Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Part 17 - Grapple Guardian

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[@robertkenny1201]

I really hope they HD Remaster this game for the Switch.

[@NeoDanomaru]

3:33 - WTF do you mean not useful?! When I played this game, the Beam Ammo Expansions were more important to me than Energy Tanks!!!

[@kratsatlu]

A lot of people seem to miss that you can energize the light crystals and the floating nodes further with the light beam and annihilator beam. I think that will kill even phased hinter ing.

[@binaryftw]

Oh no hitting the Grappling Beam has always been a crapshoot for me, especially in the last phase. You get no time to do it.

[@dandyprime5338]

Hey Quasi! Some tips and info for you: - You'll be wanting all the Beam Ammo later, trust me 😂 - It's more effective to use a Super Missile on Dark Grenchlers, followed by the Light Beam, indeed, but just ignoring them is a good strategy too, haha. - It is an interesting detail that you can climb up the debris in the Sacrificial Chamber to see the Grapple Guardian ahead of time. I think it's the only time in the series they give you this kind of preview of a boss before actually fighting it. - @12:27 Haha! I was wondering if you'd accidentally get this Missile Expansion, as so many often do. 😅😂 - @16:33 A clutch save point is always a welcome and comforting sight. A sigh of relief indeed coming so close to death beforehand! - @17:34 -- @18:46 Another hilarious instance or example of Quasi's special eyes 😂 - The Grapple Guardian was a BRUTALLY difficult boss fight for me as a kid. I struggled with it for hours when I was 14 or 15 and I even had my cousin try and help and she couldn't get past it either. Its weak point on its back is notoriously difficult to hit due to a weird hitbox. I always ended up jumping and shooting a Super Missile once I got the creature stunned in order to make sure it would hit its target, and even that wasn't always reliable. - @23:42 Sometimes the Grapple Guardian will pull a fakeout to trick you into moving to grab you. I don't know if this is actually a design choice or just an enemy AI error/glitch that was never fixed. - @27:14 When the Grapple Guardian gets to this phase, it only takes damage once it is no longer electrified, but its eye becomes extra vulnerable, which means you don't need to shoot its back anymore. The Lightblast shot you used here in particular caused enough damage to render it vulnerable and also caused significant damage to its health bar. Thanks for the episode!