Metroid II: Return of Samus (Game Boy) Part 1 - James & Mike Mondays

James Rolfe and Mike Matei play Metroid II: Return of Samus on Game Boy!
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[@dirtcollector]

classic friendship. just goes to show how having 100 friends on your new console is not the same as having 1 friend in the flesh

[@xm_heecka.laddder.job_mx5962]

Bah, someof them do love James as if they were really next to him.... WELCOME to Social Media buddy.

[@JoakimOtamaa]

That's why I'm offline on Playstation and have just a few friends there I know irl also.

[@daviddamasceno6063]

I'm impressed about how well preserved those magazines are. They look brand new!

[@MrJholshouser41]

"Thank you for shutting fuck up." Only best friends lol.

[@nitpicker9406]

Back in my day we couldn't afford no fancy Nintendo Power magazine. I had to beat the game all on my own on my way to school which was 15 miles away and I had to walk the whole way in the snow with no shoes.

[@MabuseXX]

Nit Picker yeah....i remember. The time as rubber shoes actually made from wood.

[@veryp.c.2220]

Dont lie u had one fuckn shoe. I seen yr limpn ass.

[@kars9050]

If you had a gameboy and games you had shoes

[@xm_heecka.laddder.job_mx5962]

Ok russian guy

[@user98xp]

Uphill both ways. Over broken glass.

[@karamitros20]

I remember feeling so Isolated and helpless while playing this game. The no Map thing , the black graphics and the fact that you are underground, after playing a while , gives a one of a kind feeling even for today

[@Snoutmasta]

I love James' reactions to this game. You can really tell he has great memories with Metroid II. Some of his facial expressions and reactions are just like a little kid with a new Nintendo game, haha.

[@chrisskull7882]

James is a awesome guy lol he's so nice

[@muticere]

I'm actually trying to beat this right now and having a hard time, so I'm glad to watch this and see your playthrough in order to get on track with this very cryptic Metroid game.

[@TomMSTie1138]

I love Mike's Art Fern voice every time he says "Spaser Laser!" "Ooh-hoo, the Slauson cutoff!"

[@JamesNintendoNerd]

Follow James and Mike on Twitter twitter.com/Cinemassacre twitter.com/Mike_Matei

[@owentodd2044]

hi guys, just wondering what episode was that where they were trying to beat a game and james had cut out a part of the nintendo power telling them how to when he was a kid?

[@RE_314]

Thanks for the explanation of the difference between "farming" and "grinding", Mike!

[@ZigealFaust]

Farming: Grinding for items. Grinding: Farming for levels.

[@AtlasBlizzard]

I like hearing how many sound effects this game shares with Wario Land, such as the pause sound and the boss hit sound.

[@awesomelozinc]

Man, such fond memories for this game. About ten years ago I got this game for my 15th birthday. I literally just broke my arm and my dad gave me the game as we walked out of the hospital. I was at my grandma's with no internet and beat the game in 3 days by myself, no help. These are the stories that make games great

[@MrGameroyadvance]

I love how this game has Metroids that evolve. I never was able to beat the final boss though as a kid, even with Game Genie.

[@TheJuanSolid]

Back in the day you got a pencil and graph paper and filled in as you went making your own map. You could get super detailed if you wanted but normally you just wanted to mark big landmarks like a save etc.

[@SmashJT]

I thought I was the only one that did that lol! I wish I kept mine from the original Metroid!

[@grecorobert97]

Graph paper! I hadn't thought of that! Great idea! That would work for original Metroid and Super Metroid too. Super Metroid has a map, but filling in your own with the locations of everything can be more helpful too.

[@TheManOnTheHill]

14:15 YEEAHHHHHHH!!!!!!

[@RyM3ks]

+nastybeard epic close up :D

[@jacobglickman9731]

+nastybeard BIG RIGS

[@joesmashbro6817]

+nastybeard 14:26 4.2 PROCESSOR ERAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!

[@vidunderkat420]

+nastybeard yeah i laughed my ass off at that close-up of james

[@blankspace3189]

thanks lol, was looking for this!

[@ChristopherMcLarenExperience]

I'd be so happy watching this right now if I didn't lose my fucking keys.

[@BreakfastAtNoon]

Did you find them?

[@redpointt]

Where are the keys?

[@DanH11]

14:14 - More this, please.

[@DanH11]

Even better, 16:21

[@DanH11]

For real though, this was one of the best James and Mike Mondays ever. Love it, guys. Keep it up!

[@211Appolo]

+Daniel Hendrickson James Rolfe just became James Hetfield YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

[@racingspirit9102]

+Daniel Hendrickson It's a cool reference to Awesome Video Games. Agreed.

[@brandon9271]

+Likki Curry was that a TV from the 80s or something? Never heard of it.

[@Haar_Dragon]

Samus Returns, the remake of this, is the only Metroid game I fully completed. And only because it tells you how much of everything is in which areas. Love these games, there's so much to find. This is a hell of a good time. The "how would you figure that out" remarks are actually surprisingly simple - you just find weird stuff and figure "there's something I can do with this, or else it wouldn't be here." And then you use all your items and either it works or you come back later. Now how would _Samus_ figure that out, given it's a natural area in a cave? Beats the hell out of me.

[@henrydave6603]

This is one of my favorite Game Boy titles. I remember getting this game one youthful summer and powering thru it in days. I remember the manual stating "you might not have enough missiles to defeat the Metroid Queen". I looked in every corner and cranny I could just so I could find every missile upgrade. I don't remember using every missile on her, but sure was glad I gather extra! I'm still surprised just how big this game was for a GB title.

[@plusultra4806]

I remember playing this game as a kid on the big 4 battery grey gameboy. It's def one of my all time fav gameboy games because of how hard it was to figure out where to go and how to move on to the next part of the game. I didn't have the magazines or maps, so as a kid I just had to go everywhere a bunch of times until I figured out what to do. lol good times.

[@LaVeyCharkusVeros]

Mike's still in his *Elvis* impersonation from a *Board James* episode. What's up with that hair?!

[@Captain_Neckbeard]

+LaVey Charkus Veros "Don't question the hair man. Look out!" In Elvis voice.

[@RB-jt4jm]

+LaVey Charkus Veros It's a rockin' pompadour!

[@BaTBaiLeyS]

+LaVey Charkus Veros Clive Barker's Undying oO

[@Clay3613]

+LaVey Charkus Veros His hair is more like Egon from Ghostbusters.

[@TymphaRedbreaduwuowo]

Clay3613 well, its awesome as fuck

[@DSSeraph]

That shout out to Awesome Video Games, never thought I'd here the AVGN talking about AVG. Totally made my night. Can't wait till next monday for part 2!

[@ky-gp4sz]

He talked about them when working on to rob video

[@FormaThought]

Lovely to hear them talk about Awesome Video Games. I miss that show a lot.

[@DSSeraph]

+Forma I saw the reference and immediately had to tweet at Fraiser about it, chances are he won't see it, but damn, I'd love it if he came here and left a comment, AVGN meets AVG, it practically writes itself.

[@farfromsensibletv]

AVG is coming up to its 10th birthday on Feb 26th BTW.

[@tvo770]

+Forma You it's coming back they announced it yesterday and have put up a Patreon for it.

[@Prizm44]

Great to hear a reference to Awesome Video Games. Those guys were hilarious. And dang it, I had to beat Metroid II without any map when I was 10. Took me weeks exploring, spider-balling and bombing the hell out of everything. But damn it was rewarding when you finally find a power up. Using a magazine/online map just isn't as satisfying as doing it yourself.

[@Draikenx]

Its funny how watching you guys with the super game boy and playing these classic games it just brings back a flood of memories about what the world was like back then and what I was doing at that time. I think about who was still alive back then all sorts of things. Its always nice to watch you guys because you grew up in the same generation as me.

[@ZipplyZane]

What I remember is that the guides would give you long passwords you could use to change the Super Game Boy palette in different scenes. It looks like you're using the one they recommended at the beginning of Metroid II.

[@co81385]

I remember the Lemmings issue of Nintendo Power with the full map to this game. I had received the game for Christmas in 1991, shortly after the game was released, and I had gotten lost to the point that I was discouraged from playing the game again. The Lemmings issue came out around summer of 92. When I finally had a full map of the game, it was tremendously relieving.

[@thejtrax]

didn't have the book, didnt know it existed, had to beat it on my own at six years old

[@TheKaappari]

+thejtrax Pretty legit. I had hard time completing games at that age or even older.

[@seanspear6224]

I was the same and managed to beat the game at the best ending where she uncovered herself from the suit

[@crunchychips8123]

+thejtrax Yeah, Nintendo Power was never a thing outside of the US. Same deal with the cartoons and shit. Best case scenario was one of your friends somehow learned a cheat code or two. Had to beat games like this completely blind. Which, in Metroid II's case, probably made it a better game. Spent endless hours bombing everything, trying to find every secret. Metroids II, III, and IV are god damn glorious games. III and IV are strong contenders for the best games ever made.

[@ryanamberger]

It made you a more powerful man doing it on your own. I enjoy my soft cotton panties on my testicle spheres.

[@ThePreciseClimber]

+Crunchy Chips III and IV? You mean Super and Fusion?

[@theyounggamer6566]

"What a fuckin.. Fuck shit." Mike Matei - 2016

[@tetsuoswrath]

Every dog thinks he's a dire wolf until Bob Barker busts out the SPAY-ZER.

[@johnq2068]

Owned this game as a kid and I never knew when or where we got it but my memory of these games were that they were mysterious, like had no idea what to do and never bothered to read the instructions.

[@KWKBOX]

Get the power. NINTENDO POWER!

[@RethinkRetro1]

Thanks for the digestive health tips. 12:00 Seriously though I always look forward to these.

[@ASR-Ansori]

I'm still waiting for the Splatterhouse remake.

[@bulletbelt97]

I'm pretty sure that came out years ago

[@ASR-Ansori]

***** No, XD I mean their gameplay for the game.

[@Ertain1]

Ah yes, Metroid 2. I remember playing that on long car trips. And at home. And in various places. I played it a lot. As for maps? Strangely, I did not use the ones in Nintendo Power. For me, they were hard to use.

[@vicariousfan]

man I LOVED this game, easily my favorite gameboy game. I played through this at least 10 times all with out a single map. I found every secret

[@melvinbutchhoot]

When Mike changed the color in the beginning, it made Samus look ALOT like Iron Man's hulkbuster armor.

[@mattsmith8769]

What a fuckin, fuck shit Mike - 2016

[@pjensen2886]

Did you know? Every time your damaged, by an enemy or spike, you can jump afterwards. Helps you get higher if your struggling with space jumps. Also, Morph Ball jumps work too.

[@lucky07621]

13:48 Mikes laugh cracks me up

[@26snoopy82]

This is my favorite game boy game. I have beaten this hundreds of times!

[@marcodemasi3132]

That must have taken a while

[@darklegacy6505]

I did that and beleive me it takes more than awhile it takes one whole month or even a year to beat this game without Nintendo power If you think you can beat meteoroid 2 100 times this is a tip I have to give you "GET THE POWER NINTENDO POWER"

[@marcodemasi3132]

Omg!

[@MinistryOfGamersMOG]

played this game for hours when i was younger! looking forward to watching all of these :)

[@TyDie85]

Love watching James & Mike mondays! Two friends just hanging out playing games is simply the best :) especially you two

[@loringbush1455]

I could never figure out how to complete and finnaly finish this amazing Metroid game!

[@AlexeyFilippenkoPlummet]

Definition of a cryptic game. Bunch of rooms with no map and no directions to go. Walls that you are supposed to walk behind. Items that change the way you move through rooms entirely. Graphics that offer silhouettes at best (mega man has eyes at least).

[@TBrizzle01]

Spider ball was pretty awesome in Metroid Prime.

[@fenro9708]

This game was one of my favorite games, remember taking turns with my brother playing this at our summer cottage.

[@beowulf1417]

Had this game as a kid, absolutely loved it! And that soundtrack was top notch!

[@RickyRei1]

Oh, cool! You guys actually did the episode? There's are a reason you guys are still so awesome!

[@SuperZombiepimp]

most nintendo fans james age owned this game it was this zelda and mario almost every kid own these 3 series back in the late 80's early 90's

[@overpoweredeternalhero1400]

It's so cool that you can go to bizarre secret worlds in this game by continuously tapping the select button while walking around, you might trigger new opening paths to go to the huge secret world! Caution: you will get stuck to the walls very often.

[@JZKittyGaming]

The memories! I love this game, hated back then because of not having a map, but with time, I got to appreciate it! ^.^

[@Laphin]

I swear, I love watching you two play games. 34 years old here, and I wish I could just come over and chill with you guys. :D

[@SteltekOne]

Thanks for the nostalgia kick! I played this for weeks back in the day (no Nintendo power to help me either). I recently found my cartridge again, but of course all the save games were gone because the internal battery had died.

[@iandavidwolfe]

Oh man this brought back so many memories! I loved this game when I was a kid! I'm definitely going to have to get this again. This is a great example of how good GameBoy games could be. Unfortunately there was so many more bad games than good games for the GB IMO. Awesome vid guys!

[@VGamingJunkieVT]

This game was pretty good as a transitioning phase from Metroid to Super Metroid. They haven't quite nailed it like they did with SM but they were getting there.

[@dolssondko]

Can't wait for the next one guys. Also, that music at the beginning - that took me back!

[@DanH11]

Oh wow, you guys actually did a real video of this game after the last which just got labeled as a Super GameBoy video. It was funny, didn't expect you to follow up with a legit upload for the game. Thanks, this was a good game. Glad y'all took the time to give it some real attention.

[@grizzlywhisker]

grew up playing this game with no map and loved it. such great music. very nostalgic for me as well.

[@skullboipop]

I gotta say this has been my favorite James and Mike Mondays so far.

[@StevieBGoode]

You guys need to play the AM2R. I personally think it's fantastic.

[@retrogameraaron4778]

I really want to see them play through Super Metroid next...but they definitely need to play through AM2R after that.

[@mphylo2296]

I honestly think it's the second best Metroid game in general. Only Super Metroid outdoes it in my mind and only then because of its flawless atmosphere. Gameplay-wise AM2R is probably the best in the series.

[@kite7529]

Yes, please! Or at least comment about it!

[@mphylo2296]

It's still very easy to find.

[@hydro9204]

AM2R isn't part of the actual Metroid series. It's just a fan remake

[@MoriMekan]

You guys are so close to 2 million subscribers congratulation in advanced! :D

[@Neffets]

Holy fuck yes Metroid 2!! And there's gonna be more parts to this J&M Mondays! :D

[@Retromags]

Farming is like Mega Man, where you keep shooting those respawning screws to fill up all your weapons and health. Grinding is what you do in Castlevania: SOTN, where you sit outside of a save point and keep killing the same enemies over and over to level up, going to the save point when you get low on health.

[@MatthewHALO3star]

0:35 this show is so well produced. haha love this. you guys make old video games fun and interesting. bravo.

[@EruIluvatar]

When Mike did the nerdy laugh, I think it became the laugh of Renfield from the Dracula movie .

[@SleepyAdam]

There is a fun glitch you can do in this game by at any point using the morph ball and move back and forth and pressing select rapidly. Holes will appear in the ground and you can explore glitch land. :)

[@Iguana5k]

If he makes that enemy torture chamber, those wasps from donkey kong have to be in it.

[@MasterLinit]

Very fun to watch! Can't wait to see the next part! =]

[@bluetarantulaproductions6179]

One thing that I find funny in this game is that the Metroid's make the same noise when they get hurt, it's the same noise that is used for the bosses in Warioland: Super Mario Land 3

[@NoxNoctisUmbra]

I can't wait for the continued!

[@vevans0009]

When you get hit during the spiderball mode, you can reactivate it in mid-air. So you don't have to go all the way down to restart it. Just get hit, hug the wall, activate and then you can go up.

[@TheVgrey]

+Cinema massacre I really miss those time playing using those magazine the drawing metroid 2 was such an epic game this video really makes me nostalgic

[@PandaBearGamersOfficial]

Fantastic, glad to see more of you two!

[@BrickBuddis]

you need to play metroid prime

[@troudecul69]

dude that rocked ! thanks guys : nostalgia, playing a 1 player game with a friend to help with the path. So classic, you won't see that today

[@mz_emmett9023]

14:14 that reminds me of the old video game commercials :D

[@wesker919]

"You're making me nervous. It's making it harder." lol.

[@Benobot99]

Almost 2 million subs, keep up the great work guys! :D

[@Silentnarcotic]

This took me the longest time to beat when I was a kid, it was probably only 2 months but seemed like forever in 11 year old time. I never knew there was a spring ball! I beat it without it.

[@Kinaldio]

Yay! Can't wait for part 2, you guys are rocking this game hard!

[@StevenMorris]

Very cool to see this being played! This game is one of my favorites :D

[@bboynoe]

ayyyyy same here

[@Lynxan]

I so remember this one well, I had gotten it with Kool Aid points. It took me forever to get though it and it's still the only Metroid I've finished.

[@MovieGamingTV]

Thanks for another video, James and Mike.

[@Thyrion07]

Space Jump reaction is on point. Then you get the screw attack and you're really going to pwn.

[@FinleyZero]

03:00 That spot literally(!) took me a day and a half to find as a kid.

[@reeepingk]

Also, you can reactivate the spider ball by hitting down while falling, so you can catch the wall when you fall off.

[@grantt.8739]

I so wish i would have went to school and college with you guys at cinemassacre it would be Awesome to just hang out and play games!

[@grantt.8739]

I'd probably shit my pants if mike or james comments on this

[@jessicatroester3356]

+Grant Hatake I want to see this Mike come on reply so he has to shit is pants

[@troesterg]

+Grant Hatake how will we know if you shit yourself

[@grantt.8739]

+DUmbN Dumnerr What would you suggest?

[@crobinson2624]

OMG can you imagine if we all had health bars. Your sitting on the couch playing a game with your friend and he's poking you slowly draining your health and all of a sudden you hear this siren and realize your health is low! Oh shit I need some health!

[@petewadesays12]

I was just playing this yesterday. Sweet.

[@Xmari0hX]

Great video. "yeahhhh!" extreme close up!

[@PsychoIncarnate666]

It's been a long time since I played Metroid 2, but I believe that's how I got that item too. The glitching through the respawning block trick. I think you're supposed to wait until you get the spider ball to "legit" get it

[@emmettturner9452]

You guys didn't seem to realize that you can grab surfaces with the Spider Ball when you jump or fall by pressing down while you are in contact with any surface. There is no need to go all the way back.

[@lostmymarbles9151]

the metroid fighting music used to freak me out when I was a kid..

[@charles_van_doren]

Great great episode. Love to see them using the old Nintendo Power magazine.

[@JanneJH]

Damn, i remember his game from my childhood. Could not beat it , but its great to see James and mike get a shot at it :-)

[@ryanisagordonfreeman9811]

The space jump is extremely useful in most areas they were having trouble in.

[@Feelin_DanDy]

Awesome Video Games reference, nice!

[@cameronwhittington4484]

quick tip, damage jumping. whenever you take damage, you can press the jump button again and jump

[@mordercainear9573]

i like the map from metroid fusion and zero mission, because it tags all the powerups after i got them so i know where ive already been,the super metroid didnt have that which make me sometimes backtrack to places that ive already been

[@lastmanstanding80]

Probably the most revolutionary Gameboy game of all time. I explored every nook and cranny of this game. good times