I decided to record a Reverse Boss Order/Suitless Speedrun since there are no movies for this kind of run as far as I know (probably because its the by far most difficult run to pull off on this game).
I have to note that I use tools to optimize every move which allows me to cut down the time below 1 hour or even 50 min for this mode. For that I decided to skip all Mini Bosses (except Botwoon who is unskipable) and even some other free Energy Tanks which would cost me some detour time on the way to Ridley.
I calculated that I will only have 80 sec or less to kill Ridley before the heat kills me. I will use 2 Crystal Flashes in Lower Norfair (one after the big Lava Room before Lower Norfair and the other just before Ridley). The energy tanks before and after Ridley will also be insanely usefull to refill my energy.
I will also skip the entire Maridia and it's Super Missiles/Energy Tanks before Ridley to save alot of time because of the very slow moving in the water. Furthermore I will also skip the Plasma.
The most important thing now is to plan the route exactly, first priority is to get the wave beam and the speed booster to make the Brinstar and Crateria clean-up in one turn later. I risk to take this 2 items in Norfair with only 2 Energy Tanks and 1 Reserve Tank during the heat. Sounds crazy but is indeed possible :-)
I also made a small Demo of some interesting parts to demonstrate the Speed and the way to get to Norfair with this 2 Tanks as a small teaser.
http://rapidshare.de/files/8967497/Super_Metroid_-_Speed_Demos.avi.html
Mirrors:
http://spjclan.com/Super_Metroid_-_Speed_Demos.avi
http://www.zeromission.co.uk/tas/Super_Metroid_-_Speed_Demos.avi
Thanks alot to StarmanHaxor and Andrew Mills for the Mirrors!
Further Demos:
2nd Teaser until 3rd Power Bomb Pack in old Brinstar.
http://rapidshare.de/files/10490435/Super_Metroid_-_Speed_Demos_2.avi.html
Mirror: http://www.zeromission.co.uk/tas/Super_Metroid_Speed_Demo2.avi (Thanks to Andrew Mills)
3rd Teaser completing the entire Lower Norfair and beating Ridley!
http://rapidshare.de/files/29925902/Super_Metroid_-_Speed_Demos_3.avi.html
Mirror: http://www.samus.co.uk/movies/Super_Metroid_-_Speed_Demos_3.avi
I hope the route I choose is the most rational one, if someone thinks I have missed something or want to suggest a maybe better route, lets hear it.
I also want to thank Maur for giving me the idea once to make this insane run. I hope you guys will like it when it is done.
I have to note that I use tools to optimize every move which allows me to cut down the time below 1 hour or even 50 min for this mode. For that I decided to skip all Mini Bosses (except Botwoon who is unskipable) and even some other free Energy Tanks which would cost me some detour time on the way to Ridley.
I calculated that I will only have 80 sec or less to kill Ridley before the heat kills me. I will use 2 Crystal Flashes in Lower Norfair (one after the big Lava Room before Lower Norfair and the other just before Ridley). The energy tanks before and after Ridley will also be insanely usefull to refill my energy.
I will also skip the entire Maridia and it's Super Missiles/Energy Tanks before Ridley to save alot of time because of the very slow moving in the water. Furthermore I will also skip the Plasma.
The most important thing now is to plan the route exactly, first priority is to get the wave beam and the speed booster to make the Brinstar and Crateria clean-up in one turn later. I risk to take this 2 items in Norfair with only 2 Energy Tanks and 1 Reserve Tank during the heat. Sounds crazy but is indeed possible :-)
I also made a small Demo of some interesting parts to demonstrate the Speed and the way to get to Norfair with this 2 Tanks as a small teaser.
http://rapidshare.de/files/8967497/Super_Metroid_-_Speed_Demos.avi.html
Mirrors:
http://spjclan.com/Super_Metroid_-_Speed_Demos.avi
http://www.zeromission.co.uk/tas/Super_Metroid_-_Speed_Demos.avi
Thanks alot to StarmanHaxor and Andrew Mills for the Mirrors!
Further Demos:
2nd Teaser until 3rd Power Bomb Pack in old Brinstar.
http://rapidshare.de/files/10490435/Super_Metroid_-_Speed_Demos_2.avi.html
Mirror: http://www.zeromission.co.uk/tas/Super_Metroid_Speed_Demo2.avi (Thanks to Andrew Mills)
3rd Teaser completing the entire Lower Norfair and beating Ridley!
http://rapidshare.de/files/29925902/Super_Metroid_-_Speed_Demos_3.avi.html
Mirror: http://www.samus.co.uk/movies/Super_Metroid_-_Speed_Demos_3.avi
I hope the route I choose is the most rational one, if someone thinks I have missed something or want to suggest a maybe better route, lets hear it.
I also want to thank Maur for giving me the idea once to make this insane run. I hope you guys will like it when it is done.
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