--- --- Norfair - Mini Exploration --- --- Missiles: 35 Super Missiles: 5 Power Bombs: 0
Energy Tanks: 1 Reserve Tanks: 0 Welcome to the fiery world in Super Metroid. We can't do
much here for now, so just drop all the way down and enter the red door. Take the
"ENERGY TANK" you see upon entering the room, then head left and you'll fall
down to the lower floor. Roll into a ball and roll through the tunnel to fall down, then
go through the blue door nearby. In this room, shoot the top of the metal pillar to reveal
an opening. Jump through it and shoot the orb the Chozo statue is holding. Take the
"HI-JUMP BOOTS". Now we can jump much higher than before! Jump through the
opening again with the help of your new boots, then go back through the door. Back here,
jump on the ledge by the door, then kill the enemy nearby. Jump up to the high platform,
then jump onto the highest platform and roll through the tunnel. Take the pack of
"MISSILES" there, then roll into the small Morph Ball tunnel nearby. Bomb the
rocky wall and go through. Wait a few seconds and a slug enemy will come out of the wall.
Kill it, and with all enemies dead, the door unlocks. Go through it. Back at this shaft,
make your way up to the top, then take the elevator back up to Brinstar. --- --- --- ----
Brinstar - To Kraid's Hideout and Back to Norfair --- --- --- Missiles: 40 Super Missiles:
5 Power Bombs: 0 Energy Tanks: 2 Reserve Tanks: 0 Back in this elevator room, bomb the
lower blocks on the right wall. This will reveal three blocks with a Super Missile icon on
them. Blast the bottom two with Super Missiles, then roll through the tunnel to a new
room. Inside is a dragon-like face on a high platform to the right. Jump up there with the
help of the Hi-Jump Boots, then enter. Go through the door when you come out. In this
area, kill the two enemies you will immediately see. Bomb the westernmost part of the
platform you're on to break a hole in it. When you fall down, go to the bottom to find a
locked door. Bomb the wall on the right to reveal an opening, then roll through. At the
end, go through the door on the ceiling. In this room, you'll see lots of those green
gr***hopper enemies we fought before. However, now that you have the Spazer Beam, they are
pathetically easy. Once you defeat them, head to the end of the room. Looks like a dead
end! Not. Fall into the small hole nearby and lay a bomb. Roll through the tunnel that is
revealed, then go through the door at the end. In here is a "SAVE STATION". Use
it at your own leisure, then exit this room and go back through the tunnel. Go back left
and defeat the enemies. In the center of the floor is an odd crack; shoot it to reveal a
hole, then drop down. Follow the path to a door, then enter it. Make your way through this
room and kill the Space Pirates, then you will see some spikes on the ceiling. There are
also some green thorns being shot at you! Head right and you'll see a miniature version of
Kraid. Shoot it repeatedly until it is defeated, leaving behind lots of Super Missiles. Go
through the door at the end. In this room, aim up and shoot the ceiling to reveal an
opening. Jump up and you will find a green door, so blast it with a Super Missile and go
through. Inside, you will find an "ENERGY RECHARGE STATION" and a "MISSILE
RECHARGE STATION&qu ot;. Use both of them if you need to, then go back to the previous
room. Head left and bomb the ground to fall back down. Now, head right and avoid the
enemies that come out of the pipe. Jump across the platforms, being careful not to fall
into the pit of spikes. You'll see a bounty hunter covered in bugs, which will move when
you approach him. He's dead, obviously. Head right, and you'll see a big eye on the wall
open up. Use Super Missiles to defeat it. It will shoot yellow balls of energy at you, so
be careful. It's best to shoot the eye right when it opens. Once you shoot it with one
Super Missile, it gets destroyed and a door is revealed, so head on through it. You can
also use three regular Missiles to defeat the eye. In this room, the door behind you will
lock. Wait a moment, and a giant green monster will appear! This is Kraid. Read the Bosses
section for help on winning. Once you defeat the monster, take the supplies he left behind
and go through the eastern door. Shoot the orb in here, then take the "VARIA
SUIT". Now Samus is wearing an orange suit, and it's resistant to fire! Know what
that means? We can now explore a lot more of Norfair! Not only that, but enemy damage has
been reduced by 50%! A great bargain. Now that we have our new suit, it's time to go back
to the beginning of this place. Exit this room and Kraid's room, then make your way back
to the very entrance of the hideout. At the first room, go to the door that was locked
earlier. It's flashing now, so shoot it and go through. Inside, roll into a ball and plant
many bombs. Destroy the creatures using the bombs, then shoot the western part of the
ceiling to reveal an "ENERGY TANK". Take it and leave this room, then jump back
up and go through the blue door. Back out here, head west and go through the door, then
shoot the Super Missile blocks. Take the elevator back down to Norfair. --- --- Norfair -
More Exploration --- --- Missiles: 40 Super Missiles: 5 Power Bombs: 0 Energy Tanks: 3
Reserve Tanks: 0 Now that we have the Varia Suit, we can explore much more freely now.
Drop down and go through the door on the right. In this room, aim down and shoot the
ground to reveal an opening. Drop down and head right. Defeat the enemies along the way,
then jump onto the platform there. Jump up to the red door, then defeat the enemy and open
the door, then go through it. In here, make your way across the platforms to the third
gap, then drop down. Make sure you defeat the enemies along the way! Once you drop down
the third gap, roll into a ball and move to the right. Before the lava murders you, lay a
bomb to blow up part of the wall, revealing a pack of "MISSILES" . After getting
them, jump out of the lava and up the gap, then go right. Jump down that gap and go
through the door. In this room, you'll hear a rumbling. In a few seconds, lava starts to
rise. Not to worry, however. It stops after a certain point. Anyway, make your way through
this narrow room, defeating the enemies along the way. Ignore the seahorse-like enemies,
and go through the door at the end. In this bubble room, head all the way right, and
you'll fall down a gap at the end. Roll into a ball and blow up the pipes to fall down the
rest of the shaft. At the bottom, jump across the spikes to a pack of "MISSILES"
. Now, make your way back up the shaft you fell down and head left. When you come to two
dragon-like faces, bomb the floor there and you'll fall down. Bomb the eastern part of the
platform and you'll fall down even further. Now, bomb the middle to fall into a pipe. Make
your way through the maze-like area using your bombs, defeating the enemies along the way.
Once you exit the maze, shoot the door on the floor and go through it. In this room, drop
down the shaft and enter the door you'll see. Inside, stand next to the middle and three
enemies will appear. Shoot them and they'll drop supplies, and then they'll just respawn.
Repeat this if you need supplies until you're done, then exit the room and drop down.
Enter the next door. Here, make your way through the room while avoiding the fire-spitting
enemies, defeating the other enemies. At the end of the room, go through the door, then
simply head through the door in the next room. Head right and jump across the platforms.
Slowly, lava will rise. You'll come to a big face that shoots blue fireballs at you, so
when you find it, roll into a ball and through the tunnel nearby. Shoot the platform above
you and jump through, then make your way up past the faces. Go through the door at the
end. In here, you'll see some spikes above lava. Wait, and a flying green platform will
come your way. Get on it and roll into a ball. You'll p*** over all the spikes. When you
see a platform sticking out of the lava, jump to it and jump across. Get on the next green
platform and roll into a ball, then go through the door at the end. Here, you'll see a
flame ball enemy. Jump onto the platform above you, then a fire dragon of some sort will
appear. Just shoot it a few times and it will die, then make your way up, ignoring the
first door. When you come to the red door, go through it. In here, you will see some weird
platforms. When you jump to them, they'll move. Jump across each one, being careful not to
fall off. When you get to the last platform, you'll see a shutter. Shoot the blue switch
at the top of it and it will open, so jump across and claim the pack of
"MISSILES" . Time to get a new and improved beam. You could wait until you get
the Speed Booster, however. Jump into the bed of spikes below, and make sure you have a
lot of energy and Energy Tanks! Quickly head to the right wall, then perform a wall jump
to the middle of the wall. Hold Up and Right a bit and land on the platform where a red
door is. Go through it. In this room, shoot the orb the Chozo statue is holding, then take
the "WAVE BEAM". Nice! Exit this room and jump into the middle of the spikes,
where you'll fall down and avoid taking damage. Head left and roll through the tunnel,
then go through the door all the way to the left. Back here, make your way up to the top
of the room, then go through that door. In the bubble room, jump up and defeat the plant
enemy, then jump on the platform to the right. Open the green door with a Super Missile
and enter. In this lava-filled room, shoot the enemies on the ceiling and shoot around the
eastern part of the ceiling. You will eventually reveal a hole. Jump through it to land on
a small ledge, then aim up and shoot there to reveal another hole. Jump through it and
refill your supplies using the enemies that respawn to the left, then go through the door.
In here, hold B and dash across the bridges that crumble. Shoot the ceiling at the end,
and take the pack of "MISSILES" . Go through the red door. Shoot the orb the
Chozo statue is holding, then claim the "SPEED BOOSTER". The room will now fill
up with lava, so quickly exit it. Back here, you will notice that the room is filling up
with lava as well. Use your new item by holding B and dashing, and eventually you'll go to
hyperspeed. In hyperspeed mode, you can break Speed Booster blocks, kill certain enemies
instantly, and even do the awesome hyperjump! I'll explain that later. When you reach the
end of the room, go through the door. Now, defeat the enemy here and jump down. Go back to
where the two statue heads are and bomb the floor. Go through the middle tunnel. When you
exit, go through the western door. In here, jump over the lava pit and go through the door
at the end. In the next room, hold B and dash through the room in hyperspeed. You will
break through some walls and enemies and reach a door, so go through it. Use the
"SAVE STATION" in here and head into the following room. Back here, make your
way up the shaft until you find a green door, then blast it open and go through. Here,
dash through the room. You'll dash past some shutters with the help of hyperspeed, then
you'll land on some blocks in a pit. These are Power Bomb blocks. Ignore them and go into
the next room. Use the green moving machines in here to cross the lava pits, then head
into the next room. Make your way up the platforms in here, then when you reach the door,
shoot the part of the ground right next to the door to blow it up. Roll into a ball and
drop down, then hold Right. You'll land in a small slot. Do this for the next slot, and
keep repeating this until you enter a tunnel. Go through the door at the end of the
tunnel. In here, shoot the marble the Chozo statue is holding and take the "ICE
BEAM". Now we can freeze enemies, and even use some of them as platforms. Not only
that, but our maximum damage we deal has been increased by 50%! Exit this room and the
Morph Ball tunnel, then drop down. Go up the platforms again and go through the door this
time. In the next room, walk right and some goo will emerge from the lava. Shoot it while
it is still in midair to freeze it, then jump on it as a platform. Freeze the next goo,
then freeze the third one so that you can roll through the Morph Ball tunnel. Do so and
you'll see a red creature. Freeze it and jump onto it, then to the platform ahead. Go
through the door. You'll fall through a shaft down to the bottom. Roll into a ball and
bomb the bottom of the metal pole on the right, then roll through the rest of the tunnel.
You'll fall through to the room below you, so go through the door when you exit the
tunnel. Back in the shaft, enter the door right in front of you. Shoot the ground in here
to fall through, then from here, make your way back to the green bubble room. From the
entrance, look up and you'll see a red enemy flying back and forth. Freeze and jump on
him, then jump up to the green door. Blast it open with a Super Missile and go through.
Kill the enemy in this room, then take the pack of "MISSILES" . Now, on the
platform where the Missile pack was, aim southwest and shoot to make a shutter rise up.
When it stops, jump on it and shoot the wall. Roll through the tunnel revealed, and go
through the door at the end. In here, make your way to the end of the room while taking
care of the enemies. Shoot the marble at the end and take the "RESERVE TANK".
These can be used when your energy is low. Once you've gotten that, shoot the platform to
the right and get the pack of "MISSILES" . Go back to the previous room. Head
right and bomb jump all the way up while holding Right. Roll through the tunnel and bomb
the bubble at the end, then make your way back to the main shaft. Climb it up and head
back up to Brinstar. --- --- - Brinstar - The Power Bombs --- --- Mis siles: 70 Super
Missiles: 5 Power Bombs: 0 Energy Tanks: 3 Reserve Tanks: 1 Now that we're back at
Brinstar, head all the way back left through the rooms until you come to a shaft. Once
there, shoot the brown enemy above you to freeze it. Use it as a platform and do the same
for the rest of the enemies. Once you reach the top, jump, hold Right, and shoot. You'll
enter the wall. Head right and then aim up and shoot to reveal a hole, then jump out. Make
your way up the shaft until you find another brown enemy. Freeze it and jump on it, then
do the same for the others. Shoot the ceiling when you get to the last one, then jump
through the hole and go through the door. In here, jump across the platforms while
avoiding the man-eating plants and the enemies, then go through the door at the end. Shoot
the floor here and drop all the way down, then go through the green dor. In this room,
jump across the platforms and freeze the slime balls. At the end of the path, shoot the
orb the Chozo statue is holding. Then, take the pack of "POWER BOMBS". We
finally have some! We can blow up other certain things with these, and more! Use a Power
Bomb to blow up the wall behind the Chozo statue, then follow the path to a small room
containing a pack of "MISSILES" . Once you have gotten those, exit this room.
Back here, jump up the ledges and shoot the ceiling, then jump up. When you get to a blue
door, go through it. In this room is a "SAVE STATION". Use it, then exit and
keep jumping up. Go through the green door you find. Kill all the enemies in this room and
head all the way west. At the dead end, lay a Power Bomb to blow up the floor. Fall into
the last man-eating plant, and you'll fall into a small area. Take the pack of "POWER
BOMBS" in here, then jump out and make your way out of the room. Back in here, drop
all the way down to an orange door. Open it using a Power Bomb, then go through. Make your
way back to the elevator leading to Norfair. You should know how to get there. For the
first water room, unequip the Hi-Jump Boots so you won't hit the ceiling. After that,
equip them back. When you get to the Norfair elevator, head down it. --- --- N orfair -
Yet More Exploring --- --- Missiles: 75 Super Missiles: 5 Power Bombs: 10 Energy Tanks: 3
Reserve Tanks: 1 When you arrive here again, head down once and enter the western door.
Dash through this room to get past the shutters. You will land on some weird looking
blocks. Lay a Power Bomb to blow them up, then you'll drop down to a cave-like room. Head
all the way left and defeat the enemies along the way, then go through the door at the
end. IMMEDIATELY hold Right, as the platform you walk on will crumble. However, you'll
still stand by the door as long as you hold Right. Shoot the left wall to reveal a Missile
pack. Hold B and run onto the platform below you. Immediately after you touch it, press B
and hold Left if you jumped. You should get the pack of "MISSILES" ! When you
reach the bottom, go through the door. Dash through this room in hyperspeed, and at the
end, blast the green door in the floor open and drop in. You will find Crocomire in here,
the next boss. See the Bosses section for help on defeating him. Once he's defeated, head
all the way left and you'll see a spiked wall. Suddenly, Crocomire's battle theme will
play, and he'll bust out of the wall as a skeleton! He'll then just drop down, though.
Take the supplies he left behind, then head left. Jump across the small platforms, being
careful not to fall into the acid. Go through the door at the end. In the next room, drop
down and destroy the enemies to get refills. Defenitely do so since you just beat a rather
annoying boss, then go through the door on the right. In here is a "SAVE
STATION", so use it and exit the room. Now, head all the way left and enter the door
on the floor. In here, make your way down to the bottom of the room. Then, when you see a
red door, enter it. In this room, there is acid that will rise up and down at a fast rate.
When it is down, run to the right and roll through the Morph Ball tunnel. Jump across the
platforms here and take the pack of "MISSILES" at the end. Now, make your way
back to the start of the room, then exit it. Drop down the rest of the big shaft and enter
the door on the floor. Lay a Power Bomb upon entering the room to blow up the obstruction
by you. Head left and defeat the enemies, then head all the way right. Dash all the way to
the left and you'll bust through some walls, then before you fall into the acid, press
Down. You will store some energy. Drop into the acid and move left a bit, then jump.
You'll do the hyperjump, and jump all the way up to the ceiling. This damages you, though.
Hold Right and land on the platform, then get the pack of "MISSILES" . Once
you've gotten those, drop down and head all the way back to the right. Do a hyperspeed run
and before you drop off the ramp, jump and you'll do a very high spin in the air. You'll
land next to a door, so go through it. In the next room, shoot the orb the Chozo statue is
holding, then take the "GRAPPLING BEAM" it holds. Now we can swing across metal
blocks on the ceiling and such! Nice! Jump up the shaft in this room, and when you reach
the top, equip your new Grappling Beam. Hold Up and Right and press X to shoot it. When
you grapple onto the metal block, hold X and press Down to lower yourself. Hold Left and
Right to speed up, then release when you move right. Enter the door. In here, use the
Grappling Beam to cross the gap of water, then go through the door. Freeze the ugly head
in here, then make your way up and freeze the other heads along the way. When you reach
the small block platform, jump to the left wall, do a wall jump, then use the Grappling
Beam on the metal blocks. Make sure you have the beam ready before you do the wall jump.
Then, swing to the door and go through it. In here, swing your way through this watery
room. At the end, you will come to a shutter with a green lamp attached to it. Shoot it
with a Super Missile to raise it, then go through the nearby door. Shoot the door on the
ceiling and jump through. Here, head right. Use the enemies for refills if you need to,
then jump on the tube-shaped platform. Quickly jump up onto the platform with the door,
but don't go through it. See that flying enemy that's right up at the ceiling, flying left
and right? Jump to it and use the Grappling Beam on it. Swing across to the left platform,
then open the red door and go in. Take the pack of "POWER BOMBS" in here and go
back to the previous room. Grapple acros the enemy again to the other platform, then go
through the door. Hop across the ledges here and go all the way east, past Crocomire's
bone head. At the end of the path, grapple across the pool of acid with the Grappling
Beam, then land on the platform and get the "ENERGY TANK". We finally have four
now! Make your way across the pool of acid again, then head west and go through the door
on the ceiling. In this area, make your way to the top of the shaft, then go through the
western door. In here, head up and defeat the enemy at the top, then go left to find some
grapple blocks. Grapple across them to a platform holding a pack of "MISSILES" .
After you've gotten those, open the shutter and go through the door. Here, head up and
shoot the ceiling, then continue up until you come to an elevator. Take it up to Brinstar.
It's finally time to leave this place. --- --- Brinstar - The X-Ray Scope --- --- Mis
siles: 95 Super Missiles: 5 Power Bombs: 10 Energy Tanks: 4 Reserve Tanks: 1 Head back
through a few rooms until you get to a big shaft with flying enemies in it. Freeze the
enemies and use them as platforms. When you reach the top, jump inside the wall and lay a
Power Bomb. You'll blow up part of the platform, along with the western wall and an orange
door. Jump up and go through the door you just opened. In this room, jump across the small
platform, and freeze but do not kill the fireflies. At the end of the path, grapple across
the blocks on the ceiling to a ledge with a red door, then open it and go through. In this
chamber, jump on the small ledge and lay a bomb. A shutter will rise. Roll through the
tunnel and you'll fall down. Shoot the orb the Chozo statue is holding, then take the
"X-RAY SCOPE". This nifty item lets you see through destructabl e walls and
such. Use it and you'll see a path behind the Chozo statue. Jump on the statue and lay a
few bombs to blow up the top part of the pipe. Bomb jump into it and roll to the right,
bombing a piece of the floor. Bomb again and a shutter will carry you up. Roll right and
you'll fall down, so go through the door. Make your way back out of this rather dark room.
In the next room, lay a Power Bomb again and climb up the shaft. Freeze the enemies near
the top and use them as platforms, then go through the door once you reach the top. Make
your way through the room with the man-eating plants, then go through the door. Here, jump
up the ledges and go up the elevator at the very top. --- --- Crat eria - Going Hunting
--- --- Mis siles: 95 Super Missiles: 5 Power Bombs: 15 Energy Tanks: 4 Reserve Tanks: 1
It's time to do some item hunting. Lay a Power Bomb to open the orange door on the
ceiling, then jump through it. In this area, make your way up and shoot the ceiling at the
end. Jump up and head left, then go through the door. Exit the hallway and when you're
back outside, head all the way left. Blow away the obstruction with normal bombs, then
follow the path to your ship. Enter it to refill everything and save your game. Now, run
to the far left, to the blue door. Do a hyperspeed run and press Down when you get to your
ship to store energy. Do a hyperjump by holding Up and Right and pressing A, and you'll do
it diagonally. You'll land on a platform you couldn't normally reach. Blow open the orange
door with a Power Bomb and go in. Here, you'll see a pool of acid that rises up and down,
and you'll also see some small platforms. Kill the enemies you come across, then go to the
end of the room. Take the pack of "POWER BOMBS", then exit. Do another
hyperspeed run and then jump once you reach the end of the platform. If you hit the top of
the screen, you should break part of a wall and land in an opening. Lay a Power Bomb in
there to blow away the rest of the wall, then head left and go through the door. In this
room, use a Power Bomb to blow away some of the obstruction nearby. There is acid that
will keep rising and lowering in this room, making it hard to get through. Not only that,
but there are also some crab claw things that will try and grab you, so freeze them when
you can. Keep navigating through the room, using Power Bombs to blow up the obstruction
you come to until you finally reach a door. Go through. In here, you'll see an
"ENERGY TANK" the Chozo statue is holding, so take it. Now, go right and bomb
the small bridge-like piece of the floor when the acid isn't around. You'll fall through.
Roll left through a pipe, then quickly jump to the platform in front of you. Now,
carefully avoid the spikes while Power Bombing the walls until you reach small platforms.
Carefully jump across those. At the last platform, use a Power Bomb to blow away the wall
of spikes, revealing a path. Jump there and freeze the claw enemy, then head left. Go
through that door. It appears to be a dead end. Shoot your beam to reveal a path, then
shoot the ceiling to break some of it. Now, try and jump in between two parts of the
floor. It's kinda hard to explain in words, but if you did it right, you'll fall down two
parts of the breakable floor at the same time. On the way down, shoot the sides of the
wall to make a path to two packs of "MISSILES" . There's one pack on each side,
meaning that if you miss one, you'll have to go back through all of those annoying acid
rooms again to reach the last one, which would really ****. Once you get the second pack
of "MISSILES" , you'll fall all the way down. Lay a Power Bomb to make a path
going down, then head right and drop down to the bottom room. This is the room with the
green Space Pirates, which we've been in before. Anyway, drop down to the bottom of the
room and defeat the Space Pirates, then go through the left door. Head through this room
and go down the elevator.