[tas] Nes Metroid - Low% - By lord tom in 11 - 08.78

Samus, This is Galaxy Command (GC) GC: Samus, gather the needed weapons GC: Ok, you now have all needed weapons Samus: WTF?! It's just a friggin' ball! GC: Well, you know, the recession...budget cuts... Samus: Ooh! I'm so angry I'm just hopping mad! GC: Stop whining. You'll still win easy. Samus: What makes you say that? GC: It's a TAS, you can only lose if you desynch! Ok, here's the real commentary We're in Kraid's lair; Kraid is the 1st mini-boss Bounce gives higher starting point for door glitch Wrong-way door glitch, as seen in the Any % Offscreen optimizations save about 0.7s vs Any % Zero-missile route to Kraid is about 1s slower Kraid takes 96 beams or 24 missiles to kill We don't have missiles yet, so 2.2s lost here Kraid-1st route gives missiles earlier Saves time since the short beam is too wimpy ...to kill most enemies Cross-spawn again Taking damage cuts lag here Jumping through door cuts vertical scroll time Oops, don't take that missile! When Samus jumps she moves only 75% as fast Hence, taking damage from bugs to avoid a jump ...saves about 10 frames Entering Norfair... Lots of cool items here ...Samus won't get any, though Avoiding lag, minimizing jumps...big time savers Jumping is to enable bouncing into the door Damage boost here avoids stopping after unmorphing Entering Ridley's lair; 2nd major boss... Shooting door cuts lag Lag reduction is key on this type of screen Having missiles is HUGE for this screen... Not only can Samus get lots of refills... But killing the balls cuts seconds of lag Damage taken to avoid jumps, stops Ridley takes 35 missile or 140 beam hits to kill Alternating missile-beam is the fastest pattern Strike a pose! Ridley fight 3.7s faster Now we have to go back to the beginning As a shortcut to Tourian, the final level This reset is about 1s faster than walking Count the missile refills on this ascent! Very lucky indeed 20-point energy refill from the big bug... Now Samus can survive 1 hit in Tourian The notorious statue room Both bosses must be dead to extend the bridge Entering Tourian; lair of the Metroids! Killing metroids requires the Ice Beam Which Samus doesn't have Fortunately, weapons will sometimes stun a metroid The key is to push them offscreen behind Samus Using terrain and/or weapons Physics optimization saves lots of time here It's key to NEVER have 4 metroids onscreen at once ...or else, laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaag First part of Tourian 8.2 seconds faster Zebetites, the 5 pillars before Mother Brain Damage boost cuts lag and avoids a stop 33 missiles are enough to kill the final baddie Heavy ring manipulation is the key to the fight 7 seconds saved on this screen Pressing right for 1 frame allows early entry Total improvement, 36.7 seconds Thanks for watching! 1