Skipping Bosses in Metroid (NES) - A Wild Glitch Appears! #shorts

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Published on March 5, 2021 9:10:32 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWtZ9dQSlXQ

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In Metroid for the NES, you're normally not supposed to have access to the final area of the game (Tourian) until you defeat both of the game's bosses: Ridley and Kraid. Only then can you activate the statues inside the Statue Room to extend a bridge that leads to the Tourian elevator, and Samus can continue on toward Mother Brain.

Unless you do this crazy exploit that allows you to skip one or both bosses.

If you can lure a Swooper (sometimes called Rios) into the Statue Room and freeze it with the Ice Beam just as it swoops underneath the platform on the left, you can hop on top of it. Then, curl up into Morph Ball form and immediately drop a Bomb, which will boost you into the gap on the left, and now you can get up and walk through the door to Tourian.

This glitch (or exploit I should say) can often be much trickier than it looks since the timing is rather precise, and understanding the AI and pathing of the crazy spacebat enemies is somewhat necessary, but with a little practice, you can pull off this trick and impress maybe four people!

I'm not sure whether to call Ridley and Krai minibosses or just bosses.

Thanks to True Peace In Space for the Metroid password generator - https://www.truepeacein.space/

Thanks to Metroid2002 for teaching me this trick decades ago - https://www.metroid2002.com/1/speed_tricks_skip_bosses.php

Thanks to U Can Beat Video Games for reminding me this trick exists - https://youtu.be/OBPWfrd6esU

Hmm I don't know if I want to show this to you, but here's a VERY OLD playthrough of Metroid that I made in like 2010 - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE8C6CF5140FDC44A

This video was edited in VideoPad - https://www.nchsoftware.com/videopad/index.html

What are some other weird tricks in old games you know about? I want to make more of these quick shorts, so leave a comment to suggest more glitches, Easter Eggs, and weird things!

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