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So I followed through with my plan and played through the entirety of Metroid. I cheated in that I used a world map, marked down the order I wanted to collect power-ups in, and used save states to undo costly errors (of which there were many). I still didn't get the best ending (2 piece bikini Samus), but I got the second-best one and I'm pretty happy with that. It's a lot easier to appreciate the things the game does right when you find workarounds for its flaws. The final battle against Mother Brain is really tense and you're nowhere near OP even if you made an effort to power yourself up as much as possible.
Having said all that, I actually think I might come back to Metroid again at some point and try to beat it again, not so I can get the best ending (I hate time trials anyway), but so I can beat it without using save states. As glad as I am that I've seen the entire game first-hand, I do feel like I deprived myself the satisfaction of beating it legitimately.
Now on to Super Metroid!
Having said all that, I actually think I might come back to Metroid again at some point and try to beat it again, not so I can get the best ending (I hate time trials anyway), but so I can beat it without using save states. As glad as I am that I've seen the entire game first-hand, I do feel like I deprived myself the satisfaction of beating it legitimately.
Now on to Super Metroid!
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