Metroid: Zero Mission by JRP2234 in

Runner introduction starts at 0:24
Run starts at 0:38
Couch commentary is provided by Mr_Shasta, John_unfil and dargondarch
KrunchyLex is host
This speedrun was recorded live at Awesome Games Done Quick 2020, a weeklong charity speedrun marathon raising money for Prevent Cancer Foundation. Awesome Games Done Quick 2020 is just one of the many charity marathons put on by Games Done Quick. For more information on AGDQ2020, find us at: gamesdonequick.com
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[@NyQuiiLx]

I miss when Metroid was a priority for Nintendo. Fusion, Zero Mission, Prime 1-2, plus a few spin offs, all came out within a 4-5 year span.

[@thekleanupkrew8381]

Stay strong friend, it seems like a whole heap of rumors are coming about for Metroid prime trilogy for the switch

[@takanara7]

Yeah, that game needed more hype.

[@Blixthand]

Possibly even worse is that a lot of people don't seem to expect Nintendo to prioritze Metroid. For months now I've seen videos uploaded almost every day from one channel or another talking about how 2021 is the 35th anniviverery of Zelda and speculating what Nintendo will do to celebrate it, but no one ever mentions that this is also Metroid's 35. Why should Nintendo prioritize something that no one talks about?

[@MOORE4U2]

@@Blixthand Well, we can be thankful that Nintendo is defying expectations now, eh?

[@Shadox-yv8ms]

We have a chance now, Metroid Dread needs to sell a lot, show them that the fanbase isnt dead

[@maxthompson7107]

19:12 I feel bad for the people who had to make Kraid’s spritework. They spent so much time making this gigantic monster Samus had to fight, only for speed runners to immediately destroy him with just three super missiles.

[@ThorAxiun]

This is probably my most replayed game to-date. Absolutely LOVE Zero Mission. I just remember starting a new file over and over and over again on my GBA never getting tired of this game

[@thebearslicer7736]

Wanna get into running this game!See y'all in agdq 2030 :p

[@aidenpons9584]

"Hold on, we have a tough boss fight coming up, he has to press the B button 3 times- WHAT he DID it? Three whole button presses!" XD That's some of the best commentary I've ever heard

[@eltipobigotudo2162]

LOST IT there XD. Love these guys.

[@curtisjackson4090]

...then you are gonna love Two Worlds speed run then. Especially the fence boss

[@lucaslease4571]

One of the best games ever. Great job JRP!

[@hobogod2692]

Friggin love this game.

[@YoshiLikesFate]

You can progress a lot faster in this rather than the original

[@eltipobigotudo2162]

17:03 I like how he shot in tune with the music.

[@cvoisineaddis]

I've played this game a ton of times and still learned things.

[@ChesterKFandubs]

36:23 The Space Pirate was playing soccer and Samus was the ball xD

[@gamesdonequick]

Runner introduction starts at 0:24 Run starts at 0:38 Couch commentary is provided by Mr_Shasta, John_unfil and dragondarch KrunchyLex is host This speedrun was recorded live at Awesome Games Done Quick 2020, a weeklong charity speedrun marathon raising money for Prevent Cancer Foundation. Awesome Games Done Quick 2020 is just one of the many charity marathons put on by Games Done Quick. For more information on AGDQ2020, find us at: gamesdonequick.com Looking for live updates? Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/GamesDoneQuick Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/GamesDoneQuick Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/gamesdonequick

[@MrOmegatronic]

Hmm... I think the black pirate trick at the end was documented on Metroid2004, back in... either 2004 or 2005. And, interestingly enough, a surprising number of _Zero Mission_ 's speed tricks and hidden shortcuts were actually in the official Nintendo Power guide; the Shinespark is basically the only thing that isn't, and the book assumed you knew how to do it from _Super Metroid_ . (I think the only official _ZM_ content that showed how to do it was... I believe it was the game's commercial?)

[@Gamerzpluz]

Best soundtrack in any metroid game

[@Pyco_]

Is there any handheld game Mr_Shasta does NOT either know enough about to commentate or even fun himself? He runs everything it seems.

[@stanleyc2978]

Only Metroid game I ever played and loved it. Lots of memories.

[@chillerhasen]

Loved the Run , could even watch it live :3

[@tristanmiller2593]

I was scrollin' down GDQ's video list with Metroid in the ctrl-f bar hoping for a zero mission playthrough and lo' and behold! I haven't checked GDQ since about a year ago, and my prayers have been answered!

[@whirl3690]

TIL the Chozo are literally called "bird people" in the Japanese version. 6:33 "鳥人族 (chou jin zoku)" 鳥 - Bird 人 - Person 族 - Family/Tribe The fourth character in the pop-up probably means spaceship or something.

[@whirl3690]

I can also definitively say that Zebes is pronounced "zeh-bess," since the Japanese spelling is ゼーベス (zeebesu). Don't let the double E confuse you, it still makes the soft E sound, just extended.

[@whirl3690]

I was expecting the Japanese spelling of Brinstar to have an extended "A" sound at the end to encompass the R (burinsutaa), but no, it's just "burinsuta."

[@emishimaru-sama6449]

33:46 Had I known that I could have taken some more relieves ¬_¬

[@parafaust6201]

Ah yes good old "I don't know where the fuck I'm going so I'm gonna waste my precious resources and ammo on random walls with no indication of getting a path or item upgrade from it" Metroid. I love Metroid

[@lloydau3610]

The composition of blocks in some rooms actually gives you a clue as to where to shoot but yeah for the most part, it's pretty much how you described it lol.

[@travpots6318]

Good job

[@MrDustilicious]

Holy shit that intro was amazing

[@ArtoPekkanen]

In that suitless section, somebody should make a mod which player Metal Gear Solid music in the background :D that would be hilarious. Because the section is kind of Metal Gearish with the sneaking around and all that.

[@MagisterHamid]

The music in Norfair. Hands down the best music in the entire Metroid franchise.

[@rezcalm3633]

Greatest remake of all time

[@ZironOfTime]

I was really disappointed to find out that it’s impossible to complete the game without getting the power grip. Not due to a specific obstacle, but because of an arbitrary wall appearing just because you don’t have the power grip.

[@ventuskitsune4257]

Developer walls are what they are. Mainly because people like me who may have learned how to infinite bomb jump to get past, which is not too terribly hard in Zero Mission, can easily just die on the path to Ice Beam. That doesn't make it enjoyable because there's also otherwise no clear directive on where to go. It's a little bit of handholding, I know, but it feels like the right kind of handholding compared to just locking the hatch eastward when you first drop down into Norfair the first time. It's a little congratulations easter egg that you're not supposed to go this way, but good job getting there anyhow.

[@marzipancutter8144]

@@ventuskitsune4257 It just feels weird in a game that's otherwise aggressively wants you to try and skip items, and goes out of its way to let you out of any area no matter how little of the items you should really have at this point are in your possession.

[@NeverduskX]

Considering how many skips are intended in the game, that wall may have been intended.

[@DavidSmith-bh6ez]

Bit late to the party, but the item they are indirectly forcing on you is the plasma beam (the unknown item), which is required for the last 2 black pirates before you can escape the ship.

[@dazcarrr]

i consider it a blessing to speedrunners because if it wasn't mandatory then people would try to play the game without power grip

[@AlbySilly]

If I'm gonna speedrun any game, this would be it. Actually i think ill stick to randomizers

[@Rocky712_]

Just try it. The speedrun community of metroid zm is so nice.

[@stephenarnquist]

28:30 "It doesn't save any time if you don't get it" ... ouch

[@mimic_ssb]

I love Zero Mission :)

[@alvarlindstrom2188]

Probably the best speedrun pf the year.

[@LucasBadur]

Why is the game screen shaking?

[@user-pg4nf8se2b]

40:50 これは知らんかったw

[@bernieswim]

Bruh Kraid dropped faster than Mysterio in Spiderman 2.

[@josewemersondasilva9040]

Nice

[@MagisterHamid]

This is better than Super Metroid

[@lunatheluma3804]

Makes me sad that there might not be a sgdq this year

[@Dominic078]

the soundtrack sounds like uncut gems

[@flightlesschicken7769]

Why is it normal to play using the Japanese version?

[@MrGeorgeFlorcus]

In most instances, Japanese versions of games are more common because Japanese text takes less time to load onto a screen, because Japanese writing uses fewer characters per sentence than English. Thus, it can be cleared faster than English text. Also, in some cases, and this was especially common in older games, Japanese copies of games, being the "earlier" versions of the game, would have minor glitches and technical exploits that would be patched out in international releases, and there are a few speedruns that use those exploits to get the best time.

[@Sariusify]

Japanese is often faster, because they have fewer letters (I think theyre called Kanji) per word, so text is quicker

[@krunchylex9488]

The text in the Japanese version is a bit quicker, which saves a few seconds. It isn't a huge gap, so plenty of folks play on whichever version they have since there are no version-specific glitches.

[@alexchaffin6265]

less text pixels, the text is faster

[@Rocky712_]

Most of the time the japanese is the fastest version. In Metroid: Zero Mission in the Any% categories the japanese version is 7 seconds faster than the english language.

[@eltipobigotudo2162]

24:31 No, the wasted missile!

[@oldschoolcoolgamefan2650]

Recently just played and completed this game. Amazing game! I played Fusion right after and what a let down. Zero Mission by far the better game.

[@eltipobigotudo2162]

24:11 "What's RNG?" XD

[@suprshin]

Random number generator

[@benjamindavoult3654]

How did he kill Braid so quickly?

[@chefbezos3497]

Usually, in a casual playthrough you would fight kraid before ridley. In the speedrun you do ridley first in order to have access to super missles. Since you don’t usually have super missles for kraid, kraid is a curbstomp if you use them.

[@SoftwareAgentsTV]

Super Missiles do an INCREDIBLE amount of damage.

[@bryantc1641]

How does a gameboy advance game get projected on a screen like this live ? Do they have some sort of special control and console ?

[@charlottearanea7507]

There's an accessory for GameCube that lists you play GBA on a big screen

[@Thomas_9822]

Great job, so far my fastest run is 45mins. I keep trying to get faster and better at it