[TAS] Metroid: Zero Mission Map Completion in 1:02:12 (41:26)

This is a tool-assisted speedrun. For more information, see https://tasvideos.org/WelcomeToTASVideos Created with TAStudio on Bizhawk 2.9 Real-time (frames): 222936 = 1꞉02꞉12.55 (@59.7275 fps) 86 seconds saved over my previous TAS Rerecord count: 43637 Wanted to update my previous TAS since I've learned quite a bit and wanted to see how late Acid Worm shakes out. Thanks to Dragonfangs, CScottyW, mikefood, and the Zero Mission community for various room strats and ideas. Also thanks to Dragonfangs and biospark for lua scripts for hitbox viewing and charlie RNG. GENERAL NOTES ----------------------------- Items: All majors except Long Beam, 3 energy tanks, 35 missiles, 8 super missiles, 12 power bombs (33%) Fast text! Slight route improvement in Brinstar (get Bombs hint room late) - saves ~1.2 seconds but probably not advisable if you're going for HBJ route (see below) HBJ route is certainly faster for TAS, about 12.8 seconds if you can do 0 round acid worm (+ up to another 3 if you skip Kraid refill). Probably worth it if you're good at HBJ? You'll lose about 2 seconds of this time save if you don't HBJ from the acid. Long Beam skip saves 5.1 seconds at Tourian entry. Lose at least half a second later and you'll want to use 4 supers on Acid Worm for a 0 round. Probably not worth it. Wave Beam skip saves 6.6 seconds at Tourian entry. At least a 1 round Acid Worm if you don't use 6 supers (+1.7 seconds minimum) and humans would lose probably most of this time. Definitely not worth it. Maybe I'll explore it in a future TAS. Brinstar ----------------------------- 15f lost in the Varia bug room compared to the last TAS due to worse RNG Getting the tiles/missile in the top-left of Brinstar after the Varia Suit section rather than on your way to Tourian is about 1.2 seconds slower. Having Hi-Jump + Screw Attack also makes dealing with the enemies by the Bombs hint statue much more consistent from an RTA standpoint. If doing HBJ route it's still probably better to grab this missile early since you'll only have 25 missiles throughout Kraid's lair, making refill skip less viable. However this also makes long beam skip slower since you still need to grab those tiles and you'll almost certainly want a refill going into Tourian. Time saved (all Brinstar visits pre-Tourian): 17.4 seconds Kraid ----------------------------- Refill skip saved a little over 3 seconds after accounting for ~40f lost in sidehopper room but you'll need some drop luck for it to be worth it Crateria & Norfair 1 ----------------------------- Hot Fudge spark can save up to ~12 frames Skipping the third landing in Speed Booster hint room saves 4 frames but it lost me more than that in the next couple rooms due to worse enemy patterns If you don't have Hi-Jump, Missile refill glitch saves ~14 frames over the bomb strategy Time saved: 6.3 seconds Ridley ----------------------------- Falling earlier on right side of first sidehopper room saved ~25f Bottom room: ballspark can save 56f over running, shinespark can save 24f over running Post-speedway: if skipping the e-tank, ballsparking across the room can save 28f, shinespark can save 16f over just running through the room.Ballsparking to the e-tank loses 24f. Time saved: 2.7 seconds Norfair 2 ----------------------------- Time saved: 2 seconds Tourian ----------------------------- Time saved: 3.7 seconds Suitless ----------------------------- Time saved (suitless): 6.4 seconds Time saved (Charlie): 5 seconds Chozodia 1 ----------------------------- No Long Beam means no space boost through the room after the zeelas since we need to grab some tiles, losing 32f Cleanup ----------------------------- Time saved (Crateria/Tourian/Brinstar): 4 seconds Time saved (both Kraid visits): 25.1 seconds Time saved (Norfair): 3.9 seconds Time saved (both Chozodia cleanups): 9.3 seconds CHAPTERS ------------------- 0:00 Intro 8:16 Kraid's Lair 13:07 Norfair 18:39 Ridley's Lair 24:35 Norfair Cleanup 1 29:36 Tourian 33:17 Suitless 39:52 Suited 45:14 Crateria Reentry 47:42 Kraid Cleanup 51:15 Norfair Cleanup 54:56 Chozodia Reentry 1:00:47 Escape 1:05:55 Clear Screen