Hey everyone, I've been looking all over trying to figure out what the lowest possible percent this game can be beaten at is (as well as the Prime games). There are no shortage of boundary breaking examples, but I'm surprised and dismayed that no one seems to have tried it without cheating, so I can't find any info on it... does anyone know only which items are absolutely necessary to complete the game normally?

I appreciate any help on the matter, thanks. : )

I think a low% glitchless category would basically boil down to Any% glitchless aka NMG aka Classic on the main Metroid board.

No zombie Glitch = Ice beam required No clips = bomb jump bridge skip or Ridley

If I misunderstood, please let me know.

If I understand correctly, the only upgrades required to complete the game without glitches would be Morph Ball, Bomb, and Ice Beam?

Incidentally, is there a full list of glitches anywhere? Frankly I'd rather not use any, but it seems I must at least become aware of what exactly they are, if only to know just what I'm avoiding.

Thanks again

no e-tanks definitely ups the ante from NMG.

i think the only real glitch we use for speedruns is clipping through the walls and floors.

there's also the trick when you're falling, unmorph and press "A" before you hit left or right to mid-air jump. not many consider this a glitch.

I'm thinking: 1 Mini Boss, 1 Missile Pack, Bombs, Ice, and Morph Ball?

From my research those four pickups seem correct (approximately 12%), since I have to assume missiles are needed for red doors, given I don't intend to use any clipping. The unmorph air jump is logically bizarre, but if nothing else it really seems the devs must have been aware of it.

The question is, are either of those essential to this Low% run. Additionally, both mini bosses must be destroyed to open the way to Tourian, right?

Just one, and this bridge skip.

or it could be an all bosses category. I'm flexible.

I see... so this bridge skip can't be done without the bomb jump glitch? -what about just the ice beam, and high jump or something? It's clearly their intention that you defeated both bosses first.

Otherwise I'll have to redo the old forgotten math to determine the new lowest possible intended percentage