SpongeMagic 3 жыл бұрын
17:26 That is an amazing callback to the Metal Gear review
@ibilesfighter3.16
@ibilesfighter3.16 Жыл бұрын
Cheeky cheeky guy
@AstralPhnx
@AstralPhnx 3 жыл бұрын
"No woman would ever be caught in this scenario" *Me, a woman who would LOVE to be caught in that scenario*
@retiredalt
@retiredalt 3 жыл бұрын
😆
@lilaclunablossom
@lilaclunablossom 3 жыл бұрын
Like I don't get it, was he joking?
@kiernanhowell-mackinley1733
@kiernanhowell-mackinley1733 3 жыл бұрын
@@lilaclunablossom yes
@cecillewolters1995
@cecillewolters1995 3 жыл бұрын
Same girl, same xD
@gowonshealthyscalp2127
@gowonshealthyscalp2127 3 жыл бұрын
Samus is a girlboss
@Destroyah5000
@Destroyah5000 3 жыл бұрын
"Search Action" sounds more like a Yu-Gi-Oh! card effect.
@HeroesRiseUp
@HeroesRiseUp 3 жыл бұрын
0:16 DAMN John you’re looking great!! Your workout results so far are super inspiring!! Makes me wanna get up and work on myself, maybe with some Raycon earbuds to boot. 😏
@aionicthunder
@aionicthunder 3 жыл бұрын
My immediate reaction was: "Oh no, he's hot!" And I mean that in the best way possible
@seansachs6105
@seansachs6105 3 жыл бұрын
Phases of Johnny - Shaved Johnny Bald Johnny Cap Johnny Beard Johnny Weight-loss Johnny Sponsor Johnny Retro Johnny And throughout all of this, a slow, gradual transition from Angry AVGN Johnny to chill, coffee-chugging Johhny. Mark my words: Thicc Johnny is next.
@32-Volt
@32-Volt 3 жыл бұрын
I would definitely not recommend the Raycons.
@nettune9980X
@nettune9980X 3 жыл бұрын
@@seansachs6105 Coffee Johnny?
@pascalsimioli6777
@pascalsimioli6777 3 жыл бұрын
@☯ Yo, it's a Froggieee Onimations ☯ ✓ I hope you understand that whenever you put the limit for "too far" it's still your arbitrary opinion that no one should care about. I'm blunt about it because we tend too often to think what we believe it's the truth
@HitsujiMamoru
@HitsujiMamoru 3 жыл бұрын
If Samus crying is due to the game fastforward 300 years, it means there's a legitimate in-game time limit after which Samus cries in the ending. I wonder what is it!
@expendableindigo9639
@expendableindigo9639 3 жыл бұрын
According to the wiki it's 10 hours of regular game, and only 5 hours of suitless game for some reason.
@meganinten0078
@meganinten0078 3 жыл бұрын
5:30 You have good tastes Johnny. Samus looks like an alien girl from a sci fi/mecha anime from the 80s (examples, Macross and Genesis Climber Mospeada) because of her skin colour and green hair. I LOVE IT! 😍 Female characters can be badass with long hair and wearing a leotard.
@DigiPen92
@DigiPen92 Жыл бұрын
17:25 Dang, I didn't even know using the F-Bomb for the password works in the Metroid game. That is a lot like the Metal Gear NES Passwords that used the F-Bomb takes you straight to Big Boss.
@gameman250
@gameman250 3 жыл бұрын
15:42 - It's my duty to let people know this show got a revival in 2019, it's better than ever and worth your watch if you're a fan of the original.
@RedMageJoey
@RedMageJoey 3 жыл бұрын
Johnny: "I wanna look back on the SGB Metroid videos and remake them!" Also Johnny: "F*ck, that means I have to redo and play Other M again!" *ACTIVATING CENSORED MODE*
@realkingofantarctica
@realkingofantarctica 3 жыл бұрын
Now that this series has been 'revived' will the "SCREWATTACK!" guy also come back from the dead?
@MDWolfe-ks5fu
@MDWolfe-ks5fu 3 жыл бұрын
Nope.
@stanmarsh9656
@stanmarsh9656 3 жыл бұрын
It was mark who did the screw attack echo.
@retiredalt
@retiredalt 3 жыл бұрын
@@MDWolfe-ks5fu 😠Unacceptable.😆
@fmar.8311
@fmar.8311 2 жыл бұрын
Kraid is incredibly easy to beat by rolling into the ball, staying close to him, and spamming bombs.
@iainhynes1794
@iainhynes1794 3 жыл бұрын
Someone's gonna be happy this October. Same with a lot of people.
@Thunderdransword
@Thunderdransword Жыл бұрын
5:03 that chuckle is legendary
@WiiDude83
@WiiDude83 3 жыл бұрын
15:26 It sounds like they keep saying "öw". I mean, accurate if true. You ARE pelting them with missiles.
@GumshoeGamer
@GumshoeGamer 3 жыл бұрын
Your OG Metroid videos help me get into the series and I’m now a huge fan.
@cherrycreamsoda4253
@cherrycreamsoda4253 3 жыл бұрын
Ah, Metroid. Been wanting to get into this series a little more since dread is coming out soon. Maybe this marathon will help push me in the right direction to start.
@53Spawn
@53Spawn 3 жыл бұрын
Can we just acknowledge and appreciate the few blessed seconds that are vibing Johnny?
@SuperDanMan11100
@SuperDanMan11100 3 жыл бұрын
While I was never really big into the Metroid series until Samus Returns, I was really looking forward to this revisit and the eventual review of Metroid Dread. Have fun, Johnny.
@esmooth919
@esmooth919 6 ай бұрын
14:22 What's funny is, the Varia Suit Is the only item for which you can sequence break in this game, because as soon as you get missiles and bombs, everything else is obtainable.
@esmooth919
@esmooth919 3 жыл бұрын
If it wasn't for my cousin, I probably wouldn't even know that this game exists, but I do, and I love it. But I must confess, when I was a kid, this game used to scare the _shit_ out of me! Especially Tourian! Watching my cousin get devoured by a Metroid was quite frightening at the tender age of 4!
@matthewcurcio2923
@matthewcurcio2923 3 жыл бұрын
@Fax bro can you please cut this shit out
@Angelo_X_2045
@Angelo_X_2045 3 жыл бұрын
@@matthewcurcio2923 Report him for unwanted commercial/spam, I already did.
@novustalks7525
@novustalks7525 3 жыл бұрын
@@matthewcurcio2923 it's a bot
@matthewcurcio2923
@matthewcurcio2923 3 жыл бұрын
@@novustalks7525 one can hope, damnit😂
@finkleburg-koh
@finkleburg-koh 3 жыл бұрын
Man what amazing timing. I just got convinced to start Super Metroid by the old SGB review and there's another Metroid marathon on the horizon? Props Johnny you must be psychic.
@markmyers6756
@markmyers6756 3 жыл бұрын
I'm never going to stop saying metroidvania because if it feels wrong to start calling them something else now.
@ToxicAtom
@ToxicAtom 3 жыл бұрын
21:05 never once in my life did a 4th wall break ever make me physically double-take, until now
@julianchrobak-prince1915
@julianchrobak-prince1915 3 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: the guy who made the Metroid Password system, Tohru Narihiro, is also the director for all the modern Fire Emblem games. (Binding Blade to Three Houses)
@wingbeltcreations5455
@wingbeltcreations5455 3 жыл бұрын
YEEEEAAH! I just started getting into Metroid and Metroidvanias in general, so I can't wait for this! I beat Ori and the Blind Forest at the same time Dread got announced, so I finally dove into the Metroidvania genre. Beat Zero Mission, I've started Metroid II on GB, and I started Tails' Adventure on Game Gear.
@smashmaster521
@smashmaster521 3 жыл бұрын
Oh right, I have Tails' Adventure.
@wingbeltcreations5455
@wingbeltcreations5455 3 жыл бұрын
@@smashmaster521 Like Metroid 1, the first 10 minutes SUCK. But after that it's pretty darn good. =)
@smashmaster521
@smashmaster521 3 жыл бұрын
@@wingbeltcreations5455 I know. I just forgot I have it on my standard 3DS. I've been too busy playing my Switch to make sure it doesn't die from being docked.
@CarbonRollerCaco
@CarbonRollerCaco 2 жыл бұрын
They probably meant "Metroid" as both the singular and plural in the game itself. You know, like fish. Or moose. And it's called the Screw Attack because you spin to do it. Spin attacks and rolls… do I see fast, colorful furballs in the distance? And starting your jumps from a standstill will keep them from drifting, making the escape climb a cakewalk.
@theproanimator8447
@theproanimator8447 Жыл бұрын
Zelda kept the save file system going from Disk to Cartridge, but Metroid felt the need to insert password system
@esmooth919
@esmooth919 Ай бұрын
14:22 If you don't want to do this potentially game freezing method, then bring the ice beam with you, break open the five blocks in the center of that green room below, and then freeze that flying enemy once he eventually gets stuck up there. Follow him up before the blocks reform, or else he may come back down to the lower section once he thaws off. That's the only other way you're getting the Varia Suit without the high jump boots in this game.
@joshuaweston4489
@joshuaweston4489 2 жыл бұрын
Wow, Samus was referred to as "he" back in the day? Did not know that! Full credit to the devs for subverting expectations!
@ryanshanley1048
@ryanshanley1048 2 жыл бұрын
Your original Metroid videos are what inspired me to give the series a shot, to see you re review them makes me so happy
@retrozaid1600
@retrozaid1600 3 жыл бұрын
I’m always happy to see another Johnny Vs! Especially if it involves Metroid!
@ThatFaceMelter94
@ThatFaceMelter94 Жыл бұрын
1:49 For this Metroid, I don't wait for the next game to lose my shit. This game gets me there quickly.
@bertanosomething9246
@bertanosomething9246 3 жыл бұрын
Rest in peace “SCREWATTACK” Guy.
@SlamBolts
@SlamBolts 3 жыл бұрын
"Zebeth" is the same situation as Aerith/Aeris
@jokx4409
@jokx4409 3 жыл бұрын
OH YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH So cool, after remaking his sonic retrospective, he's going back to metroid! Just as I'm replaying the 2d games, which of course is no coincidence since a lot of us are doing this to prepare or Metroid Dread. SO HYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYPE!
@smashmaster521
@smashmaster521 3 жыл бұрын
I'm buying Metroid Dread as soon as possible once it comes out. I ain't got no time to wait for Christmas for that gal.
@jokx4409
@jokx4409 3 жыл бұрын
@@smashmaster521 just.... just pre-order it then? Like a lot of us
@smashmaster521
@smashmaster521 3 жыл бұрын
@@jokx4409 I could go that route, but I may not be able to pick it up on launch day due to my job and I prefer to own my games physically. No, it's easier for me to go to my GameStop and pick it up shortly after it comes out like I did with...Sonic Colors Ultimate.
@jokx4409
@jokx4409 3 жыл бұрын
@@smashmaster521 You can pre-order physically too. In fact, pre-oredering only really matters for physical releases, because you get the little bonus, which, I admit for metroid dread isn't much, but still better than nothing.
@novustalks7525
@novustalks7525 3 жыл бұрын
@@jokx4409 you get several bonuses with dread
@captainfach
@captainfach 3 жыл бұрын
The one thing that this game made me learn that has helped me in every single other Metroid game is to jump and then move while you're doing the platforms because of you jump without moving she's far more controllable are doing left-to-right when you're wanting to jump more up then over so whenever I'm in the vertical shaft I always jump and then move which greatly increases my control
@JJ_R
@JJ_R 3 жыл бұрын
Just in time for the Dread hype!
@IamaPERSON
@IamaPERSON 3 жыл бұрын
@about you fax: you need everyone who sees that link to dislike bomb your main channel.
@Angelo_X_2045
@Angelo_X_2045 3 жыл бұрын
@@IamaPERSON I don't follow his link, I just report it in each reply I see for spamming.
@IamaPERSON
@IamaPERSON 3 жыл бұрын
@@Angelo_X_2045 you should, but then report the video it's linked to. Since it's his main, it'll hurt him more of he gets a strike
@sykotiksonik
@sykotiksonik 3 жыл бұрын
With the return/cameo of the Tails Doll last time, was anyone else kind of hoping for the return of the off screen "Screw Attack!" guy?
@Super_Suchi
@Super_Suchi 3 жыл бұрын
Fuck yeah! I have to thank Johnny for introducing me to Metroid, and now I’m a fan for life. I’m looking forward to both Metroid Dread and going to my first TMG this year.
@smashmaster521
@smashmaster521 3 жыл бұрын
Are conventions a thing again?
@Super_Suchi
@Super_Suchi 3 жыл бұрын
More or less yeah. Though I’m not sure how long that’ll last.
@megafan2001
@megafan2001 3 жыл бұрын
Jesus Christ....That's a lot of years...what elaborate programing, my GOD!
@allinaxford
@allinaxford 3 жыл бұрын
Blaster Master also helped define the Genre with the original Meta Fight introducing the warp, even if it was just to the starting area with all your items.
@rueme4228
@rueme4228 Жыл бұрын
It’s been a year, what was 20:50 referring too?
@TheLegoMaster261
@TheLegoMaster261 2 жыл бұрын
You enjoying the Metroid series in isolation is perfectly in line with how the Metroid games themselves are about isolation. Funny how that works.
@SonicManEXE
@SonicManEXE 3 жыл бұрын
"They come in red, white, and blue... yeah, I love the French!" has me rolling 🤣
@lumineinfinitussilverkagat8094
@lumineinfinitussilverkagat8094 3 жыл бұрын
I kept expecting the SCREWATTACK guy to pop up every time the Screw Attack was mentioned
@keeganstormblade5456
@keeganstormblade5456 3 жыл бұрын
R.I.P. Screw Attack guy. Gone but not forgotten
@derrickdaniels3955
@derrickdaniels3955 3 жыл бұрын
KID ICARUS and Metroid being siblings explains so much.
@TheGreenManThom
@TheGreenManThom 3 жыл бұрын
I did not know there even was a bad ending
@VibinWithBrian231
@VibinWithBrian231 3 жыл бұрын
I have literally never heard of the term “SEARCH ACTION” Thanks Johnny for the great video! I can’t wait for Dread!
@esmooth919
@esmooth919 3 жыл бұрын
First time I heard that term was The Completionist, when he talked about Super Metroid
@cookieface80
@cookieface80 3 жыл бұрын
It's not a real genre name, only pseudointellectuals use it. It's like "character action" or "immersive sim".
@VibinWithBrian231
@VibinWithBrian231 3 жыл бұрын
@@cookieface80 I love your name lol. Thank you!
@BH-98
@BH-98 3 жыл бұрын
The original SGB review was how I was introduced to this channel all the way back in 2010, great to see you go back to it & give it a VS review.
@FletcherReedsRandomness
@FletcherReedsRandomness 3 жыл бұрын
Terra’s face looks really weird next to Mario, Sonic, and Samus on Mount Johnnymore. Maybe it’s because I can see part of her neck.
@kid14346
@kid14346 3 жыл бұрын
Translating S to TH was pretty common during that time. Case and point Marth. He was supposed to be named after the War God Mars, but translation team goofed up and now we have Prince MarTH.
@dashi-musashi351
@dashi-musashi351 3 жыл бұрын
That password part was so interesting.
@shotarojoestar5349
@shotarojoestar5349 Жыл бұрын
Did that commission thing ever come to light, or is it still being worked on?
@The_Muznick
@The_Muznick 3 жыл бұрын
oh man thanks for darkening the mother brain death scene, I always have to look away given who aggressive that flashing gets.
@Tirapalanganas
@Tirapalanganas 3 жыл бұрын
2 of the main reasons (maybe I have more, but I'm not enough sure) of wanting this re-review were: 1-see if I learn more ways/tips to play better this game, and hopefully being less painful. 2- the Screw Attack I can't say that happened as I originally wanted, but I knew that things don't use to be as expected. And still was a good video. Can't say how should be a flawless video, but I don't need to complain this time. Happy 35th year for metroidvaniers and players in general. Have a good time.
@lauraharris559
@lauraharris559 3 жыл бұрын
New Final Fantasy 5 video? Sorry to ask but I freaking LOVE your other videos. Perfect comedic timing
@quinnman89
@quinnman89 3 жыл бұрын
The bit about the password system was so damn cool. Nice video!
@kananchan7995
@kananchan7995 3 жыл бұрын
2:49 You and Trav guy knew each other? Nice, I love both yours and his content
@UltimaKeyMaster
@UltimaKeyMaster 3 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised the Metroid Alarm didn't immediately sound. ...Well, it will in a month anyway.
@WebstersYouTube
@WebstersYouTube 3 жыл бұрын
Huh, was kind of sat waiting for Zero Mission to be discussed. Guess that will be a separate video? Loved the explanation of what's behind the password feature though. That tickled my brain nicely.
@peterf9006
@peterf9006 3 жыл бұрын
Did he ever mention if he'll be getting back to Final Fantasy at some point?
@NightSprinter
@NightSprinter 3 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: Baraduke's Toby "Kissy" Masuyo is the divorced ex-wife of Dig Dug's Taizou Hori, and mother of Mr. Driller protagonist Susumu Hori.
@Zeggladore
@Zeggladore 3 жыл бұрын
Happy to hear the classic Super Metroid Sound in Action tracks. Damn, I'm easy to please.
@sillydoggaming8330
@sillydoggaming8330 3 жыл бұрын
Funny that this code wasn't shown but here you go Justin Bailey - - - - - - - - - - - -
@NicoTheCinderace
@NicoTheCinderace 3 жыл бұрын
"It's not called Castlevania. Eat my ass." -Johnny, 2021
@whyflyguy007
@whyflyguy007 3 жыл бұрын
thanks for making your ad fast paced
@westide3050
@westide3050 3 жыл бұрын
Johnny is becoming Disney with all these remakes
@VaskoKasko
@VaskoKasko 2 жыл бұрын
I assume "Zebeth" happened because the Japanese equivalent would've been something like "Zebesu" and the localisation team went Yeet.
@Jonen560ti
@Jonen560ti 3 жыл бұрын
16:10 Geez, I know he's blurring the screen, but the first time I saw that, I legit swear I could see a faint face and nearly had a heart attack. I thought Johnny was trying to jumpscare me
@Gamesmarts194
@Gamesmarts194 3 жыл бұрын
Johnny's looking a little slimmer every time we see him. Keep it up dude, you're looking great!
@UzumakiheroGaming
@UzumakiheroGaming 3 жыл бұрын
I thought my video was playing at 1.5 during his ad read lol
@jzecru
@jzecru 3 жыл бұрын
your metroid reviews were some of the first ones i watched from you when i was like 6 seeing this on my home page made me think i went back in time or sumn
@quint866
@quint866 3 жыл бұрын
I hated those bomb jumping collums in kraids lair ngl.
@LDreaMASTER
@LDreaMASTER 3 жыл бұрын
Johnny’s uploads are always before I go to bed and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
@brinst_ar
@brinst_ar 3 жыл бұрын
Yes, Kraid is, in fact, a space pirate. If you played the other games, you might know that they're with Mother Brain for the time.
@BraveSeriesFan01
@BraveSeriesFan01 2 жыл бұрын
6:07 I had to look up why the final boss is cryptic and turns out it’s because you have to destroy the eye first then enter its mouth which is never hinted at in the game. Reminds me of how cryptic Tower of Druaga is.
@darienb1127
@darienb1127 3 жыл бұрын
I had not idea that Samus even had a sprite of her crying in the ending, what the fuck?
@aa-sg6ji
@aa-sg6ji 3 жыл бұрын
Say Johnny, hows Psychonauts 2 going? I'm planning on getting it and the first game to finally introduce myself to the series; it's only been so long after the Metroid review, but I'm still excited none the less for when you eventually review the second game, a shit ton of trailers for the game are out already, as well as the game itself, & they're all hella entertaining with all the little bits the reveal about the gameplay and story, good stuff, it's also like watching trailers for an upcoming cartoon.
@zanetmh
@zanetmh 3 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry (8:04) that how Ridley looked like in Metroid 1's manual? Well it's a good thing that they decided to redesign him for Super Metroid
@brudbrud9137
@brudbrud9137 3 жыл бұрын
If the Metroid are in dread you gotta do a fusion style reaction with the screw attack guy back
@VilaToro64
@VilaToro64 3 жыл бұрын
The dude who put zebeth instead of zebus clearly had a lisp
@BradenBest
@BradenBest 2 жыл бұрын
I did some reverse engineering of the password system of my own and devised this fun little password: 000000 000023 WFy000 000002. I call it the Tourian Swimsuit Challenge. This starts you in Tourian with only the ice beam, swimsuit and 255 missiles. Since you don't have any missile pickups, they won't show on the HUD, though they are still usable. And of course backtracking is impossible since you don't have morphball. At least not without entering brinstar and using a fast reset. I could've set the "maru mori taken" bit to punish that with a softlock, but if you're gonna escape tourian just to fight mother brain, you might as well be doing a normal playthrough. This is extremely fucking difficult, two hits from basically any enemy is enough to kill you at full health, which also means you have to farm the metroids in the first room for a bit to get enough health to not be one-shotted by a spaghetti-o on entering the second room. Also, saying that the password is game code is not accurate. The variables may be in a memory cluster that gets overwritten with the data in the password (and even if it were just that simple, it still wouldn't be game code--setting some variables does not mean modifying machine instructions), but the password is also encrypted (byte 17: shift), checksummed (byte 18: sum) and base64'd (18 bytes -> 24 characters), meaning the game cannot simply "throw it into memory" and make it work. The password has to be decoded, rearranged into 18 bytes of data, checksum-validated, and decrypted before the game can use it to set variables. Wanna see what conversion to base64 looks like in a C-compatible language? buffer[0] = alphabet[ (dataptr[0] & 0xFC) >> 2 ]; buffer[1] = alphabet[ ((dataptr[0] & 0x03) > 4) ]; buffer[2] = alphabet[ ((dataptr[1] & 0x0F) > 6) ]; buffer[3] = alphabet[ dataptr[2] & 0x3F ]; WOOF! That's not a direct memory map at all! Look at all those complex bit manipulation operations! You better have a strong understanding of bitwise operators and hexadecimal if you wanna reason about this. This is because you are taking 8-bit values and rearranging them to be 6-bit values, but since 6-bit bytes aren't a thing, you still have to fit those 6-bit values into 8-bit containers, so you have to make sure it gets formatted right. 3 8-bit values map to 4 6-bit values evenly XXXXXXXX--XXXXXXXX--XXXXXXXX [AAAAAA][BB--BBBB][CCCC--CC][DDDDDD] which has to become 00AAAAAA 00BBBBBB 00CCCCCC 00DDDDDD so you have to AND mask with specific bit patterns to isolate the bits you want, shift them so they're in the correct place, and OR them with bits from other bytes. This gives you a 30% longer sequence of bytes that you can then map into a custom alphabet of 64 symbols to represent it legibly (hence why it's called base64). Metroid uses `0-9A-Za-z?-` as its alphabet, while standard base64 uses `A-Za-z0-9+/`. The encryption is twofold: the 17th "shift" byte and the space character. The shift byte is used to determine how to shift the bits around, which encrypts the data, so setting it to zero results in no encryption. If I understand it right, it will shift the first 16 bits to the right SHIFT times, rotating any bits that fall off to the left side. The space character is an anomaly in that unlike `-`, which represents the 6-bit value 111111 (63), is an 8-bit value 255, and it will "overflow" into previous character's last two bits replacing them with 1's. My guess is that when the game is outputting the password, it looks to see if the pattern "11--111111" is found at the boundary between any two characters (chr[x] & 3 && chr[x+1] & 3F), and if so, replaces it with a space, making "3-" and "0_" identical. I haven't seen the game generate any passwords with spaces in them, though, so it might just be unimplemented. I did not bother to implement encryption in my password generator. So my explanation of the shift encryption could be wrong on the direction and/or which bytes are rotated. Personally I find the prospect of encrypting a password system silly when the player is unlikely to be able to reverse engineer it by just looking at the passwords regardless of encryption, and if someone is knowledgeable/determined enough to reverse engineer it by either disassembling the ROM or putting in hours upon hours of R&D to figure out what each bit does, encrypting won't stop them anyway. And on that note, I'm surprised nobody knows what the 12 unknown bits are to this day, you'd think somebody who knows his 6502 would have disassembled the game and figured it out by now, alluding to unimplemented features or something. The checksum is very simple: add the first 17 bytes together MOD 255 and store it in byte 18. There are TONS of possible collisions. The checksum is the only thing that separates invalid passwords from valid passwords, and it takes up the last 2 characters of the password (the second to last character holds the last 4 bits of the shift byte and the first 2 bits of the checksum byte), which is why ENGAGE RIDLEY MOTHER FUCKER is a valid password despite the fact that it crashes the game. The sum in "ER" happens to match the sum of the bytes in "ENGAGE RIDLEY MOTHER FUCKE". The reason this password crashes the game is because of the 9th byte of the password (which I confusingly call byte 8 in my documentation because I start from zero). This byte's last three bits define the starting location, ranging from 0-7 (000-111). Only problem is the game only has 5 valid locations (0-4), and those locations are, respectively, Brinstar, Norfair, Kraid, Tourian, and Ridley. Location IDs 5-7 are invalid, and ENGAGE RIDLEY MOTHER FUCKER sets the location ID to one of those invalid locations, which, since the game wasn't programmed to handle those room IDs, means the game gets put in an unpredictable state. In the general sense, it crashes, but it can do different things depending on hardware, the exact layout of the cart ROM, the state of the PRNG and other long-running memory segments that vary with time, the frame you press enter on, the accuracy of the emulator (if emulated), and other things.
@IanQuaidHydenProductions
@IanQuaidHydenProductions 3 жыл бұрын
Rip SCREWATTACK guy, gone but never forgotten.
@apselbluestar2223
@apselbluestar2223 3 жыл бұрын
9:33 stuck laughing now
@captainkappa9067
@captainkappa9067 3 жыл бұрын
Great video, John. Just a quick warning regarding the 3DS Virtual Console version of NEStroid; the Engage Ridley password can possibly BRICK your system.
@mario7832
@mario7832 3 жыл бұрын
Had a huge feeling Johnny was going to start reviewing Metroid again this week and now I'm so happy
@thewolfgabe3656
@thewolfgabe3656 3 жыл бұрын
As you get further into the Metroid series you really start to see the parallels with the Alien films especially with Fusion
@SparktehFox
@SparktehFox 3 жыл бұрын
The Nintendo game "Mach Rider" released in 1985 based on Nintendo's toy of the same name from 1972 revealed that the main character was a woman before Metroid in 1986 as well.
@jaredwhite200
@jaredwhite200 3 жыл бұрын
Still waiting for the Final Fantasy marathon to continue
@obananagato
@obananagato 3 жыл бұрын
for these who wanna know what is that samus sad in the end if you play the game for 10 hours (5 with zero suit) you get that bad ending that password passes that time a little bit
@jasonvernish7366
@jasonvernish7366 3 жыл бұрын
John in a wife beater....not something i ever thought id see...METROID YAY
@Rabbitlord108
@Rabbitlord108 Ай бұрын
If the Space Pirates made the clone of Kraid. Then I think it could count as one.
@esmooth919
@esmooth919 2 жыл бұрын
16:44 When I was a baby, I thought she was wearing a motorcycle helmet. Lol
@MistahWorldwide
@MistahWorldwide 3 жыл бұрын
As a computer engineering major, I really want to know more about how that password system works. The section with Experiment was really interesting to me.
@LordZack1
@LordZack1 3 жыл бұрын
It is called the screw attack because you rotate like a screw.
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