wee! I managed to pick this puppy up over the holiday break.. I'm sure everyone who has it has beaten it by now (it's a damn short game ) so I was curious what everyone's best times were.. here are mine at the moment:


Time: 1:54
Items: 75%
Ending: Best (for not having 100% items)

Time: 2:10
Items: 100%
Ending: Second Best (for 100% items)

sucks, only over by ten minutes on the 100% time It's all good tho. I can totally make that up next time I play. I think the real key to picking up the slack when you are finishing up your item score is to make heavy use of the "secret" exits to each area.. I suppose they aren't exactly secret, but they all require the Screw Attack to get to, and they take you directly to another section of the station. Saves ya time from having to go up and down elevators (not to mention if you do it right a lot of the times they put you in places deeper into the section which take forever to reach via the normal elevator).

I also have to bitch about how evil the speed dash is. IGN brought up that they mention nowhere that you can wall jump and charge your speed dash (you know, when you press down, then jump and you will rocket in whatever direction you choose), which is true. But I knew of these from Super Metroid. But no one friggin' told me that you can conserve your speed dash by doing the jump-dash into an incline!! I guess if you do that, Samus will start running again, which essentially allows you to keep the dash going longer (since after you press down it wears off after a few seconds). Bastards! Only thing I had to look up in an FAQ I will also point out that the Energy Tank room in Sector 6 where you need to speed dash into the wall to get to it is also evil. God I hate those little elevator platforms now!

Ok, I'm done