VG Myths - Can You Beat The Metroid II Minimalist Pacifist Challenge?

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Tonight on VG Myths, we return to the Minimum Pacifist challenge, attempting to beat the classic Nintendo game Metroid 2: Return of Samus on the Game Boy while collecting as few items while defeating as few enemies as possible. Turns out there's a couple we have to kill!
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Metroid II: Return of Samus
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Metroid II Longplay by Tarosan
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Metroid II TAS by Fortranm & Ferret Warlord
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Metroid II Low% Speedrun by behemoth87
• Metroid 2: Return of S...
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@Teqnifii Месяц назад

I love how murder is disallowed, but perpetually freezing your enemies, leaving them alive but conscious presumably until the end of time, is a consequence-free move

@appelofdoom8211 Месяц назад

It's like that one image where the batman keeps a quadruple amputated joker stuck to a hospital bed in the batcave because it's not murder and thus moral

@cosmicjenny4508 Месяц назад

I’m crying, this is literally the resolution the Doctor Who season 11 finale goes for 😭😭

@poppila7807 Месяц назад

peace, love, and plants! /ref

@antleymeese2147 Месяц назад

Eh, Samus will destroy the whole damn planet in a few years anyways. That is, for the animals who didn’t get turned into X even earlier

@princedeven5829 Месяц назад

@@cosmicjenny4508To be fair good old Mr. Tim Shaw did murder... so it's not immoral, it's just him being sentenced to prison

@ReikuYin Месяц назад

"Metroid 2, return of Samus, is the first game in the Metroid 2 series." I thought that was a misspeak but then I remembered the remake. Clever.

@lovescarguitar Месяц назад

And AM2R before it

@dazcarrr Месяц назад

metroid 2, my favourite trilogy

@ArtemisAYO Месяц назад

Yeah, so glad the fans made a remake since Nintendo would never.

@Nieveria Месяц назад

@@ArtemisAYO samus returns is good though??

@briangoldberg4439 Месяц назад

@@Nieveria it's only so-so, like 6/10

@SimplySnaps Месяц назад

A real pacifist knows when taking 47 lives is necessary. Thank you for doing what needed to be done.

@sageblu2283 Месяц назад

oh hey, my other favorite trans girl challenge runner!

@irithylldragon Месяц назад

@@sageblu2283 the two best - simplychamp and gamersnaps

@Asiago9 Месяц назад

Like killing 47 guards to get the classic suit of the hitman series, as agent 47

@isadoraximenes9430 Месяц назад

OH SIMPLY SNAPS HIIIII~

@AngelofGrace96 Месяц назад

Hiii Snaps ❤😊

@connormcnulty6377 Месяц назад

I can’t believe every copy of Metroid 2 comes with a roll of duct tape, in case the one in your Game Boy comes undone.

@RAFMnBgaming Месяц назад

I need to hunt down one then, the batteries on my gameboy have been hanging loose for years and that's not even a euphemism.

@p-__ 14 дней назад

My farts are better than Gamechamp3000's farts.

@dazcarrr Месяц назад

this is probably the game where the pacifist run has the most ludonarrative dissonance

@PineappleFlau Месяц назад

To be fair, Samus was only sent there to kill Metroids. If anything this is the MOST lore-accurate playthrough.

@vivil2533 Месяц назад

@@PineappleFlau I imagine Samus is trying not to destroy the planets natural ecosystem. Samus may mostly be known for fighting. She probably cares about nature. It seems like the Chozo would, and she is effectively the Chozos legacy! Also it make Fusion all the more tragic, she destroyed the ecosystem by killing the X parasites sole Predator.

@blakksheep736 Месяц назад

"The other enemies are fine, but the -fish- metroids have sinned."

@blakksheep736 Месяц назад

@@vivil2533 presumably in the later games, she figured that she doesn't have to worry about upsetting the ecosystem if it no longer exists, hence the "every planet you leave detonates" current arc.

@vivil2533 Месяц назад

@@blakksheep736 well the only planet she "left intact" became infested by the most dangerous creature in the known universe, that almost killed her even, so maybe it's for the best.

@CheshireCad Месяц назад

26:50 Nothing is quite as satisfying as hearing her triumphant "I don't have to play this game anymore!" laugh.

@Paraster Месяц назад

This unlocks the ending where a small white dog becomes ruler of SR388 and inexplicably makes the world perfect for everyone.

@charziz6693 Месяц назад

I get it!

@T-Dawg75 Месяц назад

I THINK I get it. Think.

@user-vw4xp5nt9f Месяц назад

perhaps we are thinking of different games...

@p-__ 14 дней назад

My farts are better than Gamechamp3000's farts.

@skyblade7438 Месяц назад

Nintendo: “So, we made this game about how committing genocide is bad and how the Metroids were actually just exploited for awful ends with no input of their own.” Gamechamp: “Golly, I’d better follow your advice then.” Nintendo: “Wait, now that’s not-“

@Dash123456789Brawl Месяц назад

Is that really what M2 was about? It was a good ending, until more than a decade later, Fusion revealed that the genocide had dire consequences. Then the solution of course is to do more genocide AND destroy the entire planet this time.

@exorphitus Месяц назад

Don't forget the sequel game where it turns out Samus blindly genociding a species she knew nothing about was the dumbest thing she could have done, and all she accomplished was to remove the only predator of an even more dangerous species.

@sentientbowtie5773 Месяц назад

@@exorphitus its literally not her fault

@hbomberguy Месяц назад

Can YOU Metroid 2 beat the return of samus minimalist pacifist challenge?

@autisticchopper Месяц назад

what the

@monochromegreyson Месяц назад

I most certainly cannot sir bomberguy

@DracoVimes Месяц назад

I don’t know can I?

@Sage_the_Turt Месяц назад

i bet if i did, my mother would be very proud

@billyweed835 Месяц назад

@@autisticchopper I feel like I just saw Benoît Blanc hanging out in a random club.

@perfectworldbeholder Месяц назад

The way you use the word "legally" like a weapon is sending me

@FelisImpurrator Месяц назад

Classic Gamechamp. She's TECHNICALLY not a lawyer, but shhh, don't tell the games that!

@abraveastronaut Месяц назад

Gamechamp is legally not a lawyer

@bigbang8739 Месяц назад

Hi Gamerchamp, thanks for welcoming me back to VG Myths

@tibby4503 Месяц назад

@dooplets._.5776 Месяц назад

So true

@p-__ 14 дней назад

My farts are better than Gamechamp3000's farts.

@dudujencarelli Месяц назад

'6:10 - It stopped existing before it had a chance to die'. This may be the most unintentionally funny line I've heard, loaded with philosophical meaning even.

@Roebloz Месяц назад

Pacifist Genocide, my favorite Undertale run.

@tibby4503 Месяц назад

But this isn't undertale.

@An_Entire_Lime Месяц назад

@@tibby4503 We all know Metroid for the Nintendo Entertainment System was programmed with Undertale

@tibby4503 Месяц назад

@@An_Entire_Lime man I'm dead💀

@dazcarrr Месяц назад

@@An_Entire_Lime *metroid ii for the gameboy entertainment system

@samlewis6487 Месяц назад

@@dazcarrr The first game in the Metroid 2 series

@shilohmagic7173 Месяц назад

we love a good gamechamp3000 "if it doesn't exist, it can't die"

@bucketts6148 Месяц назад

Love a gamechamp video alongside a bowl of duct tape and a nice tall glass of double sided duct tape

@ashketchup7354 Месяц назад

I'll stick with my 47 lattes, thanks.

@ShadwSonic Месяц назад

I think this is the first time that "programmed on duct tape" actually _prevented_ silly cheese.

@Zorothegallade-gg7zg Месяц назад

And when RU-vid needed her the most, she returned. Fun fact, I did complete a Kirby's Adventure minimalist pacifist challenge - and it was a "True" one, you CAN beat that game by only killing mandatory bosses and minibosses [killing as in defeating them in a way that awards you points]. There are a couple really tricky sections but they ARE beatable. There is but a single extra star block you need to break at a certain point to give yourself space to dodge a certain enemy, but besides that I don't think it can be refined any further. But piecing the gameplay videos together is quite a nightmare, no pun intended.

@trimack Месяц назад

"It stopped existing before it had the chance to die" Probably one of the most metal things I've ever heard.

@riluna3695 Месяц назад

Right along with "Kill it before it exists" from a previous episode. One of the Rockman games.

@edvinkaziunas5847 Месяц назад

Having the end credits be triggered by touching a missile recharging station while having killed all the metroids is interesting

@Iinneus Месяц назад

I thought the story for this one was gonna be "Samus was tasked with killing all the Metroids, but she isn't here to kill anything _else_ on SR388!" But I very much enjoyed the quick TAS overview!

@opjm8664 Месяц назад

As someone who gets genuinely lost playing Metroid Fusion: no, I don't think I can beat a Metroid game without an in-game map in general

@n0tinctrl Месяц назад

same 😭 i'm very glad we got zero mission and samus returns because i would always get lost in the originsl games

@CoraCreates 4 дня назад

Saying what I’ve been thinking since I played Super Metroid.

@mysticalcomments Месяц назад

Welcome back to Gamechamp’s comment section! The Online Internet RU-vid Reaction that continues to love her videos!

@ironcloud3463 Месяц назад

Honestly the check for game completion is kinda amazing from a game developing perspective. Making a ship asset which works pretty much like a normal refill station would've been a waste of time, so they just added the refill stations inside the tiles of the ship, but then since the ship isn't an actual object the game couldn't check for "entering ship", so they probably did the next best thing and checked the kill count at the missile refill stations Props to them for saving cartridge space in such a weird way

@p-__ 14 дней назад

My farts are better than Gamechamp3000's farts.

@ironcloud3463 14 дней назад

@@p-__ and that relates to my comment in any way?

@darkcherry407 Месяц назад

I'm ready for duct tape

@ariajohnson8107 Месяц назад

Oh, Gamerchamp-chan, I've missed you! Metroid II was actually the first Metroid I ever played and beat. And I think I accidentally sequence broke the game; as a young girl, I couldn't find any other Metroids to kill, so using the several etanks I found I swiftly made my way through an acid/lava-filled area and found new stuff to kill. Looking forward to the Minimalist Pacifist Run in Super Metroid, and the Damageless Run in the next Rock Man game!

@orangeaurora Месяц назад

gamerchamp is so cool i love her pacifist run except for the enemies she left for dead while frozen and the metroids she comitted genocide against

@screenwatcher949 Месяц назад

:0 i thought gamechamp3000 was a man

@ArloMathis Месяц назад

@@screenwatcher949 From the channel's about section: "I'm a non-binary completionist-focused gamer who makes videos testing the limits of games with challenges, analyzing game design, and making really dumb jokes." Uses she/they? I think? 'She' at least. Has referred to herself as 'Ms. GameChamp' in prior videos.

@kuroser353 Месяц назад

@@ArloMathisUsed to use she/they, now uses only she/her iirc

@CommissarMitch Месяц назад

"It stopped exiting before it had the chance to die" is my favorite mental gymnastics.

@VeryPeeved Месяц назад

So, hang on. You're weaving your way through this place, avoiding everyone, except a certain specific set of people that you went there specifically to kill. This isn't a pacifist run, this is a hitman run! It even has the number 47 in it!

@cam7990 Месяц назад

More like government-sanctioned poaching

@p-__ 14 дней назад

My farts are better than Gamechamp3000's farts.

@VeryPeeved 14 дней назад

@@p-__ In what way?

@wodwin Месяц назад

This is more like a hit-man mission, where you have specified targets and need to avoid killing civilians

@Nate3417 Месяц назад

Upon killing Queen Metroid, you are the new metroid queen.

@Zorothegallade-gg7zg Месяц назад

Considering Samus IS a Metroid, that's spot on.

@suicune3776 Месяц назад

@@Zorothegallade-gg7zg Even more fitting because the baby in her cellular structure was a queen :3

@jraff2735 Месяц назад

The Super Metroid Minimalist Pacifist Reverse Boss Order run is gonna be very fun to watch :)

@AceWolf456 Месяц назад

I think Gamechamp is the only creator who's patreon shootouts I watch. I dunno, it just feels right. Plus all her patrons that have decided to come together to make her say interesting things are basically the co-host of the show at this point. I hope there comes a time where her patron list occupies the better half of the video. That is the final form I envision for Ms Champ's videos.

@jamburrito Месяц назад

the patreon section of videos started getting so long at one point she actually had to raise the tier for vocal shoutouts bc one time it was like 1/3rd of a 10 minute video. which the support for her is absolutely deserved

@supersmashbro596 Месяц назад

samus: i hope my pacifism towards anything not a metroid won't bite me in the ass down the line- *x-parasite awakens offscreen and eats the nearest homoad* *awkward laugh as samus departs for ceres to continue her mostly-pacifist bounty hunting while sr-388 becomes a nightmarish warped parody of itself due to the x mimicks becoming the dominant species*

@rho-starmkl4483 Месяц назад

31:54 “This family stinks!”

@superoof-ck1cb Месяц назад

I'm now imagining the Federation after this run: "Did she really just kill only a few and just LEAVE?"

@ElectricalMatthew Месяц назад

I didn’t expect a sequel to the first Metroid video but I’m happy to see it

@myst6673 Месяц назад

There's something really funny about how the most scuffed game completion trigger in the 8 and 16-bit era one could think of is actually one of the most bulletproof of it's kind.

@protofailure Месяц назад

18:58 backshots

@maxastro Месяц назад

I can't believe you came back to Metroid after that first one, but I'm so happy you did.

@ZiroZenStudios Месяц назад

Oh boy, Metroid II: Return of Samus! I can’t wait for Gamerchamp to play Metroid: Samus Returns, but only after she plays Super Metroid, Metroid Fusion, Metroid Prime, Metroid: Zero Mission, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, Metroid Prime Pinball, Metroid Prime Hunters, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Metroid Prime Trilogy, Metroid: Other M and Metroid Prime: Federation Force, of course. 🙂

@vlc-cosplayer Месяц назад

"Metroid Prime Pinball" Metroid is probably the ONLY game series (along with Super Monkey Ball) where a pinball spin-off would barely be a spin-off at all, since rolling a ball is already a game mechanic 💀 Edit: I just thought about Katamari Damacy, but in that game you're not "the" ball, you're just moving a ball around, so it's not the same.

@Zwyrx_Hgqfyggz Месяц назад

I love how both Metroid and Mega Man have GB games people always forget and yet are so important to the lore

@HolyAlondite Месяц назад

I'm not sure I'd call the GBA Megaman games super important to the lore, but they do exist. That's for sure.

@Zwyrx_Hgqfyggz Месяц назад

@@HolyAlondite Nah I meant GB GB Megaman & Bass is great though

@Celeste______ Месяц назад

So, is this going to be a series now ? Neat.

@splgk6204 Месяц назад

The series itself might be holding through duct tape only so we will see lmao

@tibby4503 Месяц назад

celeste

@ArtemisAYO Месяц назад

celeste

@ectotide Месяц назад

celeste

@geitegud4282 Месяц назад

You can hear the voice training working like a charm

@CarissaNomadic Месяц назад

The Metroid Queen really is symbolic of the entire VG Myths series XD • Beaten by lack of developer foresight • Requires absurd perfectionist gameplay • Causes the run to need to concede on its conditions (one more item in an item minimalist challenge) • An absolute queen is running everything The only thing she could do to make things more prefect is if a latte became part of the strategy

@_DewGaming Месяц назад

Her voice changed a lot since I last watch a video, since the recent ones were on games I wanted to play myself. I like it.

@p-__ 14 дней назад

My farts are better than Gamechamp3000's farts.

@murphthegangster Месяц назад

I love your videos so much, some have the perfect energy to get my hyped for the day, and some are perfect watches before I sleep, your voice can go from amped up to so calming so fast lol

@gabecornett8185 Месяц назад

The correct way to watch this on mobile is windowed, hunched over the screen like a little gameboy goblin

@Sircreepington9th Месяц назад

Ah, shit, here we go again.

@3possumsinatrenchcoat Месяц назад

i always love when she has that relieved laugh at finally finishing off the last big challenge of the run. always puts a smile on my face :>

@coleminer8847 Месяц назад

Gamerchamp, back at it again with masoc- i mean duct tape

@AerondightofGondor Месяц назад

It's always a good day when Gamechamp uploads! Metroid isn't my cup of tea, but this'll be fun to watch!

@SilverSwordCreative Месяц назад

What a cool run! Glad to see you again, and well done champ!

@Sage_the_Turt Месяц назад

this was such a great episode!

@matheuskuester8330 Месяц назад

I re-downloaded AM2R and am currently close to beating it again thanks to this video. Never forgot how much better it was than the official remake but i did forget how fun it was.

@tazamane9705 Месяц назад

Damn, what a nice surprise. Not many people who'd even remember Metroid II Thank you Gamechamp!

@alicedual-swordlesbian5251 Месяц назад

the inspired feat of conducting a pacifist run in which every progression target is killed. gamechamp pushes new borders every day

@_The_Dumbass_ Месяц назад

Ms.Gamerchamp thank you for being entertaining :) You make even some of the worst days enjoyable

@RainbowMan9407 Месяц назад

Awesome to see another ongoing series come into existence on VG Myths, right next to Rockman hitless and Ratchet wrench-only. I'm curious to see whether you include the remainder of the Metroid 2 trilogy and the 3D games. Also, the Metroid Queen fight was absolutely insane.

@HarbingerYT Месяц назад

She'll probably do Super next. She tends to go in order.

@RainbowMan9407 Месяц назад

@@HarbingerYT And I'm eagerly looking forward to her breaking Super in half.

@ArnieMcStranglehold Месяц назад

That final battle was beautiful. The final bomb had me thinking it might be a death and there would be a second battle where you won. Very clutch, bigly skillful.

@slackot Месяц назад

What a good thing to wake up to. Thank you ms gamechamp 🥺

@C0metHalley Месяц назад

Metroid 2 is one of my favorite Metroid games. I am so happy you did a minimalist challenge for it too

@hunkydoodle2374 Месяц назад

Cant believe we've got a new episode so soon! You're spoiling us!

@alooro59 Месяц назад

I’m always here watching my favorite series of Champ being good at videogames.

@dixel2047 Месяц назад

Yay I love this channel thanks for your time and art 😀

@rm_steele Месяц назад

been playing metroid 2 again recently, this is what i needed

@jj12343211 Месяц назад

'It is programmed on duct tape' *the programming in question keeping you from beating the game without actually beating the game*

@p-__ 14 дней назад

My farts are better than Gamechamp3000's farts.

@monochromegreyson Месяц назад

You have the MOST unhinged patrons lol. I live for the segment.

@AdeptArcanist Месяц назад

Oh my gosh, the timing is so funny - I just watched the Metroid 1 pacifist run like half a week ago!

@737Igi69 Месяц назад

I wasn’t expecting this video, one of the two most awaited videos (together with megaman 5 hitless)

@RegrettableDeed Месяц назад

It's been so long! Welcome back Ms Champ! ❤

@williamraggett5960 Месяц назад

Needed this upload! Been a long week

@Blizzyan Месяц назад

I just started playing metroid and you drop this BANGER :D

@Cricket-mo4vr Месяц назад

I love, explaining the final boss fight, it seemed impossibly difficult, then when she executed the plan (and the metroid queen) she made it look super easy!

@scoffeex1740 Месяц назад

your catchphrases are so good

@hamhamson7740 Месяц назад

I appreciate the closed captions

@kwonunn4170 Месяц назад

Woh more metroid! Awespme job GameChamp!

@mageofchaos Месяц назад

SHE'S STILL ALIVE

@memejohn86 Месяц назад

i'm excited for the super metroid run. can't wait to see the crazy tricks that would be utilized

@marcusbeach1762 Месяц назад

These are my favorite videos on the internet

@josephjennings3146 Месяц назад

WHOA. a video so soon and i wasn't honestly ready. I was expecting like a month or so for one of thee but, heck. Putting the DnD on hold. Video watched, I'm glad to seen all of this. its perfect. but I also wish I knew that cheese on my first run. woulda saved me the trouble back then.

@briangoldberg4439 Месяц назад

2 was always my favorite. nuts crazy to do this though lol. good work

@GinoDevs Месяц назад

Hey, it's the Metroid 2 corridor music, I love that song!

@triggerhappiest6811 Месяц назад

i've watched a lot of challenge run ytbers but gamechamp's voice and inflictions tickle my brain better than all of them

@jeremiahwhite8322 Месяц назад

Apart from chuck-e-cheese and arcades along the boardwalk, this is the first game I ever played. Good to see it torn to pieces!

@bandlabman462 Месяц назад

were the hell ahve u been last vid i saw was the mgs one the like 7 months later you made one video, happy to see you are posting

@ToyKeeper Месяц назад

I've had this game since it came out, and I never knew you could get inside the end boss to drop spicy meatballs.

@connorl0204 Месяц назад

Im really glad to see that here lately youve been putting out more content, Champ. Double glad that its still high quality content and not some lower quality stuff just to appease the algorithm. I hope that doing so isn’t putting any more of a strain on you/your sanity than the expected loss of sanity that comes with attempting runs like this.

@rhysbaker2595 Месяц назад

Gamechamp posted; Today is a good day!

@Alex-qo7ke Месяц назад

wait... start 1, start 2, start 3....???? Are you saying there are multiple save slots in this game? And ive just been saving over the same file over and over again for 25 years?! why am I seeing this for the first time today?!

@Gamechamp3000 Месяц назад

Did you just see "Start 1" and think "Ah, yes, I would like to perform 1 start on this video game"

@Alex-qo7ke Месяц назад

@Gamechamp3000 It never occurred to me. I might have thought it was something left in from the translation process. Keep in mind that early gameboy games had weird save/load sequences like links awakening press every button to save, or games like mario Land 1, where saving was an impossibility. Add in translations like "I AM ERROR," and seeing a "1" just didn't click for me that there were more than one save files.

@UndefeatableTwilightCatgirl Месяц назад

@@Alex-qo7ke Fun fact: Despite astronomically common belief, "I am Error" isn't actually a translation error. The character is actually named "Error". And no, it's not a mistranslation of "Errol" or anything like that. Nintendo named two characters in the game "Bug" and "Error" as a programming joke, but it was _Bug's_ name that got mistranslated, as "Bagu".

@grantbean3184 Месяц назад

As far as super metroid games go, I've heard Castlevania Symphony of the Night is pretty good

@eightiethwheat6431 Месяц назад

Just laid down in bed with a bowl of ice cream, open up RU-vid and see a new VG myths episode. I alone am the honored one

@dio469 Месяц назад

Ms Gamechamp, thanks for yet another banger

@justas423 Месяц назад

Best and funniest challenge youtuber ever!!!!

@shilohmagic7173 Месяц назад

oh, my GOSH, when that startup noise sounded I thought I was listening to snail's house.

@Fireafyanimations299 Месяц назад

Nintendo really should have called it Return of the Pool of Burnt Duct Tape

@atomic7244 Месяц назад

I love your voice and humor!

@Magicdfox Месяц назад

I see what you're laying down game champ. Can't wait for the zero mission run!

@RecRoomPlays Месяц назад

duck tape really can do everything, huh?

@tortiss101 Месяц назад

Omg! I was just recommended the Metroid 1 MPC run and then I found this one!

@boredhuman6512 Месяц назад

Don't know if I am alone on this but I always sit through patreon name reading to the point I almost just wait to hear familiar names more than the conclusion to the challenge