Metroid Prime 2: Echoes - Beginner Any% Speedrun Tutorial (2025)
37This is the current Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Any% (Beginner's Route) tutorial. This was a much needed update on the one I did in 2018. This one now features a proper input display, and this was written ahead of time, so it was not just done on a whim. This route is slightly harder, as there is fewer Energy Tanks to get before Quadraxis. The route is much faster though, as it's able to do Early Sanctuary without needing to the 1 try only Grand Abyss dash anymore.
If you have any questions, feel free to comment, or join the Echoes discord and ask for help!
Demonstration Run (1:08 IGT): • Metroid Prime 2: Echoes - Beginner An...
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro/Options
6:28 Item Loss Skip and Out of Bounds Explanations
28:33 Power Bomb Wallcrawl Backup
39:29 Agon Wastes
45:27 Early Beam Ammo
47:41 BSJ Explanation
54:56 Drop System Explanation
1:01:59 Bioenergy Trick
1:09:19 Dark Samus 1 Explanation
1:13:42 Doomed Entry
1:23:37 Menu Mod Brief Explanation
1:26:28 Feeding Pit
1:37:35 Mineshaft/Amber
1:41:50 Sanctuary Fortress
1:43:34 Gyro Puzzle Solution
1:44:27 Boost Jump/Rolljump explanations (Crossing Watch Station Access)
1:48:30 Watch Station Bomb Slot
1:54:37 Grand Abyss
1:56:35 Vault
2:10:07 Quadraxis Wallcrawl
2:20:37 Quadraxis Fight
2:42:28 Escaping Dynamo Works
2:45:32 Agon Trip 2 (Brief explanation of Amber later if skipping Mine Shaft)
2:48:24 Light suit to Seekers
2:50:29 Seeker Missile Puzzle
2:50:55 Seeker Backup (Faster method not recommended)
2:55:21 Abandoned Base
2:57:45 Torvus
3:00:18 Pirate Fight
3:03:20 Air Underwater/Underwater Dashes
3:13:08 Alpha Blogg Skip
3:15:08 Power Bomb Guardian
3:27:52 Dark Forgotten Bridge
3:31:05 Chykka Larva Explanation
3:40:43 Chykka Adult Explanation
3:55:02 Begin Key Collection
3:57:54 Catacombs Portal Explanation
4:07:48 Spider Guardian
4:14:11 Hive Dynamo Works Key
4:17:43 Hive Entrance Key
4:23:50 Battleground Key
4:27:30 Dark Oasis Key (You may use the ammo station here if needed, did not point this out.)
4:32:35 Temple Grounds Key Cleanup
4:43:30 Defiled Shrine Key
4:46:25 Sky Temple
4:48:35 Emperor Ing I
4:53:30 Emperor Ing II
4:56:44 Emperor Ing III
5:08:00 Dark Samus 3/4 Explanation
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5:38:49 Quad Skip
5:49:12 Qaud Skip Second Half
6:08:08 Post Quad Skip Routing
6:14:57 Chykka without Annihilator
6:20:47 Spider Skip Routing
6:32:04 Spider Skip trick
6:36:55 Escaping Dynamo Works
6:41:15 Post Dynamo Works Route
6:47:03 Finale (Dying to Phazon Crates)
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LINKS/RESOURCES
General Links
• Movement Guide (by Rayshai): • Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Movement Guid...
• Echoes Leaderboards: https://www.speedrun.com/mp2_echoes
• Echoes Speedrunning Discord: https://discord.gg/tjSDqV2Y8s
• Dark Samus 3/4 Guide: • A More Consistent Dark Samus 4 Skip G...
Documents
• Route Document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aOlz13bKVSZ1fO48uSL7feHCakBL7rp6fZCKC2hTmN8/edit?usp=sharing
• erinexplosives' Dolphin Setup guide: https://docs.google.com/document/d/16Knvj8sfz1Tw7blEqfHbjn59jNlKY1cmtWmHLL5_cSU/edit?tab=t.0
• Load Trigger Document: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CNSEchxeLWTVJmIr3rMmbpt-V78uLaZS_MQjUqZpoUc/edit?gid=462003606#gid=462003606
• Prime Series Damage and Health Data: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dPk8w2-Bm7BMrz0XEX2_y0u9wLKXLPQK9dsBGnkF3S4/edit?gid=1537761029#gid=1537761029
• Chykka Larva: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BLXoQcSYQJQfcyfYHi_5I7J2ZD8gS2Lp/edit?tab=t.0
Downloads
• Menu Mod: https://github.com/henriquegemignani/echoes-menu-mod-gui/releases
• Prime World Editor: https://github.com/AxioDL/PrimeWorldEditor/releases
• 100% Save File (To skip Cutscenes): https://www.speedrun.com/static/resource/jv7qe.gci?v=cf6d5fb
• GameCube Memory Manager: https://github.com/suloku/gcmm/releases
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CREDITS
erinexpolsives, for helping me write this/giving me feedback on the route
Claris, for creating Menu Mod
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