VG Myths - Can You Beat The Metroid II Minimalist Pacifist Challenge?
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- Опубликовано: 20 апр 2024
- 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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Sources
Metroid II: Return of Samus
Music from khinsider
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...
The Powerpuff Girls for some reason 
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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
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
I’m crying, this is literally the resolution the Doctor Who season 11 finale goes for 😭😭
peace, love, and plants! /ref
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
@@cosmicjenny4508To be fair good old Mr. Tim Shaw did murder... so it's not immoral, it's just him being sentenced to prison
A real pacifist knows when taking 47 lives is necessary. Thank you for doing what needed to be done.
oh hey, my other favorite trans girl challenge runner!
@@sageblu2283 the two best - simplychamp and gamersnaps
Like killing 47 guards to get the classic suit of the hitman series, as agent 47
OH SIMPLY SNAPS HIIIII~
Hiii Snaps ❤😊
"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.
And AM2R before it
metroid 2, my favourite trilogy
Yeah, so glad the fans made a remake since Nintendo would never.
@@ArtemisAYO samus returns is good though??
@@Nieveria it's only so-so, like 6/10
this is probably the game where the pacifist run has the most ludonarrative dissonance
To be fair, Samus was only sent there to kill Metroids. If anything this is the MOST lore-accurate playthrough.
@@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.
"The other enemies are fine, but the -fish- metroids have sinned."
@@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.
@@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.
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.
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.
This unlocks the ending where a small white dog becomes ruler of SR388 and inexplicably makes the world perfect for everyone.
I get it!
I THINK I get it. Think.
perhaps we are thinking of different games...
Can YOU Metroid 2 beat the return of samus minimalist pacifist challenge?
what the
I most certainly cannot sir bomberguy
I don’t know can I?
i bet if i did, my mother would be very proud
@@autisticchopper I feel like I just saw Benoît Blanc hanging out in a random club.
26:50 Nothing is quite as satisfying as hearing her triumphant "I don't have to play this game anymore!" laugh.
Hi Gamerchamp, thanks for welcoming me back to VG Myths
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So true
Pacifist Genocide, my favorite Undertale run.
But this isn't undertale.
@@tibby4503
We all know Metroid for the Nintendo Entertainment System was programmed with Undertale
@@An_Entire_Lime man I'm dead💀
@@An_Entire_Lime *metroid ii for the gameboy entertainment system
@@dazcar2203 The first game in the Metroid 2 series
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-“
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.
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.
@@exorphitus its literally not her fault
The way you use the word "legally" like a weapon is sending me
Classic Gamechamp. She's TECHNICALLY not a lawyer, but shhh, don't tell the games that!
Gamechamp is legally not a lawyer
we love a good gamechamp3000 "if it doesn't exist, it can't die"
Love a gamechamp video alongside a bowl of duct tape and a nice tall glass of double sided duct tape
I'll stick with my 47 lattes, thanks.
'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.
I think this is the first time that "programmed on duct tape" actually _prevented_ silly cheese.
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!
More like government-sanctioned poaching
And when RUclips 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.
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
same 😭 i'm very glad we got zero mission and samus returns because i would always get lost in the originsl games
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!
Welcome back to Gamechamp’s comment section! The Online Internet RUclips Reaction that continues to love her videos!
Having the end credits be triggered by touching a missile recharging station while having killed all the metroids is interesting
"It stopped existing before it had the chance to die" Probably one of the most metal things I've ever heard.
Right along with "Kill it before it exists" from a previous episode. One of the Rockman games.
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!
I'm ready for duct tape
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
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
:0 i thought gamechamp3000 was a man
@@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.
@@ArloMathisUsed to use she/they, now uses only she/her iirc
Upon killing Queen Metroid, you are the new metroid queen.
Considering Samus IS a Metroid, that's spot on.
@@Zorothegallade-gg7zg Even more fitting because the baby in her cellular structure was a queen :3
"It stopped exiting before it had the chance to die" is my favorite mental gymnastics.
The Super Metroid Minimalist Pacifist Reverse Boss Order run is gonna be very fun to watch :)
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.
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*
I'm now imagining the Federation after this run: "Did she really just kill only a few and just LEAVE?"
This is more like a hit-man mission, where you have specified targets and need to avoid killing civilians
31:54 “This family stinks!”
I didn’t expect a sequel to the first Metroid video but I’m happy to see it
18:58 backshots
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. 🙂
"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.
I can't believe you came back to Metroid after that first one, but I'm so happy you did.
So, is this going to be a series now ? Neat.
The series itself might be holding through duct tape only so we will see lmao
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I love how both Metroid and Mega Man have GB games people always forget and yet are so important to the lore
I'm not sure I'd call the GBA Megaman games super important to the lore, but they do exist. That's for sure.
@@HolyAlondite
Nah I meant GB GB
Megaman & Bass is great though
You can hear the voice training working like a charm
'It is programmed on duct tape'
*the programming in question keeping you from beating the game without actually beating the game*
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.
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
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.
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
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
What a cool run! Glad to see you again, and well done champ!
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 :>
Damn, what a nice surprise. Not many people who'd even remember Metroid II
Thank you Gamechamp!
Watching you and behemoth nail that battle is so insanely impressive
Metroid 2 is one of my favorite Metroid games. I am so happy you did a minimalist challenge for it too
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.
Ah, shit, here we go again.
the inspired feat of conducting a pacifist run in which every progression target is killed. gamechamp pushes new borders every day
Oh my gosh, the timing is so funny - I just watched the Metroid 1 pacifist run like half a week ago!
this was such a great episode!
been playing metroid 2 again recently, this is what i needed
I wasn’t expecting this video, one of the two most awaited videos (together with megaman 5 hitless)
You have the MOST unhinged patrons lol. I live for the segment.
I’m always here watching my favorite series of Champ being good at videogames.
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!
What a good thing to wake up to. Thank you ms gamechamp 🥺
Ms.Gamerchamp thank you for being entertaining :)
You make even some of the worst days enjoyable
It's always a good day when Gamechamp uploads! Metroid isn't my cup of tea, but this'll be fun to watch!
Cant believe we've got a new episode so soon! You're spoiling us!
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.
She'll probably do Super next.
She tends to go in order.
@@HarbingerYT And I'm eagerly looking forward to her breaking Super in half.
2 was always my favorite. nuts crazy to do this though lol. good work
Gamerchamp, back at it again with masoc- i mean duct tape
Yay I love this channel thanks for your time and art 😀
I just started playing metroid and you drop this BANGER :D
I appreciate the closed captions
i'm excited for the super metroid run. can't wait to see the crazy tricks that would be utilized
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
your catchphrases are so good
I've had this game since it came out, and I never knew you could get inside the end boss to drop spicy meatballs.
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.
Woh more metroid! Awespme job GameChamp!
Ms. Champ I missed you. You came back right when I needed you, thank you Ms. Champ.
SHE'S STILL ALIVE
It's been so long! Welcome back Ms Champ! ❤
The correct way to watch this on mobile is windowed, hunched over the screen like a little gameboy goblin
I see what you're laying down game champ. Can't wait for the zero mission run!
Needed this upload! Been a long week
Absolutely not!
I've seen some insane challenges on this channel, but I'm not masochistic enough to even conceive of how much more masochism would be required to even attempt such a challenge, let alone finish it.
Congratulations, and I will now be running as far away from the house before Gamechamp collapses into singularity of self-inflicted pain.
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!
Hey, it's the Metroid 2 corridor music, I love that song!
oh, my GOSH, when that startup noise sounded I thought I was listening to snail's house.
It is extremely funny that the next fastest time for low% on the M2 leaderboards after behemoth's run is by a guy with several 2D Metroid WRs under his belt, and yet it's 7 and a half hours slower.
Almost the entirety of that run was on the Metroid Queen fight, and watching it happen live was like watching someone lose their grip on reality.
Congrats on this incredible achievement.
Oh wow, I feel kind of bad, I got really lucky with my "rely on good RNG" strat and got a successful attempt within 2 hours
I know a super Metroid game, it’s… Metroid Zero Mission!
This is definitely exactly what you asked for!
Omg! I was just recommended the Metroid 1 MPC run and then I found this one!
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.
Just laid down in bed with a bowl of ice cream, open up RUclips and see a new VG myths episode. I alone am the honored one
My favorite Metroid game :). Used to play it all the time.
Gosh I loved the ending!
Super Metroid next perhaps? I’d be so excited. Also would you consider doing a Zero Mission challenge some day? I never see Zero Mission content, but I love that game so much.
Wow, great to see Gamechamp's hands are doing well enough to do this.
These are my favorite videos on the internet
Nintendo really should have called it Return of the Pool of Burnt Duct Tape
I’ve been looking forward to this