[TAS] SNES Super Metroid Impossible by 3x3supercuber in

This is a tool-assisted speedrun. For more information, see tasvideos.org/5303M
TAS originally published on 2023-06-02
Super Metroid Impossible is a ROM hack of Super Metroid ( tasvideos.org/121G ) designed to make rooms harder to beat, created by Saturn ( tasvideos.org/Users/Profile/S... ). Like the original game, and previous games in the series, it is not divided into separate levels; the planet Zebes is an open world which Samus traverses back and forth. This world is divided into rooms separated with doors which must be shot to be opened. Shooting is also used to open up secret passages, some of which contain nifty bonuses, but finding most of them is required to proceed in the game.
Watch as 3x3supercuber ( tasvideos.org/Users/Profile/3... ) makes short work of this ROM hack, taking on Mother Brain and her space pirates in record time. Please read the author's submission notes ( tasvideos.org/8260S ) for more information.

[@Oatsngoats]

Amazing work! Was a very fun watch

[@SkyfoxDartner]

Almost as good as the GOAT himself

[@logan_wolf]

Holy s**t, it's oats and scr0tes!

[@ironclock]

LOOK WHO IT IS

[@sarcasticguy4311]

In case anyone was wondering what "Impossible" entails, here's the design notes: "This hack will rather crush you hopelessly down, or make you a absolute master in Super Metroid! It will require you to execute all the hardest possible moves in order to pass different rooms, such as: - Very fast Wall-Jumping skills - Mid-Air Morph Bomb Jumping and Diagonal Bomb Jumping - Bomb Jumping with Mid-Air Demorph + Shooting + continuing BJ - Very flat Mockball or Speed Mockball - Short Charge - Very fast reflexes in all different situations and much more."

sheeeesshshh so are they 50/50 disadvantages?

[@sarcasticguy4311]

@ What parts? There were more notes that I didn't copy/paste here.

[@David2073]

​@Those are impossible tricks that a casual player cannot execute, there are only a few people who can do them correctly

[@thotobliterator1587]

Wall glitching and shine spark tricks?

[@travisflesher8798]

extremely impressive work 3x3...

[@3x3supercuber50]

I just found that it’s possible to do bomb Torizo skip In this hack. You can take damage right before picking it up and run over the spikes with I-frames. Could have saved maybe 20 seconds 😅

[@yungvirticus]

Almost 88000 re-records. Holy cow.

[@3x3supercuber50]

I this with bizhawk tasStudio which automates savestates so none of that was done manually

[@kajiilitz]

Having watched and rewatched Oatsandgoats' run of this game at AGDQ2020, seeing this get nailed to computer's perfection is just awesome. TASs in general are just a pearl to the eyes and this one is no different, it's amazing to see all the strats, movement and techs that the human reaction speed can't manage. I'm glad this game keeps going strong even in the new decade! I'm still in the middle of clearing my first playthrough :,)

[@sarcasticguy4311]

This speedrun really makes this romhack look vastly easier than it is.

[@bruxinth4660]

This is the first time I’ve personally seen a speedrun use a recharge room as part of its path. Also, absolutely insane that the Varia Suit pickup is after killing Ridley.

[@zLance2409]

Nice run! Those crystal flashes were clutch. But... Da animals 😢

[@wolfmanNSW]

RIP animals

[@joeschmoe2843]

toasted nicely animals

[@David2073]

Don't worry, they're alive, they escape in their own ship (because they're not dumb, but I'm not sure if that ship is theirs) And the reason he didn't rescue the animals is because that takes half a minute, he had 20 seconds left, that would have killed him

[@sarcasticguy4311]

Super Metroid Possible.

[@SoarseX]

Impossible for non-speedrunners Hard for speedrunners Easy for Tool-assisted speedrunners

[@batlin]

1:09:13 -- it's pleasing that they got back to the ship with exactly 20 seconds remaining on the clock.

[@kyoopihd]

I like that this run skips using X-ray glitches

[@zero_mendez9374]

The run was amazing, congrats to 3x3supercuber, first of all. Second, I believe it´s amazing the the hack can barely be broken by TAS after so many years, Saturn did an amazing job, and third, I also find amazing that TAS has to "settle" for a humanly doable route, just TASly executed.

[@K.sstopmotion7374]

Crazy how you need to defeat Ridley in order to get the varia suit, but the entire path to get to Ridley requires the varia suit

[@jamaicablackboy6563]

isso é incrivel, gostei muito.

[@jennasloan396]

oh good, a rom hack that doesn't remove the several minute long intro at the beginning

[@szymon6207]

Igt 00:44

[@Koettnylle]

Not sure why it's called impossible. Everything looks super easy.

[@AT-il2ej]

Whoosh

[@meteorytekrenaryte]

Mhm.

[@lewatoaofair2522]

Average Super Metroid Speedrunner be like:

[@kjata919]

Barely an inconvenience?

[@sarcasticguy4311]

@@kjata919 "Barely an Inconvenience Metroid" Good ring but a little wordy. Very Japanese sounding title that would likely get changed when localized.

[@dragonsni]

Ridley is the gatekeeper for the varia suit? That's pure evil!

[@sarcasticguy4311]

19:53 Holy shit, I had to watch that 0.25 speed to see the perfect execution.

[@E-102_Gamma]

There is no spoon.

[@sarcasticguy4311]

@@E-102_Gamma Indeed. That was truly a "there is no spoon" moment.

[@treblav]

Nice 🤙

[@deus_nsf]

This would look fantastic with 16/9 and fast load :)

[@Jon-hh3gz]

Mother brains health: ONE MILLION

[@user-eb5wl5wg5o]

スーパードンキーコング３のボスらしきものがサムネに！

[@dielaberbrudergaming6288]

i wonder if there are any "human" speedruns of this or if its just a tas only speedrun?

[@johnsonmcsandwhich6576]

Improvable by about half an hour

[@ericdanielski4802]

Nice world record.

[@ah2190]

TAS runs are not able to be counted as world records. But they do show the theoretical world record should someone play perfectly with instant reaction times.

[@E-102_Gamma]

@@ah2190 Ehhh, it would be more accurate to say that a TAS shouldn't be compared to an RTA run. Within the realm of TASing, there absolutely can be one TAS in a given category that is the "world record," being faster than all of the other TASes in the same category.

[@itsdreamless1205]

​@@E-102_Gammai think that's what they meant.

[@David2073]

This is not a World Record, this is a TAS, if one is faster than another, nothing happens, there's no leaderboard, because this is not a Speedrun (of course, it helps Speedrunners, but a TAS is not a Speedrun)

[@kyosid._.emanel.3176]

7:50

[@szymon6207]

Collect item 33%

[@TheRenegade503]

Dont need kill Phanton

[@SoarseX]

Earlier

[@Doomslayer2163]

I see child Samus Aran powerbomb combo! 43:06

[@David2073]

You have never seen a Crystal Flash before?

[@karakalle6258]

On a jouer trois mois pour battre le Boos 😅😅

[@sirblake3]

People just want a easy way I prefer the normal way

It has been 2 decades...

[@AndrewBlechinger]

Remember when Other M was panned for adding a forced hell run sequence? And now we have to do a BOSS FIGHT under those circumstances? I have no idea why this hack ever got off the ground. As for the run itself, things like settling for a 3-cycle Phantoon are why I think this will be obsoleted soon.

[@3x3supercuber50]

I tried for a long time trying to find a way to do phantoon in 2 cycles. He has more health in this hack. Do you know a way it can be done?

[@David2073]

It has at least 10 times more health in this hack

[@xionix84]

Didn't save animals 0/10 :( Amazing TAS

[@SoarseX]

The same is for resident evil 4

[@lucamckenn5932]

Total ass spwnage gg

[@sirblake3]

Why hacks? Just let me enjoy the normal game

[@koholintisland2167]

Why are TAS's starting to get so adsy?

[@Darkman425]

If you're talking about ads popping up, that's just a general KZbin problem.

[@sarcasticguy4311]

It stuns me in this day and age there are still people complaining about KZbin ads. Ever heard of ad blockers or using a different browser that auto-blocks all that crap?

[@Darkman425]

@@sarcasticguy4311 Ad blocker does nothing on mobile phones.

[@stefanmadethen5359]

​@@Darkman425 and you can't even use them anymore, gotta buy the problem's "solution"

[@sarcasticguy4311]

@@Darkman425 Again, try a different browser. There are solutions that you could've implemented in the time it took you to type that response.

[@twitchsopamanxx]

Honestly, terrible run. There was absolutely zero OPEN DORRR or UUUUUUUGH in the third room at Space Colony.