Metroid: Zero Mission - Humbled Beginnings

[@teaoftraffic]

can’t believe zero mission invented women

[@tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard32]

Leon: pff. Women.☕️

[@teaoftraffic]

@@tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard32HAHAHAHAHAHA _siiiiiippp_

[@DianaSttar]

I’m truly grateful

[@walidhammadou4605]

It was such a revolutionary invention

[@thediam0nddrag0n78]

So revolutionary they made them in real life

[@zaphtal]

RAID AND KRIDLY MY BELOVED

[@otacon6566]

"The game that invented speed running, worms, & women." Already hooked, lets go.

[@dragonstar912]

13:15 just another -2 years before that prime video! Can't wait!

[@ginandsofapodcast]

Trav is just operating on the proper Prime release schedule 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@TrippyScarecrow]

Man, 11 year old me definitely felt some type of way when Samus took her suit off in this game. I'm embarrassed to admit I kept replaying the game just to see that scene over and over again

[@flaretheragegamer8451]

Guess you started out early, eh?

[@MidnightWanderer00]

Midriffs have that power. Enough said.

[@Ironeagle21]

Samus is the OG beautiful badass after all!

[@nuteniumtokyo]

The way metroids lore comes together is truly incredible especially for a nintendo franchise. The story of Samus is something so incredibly well built to be adapted into a film or tv show. The way everything comes together from metroid to metroid dread just feels perfect and ai can't help but love it.

[@booski1865]

Best ongoing storyline in gaming

[@MaximumPayine]

Metroid Dread gets too much credit. It was a poorly told story but most people that play video games are not particularly well-versed in story-telling literature.

[@booski1865]

@@MaximumPayine literature by definition is a different medium of storytelling than videogames. And to that point there's probably not any videogame stories that compare to great works of literature. Which is why I said best storyline in gaming. (A medium where gameplay and experience come first). No need to try to get elitist.

[@nuteniumtokyo]

@@MaximumPayine What part was poorly told exactly? Just curious on your outlook here

[@MaximumPayine]

@@booski1865 Using these ridiculous urban dictionary terms does not make you sound intelligent. And then claiming something as ignorant as, "literature by definition is a different medium of storytelling than videogames" just shows that you have no understanding of what you are talking about. You made a comparison between "great works" (whatever that means or what you are referencing, you didn't bother to expand upon) and video game stories, as if one just came out of thin air and doesn't exist from pre-established literary devices and culture that have roots in language. On top of which, you go on make a subjective claim about how it's the best storyline in gaming (whatever vague definition "best" is supposed to have). It just goes to show that you only pretend to be an academic and clearly have no idea what you are talking about. Have some humility. If you don't know, that's ok. Don't inflate your ego over trivial things. Not everyone will enjoy the same things you will.

[@Cri_Jackal]

18:05 oh my god I thought those were chicken legs the whole time, never saw the bird faces. Literally just saw it as a pair of disembodied chozo legs, because jumping real high with magic bird tech, it made sense.

[@kingbash6466]

I know some people take issue with it, but I think the Zero Suit armor is brilliantly design. The Power Suit is large, powerful, and complex, so to contrast it, Samus' Zero Suit is sleek, unremarkable, and simple. I also think it adds to the practicality of the Power Suit since it make it super easy to move in rather than standard clothes. I'm totally not saying all this to hide the fact that I love plug suits and think Samus slays in it.

[@CrimsonBraveMaster]

17:03 Hello, musician here! I’d hate to be that guy, but Kraid’s lair is actually in 6/8 time signature, not 3/4. Yes, there’s a difference. With 3/4, you can distinctly count 3 beats in 1 measure. However, with 6/8, is comprised of 2 major beats with triplets in between, making up 6 beats. It’s all about feel. If you feel 3 beats, it’s 3/4, if it’s 2 (which feels more like a sway), it’s 6/8. Hope this clears things up!

[@SpiderGoblin2012]

That Proto-Zero suit from the old Nintendo comic looks like the uniforms SHIELD Agents wear in the 90s Spider-Man Animated Series, which just reminds me that we almost got Samus in the first Marvel Ultimate Alliance game, and I will never not be mad that they fumbled the ball on that. We were robbed.

[@s.p.d.magentaranger1822]

WE ALMOST GOT WHAT NOW?!

[@SpiderGoblin2012]

@@s.p.d.magentaranger1822 Oh yeah, Samus and Link were planned to be in MUA as a Nintendo exclusive, and were even fully playable at one point as shown in like a press release demo or something. But because that demo was running on a PS2 (like seriously, how did they screw that up??) Nintendo pulled the plug on that idea. Which side note: Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 is a Switch exclusive, why didn't they bring them back?? It would've been perfect! And if you recall how they almost put Samus in Fortnite, that makes it three times we nearly got a Marvel x Metroid crossover, and we've been denied every time

[@s.p.d.magentaranger1822]

​@@SpiderGoblin2012In the words of Matt McMuscles: "[Nintendo]! FUCK EM!" (Only sometimes)

[@hgmd3284]

Finally, we’re back on the metroid track

[@jimdaizel463]

@@hgmd3284 gotta be my fav trav videos other than maybe the X videos😮

[@ginandsofapodcast]

@@jimdaizel463sameeeeeee 🙌

[@shinysamurott613]

16:46 It's interesting you mention this because at least going by ear, not only does Zero Mission's soundfont use a lot of the same samples as the Prime games, namely the chanting sounds, albeit heavily compressed due to being on the GBA, Zero Mission actually uses leitmotifs that originated in Prime. That tune you hear every time you get a hint from a Chozo statue? That's the Hall of Elders theme from Prime 1. It's a touch I love that subtly reinforces the the 2D and Prime games being in the same continuity by making them at least a little musically consistent.

[@HS-mn6jc]

Fun fact: you can cheese the Ridley fight by just staying underneath him the entire fight and shooting missiles one at a time. Spamming shots of any kind is what sets him off into the tail attacks, so take it slow and methodically while staying underneath him. He’ll continually swoop down on you but as long as he doesn’t touch you with his hands you won’t take damage. Occasionally he’ll use the big five-fireball attack and that’s your opportunity to get some missile recharges and then get back to shooting him one at a time. This is literally the only method I found that worked for me on Hard Mode 15%. I was stuck with 2 super missiles and 2 regular missiles so it was a necessity!

[@Chconroy]

After everything I think I'd still call Zero Mission my favorite 2D Metroid and a contender for my favorite in the series. Happy to see it get some love on the channel.

[@daniellado2523]

Metroid Zero Mission is the best way to start the Metroid franchise, bearing that if you only beat the game. Completing the game is very tedious and exhausting, and the final boss gets stronger if you get everything. I also think Metroid Fusion is a great second game to play afterwards.

[@StupidEdits]

Playing Mother Brain: I must be doing it wrong it can't be this bullshit Checks walkthrough: oh ok

[@Quaternality]

Right? I had so much fucking trouble with that fight. I was genuinely surprised to see Ridley being the difficulty complaint in this video and not Mother Brain.

[@andrewnebz]

@@Quaternality Ridley eking out as Trav's hardest boss here wouldn't happen if the run weren't on Hard mode, I suspect.

[@ryanahr2267]

@@Quaternality Yeah I've been playing through it recently via the Switch and Mother Brain has been an absolute wall for me. Ridley took me two tries. I plan to look up a guide as well and it's nice to see that I'm not the only one doing so. Excellent game, though.

[@gameknightplays1211]

​@@QuaternalityMe when I fight Ridley: Ha Ha Missile go brrr Me when I fight Mother brain: WHY WON'T YOU FUCKING DIE, I HATE THESE STUPID SPAGHETTI-O THINGS

[@voltron77]

Ridley is piss easy, even on hard mode, mother brain is the real challenge.

[@matramage]

Sponsor of today's video: Raid and Kridley

[@abalyon7043]

Trav you promised to put zero suit samus on the thumbnail

[@mrbattons7181]

So Trav, Zero mission was based on the Famicom Disk System original, which did not have that Kid Icarus sounding bit in the Escape Theme. That portion was specifically added for the NES port for reason I've forgotten, but it is faithful to the original release.

[@TranscendentAzure89]

28:37 And here I used to hear a portion of the Mother 3 Love Theme. (This is such a cool catch that I can't believe I never got before)

[@zaneheaston8254]

Fun fact: when I first played Zero Mission, I didn;t know you were suppposed to back to Norfair from Ridley, & I somehow managed to get into main section of Ridley via the way your supposed to exit the main section

[@flameamania3280]

4:07 HEY I'M THE #1 CROCOMIRE FAN HERE, GET IT RIGHT. Great vid, always love me some Metroid content

[@PadChords]

1:03:00 Clever girl, incorporating that infamous NES Metroid password into the script.

[@Omar_ZX]

I can't believe zero missions made speedrunning and women Also zero mission my beloved finally got a trav video

[@AstroTibs]

17:38 Thank you for saying this. So many KZbinrs see some small detail as a remote resemblance or coincidence, and they ASSUME one is definitely the predecessor to the other.

[@fredlin481]

You sure are a man of your word, Trav... Nice job!

[@totallynotaferret]

it was only after the "shortest video on zero mission youll ever see in your life" did i check to see the video was an hour long. this is gonna be a good one

[@parcormankor]

Ive been waiting for this, so excited! Rewatching all the metroid vids and replaying the games myself since the prime 4 hipe is real

[@wplays4271]

Let’s go! I loved your other Metroid videos. Glad you’re covering them again

[@memoria_lmao]

we are so fucking back, Trav!

[@loverofjesusMKII]

12:39 Funnily enough the 5-bomb charge combo did in fact come back in Other M of all games.

[@da_pancake_man]

I never knew that mecha Ridley gets stronger with the more items you've collected, neat detail

[@doctorwhomst6459]

Babe, wake up, new trav guy metroid video.

[@cringyperson9670]

You have no clue how hyped I've been for this video

[@jcplays5831]

I will forever love Samus canonically owns a pet rabbit-like alien in Pyonchi.

[@aidenmb7932]

Back on that Metroid grindset

[@ThatOneLegendEmerald]

I just finished Zero Mission as my first Metroid game recently!

[@greninjazac4577]

I love that with every 2d game up to this point, the space pirate grunts have more and more clear design inspirations off of the Alien Baltans from Ultraman.

[@LostSoulSilver]

Really, really enjoyed this video. Informative, respectful, hilarious, and introspective 9/10 Best movie I've watched this month

[@ThatTravGuy]

Thanks!

[@teaoftraffic]

16:14 “What’s in door #2?” _weird mix of laughter and screaming i guess? trav were you okay from that_ 34:38 here too

[@kalekidsav]

13:51 Fun Fact! If you sequence break with a few tricky bomb jumps to get Varia early this cutscene actually shows the suit change. I find it cool how the devs either intended it or knew about the sequence break and added that as a little suprise

[@imkindadumb5351]

Just in time for my Metroid marathon, can’t wait

[@someguyyouprobablyneverheardof]

i was not ready for that hyper specific house reference btw video slaps thank you travis guy for the sustenance

[@tannelo2996]

@@someguyyouprobablyneverheardof same! Love house, love Metroid, it always bugged me a bit that they used the morph ball animation as samus' death in the show What a bizarre detail to see in a video how ever many years later 😄

[@Dg_Gaming_YT887]

This was my favorite game in the series. I'm glad you made a video on it.

[@fattestroyal198]

The Carl's Walnut Brain reference is good., "Hehe-Hey Bird Chick, hey, you think that metal suit is hard? I got something harder than that right here! Yeah-hah! Aint that friggin' somethin'?"

[@tomasmichaels642]

Omg its the funny Trav guy who’s also the funny Metroid guy who’s also the funny quake guy who’s also the funny Ultrakill guy who’s also the funny Doom review guy who’s also the funny mario guy who’s also the funny Fashion police squad guy who’s also the funny BPM: Bullets per minute guy who’s also the funny roboquest guy who’s also the funny fist parade guy who’s also the funny Dread templar guy who isn’t one of the funny warhammer guys who is further also not a funny Halo guy who actually might be a halo guy who is also the funny Transformers guy who is also the funny Hrot guy who’s also the funny viscerafest guy! I love this guy! He’s funni

[@MPAX05]

FUNNY! MEGA MAN X! GUY!

[@brandonlewis2861]

Something I'm surprised you didn't bring up is the chozo seen in game with Samus is named Old Bird with his being one of the chozo sages. His Samus's bird grandpa and the one who decided to adopt her.

[@SimplyAJ]

Zero Mission is still my favorite game in the series, even though I bought it on accident. After having not played a Metroid game in years, I went to a Best Buy to get "the new one." Couldn't remember the name "Fusion" so when I saw Zero Mission, I bought it instead, not realizing it was a remake of the first game. I can see why people might have an issue with the last act, but, I definitely remember having my mind blown when I was running around in the Zero Suit my first ever play through. That, and the feel of getting your power suit back (combined with the music change) just made that whole section amazing to me. It's definitely not as special on repeat play throughs, but that first moment was special. Content like that being added into remakes is pretty rare now a days. kridly

[@MagoDraws]

8:15 I can’t believe this is how I found out you could super missile those robot things to make them go faster

[@dprototype6431]

Return of the King! I wanna say Zero Mission was either the second or third Metroid I ever played because I can’t remember if I played Fusion before it or not. The Zero Suit sequence gave me so much trouble during my first playthrough, if you don’t know what you’re doing the pirates can really mess you up. I did not.

[@julianthemagicnugget9023]

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[@sleepyjustin1922]

Been waiting for this one for what feels like forever!! Mad respect for always coming back around to continue this series!!

[@ScootsLounge]

Before Dread, Zero Mission was my favorite Metroid game, and it's still one of my favorites. So much so that along with Dread, I have beaten the game on Hard mode 100%. I haven't done anything else worthy of a CG, but I still love ZM to my core, and I thank it for helping me get into Metroid.

[@FeixiaoAkari]

Man, I’m still waiting for the day you cover Metroid Dread. I know from this series how much you care for the series and i really want to hear your thoughts on it, and also on Raven Beak who is personality my favorite “Antagonist” of the series

[@imonly1man_]

loving the outtakes you kept in

[@doomguy9458]

I always thought the whole youtube unsubbing you from channels thing was a myth, i was wondering why I hadn't seen these in a while.

[@miltonmarquezfuentes8425]

It's finally here!

[@necogreendragon]

Just want to let you know. I did not leave your high five hangin during the mid video break✋🏻. As someone who played the original back in the 80's. I will say the quality of life improvements in Zero mission make it hard to go back to the original. I do think the original dose have it's place among retro nerds and I think there are even new gamers who might enjoy it. It really comes down to personal preference. Great vid btw. I greatly enjoy your content.👍🏻💚

[@Retrblu]

Aw hell yeah I've been waiting for this!

[@D0N0H0]

I rechecked the release date of this video when you made the (2nd) HellDivers joke and wondered how long you'd been working on this. The effort and time spent is appreciated.

[@alanherbethe7338]

My 3rd favorite Metroid, jut behind Super and Prime. Excellent video, Prime 2 next?

[@inkyrainstorm]

33:00 Dude the Popcorn felt like a callout because I already wanted some when you said it. Thank you for telling me to fulfill my dreams.

[@davidsterling7570]

Wonderful video; I feel you covered the scope of the game's themes really well, on top of giving the feel of the gameplay. The coverage of the manga was really appreciated, I'm long overdue to revisit it as an adult! Just to clarify around 51:30, the scene in Other M isn't a callback to PTSD, it's a panic attack related to the events of that game that Ridley happens to trigger. Samus is -supposed- to be reacting differently to him than she normally would. The English version rewrote her struggle to be more focused on pleasing Adam, whereas in Japanese she's got a whole arc about repressing her feelings and trauma going on. I really think you'd get a lot from checking out the fansub

[@ashharkausar413]

Nice to see you upload Trav. The bit with Samus's past and the manga was really interesting. She's such a mysterious character.

[@Thyrork]

Lovely video. I adored this game. Still more into Fusion but when I played it the zero suit part was a complete surprise and as someone who never played the original, zero mission was a gem.

[@utopua4all]

Dude, I absolutely love the theme for Kraid's Lair in the NES original. I have the small mini CD Scrinton Discs released with the score on it. I have to imagine Hip Tanaka was listening to classic organ music when he wrote it.

[@HyperHunt621]

Huh, y'know? I think this is actually the first of your Metroid reviews that I've watched on release day 😅 Glad to be here though!

[@Sanodi21]

Zero Mission was my very first 'real' Metroid game years and years back and it hooked me hard. I can't not do a few playthroughs during the year, especially randomizers. My brain putting the bits together to realize that I could grab the super missiles at the 32:00 mark is what really sealed it for me and turned me into a fan. But for that super missile tank, did no one tell Trav that that floor can be bombed to make the shine spark easier?

[@Nonluddite_Hollow]

the start was amazing

[@CyberTiamat]

The Zero Mission tie in manga is something I really want to read because that moment is so amazingly dark, and it makes Ridley out to be a character I actually cared about killing every time he showed up. Still one of my favorite dragons tho

[@bluefates58]

It's good to have you back Trav Guy

[@Ferodra]

Man, i had no idea how deep those comics go. Hope there'll be a game about this part of Samus' story at some point. That could be the most emotional stuff ever told in this series

[@Traveller_void]

New Trav Guy metroid video!!! hell yeah!!!

[@cringyperson9670]

40:10 Trav, what did you mean by that?

[@ThatTravGuy]

Don't worry about it

[@MaeveLevesque]

OH MY GOD, i never knew that it was actually a sequence break route when i took the shortcut in Norfair to go to Ridley's. I was lost and found that path by accident on my first playthrough and thought it was the intended way

[@HS-mn6jc]

YOOOO I literally JUST got finished 100%ing Zero Mission with all 8 endings yesterday, amazing fucking timing for this Edit: just because I just got to the part where you mentioned the game being hard to 100%… yeah, I agree. The shinespark puzzles can get pretty brutal and the Hard mode endings (100% under 2 hours and the 15% run) are some of the absolute most difficult challenges I’ve overcome in a video game, but damn if it wasn’t the most satisfying experience mastering this game top to bottom. I’ve beaten it 10 times now, and I’m still raring to go back in for more. Surprisingly, by my last 100% playthrough (100% Hard Mode under 2 hours), I was able to pull off almost every single shinespark puzzle on the first attempt and my route had become so optimized that I beat the game in 1:42:18, shaving off 20 entire minutes from my failed 100% Hard Mode run (I barely missed it, getting 2:02:25). I’ve never had this much fun speedrunning a game before and it is absolutely amazing to me just how much replay value this game has with its plethora of sequence breaks and ways to abuse its systems. Bomb jumping, both vertically and diagonally are pretty damn easy to pull off, and by the end I even had horizontal bomb jumping down okay (even if I never really had to use it for much). My favorite moments were when I got neck deep into absolutely sequence breaking the fuck out of the game that I was trapped deep in Ridley’s Lair and I didn’t have the necessary items to get out, so I had to abuse Bomb jumping and wall jumping (which I didn’t even KNOW was in the game until I was trying to get out of a shaft and muscle memory from Super Metroid kicked in and I figured it out LOL) to get my way back out of there. This game has left such an incredible impression on me, it meshes perfectly with what I look for in a video game and I honestly don’t think I’ll ever truly forget the 100% route now. Edit: huh. I’m surprised you didn’t really like the Zero Suit segment all that much. It’s probably my favorite part of the game. I love how it does the “Samus loses all her abilities” shtick but in the middle of the game rather than just at the beginning, and running for dear life from the Space Pirates is so exhilarating. By my last couple playthroughs I had the entire segment down like the back of my hand but even then I was *still* finding new shortcuts through the maze of Chozodia and the Mother Ship. Oh, and doing this segment on a 15% Hard Mode run where I had literally 1 full energy tank max? Such a satisfying challenge to overcome.

[@adrian.diloca6686]

I absolutely adore this channel, been watching for a few years now!!

[@lozmaster6441]

Trav you are an absolute mind reading, time predicting wizard. Literally 2 hours ago I was talking with my girlfriend about getting sleep masks because my room gets really bright in the morning. Imagine my Surprise when I discovered this video was sponsored by a sleep mask company. You mad genius, you've done it again

[@siffrelot8146]

I love that Zero suit stealth section ! I don't love that Zero Suit Samus became the new standard armorless design.

[@klortikterra4423]

Trav, i gotta say, looking back at the first video i saw you make (ultrakill) to THIS!? yea thats a testament to Quality over Quantity. keep up the amazing work man.

[@hunteraxton450]

Really good some of your best work yet Mr. Guy❤

[@Jyuratodus_Enjoyer]

Trav guy you're being added to the people i rewatch when nothing hits Please do not resist

[@Simse12]

Trav guy is one of the few youtubers that can make a 1 hour video feel like a 15-20 minute video

[@novaspacewitch9963]

I adore the Zero Suit segment honestly. It makes me wish they would flesh out her moveset for a full playthrough where you're extremely vulnerable and have to take alternate paths since you can't blow holes in the wall to progress

[@yourpalemerald4661]

I love the fact that the reason that gave you the extra push you needed for this was Metroid Prime 4 news dropping.

[@Gyaku91]

No jokes here just. Beautiful video man. I have a deep adoration for the Metroid series as a whole (second favorite series) and this was a fantastic love letter to it. And I'd say OG Metroid is fine to return to....... When nothing else is available.

[@swiceguy2871]

Been a Metroid fan since the original released. All of your hard work paid off, because this was a great video. Thank you

[@Allorist]

I just finished the game for the first time and wanted to watch some reviews of it and I loved your video, thanks for creating it!

[@DissyIV]

Zero Mission my beloved.

[@DaniPup_]

1:04:37 real ones know that this ship becomes part of Maridia

[@EerieBleary]

1:05:41 OH NO TRAV, NO! I know EXACTLY why it crashed here and it's EXTREMELY stupid but also extremely easy to fix in game. So normally during the Tourian segment in NEStroid you're expected to have missiles for basically every missile door you've come across, as well as the Metroids themselves. Ordinarily when you kill a Metroid it's hard coded to give you at least one missile ammo pickup, however if you use the debug password WITHOUT grabbing at least one missile expansion (Because why would you ordinarily? you have infinite missiles even without actual missiles.) the game doesn't know what to do and will crash trying to place a missile ammo pickup without you having missiles. Extremely stupid but easily fixable: Pick up one single missile expansion before Tourian if you do a NARPASSWORD run.

[@derekhibbard9018]

I was just watching your old vids yesterday wondering why I haven't seen a new one in awhile, I guess this is why!

[@sushirabit5624]

Im really liking the drunk style of video editing

[@TheAnimeLurk]

I just came back to say that Metroid Blast in Nintendo Land also plays the full Metroid opening theme throughout the menu.

[@WhiteRhinoPSO]

At 56:36 I read it wrong, and initially thought it said "You finally got your power suit."

[@redaim25]

Bro It feels like I've been waiting YEARS for this and it's been well worth the wait.

[@basilfilatov7013]

38:20 This escape theme is also in Prime 2

[@mitrimon]

Man I was really excited for this video for the past month or so since this is my favorite Metroid game and this video really did it justice

[@dysr]

1:03:00 Nice reference to the code in NEStroid!

[@nexusbitter]

New Travis guy video