Metroid Zero Mission

2026-08-24

Decided to go on a magical Metroid tour, and NEStroid is kinda rough, so I'm gonna play MZM instead. I played this game years ago and remember little of it, so I might as well be playing it the first time. So far, the usual Metroid fun and what you'd expect, but without the tactile feeling of Super Metroid's play control.

2026-08-25

If you see a thing, and cannot interact with it, that means the thing is not for you. Yet. Continuing to bumble my way through this game and while I have done a little backtracking, the game largely funnels me where I need to go. MZM continues to be a solid, workaday Metroid.

2026-08-30

Defeated Kraid, moving up in the world. Can't figure out how to properly rebind my screenshot button so you just get random ones yay.

2026-09-02

Encountering some alien environmental obstacles. Turns out those tiny bugs I encountered earlier can eat through certain barriers, and then there is chungus up there. Getting the Varia suit was nice, as it protects from heat and bugs (but not the hotter types of lava). There's lava, and then there's Lava evidently.

2026-09-03

Super missile, my beloved.

The room with the hanging bug thing was tedious as hell, because I just wanna run around blasting things and it took me a minute to get into a proper rhythm of freeze the bug, use as platform, fire missile, repeat, but I did it. I was thrilled to finally get some super missiles to deal with those pesky green doors.

I was surprised by how quickly I beat the area boss, Ridley. I simply stood beneath him and filled him with missiles, and didn't even bother dodging his attacks. I've allowed the game to guide me to this point, and haven't gone out of my way to get upgrades, but obviously having 6 health tanks and 100-something missiles made this battle easier. Some of the upgrades took a few attempts to nab, but overall, I've gotten most if not all of the ones accessible to me.

2026-09-04

So was anyone gonna tell me Tourian was where Mother Brain lives or was I just supposed to walk into a mess of metroids and figure that out for myself.

I for some reason did not remember this. The Mother Brain fight kicks it up a notch. There is a lot going on, between projectiles, lava, and the boss herself. The game doesn't really prepare you for this, IMO. One thing that helped was realizing I could break down the barriers up to her pedestal and they'd stay broken, so I was able to run back to a save point, recharge, and prepare for the battle.