Metroid Fusion All SA-X Encounters

[@lawxz23]

250k views from a no effort video is wild, thank you everyone :D

[@trasegorsuch5140]

What do you mean “no effort video”?

[@1800suckmycock]

The fuck you talking about you died in this no effort game

[@MarioResidental92]

​@@trasegorsuch5140he talked about a player that did not take this game very seriously such as by intentionally losing instead of trying to win a game.

[@lawxz23]

@@trasegorsuch5140 I just didn't care about the quality of it at all, combined with me being young and stupid (4 years is a huge time gap)

[@josemariatrindadejunior1703]

because this game marked forever anyone who played, a master piece of creating an atmosphere

[@datoneburrito3036]

What really makes the SA-X terrifying is that it really puts into perspective how creatures like the space pirates see Samus. In a lot of the logs in metroid prime they referred to her a a hunter and she’s basically depicted as an unstoppable killing machine which is exactly what the SA-X is

[@Nombrenooriginal]

Sounds like encountering the doomguy for the first time

[@rafaelpozo9962]

The fact that is always walking its what scares me the most

[@rafaelpozo9962]

​@@Nombrenooriginalthey had a baby together, called master chief😂

[@eliottdeletraz97]

Nothing's is more scarier than the scary part of yourself.

[@HenriqueNegriAscencio]

Agree

[@yasminmapa5312]

“ The SA-X. An enemy with my strongest abilities. But does it have reason? Probably not. It's just a killing machine. In my current state, I can't face it head-on. The SA-X is me, only heartless. I must stop it before it learns its potential and threatens the universe... „ -Samus Aran

[@yasminmapa5312]

FEATURED IN Metroid Fusion Metroid Dread (flashback) LOCATION Main Deck Sector 2 (TRO) Sector 6 (NOC) Sector 5 (ARC) Restricted Laboratory ATTACKS Ice Beam Wave Beam Spazer Beam Plasma Beam Screw Attack Super Missiles Power Bomb WEAKNESS Plasma Beam Metroids BATTLE MUSIC VS. SA-X REWARD(S) Ice Beam "Omega Suit" Full restoration of energy and missiles

[@Exodia_Misogynist]

What an egotistical woman, she deems too high of herself

[@kidprime6863]

SA-X makes Dark Samus look benevolent

[@Exodia_Misogynist]

@@yasminmapa5312 stupid yewtube deleting my comments

[@zenowolf0009]

the concept of SA-X roaming around looking like the player is terrifying enough. the sound design for it is chilling

[@miketherobotinkling]

Sa-x use to haunt my dreams

[@juanarellano8353]

Dude i was like shaking through half the game

[@charliemartin-k7m]

And with more then one walking around makes it more terrifying.

[@Deeogooseslonglostcousin]

Nosk from Hollow Knight

[@nintendosegafan4935]

unfortunately, that concept couldn't be applied to the GBA due to limited hardware and software of its time. Though, Dread almost 20 years later utilized it with more advanced technology to build an AI on bringing that concept to life.

[@TooMuchAwesomeness15]

That face scares the crap out of me as a child. 0:26

[@D0OMZ4]

Dude same, I threw away my GBA the first time she turned like that, scared the living crap outta me 😂

[@ToenzZz]

When I saw SA-X stare into the screen the first time, I didn’t knew that a 2D game could do something like that and it legit scared me 0:23

[@JohnPaulSheridan]

I stopped playing the game for the next week.

[@protowave]

* know

[@cato3277]

You really can’t compare the SA X and EMMI, they’re out to accomplish different things. The SA X is a heavily scripted encounter that will spook you on the first encounter, and they’re extremely effective in making you think “this asshole really is everywhere”. The EMMI are entire areas that make you think on your feet and improvise around their AI. Both are effective at what they’re trying to accomplish.

[@SymbioteVenom-f9i]

Emmi?

[@Leee275]

@@SymbioteVenom-f9i The Robots from Dread.

[@SamDeMonic]

Here's the thing tho for Sa-X The alien has All the weapons and upgrades, you are quite literally using a spare armor that's weaker than the original armor And if you do get caught your best chances are to gtfo

[@mightymadness5355]

Emy no move

[@Skullhawk13]

@@SamDeMonic you’re not using spare armor. The SA-X was made of surgically removed parts of Samus’s armor. The “fusion suit” is all that’s left of the Chozo power suit, and it takes most of Dread to regenerate. The SA-X isn’t really mechanical in nature, It’s a replication of the organic parts of Samus’s suit and her lingering DNA. It probably doesn’t have EVERY power. It never uses X-Ray scope or Speed booster. Samus would be in a much better state if she had a back-up spare suit

[@DarknessXxMaster]

If Sa-X had the x-ray visor and morph ball abilities, this game wouldn't be as easy.

[@miniaturejayhawk8702]

​@@WiiManElite I think it would be a bit much to have such an OP npc just roam the map.

[@whensomethingcriesagain]

​@@miniaturejayhawk8702Alien Isolation would disagree

[@lawxz23]

@DarknessXxMaster The SA-X would be twice as terrifying as it already is

[@DarknessXxMaster]

@@lawxz23 Way more. Hiding from SA-X would be a Nightmare. Speaking of, I had a nightmare once. POV: You are Samus, trying to find your gunship after beating a tough ridley boss. But you see SA-X patrolling by your Gunship, waiting for you there. You can't go back because you have Space Pirates hunting for you so the only choice you have is to fight. You're equipped with: •Morph Ball •Morph Ball Bomb •Charge Beam •Plasma Beam •Wave Beam •Hi Jump Boots •Varia Suit •Power Bomb •Missiles SA-X is armed with an Ice Beam, A Screw Attack, and can switch to a Hyper Beam from Super Metroid. Also: Question? Do you think the Galactic Federation would have liked the idea of making clones of Samus Aran?

[@lawxz23]

@@DarknessXxMaster Oh sorry, I didn't see your comment until now. I don't think they'd want that, especially considering she's a Metroid now (if they've figured it out or Samus told them yet). And like Samus herself said, she's the savior of the universe and its biggest threat.

[@stormcutter59]

The SA-X is legitimately terrifying tho. Their is just so many frightening thoughts that go into having an enemy that's a literal copy of Samus herself, full suit power ups and all. Especially when you get a good look behind the visor and see this hollow, eerie looking shot of what's supposed to look like Samus herself. Instantly upon looking at it you know there's something wrong, something unnatural about seeing yourself wandering around like that. To me it's probably the most frightening enemy of the Metroid series.

[@psyc8407]

It’s unnerving from a story aspect, too. Samus was essentially crippled at the start of the game, literally needing to having pieces of her suit cut out of her, forcing her to start back from square one more vulnerable than before. *The SA-X is Samus in her prime.* Like the X virus knows what it did to her and is taunting her.

[@jimmatusicky8352]

Yeah, and the cutscene showing the face is CREEPY, not gonna lie.

[@Phantom.Gaming64]

I know right, that was a spooky moment when SA-X first reveals itself by blasting the wall open, walks to the frame, stops and then turns to look at you as to address the player. Pretty much saying; "I'm here to kill you, so you better watch out."

[@zizochemlali4639]

And because right now it was confirmed Samus is at the weakest point she’s ever been in the fusion suit is far thinner and much weaker than the power suit and I’m guessing doesn’t have all the upgrades the power suit has It’s horrifying how Samus who is seemingly the strongest warrior in the galaxy not only had this monstrous clones of her made but she’s powerless to do anything except run

[@Potato_tomato47]

@@zizochemlali4639 yea the fusion suit is literally just the inner layer of the power suit medics literally chopped off parts of the suit

[@deathscythefox]

Those blank eyes, the eerie sound effect, the lack of music and the slow but heavy footsteps are a perfect example of how to portray someone/something as a terrifying entity. Well done.

[@tuckernutter]

Gave you 69th like, completely relate to the comment regardless

[@hanon2012]

don't know what scared me more in the intro: the sa-x breaking the fourth wall or the steps had no music with it

[@SymbioteVenom-f9i]

Both

[@Spidervenom666]

Nightmare to

[@zeldafan9016]

Honestly the sa-x breaking the fourth wall is more scarier

[@rabidgaming9383]

What really scares me is the final encounter his gameplay against SA-x

[@lawxz23]

I could recognize those footsteps from anywhere at anytime

[@beerussama7093]

SA-X: *Has all of Samus’s powers, abilities, and memories* Also SA-X: *Uses missiles instead of ice beam against Metroids*

[@TheUncivilizedNation]

Ice is effective against Metroids yet but Samus had full armor when they fought. Meaning Ice was no longer effective. Super Missiles are way more powerful. And the only thing capable of taking Samus out at that point

[@KraftwerkArts159]

"Yall, I forgot the Metroids were allergic to the cold but I'm still opening fire like a dumbass ignoring the fact there's one of I and 5 of these little rats- *OH GOD GET EM OFF GET EM OFF* -SA-X atm

[@littlecube3005]

Remember that there were 10 SA-X aboard the station, and that one definitely died, so it’s not the one you fight later. It’s possible some SA-X aren’t…as bright as others.

[@MetaFanWing]

The SA-X isn’t trying to kill that Metroids, not directly at least. It was trying to trigger the self-destruct sequence of the Restricted Zone to wipe out all of the Metroids there and hopefully Samus too. It was mostly successful, it blew up the Restricted Zone and most of the Metroids, but one escaped, and so did Samus.

[@JAGtheTrekkieGEMINI1701]

@@MetaFanWing And tha was badly communicated by the Game tbh

[@OmnicidalClown1992]

I remember seeing the SA-X for the first time, and it utterly terrified me. It was made even scarier when it spotted you, chased you, tried to kill you, and doing all this while a terrifying soundtrack was playing.

[@25shadow11]

2:58 Sa-x: .... Juuuust to make sure she isn't really there, let me go back to double check

[@lawxz23]

lol

[@25shadow11]

oh wow, thank you lol@@lawxz23

[@Exodia_Misogynist]

I don't get what Sax truly is, does she want to rap3 Samus so much?

[@25shadow11]

@@Exodia_Misogynist Well, it's a parasite that attacked Samus, took all her abilities, now it wants to kill her because it's a monster and knows that she is still a threat

[@gerardoizarraras3973]

@@25shadow11the biggest threat. She’s essentially the only Metroid alive and a strong one at that. Remember Adam said “a threat perhaps to X ELSEWHERE (Dread since Raven Beak had contained the X on ZDR)

[@27Bluebottle]

When the SA-X first appears, that close up of what is supposed to be Samus' face with the pupilless eyes and almost skeleton like nose is creepy enough, but looking again, one other thing that makes it even creepier is that the "armour" is actually pulsing like a heartbeat.

[@JohnDave-gr2uo]

Exactly sax eyes is the scariest part

[@alecrutz956]

wait that's its nose? I always thought that was its mouth which to me, made the face look exceptionally derpy to me. After checking the page on the wiki, there's a pic of it from Dread, and its nose is intact, so i'm not sure. that hole being its nose though makes it more hideous looking.

[@jonathanpowell613]

The SA-X is the original E.M.M.I.

[@nicholasgreaves3548]

Damn straight

[@alanvelazquez6320]

SA-X 🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕😈😈😈😈😈😈😈📲🖓🖓🖓🖓🖓🖓🖓🖓🖓🖓🖓🖓🖓🖓🖓🖓🖓🖓🖓🖓👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎

[@lucasfraczek4320]

@WiiManElite Cap.

[@Vincent_Rabbit]

​@WiiManElite those insta-kills beg to differ

[@the_parasites]

@@alanvelazquez6320 child detected

[@ekang17]

The sound of SA-X's footsteps always give me chills down to my spine.

[@Nicksolo85]

Apparently the SA-X didn't know to morph into a ball & drop a few regular bombs to release herself from the Metroids' grip & then freeze them with the Ice Beam & fire 5 regular missiles at them. Also, that part where Samus learns there's actually been more than 1 SA-X the whole time... Man, was that a surprise.

[@robertnelson9599]

Where was that?

[@Nicksolo85]

@@robertnelson9599 The Restricted Laboratory located in the lowest area of Sector 6: NOC.

[@NetBattler]

Well it's still learning, imagine if the parasite knows its full potential, Samus would have to unlock her Metroid suit right away...

[@gerardoizarraras3973]

@@robertnelson9599Adam the computer tells Samus that there’s a MINIMUM of 10 SA X on the station

[@eliottdeletraz97]

Samus is mostly showes as a pitiless person when she's facing her ennemis. But it's clear that she's afraid of SA-X because everytime she encounter it, she is hiding and her heart is bumping. Her worst nightmare is probably this : facing the nightmarish version of her.

[@devincasebeer4459]

I just noticed something about the music: if you listen closely, you can hear something that sounds like a heartbeat that sounds....off. Further cementing how the sa-x isn't a fully human copy of you: it's not SAMUS' heartbeat your hearing. It's that...things.

[@CH-ow8hy]

If Metroid Fusion ever gets a remake, They should do what Capcom did with Mr. X and make the SA-X patrol the WHOLE station.

[@rock3793]

There were 10 sa-x's on the station after you destroy the one in the metroid lab

[@CH-ow8hy]

@@rock3793 even better! Maybe MULTIPLE SA-X's can chase Samus!

[@Commander-peepers]

Maybe as a hard mode?

[@Xtheartist465]

well that would straight up be a horror/survival game

[@Skullhawk13]

@@rock3793 according to Adam, we never see more than one. At most two if you believe SA-X couldn’t bomb off metroids.

[@spatate3050]

I wish so much a remake of fusion it could be so cool

[@joshrawks21]

They just remastered it for the switch

[@sinjo6863]

@@joshrawks21 Not a remaster. It is on switch though.

[@duffman18]

​@@joshrawks21 no they didn't.

[@Exodia_Misogynist]

Nintendo hates Metroid as you have no idea

[@michelleclark1016]

Do you want Nightmare to be remade?

[@animehdtv]

0:24 SA-X is one of the creepiest game of all time, when I was 7 years old I'm scared of the hell of that face

[@JohnDave-gr2uo]

Yeah that’s the scariest part

[@leonofdragonstone1250]

Fusion was my first ever Metroid game. Coming back to it as an adult i was absolutely stunned by the moment where the SA-X is attempting to destroy the secret Metroid Lab. It was going absolutely ballistic, Massive plasma holes in the wall, missile explosions everywhere, with animation and movement I never expected to convey so much destructive energy. I was only in the secret lab for a handful of seconds, and it nearly ruined an entire section of the map in just a moment of violence.

[@shen_valor]

The TRO encounter has to be the most anxiety enducing of all. Mainly cause this would technically be the first time you get chased if you didn't get cocky before. And a mostly mandatory one too unless you're very precise.

[@setokaiba914]

You describe it as a "mostly mandatory one unless you're very precise". How do you avoid it?

[@shen_valor]

@@setokaiba914 you need to hit the SA-X with a very precise Ice Missile. And I do mean precise. Enough to hit it and go through the door. It won't follow you at all afterwards.its possible, but pretty difficult

[@setokaiba914]

​@@shen_valor. Interesting, I didn't know that.

[@lawxz23]

@shen_valor I think I skipped the TRO encounter one time completely by accident. I was shocked at what just happened, and I just sort of just went with the flow lol

[@shen_valor]

@@lawxz23 An accident! You weren't even trying, you just lucked out! Kudos to that, cause it's tough to pull off.

[@tbostic45418]

Could you imagine SA-X in Metroid Dread??

[@joaquinbadman9678]

I'm praying for a remake

[@charliemartin-k7m]

The EMMIs make the SA-X look like nothing.

[@cooingwolf6775]

Maybe in dlc

[@gamechanger8908]

You know SA-X is why Metroid Dread got delayed for almost two decades, her ai mimicked how Samus hunts down Metroids to the point the developers wanted to surpass her ai but in the words of Howard Stark from Iron Man "I am limited by the technology of my time"

[@AnnaGCoelho]

God no 😂

[@Exton_Z1]

As a kid I always though there was multiple SA-X since one died with the Metroid facility

[@kirby3player]

Well there were like 10 of those, Adam said there were around 10 SA-X because The X parasite has copied himself fast. The SA-X we fought at the end of the game was the ,,Original'' one. The First SA-X that broke the fourth wall in the beginning

[@Potato_tomato47]

@@kirby3player there’s zero confirmation of that likely not true

[@dexterfinlayson156]

​@Flippermango451 there's literally dialogue where Adam says there are at least 10 SA-X

[@danielfisher6275]

Adam DOES say there are 10, but nowhere does it say the one you fight is the ORIGINAL one. More poetic that way, though.

[@nicolasfiorentino7269]

Didnt the last one have your armor tho? That make it the original and not just a copy with everypower inside

[@princesscadance197]

7:10 Does Samus legit just explode if you don’t escape before the timer expires? That’s incredible.

[@littlemoth4956]

Might’ve been a coincidental explosion that played right behind where she was.

[@megaman4354]

spontaneous combustion

[@DarknessXxMaster]

You can see whoisthisgit's review of Metroid Fusion for that. If you don't exit before the timer reaches 0, the station becomes Ejected. Both you and the SA-X basically are doomed to dicintigration from the explosion.

[@sparksterknight1993]

The fact that is not only 1 SA-X but 10! It was very scary

[@lawxz23]

Kind of wish they actually roamed around like an actual horror game type thing, it would have been so cool if they appeared out of nowhere and you had to run from them

[@nighton8223]

The dread before Dread.

[@deathoftheoldme8645]

I legitimately remember my cousin playing this game on game boy color I think and seeing the reveal scene gave me the creeps

[@GoodfellaZeta4873]

1:47 I don't know why they made the power bomb only do 20 points of damage. Especially considering if you move all the way to the left of the room, there's exactly enough distance to dodge it. 2:55 And you see, that's just the thing about the power bombs. We don't usually think of them to have a set blast radius, we usually just think of them as a screen clear. But if you use a power bomb in this room when SA-X is at her furthest away/closest to the door, She won't even notice! You could use a POWER BOMB to escape this room...without alerting her! 3:19 That being said, this method is still the safest and quietest way out. 3:51 This sequence however is impossible to evade detection in. You're meant to be chased through it. I always used to struggle here when I was younger. Just take a deep breath, spam the hell out of your ice missiles, remember to aim diagonally up after blowing up the wall so you can shoot the switches in the next hallway, pick your favorite god, and PRAY! 4:02 NICE SHOT! That's step one finished! 4:10 No, you see that, how he aimed directly upwards? That's wrong, much too slow, if you do it that way you'll die! (Just like he almost did.) Hold the L button to aim diagonally upwards and spam your beam while running through! 4:26 This guy might have survived the SA-X chase, but what he didn't show is that he almost definitely died on his way to a save room and had to do the chase over again. The enemies in this area of the game hit hard and come in large packs, your going to wanna have at least 2 or 3 full tanks of energy after the chase. 5:56 Okay, this sequence always REALLY bothered me! Let me explain. When the SA-X attacks you at close range, she'll usually freeze you first and then smack you with a super missile in a combo that does between 5 and 3 tanks of energy. This is really smart and cool because samus used to do the same thing to deal with metroid larva in the other games, showing that the SA-X has copied Samus' knowledge and probably knows how to deal with metroids. But in this sequence, instead of spamming the ice beam to freeze everything like she's supposed to know is the right choice, she instead just decides to wildly shoot missiles like an idiot! IS SHE A SMART TACTICAL PREDATOR OR A DUMB BRUTE? SHE CAN'T BE BOTH! 7:36 Here's a little pro tip for this fight. If holding down and releasing charged shots is getting exhausting you can just keep the fire button held down and use the R button to ready missiles. When your gun switches to missile it will automatically release its charged beam. This allows you to hold down the firing button to charge shots and use the R button to fire them without ever having to release the firing button. 8:39 And another thing, her beams will still do over a full tank of damage even with the gravity suit. So...y'know...9 tanks probably won't be enough. I recommend at least 15 tanks if you're having trouble.

[@ShadowsWrath4]

-holy fuck this man wrote an entire essay calm down ffs- It's people like you and me who pour their heart and soul into their KZbin comments and into what they love that should be the majority of what this site entails, just like how it used to be at the start of it. Keep being passionate on what you do and don't let anyone restrict you with the banal concept of using too much effort.

[@zelokorLocalGodOfChaosAndBread]

thank you for this rant/knowledge dump/essay

[@MetaFanWing]

In the Restricted Laboratory, the SA-X is trying to trigger the detach and self-destruct sequence rather than directly kill the Metroids. It probably could’ve just went around killing them the usual way, and maybe the future Omega Metroid wouldn’t have escaped. Or Samus for that matter.

[@JF.90]

i didnt get to play fusion, so all of this context helped me understand just a little bit more :) watching him jump thru the vertical metroid room was painfully staged though.. no way anyone takes that many hits, and further proof it was staged because he waited till last second 0.5 seconds to enter door. plus he flew through it flawlessly after he let the timer run down a bit haha. nice trick

[@livingbeast...i_think]

​@@MetaFanWing i mean, considering a different X almost blew up the entire ship in PYR, this seems plausible

[@Darksaviour]

The E.M.M.I don’t match up to the S-AX. They are more annoying than straight up terrifying

[@JugularJohn]

Yeah but the SA-X is so easily manipulated for how bad the AI is. Emmis are not only pretty scary with the chirping, but also how the AI is legit really good.

[@jaybomb5638]

They’re only annoying if you don’t know the exists.

[@kylewatson6890]

I want a fusion remake on switch so bad.

[@chiville165]

Its on gba Nintendo switch online

[@kylewatson6890]

@Chi Ville that's cool. What I really want is fusion in the same engine that dread used. The eairy atmosphere of SR388 would be so terrifying.

[@chiville165]

@@kylewatson6890 that would be awesome if they did that instead of putting it online

[@jimmatusicky8352]

It will be...

[@releenas21]

Already did better graphics it's for gba for NSO EXPANSION only

[@Sol_Badguy_GG]

The Sa-X has a particular hatred for doors and walls.

[@Verbal_Kent]

Why is everyone so scared 🤨 SA-X is just the Hall Monitor

[@froakachu8077]

I think you mean... THE HALL MONITOR 🗿

[@hakai1014]

Looking back at Metroid Dread, theres just something fascinating yet terrifying about SA X and EMMI One is the quantity of robots with their own speciality to slow down Samus or to benefit themselves to catch up and all she can do is run. The other is a mimic of Samus, formed into her suit and her weapons and creepy enough to where it makes her anxious and hide from the mimicked persona of her. The best part of these enemies is that they’re not common enemies, they’re hunters specialized to make Samus run and hide from until its her moment to hunt them

[@tylermercado1445]

7:27 once you enter this room after getting your final objective you can no longer save. While the door leading back does open after defeating the SA-X you can’t go through the door leading out of the lower elevator room. All you can do is activate the propulsion sequence and run to your ship. You’ll get to go to a recharge room during your escape but you shouldn’t need it. Oh, and don’t feel discouraged if you didn’t get all the pickups. Once you clear the game you can continue and go back to the sectors and other areas so you can get whatever you missed. Or if you want, you can start over for a better ending result, only you won’t be locked out of exploration once you get your final objective.

[@lawxz23]

I had a skill issue and I know all this now, but thanks anyways

[@hopper8514]

That music. One of my favorite fictional villains of all time.

[@samusaran7317]

A shame it never showed up in sector 6

[@clutchtastic_]

0:23 "I know you were just here. I'll get ahead of you and flank you. There's no escape from me. I have all your powers... What do you have?"

[@Fawksi]

you knew shit was going down when the camera didn't follow samus down the elevator

[@AngryLittleAmericansCartoons]

If they make another 2-D Metroid game again, they need to have an enemy like the SA-X again. You're wondering around, exploring the Planet with the fear of something unstoppable searching to kill you

[@cooingwolf6775]

The EMMI would like to have a word with you

[@Nathan74357]

This is just what I needed before sleeping tonight.

[@dunkelschakal]

SA-X > Dark Samus

[@christiandavis4502]

Fax

[@GoodfellaZeta4873]

"Why bother having a dark echoes clone when I can just split off by mitosis?" -Sa-X probably.

[@Xtheartist465]

oooh, a controversial thought, i like it

[@acidinity]

6:54 that was the wost lab escape I’ve ever seen bro…

[@AngelDelgado-rl9qi]

Those footsteps and the harsh start of its theme gave me chicken skin for years. Not to mention the part where ADAM tells you there where more than 10 on board and that they where hunting me.

[@karnell5761]

You forgot to add the last SA-X encounter where he helps Samus defeating the super alien

[@tylermercado1445]

You mean the Omega Metroid.

[@somebodyfixmyinternet]

Half this video is the uploader standing still and hesitating....

[@Wodgedev]

the first game that made my eyes water from getting so scared

[@miketherobotinkling]

Sa-x Nintendo nightmare villain

[@GUNClanHD]

My childhood trauma

[@chiville165]

My brother is still traumatized from this game 🤣🤣🤣

[@Urlastnerve]

Yea when I fell into the room in sector 2 and it was just standing there, I freaked out. I panicked and it killed me in just a few seconds.

[@IfYouLetMeStay]

I sense a lot of hesitation.

[@TheSixteen60]

0:23 SA-X breaking the 4th wall. While Samus isn't looking.

[@spartanq7781]

Sax vs Dark Samus is still what we all want to see.

[@DreaguiVII]

Not really

[@welshlout3400]

Would be interesting to see what (if any) politics would play out if Samus, Dark Samus and an SA-X ran into one another. I’d expect Dark Samus to uncompromisingly target Samus first and foremost, but I wonder what move the SA-X would make.

[@Niklas-bf7jn]

0:26 "those cold foot steps" "remeber the nameless fear in your heart"

[@DrownedInExile]

Did you forget to turn on the Varia suit? I don't remember the SA-X doing that much damage!

[@GoodfellaZeta4873]

You can't turn upgrades on or off in fusion. Although I agree that Sa-X seems to be doing up to double her normal amounts of damage...hard mode perhaps?

[@jafjavier4939]

@@GoodfellaZeta4873 probably on hard mode

[@voydcat8089]

*STOP GIVING ME A HEART ATTACK*

[@loganwood7595]

Imagine a remake of metroid fusion, but the SA-X has a Mr X style AI from the RE2 remake. Would be perfect for it. Something ever present that always has a chance of finding you that you can stop for a tike but can nevwr kill until the right time

[@Jacoblikesyoutube]

Even on the GBA this freaked me out as a kid

[@Lum2022]

Fantastic game. And in my opinion the best 2D Metroid. It just has the perfect creepy vibe to it. You’re on the hunt, but you’re also hunted by a copy of a more powerful version of yourself. They really did an astounding work on the “ambush / stealth gameplay”, and improved on it 2 decades later with Metroid Dread.

[@NormalAccount2008]

Fun fact: I beat this entire game on a school laptop.

[@SeanRIbrahim]

You missed the ending SA-X encounter where he helps you fight Metroid Fusion. Bummer!

[@tylermercado1445]

Omega Metroid you mean.

[@bladerunner9129]

The fact almost everyone forgets is that there were multiple copies of SAX roaming around the station.

[@LesoTheGamerboy]

People seem to trash the E.M.M.I.E's here. I personally thought it was super fun to outsmart them and juke them out and hitting the counter felt so fricking good every time. Also the eerie atmosphere of those places were on point and it was always tense and exiciting getting chased by one. I cant quite compare it to the SA-X because i never played fusion but i can still say i liked the E.M.M.I.'es. But tbh the SA-X seems really cool too. Having the final(?) boss (whos pretty much a stronger evil clone version of you) roaming around the map who you are forced to avoid until the end of the game seems like a really cool concept and if im correct you never know when SA-X shows up so its more scary because you live in constant fear when shes gonna show up next whereas you dont get that with the E.M.M.I'es because they have designated zones so always know when to expect one. Although i must admit the underwater sections and the last two were kinda bs because they were so much faster than you underwater and the blue one froze you and the purple one heard and saw you from miles away. (Fortunately the blue one can be killed almost immedietly thanks to an easy exploit. Wont go into detail it here but if you want to know how to do it just search early ice missiles. And for the purple one where the most underwater sections are, you can get the gravity suit before that part, again if you want to know how to do it you can search early gravity suit by yourself. Just be aware that i think you need to do the frozen artaria section before heading back to ferenia. This means you need to do frozen artaria without storm missiles and space jump. It is possible using shinesparks but the experiment z57 bossfight might be a bit harder)

[@countlazuli8753]

Everyone says the Sa-X is the better metroid horror experience but I guess I'm the exception. I thought narratively the Sa-X was really cool and poetic in it's own uncanny way. But when it comes to playing a horror game (or at least a game with horror elements) I just prefer the subject of fear to have it's own agency instead of scripted events. I think this just keeps the unpredictability lasting longer.

[@GoodfellaZeta4873]

It really isn't because the E.M.M.I. are bad. It's just that Sa-X is so damn good that the E.M.M.I. look bad in comparison.

[@inspektor12]

​@@GoodfellaZeta4873i'd honestly agree with you if SA-X wasn't scripted, if we ever get a remake of fusion and SA-X could just come out whenever, that would be real scary.

[@roxascross3741]

I really hope they remake Fusion with dread engine

[@-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-]

I'd just like to know how the SA-X escaped/survived the Restricted Lab detachment and explosion. Looks like it was being overwhelmed and trapped in place by the metroids. I'd also like to see an out of bounds video where we see where the SA-X is going and doing when not encountering Samus.

[@josearagon3098]

Adam told you that there are like 9 more SA-X on the station.

[@Swaggaccino]

SA-X was fun to go up against. EMMI was just straight up annoying.

[@charliemartin-k7m]

Dread has one thing I don't understand. Why would they send robots to look for the X when we know the X can take robots as host.

[@TheUncivilizedNation]

@@charliemartin-k7m they’re made of the strongest materials in the universe remember. And there was 7 of them each with a unique ability copied from Samus Aran herself. I think they prepared pretty well given the very little they knew of ZDR

[@dippking4638]

@@charliemartin-k7m x can't copy robots, only organic materials. All the "robots" x copy in fusion and dread have organic matter on them, essentially bio organic machines.

[@rock3793]

@@charliemartin-k7m only if it had organic components like the security bot had an organic brain

[@releenas21]

I'm glad it's for the switch for all NSO EXPANSION users

[@cobaltprime9467]

The way it patrols the areas is terrifying. This would have made me sh!t myself as a kid. And that you HAVE to run makes it worse. The futility of fighting it.

[@zephaniahlugo547]

The SA-X chase really freaks me out everytime i came back playing fusion

[@axl256gamesx7]

Now, the sa-x is basically super metroid samus, right? So, imagine if there was an encounter after getting speedbooster, you start walking to get the boost, hear an explosion, and then you see the sa-x running (super metroid run feature) but both samus and the sa-x get the boost speed at the same time and go at the same speed from that moment, the chase would end after samus breaks some speed boost blocks making the sa-x fall (without falling herself) Wouldn't that be completely nerve wracking?

[@matthewkretschmer7010]

That sort of looked creepy from SA X first encounter. I would like to see a showing of Samus going face to face with SA X in sector's 2, 5, and 6. I take it that SA X, in the Restricted Laboratory was trying blast Samus but accidently blast a few Metroids and then the others. Which caused SA X blast more causing the fire. That led up to the rest of what we see go on in that area (detracting the Restricted Laboratory into space to blow up). In the final encounter, the only way to beat SA X is to use all the beam blast (charge, wide, plasma, and wave) you acquired together. Which missils, bombs and suits abilities can't help you there.

[@dwaynecurrie2369]

Terminator music with those footsteps

[@fantoon670]

The original dark Samus

[@quicksilvertongue3248]

SAX: "Based on the memories from my host, you open these gray hatches by shooting them." *ULTRA SUPER MISSILE OF DOOM* "Memory confirmed."

[@myleswelnetz6700]

And then it appears again to Samus from the Omega Metroid at the end of the game.

[@Isaac_646]

I absolutley love when a game has a horror copy version of the protagonist. It always makes me say out loud "THATS not me!"

[@OmnicidalClown1992]

As terrifying the SA-X is, I wish that they did something with the possibility of there being 10 SA-Xs roaming around the BSL station. Even better, imagine if it was revealed that one of the SA-X escaped before the BSL was destroyed and made an appearance in Dread alongside the other enemies seen in that game.

[@WohFilmyAnkur]

As a kid I've had a Phobia of SA-X. And I still get nightmares sometimes

[@forgettablename6436]

God damn not everyone in the comments trashing on EMMI lmao. Honestly, I feel like they're different enough to where you can't really compare one over the other. I just love em both lol.

[@intodewood0598]

Mr X: "Ah, a worthy challenge. Our battle will be legendary!"

[@mrpalmer3978]

SA-X appearances would also go well together with the Terminator arrival music from the Terminator 1 movie

[@nguresu]

ちゃんとエレベータ乗ってからやってくるの偉い

[@naoaki3849]

6:03 訳→60秒後この研究所は切り離されます

[@johnheavener8467]

I remember thinking as a 9 year old that the SA-X was a friend.

[@Cody-nu8cv]

SA-X I actually took very seriously and did not not underestimate.

[@Super-Saiyan-Blue-Gogeta]

5:56 SA-X: "So anyway, I started blasting"

[@unclesy4360]

Shouldve bought this back in the day. Got zero mission for the advance instead. Thankfully the switch brought this back for a second chance

[@hypnos9336]

zero mission was also really good

[@giygas_9577]

Man, imagine if they remade this game in first person with an AI based SA-X along the lines of Alien Isolation where it could show up anywhere, anytime. That'd be a dream game for me.

[@Sol_Badguy_GG]

You forgot the last encounter...

[@hugoeliseu9750]

You forgot the last encounter when sa-x saves you from the omega metroid

[@Solrex_the_Sun_King]

You missed the last encounter

[@Leonkennedy19992]

I really want the horror theme and a stalker enemy like the Sa-x in a 3d metroid game

[@chaosakalao3529]

Samus: " The only thing I fear... Is myself"

[@duckodzilla]

Just... wow, this is... dude im wanting to look out my flipping window fron this thing... ༎ຶ⁠‿⁠༎ຶ༎ຶ⁠‿⁠༎ຶ༎ຶ⁠‿⁠༎ຶ༎ຶ⁠‿⁠༎ຶ

[@helton1812]

If they want me to be scared why did they make SA-X so damn hot

[@charliemartin-k7m]

I've played this game for years and the SA-X I still Fear!

[@quintinjxander]

If they ever do a remake of Metroid Fusion the Sector 6 part when SA-X does the Power Bomb somehow an X Parasite Space Pirate tries to take it head on while Samus is hiding. An Idea if they ever remake it.