Metroid Prime 2: Echoes - 100% TAS in

[@CloudyAmorous]

As someone who's beat this game over 30 times, and 100% it, let me just say that: This was THE most hype run I've ever watched. The entire video I was screaming, "WHAT?!?!" every other second seeing the cool tricks done, and I literally started losing my voice doing it lmao. I've learned so much from watching this and it was so much fun watching it. Very very very very cool TAS, well done! I was never bored at any moment!

[@thefattesthagrid]

Then watch this one. - > watch?v=-Oo6iTqijNw&ab_channel=icefire

[@courdell7426]

From 15:13 to 17:56 the most cracked out sequence i have ever seen 😂😂😭 that was absolutely insane!

[@Enjera_Hlm]

The sky gifted her the light beam that's amazing!

[@courdell7426]

@@Enjera_Hlm 😂😂 that was a loooong walk out of bounds too

[@leonides1527]

Fight through the pain as a person

[@Jack-ni2qs]

I was expecting a crazy tas-only route and wasn't disappointed. Very cool

[@KillJoyB33]

Amazing video. It's neat seeing my favorite metroid game be beaten like it's nothing.

[@oinkerbob2]

I don't know what it is, be it all the boosting or the no-clipping and exploitation of how these games render the map. But this TAS (and any TAS of any Metroid Prime game for that matter) is really trippy and fun to watch when you're really stoned.

[@uzer141]

This was amazing 💯🔥 Echoes is my favorite Prime

[@thuperr2017]

24:50 is something special holy moly

[@mrspeedrunwastaken1348]

p good innit

[@Warpded]

I can't even fathom how long it would take to set this up. Well done!

[@MaskedTAS]

@@Warpded I worked around 6 months on this, 3-10 hours a week

[@Warpded]

@@MaskedTAS I applaud you, sir. I couldn't do that, not even close. That's passion

[@cadenreinhart3779]

The wall crawl to get light beam gave me so much anxiety until I remembered that I'm watching a TAS, so there would only be a death if necessary

[@mrspeedrunwastaken1348]

I bet in 2014 noone would have guessed how fast you can actually move in this game lol, what an amazing display of this game being run. Also this run was only 2 mins slower than the any% no OoB TAS despite how rediculously long 100% normally is, so thats pretty remarkable.

[@Bulzeeb15]

God I hope best Prime gets a remaster too

[@HCAZACHCAZ]

It's an amazing game, but something about Prime 1 makes it the best in my opinion

[@thenumberquelve158]

My favorite part was the fact you can kill Space Jump Guardian before he even spawns. That's a certified "how the heck did anyone figure out you can do that???" moment. It's amazing, even in first person 3D mode, it's still true: Bounty Hunter Go Fast!

[@MrMiguel211]

very based TAS

[@mrspeedrunwastaken1348]

it is. rediculously good run :D

[@DraconisMarchVII]

What were those shine spark insta-kills? Dayum.

[@CreamDollYT]

Why is it when Samus is taking damage from Dark Aether it sounds like sizzling bacon on a pan?

[@MajoraJamora]

Her bacon is cookin 🍖

[@ShadicFusion]

🤦🏻‍♂️

[@koholintisland2167]

Because she's red hot.

[@AceOnBase1]

Bruh the speed running dark aether is insane

[@neochozo]

Maybe I missed something somewhere or I'm just rusty on Prime 2, but at what point did you acquire Boost Ball before fighting Boost Guardian? 😂

[@Shmash_whatever]

I’m still trying to figure this out

[@MrMiguel211]

Riiiiight... here 23:40

[@octaviosanchez5801]

thats from cannon ball a side efect is that you get the boost ball

[@AscendedHaven]

allow me to explain; when he went Out of Bounds at sanctuary fortress, in the room before spider guardian, he did a canon ball glitch, where he unloaded the room while he launches with the canon, therefore keeping the boost ball effect that it gives, since the canon launch *technically* never ended.

[@flames_fan_328]

30:00 This jump just… so perfect

[@danihonjin]

INCREÍBLE!!!!!!!

[@aman2078]

What's the purpose of using the save stations (around the 1:00:00 mark)?

[@MaskedTAS]

In save stations the in-game timer stops, so I can enter a save station to load the next room and save a bit of in-game time

[@tadferd4340]

I think the most impressive part is that the Dark Portals didn't tank your frames. :p No seriously, how did you do that? Anyway, nice run. The sequence breaks were a lot more extreme than I expected. Like the last beam.

[@quantumdude836]

31:49 imagine Echoes with quake-style movement

[@Redeadhunter]

Look up "Primehack"

[@therealfriday13th]

...I see 100% does not include the logbook...not sure how to feel about that...

[@neochozo]

100% has never included the logbook though. It’s only percentage items, even in the other Metroid games.

[@GuillaumeLeValiant]

Incredibly insane from start to finish lol

[@shnagashnaga3831]

I’m REALLY surprised you did 100% in this small amount of time. I was like there’s no way then I watched and was like: ….what the-?

[@M0tschekiebchen]

34:22 Why do you get no damage in morph ball mode? This is even a place where you'd get a lot of damage with the dark suit.

[@MaskedTAS]

At 23:40 I'm using a glitch called cannonball by unloading a room while being shot out of a cannon. This gives me the ability to boost, invincibility in morph ball mode and the ability to deal a lot of damage to certain enemies. It's the reason why I can defeat the second form of Chykka by rolling into it.

[@neochozo]

@@MaskedTAS is that cannonball glitch doable outside of TAS? I got out of Prime 2 speedrunning a long time ago, so catching up on things has been enlightening.

[@MaskedTAS]

@@neochozo yes, it's done in every major category where oob isn't banned

[@isaacjacob3544]

@@MaskedTAS thank you, I was looking through the comments because I didn't know how you were boosting.

[@blues03]

Emperor Ing fell on a buzzsaw. How embarassing.

[@DarkBlade6690]

This is how Samus would've beaten the game

[@azurebalmung4520]

29:29 - Bit confused, that was definitely the sound of a powerup, but none of her rockets, bombs, ammo or health increased, and there was no animation for any sort of upgrade when they got back inbounds, what was picked up there?

[@MaskedTAS]

I picked up the screw attack ;)

[@Bingchilling100]

What the hell happened to Dark Samus at 1:47:20?

[@MaskedTAS]

Screw attack does a lot of damage to them

[@mikedancoolguy4574]

@@MaskedTASmost broken power on bosses

[@bamboochaLPP]

can somebody tell me why so many doors need so long to open leaving him waiting in front of them? and also, what does TAS 100% in 1:19 mean when he is still collecting stuff after 1:19? (I'm new into watching speedruns)

[@MaskedTAS]

TAS means tool assisted Speedrun, meaning I used an emulator and slowdowns, extra saves and a memory viewer to play and record this. 100% means all individual items are collected. The final time is 1:19 because I use in-game time (IGT) which is shown after the credits. IGT only counts the time Samus is controlled and doesn't count cutscenes and loading screens. I hope this helps. If you have more questions, feel free to ask.

[@bamboochaLPP]

@@MaskedTAS alright that makes sense, thank you! That just leaves my question regarding the doors taking so much time to open even though you are standing in front of them?

[@MaskedTAS]

@@bamboochaLPP the rooms won't load instantly, it takes some time for them to be fully loaded so I just stand in front of them until the door opens. This is even more noticeable in Metroid Prime 3, where you have to wait in front of some doors for over 20 seconds

[@bamboochaLPP]

@@MaskedTAS ah I see, thanks for explaining it to me :) finished echoes for the first time yesterday and watched your run afterwards, very good to see hehe. I'll start corruption today, can't wait to dive into it.

[@MrMiguel211]

@@MaskedTAS Actually that's just one distinct load, not all of them take that long

[@hoholinkmariomaster]

I know this is 2 years after this has been uploaded, but did I miss obtaining the boost ball? It’s like there was no boost and then suddenly there was. I haven’t had any luck searching for where the boost ball upgrade would have come from unless I’m missing something really obvious. Some help here would be awesome. Great run to watch btw

[@Draconif]

Hi I happen to be watching this right now too lol At 23:33, he uses the cannon while the map is on the wrong room. Since the map is on the wrong room, the room he used the cannon in gets unloaded. This causes you to enter a state called "Cannon Ball," which allows you to, while Morphed, become invincible to all damage, do 500,000 damage per frame, and lets you boost for some reason. The state goes away after using another cannon or reloading the game.

[@JohnathanLaFey]

can’t imagine the work that went into this, how would you even route it?😵‍💫

[@_zip_fly_]

Wow, incredible.

[@696ShowTime696]

Fantastic run! Is this run eligible for submission?

[@MaskedTAS]

For TASVideos? Sadly not since the Prime games have a lot of desync issues so the run is spliced.

[@crimson3565]

Wait so… you can just kill jump guardian before he even exists???

[@MaskedTAS]

@@crimson3565 Well it kinda exists, but it's invisible. There is a hit- and hurt box as well

[@crimson3565]

Oh

[@Galaviste]

It took you 1 hour and 19 minutes to beat the game. By that time, I would probably be completing Agon Wastes.

[@DamianCrossENVT]

Wait, when did you get boost ball and screw attack?

[@MaskedTAS]

at 23:38 I'm entering a Cannon in the room Workers Path while the game thinks I'm in Sanctuary Temple. Unloading Workers path while being shot out of the Cannon allows me to keep the 'Cannon Ball' state, which has three distinct properties: - Total invulnerability while in Morph Ball - An aura around the Morph Ball that deals 500,000 damage per frame, which allows me to Insta-Kill some enemies, most noticeably the second phase of Chykka. This aura is also capable of activating certain doors that were previously locked (though it cannot unlock currently locked doors) without needing to use a weapon against them - Allows Samus to boost, even if she doesn't already have Boost Ball At 29:30 I collected Screw Attack while I was out of bounds, you can hear the sound effect of me collecting something. Since the puzzle in Vault (the screw attack room) is not solved there is no Item collection fanfare.

[@impetus99]

Yoo screw attack is op

[@iamgly]

I wonder what's happening if you skip the 1st portal, where samus loose her capabilities at the beginning 🤔

[@eric1741]

has been tested, you loose it anyway :D

[@neochozo]

​@@eric1741 in the original Prime, yes. But in Prime 2 you can totally skip item loss sequence, however the first Missile Expansion gotten here doesn't spawn unless items are lost. You can still technically get 100% by using the 101% trick of spawning Missile Launcher twice but it violates the "pick up every percentage item" rule, which is why it isn't valid for 100% runs.

[@YukiKazami]

I'm surprised you didn't do stuff like Item Loss Skip and Early Power bombs!

[@MaskedTAS]

I didn't do Item Loss skip because I can't get 100% with it. The first Missile I collected right after Item Loss doesn't exist until I lose my Items.

[@YukiKazami]

@@MaskedTAS Ah, I see! I've only put time into learning Any%, I didn't realize that that was how that room state worked, good to know.

[@mrspeedrunwastaken1348]

@@YukiKazami He did early Powerbombs @ 17:25

[@hamburgeralexi2426]

Hi, thanks for you work, it's very good. Are you gonna make a TAS in any% soon ?

[@MaskedTAS]

another TASer (HeadshotTAS on KZbin) is working on it for a while, so I'm going to let him do it :)

[@hamburgeralexi2426]

@@MaskedTAS ok, but you can try your tas on your side to beat the World record, that would be great ! Your tas are cool man 😄

[@MrMiguel211]

bruh

[@TheRenegade503]

Hi friend I like your video, I can use your video on my channel? thats was amazing , I cant play this game in my computer...

[@MaskedTAS]

How do you intend to use it? You can display it in your channel, but don't reupload the video

[@someonespc269]

38:34 yooo what??? 😭

[@田中省吾-v3l]

スクリューアタック強すぎ

[@mrspeedrunwastaken1348]

sub 1:20 holy smokes. also 29:15 i dont even...

[@MaskedTAS]

The RTA world record does this. It's not that special

[@mrspeedrunwastaken1348]

@@MaskedTAS oh, it looked like you teleported through the room for some reason yesterday my bad. but you were just walking into vault via the aether i see.

[@MaskedTAS]

@@mrspeedrunwastaken1348 no, I (or rather the robot I was standing on) teleported, that's why you have so much time to walk zu SA since the game starts loading vault when you teleport

[@mrspeedrunwastaken1348]

@@MaskedTAS ah i see makes sence, so the game is programmed so you keep the position relative to the robot no matter where it goes. interesting, thanks.

[@zero1872001]

It's a tas run, alright, cool.100% awesome. But... why have items.. already unlocked before obtaining them? boost ball is a prime example. you had been boosting all over place before boost guardian. you had increased drops, ammo and hp. Why?

[@MaskedTAS]

The reason why I was able to boost was because at 23:40 I'm using a glitch called cannonball by unloading a room while being shot out of a cannon. This gives me the ability to boost, invincibility in morph ball mode and the ability to deal a lot of damage to certain enemies. I don't know what you mean with that last question. I have to collect all ammo and energy expansions because it's 100% and this means that I have to get all the items.

[@Agneau-ho2xj]

Maeda

[@erinexplosives]

used out of bounds. not a real speedrun. 0/10

[@MrMiguel211]

actual first

[@Draconif]

first

[@brother_bear_one7340]

No scans... Good gameplay, but not a true 100% run.

[@MaskedTAS]

Scans don't count towards the 100% definition for Speedruns. There are 100% scans and 100% map categories but they are not that fun

[@mrspeedrunwastaken1348]

100% scans is kidna dumb, i thnk noone hactually reall did 100% scan speedruns. i think axon did prime 1 100% scans a looooooong time ago though. Interestingly, hes one of the reasons why twitch exists today possibly. Hes one of sigemics super OG friends lol.