Metroid Samus Returns by Mr_Shasta in

[@gamesdonequick]

Run starts at 00:26.

[@RogersBase]

I cannot wait to see what this run is going to look like in a few years. Well done to the runner, this was a blast to watch!

[@memyselfi9576]

OMG RogersBase, I love your videos! Your positive energy and enthusiasm for OP got me through some tough times. I always lookforward to Fridays because I get to read OP and watch your reviews and live reactions

[@gerald216]

What a pleasant surprise. Always nice to see my various hobbies come together.

[@internetguy7319]

we got dread ig

[@Thegeektoendallgeeks]

pedestal skip fail was super funny with how the couch and MR_SHASTA handled themselves

[@vest816]

"There are more of these, it won't take this long," he said at 22:35, teasing the curious attention of the Marathon luck god. "This one's actually the worst one."

[@LoudWaffle]

Props to Shasta for keeping cool during the pedestal skip fails, I'm sure he felt a ton of pressure on him during that.

[@NoraTSS2077]

That skip on the scan pulse was really nice,so glad to see samus returns in here despite being a somewhat fresh game !!

[@TheSVSexton]

Truly this was the best ending. By leaving the Queen alive, the X will never rise to power in this time line.

[@thekiss2083]

Haha you're right! Metroid Fusion never happens and Samus gets to keep her DNA

[@Artemis-os7hn]

@@thekiss2083 Although SR388 never gets destroyed by Samus if Fusion never happens, then wouldn't leaving the queen metroid alive be like leaving her wide open for the Federation's weaponization?

[@Likhos1]

Better even: no Metroid Other M

[@vrchemical]

Know what would be spooky? A Phazon enfused queen metroid.

[@Eazyrun]

Also, the whole operation was unnecessary by that and all GF soldiers and scientists died for nothing. Damn their double-standards

[@allooutrick8266]

the best runs to watch are ones, like this one, where the interactions between the runner and others are respectful and fun. everyone can have their turn speaking and jokes are taken lightly.

[@Matt23488]

The second pedestal clip is successful at 1:36:05, in case nobody wants to watch him attempt for several minutes.

[@JakeHennett]

You da real MVP

[@CamStar28]

Yeah, but it’s funny

[@WaluigiisthekingASmith]

Its RNG for phantoon

[@HokieVT100]

Saw this live. Was a fantastic run. Shashta was a champ throughout the entire thing, even when the glitch trick wasn't working. He played it cool, saw it through, and still came in under estimate.

[@Skillet98]

Half way through this run is where I'm at now on my first playthrough. He has done in 40 minutes what has taken me 7 hours...

[@shinysamurott613]

Kevin Walter That's the power of Speedrunners.

[@sterlingmuse5808]

To be fair, if you'd played the game as much as he has, you'd probably have a much better time even without the exploits.

[@pokeman4512]

Unfortunate about the pedestal clip taking so long, but honestly still a very entertaining run overall in my opinion. Solid commentary by Shasta and the couch

[@EarthLordCJ]

I love the audience reaction when Shasta got to land the clip. Great run and great attitude!

[@alwaysangry2232]

They used the metroid prime jingle for energy tanks, hahah fan service done right, i think

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

Just wait till the end if you want Prime fanservice. ;P

[@shinysamurott613]

Always angry The Aeion abilities pickup sound is also the Chozo Artifact pickup sound.

[@aiGeis]

They too used the same music from the original Prime's lava-level (forgot what it's called) on the lava level.

[@sterlingmuse5808]

@@aiGeis Magmoor Caverns is actually just a version of Super Metroid's Norfair music (or was it Ridley's lair? It was one of them...)

[@MLennholm]

@@aiGeis That music is originally from Super Metroid, its re-use in Prime was fan service for SM fans.

[@joeg579]

the queen skip makes me wonder if it's possible to do some kind of pacifist run where you kill zero metroids by going out of bounds for the entire game

[@shinysamurott613]

Joe G Possibly.

[@nujuat]

It’s great to see a speed run of this - much faster than my almost 8 hours. It’s also cool to see some of the tricks that make the γ metroid fights go faster.

[@alvarostockle]

Alex Tritt I'm in 6 hours 100%. I hope one day can achieve a great time!

[@justsomerandomostrich1906]

Very nice run. Love the way he explains everything while playing. Got myself a couple of tips to improve my time. So cheers!

[@sebastiendemers975]

Really entertaining run! Don't care about PB/WR, pure fun. Will watch again.

[@souio]

I came here after hearing about the cringy pedestal glitch expecting an absolute trainwreck of a run and was surprised to see that it ended up being one of the better runs of the marathon with extremely skilled play in general while simultaneously delivering engaging commentary. Great job!

[@ArcNeoMasato]

I loved this game sooooo much when it came out. Really fun to see people blast through these games in ways I flat can't ever hope to do. lol

[@TheRedCyndaquil]

1:36:05

[@digamejh]

TheRedCyndaquil Thank you. :)

[@jalan13]

thanks

[@hyliandoctor]

"WHY DID THAT TAKE SO LONG!?"

[@Thrashman138]

I fucking love this game. Great run!

[@mAcroFaze]

Loved this run! Mr_Shasta was so entertaining to watch as was the couch crew and the audience rocked too! Awesome tricks (and I don't think that first pedestal clip will ever be seen in quite the same way again!) and all round really good fun!

[@228zip]

Pedestal clip occurs at 1:36:05

[@elchucko7]

Amazing! Great work MR_SHASTA!

[@goldmemberpb]

Seeing Samus Returns after playing Dread makes this look so much lesser than it is. I had to play this game with a semi-busted circle pad. I started a hard mode run too but just never got back to it.

[@MLWJ1993]

This game looks pretty good, minimal aliasing in general for a 3DS game :-)

[@thekiss2083]

It's so pretty. The 3D effect is beautiful on a New 3DS---I'd say it's right up there with Majora's Mask and Kirby Planet Robobot for prettiest 3DS game.

[@tancarasns5538]

This game looks even better if you see it on the actual 3ds 👍

[@LuizMGRamos]

This is what a remake should look like.

[@shadowedfate151]

"Samus you eliminated all the metroids right?" Samus: "u-uh... yeah..."

[@norfair2732]

Some quality crisp clips my guy

[@RellePlays]

I wasn't a huge fan of this game when it first came out because of the parry mechanic, but watching it being run I remember that it's still a Metroid game, and therefore still pretty dang good.

[@Seiyol]

The movement in this game feels so good. As expected, a speedrun is particularly fun to watch. Love those heavy morph ball drops lol

[@ryanplays5744]

Some of the music in this game is re-used from the Prime series.

[@sterlingmuse5808]

A lot of Prime's music is already based on Super Metroid's music, which in turn shares a little with the original Metroid.

[@MLennholm]

Actually, its re-used from Super Metroid. That is what the Prime games did too. Why do people keep thinking that the Magmoor Caverns music is a Prime original?

[@Skull_Kid.]

@@MLennholm cause of the way it's remixed. Also lower Norfair is forgettable.

[@scydot.1622]

Grant Brown in what way is lower norfair forgettable? It’s a contrast to a lot of the locations in the rest of the game, and the remix in Prime isn’t too different. How does Prime’s mix make it seem like an original track?

[@joaodobbin]

Samus is too much of a badass with this animations and this kind of gameplay

[@Memetastic]

I played the game for a bit and stopped. Thanks for reminding me to finish the game already.

[@nero4864]

BEAT IT.

[@SlayerRellikALT]

This run was so good and happy thanks to the runner being having such a positive and kind attitude

[@Cheesewiz680]

I love this runner's attitude

[@33shadowkiller]

1:32:48 "this is like the 300th try" actually it's about the 294th try, give or take like 5. total of 466 tries, give or take up to 10, as the audience clapping in rhythm and the speeding up at 1:31:17 messed me up a little.

[@fanboyfromfanboyandchumchu2722]

I feel so bad for him doing the pedestal clips my anxiety would be so high

[@worldsboss]

AGDQ was online again this year, but I only just finished this game so never watched a run of it before. Feels really nice to see the audience there watching him play 🙂

[@arturozavala4315]

I love Metroid Saga in general, this game is so good, amazing run!

[@leosmit8612]

Is this on the switch? I’m have to replay this and zero mission ima bout to get fusion and I’m currently running dread idk it’s Metroid fever over here

[@jasongarcia2140]

I CANT WAIT TO PLAY DREAD I've been jobless for a while so I haven't gotten a switch ugh

[@justins7796]

i need this runner's sweet optimism and general great attitude :)

[@1JAM229]

1:24:54 Why do runners confuse invincibility frames with damage boosting?

[@ejmc6378]

Yeah, I've that noticed too.

[@masterluckyluke]

Nice run, but I find it very hard to understand the runner. He talks so fast and skips parts of words.^^

[@researchandbuild1751]

Dudes too lazy to talk

[@hyperdrive282]

Research and Build He’s clearly got some sort of speech issue.

[@Jaslath]

@@hyperdrive282 Then someone on the couch can speak for him.

[@mooseyluke]

The irony in spending 10 mins doing a clip that's only necessary because you skipped a 3 min boss fight

[@SyfyRules]

1:04:01 the purple "cloud" in that room, just a guess, but that kinda looks like a hive *behind* the cloud, so my guess is a swarm of angry alien wasps stinging at you until you jump in the lake

[@MrLunchbox1337]

Metrsamsrns was a pretty neat game.

[@nousername191]

This is finally uploaded!

[@murmirr]

this is one of my comfort vids :)

[@yenachomps4660]

The clip is REAL!

[@KrypticWarrior2]

respect to the runner, but i think the couch should have helped explain more and let the runner focus on the game, having a split focus can be super frustrating

[@jarvitz]

He wanted to do a lot of the talking, it was hard to get words in to begin with.

[@shekiba.646]

Memoriest that my favorite, old time I played when I was kids in 1987.

[@DanmakuAki]

1:05:57 i dont know if im right but i think this music is from Super Metroid from The underwater section(well its a remix of it to say at least) please correct me if im Wrong

[@stardustsdd]

It is. It's Maridia from Super Metroid

[@christophertorres114]

Even with the pedestal clip shenanigans, that was such clean run!!

[@ScootsLounge]

Phase drift: slows down everything except Samus and the timer

[@Coolio_Ash]

I love this game

[@leosmit8612]

56:12 all I herd in this section was “spider man spider man” lol lol

[@Jsteiner1974]

that pedestal clip makes me so anxious and frustrated! great run otherwise

[@hogindoz]

Local man rolls back and forth for 10 minutes. Dies inside.

[@AlissonSiri]

Is it possible to change the camera int this game? I feel like it's too close, you can barely see what's below, as opposite to older 2D metroid games. Anyway, this such a good game, I loved the animations, and tbh I prefer 2D metroid games than 3D ones.

[@beansnrice321]

'Cause I'm the master blaster, drinking up the shasta My voice sounds sweet 'cause it has ta -Beastie Boys "Professor Booty"

[@MOsesIcan]

a new Metroid Fusion remake would be amazing

[@greatgaminggod1077]

They gotta remake super first

[@moderusprime]

@@greatgaminggod1077 Why remake a masterpiece?

[@chamberkingston7609]

1:11:00 Where's GladJonas when you need him?

[@Firedrgonsaybye]

no metroid Queen QQ

[@shelter42Ayre]

You know at first I really didn't dig shasta. He's grown up, gotten his A game, and become a fun entertaining runner.He's good at what he does and while I might've mocked him a little for his first run. He's earned my respect O7 rock on my dude.

[@neocyndaquil]

I had a blast playing this game!! :D

[@lysander3262]

THE BABY

[@TheMusicalStylingsofBrentBunn]

I get nervous when I hear "that's not good."

[@gigaslave]

In some cases it's faster to ice beam then melee enemies to kill them in one hit.

[@Nain9]

Amazing!

[@xmas7o748]

I cant wait to see this guy speedrun Metroid dread!

[@doctoradventure413]

shame that AM2R will never be able to be ran which I think was the better remake

[@michaelmorales1602]

The couch seemed really unnecessary and didn't contribute much. When they did talk, I felt that silence would've been better. The CROWD, though, were hella MVPs!!!

[@DrCorndog1]

Just ran into a glitch myself while playing this game. Wonder if it's of any use.

[@raphi2837]

Why Metroid is so underappreciated? What's wrong with gamers!

[@raphi2837]

I mean in terms of sales

[@TophDaGreat]

Metroid doesn't target a large crowd like Mario and Zelda does. The games have not been marketed or advertised as hard as other franchises. Its not popular in japan. Lastly, the games are just harder and a lot of casuals don't finish the game.

[@joeganbogan270]

raphi i just dont like em that much man

[@RogerG085]

Is not a babies game which is nintendo's main players base

[@Skillet98]

It has always been a niche series. It also doesn't help that the last several titles were... less than stellar. It hasn't really had the greatest showing in the last decade or so. My sister gave me a "New!" 3DS XL for my birthday and as payment for building a website for her. Picked up this and Ocarina of Time 3D. The last Metroid game I played before Samus Returns was Prime on the Gamecube.

[@CommanderBroShep]

Can someone explain how to do the rapid fire thing with the Beam Burst and Missiles?

[@Lanewreck]

1:09:52 say it with me now everyone, wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Lol the joy

[@dmeep]

can someone explain why metroids are insects and not jellyfish anymore?

[@pablox98]

jellyfish form is the larva form of metroids, the insectoid shape it's technically their true form

[@thekiss2083]

They only appear in these "insect" forms in this game because it takes place on their home planet. The environment allows them to evolve into larger forms.

[@aett]

In addition to what the others said... the original version of this game came out in 1991 and was the second Metroid game. Those Metroid metamorphoses have been canon for twenty-six years.

[@Coolio_Ash]

i'm.. gonna... i'm gonna start speedrunning.

[@leosmit8612]

Gravity suit look like wild berry pop tart

[@flightlesschicken7769]

Team Save The Animals

[@Exani_]

Shout out to my boy Hubert on the couch

[@Greggymario]

Exponentially

[@finlaycosgrave9885]

Is Metroid prime being run this year?

[@TARINunit9]

I still want justice for AM2R, but I am at least glad this game inspired them to take another crack at Metroid Dread

[@slowbromigo7960]

Aandd the new gravity suit did not make it to smash

[@michaelbeaulieu2475]

Samus: "I had Morph Ball on the first run, why do I need to keep acquiring it on every new run?"...

[@demonking2526]

Wheres Ranas run??

[@sk8_bort]

So did they get rid of Metroid Queen in this game and replace her with Ridley? That's a shame and really unnecesary, it was a very emblematic fight. Discovering that you have to go morphball and bomb her stomach when she eats you without the game giving you any hints is one of my top gaming memories.

[@CanadianBaconPwnage]

Carlos Ferreras He completely skipped the Metroid Queen fight, she is in the game (and awesome too). But Ridley is the "surprise" end boss, and while it kinda stomps on the lore and atmosphere of the game, it is a really well designed boss fight.

[@sk8_bort]

Awesome, thanks for the reply!

[@XRADU97]

It's similar to zero mission where they put an extra final boss after mother brain

[@samuelevans738]

1:11:11 was that metroid trying to get a speed run?

[@tacodivision2325]

it took him 10 minutes to get the pedestal glitch! LOL

[@punzilla4421]

1:08:11 sucks it isn't in ultimate but I think sakurai tweeked the colors to have the same hue

[@DoublemanFM]

Literally not even 2 minutes into the run and something I had never heard of was shown, that being touching the screen to morph instead of double tapping down. I WISH I knew that when I did my first 100% playthrough.

[@Regunes]

Still prefer AM2R

[@matthewjones6786]

18:22 Ok, so I just killed this particular boss in a _single_ charged ice beam and looked this up to find out if it was a known glitch. Did... Did I discover something? :o

[@rogerioteca]

1:17:25 listen to this advice, save the animals

[@nicolassantos1597]

I beat this game in 12 hours😎

[@victorphillips9850]

Do a 100% run

[@7858salvador]

I have never played a Metroid game but wtf how does he know where to go

[@Fredcat11]

Practice and experience told anything.