Metroid Trivia

[Lindy]

Ok, I'm too lazy to look =D

...Though a translation of the online Metroid Manga would be nice, if you happen to know somewhere to find it, hint hint, etc.

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

Sup?

[Lindy]

So, like, which Metroid game(s) does Ridley not give the Screw Attack after you totally blow the hell out of him?

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

Metroid, Super Metroid, Metroid Prime, and Metroid Zero Mission if you sequence-break.

[Lindy]

Need I even bother to say you're right?

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

I find the false suspense pleasing.


What instrument does Samus play in the mass Nintendo cameo in the NES version of Tetris?

[Lindy]

The cello?

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

Yus.

[Medi]

Over the past couple of months I've been here, I've discovered Kishi to be the ultimate video game master. How did you do it, Kawaii?

[Lindy]

*ehumcomputerehum*

What does the Super Metroid Shinespark do differently to every other Metroid game's Shinespark?

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

It rapidly saps Samus's energy, and if her energy is so low that Shinesparking would kill her, she simply won't be able to do it. (Which is why there's an energy restoration room in that pit with the Dachora.) This aspect was removed in later games when the Shinespark became a more prominent, standard move that was easy to execute, as opposed to an obscure technique for advanced players.

What song reappears in almost every game in the series, yet is almost always in a severely truncated form that does zero justice to the original score?

[Lindy]

Is it the Item Acquisition Fanfare, or whatever it's called?

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

No. The key word is truncated.

[Lindy]

The post-boss fight beepy music thingy?

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

Nope. Hint: it's a beautiful, beautiful song, but you'd never be able to tell. Due to the truncation.