13th May 2004, 7:51 AM
The screw attack simply electrifies Samus Aran as she somersaults. Making your entire body a weapon. No increased jumping abilities.
The Space Jump let Samus somersault indefinetly so that you're essentially flying. (In MP, the Space Jump just let you jump twice while in the air). But if you only used the Space Jump upgrade, you could be knocked out of the air easily with a single enemy hit. Using the Screw Attack along with the Space Jump basically made you impervious. In fact it's a great move to have when fighting a boss as it gives you the ability to become invincible (but cannot use missiles or beam weapons) and destroy any smaller creatures or projectiles around you.
It sounds to me like they're refering to the Space Jump/Screw combo that will let Samus get to extremely high platforms and burst through special cielings and walls.
I'd also like to see the Speed Booster come back, that would be insane. The Speed Booster was originally intended to let Samus run through certain walls and make huge jumps off of ramps, and make huge jumps that are ladden with obsticals (as long you had the Screw Attack). But the Speed Booster allowed you to do a secret move; the Shine Spark Jump :D And in Fusion and Zero Mission, you need to understand Shine Sparking in order to get 100% but also just to get to later areas. If we could Shine Spark in 3-D... *fills pants*
The Space Jump let Samus somersault indefinetly so that you're essentially flying. (In MP, the Space Jump just let you jump twice while in the air). But if you only used the Space Jump upgrade, you could be knocked out of the air easily with a single enemy hit. Using the Screw Attack along with the Space Jump basically made you impervious. In fact it's a great move to have when fighting a boss as it gives you the ability to become invincible (but cannot use missiles or beam weapons) and destroy any smaller creatures or projectiles around you.
It sounds to me like they're refering to the Space Jump/Screw combo that will let Samus get to extremely high platforms and burst through special cielings and walls.
I'd also like to see the Speed Booster come back, that would be insane. The Speed Booster was originally intended to let Samus run through certain walls and make huge jumps off of ramps, and make huge jumps that are ladden with obsticals (as long you had the Screw Attack). But the Speed Booster allowed you to do a secret move; the Shine Spark Jump :D And in Fusion and Zero Mission, you need to understand Shine Sparking in order to get 100% but also just to get to later areas. If we could Shine Spark in 3-D... *fills pants*