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Table of Contents:
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Introduction

PROLOGUE       Ceres
CHAPTER 1      Crateria, Wrecked Ship
CHAPTER 2      Brinstar
CHAPTER 3      Wrecked Ship
CHAPTER 4      Crateria, Norfair
CHAPTER 5      Wrecked Ship, Crateria, Brinstar
CHAPTER 6      Norfair
CHAPTER 7      Brinstar, Maridia
CHAPTER 8      Wrecked Ship, Norfair, Ridley's Hideout
CHAPTER 9      Crateria, Tourian

APPENDIX A     Boss Strategies
APPENDIX B     Credits and Acknowledgements
APPENDIX C     Statement of Copyrighs and Legal Issues

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Introduction:
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If you push it to the Super Metroid Limit, your safety is not guaranteed.

Super Metroid: Limit is one of many hacks of an awesome video game originally
produced by a really awesome company called Nintendo, using an awesome drag-
and-drop level editor. Thus, Super Metroid: Limit is an "Awesome Thing." Limit
is also a very difficult game. Maps have been changed, item order scrambled,
and even some bosses are harder to defeat. This hack will make you truly
appreciate the original game's ease of difficulty, as well as most of the
power-ups players take for granted. Mastery of certain special moves is
REQUIRED to access everything in the game.

All of the items, areas, and bosses are enclosed in parentheses. If you're
looking for a specific point in the game, for example, how to obtain the whirli
gig item, simply search for (Whirli Gig). Missiles, super missiles, power bombs,
energy tanks, and reserve tanks are labeled with an initial M, S, P, E, or R
respectively and the maximum number of that item you should have when you've
collected it. Bosses may also be searched for in the same manner, as are the
major areas that each chapter covers.

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PROLOGUE: The Last Metroid
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(Ceres)

There's not much to the space station. Simply meander your way down to Ridley
and pump a couple shots into him. After either getting Samus' helmet handed to
her or making the bird brain flee in terror, it's time for a jog back to the
elevator pad, but they just don't make space stations the way they used to back
in the original.

On the run back to the elevator pad, Samus' will fall through the floor grating
and find herself in a basement full of broken glass and motchtroids. Although
Samus' power suit is metal and therefore should be more durable than glass,
the broken motchtroid containers WILL hurt you, as will the motchtroids
themselves should you just decide to sit there. By all means, keep running to
the left, hopping over broken glass, until you meet the wall. At this point,
jump and hold right as you scroll up to the next screen.

In this vertical shaft, things flow normally for the next few moments of your
escape until the upper door refuses to open. Look along the upper right corner
of the chamber for an air duct, and blast it open. Run through the ducts and
drop back down into a horizontal room filled with gas and falling ceiling
tiles. From here on out, things are back to normal as far as exploding space
stations are concerned.

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CHAPTER 1: Planet Zebeth
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(Crateria)(Wrecked Ship)

After Samus pilots her ship down the designated landing strip, make your way
left into what seems to be the remains of Ceres. Wrecked Ship is the central
hub for the game, and you will be making many trips through it in the course of
the game. For now, there isn't very much you can do here except make your way
west to Crateria. Follow the stairs down into a very large room, and then take
the upper of two doors leading west. After the most useless hallway ever,
welcome back to Crateria.

Drop down the past the platforms and shoot your way west. Once you are in
Crateria's large chamber, take the passage south. Play Alice in Wonderland for
a few minutes hopping on shrooms, and then pick up your first pack of Missiles
(M5) in the northeast corner of the room. Leave the way you came in and return
to Wrecked Ship.

Back in Wrecked Ship, hop up the platforms to the northwest corner of the room.
Exit to the north and head west, back to Crateria, through the pink door.

Continue west and wall jump your way up the silver pipes and blocks. Keep
heading west until you find the (Morphing Ball). Return to Wrecked Ship the
way you came.

Back in Wrecked Ship again, enter the large chamber and take the west exit
to Crateria's large chamber.

Make your way up the Crateria's main chamber, past the pink door. There is a
blue door on the left that you can reach via morphing. You may wish to enter
this room since it contains a pair of hives that can refill your limited
missile supply. Continue north through the large chamber, morph through a
crevice, and exit to the east. This room should look very familiar if you
played the original Super Metroid. However, you do not get the bombs just yet.
Jump over the Chozo statue and shoot out its back. A silver geemer will crawl
around the room and show you the way out. Make your way north and exit to the
east to find the (Bombs) and the Silver Torizo statue.

Fight (Silver Torizo)

Return to the main cavern, then proceed up the hairpin loop, but instead of
dropping down the west side, bomb along the three block high indentation along
the west wall. Roll through and proceed through the door. Make your way up
through this purple shaft and exit east into a 2x2 room. At the northwestern
most point of the room, there is a one block indentation. Bomb this indentation
and roll in, then bomb again for Missles (M10). Exit to the east for your first
Energy Tank (E1). Return to the main chamber and open up the pink door leading
to the east. Although this room has an animated background, it is NOT a hot
room. Use your newfound bombs to propel yourself across the acid to some more
Missiles (M15). Return to Wrecked Ship.

In Wrecked Ship's main room, continue east until you reach the tall vertical
shaft that leads back towards Samus' Ship. Start a spinning jump and fall
towards the east wall of the shaft. If done correctly, you will land on a small
outcropping. Otherwise, wall jump up the east wall back to the landing. If you
fall too far to wall jump, try again. Blast open the pink door and exit to the
east. After climbing a set of stairs, exit east into Crateria.

Continue east out of the Wrecked Ship's awning, and then wall jump up it to a
earthy platform. Someone's penned up a lil guy for you to take a ride on. Jump
on its back, shoot out the brakes, and enjoy a leisurely float through the sky.
Finish your ride by shooting out a section of the rock overhang and picking up
some Missiles (M20). Exit to the east into a horizontal chamber with a pair of
tubed Ki-Hunters. Exit again to the east and say hello to Brinstar.

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CHAPTER 2: Grappling Through Brinstar
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(Brinstar)

Start by wall jumping up the west side of the vertical shaft to the north. At
the top, morph and collect Missiles (M25). Drop back down the shaft and make
your way east, morphing through the barrier. Exit to the east, and continue in
this direction, shooting through the blue gate and exiting east. Have Samus
wall jump north to a seemingly worthless little hovel at the top of the pink
vertical shaft and bomb along the... east... wall. Roll through and pick up
Missiles (M30). Fall down the shaft and resume your progress. Look along the
north wall for a place where the pink ceiling turns immediately dark instead
of fading. This is between two rock formations and should be pretty obvious.
Shoot through here and climb to the north.

This is Brinstar's main chamber. Make your way to the east wall and bomb it at
the base. Roll through and pick up the (Charge Beam). Leave the Chozo statue
and continue to the north until you reach a vertical shaft of spikes. At this
point you may either head west and bomb through the ceiling to get past them,
or go east through a pink door into a 2x2 room. In the 2x2 room continue east
until you find a rather decorative grouping of plant life, then bomb the center
of it. Arm your missiles and aim up, because there is a large yellow Sidehopper
waiting for you at the top, and it is painful. Return to the main Brinstar
chamber via the northwest exit and hop over the spike tube. Continue hopping to
the west until you are above a blocked off blue door. You can't pass the blocks
until you have the power bombs, but for now, wall jump up the west wall onto a
little outcropping. Face east, kneel, and shoot the overhang to find another
pack of Missiles (M35). Return to the east side of the large room and climb the
platforms to the north. At the top of the shaft, bomb or shoot the west wall
and morph through to find Missiles (M40). Exit the main chamber via the east
exit at the top of the shaft.

Hooray! Etecoons! If you haven't learned the valuable wall jumping skill, now's
the time. Jump to the top of the shaft, following the 'coons. One will pass
through the wall at the top. Follow it and earn an Energy Tank (E2). Fall back
down the west side of the shaft and land on a small outcropping halfway down.
Bomb through and ascend the parallel shaft to the west. Before the shaft
narrows, pick up a pack of Missiles (M45) on the east side. Continue to
the north and blast through the pink door to the west. Run through the Zeb
filled hallway and exit to the west again. You'll find yourself in an elevator
room. Bomb down through the shaft  and claim a pack of Missiles (M50). Return
via the elevator to the west Etecoon shaft. At the top of the west shaft, jump
and morph through the east wall. You will find another vertical shaft that
opens up into a large chamber full of crumble blocks. There's nothing Samus
can do here now. Instead, morph through a couple of tubes in the shaft and exit
to the east. At the end of the long green chamber is a Chozo statue. However,
you will fall before you can reach it. As you fall, morph and follow the east
side of the spiked shaft. The east side will give way about halfway or three
screens to the south. As soon as it does, roll Samus into the spikes to make
her bounce and land in the small alcove with an Energy Tank (E3). Even if you
fail in this maneuver, you can return later and claim your prize.

At the bottom of the steel shaft, exit to the east and you will find a room
that periodically switches between being filled with water and air. Hop
across the gap and collect some Missiles (M55). Now fall down to the bottom of
the 2x3 room and gather your patience. Climb up the blocks and land on the
 small ledge on the west. Just before the room switches from water to air,
plant a bomb and roll towards the right edge of the block. If done correctly,
the room will switch to air, the bomb will explode, and Samus will be propelled
up to the next platform. This platform is comprised of crumble blocks. Use
another pair of bombs in the same manner to propel Samus up into the tube
above. Roll through the tube and be sure to exit when the room is in "air
mode." The metal pipe between the tube you just rolled through and the Chozo
statue is made of crumble blocks. Collect the (Ice Beam) and drop back to the
floor. Stand so there is a block of space between the spiked wall and Samus,
and jump as the room shifts from air to water. If done correctly, you will
collect more Missiles (M60). Leave the room by bombing the southwest corner and
climbing up the vine.

Back in the steel shaft stand above the Zeb spawn pipe and jump, shooting down.
This will freeze a Zeb. As it begins to thaw, jump as high as you can and aim
down, freezing it again. Samus will have moved up one block. Repeat as
necessary until you either obtain the Energy Tank (E3) or come across a portion
of the shaft not lined with spikes. Shoot through, and welcome yourself back to
Etecoon land. Promptly leave to the west and make your way back to the main
Brinstar chamber. Exit the Brinstar main cavern via the southeast exit and
battle through a corridor of Ki-Hunters. You will find yourself in Red
Brinstar, or the Brinstar main shaft.

Climb the shaft and you will find an area filled with rippers. You will take
damage here. Freeze the bottom two rippers, take your hit, and continue up
through the top east exit.

Fight (Spore Spawn).

Climb the exit shaft and proceed to the west to Crateria. Navigate the maze and
collect the (Grappling Beam). Return to the Etecoon shaft and make your way to
the large chamber filled with crumble blocks. Free the odd colored Sidehopper
from its cage. It will follow Samus as it bounces along the ceiling. Target the
mob with the grapple beam and hang on, swinging left and right to make your way
up the chamber. There are two objectives in this room, both in the northwest
corner of the cavern. The first is a pack of Missiles (M65). The second is the
exit to the room, a pink door. To get the missiles, you must extend the grapple
from the Sidehopper as it bounces against the cage the Chozo statue is in. Once
you cross the threshold of the pink door, you will be in a half flooded room
with a spike floor and ceiling. Use the grapple beam to swing from Ripper to
Ripper and pass through the spiked tube wall. You will come across a Ripper
parked for your convenience. Leave him alone and bomb through the blue pipes in
the southwest corner to obtain an Energy Tank (E4). Unpark the Ripper and ride
it back to safety. Return to Wrecked Ship.

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CHAPTER 3: Wrecked Ship
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(Wrecked Ship)

From the Brinstar entrance, head to the west wall of the Wrecked Ship main
chamber. Drop down to the southwest corner, then follow the path east. Blow
open the pink door leading south and take the exit. Help Samus join the circus,
and clear the room, by grappling across the water to the east. Be sure to
release the beam after Samus has left the water to ensure the maximum distance
of your swing. Should you fall, a bed of spikes will offer you a comfortable
landing. Eventually, you will come across an angle of grapple blocks. After
this point, the metal spikes will not hurt you, so feel free to land on them to
give yourself some decent footing before proceeding through the east exit. The
only way to go now is down.

Fight (Phantoom).

The exit room from Phantoom gives many players trouble. To get out of this fake
save room, bomb through the floor two blocks from the door and roll to the
west. Continue west across the wire floor, but be careful not to fall through a
pair of crumble blocks. Go slowly and trigger the crumble blocks for future
reference. Sometimes there is a worker robot in this area. If so, wait until it
walks atop of the crumble blocks, then trigger them. If you fall through, you
will have to repeat this sequence. After you pass west door, you will finally
find the (Varia Suit). Exit to the west and use the grappling beam to drag
yourself up and out of the shaft. You will now be where we started on the trip
to Phantoom. Leave to the north. Wrecked Ship is now "active" like in the
original. There will be floating molecules ready to give you trouble all over
the ship. Climb to the northern part of the main room and investigate along the
east wall of the chamber. You will find that a previously blocked off item ball
is now accessible. Open it for Missiles (M70). Take the east exit towards
Brinstar and wall jump along the west wall for a Reserve Tank (R1). Now return
to the main chamber and exit to the west for Crateria.

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CHAPTER 4: Norfair? Not Fair!
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(Crateria)(Norfair)

From Crateria's main chamber, exit west into a corridor with two silver Geemers
and two Hives. Blow past them and exit to the west. Bomb your way through to a
vertical shaft and shoot around until you reach the bottom. Bomb through the
floor and pick up Missiles below the east strut (M75). Exit to the east and you
will find yourself in a "y" shaped room, rotated ninety degrees counter-
clockwise. Run to the southeast portion of the room and shoot out the mushroom
at the end to find Missiles (M80). Turn about and leave this cavern to the
southwest.

Welcome to Norfair. Fall down to the bottom of this chamber and make your way
to the pipes along the west wall. Search the rocks to the northwest of the
pipes for Missiles (M85). Exit to the northwest, then fall down the long
vertical shaft and exit to the west. You are now in the first of many bubbly
rooms. Use the Wavers to help wall jump up the west side of this bubble bath
and find Missiles (M90). Go to the southeast corner and fall through a series
of crumble blocks. With good timing, you can morph and roll into the network of
pipes to the west after the second crumble block, otherwise, return when you
have the spring ball to navigate the pipes and tubes for some Missiles (M95).
Bomb the western pipes. You need Super Missiles or Power Bombs to go that way.
Oops... Leave via the east. Climb the vertical shaft of bubbles until you come
across a row of morph ball sized orbs. Blow through these orbs and exit to the
east.

Fight the (Silver Space Pirates). Continue east into a vertical shaft. There's
not much to do here but ride the elevator up to Crateria.

Bomb the wall to the east and walk through Kraid's? mouth. You must now choose
between Super Missiles or Power Bombs. At this time, you can only pick one, but
you will eventually get both. From here, the FAQ will split. If you choose
Super Missiles, you may continue through the Power Bomb section. However, if
you choose the Power Bombs, you will have to abandon exploring Norfair until
much later. I suggest you take the Super missiles first.

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Take the Super Missiles (S5) from the northern door. When you leave the room,
the Power Bombs on the lower Chozo statue will disappear. Return to the first
bubbly room with the Power Bomb/Super Missile blocks. Blast through and exit to
the south through the green door. As you descend through the purple room, there
is an indentation along the east wall that is exactly one block from the
screen's edge. You can morph through here to find an enemy pool. Continue down
to the bottom of the shaft and exit to the east. You will find yourself in
another long vertical shaft. Halfway down the shaft, there is a door flush with
the east wall; leave through it. You will have to use the grappling beam to
pull Samus through this half flooded hallway. Remember not to let go of the
grapple until Samus is out of the water. When you do, morph her into a ball and
land between the next section of pipes and repeat until you exit through the
east. Hop across the platforms in the next half-flooded corridor to reach a
large, open cavern. Open the blue gate and wall jump off of the monster's face
on the east wall to obtain Missiles (M100). Do not exit through the pink door
to the east, instead, wall jump up the west wall and exit through the northwest
door. There's nothing to do in the lower half of this 2x2 room except stock up
on energy. When you're through blasting bugs, leave to the west.

Someone's brought you your own personal taxi... again. Shoot out the breaks and
dodge the spikes and gates. Exit to the west. Climb the vertical bubble chamber
and exit to the northeast. Charge your ice beam to take out the Gold Space
Pirates, then exit via the green door to the northwest. In this room, shoot the
top of the second pipe from the west to gain more Missiles (M105) and find a
Reserve Tank at the end of the hall (R2). Return to the shaft with the Gold
Space Pirates and look for a super missile block in the southeast corner. Blow
it open and exit to the east. You are now in the top half of the 2x2 room with
the split bug nests. Blow open the pink door and exit to the east. Collect
Super Missies (S10) and return to the Gold Space Pirate shaft. Exit to the
north this time. Go east and blast through the floor, then fall south and land
on a Chozo statue. Open the item ball to receive Missiles (M110). Avoid the Red
Ki-Hunters, as you don't have the beams to destroy them and you will need your
super missiles for later. Make your way through to the east, and use this
opportunity to stock up on energy and ammo from the bug generators. Be sure to
leave with a full supply of super missiles. Climb up the winding shaft to the
north and find a pair of Missile packs (M115) & (M120). Then proceed to the
south and exit east. Once again, avoid the Red Ki-Hunters and make your way to
the northwest corner of this chamber for Super Missiles (S15). Drop to the
southeast corner and open the Chozo's item ball for Missiles (M125).
Exit to the south.

Fight (Crocomire).

After beating Crocomire, head east and grapple over the water to a pack of
Missiles (M130), then exit to the west. In this room, you will obtain Power
Bombs (P5) and the (Spring Ball). Return to the second bubbly room, a vertical
shaft lined with fire breathing faces. Exit this shaft to the northeast.
Recharge your energy supply and leave, again to the east. Morph and jump,
setting off a power bomb to destroy the monster hiding in the east wall of this
L shaped room. Then, bomb jump to the top and exit via the tunnel to the east.
You will now be in an elevator shaft. Use power bombs to clear out the power
bomb blocks in front of you and continue to the east. You will now be in a
short vertical shaft. Leave via the northwest exit to find yourself back in the
elevator shaft. Switch to super missiles and blow open the green door, morph
and use the spring ball go get across a pair of crumble blocks and the "wind
tunnel" before the door. Exit to the west. Another one of Samus' favorite taxi-
bugs is waiting to be dislodged from its pipe prison. Set it free by standing
on it and pushing it into the lava. Follow it by jumping into the space between
the top pipe and the ceiling, then fall down on it and use the spring ball or
some fancy jumping to advance past the spikes. Exit west. Your prize for all
this maneuvering is a lowly Energy Tank (E5). Unless, of course, you bomb
through the thin part of the floor and pick up the (Spazer Beam) too. Return to
Wrecked Ship.

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Not Fair! Power Bombs
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Take the Power Bombs (P5b) from the northern door. When you leave the room, the
Super Missiles on the upper Chozo statue will disappear. Return to Wrecked
Ship.

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CHAPTER 5: Kraid Raid
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(Wrecked Ship)(Crateria)(Brinstar)

Back in the game's hub, take the north exit out of Wrecked Ship's main room and
follow the rooms back towards where you got the Morphing Ball. Use a power bomb
to strip off enough of the metal tubing to get at the item ball trapped within.
Claim your Power Bombs (P10), then proceed back to Wrecked Ship.

In the main chamber of Wrecked Ship, proceed to the southeastern corner and
spring ball against the east wall. You will find a small crevice leading to a
green door. Blow it open if you have Super Missiles, and take an Energy Tank
(E6). Proceed to the Brinstar main shaft.

At the base of the shaft, there is an orange door. Blow it open and exit to the
east. This steel room contains three hidden enemies. Destroy all the monsters
and exit to the east. The 3x2 room you've just entered contains flourescent
enemies. Try not to bump into them as you make your way through the pipe maze.
Bumping even one of the bat-flies will reduce the lighting by about 50%. After
navigating the pipe maze, you have to spring ball or bomb jump across a few
spiked platforms and exit to the northeast. You will fall through the floor in
the next room. There is almost no avoiding it. Instead of bomb jumping back up
to the east side of the fake floor, follow the lower corridor to the east until
you reach an pipe in the floor below a mossy platform. Morph and roll onto the
spikes to discover they are fake. Bomb through the pipe and explore the hidden
chamber to the west for some Missiles (M135). Fall through the flower traps and
roll farther west for Power Bombs (P15). Return to the thorn filled corridor
and continue eastward to pick up the (Hi-Jump Boots) in the next chamber.
Return to the fake floor and make your way out the northeastern exit. Mockball
through the gates and score some Power Bombs (P20), then exit to the east. If
you can't mockball, sometimes just holding right will allow you through the
second gate, then you can bomb over to the exit. If you're still getting stuck,
shoot at the bush on the ceiling when you first enter, and go over. Ascend the
vertical shaft and exit to the west. Loop around through the L shaped room and
leave through the northeast. At the east end of the blue corridor is a pack of
Missiles (M140). From the missiles, there is a sort of anthill growing out of
the ceiling to the northwest. Blast the floor below the anthill for an Energy
Tank (E7) Shoot out the center and wall jump up the shaft, then exit to the
west. Jump over the spikes and shoot out the top of the blue rocks on the west
side of the flooded corridor and leave in that direction. Loop around the gray
room and detonate a power bomb to continue to the northeast.

As the automap indicates, the ceiling in the old spazer room is a fake. Shoot
it out and continue upwards until your progress is impeded by a quad of crumble
blocks. Hug the east side of the shaft and bomb it open to find a small
elevator. Exit to the west and detonate a power bomb to find Missiles (M145).
Finish the loop around through the Ki-Hunter room to find Power Bombs (P25).
Return to the gray shaft and continue upwards, bombing and shooting out rocks
as necessary. Eventually, you will reach the top of the shaft with an elevator
and a door to the west. If you have super missiles, leave the shaft via the
west door and run across a reversed noob bridge. Blast open the green door and
enter it to find a Reserve Tank (R3). Return to the gray shaft and take the
elevator north. Detonate a power bomb to find the entrance to Kraid's room. If
you have Super Missiles, you may go to the west and shoot out the ceiling to
find a recharge station for both energy and missiles.

Fight (Kraid).

After beating Kraid, collect Super Missiles (S5b) if you don't already have
them, then drop through the crumble blocks that would have supported them if
you didn't pick them up in Norfair. Roll to the right and navigate down the
long shaft to find the (Wave Beam) in an item ball. Return to the Ki-Hunter
tube room in Crateria. It's on your way to Wrecked Ship. There is a patch of
grass between the two tubes. Bomb down through it and go into the water. With
your new Wave/Ice combo, you can freeze the Geemer on the west side of the
hairpin loop. Morph through the hairpin and jump onto the frozen Geemer, giving
you enough boost to make it to the alcove at the end of the curve. Shoot around
for an Energy Tank (E8). Return to Norfair.

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CHAPTER 6: Not Fair! I've Been Here!
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(Norfair)

If you initially chose the Power Bombs return to the first bubbly room and
follow the directions for "Not Fair! Super Missiles" before continuing.
Otherwise, read on.

Hop through the rooms until you reach the first bubbly room. Detonate a power
bomb and continue to the south. Fall to the bottom of the vertical shaft and
blow open the yellow door. In the next room, use the spring ball to jump up
through the crevices and roll out to the east. Drop to the bottom of the foggy
shaft and exit west. Navigate the tube teeth and exit to the south. Yell
BONZAIIII! then pick up the (Speed Booster) when you land. Start running to the
east. Run run run. Grab some Missiles (M150) and run through the door. Don't
stop running. Even more Missiles (M155). It's a marathon! Run Samus Run!
Missiles (M160) again. OMG END OF FLOOR JUMP! and land safely in the northeast
corner of some twenty screens from where you were. Exit to the north and jump,
jump, jump around and exit to the north again. Shoot out the wall to the west
and hop over the pit. Should you fall in, refrain from detonating a power bomb,
as it will destroy all the platforms and you may have to wait in the soup. In
the next room, jump from platform to platform working your way to the northwest
corner in a reverse S pattern. Do not wall jump to the northwest corner, your
path will be blocked. Exit to the northwest. In this vertical shaft, shoot out
the ceiling and ascend to find Missiles (M165) then drop back down and exit to
the west. Exit to the west from this S shaped room. Start running. The door at
the end of this hall is made of speed booster blocks. In the next room you will
find an Energy Tank (E9). As soon as you pick it up, press down to charge for a
super jump, locate the speed booster blocks, and execute. Welcome back to the
mushroom kingdom. I'm sorry Samus, but the hatchling is in another castle!

If you screw up in any part of the above speed booster sequence, it's probably
game over.

Not fair.

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CHAPTER 7: Samus Goes Swimming
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(Brinstar)(Maridia)

Return to the Brinstar main cavern. If you've forgotten, it's the really big
pink one. Jump up through the fake ceiling and exit to the east through the
door immediately below the spike shaft. Navigate to the top of the 2x2 room,
open the door and gate in the top half and quick charge a shinespark. Speed
dash to the west, out of the room, and you will land in front of a blue door
on the west wall of the main cavern. Exit through this door and pick up an
Energy Tank (E10). Roll to the west behind the tank to drop down. Fight a pair
of Sidehoppers and leave to the east. Drop down past the fake floor/ceiling
until you're in the horizontal corridor part of the room. Exit to the
southeast. Use a quick charge speed booster to run through the blocks and the
Ki-Hunters, but don't leave the room. stop before you get to the monster mouth
and climb up to the northwest corner of this loop. Morph and roll east through
a hollow log and earn Missiles (M170) for your troubles. Resume course west
with a quick charge speed booster. Keep running even as you enter the water.
Samus will drop and smash into a Chozo statue, destroying it.

Welcome to Maridia without a gravity suit. Morph and roll through the passage
to the west to pick up Missiles (M175) and fall through a crumble block.
Navigate down the shaft and exit to the east at the first opportunity.
Drop down again and shoot the item ball to receive Power Bombs (P30). Take care
not to fall into the quicksand. The bottom of it is lined with spikes and until
you have the gravity suit, it is next to impossible to jump out. Jump from
platform to platform, keeping the quicksand in sight. There will eventually be
a rock resting atop the quicksand. Immediately to the northwest are a pair of
platforms, two bricks apart. Drop between these two platforms and morph. If you
are in the right spot, you will drop through the quicksand to a maze of pink
tubes. Blast open the pink door and exit to the east. Attach Samus to the lone
grapple point, then release and drop into the quicksand. Another pink maze
later, and you are at the boss door of Draygon.

Fight (Draygon).

Exit to the west and hop across the quicksand. This is the one and only noob
tube. Before you torch it, leave the tube to the west and explore the southwest
corner of the 2x2 room for Super Missiles (S20) and the northeast corner for
Missiles (M180). Take advantage of the Zeb spawn points, then return to the
noob tube and detonate a power bomb. Exit to the southeast.

IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT YOU COLLECT ALL OF THE ITEMS IN THE FOLLOWING
PARAGRAPHS IF YOU WISH TO HAVE THEM, AFTER YOU COLLECT THE GRAVITY SUIT, YOU
WILL NOT BE ABLE TO RETURN TO THIS AREA.

Exit the save room to the east. Detonate a power bomb and pick up Power Bombs
(P35). The next sequence of events is long, hard, and tedious. Exit to the
east, holding down the run button. As you reach the edge of the quicksand,
jump against the east wall and wall jump to the top. If you are caught by the
tide, you will have to begin again. Exit to the northeast into a large room
with quicksand and puddles. Drop down to receive Missiles (M185) for your wall
jumping troubles. As you proceed east, there is a small hill with three bushes
and two enemies on it. Destroy the east float fish, and use the western one as
a platform to launch you up into round two of wall jumping acrobatics. Hop off
and around the pink tubes, avoiding the spikes. Eventually, as you travel east,
you will come across an extremely difficult jump that requires Samus to spin
jump through a pair of spikes only 3 blocks apart. This is barely enough room,
and to accomplish the feat, you can either morph, take a hit, and attempt to
start the wall jump off of the spikes, or jump from the lowest possible point
on the lower spike tube and sail between them. Either way, before you hop down
from the pink tubes to the door, open it. The ground just in front of the door
is made of crumble blocks. If you fall at any point, you will have to start the
acrobatics for this room again. Exit to the northeast. You will be assaulted by
Menus at the top of this shaft. Take them out, then arm the grapple beam and
start a wall jump along the blue east wall of the shaft. Begin a controlled
descent, and snag the lone grapple point. Swing Samus up and to the right. As
she flies towards a spike lined shaft, morph and begin a bomb jump. Menus will
assault you and try to impede your progress, but if you use a double bomb jump,
they may actually help you. Take the (Plasma Beam) and don't look back. Morph
and drop along the east side of the chamber, rolling into the wall to pick up a
pack of Power Bombs (P40) as additional compensation.

If you give up or miss the jump, there is no turning back for power bombs or
the plasma beam. Just continue to the southeast and leave the evil rooms for
Houston's frustration. This long corridor is split in half. Charge your energy
with the provided station and use a quick charge super jump to burst through
the pipes in the ceiling and into a speed booster brick maze. Use the spring
ball to navigate the maze to the northeast. You will come across a couple of
spheres trapped in sand. Detonate a power bomb to free them and continue up
the maze to the north for Missiles (M190). You can try to get them later, but
a wind tunnel will impede your progress. Exit to the south near where you
entered. Samus will now be on the east side of the long corridor. Explore the
corridor for Super Missiles (S25) in an alcove along the ceiling and Missiles
(M195) in plain sight at the east end. Run and initiate another super jump
through the pink pipes above you to the northeast. Samus SHOULD enter blue suit
mode. If not, repeat until successful. You can access the energy charger by
bombing through the pipes to the west of the middle entrance to the long
corridor. Feel free to clear the maze of speed booster blocks. In your
progress, you should find a series of parallel pipes. Wall jump off of these to
reach a Chozo statue and Missiles (M200). When you're done having fun, navigate
a small pipe maze to the northeast. THIS IS THE POINT OF NO RETURN! Wall jump
to the top of the maze, duck to store energy, and shinespark/super dash to the
west to collect the (Gravity Suit).

Exit to the east. Ignore the water and climb to the top. Look! Free Power Bombs
(P45)! Exit to the west. Jump over a bunch of pipes, shoot some things, and
morph through the west wall. Chozo has some Missiles (M205) for you. Take them
and continue to the northwest. Leave through the northwest twice to return to
Brinstar. There's nothing for Samus to do here. Remove the gravity suit and run
through the breakable walls sending Samus plunging back into the drink. This
time around, after smashing through the Pink Space Pirates, jump just as Samus
crosses the pink pipes. She will smash through a series of speed booster
barriers and land in front of a blue door. Activate the gravity suit and exit
to the northwest. Morph and spring ball across a series of crumble blocks to
retrieve Super Missiles (S30). Drop through the crumble blocks. When you land,
exit to the east and fall through the quicksand towards Draygon's room. When
you exit to the east, hop over the first quicksand pit and lay a power bomb.
Collect the Reserve Tank (R4) that's revealed and exit to the noob tube. You
will see that the path to the gravity suit is blocked off. Good thing we got
everything down there. Exit to the north through the pink door. If you leave to
the east of this intersection, you will find what seems to be a worthless room.
Actually, a clone of the gravity suit is in this room, however, since you
already have it, nothing is here. Exit to the west. Make your way west until
you find a pair of floating platforms. Hop up them and wall jump to the
northwest to find an Energy Tank (E11). Exit via the southwest. Climb the
series of shafts and finally exit to the west to find yourself in Crateria.

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CHAPTER 8: Not Fair! Again!?
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(Wrecked Ship)(Norfair)(Ridley's Hideout)

First thing's first. We're going to tie up a few loose ends. Now that we have
the gravity suit, Most of the lava in Norfair won't hurt Samus. Turns out it's
actually orange-aid loaded with wasabi. Make your way back to the foggy shaft
prior to the room with tube teeth. It's not so foggy anymore. Drop to the
bottom to claim Missiles (M210) then get the hell out before Samus needs more
than just a paint job. You're done in Norfair. Return to Wrecked Ship.

When you reach the Wrecked Ship hub, drop down from the Crateria west door to
find a blinking silver door I've had you leave alone for the purpose of
identifying it. Exit through this door to the west to find yourself in a
flooded room. Exit to the west. After admiring the cute wannabe metroids, take
the elevator south.

Welcome to Ridley's Hideout. Proceed to the west, wall jump over the acid and
exit to the west. Drop down through the series of crumble blocks, bomb through
the floor and exit to the east. This portion should seem vaguely familiar from
the original game. Here's where it stops being familiar. Shoot out the floor
immediately in front of Samus in the pink room and drop down. Pop the green
door and fall again. Mmmm, boss doors. Shoot out both eyes and exit to the
west.

Fight (Golden Torizo).

Super Missiles (S35) wait for you in the ceiling like an old friend. Exit west.
Chozo awards you with the (Screw Attack) for surviving that insane fight. Morph
on his head and bomb through the wall to the west. Leave in that direction.
Chozo also has Missiles (M215) for you. Return to the boss door room and exit
east.

Fight (Ridley).

Exit to the northeast. The hatchling's container is cracked on the floor. Check
the southwest corner of the room for an Energy Tank (E12), then bomb the
southeast corner and roll through into a pitch black room. Use bombs to
determine where you are and spring ball to the east to find the (X-Ray Scope).
Actually, getting there is pretty tough. We're not through with this room yet
either. Navigate the passages to find Missiles (M220) & (M225), Super Missiles
(S40), (S45) & (S50) and Power Bombs (P50). Stumble through and collect the
items. You should move in a counter clockwise direction, when you end up in the
northwest corner, you've completed the circuit. Find a passage beneath the
western Chozo and fall back to the starting position. Exit to the west. Leave
Ridley's chamber and take the elevator north. Follow the corridor to the east
and exit in that direction. You will notice an energy tank above you. Ignore it
for now and continue through the tube to the east. In this vertical shaft,
there is a green gate. Use a super missile to destroy the middle maze shaped
block of three capping the end of the floor beneath the gate. Morph and roll
through this gap for the Energy Tank (E13) we saw earlier. Resume course
through the gate and out the northwest exit. Continue west and leave Ridley's
hideout.

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CHAPTER 9: Tourian the Skies
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(Crateria)(Tourian)

At this point you may want to return to Samus' ship to save your game. Y'know,
so the game select screen looks pretty. More importantly, it's a faster way to
reload and recharge. After you're all saved, charged, and supplied, return to
the Crateria main cavern. Work your way past the hive room as though you are
going to Norfair. However, instead of going all the way down the shaft, exit to
the west about halfway through. Bounce through the passage to find the guardian
statue. When it crumbles, drop down and exit to the west. Take the Wonkavator
up into the sky.

Somebody screwed up somewhere, Tourian's supposed to be underground. Well, not
today. Make your way through the series of tubes until you get to a vertical
shaft. At the top of said shaft, morph and roll through one of the tubes of
pipes. You will eventually come across what looks like a save capsule.

THIS IS THE POINT OF NO RETURN! YOU CANNOT COME BACK TO THE REST OF THE GAME
AFTER YOU ENTER THE CAPSULE!

That said, hop in! It's metroid season! The first one is to the east of where
you start. Use power bombs to free it, then blow it away. Resume course to the
west. In the next chamber, you'll find a fake Zebetite and a metroid being
infused with energy. This Super Metroid will reflect beams back at you and
cannot be defeated. Once all the regular metroids are taken care of, it will
never return to the room it was in. However, it's not necessary to destroy the
metroids in this room. Instead, simply exit to the west. In this room, you will
find a pair of Super Metroids amid three regular ones. Take out the three
metroids and exit to the northeast. Here you will find a Proton being infused
with energy. Like the Super Metroid, you can't kill the Super Proton; however,
hitting them with a beam will make them pause for a moment. Set off a power
bomb and exit to the east to find the (Space Jump). Like it will do you much
good now. Loop around the room. When you come to a pit with a spike ceiling,
morph and use the spring ball to bounce off the crumble blocks and reach the
exit to the northeast. Leave the room to enter a small chamber with three Super
Protons. Quickly exit to the west. Hop through the sand filled corridor and
exit to the west again. Now it's time to charge up your energy and missiles on
the opposite side of the west door in the barnacle filled room. When you're
ready, leave to the northeast. Continue east past the sand Chozo and blow open
the boss door in the following room. Climb the short shaft and exit to the
northwest. You will be in Mother Brain's room.

Fight (Mother Brain) and (Zebetites)

Whee, that was fun, but the next part is far from it. Hold down the run button
and forget about letting go. Exit Mother Brain's chamber to the west and blow
through all the gates. Bomb the northwest corner of the room and morph through
the hole exiting west. Navigate the maze of wires and bomb through the
Zebetites. Destroy the two Space Pirates and exit north. In this room, take
the northeast of the six paths and shoot out the floors and ceilings as
necessary until you loop back around, running west, over the passage you just
took. Morph and use the spring ball to jump past the wavy portion of the
ground. Stay morphed and roll west until you come across a portion of the
piping that looks gray or black. Use the spring ball to bounce over these
crumble blocks. Follow the path in an S shape, then climb to the northwest
corner of the room. Resume course east at this point. When you see a pipe
impeding your progress east, morph and use the spring ball to fall through the
first set of crumble blocks, but NOT the second. Continue east until you come
across some Space Pirates. Take them out from a distance then use the spring
ball to bounce over the first horizontal pipe; it's made of crumble blocks.
Rest on the vertical pipe and open the door, then remorph and fall through the
second horizontal pipe, holding the jump button to spring ball off the third
horizontal pipe, also made of crumble blocks, and exit.

Fight Super (Botwoon).

Continue to the east, after you are forced south, take out the Space Pirates
and initiate a quick charge super dash through the lower barriers. You will be
awarded an Energy Tank (E14) as Samus uses the shinespark to GTFO. If you have
fifteen seconds or less when you start the super dash, you probably won't
survive. Quickly hop into Samus' ship and watch the ending sequence with a 99%
completion rate.

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APPENDIX A: Boss Strategies
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(Silver Torizo)

Not a hard fight at all. Use missiles and regular shots to take him out. Jump
over his wave attacks morph to avoid his claws. When he vomits item balls at
you, shoot them to collect energy and missiles.

(Spore Spawn)

Not as easy as it used to be. Use the morph ball to roll away from the giant
purple plant. Taking a hit from the spores is preferable to taking a hit from
the spore. About 37 energy more preferable. When Spawn opens itself, pump
missiles into it. A really good run should land you 3 missiles per opening.
Use the spores to reload.

(Phantoom)

Quite possibly the hardest fight in all of Limit. Always, ALWAYS shoot out the
blue flames with beams and keep your missiles full. When Phantoom opens its
eye, pelt it with missiles. You should be able to get four hits in. You can try
to pseudo-screw attack through the blue flames, but it's a better idea to
refill on missiles and energy from them.

(Silver Space Pirates)

The key to beating these two is to first separate them and then use your
missiles. Begin by luring the one to the east further east. After it uses its
first flying kick against you, move only enough to trigger the Space Pirate
into using the attack again. Fill it with missiles. Walk a bit west to lather,
rinse, and repeat.

(Crocomire)

Easy cheese, just don't make a full jump. Instead, stand just out of the reach
of his claws and aim up at a forty five degree angle and pump is muzzle full of
explosives whenever he opens it. Watch as he falls into the water and... melts?
Guess he doesn't like to take a bath.

(Kraid)

If you have super missiles, the quick-kill technique is possible. As soon as
Kraid rears his big ugly head, shoot him once with a beam and switch to super
missiles. When he roars, fire four into his mouth over a period of two jumps.

Otherwise, fill his face with missiles. When he stands up, jump to the upper
platforms and repeat. Shoot the spinning claws for energy and missiles and
jump over the stomach spikes. He's really not that difficult.

(Draygon)

First things first, blow up the plasma turrets with super missiles. Next, arm
the grappling beam and wait for Draygon to pick you up. Latch onto one of the
electrified turrets and fry the fish.

If you don't wish to use the quick-kill method, you're in for a pretty big
trip. Since the room alternates between air and water, it will be hard for you
to dodge out of the shellfish's attacks. As it flies at you, fill its soft,
yellow belly with super missiles. About fifteen to twenty should work. If you
run out, use missiles. When Draygon spits at you, cancel the attack with your
beams, THEN shoot it with everything you've got.

Draygon hits almost as hard as Ridley and you've no way to maneuver in the
water. Your best bet is the quick kill.

(Gold Torizo)

More than likely, Torizo will get the first hit on you as it drops from the
ceiling. Like the original, Gold Torizo will dodge missiles and catch super
missiles. Furthermore, Ridley is just around the corner, so it is best to save
your munitions and use the charge beam against it. As Gold Torizo takes damage,
it will fade from gold to gray. However, when Gold Torizo should die, it will
come back to full strength. Use the morphing ball to roll under its shots. Its
legs will not hurt you at all. The best thing to do is activate the Murder Beam
glitch and pin Gold Torizo in a corner.

To activate the Murder Beam, you MUST have all five beams. Charge whatever you
have equipped, and access Samus' suit menu. Select the first four beams,
Charge, Ice, Wave, and Spazer, then hilight the Speed Booster. From this point,
simultaneously press left and A to activate Plasma. All five beams should now
be active and "Var" should appear next to Plasma. Return to the game and
remember to keep the fire button held down to hold the charge. The Murder Beam
can only be fired when facing LEFT. If you face any other direction, your game
will crash. Furthermore, after you release the Murder Beam, you must deactivate
either the Spazer or Plasma beam. Firing with all five beams active will crash
the game. Also, you will not see the Murder Beam fire. It is a column of
invisible "damage pixels." With this in mind, it is best not to fire the Murder
Beam into a wall since it will do you little good.

(Ridley)

Ridley has more HP than his original Super Metroid counterpart. As with Gold
Torizo, I suggest you use the Murder Beam on the outside edges of the two
silver platforms. I have only been able to beat him in this fashion. This is
also the time to unload all your super missiles. After that, revert to charged
ice/wave/plasma shots.

Unlike the original Super Metroid version of Ridley, it is difficult to stay
safe by morphing and sitting on the edges of the platforms. Instead, you are
probably more likely to survive by using the screw attack and avoiding Ridley's
tail.

(Botwoon)

There is no time for error. Every possible shot you can get off should hit this
boss. The best thing to do is spam the hyper beam in the general direction of
Botwoon's head. Don't worry about taking damage, there is an energy tank right
around the corner. This fight should only last about forty-five seconds, any
more and you are probably in danger of not making it out in time.

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APPENDIX B: Credits and Acknowledgements
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Thanks to FerentzRocks for recognizing the need for this FAQ, as well as
providing the information to obtain Missiles (M210), Energy Tank (E7), and
helping me recollect Super Missiles (S30).

Thanks go to Cauchys Inequality for helping me locate the Super Missiles (S5b)
when choosing Power Bombs at the Norfair split. I've always taken Super
Missiles first because I consider them infinitely more useful than Power Bombs
until you get 15 of each.

Thanks also to Brickroad's Glitch FAQ for the information on the Murder Beam,
mockball, and any other "uber glitches" I exploited in this walkthrough.

Special thanks go to Suka Banoya and Kake Max for hosting the IPS.

Special thanks belong to Nintendo for making the Metroid series.

Extra special thanks go to Samus for being hot.

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APPENDIX C: Statement of Copyrights and Legal Issues
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I, RLD, III, wrote this FAQ/Walkthrough with the help of the mentioned
contributors. Only www.gamefaqs.com has the right to publicly publish this
document. This file may be not be reproduced in part or in whole under any
circumstances except for personal, private, not for profit use. It may not be
placed on any other web site or otherwise distributed publicly without advance
written permission. Use of this guide on any other web site or as a part of any
public display is strictly prohibited, and a violation of copyright.

All trademarks and copyrights contained in this document are owned by their
respective trademark and copyright holders.

Furthermore, I will not help you find a ROM, the necessary patches, patching
tools, or patience to beat this hack, nor will I help you find the editor used
to create this hack or help you use it, so please don't ask.

Copyright 2006 RLD, III

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