Super Metroid - First Playthrough (Day 1)

This is the first day of my Super Metroid playthrough. Yes, I realize I pronounced Samus wrong a LOT 😅 (I promise I got the hang of it eventually.)
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[@zacknicley8150]

The guy in chat who said “no text, no manual” gets his Super Metroid license revoked. I love watching first time playthroughs of this game, that’s why I’m here. But Super Metroid absolutely came with a manual. The manual explains everything. 90% of new players’ frustration would disappear if they would just read the book first. The run button, five missiles to open doors, two suit upgrades and what they do, what power bomb and speed booster icons mean-all the common stuff is explicitly shown.

[@Animebryan2]

The physical copy when it originally came out had a manual, but if you're playing this in current times, you're playing it digitally (either on an official platform or through emulation), and you don't get a instruction manual with digital distribution. So you should get your Gamer's license revoked for not knowing better :(

[@TrevRockOne]

@@Animebryan2 You do get a manual with digital distribution from Nintendo. Scans of the manual are also readily available.

[@r100curtaincall]

@Nathan Hannon it’s frowned upon. The idea of the game is exploration and trying to find things on your own and remembering landmarks on your own. I recommend only using a guide only if you are absolutely stuck. However I do recommend making your own map as you go. You can of course utilize the one programmed into the game as well, But if you make a simple one on a piece of paper and a notepad or something then you can make notes of where you would like to go back to or points of interest.

[@StephenCinAZ]

Exactly! That kind of thing bothers an "older generation" gamer like me when I watch younger streamers play these games for the first time. Games like this always came with manuals that explained basic play mechanics like the morph ball, missile doors, aiming diagonally, etc., so seeing streamers and their mods enact a blanket ban on anyone sharing a simple mechanic that would've been explicitly shown in the manual is very frustrating for me. I'm glad that she's enjoying figuring out the game, but there's really no good reason why she had to struggle that long to figure out how to use the morph ball, for example.

[@Kire486]

@@StephenCinAZ It's something the younger generation never experienced. As kids the "older generation" would often read the manual in the car while our parents drove us home from the store. Not to mention a lot of lore was in the manual and not in the game.

[@r100curtaincall]

It’s always so refreshing to watch newbies play this game. Glad you enjoy it

[@Jen_theHuman]

Thanks so much :)

[@bmanmcfly]

It's funny watching someone scared that the bombs will cause damage.

[@BoneyGaf]

I’m a simple person. I see Metroid, I watch and give a like.

[@haqu123321]

1 hour 17 minutes and the "missing something paranoia" starts, it is the #1 thing i love about new people trying SM because when i was a child i checked every single wall/corner and everything with all items because i never had 100% as a child. You get so paranoid about hidden items it becomes a hunt, a game, you feel like a detective. Iam glad to say, not a single other player i watched didnt feel that way. i love to watch the curiosity SM awakes in people and how they go about it. Thanks for uploading these, iam surely gonna watch the full playthrough over the next week or so!

[@MartinB_Art_Design]

Watching the first escape sequence without using the run button was a little anxiety inducing xD

[@shad0wphoenix1]

I recently played this game for the first time and fell in love with it! I started speedrunning it a few months back, and it’s so much fun to watch people’s first play through. Really enjoyed watching most of this, and I’ll probably be watching the rest of the episodes in the next few weeks :)

[@Jen_theHuman]

Thank you! Good luck on your runs!

[@jdspencer60]

I know this is 2 years old but I just found it. I can't wait to see this, I love this game so much

[@VlaunBurtlecraft]

I got your vid recommended to me because I've been watching a few metroid videos due to the hype around Dread - as youtube usually does - and I gotta say there were a few times my fingers itched while watching some of your play. Like when you're trying to morph ball or diagonal shoot. I wanted to somehow time travel and telepathically tell you the button prompts. It was killing me inside, haha. All in good fun, of course. It's part of the charm in playing Metroid! Super Metroid was my first video game played on my father's SNES, so it is dear to me. It's great to see others enjoy the classic which seems to have reignited because of the hype around Dread. I'm sure you will one day see another player play Super Metroid for their first time and you'll have that itch and think: "double tap down!!"

[@Jen_theHuman]

Ah, I love this! Thanks for watching, so glad I got in on the Metroid hype 😊

[@rickyricardo4331]

You and me both, buddy. But Jen's vids are so authentic when it comes to her rules of chat and blind play. Most other people's "first time" are actually their 5th or 6th time and they make it look as if they're some kind of megagamer who figures stuff out super quick.

[@rickyricardo4331]

Came here after your Dread and Prime playthrough. I played the original SNES version back in '94 when it was released (yes, I'm old...er). Really glad I didn't see this live as it would have taken every ounce of my being to not tell you some things. Instead I just screamed at the monitor like we do at horror movies. :)

[@Jen_theHuman]

😅 I’ve learned much since this playthrough! Thanks for watching!

[@Alianger]

What we did back in the day (besides read the manual) was check the idle mode videos, they actually teach you a lot in this game.

[@eblob88]

Just got caught up to your Fusion videos and started on this Super Metroid series. Fascinating how much game knowledge and mechanics you've picked up through the SM and Zero Mission. Looking forward for more contents along the way :3

[@Jen_theHuman]

Thank you!

[@ColdGoldLazarus]

I say this with nothing but affection, but the bit with turning back at the Spazer Beam entrance hurt to watch ^^; But glad you figured it out! And yeah, Norfair is rough.

[@vodengc520]

My favorite video game series of all time. I even remember the day my dad bought me the original NES Metroid out of a hobby store in the 80s (I was 6 or 7 at the time). It's also the only NES cartridge I still have out of my 30+ collection I had as a kid. I seriously hope you play others in the series (Metroid 1 & 2 haven't aged too well, but there are remasters that are fantastic). And then we got Metroid Dread coming soon!!

[@Jen_theHuman]

So excited for Dread! The next series I’ll be uploading is Prime ✌🏻

[@YoshiLikesFate]

@@Jen_theHuman WOOO

[@stevieb274]

Since I’ve been playing this since the 90s I could never get the feeling of not knowing where stuff is, so what’s better, watching someone play the game for the first time

[@alliandrablack7751]

You're lucky to have played Hollow Knight before any Metroid game. I was a fan of Metroid since like 2004, but once I sunk my teeth into Hollow Knight I was almost willing to forget about Metroid entirely, (I swear, if Silksong had come out at the same time as Metroid 5, I would have been trapped in some sort of existential nightmare trying to decide which one to get first.) That said, Metroid will always be special to me, no matter how much its inspirations surpass it, and finding all these vods of your first experiences with my favorite games has been such a joy. I can't wait to catch up on all these and eventually play Dread along with you. Also I'm excited to see your reaction to Axiom Verge 2 if you ever get around to it, because that game is incredible for speedrunning.

[@PacoManYT]

It's always nice to see people getting in to and enjoying Metroid/Metroidvania type games. Reminds me of when I first got in to these games!

[@Jen_theHuman]

😊

[@PacoManYT]

@@Jen_theHuman Can't wait to feel like I'm a new player again when Dread comes out!

[@OhNoBohNo]

The answer for, 'Is Super Metroid a 'free exploration' game?' is both yes, and absolutely not most of the time where it locks you in an area and says, "Get it together, champ..."

[@MrWardonis]

Doors are in the game manual. Not cheating

[@stevieb274]

Played this since the 90s and I never noticed on the map it shows where you last saved at 🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️ thanks for teaching me something new

[@gridvid]

Damn that is painful to watch without giving spoilers :D gg

[@RajKarma]

Exactly...

[@TheDarkLink7]

Here a year later. 3:53 yeah there is a lot of lore behind it but basically yeah Mother Brain is a space pirate that was originally created by the Chozo. Both the Chozo and Mother Brain trained Samus.

[@joerexhausen8897]

Love to see newcomers for this series and starting on my favorite one though Dread is working hard to claim the spot but i can effectively 100% speedrun this game while Dread has a lot more loading and the areas are bigger. I'm really bummed that Nintendo has not gone further than Mario Lego sets to other big franchises like Zelda and Metroid cause there is a fanmade set of Samus' ship that can be made into the multiple versions over the game series.

[@YamiAi]

Super Metroid wall-jumping 🤩

[@adalbertoam1992]

I have a speed run time of 2h 20 min with 100 % items of the game, Super Metroid is one of my favorites Games of the Metroid saga

[@julealgon]

Watching her stand in front of the opening to the spazer beam and not trying to go through again was the most infuriating thing I've ever watched. The "trapdoor" conclusion was really off. So unfortunate that one can get stuck like that. It's sad because the game very clearly communicates crumble blocks and yet she for some reason thought it would still fall through :( It's incredible how very in-your-face game hints go completely over the radar. I don't know if this is due to lack of attention (too much focus on chat) or just very poor logic skills or outright fear of the game itself (fear of falling, fear of dying, etc). Anyways....

[@Jen_theHuman]

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@cosmicordia]

Imagine caring this much over how a stranger on the Internet plays a video game.

[@julealgon]

@@cosmicordia You seem to care quite a bit considering you just replied in one such video.

[@woooooooah]

I have to learn patience. My heart was literally hurting lol. But you know how it is. Trying something more than once is really the frustrating part. She wasn't willing to try it again.

[@ΟΑυγολεμονος]

@@cosmicordia You seem to be pretty hurt over a comment that pointed out something that actually happened without insulting anyone. And they are gonna obviously care since they are commenting on a public video that they watched

[@Sir_Leelord]

3 hrs in and its refreshing spending time with you because you're so smiley, and reminds me when i was a kid playing this for over 48 hours in the game lol

[@Jen_theHuman]

😄

[@cosmicordia]

PRO GAMER JEN. I'm here for it.

[@stevieb274]

The chat got me dying, I love it. 8 minutes in someone said that guy is from smash brothers! Is this a cross over? 😂😄

[@Sir_Leelord]

i lol'd at the laugh at 5:06:54 after what was said at 5:06:45

[@garvensman]

A stream of you playing Mario RPG would be amazing. You definitely seem far more in tune with Nintendo console games, however, might I suggest a brilliant RPG not on a Nintendo platform? Shining Force. There is a version that was made for Game Boy Advance, and it adds missing story elements lost in translation plus an extra story with new characters, but the SEGA Genesis original is a timeless classic.

[@MetalxLicaxPP]

90% talking, 10% playing. It's a no from me, dawg.

[@TrevRockOne]

There are no "trap rooms" in Super Metroid.

[@mattbriddell9246]

1:49:57 The Super Metroid speedrunning community agrees with you on this. :D

[@Jen_theHuman]

lol

[@marcoscarvalho4650]

Happy for her trying this amazing game but damn she got on my nerves trying to beat guys with the morphing bomb while having missiles.

[@Simon0]

Check out speed runs. People complete this game in 45 minutes 😮. It's pretty impressive

[@hanssellukierjimenezcaro8259]

My favorite metroid game.. .

[@avalonjustin]

Sorry about the backseating. People find it hard to keep quiet even when asked politely.

[@Jen_theHuman]

It's all good, I'm still learning the best way to present my playthroughs, too! Thanks for watching!

[@avalonjustin]

@@Jen_theHuman No problem, this is a fun watch! Of course it's not your fault when you have to call people out on spoiling the game. Your channel, your rules.

[@natesilvers2166]

Wanted to watch but too much chat talking

[@bachelorsensei9437]

Bomb Terizo is definitely a newbie stomper.

[@jackmarl3237]

I forgot what the load up in a save point looks like

[@DigitalXrisXros]

🤜🏼✨✨✨✨✨💥🧠

[@FatNinjaWalrus]

i've always pronounced it with an "ah" sound in Samus, and "ah" for the first a in Aran too, i think it sounds way better than SAMus. and i still do to this day. back before they had cutscenes and voice acting and stuff you just had to guess based on spelling so i don't for even a second feel bad about it lol

[@redmoonbloodmoon3161]

way late comment, but here's my own preference for the controls setup: (this control setup and hand setup, enables you to use any combination of running, shooting, and/or jumping, along with the angle up, and also the item select and item cancel as well too, with ease) --------------- NEVER have the 'moonwalk' ability on... it was just a novelty feature (as michael jackson was still popular when this game came out, lol)... as it is very detrimental to playing within the game environment... ------------------ using a SNES controller's button layout: Y = shoot (tap or hold, using right index finger) B = run (constantly hold down with right thumb, and to rest/hold entire right hand in place) A = jump (tap or hold, using right ring finger) X = item cancel (using right middle finger) (while the X button may seem better for using the 'item select', it's really not, you want the X button as the item cancel and the SELECT button as the item select) L = angle up (using left index finger) (the angle up is extremely useful/powerful, so it needs to be easily used at will, which is why it's assigned to the L button) R = angle down (with my right hand's setup, I can NOT use this button at all, which is why I set the angle down to it, as the angle down is the least useful thing, as if/should you ever need to angle down, you can just jump into the air and use the d-pad to shoot down, or you can release you right hand from its setup temporarily, to hold the R button, for the angle down) D-pad = up, up-left, up-right, left, right, down-left, down-right, down (left thumb) SELECT = item select (using left thumb) (while it takes some getting used to, moving the thumb from the d-pad to the SELECT button and back, it's good to have the item cancel being used with the SELECT button) START = map/equipment screen ------------ for using the keyboard, I like using this: (note that generally/usually keyboards can't handle 3 keys pressed at the same time, but you can adjust to this limitation, as you play, without too much difficulty for you and for playing within the game environment) (look at the SNES controls above for matching up with below) (using the right side of keyboard's 3x3 block of numbers, NOT the keyboard's top row of numbers, of course, lol) arrow keys = d-pad (left, right, down, up, right-up, left-up, right-down, left-down) (using left hand's fingers: left index for the left arrow, left index for the right arrow, middle finger for the up and down arrows) 7 = L (right index) 9 = R (right ring) 8 = X (same right middle finger placement as SNES controller setup above) 4 = Y (same right index finger placement as SNES controller setup above) 6 = A (same right ring finger placement as SNES controller setup above) 2 = B (same right thumb placement as SNES controller setup above) 0 = SELECT (right thumb) . = START (right thumb)

[@AddlerMartin]

12:46 "We gonna have to look at controls" - HA! Welcome to the 16bit games! No "how to turn into a ball" screen

[@Simon0]

I like to call myself mother brain.

[@bizzy156246]

I just want to see how you do. Games are a lot easier as a kid unless you never took a long break then you won’t struggle. I played games I never did as a kid (Zelda 2 nes) and let’s say there was a lot of cussing throughout the entire game

[@redmoonbloodmoon3161]

if like old school rpgs (and other/non-rpg games): (for future reference/recommends, if interested) NES: Crystalis Willow The Legend of Zelda (1) Zelda 2: Adventure of Link Dragon Warrior (1) Final Fantasy (1) Final Fantasy 2 Ultima 3: Exodus Ultima 4: Quest of the Avatar Ultima 5: Warriors of Destiny Shadowgate Maniac Mansion Star Tropics Fester's Quest Jaws Megaman (1) Megaman 2 Megaman 3 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 Blaster Master Little Nemo: The Dream Master Metroid (1) Wizards and Warriors (1) Ironsword: Wizards and Warriors (2-3) other (non-rpg) good NES games: Super Mario Bros (1) Super Mario Bros 2 Super Mario Bros 3 Mike Tyson's Punchout Excitebike Paper Boy Duck Hunt Dynowarz Bionic Commando Tecmo Bowl Contra C Super Contra Double Dragon (1) Double Dragon 2 Bubble Bobble (1) Bubble Bobble 2 Ghost n Goblins Donkey Kong Adventure Island (1) Adventure Island 2 Air Fortress Major League Baseball Chip n Dale Rescue Rangers Anticipation Lode Runner Marble Madness Rampage Rampart Skate or Die Spy Hunter Super Dodge Ball Tennis Track and Field ------------------------ GB: Metroid 2: Return of Samus Zelda 4: Link's Awakening other (non-rpg) good GB games: Dr. Mario Tetris Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 ------------------------ SNES: Final Fantasy 5 Final Fantasy 6 (US: Final Fantasy 3) Breath of Fire (1) Breath of Fire 2 Lufia (1) and the Fortress of Doom Lufia 2: Rise of the Sinistrals Secret of Mana (JP: Seiken Densetsu 2) Seiken Densetsu 3 (US remake, of whatever consoles/platforms: Trials of Mana) Secret of Evermore Super Metroid (3) Chrono Trigger 7th Saga Zelda 3: A Link to the Past Ogrebattle: The March of the Black Queen (Ogrebattle series, no idea what number) Tales of Phantasia (Tales series, no idea what number) Star Ocean (1) Earthbound Robotrek Paladin's Quest EVO: Search for Eden Soul Blazer (Gaia trilogy: 1/3) Illusion of Gaia (Gaia trilogy: 2/3) Terranigma (Gaia trilogy: 3/3) Megaman X Megaman X2 Megaman X3 Super Ghouls n Ghosts Jurassic Park other (non-rpg) good SNES games: Super Mario World Super Punchout Donkey Kong Country Super Bomberman Star Fox Super Mario Kart Clay Fighter Stunt Race FX SimCity SimCity 2000 Mortal Kombat (1) Mortal Kombat 2 Mortal Kombat 3 Mortal Kombat 3 Ultimate Killer Instinct Battle Cars NBA Jam Bust A Move Super Smash TV F Zero Final Fight Hal's Hole in One Golf Joe and Mac (1) Joe and Mac 2 King of Dragons King of the Monsters Knights of the Round Lemmings (1) Lemmings 2 Lester the Unlikely The Lost Vikings 1-2 Megaman Soccer Primal Rage Road Runner's Death Valley Rally Uniracers Rock N Roll Racing Samurai Shodown SimAnt SimEarth Super Baseball 2020 Super Buster Bros Weapon Lord Rampart Street Fighter 2 ------------- N64: Zelda (5): Ocarina of Time Zelda (6): Majora's Mask ---------------------- PS1: Parasite Eve (1) Final Fantasy 7 Final Fantasy 8 Breath of Fire 3 Breath of Fire 4 Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together (Ogrebattle series, no idea what number) Grandia (1) Myst (1) Riven (2) Star Ocean 2 Tales of Destiny (Tales series, no idea what number) Lunar (1) Lunar 2 Xenogears Final Fantasy Tactics Metal Gear Solid (1) other (non-rpg) good PS1 games: Tekken (1) Tekken 2 Tekken 3 VS (yes, this is the name of the game, an obscure but good fighting game, somewhat like tekken) Theme Park Dark Stalkers Ghost in the Shell King of Fighters Marvel vs Capcom (1) Robo Pit Twisted Metal (1)

[@Atlessa]

I'd like to add Soul Blade to the list of PS1 games. It's by the same team that made Tekken, but each fighter has a weapon, and there's a story mode where you unlock weapons with varying stats that was NEVER done again in any of the sequels.

[@munzkeee]

Wow your so good for a newbie

[@michaelcuellar4495]

hey fellow traveler... nice content. me watching the best of snes vids KZbin threw this up...funny. watching your vid wondering if you or anyone else here seen haloid (samus vs halo-ish) . great creator Monty Oum stuff n stuff. he was murdered...lol. (bread crumble trail)... my KZbin is just for my music playlists and videos for my friends if we die.. on ppls KZbin i go to there channels most popular videos and first video then worst videos... idk.. fallowing bread crumbles..... ok bye.

[@Scrubermensch]

The boss after the bomb item is Chozo, no one did answer, I perceived.

[@LoganMTM]

This was painfull to watch

[@protowave]

should've read the manual. this was painful enough that i had to stop watching. you unfortunately have a rather weak gaming sense and it made this incredibly infuriating to sit through. sorry.

[@Jen_theHuman]

I like to think I have a lot more to offer to the world than my "gaming sense"! But if it wasn't for you, I respect that. It was also my VERY FIRST Metroid playthrough ever so... I expected I would suck 😅