Metroid Dread - Bomb Jumping for Early Missile 

I figured that out shorty after i uploaded this and utilized it in my 100% hard mode file. Working on a sub 4 hour run on normal next.

I love that song that goes like Ba BAAAH ba baaaah Bahhh! You know that melody is Iconic bro.

It honestly never occurred to me to do it any other way.

I think it's called double bomb jumping

theres a Deep Rock Galactic song that helps me nail this timing

I’ve played too many Super Metroid randomizers to not bomb my way to victory.

As a rando enjoyer in other metroid games (not experienced enough with Dread yet) its always good to know and practice different ways of getting items.

Or spark from the same room i’m bomb jumping from, that works too.

I’ve only tried horizontal bomb jumping once, didn’t go well. If it had a more practical use, sure i’d go for it.

@@MegaLucario95 Yeah, I wish it was more formulaic so it could be a more reliably repeatable technique, like in Super, Zero Mission, and AM2R. I spent a good while in one of the large train rooms practicing it and seeing how far across the room I can get. Because there isn’t an exact set amount the bombs force you sideways, like in the sprite-based games, the physics are a lot tougher to control and stay up in the air once you move yourself sideways from a bomb blast.

@@Straigo I noticed how random the physics get when bombing sideways. Even if you do the exact thing twice, to a T, i was still getting different results. But hey, if you can somehow find a way to get it consistently, go for it. It’ll be unique to see it put to use.

I get early Varia too, but I Kraid before even entering Norfair, which means I do it without the power grip; there are some tedious bomb jumps but it's not that bad. For an any% run I think it's faster to beat Ridley before Kraid, but I always do 100% except for those 15% runs

It never wasn’t a thing, it’s just more entertaining to do.

@@MegaLucario95 I mean bombjumpingnis a bery old trick that goes far far back to super metroid

I’m aware, i just like bomb jumping more.

It’s actually very forgiving, i did explain in a reply to a previous comment on how to bomb jump. It’s all practice, you’ll get it eventually.

@@MegaLucario95 I'm stupid. I was trying underwater lol

You can, i just felt like bomb jumping for the fun of it.

Style points

Early on in the game. :T

That's more of a 99.9% file if you don't have all the things. Samus might be a good bounty hunter but she can't math. Or was ADAM keeping track of that?

Pretty sure you’re required to have space jump there. I just tested to see if i could sequence break it.

@@MegaLucario95 i think you can double flash de pit. o shine spark and flash.

@@sierraamaya I keep forgetting you can flash more than once, but shinespark + flash can absolutely work too. I’ve just got Super Metroid’s bomb jumping so ingrained in my head from all the randomizers i still do.

Any missile pickup is worth it. Just decided to have a little extra fun while secretly forgetting that you can flash 3 times consecutively before cooldown.

@@MegaLucario95 I meant the effort is not worth the reward

@@BaconNuke It actually is since It’s practice for getting some pickups that normally require way later abilities or getting to some areas early. It’s just a matter of how you feel like playing.

it is, because 100%

@@paco8526 I mean you can just come back later and have lot less effort just space jumping to it or whatever

I would most certainly hope not

Yeah it’s flash shift, i barely utilized it myself for a while outside of it’s required use.

I’m well aware of that, believe me.

How so?

@@MegaLucario95 well it works but I've never seen that timing be used before. It looked like you placed a new bomb on your way down but the way I do it is I place a bomb at the greatest height then when I bounce I place a new one right next to the top one before it explodes. It's really hard to explain with text but the way you do it seems to gain height slower than the method I learned back playing Super Metroid.

@@PleasantLeech What’s funny is that my method in this vid is the exact way i bomb jump in SM, at the time i wasn’t aware of how forgiving the timing window is in Dread.

That’s fair, still can’t pull them off. Lol

@@MegaLucario95 tbf they're not as smooth as they were in Zero Mission they don't make 'em how they used to smh

There’s plenty of ways to get it, i just used one of the slowest methods for the sake of trying it out and practicing. There’s a couple other of the way pickups you can get with this method, rather than return at a later time when you have the necessary/required ability.

@@MegaLucario95 yeah, i like to try stuff at that as well. Just because i can :P

Easier to stay in rhythm

It’s more consistent, relax.

I find the slower method easier.

While yes that is easier, i like the variety of different ways you can get this and other items.

You don’t even need space jump, flashing from the left hand top door in the same room as the missile works too. Also because bomb jumping is a grand ol’ time.

At the time i wasn’t aware the path to the door up top was still accessible, so why not have fun with and practice a mechanic that’s been fun to use since SM. Got some actual early power bombs this way.

You lay a bomb, and just after it explodes but before you reach the maximum height you get from it, you lay another in midair, and you can just keep doing that over and over again to reach pretty much as high as you want to go.

@@MegaLucario95I got it thank you

It.... it's in the video... j- just look at the video. Why did he have to explain that in words????

This was taken straight from my Switch, not emulated.

linking a rom is illegal please buy the game