Super Metroid - Any% speedrun in  

"The last Metroid is in ca- err, dead. That was quick."

I thought I would just kinda have this in the background as I tried to get work done, but then my mouth just opened and I couldn't look away in utter disbelief. This was probably the greatest speed run I have ever seen!

That was not just the best speed run I've seen before, but also the most entertaining. Good job. :-)

Christ, Kraid didn't even get a chance!

Gorgeous run! When I saw you going for Ridley before Kraid and Draygon I was like O_o! Thanks so much for continually pushing SM to the limits and beyond!

I fucking love you, Saturn. This was simply AMAZING. The level of optimization was just brilliant. So many of the time savers you used are things I hadn't thought of, like mock-balling through gaps while waiting for the bomb to blow up the blocks. Very very amazing run.

I forgot how entertaining these Super Metroid speedruns were to watch! :D

Half of the video is cutscenes, room transitions, item pickups, and credits. Bravo!

Jaw-droppingly beautiful, as to be expected from SaturnTAS. Despite the amazing route and time, I still find the most amusing parts to be how he messes around whenever getting a few seconds to mess around, waiting.

well done saturn, great video.

the best TAS runner overall

@shaman666 If you are referring to the title that is 22 minutes total time, in game play (not counting loading sequences), that it took for him to complete the game.

My thoughts throughout the video: HOW?

No animals were harmed during the making of this speedrun .

A great modern philosopher once said "I must proceed at a high velocity!" But this TAS takes it to the whole new extreme!

I still need to master that whole get damaged then fly across the screen move. that's the one move that has eluded me the most. Awesome run though, there were plenty of moments where you had me going "OH GOD WHAT?"

WTH?! Breaks all records! (I think.) Nicely done! :-D You made Kraid and Phantoon look like jokes! Ya got skeelz!

@amaureaLua Yeah, I looked into it a little better after posting and realized I just had it backwards (Varia off, not on, so need enough energy to survive). I was thinking that because he collected the Varia suit he could execute the Stand-up.

Saturn does it again!

That..was awesome

"Escape immediately!" Is before the counter even starts fast enough? Awesome run, looks really optimal and there are some amazing tricks and shortcuts.

@26yd1 If he places it higher it still takes time for the explosion to get to those blocks, and I believe it was mentioned in another video that the optimal place for the powerbomb is occupied by that waver Unmorphing to kill it after placing the bomb near enough to optimal would slow his falling speed. Since those blocks must be destroyed by a bomb (and I believe the PB detonates faster) the solution is to just get there as quickly as possible and take that moment to rebuild falling speed.

@MadCatt23 Going out of bounds or overwriting unintended memory addresses is typically what counts as "heavy glitching". In the case of Super Metroid that would be X-ray climbing and the space-time beam, and some uses of the murder beam. This isn't a distinction Saturn invented - it is the one used by TASvideos too.

WOW. If this would have been in the movie theaters for $100/view, it would have been worth it. I've been speedrunning this game for a long time now, but still have not even come close to this level of Mastery. This is Yoda level.

@Ranzear You need to unequip the varia suit and have 700 to 999 energy in order to use the stand-up trick. Gathering that many energy tanks would take more time than the glitch would save (even though he would be able to skip the varia suit this way). Search for "super metroid tricks tasvideos" for more information on this and other tricks.

@26yd1 I think the limiting factor here is that he has to jump in order to build up falling speed. As long as the power bomb goes off before he lands from that jump I don't think the exact timing matters.

Hey thanks for this awesome video... i know how to do the mock ball, but im not sure how to do the instant speed boost.... how can i?

@shalafi4 Gravity doesn't reduce the damage from Mother Brain's hyper beam attack. Varia does, and without it, he'd need to collect 6 energy tanks to survive the blast. Since he needs to kill Kraid anyway, grabbing Varia is the faster choice as opposed to getting an additional 3 energy tanks.

When he's running through the Mother Brain lair from the first game, is that fog graphic the same stuff used in Link to the Past's lost woods?

30:50 is just frikkin' brilliant. That's all I can say.

saturn is amazing

@Linkenfant Totally possible, Namespoofer has a TAS RBO run up already.

amazing! Lol the Torizo skip never seen that, wonder if it could be pulled off in human playthrough?

wow i just thought "hmpf only a tas for the old Route" because of the date but then i realised the new route is already 6 years old? :O

Jaw hit floor. If this isn't a robot, it's a ninja.

I can't help but wonder how many arm pumps were done in this and how many seconds were milled off because of it.

@MadCatt23 Every one of those things can be done manually and legitimately. I've managed the early super missiles/reserve mockball, quickcharge in Draygon's room, and skipping motherbrain's barriers on the Wii version. There are a few implausible things performed in this video that are simply the hallmark of a good TAS run. XRay traveling is certainly out of the question for a legitimate player though, which is why he avoids it. I like that he's using this same stance for his RBO run as well.

@Ranzear I don't agree that going out of bounds is somehow "illegitimate". It is just that the type of run that does that is so different from one that doesn't that it makes sense to consider them as different categories. Both are interesting and both should be TASed. Being able to perform things in real time is totally orthogonal to this (and this too has nothing to do with "legitimacy"): I have performed X-ray climbs and used the space-time beam in real time, but they're still major glitches.

And here I was.. proud of a 35% 46 minute game I just played..

I guess he needed the wave beam for making the special attack against Ridley (around 21:00). It requires the wave beam to do it.

Because Varia and Gravity combined make Mother Brains hyper beam only take away 3 energy tanks. Taking away each suit means the beam does 3 tanks more per suit.

awesome

the best technic ever

@shalafi4 i think it's so he doesn't have to spend time collecting more energy tanks since the varia suit reduces damage taken during mother brain's fight

@SaturnTAS question for you! Is there a reason to grab the varia suit after killing Kraid in this run?

Can someone explain me why at 23:47 he puts a power bomb on the ground and not earlier on the air? Ok this should make earn 1/4 second but it shocked me in a so perfect run :D

This gameplay was flawless. I had no idea there was a wave beam homing device feature...how do you do that? the shot you kept using on Ridley??

Not sure why he doesn't speed up the motherbrain fight with the stand-up trick though. Could save more than a few seconds (maybe not enough to break into :21 on the game clock) but I could be wrong if it involves needing one more energy tank, much like the annotation below about collecting the Varia suit vs 3 more energy tanks.

What's the wave beam attack you used to fight Ridley?

I know it's a TAS but just when I thought I couldn't be more impressed, 34:18 happens.

Hey! I was wondering, why did you take the Varia Suit? After you already got the Gravity Suit? Doesn't Kraid count as defeated if you don't collect it?

This is just nuts. Are you utilizing save states or is this a continuous run?

1 question: is it faster to get the plasmabeam or not??

Bomb guardian was like," wait where you goin'?🤔"

flawless run! Superplay XD

Can someone explain the Ridley battle to me? I notice he was switching his weaponry up top quite often. Is there some in game trick going on here?

How did you encode your movies to preserve the 30Hz motions such as armpumping and taking damage?

29:00 how can you be supercharched for so long?

How does he not receive heat damage if he does not have the Varia Suit?

Geez I thought I was fast when I beat it in four hours. Masterful

Are you still working on the reverse boss order run ? Or is someone else doing it ? :o (if it's even possible)

still good shit!!!! :D

the Chozo weren't playing when they manipulated Samus's DNA. Probably why the Chozo turned away from war, they would have taken over the whole galaxy with just a small flock.

Exactly that... Mother Brains beam is the reason.

33:40 "SpaghettiOs with Metroids" Level xD. (SpaghettiOs cause of the blocks that shoot the "O" shaped projectiles, in case someone didn't understand)

@MadCatt23 Ranzear explained everything to you except the bomb Torizo skip: in fact you can use pumping arm in real time and this will make you earn a few frames, so using it in frame by frame playing isn't a gamebreaking glitch but the maximum optimisation of this trick And this optimisation allow to skip the torizo and to avoid mockballing in the early S.missile room. If you didn't knew he use this in every "non-jumping or slopy" moment of the game to earn time. Hope I helped you :-)

@EmeraldLinkinWolf Tool Assisted Speedrun

I wonder what his unassisted speed run record is.

Was this before Moonfall was found?

what's the thing at 11:35 called

I felt like a savage witnessing an H bomb demonstration. That's how much my mind was blown. Good god, man. I did not know this was even humanly possible.

Pure savagey

are you working on a video atm ?

Excuse me for the stupid question, but what does TAS stand for?

What a fucking god

as is done for the speed boost without running?

I don't get why you get the Varia suit... you have Gravity, right? (I haven't yet watched beyond this point. I'm just wondering^^)

@ez2b If memory serves (I may be wrong as it's been a while) Varia suit reduces damage to 1/2 Gravity suit reduces damage to 1/4 he already had the gravity suit soo. *puzzled*

So, what is the point on gettin Plasma an Varia? Wouldn' it be faster without?

Now i just feel incompetent...

why didn't u submit this to tasvideos ? Isn't it an awesome run?

Holy crap bruh

Was that a brief "blue suit" glitch usage after Draygon? Isn't it considered illegal under the "no glitch" requirement?

Is this what its like to be god?

Can someone please explain to me how he had the gravity suit without even going to the wrecked ship? It is either the largest game glitch or a cheat.

@ElectrumZephyr You're right, He beat Cpadolf!

My God!!!!! What's that??? 😱😱😱

If I used a Game Genie for infinite health and hyper beam(C225-3005 and 62C5-14A6. Two codes seared into my brain) I don't think I could get an Any% Run under 30min. My best legit 100% run is just under 1:30 and Any% Run is 0:45ish. I realize now that I do a LOT of screwing around. My tricks skills need a lot of practice and leave a lot to be desired.

DEAD SPACE inspiration

Wow :)

@14:55 - Did he just make that whole section without ever touching the ground?!

how do you scatter morph ball bombs?

@rd7979 - He has. It's currently being judged.

this is how god play Metroid!!!!

OMG 14:55 the best xD

HOW IN THE MOTHER OF GOD DID YOU JUST AVOID THE FIGHT WITH FIRST CHOZO STATUE @6:51 IVE BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THIS EVER SINCE I WAS A KID!!!!!!

28:12 FULL HALFIEEEEEEEEEEEEE

6:56 wtf

Ezreal mechanics

6:50 LOL!! Man skipped the boss battle