@Tono_lagos It's always possible for either the Space Pirates or even the Galactic Federation to build an entire artificial ecosystem based on SR388 in planet Zebes similar to the one in the BSL Station in order to allow "the Baby" to continue it's natural life cycle, becoming a Queen and kickstarting a new hive in the process. As long as you have the resources and technology Metroids can STILL grow into mindless killing monsters ANYWHERE in the Universe.
@Tono_lagos As proven by the BSL space station in Metroid Fusion the Federation did know about the effects SR388's environment had on the Metroid life cycle. Seeing as the Space Pirates had a giant, superintelligent monster brain at their side it might have been a matter of time before they figured out the secret to growing Metroids allowing them to create hives to their hearts content.
Dude I hope they port this game to Switch so we can get the chance to play it with a Pro controller and a better quality, this game Totally deserve it.
It gets real interesting with AM2R. The ways people defeat bosses and complete the game are surprising. For example, I never knew you could role under the chozo statue's feet.
@The Clorox Addict lol omega fight is quite similar but more difficult than zeta metroid in am2r. I don't understand how zeta feel more difficult and better than omega. Even though omega has every technique which zeta had but more difficult. Yes both metroid fight has that hiding place in am2r through which you can cheese both metroid fights.
One thing I loved about this scene is that it shows that Samus is a super strong badass bounty hunter, and then it immediately shows how gentle she can be. Samus really is the best of both worlds
If only they had Google where you live... OH WAIT, THEY DO!!! In case you have YET to google it, a process quicker than posting "wat is this?" Other M is a 2d Metroid game for the Wii by a third party dev, same guys that did (new) Ninja Gaiden. It wasn't very popular.
Something kind of scary about Samus’ design in this game is how much it reminds me of Dark Samus. That visor shape just really throws me off. It looks great tho.
Jason Adjiwanou As long as you keep the baby Metroid away from Planet SR388 or any environments replicating it, it _should_ stay as a cute, friendly jellyfish.
Yeah I loved it, I even got all of Samus' ending variants/poses in all the difficulties including Fusion mode. It is highly underrated, although I'm not sure that general perception will change much given how much of an improvement Dread is in some pretty big ways. If the game were to get rereleased as-is it would probably be kind of jarring to go back to after playing a lot of Dread.
@@BradTheDead I played through this game twice (Normal and Hard) for the first time and played Dread just a couple of days after I finished. I can say with all certainty that Dread is the superior game. It has access to more buttons which makes toggling between different weapons like the grapple more intuitive on the fly, much smoother movement, more variety of enemies that don't feel as cheap, and the exploration is top notch. I thought this game didn't let you discover much for yourself. You just use a pulse and get a readout of all hidden rooms and item locations. But I also don't like how earlier Metroid games required a guide to 100% without bombing everything. The new mechanics in Dread game helped me to 100% the game while still finding the secrets for myself or not realizing it when the game was guiding me about what to do or where to go.
@@jacobg8640 Yeah I totally agree that Dread is the superior game by some distance but it's great to see how some of the things from this game carried over to Dread (I can't imagine a 2d Metroid game without being able to parry enemies). I get the feeling this game was largely overlooked by all but the most dedicated fans but then that's probably true for most other games in the series! On a side note I've noticed on Ebay the price of this game has shot up since Metroid Dread's release, i bought a sealed copy of this around 18 months ago for £27, now sealed copies (at least here in the UK) are going for at least £80. Should have bought 2...
@@burtbackattack I borrowed it from a friend in preparation for Dread after I played the rest of the series on an emulator save Super on NSO. It's always been $40 here in the US with used copies being even more expensive. I've fallen in love with the series, but needed the money for Dread.
Then again killing the baby Metroid Samus wouldnt have been in those situations. For example Ridley cant take the baby Metroid from the space facility in Super Metroid because there is no Metroid thus most likely preventing what happened. On Metroid Fusion the without the DNA of the baby metroid a facility wouldnt be constructed in SR388 to clone the Metroid. Then again im just high af right now and thinkin tooo hard about it haha
For the green balls, and any fire breathing attack, you can morph ball between her two front claws and avoid all chance of damage. Definitely takes longer, but it made beating it in hard mode much simpler.
Thomas Reid You’ll have to roll out from under there quickly when the coast is clear; once she’s finished attacking, the Queen will notice you’re under her and will prepare to charge forward.
Not scary? Try playing it when those graphics were considered better than previous generation (minus color). The buildup of hearing what sounded like defenseless monster cries with ominous music playing and you enter the lair to see a gigantic monster bigger than the screen can display (almost inconceivable at the time) that hit hard, hit fast, and didn't want to go down despite dozens upon dozens of missiles. I may sound old, but back then, it was a Colossus.
Same! I did both playthroughs back to back, and I just thought I was taking advantage of her being knocked out to shoot Super Missiles down her throat. Go figure!🤣
I had absolutely no idea you could just roll inside the Metroid Queen and drop a power bomb right next to her heart. I’m now more prepared for this fight when I get there. Already defeated the Diggernaut, so she should be next.
I swear I didn't know this, either! I played on normal and then hard, back to back, and I swear I killed her by thinking I was taking advantage of the opening to unload as many Super Missiles into her mouth as possible after yanking her head down.
When I fought the queen it never occurred to me that I could go lay a bomb in her stomach in morph ball mode. Wish I could go back and fight her again. What a great game.
I recently bought Metroid samus returns last week, I’ve completed it now and it was a blast…. But I NEVER REALISED YOU COULD MORPH BALL INSIDE THE Queen Metroid, that’s so cool.
When she spits out the green balls there is a space next to her chest that you can sit in with the morphball that is completely safe until they go away. You can't do damage while you wait. But its great if you are having trouble dodging the balls and the lasers.
Yeah, it's a nod to the original. Though AM2R made it more of an Easter egg, since you got a fantastically gory kill if you opted to kill her with a power bomb.
Tip: For the phase where she uses the Green Plasma attack, going under her neck is a safe zone and will cause the AI to initiate a charge attack, just roll away while in morph ball form and you'll get away unharmed.
It's three times. First against Ridley while trying to escape SR388. Second against Mother Brain in Super Metroid. Third time when it's cells were used in the vaccine that saved Samus' life against the X parasites in Fusion,
Not killing the baby Metroid was the smartest decision Samus ever made and will ever make. Because even if she makes smarter decisions, she wouldn’t have been alive to make them if she didn’t spare the Metroid
I know I'm gonna get slack for this but in the style of Other M, I could see this when Samus meets the baby Metroid. "(5:10) I had my cannon raised and the Ice Beam fully charged...I was ready to pull the trigger. But...something was telling me that this was wrong. The newly hatched Metroid...it wasn't trying to hurt me, in fact, it's mannerisms were acting as if I was more to it. (5:27) Then it hit me, most newborn species feel the first thing they see as it's mother...and this baby Metroid...I was the first thing it saw after it hatched in front of me. (5:38) I couldn't do it. Not to such a defenseless creature. (5:42) I knew what I had to do now, I needed to bring this baby to safety. I'll return to my ship and leave this planet for good. And maybe...just maybe, there may be hope for the Metroids yet with this baby."
Ah, I'm about to hit this very point now in the game, and based off of what I've seen "It should be a breeze" it's the one after this one that concerns me lol.
Why is everyone so surprised that you could crawl into the Queen Metroid and bomb her from the inside? You were able to do that in the original Game Boy version too.
Well when I played the original, I tried to, but I never got past her mouth (I wasn’t willing to risk it further because of how quickly it drained my health) When I played through this fight for the time, I completely forgot you could do so, especially with the Thunder Shield Also, not everyone’s played the original Metroid 2. It’s a bit of a hidden gem in the Gameboy’s library Even still, I think it’s a cool nod to the original fight
Man, good fight. I never really got the gist on how to avoid the second fire attack that starts from the upper part of the screen. Thus, I finished the fight with 30 energy and my heart beating at 120 bpm 😂😂
The Queen Metroid is essentially a big Dodongo from the Zelda series, you kill it in pretty much the same fashion by bombing its insides. I’m also surprised at how many people didn’t realize you could roll in her mouth, that was the optimal strategy back in the original Metroid II and you have to do it in Other M
I didn’t know I could spider ball around the green fireballs. I was initially taking cover under her head, but had to switch it up because later in the battle she lowers her neck
I was wondering before why people would not try to find a way to get inside the Queen on this version of the game, or if Nintendo had removed the action. One of the surprises in the original Metroid 2 GB game was that it was quicker and easier to enter the paralyzed Queen's mouth when she froze right in front of you and deposit as many morphball bombs as possible till she died instead of laying 200+ rockets on her and almost dying in the long process. I remember doing that by accident and then it became my preferred way of killing her. Then watching other people's game play on this version really made me think that Nintendo wouldn't or couldn't have erased that option and I am glad now that I saw that they didn't.
ShadowNinjaGrump Game or melee counter and shoot? There's auto lock on after the melee too so you don't have to aim. It's a lot faster. Then again, the stupid snail things can't be melee countered, I guess ice would work on them
Wow, just think...Samus was sent to SR388 by the Galactic Federation to exterminate all Metroids...but after defeating the Queen Metroid, she went against protocol and decided to adopt the Baby! Goes to show that even intergalactic bounty hunters have a soft side!
Just finished this game today and of course i didn't knew you could enter her. Saw that you could do that in the gameboy version and thought "wait, what if..."
And this kids is how metroid fusion came into play, all she had to do is murder the last metroid. 5:23 The metroid saga would have came to a final close, no super metroid and beyond. Then again if samus went to zebes and tried to take on mother brain with no help. It would be the best blood bath samus has yet to see in her lifetime.
Metroid Fusion happened because Metroid II/ Samus Returns happened. The X Parasites were all but extinct on SR388 because of the Metroids hunting them. Since Samus killed them all, they repopulated and infiltrated the BSL. If Samus had just killed the baby, maybe she would've survived Zebes and maybe she would've defeated mother brain and the pirates without the baby's help. But there would be nothing to save her from an X parasite infection, thus no one to fight them and destroy them all. The Chozo's original fear of the X would've come true
@@SparkerZed Exactly. 👌 In the end it was for the best that Samus spared the baby Metroid despite all the death that would eventually ensue in Super Metroid 3 and Other M. Had she not done so the X would have infected the entire galaxy killing everybody.
I hate it when she uses her fire breath on the ceiling FIRST and then on the ground, as well as launching those green balls. What am I supposed to do to avoid this attack?! Ground first, then ceiling is fine, just spiderball onto the wall and jump off when the ground fire extinguishes. But I can't avoid the attack the other way around! And I can't space jump to avoid because of those damn green balls!
i dodged by spider ball jumping to the ceilling with a power bomb the first time out of reflex. the green blob can't hit you during the propulsion either so thats nice.
Shit me too, was looking for this comment, I can never avoid when she does that pattern first, what I did my four time playing this game as soon as she shoots the greens balls I quickly turn to morph ball and start climbing the ceiling, all three times she shot down first, not sure if I just got lucky but that's what I did, but yeah fuck that attack lol.
Goddamn! I didn't know you could go inside. I just used super missiles. Also, where you used ice beam, I used regular missiles to soften her up. I'm trying to get the under 4 hour finish time...and you've helped "bigly". Thanks.
It’s actually really neat how the metroid counter not only let’s you know how close you are to completing your goal, but also serves a narrative element. When the number suddenly starts going up it tells the player that the metroids are either duplicating themselves or *something* is making more. Adds such a cool bit of mystery and stress as your progress starts regressing with every new metroid that appears
You could destroy those green orbs with the Screwattack the entire time!?!?!?!?!?! And I was dodging them like Catherine Zeta-Jones dodged laserbeams lol
0:15 Queen Metroid: You. I am amazed that you fought past all my children and made it all the way here. You may have killed all my children, but you’ll never take me down!
There’s a lot of people that didn’t think to use the spiderball for the wind pushing attack didn’t diggernaut teach y guys ?i sure as hell frustratingly learned
I have never once made it past the second stage of this fight. My hands physically cramp up and I can no longer work the controls. The 3DS is just too damn small, it wasn't meant for adult hands.
MercurySteam's boss designers clearly recognized that the most natural thing for a territorial space lizard to do is fill the room with a maze of energy balls and then coat the walls with fire. Truly immersive boss design. The power bomb sequence is executed perfectly here though.
Gameplay and variety wise I say this is better than the AM2R version of the queen, the idea of using the spiderball during the boss fight was brilliant, sadly the presentation is not nearly as good as AM2R, specially the music, the remix of the classic theme carries so much more tension and drama than this new one.
Fuck yeah. I started with beam burst to get to the first uppercut and grapple part. Used missiles to get to the second and third but missed the third grapple part but got two power bombs in at least. Trying to get the fourth uppercut so I can get the third power bomb so bad I started using my super missiles and bam didn’t need a third power bomb cause super missiles finished the job. What a fight.
OH, so THAT'S what I was doing wrong. God damn it. The Queen Metroid isn't so tough now after I used your strategy. Beat her on my first attempt utilising this.
From Metroid Zero Mission to Metroid 4 (other m non-canon thanks to this game so it doesn't count): Samus has genocided three full races of intelligent and dangerous beings (X parasites, Metroids, the Ing); four if we consider phazon to be a being, she's destroyed four entire planets (Zebes by proxy, phaaze, Dark Aether, and SR388), collapsed an entire dimension on itself (might be cheating with Dark Aether), and she completely dismantled a pirate organization that had been going ballistic for decades all because a space dragon wanted to do a funny during a raid.
The Queen Metroid is as intimidating as always. I wonder how Samus would handle the Basilisk from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets? I mean, would she know not to look the Basilisk in the eye, and that it has very potent venom? Then again, she probably would just shoot the Basilisk in the eyes with her eyes closed, considering she shot the Diggernaut in the face with incredible accuracy without looking at it.
Why the Baby Metroid is so freakin' adorable?? Look how cute this thing is, and how happy it behaves around Samus.
Just you wait until it grows into adulthood and kills everything in sight.
@@javiervasquez8995 still baby
headcannon: the baby metroid would be considered the runt of the litter compared to other Metroids
@Tono_lagos It's always possible for either the Space Pirates or even the Galactic Federation to build an entire artificial ecosystem based on SR388 in planet Zebes similar to the one in the BSL Station in order to allow "the Baby" to continue it's natural life cycle, becoming a Queen and kickstarting a new hive in the process. As long as you have the resources and technology Metroids can STILL grow into mindless killing monsters ANYWHERE in the Universe.
@Tono_lagos As proven by the BSL space station in Metroid Fusion the Federation did know about the effects SR388's environment had on the Metroid life cycle. Seeing as the Space Pirates had a giant, superintelligent monster brain at their side it might have been a matter of time before they figured out the secret to growing Metroids allowing them to create hives to their hearts content.
My hands hurt just watching this.
lmao
My hands were numb by the time I defeated her. It was worth it though.
My left thumb was destroyed by the time I finished, but I loved the game.
It really isn't that bad. Honestly the only awkward part was the floor is lava sweep
Dude I hope they port this game to Switch so we can get the chance to play it with a Pro controller and a better quality, this game Totally deserve it.
Took me a few tries before realizing I could just use spiderball to not get destroyed by the wind attack.
OF COURSE!!! damn I was looking at it all wrong
LOL DERP (i killed her without doing that....somehow)
KunioFox the
(beat) D'oh!
Me too
It's cool to see how other people's strategies for this fight differed from my own.
It gets real interesting with AM2R. The ways people defeat bosses and complete the game are surprising. For example, I never knew you could role under the chozo statue's feet.
Harris : Same, I went and watched every boss battle to see if there were strategies I haven't tried.
The Clorox Addict you dont have to counter ridley at all
@The Clorox Addict lol omega fight is quite similar but more difficult than zeta metroid in am2r. I don't understand how zeta feel more difficult and better than omega. Even though omega has every technique which zeta had but more difficult. Yes both metroid fight has that hiding place in am2r through which you can cheese both metroid fights.
@@huntergman8338 You can do that in Super Metroid too.
One thing I loved about this scene is that it shows that Samus is a super strong badass bounty hunter, and then it immediately shows how gentle she can be. Samus really is the best of both worlds
I think the Queen Metroid design in this game looks awesome.
Metroid Prime better than other m
poke maniac What is this "Other M" you speak of?
If only they had Google where you live... OH WAIT, THEY DO!!!
In case you have YET to google it, a process quicker than posting "wat is this?" Other M is a 2d Metroid game for the Wii by a third party dev, same guys that did (new) Ninja Gaiden. It wasn't very popular.
Cornelius Agrippa He was clearly being sarcastic...
You know "other M"the one that inspired the counter system in this game and made samus seem more badass in her fights in this game.
Something kind of scary about Samus’ design in this game is how much it reminds me of Dark Samus. That visor shape just really throws me off. It looks great tho.
I felt the same way ! And I think the shape doesn't match at all the moment in First Person when she sees the larva. It's always weird to me.
Imagine if Prime 4 ended with Samus' armor looking more similar to the armor here in Samus Returns?
@@Mr.Foxhatwell we need the game to actually release so we can see
@@CrasherX2000 lmao, good news
MY BOY AT THE END
5:10 ok that was simply beautiful
I know! It's the same sound effect even!
JamesOhGoodie ?
I want a Baby Metroid now
@@hi3209YT... As cute as may looks now, it'd be very troublesome when maturing.
Jason Adjiwanou As long as you keep the baby Metroid away from Planet SR388 or any environments replicating it, it _should_ stay as a cute, friendly jellyfish.
I really hope this game gets a bit more love after the success of Metroid Dread. I've spent hundreds of hours playing it. Kind of underrated imo.
Yeah I loved it, I even got all of Samus' ending variants/poses in all the difficulties including Fusion mode. It is highly underrated, although I'm not sure that general perception will change much given how much of an improvement Dread is in some pretty big ways. If the game were to get rereleased as-is it would probably be kind of jarring to go back to after playing a lot of Dread.
@@BradTheDead I played through this game twice (Normal and Hard) for the first time and played Dread just a couple of days after I finished. I can say with all certainty that Dread is the superior game. It has access to more buttons which makes toggling between different weapons like the grapple more intuitive on the fly, much smoother movement, more variety of enemies that don't feel as cheap, and the exploration is top notch. I thought this game didn't let you discover much for yourself. You just use a pulse and get a readout of all hidden rooms and item locations. But I also don't like how earlier Metroid games required a guide to 100% without bombing everything. The new mechanics in Dread game helped me to 100% the game while still finding the secrets for myself or not realizing it when the game was guiding me about what to do or where to go.
@@jacobg8640 Yeah I totally agree that Dread is the superior game by some distance but it's great to see how some of the things from this game carried over to Dread (I can't imagine a 2d Metroid game without being able to parry enemies). I get the feeling this game was largely overlooked by all but the most dedicated fans but then that's probably true for most other games in the series! On a side note I've noticed on Ebay the price of this game has shot up since Metroid Dread's release, i bought a sealed copy of this around 18 months ago for £27, now sealed copies (at least here in the UK) are going for at least £80. Should have bought 2...
@@burtbackattack I borrowed it from a friend in preparation for Dread after I played the rest of the series on an emulator save Super on NSO. It's always been $40 here in the US with used copies being even more expensive. I've fallen in love with the series, but needed the money for Dread.
Since I don't have a 3DS, I hope this game gets ported to the Switch before its EoL.
by not killing the baby metroid it saved Samus at the end of super metroid
ARAM And again (albeit indirectly) in Metroid Fusion.
(Spoilers!)
And in this game's Ridley fight
Then again killing the baby Metroid Samus wouldnt have been in those situations. For example Ridley cant take the baby Metroid from the space facility in Super Metroid because there is no Metroid thus most likely preventing what happened. On Metroid Fusion the without the DNA of the baby metroid a facility wouldnt be constructed in SR388 to clone the Metroid. Then again im just high af right now and thinkin tooo hard about it haha
Fyro_ J Year old comment but: Adam also wouldn't have had to sacrifice himself to destroy the Metroid breeding lab on the Bottle Ship 🤭
@@fyro_j8961 she would have been dead in fusion though
For the green balls, and any fire breathing attack, you can morph ball between her two front claws and avoid all chance of damage. Definitely takes longer, but it made beating it in hard mode much simpler.
Thomas Reid
You’ll have to roll out from under there quickly when the coast is clear; once she’s finished attacking, the Queen will notice you’re under her and will prepare to charge forward.
I know 4 years later but thanks so much. Worked a dream for fusion mode
Metroid 2 Metroid Queen: Not so scary
Samus Returns Metroid Queen: God save us all.
Not scary? Try playing it when those graphics were considered better than previous generation (minus color). The buildup of hearing what sounded like defenseless monster cries with ominous music playing and you enter the lair to see a gigantic monster bigger than the screen can display (almost inconceivable at the time) that hit hard, hit fast, and didn't want to go down despite dozens upon dozens of missiles. I may sound old, but back then, it was a Colossus.
She used to creep me out when I was a kid. I was only 4 when I first met her...
Metroid Other M Metroid Queen: Well, this is needlessly complicated... Oh, and I suddenly can use Power Bombs now? Thanks, I guess
GB Metroid Queen looks way scarier. It sort of reminds me of the jump from Diablo 2 graphics to Diablo 3 graphics.
Look at the AM2R one
Samus, you big softie
Clueless King not to mention at this point in the timeline, she blew up 2 entire planets (one of them being a false dimension)
Beat this on normal and fusion difficulty. Great game. DID NOT KNOW YOU COULD ROLL INTO ITS MOUTH AS MORPH BALL LIKE THAT. So COOL
Same! I did both playthroughs back to back, and I just thought I was taking advantage of her being knocked out to shoot Super Missiles down her throat. Go figure!🤣
1:51 So THATS how you roll into the Metroid Queen
*DAMN NINTENDO YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING WITH THE FAN SERVICE*
And can we talk about how detailed her insides are?
I had absolutely no idea you could just roll inside the Metroid Queen and drop a power bomb right next to her heart. I’m now more prepared for this fight when I get there. Already defeated the Diggernaut, so she should be next.
I swear I didn't know this, either! I played on normal and then hard, back to back, and I swear I killed her by thinking I was taking advantage of the opening to unload as many Super Missiles into her mouth as possible after yanking her head down.
When I fought the queen it never occurred to me that I could go lay a bomb in her stomach in morph ball mode. Wish I could go back and fight her again. What a great game.
I recently bought Metroid samus returns last week, I’ve completed it now and it was a blast…. But I NEVER REALISED YOU COULD MORPH BALL INSIDE THE Queen Metroid, that’s so cool.
I love how she sets a wall on fire then shouts you into it lol
When she spits out the green balls there is a space next to her chest that you can sit in with the morphball that is completely safe until they go away. You can't do damage while you wait. But its great if you are having trouble dodging the balls and the lasers.
That was a great tip! It helped me immensely!
The AEION SHIELD! I got her without it, but damn it was so obvious I could use it to avoid the damage inside her...
OMG!!! I'M A STUPID!!! I DIDN'T KNOW YOU COULD CRAWL IN IT'S MOUTH AND PLACE A POWER BOMB IN IT!!!
I was hoping it would be a thing when AM2R let us do that. The one reference to Other M we actually love.
It's not a reference to Other M. The original Metroid II that this game is based off was the game that introduced it.
Yeah, it's a nod to the original. Though AM2R made it more of an Easter egg, since you got a fantastically gory kill if you opted to kill her with a power bomb.
Hah I beat the queen today and I didn't know either. I just shot super missle into her mouth
JeromyTG2 excuse me CRAWL!??
Tip: For the phase where she uses the Green Plasma attack, going under her neck is a safe zone and will cause the AI to initiate a charge attack, just roll away while in morph ball form and you'll get away unharmed.
That baby has saved Samus life more times than it can count.
Kinda hard to count when you’re dead.
It's three times. First against Ridley while trying to escape SR388. Second against Mother Brain in Super Metroid. Third time when it's cells were used in the vaccine that saved Samus' life against the X parasites in Fusion,
@@LMVStudios hence the comment, considering that it was a baby and probably can't count to 3.
Not killing the baby Metroid was the smartest decision Samus ever made and will ever make. Because even if she makes smarter decisions, she wouldn’t have been alive to make them if she didn’t spare the Metroid
I know I'm gonna get slack for this but in the style of Other M, I could see this when Samus meets the baby Metroid.
"(5:10) I had my cannon raised and the Ice Beam fully charged...I was ready to pull the trigger. But...something was telling me that this was wrong. The newly hatched Metroid...it wasn't trying to hurt me, in fact, it's mannerisms were acting as if I was more to it. (5:27) Then it hit me, most newborn species feel the first thing they see as it's mother...and this baby Metroid...I was the first thing it saw after it hatched in front of me. (5:38) I couldn't do it. Not to such a defenseless creature. (5:42) I knew what I had to do now, I needed to bring this baby to safety. I'll return to my ship and leave this planet for good. And maybe...just maybe, there may be hope for the Metroids yet with this baby."
n it saved her in the end of super metroid against mother brain by killing itself n gave Samus new power
THE BABY
and again in fusion by using it's DNA to cure her of the X-parasite.
That actually isn't too bad.
This game is like a remake of Metroid 2, right? Isn't this just that same scene?
so, rely on the Spider ball in order to not get pulverized
Kevin Broderick And you'll still get pulverized anyway lol.
Ah, I'm about to hit this very point now in the game, and based off of what I've seen "It should be a breeze" it's the one after this one that concerns me lol.
My first run, I didn't know you could roll into the Queen and use the bombs. Still won anyway
Anybody else think the Queen looks cooler with a red shell?
I. Can't. Beat. This. Goddamn. Boss. ;__;
The game literally gives you invincibility as a powerup. Use it if you're not going to bother dodging.
JustAnotherPest I beat it lol.
piousaugustus84 Saaaaaame.
Very limited invincibility against the end bosses.
JustAnotherPest that saves you three hits and the most lol. it doesn't help much as you think it does.
Why is everyone so surprised that you could crawl into the Queen Metroid and bomb her from the inside? You were able to do that in the original Game Boy version too.
Well when I played the original, I tried to, but I never got past her mouth (I wasn’t willing to risk it further because of how quickly it drained my health)
When I played through this fight for the time, I completely forgot you could do so, especially with the Thunder Shield
Also, not everyone’s played the original Metroid 2. It’s a bit of a hidden gem in the Gameboy’s library
Even still, I think it’s a cool nod to the original fight
Shit at this rate I rather just go back and fight Omega Metroids
Man, good fight. I never really got the gist on how to avoid the second fire attack that starts from the upper part of the screen. Thus, I finished the fight with 30 energy and my heart beating at 120 bpm 😂😂
I want a Deluxe version in HD for Nintendo Switch!
Would be great but I don’t know how you’d manage things like the map and bean being on the touch screen, maybe an entire hud redesign?
3ds only for a reason my dude
well...Miitopia will be re-released on Switch,so....at this point,any Top 3ds game could be on Switch!!
@@pabloCJ1405 Is true, I hope Nintendo announce this game next time!
We got something even better.
I love how the battle theme calls back to mother brains 2nd phase in super metroid but it also sounds like the prime series
The Queen Metroid is essentially a big Dodongo from the Zelda series, you kill it in pretty much the same fashion by bombing its insides. I’m also surprised at how many people didn’t realize you could roll in her mouth, that was the optimal strategy back in the original Metroid II and you have to do it in Other M
I didn’t know I could spider ball around the green fireballs. I was initially taking cover under her head, but had to switch it up because later in the battle she lowers her neck
I was wondering before why people would not try to find a way to get inside the Queen on this version of the game, or if Nintendo had removed the action. One of the surprises in the original Metroid 2 GB game was that it was quicker and easier to enter the paralyzed Queen's mouth when she froze right in front of you and deposit as many morphball bombs as possible till she died instead of laying 200+ rockets on her and almost dying in the long process. I remember doing that by accident and then it became my preferred way of killing her. Then watching other people's game play on this version really made me think that Nintendo wouldn't or couldn't have erased that option and I am glad now that I saw that they didn't.
The biggest pain to defeat.
Your video really helped me win this fight. Thanks a lot.
I love this scene with the baby metroid! And that first person shot really sells me
Queen Metroid: YOU KILLED MY BABIES!
Samus: Your majesty! How are the little bastards?
Queen Metroid:...really?
Samus: LET ME COPE!
This epic. I just love how music fits with Samus movements in the opening cutscene.
I did not even use the ice beam the entire game just to get that Metroid you need it for after that I never even used it again.
ice beam only makes metroids easier to fight other then that its not very good in this game
Is it just too evil of a weapon to you?
Cato no I just forgot about.
You didn't even use it against the larva metroids before this fight? Ouch
ShadowNinjaGrump Game or melee counter and shoot? There's auto lock on after the melee too so you don't have to aim. It's a lot faster. Then again, the stupid snail things can't be melee countered, I guess ice would work on them
The theme of Queen Metroid is like a mix between Flaahgra and Mother-Brain Rex
I did not know you were supposed to go inside it
Wow, just think...Samus was sent to SR388 by the Galactic Federation to exterminate all Metroids...but after defeating the Queen Metroid, she went against protocol and decided to adopt the Baby!
Goes to show that even intergalactic bounty hunters have a soft side!
I did not know you could parry her and go inside to bomb her LOL. Wow.
Same
AMAZING and 3D in this game is SUPER!
Oh geez, I had no idea you could roll inside of her. Good to know for next time.
Just finished this game today and of course i didn't knew you could enter her. Saw that you could do that in the gameboy version and thought "wait, what if..."
And this kids is how metroid fusion came into play, all she had to do is murder the last metroid. 5:23
The metroid saga would have came to a final close, no super metroid and beyond.
Then again if samus went to zebes and tried to take on mother brain with no help.
It would be the best blood bath samus has yet to see in her lifetime.
She went to zebes to try and save the baby metroid from the space pirates, if they hadn't kidnapped it she probably would've nuked them from space.
Metroid Fusion happened because Metroid II/ Samus Returns happened. The X Parasites were all but extinct on SR388 because of the Metroids hunting them. Since Samus killed them all, they repopulated and infiltrated the BSL. If Samus had just killed the baby, maybe she would've survived Zebes and maybe she would've defeated mother brain and the pirates without the baby's help. But there would be nothing to save her from an X parasite infection, thus no one to fight them and destroy them all. The Chozo's original fear of the X would've come true
@@SparkerZed Exactly. 👌 In the end it was for the best that Samus spared the baby Metroid despite all the death that would eventually ensue in Super Metroid 3 and Other M. Had she not done so the X would have infected the entire galaxy killing everybody.
I almost forgot that the Ice Beam is effective too!
They even used the snes Metroid sounds for the baby Metroid!
And samus' death scream
The music for this fight sounds AMAZING
I'd love for this to be re-released at 60fps
HOLY F*$& I didn't know you could just morph ball inside! How the hell did I not try this!!
I hate it when she uses her fire breath on the ceiling FIRST and then on the ground, as well as launching those green balls. What am I supposed to do to avoid this attack?! Ground first, then ceiling is fine, just spiderball onto the wall and jump off when the ground fire extinguishes. But I can't avoid the attack the other way around! And I can't space jump to avoid because of those damn green balls!
one time she managed to light all three sides while having those green balls. i was simply fucked.
Go under her.
after a week i can say i've fought her so many times and gotten 5 no damaged runs in a row because i love fighter queen metroid so much.
i dodged by spider ball jumping to the ceilling with a power bomb the first time out of reflex. the green blob can't hit you during the propulsion either so thats nice.
Shit me too, was looking for this comment, I can never avoid when she does that pattern first, what I did my four time playing this game as soon as she shoots the greens balls I quickly turn to morph ball and start climbing the ceiling, all three times she shot down first, not sure if I just got lucky but that's what I did, but yeah fuck that attack lol.
Ohhh I didn’t notice the mother brain music before
Goddamn! I didn't know you could go inside. I just used super missiles. Also, where you used ice beam, I used regular missiles to soften her up. I'm trying to get the under 4 hour finish time...and you've helped "bigly". Thanks.
It’s actually really neat how the metroid counter not only let’s you know how close you are to completing your goal, but also serves a narrative element. When the number suddenly starts going up it tells the player that the metroids are either duplicating themselves or *something* is making more. Adds such a cool bit of mystery and stress as your progress starts regressing with every new metroid that appears
Wait a minute, I just realized. Some of the experiment Z-57's attack patterns are similar to the ones for the Queen Metroid in this game...
They were made by the same studio.
@@appleandaria6947 true
This is legit the hardest boss in the whole game! Facts!
I love how discordant and furious the music sounds.
I played this game like 30 times over. For me this is the most memorable fight.
I keep on forgetting that the spider ball is even a thing.
Damned green floating ball attack
It took me an eternity to figure out that I needed to use spider ball in this boss battle.
Still can’t understand why some people hate this game
Because there salty about AM2Rs takedown.
Oh, so THAT'S how you roll into her belly. And here I thought they had removed that part alltogether.
You could destroy those green orbs with the Screwattack the entire time!?!?!?!?!?! And I was dodging them like Catherine Zeta-Jones dodged laserbeams lol
The Queen metroid is now what Emperor Ing was in Echoes.
0:15 Queen Metroid: You. I am amazed that you fought past all my children and made it all the way here. You may have killed all my children, but you’ll never take me down!
Says as she gets taken down by some women in purple armor
Anyone noticing that the Queen Metroid’s boss in this game gives off Mother Brain vibes from Super Metroid.
There’s a lot of people that didn’t think to use the spiderball for the wind pushing attack didn’t diggernaut teach y guys ?i sure as hell frustratingly learned
You can use spider bomb skill to her face when she uses the beam to stop her
I can not for the life of me cling to the wall while spinning into the spider ball to dodge them damn green balls
Use the touch pad and you'll make it. :)
I have never once made it past the second stage of this fight. My hands physically cramp up and I can no longer work the controls. The 3DS is just too damn small, it wasn't meant for adult hands.
I didn't know I was able to enter into mouth by ball form. I want to beat that boss again.
MercurySteam's boss designers clearly recognized that the most natural thing for a territorial space lizard to do is fill the room with a maze of energy balls and then coat the walls with fire. Truly immersive boss design.
The power bomb sequence is executed perfectly here though.
It’s not exactly the most interesting boss ever in the original game.
The baby metroid's so cute
Dang this is hard but I'm gonna beat it tonight
Gameplay and variety wise I say this is better than the AM2R version of the queen, the idea of using the spiderball during the boss fight was brilliant, sadly the presentation is not nearly as good as AM2R, specially the music, the remix of the classic theme carries so much more tension and drama than this new one.
Is it bad that I want a cute baby Metroid plushie????
Renza Lightning no. I want one too.
No
Not at all.
1:52 I didn't even know you could go in the stomach
I shall call him squishy and he shall be mine and he shall be my squishy 😊
So my 3ds is half dead pixels, looking back at this game, remembered the time i beat it 3 times.
Fuck yeah. I started with beam burst to get to the first uppercut and grapple part. Used missiles to get to the second and third but missed the third grapple part but got two power bombs in at least. Trying to get the fourth uppercut so I can get the third power bomb so bad I started using my super missiles and bam didn’t need a third power bomb cause super missiles finished the job. What a fight.
OH, so THAT'S what I was doing wrong.
God damn it. The Queen Metroid isn't so tough now after I used your strategy. Beat her on my first attempt utilising this.
I never realized you can go through the mouth
Though no Megaman Zero final boss, this boss was pretty hard to takedown.
I still have nightmares of my first run against the queen metroid
From Metroid Zero Mission to Metroid 4 (other m non-canon thanks to this game so it doesn't count): Samus has genocided three full races of intelligent and dangerous beings (X parasites, Metroids, the Ing); four if we consider phazon to be a being, she's destroyed four entire planets (Zebes by proxy, phaaze, Dark Aether, and SR388), collapsed an entire dimension on itself (might be cheating with Dark Aether), and she completely dismantled a pirate organization that had been going ballistic for decades all because a space dragon wanted to do a funny during a raid.
The Queen Metroid is as intimidating as always. I wonder how Samus would handle the Basilisk from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets? I mean, would she know not to look the Basilisk in the eye, and that it has very potent venom? Then again, she probably would just shoot the Basilisk in the eyes with her eyes closed, considering she shot the Diggernaut in the face with incredible accuracy without looking at it.
This game would of been great for switch with higher graphics
You could play it with the Citra 3ds emulator. It allows you to use a real controller and set the graphics to HD!
Used the Power bombs inside Queen Metroid's body 3 times.
How is it possible to show her emotion without ever seeing her face?
Chrisls Actions speak a lot more than words and expressions.
Nintendo magic
The magic of subtext. Her hesitation was enough to convey doubt.
Flavor ice does tend to make one expand