I've seen Ghegs's videos too, can confirm.vol.2 wrote:lol. I've seen your youtube videos. You make the most difficult racing sims look easy.
I was playing Super Metroid yesterday, I hadn't touched it in a while. It was pretty satisfying coming back to it with an improved bag of tricks. I was a lot better with Wall Jumping, and was able to grab a bunch of items much earlier than intended thanks to it as well as clever use of Shinespark in a few rooms.
I unintentionally got confused about where to go though, and spent a bit of time forgetting where the grappling hook was. It turned out that because I'd gotten the Wave Beam before Power Bombs (wall jump woo), I was able to get to Crocomire's lair in through the back way, via a blue gate, instead of through the path that uses both Power Bombs and Speed Booster. I got to the bottom and couldn't proceed because I didn't have Power Bombs you'd have following the intended route, and by the time I did manage to get some, I had a bit of forgetfulness spending 20-30 mins backtracking and exploring to see if I'd missed anywhere else I could explore!
Phantoon is nasty, I didn't realize it gets really angry when hit with Super Missiles and I didn't know how to dodge its enraged attack. I had an absurd amount of health going in and limped away with about 200 health + 200 in reserve. Stopped in Maridia, finally have the Gravity Suit, once I get Space Jump I'll be able to explore to my heart's content and try to find everything for a change.