Crap, why do they all have to come out on the same friggin' day??!!

[A Black Falcon]

How surprising.

Yup! :p

Not really, not even the super-confusing Metroid 1. Metroid Fusion isn't even like all of the Metroid games in that respect. If you were playing Super Metroid or Metroid 1 then I'd understand you, but Metroid Fusion is just so painfully easy to progress through. It was too linear.

Well then you are not normal. And you are just wrong about Fusion... or at least STILL don't understand what I am saying. Why is it so hard to understand that someone who hasn't played a Metroid game would find the way Metroid hides so much with no or very subtle clues challenging? I'm better now, but it took quite a while... with your much higher level of practice I guess you could tell where all the hidden stuff (speed/laser/spinjump/etc tiles, hidden passages, etc) is... but you think its hard to belive that it was hard for me? Huh? Think about it for a minuite! Its really not that complex...

You were probably playing Mega Man and confused it for Metroid or something like that. Or maybe there was mustard on your screen.

I seriously think that you still don't have a clue what I am trying to say here. Lets try to make it simple, for the tenth time.

YOUR MAIN GUN, WHATEVER YOU CALL IT, IS THE WEAPON I AM DISCUSSING.

THAT MAIN GUN DOES NOT, I REAPEAT N O T REVEAL ANY HIDDEN TILES (other than the ones that it itsself can destroy, which it destroys, not reveals)!!! It won't show you missile bricks, or give you any indication that they are there. Same for hidden passages, spinjump bricks, bomb bricks, and the rest.

There... do you understand now? This is a fact, not a debatable point. Only bombs show tiles. Only super bombs are really a feasable way of showing them in a whole screen. And until you really get good at figuring out where the game hides stuff... you'll wander around super-bombing a lot trying to reveal stuff. Is this a confusing concept or do I need to explain it again? DJ understands me (we talked about this in chat)... and agrees on many issues.

It's easy to do once you get the timing right.

True.

As soon as I see someone beat him without losing more than one health tank then I'll agree with you.

I only beat him once, of course, and did loose almost all my health... but it seems possible to beat him without being hurt a lot. Just because you're bad at him doesn't make him cheap. :)