I love how murder is disallowed, but perpetually freezing your enemies, leaving them alive but conscious presumably until the end of time, is a consequence-free move

@appelofdoom8211

2 ай бұрын

It's like that one image where the batman keeps a quadruple amputated joker stuck to a hospital bed in the batcave because it's not murder and thus moral

@cosmicjenny4508

2 ай бұрын

I’m crying, this is literally the resolution the Doctor Who season 11 finale goes for 😭😭

@poppila7807

2 ай бұрын

peace, love, and plants! /ref

@antleymeese2147

2 ай бұрын

Eh, Samus will destroy the whole damn planet in a few years anyways. That is, for the animals who didn’t get turned into X even earlier

@princedeven5829

2 ай бұрын

@@cosmicjenny4508To be fair good old Mr. Tim Shaw did murder... so it's not immoral, it's just him being sentenced to prison

"Metroid 2, return of Samus, is the first game in the Metroid 2 series." I thought that was a misspeak but then I remembered the remake. Clever.

@lovescarguitar

2 ай бұрын

And AM2R before it

@dazcarrr

2 ай бұрын

metroid 2, my favourite trilogy

@ArtemisAYO

2 ай бұрын

Yeah, so glad the fans made a remake since Nintendo would never.

@Nieveria

2 ай бұрын

@@ArtemisAYO samus returns is good though??

@briangoldberg4439

2 ай бұрын

@@Nieveria it's only so-so, like 6/10

A real pacifist knows when taking 47 lives is necessary. Thank you for doing what needed to be done.

@sageblu2283

2 ай бұрын

oh hey, my other favorite trans girl challenge runner!

@irithylldragon

2 ай бұрын

@@sageblu2283 the two best - simplychamp and gamersnaps

@Asiago9

2 ай бұрын

Like killing 47 guards to get the classic suit of the hitman series, as agent 47

@isadoraximenes9430

2 ай бұрын

OH SIMPLY SNAPS HIIIII~

@AngelofGrace96

2 ай бұрын

Hiii Snaps ❤😊

Can YOU Metroid 2 beat the return of samus minimalist pacifist challenge?

@autisticchopper

2 ай бұрын

what the

@monochromegreyson

2 ай бұрын

I most certainly cannot sir bomberguy

@DracoVimes

2 ай бұрын

I don’t know can I?

@Sage_the_Turt

2 ай бұрын

i bet if i did, my mother would be very proud

@billyweed835

2 ай бұрын

@@autisticchopper I feel like I just saw Benoît Blanc hanging out in a random club.

I can’t believe every copy of Metroid 2 comes with a roll of duct tape, in case the one in your Game Boy comes undone.

@RAFMnBgaming

2 ай бұрын

I need to hunt down one then, the batteries on my gameboy have been hanging loose for years and that's not even a euphemism.

This unlocks the ending where a small white dog becomes ruler of SR388 and inexplicably makes the world perfect for everyone.

@charziz6693

2 ай бұрын

I get it!

@T-Dawg75

2 ай бұрын

I THINK I get it. Think.

@user-vw4xp5nt9f

2 ай бұрын

perhaps we are thinking of different games...

@ChaseVaccaro-ge3gk

16 күн бұрын

Toby, is that you?

@concept8192

12 күн бұрын

I thought this was a Silent Hill reference but no, that was a Shiba Inu

this is probably the game where the pacifist run has the most ludonarrative dissonance

@PineappleFlau

2 ай бұрын

To be fair, Samus was only sent there to kill Metroids. If anything this is the MOST lore-accurate playthrough.

@vivil2533

2 ай бұрын

​@@PineappleFlau I imagine Samus is trying not to destroy the planets natural ecosystem. Samus may mostly be known for fighting. She probably cares about nature. It seems like the Chozo would, and she is effectively the Chozos legacy! Also it make Fusion all the more tragic, she destroyed the ecosystem by killing the X parasites sole Predator.

@blakksheep736

2 ай бұрын

"The other enemies are fine, but the -fish- metroids have sinned."

@blakksheep736

2 ай бұрын

​​@@vivil2533 presumably in the later games, she figured that she doesn't have to worry about upsetting the ecosystem if it no longer exists, hence the "every planet you leave detonates" current arc.

@vivil2533

2 ай бұрын

@@blakksheep736 well the only planet she "left intact" became infested by the most dangerous creature in the known universe, that almost killed her even, so maybe it's for the best.

26:50 Nothing is quite as satisfying as hearing her triumphant "I don't have to play this game anymore!" laugh.

The way you use the word "legally" like a weapon is sending me

@FelisImpurrator

2 ай бұрын

Classic Gamechamp. She's TECHNICALLY not a lawyer, but shhh, don't tell the games that!

@abraveastronaut

2 ай бұрын

Gamechamp is legally not a lawyer

Hi Gamerchamp, thanks for welcoming me back to VG Myths

@tibby4503

2 ай бұрын

fr

@dooplets._.5776

2 ай бұрын

So true

@concept8192

13 күн бұрын

​@@p-__Gamerchamp*

Nintendo: “So, we made this game about how committing genocide is bad and how the Metroids were actually just exploited for awful ends with no input of their own.” Gamechamp: “Golly, I’d better follow your advice then.” Nintendo: “Wait, now that’s not-“

@Dash123456789Brawl

2 ай бұрын

Is that really what M2 was about? It was a good ending, until more than a decade later, Fusion revealed that the genocide had dire consequences. Then the solution of course is to do more genocide AND destroy the entire planet this time.

@exorphitus

2 ай бұрын

Don't forget the sequel game where it turns out Samus blindly genociding a species she knew nothing about was the dumbest thing she could have done, and all she accomplished was to remove the only predator of an even more dangerous species.

@sentientbowtie5773

2 ай бұрын

​@@exorphitus its literally not her fault

@flextape467

13 күн бұрын

Skibidi toilet

I think this is the first time that "programmed on duct tape" actually _prevented_ silly cheese.

we love a good gamechamp3000 "if it doesn't exist, it can't die"

So, hang on. You're weaving your way through this place, avoiding everyone, except a certain specific set of people that you went there specifically to kill. This isn't a pacifist run, this is a hitman run! It even has the number 47 in it!

@cam7990

2 ай бұрын

More like government-sanctioned poaching

@VeryPeeved

Ай бұрын

@@p-__ In what way?

Pacifist Genocide, my favorite Undertale run.

@tibby4503

2 ай бұрын

But this isn't undertale.

@An_Entire_Lime

2 ай бұрын

​@@tibby4503 We all know Metroid for the Nintendo Entertainment System was programmed with Undertale

@tibby4503

2 ай бұрын

@@An_Entire_Lime man I'm dead💀

@dazcarrr

2 ай бұрын

@@An_Entire_Lime *metroid ii for the gameboy entertainment system

@samlewis6487

2 ай бұрын

​@@dazcarrr The first game in the Metroid 2 series

Love a gamechamp video alongside a bowl of duct tape and a nice tall glass of double sided duct tape

@ashketchup7354

2 ай бұрын

I'll stick with my 47 lattes, thanks.

'6:10 - It stopped existing before it had a chance to die'. This may be the most unintentionally funny line I've heard, loaded with philosophical meaning even.

"It stopped existing before it had the chance to die" Probably one of the most metal things I've ever heard.

@riluna3695

2 ай бұрын

Right along with "Kill it before it exists" from a previous episode. One of the Rockman games.

As someone who gets genuinely lost playing Metroid Fusion: no, I don't think I can beat a Metroid game without an in-game map in general

@n0tinctrl

2 ай бұрын

same 😭 i'm very glad we got zero mission and samus returns because i would always get lost in the originsl games

@CoraCreates

Ай бұрын

Saying what I’ve been thinking since I played Super Metroid.

Having the end credits be triggered by touching a missile recharging station while having killed all the metroids is interesting

And when KZread needed her the most, she returned. Fun fact, I did complete a Kirby's Adventure minimalist pacifist challenge - and it was a "True" one, you CAN beat that game by only killing mandatory bosses and minibosses [killing as in defeating them in a way that awards you points]. There are a couple really tricky sections but they ARE beatable. There is but a single extra star block you need to break at a certain point to give yourself space to dodge a certain enemy, but besides that I don't think it can be refined any further. But piecing the gameplay videos together is quite a nightmare, no pun intended.

I thought the story for this one was gonna be "Samus was tasked with killing all the Metroids, but she isn't here to kill anything _else_ on SR388!" But I very much enjoyed the quick TAS overview!

Welcome back to Gamechamp’s comment section! The Online Internet KZread Reaction that continues to love her videos!

Oh, Gamerchamp-chan, I've missed you! Metroid II was actually the first Metroid I ever played and beat. And I think I accidentally sequence broke the game; as a young girl, I couldn't find any other Metroids to kill, so using the several etanks I found I swiftly made my way through an acid/lava-filled area and found new stuff to kill. Looking forward to the Minimalist Pacifist Run in Super Metroid, and the Damageless Run in the next Rock Man game!

Honestly the check for game completion is kinda amazing from a game developing perspective. Making a ship asset which works pretty much like a normal refill station would've been a waste of time, so they just added the refill stations inside the tiles of the ship, but then since the ship isn't an actual object the game couldn't check for "entering ship", so they probably did the next best thing and checked the kill count at the missile refill stations Props to them for saving cartridge space in such a weird way

@ironcloud3463

Ай бұрын

@@p-__ and that relates to my comment in any way?

I'm ready for duct tape

There's something really funny about how the most scuffed game completion trigger in the 8 and 16-bit era one could think of is actually one of the most bulletproof of it's kind.

gamerchamp is so cool i love her pacifist run except for the enemies she left for dead while frozen and the metroids she comitted genocide against

@screenwatcher949

2 ай бұрын

:0 i thought gamechamp3000 was a man

@ArloMathis

2 ай бұрын

@@screenwatcher949 From the channel's about section: "I'm a non-binary completionist-focused gamer who makes videos testing the limits of games with challenges, analyzing game design, and making really dumb jokes." Uses she/they? I think? 'She' at least. Has referred to herself as 'Ms. GameChamp' in prior videos.

@kuroser353

2 ай бұрын

​@@ArloMathisUsed to use she/they, now uses only she/her iirc

The Super Metroid Minimalist Pacifist Reverse Boss Order run is gonna be very fun to watch :)

This is more like a hit-man mission, where you have specified targets and need to avoid killing civilians

samus: i hope my pacifism towards anything not a metroid won't bite me in the ass down the line- *x-parasite awakens offscreen and eats the nearest homoad* *awkward laugh as samus departs for ceres to continue her mostly-pacifist bounty hunting while sr-388 becomes a nightmarish warped parody of itself due to the x mimicks becoming the dominant species*

I'm now imagining the Federation after this run: "Did she really just kill only a few and just LEAVE?"

'It is programmed on duct tape' *the programming in question keeping you from beating the game without actually beating the game*

I didn’t expect a sequel to the first Metroid video but I’m happy to see it

31:54 “This family stinks!”

Oh boy, Metroid II: Return of Samus! I can’t wait for Gamerchamp to play Metroid: Samus Returns, but only after she plays Super Metroid, Metroid Fusion, Metroid Prime, Metroid: Zero Mission, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, Metroid Prime Pinball, Metroid Prime Hunters, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Metroid Prime Trilogy, Metroid: Other M and Metroid Prime: Federation Force, of course. 🙂

@vlc-cosplayer

2 ай бұрын

"Metroid Prime Pinball" Metroid is probably the ONLY game series (along with Super Monkey Ball) where a pinball spin-off would barely be a spin-off at all, since rolling a ball is already a game mechanic 💀 Edit: I just thought about Katamari Damacy, but in that game you're not "the" ball, you're just moving a ball around, so it's not the same.

I can't believe you came back to Metroid after that first one, but I'm so happy you did.

I love how both Metroid and Mega Man have GB games people always forget and yet are so important to the lore

@HolyAlondite

2 ай бұрын

I'm not sure I'd call the GBA Megaman games super important to the lore, but they do exist. That's for sure.

@Zwyrx_Hgqfyggz

2 ай бұрын

@@HolyAlondite Nah I meant GB GB Megaman & Bass is great though

So, is this going to be a series now ? Neat.

@splgk6204

2 ай бұрын

The series itself might be holding through duct tape only so we will see lmao

@tibby4503

2 ай бұрын

celeste

@ArtemisAYO

2 ай бұрын

celeste

@ectotide

2 ай бұрын

celeste

Upon killing Queen Metroid, you are the new metroid queen.

@Zorothegallade-gg7zg

2 ай бұрын

Considering Samus IS a Metroid, that's spot on.

@suicune3776

2 ай бұрын

@@Zorothegallade-gg7zg Even more fitting because the baby in her cellular structure was a queen :3

What a cool run! Glad to see you again, and well done champ!

this was such a great episode!

It's always a good day when Gamechamp uploads! Metroid isn't my cup of tea, but this'll be fun to watch!

The correct way to watch this on mobile is windowed, hunched over the screen like a little gameboy goblin

Damn, what a nice surprise. Not many people who'd even remember Metroid II Thank you Gamechamp!

Gamerchamp, back at it again with masoc- i mean duct tape

You have the MOST unhinged patrons lol. I live for the segment.

"It stopped exiting before it had the chance to die" is my favorite mental gymnastics.

Yay I love this channel thanks for your time and art 😀

What a good thing to wake up to. Thank you ms gamechamp 🥺

Cant believe we've got a new episode so soon! You're spoiling us!

Ah, shit, here we go again.

Awesome to see another ongoing series come into existence on VG Myths, right next to Rockman hitless and Ratchet wrench-only. I'm curious to see whether you include the remainder of the Metroid 2 trilogy and the 3D games. Also, the Metroid Queen fight was absolutely insane.

@HarbingerYT

2 ай бұрын

She'll probably do Super next. She tends to go in order.

@RainbowMan9407

2 ай бұрын

@@HarbingerYT And I'm eagerly looking forward to her breaking Super in half.

the inspired feat of conducting a pacifist run in which every progression target is killed. gamechamp pushes new borders every day

Needed this upload! Been a long week

That final battle was beautiful. The final bomb had me thinking it might be a death and there would be a second battle where you won. Very clutch, bigly skillful.

Ms.Gamerchamp thank you for being entertaining :) You make even some of the worst days enjoyable

Woh more metroid! Awespme job GameChamp!

I just started playing metroid and you drop this BANGER :D

This video just brought back memories of me trying to beat this game many times as a kid and always failing because I got lost. I never have beaten this game.

18:58 backshots

Metroid 2 is one of my favorite Metroid games. I am so happy you did a minimalist challenge for it too

I re-downloaded AM2R and am currently close to beating it again thanks to this video. Never forgot how much better it was than the official remake but i did forget how fun it was.

Nintendo really should have called it Return of the Pool of Burnt Duct Tape

I’m always here watching my favorite series of Champ being good at videogames.

i always love when she has that relieved laugh at finally finishing off the last big challenge of the run. always puts a smile on my face :>

Metroid 1 run: A ton of items, basically just one murder. Metroid 2 run: Only three items, and an actual act of genocide.

been playing metroid 2 again recently, this is what i needed

I wasn’t expecting this video, one of the two most awaited videos (together with megaman 5 hitless)

Oh my gosh, the timing is so funny - I just watched the Metroid 1 pacifist run like half a week ago!

were the hell ahve u been last vid i saw was the mgs one the like 7 months later you made one video, happy to see you are posting

WHOA. a video so soon and i wasn't honestly ready. I was expecting like a month or so for one of thee but, heck. Putting the DnD on hold. Video watched, I'm glad to seen all of this. its perfect. but I also wish I knew that cheese on my first run. woulda saved me the trouble back then.

Just laid down in bed with a bowl of ice cream, open up KZread and see a new VG myths episode. I alone am the honored one

i'm excited for the super metroid run. can't wait to see the crazy tricks that would be utilized

Im really glad to see that here lately youve been putting out more content, Champ. Double glad that its still high quality content and not some lower quality stuff just to appease the algorithm. I hope that doing so isn’t putting any more of a strain on you/your sanity than the expected loss of sanity that comes with attempting runs like this.

It's been so long! Welcome back Ms Champ! ❤

I love, explaining the final boss fight, it seemed impossibly difficult, then when she executed the plan (and the metroid queen) she made it look super easy!

your catchphrases are so good

I think Gamechamp is the only creator who's patreon shootouts I watch. I dunno, it just feels right. Plus all her patrons that have decided to come together to make her say interesting things are basically the co-host of the show at this point. I hope there comes a time where her patron list occupies the better half of the video. That is the final form I envision for Ms Champ's videos.

@jamburrito

2 ай бұрын

the patreon section of videos started getting so long at one point she actually had to raise the tier for vocal shoutouts bc one time it was like 1/3rd of a 10 minute video. which the support for her is absolutely deserved

I appreciate the closed captions

2 was always my favorite. nuts crazy to do this though lol. good work

Well done agent 47, now head for an exit.

Btw love your vids, keep up the good work ❤

There are two minimalist runs of Super Metroid that don't involve major glitches (going through walls, activating debug codes, or simultaneous Spazer+Plasma): 14% Ice and 14% Speed. But there's also a different type of minimalist run that seems *entirely* your style: the No Boss MiniBoss (NBMB) run. Collect as many items as possible without defeating any boss or mini-boss. Back when I originally did an NBMB on console, it was possible to get 73% of all items without fighting any bosses. (I did 72% because there's one power bomb that's a *massive pain*.) This involves, among other things, going through almost all of Lower Norfair without the Varia Suit (because no Kraid) or Gravity Suit (because no Phantoon) or Space Jump (because no Draygon). It also involves traversing major parts of Maridia without the Gravity Suit. Today, thanks to some new discoveries, it's possible to get a bit more than that: you can break into the Plasma room, and with Plasma you can get behind Crocomire to get its energy tank without defeating it. There may be additional items as well. This brought new life to what was already one of my favorite games, added some very interesting and satisfying challenges, and seems like exactly the kind of play style that you seem to enjoy.

Apart from chuck-e-cheese and arcades along the boardwalk, this is the first game I ever played. Good to see it torn to pieces!

I've had this game since it came out, and I never knew you could get inside the end boss to drop spicy meatballs.

Ms Gamechamp, thanks for yet another banger

Gosh I loved the ending!

I’ve been looking forward to this

Gamechamp posted; Today is a good day!

Absolutely not! I've seen some insane challenges on this channel, but I'm not masochistic enough to even conceive of how much more masochism would be required to even attempt such a challenge, let alone finish it. Congratulations, and I will now be running as far away from the house before Gamechamp collapses into singularity of self-inflicted pain.

I see what you're laying down game champ. Can't wait for the zero mission run!

These are my favorite videos on the internet

Great video game champ

It is extremely funny that the next fastest time for low% on the M2 leaderboards after behemoth's run is by a guy with several 2D Metroid WRs under his belt, and yet it's 7 and a half hours slower. Almost the entirety of that run was on the Metroid Queen fight, and watching it happen live was like watching someone lose their grip on reality. Congrats on this incredible achievement.

@Gamechamp3000

2 ай бұрын

Oh wow, I feel kind of bad, I got really lucky with my "rely on good RNG" strat and got a successful attempt within 2 hours

Good job Gamechamp

oh, my GOSH, when that startup noise sounded I thought I was listening to snail's house.

Gamerchamp: "Let's do a pacifist run guys" Also Gamerchamp: *Proceeds to violently murder every single Metroid on the game*

Hey, it's the Metroid 2 corridor music, I love that song!

I love your videos so much, some have the perfect energy to get my hyped for the day, and some are perfect watches before I sleep, your voice can go from amped up to so calming so fast lol