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=== Max%-No-Powerbombs analysis (inbounds, without Spazer+Plasma beam combinations): (last update: 04.05.2018) ===
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First, note this page is about no major glitches conditions.
  
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The maximum for PAL and NTSC (with the help of Taco's left-side Green Gate Glitch at the gate to the right of the glass tube) with tool-assistance is 82%.
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=== Max% No Powerbombs analysis (last update: 02.12.2023) ===
  
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(1) Lower Norfair can be entered with tool-assistance using Wave, Ice and Grapple, for a Moondance application at the entrance to Gravitron, the lavapit room, without having any powerbombs. From there one can use an Ice-clip to get up in Mickey-Mouse-room and then one can loop around to get into Golden Torizo's room.
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The maximum for PAL and NTSC is:  80% (RTA proven), or 82% (TAS conditions). This can be increased by 1 if it is allowed for Samus to be softlocked at the end (with two different options).
  
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(2) And for the WS-R.-Tank, with tool-assistance one should (in NTSC aswell as PAL) be able to use frozen enemies in the attic of Wrecked Ship to initiate a Moondance setup and carry the built up speed into Bowling room (using Speedbooster to get past the speed blocks).
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This count excludes power bomb packs. If power bomb packs are allowed, this adds seven items under PAL or TAS conditions:  Under RTA conditions on NTSC, two of these power bomb packs are a softlock. These data lead to the following totals:
  
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The items that can be collected with tool-assisted superplay are listed below.
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* 80% (RTA, no softlock, power bomb packs cannot be collected)
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* 81% (RTA, end in softlock, power bomb packs cannot be collected)
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* 82% (TAS, no softlock, power bomb packs cannot be collected)
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* 83% (TAS, end in softlock, power bomb packs cannot be collected)
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* 85% (RTA, NTSC, no softlock, power bomb packs allowed)
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* 87% (RTA, NTSC, end in softlock, power bomb packs allowed)
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* 87% (RTA, PAL, no softlock, power bomb packs allowed)
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* 88% (RTA, PAL, end in softlock, power bomb packs allowed)
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* 89% (TAS, no softlock, power bomb packs allowed)
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* 90% (TAS, end in softlock, power bomb packs allowed)
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The items that can be collected are listed below. They are flagged as follows:
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* TAS:  Only proven in TAS conditions, i.e., have never been replicated RTA.
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* Softlock:  Collecting this item leads to a softlock, i.e., it cannot be escaped from without using a power bomb.
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Additionally, items that require more finesse have a brief description of how they can be collected.
  
 
== Crateria: ==
 
== Crateria: ==
  
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* Bombs
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* [[Bomb|Bombs]]
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* [[List of Energy Tanks#Crateria 2|Gauntlet Energy Tank]]
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* [[List of Energy Tanks#Crateria 1|Terminator Energy Tank]]
  
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* Gauntlet-E.-Tank
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* [[List of Missiles#Crateria 7|Left Gauntlet Missiles]]
  
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* Crateria-mushroom-path-E.-Tank
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* [[List of Missiles#Crateria 8|Right Gauntlet Missiles]]
  
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* left Gauntlet-Missile
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* [[List of Missiles#Crateria 1|Omega Missiles]]
  
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* right Gauntlet-Missile
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* [[List of Missiles#Crateria 3|Old Mother Brain Missiles]]
  
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* Moat-Missile (probably TAS-only in the NTSC case)
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The following all require getting into Wrecked Ship without power bombs. This is quite difficult on NTSC, but it is possible by gate glitching the [[East Ocean|bottom gate]] into Maridia, using [https://vimeo.com/806943503 Ice, Wave, Hi-Jump, and Supers]. Under TAS conditions, there are other options. On PAL, [https://vimeo.com/714163431 only Ice is needed] (even for RTA conditions).
  
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* upper Ocean-Missile (probably TAS-only in the NTSC case)
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After getting into Maridia, one can proceed through [[West Sand Hall]] (on NTSC by using a sandy bomb jump), and backwards through Forgotten Highway.
  
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* middle Ocean-Missile (probably TAS-only in the NTSC case)
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* [[List of Missiles#Crateria 2|Moat Missiles]]
  
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* lower Ocean-Missile (probably TAS-only in the NTSC case)
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* [[List of Missiles#Crateria 4|West Ocean Missiles in the Sky]]
  
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* Parlor-tunnel-Missile
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* [[List of Missiles#Crateria 5|West Ocean Maze Missiles]]
  
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* old-MB-room-Missile
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* [[List of Missiles#Crateria 6|West Ocean Drowned Missiles]]
  
 
== Brinstar: ==
 
== Brinstar: ==
  
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* Ball
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* [[Morphing Ball|Morph Ball]]
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* [[Charge Beam]]
  
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* Charge
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* [[Spazer]]
  
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* Spazer
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* [[Varia Suit]]
  
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* Varia
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* [[List of Reserve Tanks#Brinstar|Brinstar Reserve Tank]]
  
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* Brinstar-R-Tank
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* [[List of Energy Tanks#Brinstar 3|Blue Brinstar Energy Tank]]
  
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* Blue-Brinstar-E.-Tank
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* [[List of Energy Tanks#Brinstar 1|Kraid Energy Tank]]
  
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* Kraid-E.-Tank
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* [[List of Super Missiles#Brinstar 2|Early Supers]]
  
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* right Charge-room-E.-Tank (probably TAS-only)
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* [[List of Super Missiles#Brinstar 1|Spore Spawn Supers]]
  
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* Etecoon-E.-Tank
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* [[List of Missiles#Brinstar 1|Alpha Missiles]]
  
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* early SuperMissile
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* [[List of Missiles#Brinstar 2|Beta Missiles]]
  
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* SporeSpawn-SuperMissile
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* [[List of Missiles#Brinstar 3|Missiles below Early Supers]]
  
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* Etecoon-SuperMissile
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* [[List of Missiles#Brinstar 7|Missiles behind Brinstar Reserve]]
  
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* 1.Missiles
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* [[List of Missiles#Brinstar 8|Missiles behind Missiles behind Brinstar Reserve]]
  
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* Blue-Brinstar-E.-Tank-Missile
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* [[List of Missiles#Brinstar 4|Big Pink Top Missiles]]
  
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* left Top-Blue-Brinstar-Missile (probably TAS-only)
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* [[List of Missiles#Brinstar 5|Big Pink Bottom Missiles]]
  
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* right Top-Blue-Brinstar-Missile (probably TAS-only)
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* [[List of Missiles#Brinstar 6|Green Tube Missiles]]
  
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* early-SuperMissile-Missile
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The two Etecoons items may be collected by moondancing down (one option), and then ice clipping back up.
  
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* left Brinstar-R.-Tank-Missile
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* [[List of Energy Tanks#Brinstar 2|Etecoons Energy Tank]]
  
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* right Brinstar-R.-Tank-Missile
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* [[List of Super Missiles#Brinstar 3|Etecoons Supers]]
  
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* upper Charge-room-Missile
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The two Billy Mays items may be collected by performing an [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MKlG4573-g extended ice clip and sparking up]. This has been replicated RTA, although taking considerably longer and a lot more Geemer hits due to needing about 63 near frame perfect freezes of the global Geemer.
  
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* lower Charge-room-Missile
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* [[List of Missiles#Brinstar 9|Billy Mays Visible Missiles]]
  
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* Brinstar-blue-gate-Missile
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* [[List of Missiles#Brinstar 10|Billy Mays Hidden Missiles]]
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The Wavegate Energy Tank may be collected by using an ice clip through the door with a Zeb and a Reo. This requires multiple blind frame perfect pauses, so it has not been replicated RTA.
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* [[List of Energy Tanks#Brinstar 4|Wavegate Energy Tank]] (TAS)
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The Waterway Energy Tank may be collected by [[Grapple Supersink|supersinking]] past the power bomb block. This has been replicated RTA. However, escape is impossible.
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* [[List of Energy Tanks#Brinstar 4|Waterway Energy Tank]] (Softlock)
  
 
== Norfair: ==
 
== Norfair: ==
  
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* Ice
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* [[Ice Beam]]
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* [[Wave Beam]]
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* [[Hi-Jump Boots]]
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* [[Speed Booster]]
  
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* Wave
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* [[Grappling Beam]]
  
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* Highjump
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* [[List of Reserve Tanks#Norfair|Norfair Reserve Tank]]
  
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* Speedbooster
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* [[List of Energy Tanks#Norfair 1|Hi-Jump Energy Tank]]
  
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* Grapple
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* [[List of Energy Tanks#Norfair 2|Crocomire Energy Tank]]
  
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* Screw Attack (probably TAS-only)
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* [[List of Missiles#Norfair 1|Hi-Jump Missiles]]
  
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* Norfair-R.-Tank
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* [[List of Missiles#Norfair 10|Cathedral Missiles]]
  
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* HighJump-E.-Tank
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* [[List of Missiles#Norfair 2|Bubble Mountain Missiles]]
  
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* Crocomire-E.-Tank
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* [[List of Missiles#Norfair 4|Green Bubbles Missiles]]
  
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* Fireflea-E.-Tank (probably TAS-only)
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* [[List of Missiles#Norfair 5|Norfair Reserve Missiles]]
  
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* GT-SuperMissile (probably TAS-only)
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* [[List of Missiles#Norfair 3|Speed Booster Missiles]]
  
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* HighJump-Missile
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* [[List of Missiles#Norfair 9|Wave Missiles]]
  
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* upper Norfair-path-Missile
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* [[List of Missiles#Norfair 12|Cosine Missiles]]
  
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* Bubble-Room-Missile
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* [[List of Missiles#Norfair 12|Indiana Jones Missiles]]
  
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* Norfair-pre-R.-Tank-room-Missile
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* [[List of Missiles#Norfair 12|Crocomire Escape Missiles]]
  
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* Norfair-R.-Tank-Missile
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* [[List of Missiles#Norfair 6|Crumble Shaft Missiles]] (by coming up through [[Crocomire Speedway]])
  
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* Speedbooster-Missile
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Via a difficult moonfall setup with Ice and Grapple, it is possible to enter Lower Norfair. This is considerably easier on PAL, but it [https://vimeo.com/806984919 has been done RTA on NTSC].
  
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* Wave-Missile
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* [[Screw Attack]]
  
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* Crocomire-shaft-Missile
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* [[List of Energy Tanks#Norfair 3|Firefleas Energy Tank]]
  
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* Grapple-Missile
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* [[List of Super Missiles#Norfair|Golden Torizo Supers]]
  
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* Crocomire-return-path-Missile
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* [[List of Missiles#Norfair 13|Mickey Mouse Missiles]]
  
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* left Norfair-Missile
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* [[List of Missiles#Norfair 14|Hotarubi Missiles]]
  
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* Mickey-Mouse-Missile (probably TAS-only)
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* [[List of Missiles#Norfair 15|Three Musketeers Missiles]]
  
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* 1st-LNF-Exit-Missile (probably TAS-only)
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GT Missiles are more elusive. Via a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Bvc-wAYw3k moonjump] it is possible to collect. It can also be collected with a "slopespark" by taking double enemy knockback (using a Reserve Tank) when Golden Torizo does a tall jump (i.e., a forwards jump).
  
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* 2nd-LNF-Exit-Missile (probably TAS-only)
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* [[List of Missiles#Norfair 12|Golden Torizo Missiles]] (TAS)
  
 
== Wrecked Ship: ==
 
== Wrecked Ship: ==
  
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* Gravity (probably TAS-only in the NTSC case)
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The following all require getting into Wrecked Ship without power bombs. This is quite difficult on NTSC, but it is possible by gate glitching the [[East Ocean|bottom gate]] into Maridia, using [https://vimeo.com/806943503 Ice, Wave, Hi-Jump, and Supers]. Under TAS conditions, there are other options. On PAL, [https://vimeo.com/714163431 only Ice is needed] (even for RTA conditions).
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After getting into Maridia, one can proceed through [[West Sand Hall]] (on NTSC by using a sandy bomb jump), and backwards through Forgotten Highway.
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* [[Gravity Suit]]
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* [[List of Energy Tanks#Wrecked Ship|Wrecked Ship Energy Tank]]
  
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* WS-R.-Tank [but this item would need to be collected last, since one cannot escape from there anymore, and it is the only item of this type among the collectible ones] (probably TAS-only)
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* [[List of Super Missiles#Wrecked Ship 1|Wrecked Ship Left Supers]]
  
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* WS-E.-Tank (probably TAS-only in the NTSC case)
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* [[List of Super Missiles#Wrecked Ship 2|Wrecked Ship Right Supers]]
  
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* left WS-SuperMissile (probably TAS-only in the NTSC case)
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* [[List of Missiles#Wrecked Ship 3|Gravity Missiles]]
  
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* right WS-SuperMissile (probably TAS-only in the NTSC case)
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* [[List of Missiles#Wrecked Ship 1|Spooky Missiles]]
  
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* WS-R.-Tank-Missile (probably TAS-only in the NTSC case)
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* [[List of Missiles#Wrecked Ship 2|Attic Missiles]]
  
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* WS-shaft-Missile (probably TAS-only in the NTSC case)
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Via some ice moonfall shenangians, one can carry vertical fall speed into the top of [[Bowling Alley]] and fall on top of the Reserve. However, escape is impossible.
  
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* right WS-Missile (probably TAS-only in the NTSC case)
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* [[List of Reserve Tanks#Wrecked Ship|Wrecked Ship Reserve]] (Softlock)
  
 
== Maridia: ==
 
== Maridia: ==
  
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* Plasma (probably TAS-only in the NTSC case)
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The following all require getting into Wrecked Ship without power bombs. This is quite difficult on NTSC, but it is possible by gate glitching the [[East Ocean|bottom gate]] into Maridia, using [https://vimeo.com/806943503 Ice, Wave, Hi-Jump, and Supers]. Under TAS conditions, there are other options. On PAL, [https://vimeo.com/714163431 only Ice is needed] (even for RTA conditions).
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After in Maridia, to get past the power bomb blocks in [[Aqueduct]] one could perform [https://vimeo.com/735864254 Butterfly Skip] and then go backwards through the Botwoon hallways. Alternatively, maybe an ice moonfall setup in [[Crab Shaft]] could work.
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* [[Plasma Beam]]
  
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* Spacejump (probably TAS-only in the NTSC case)
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* [[Space Jump]]
  
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* Maridia-R.-Tank (probably TAS-only in the NTSC case)
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* [[List of Reserve Tanks#Maridia|Maridia Reserve]]
  
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* left Maridia-Beach-Missile (probably TAS-only in the NTSC case)
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* [[List of Missiles#Maridia 5|Watering Hole Missiles]]
  
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* right Maridia-Beach-Missile (probably TAS-only in the NTSC case)
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* [[List of Missiles#Maridia 4|False Wall Missiles]]
  
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* Maridia-R.-Tank-Missile (probably TAS-only in the NTSC case)
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* [[List of Missiles#Maridia 7|West Sand Hole Missiles]]
  
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* Maridia-Powerbomb-Missile (probably TAS-only in the NTSC case)
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* [[List of Missiles#Maridia 6|East Sand Hole Missiles]]
  
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* Mainstreet-Missile (probably TAS-only in the NTSC case)
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* [[List of Missiles#Maridia 1|Main Street Missiles]]
  
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* Turtle-Missile (probably TAS-only in the NTSC case)
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* [[List of Missiles#Maridia 8|Mama Turtle Missiles]]
  
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* Snail-Room-Missile (probably TAS-only in the NTSC case)
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* [[List of Missiles#Maridia 2|Aqueduct Missiles]]
  
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* Draygon-Missile (probably TAS-only in the NTSC case)
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* [[List of Missiles#Maridia 3|Precious Missiles]]
  
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* Maridia-Beach-SuperMissile (probably TAS-only in the NTSC case)
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* [[List of Super Missiles#Maridia 3|Watering Hole Supers]]
  
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* Mainstreet-SuperMissile (probably TAS-only in the NTSC case)
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* [[List of Super Missiles#Maridia 1|Crab Supers]]
  
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* Snail-Room-SuperMissile (probably TAS-only in the NTSC case)
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* [[List of Super Missiles#Maridia 2|Aqueduct Supers]]
  
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* Turtle-E.-Tank (probably TAS-only in the NTSC case)
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* [[List of Energy Tanks#Maridia 2|Mama Turtle Energy Tank]]
  
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* Botwoon-E.-Tank (probably TAS-only in the NTSC case)
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* [[List of Energy Tanks#Maridia 1|Botwoon Energy Tank]]
  
 
== Items that cannot be collected: ==
 
== Items that cannot be collected: ==
  
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* All 10 powerbomb packs [as sidenote, TAS could pick up early PB, upper-Red-Brinstar-PB, Etecoon-PB, Pink-Brinstar-PB, Crocomire-PB, Fireflea-PB or Maridia-PB as very first powerbomb pack under the above restrictions, in NTSC aswell as PAL]
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First, note the above list does not contain any power bomb packs. If the goal is instead max% without using power bombs, note seven power bomb packs can be collected:
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* [[List of Power Bombs#Brinstar 1|Alpha Power Bombs]] (under RTA conditions, coming here is a softlock on NTSC)
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* [[List of Power Bombs#Brinstar 2|Beta Power Bombs]] (this may be collected with an ice moonfall into a slopekiller, and escaping via a standard ceiling clip; under RTA conditions, coming here is a softlock on NTSC)
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* [[List of Power Bombs#Brinstar 4|Etecoons Power Bombs]] (escape via an ice clip)
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* [[List of Power Bombs#Brinstar 5|Mission Impossible Power Bombs]] (an ice clip with either Wave or [https://vimeo.com/807526377 Spazer] can collect this; there are also other options)
  
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* X-Ray (due to the powerbomb door and powerbomb block wall being in the way)
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* [[List of Power Bombs#Norfair 1|Crocomire Power Bombs]]
  
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* Springball (due to a powerbomb block wall in Shaktool's room)
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* [[List of Power Bombs#Norfair 3|Jail Power Bombs]] (this requires the Ice and Grapple moondance to get into Lower Norfair)
  
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* Waterway-E.-Tank (since the item is past a powerbomb block under Charge beam's location, and no Moondance setup can reach the powerbomb block)
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* [[List of Power Bombs#Maridia|Maridia Power Bombs]] (this requires a crazy gate glitch to get into Maridia)
  
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* Ridley-E.-Tank (because of the yellow door shell on the way down to Ridley's lair and the powerbomb block statue in the room before the Ninja-Pirates)
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The following cannot be collected:
  
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* Crateria-SuperMissile (because of a yellow and a grey door blocking the room off, and X-Ray-Climb not being an option without X-Ray)
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* [[X-Ray Scope]] (due to the powerbomb door in the way: the power bomb blocks can be avoided)
  
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* early PB-Missile (since it is behind a powerbomb block wall in Red Brinstar)
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* [[Spring Ball]] (due to a powerbomb block wall in Shaktool's room)
  
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* Kraid-Missile (because it is behind a powerbomb block wall)
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* [[List of Energy Tanks#Norfair 4|Ridley Energy Tank]] (because of the yellow door shell on the way down to Ridley's lair and the powerbomb block statue in the room before the Ninja-Pirates)
  
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* GT-Missile (because the Spacejump-statue is blocked off by a powerbomb block wall and no Moondance can be initiated to clip past the tunnel-block in the acid, and no Crystal Flash can be executed and no Superjumps can be done without X-Ray)
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* [[List of Super Missiles#Crateria|Crateria Supers]] (because of a yellow and a grey door blocking the room off)
  
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== For players without tool-assistance, 70% currently is the achieved maximum in PAL, but 72% should be possible by adding Etecoon-E.-Tank and Etecoon-SuperMissiles; and for NTSC, the maximum should be 45% by subtracting all the items from the list that were labelled ''(probably TAS-only in the NTSC case)'' from the collectible items in the PAL case without those that were labelled ''(probably TAS-only)''. ==
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* [[List of Missiles#Brinstar 11|Missiles behind Alpha Power Bombs]] (since it is behind a powerbomb block wall in Red Brinstar)
  
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Demonstration videos for the PAL case with 70 collected items (the current best):
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* [[List of Missiles#Brinstar 12|Kraid Missiles]] (because it is behind a powerbomb block wall)
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* [[List of Power Bombs#Brinstar 3|Blue Brinstar Power Bombs]] (due to a power bomb door on the left and power bomb blocks on the right)
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* [[List of Power Bombs#Crateria|Crateria Power Bombs]] (due to a power bomb door)
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* [[List of Power Bombs#Norfair 2|Power Bombs of Shame]] (due to the power bomb door at the bottom of Red Kihunter Shaft)
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The following have not been replicated RTA:
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* [[List of Energy Tanks#Brinstar 4|Wavegate Energy Tank]]:  This requires 6 frame perfect freezes, which all have to be done blind as the enemy is embedded in the door so it can't be seen.
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* [[List of Missiles#Norfair 12|Golden Torizo Missiles]]:  TAS has two methods, of moonjump or a clip using a Reserve Tank (for double knockback off of GT) and a stored shinespark. Neither seem very possible RTA.
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The following lead to a softlock if collected (and thus in a run, only one may be collected):
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* [[List of Energy Tanks#Brinstar 5|Waterway Energy Tank]]:  Although a Grapple supersink can be used to get past the power bomb block on the way in, there is no method to get out without power bombs.
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* [[List of Reserve Tanks#Wrecked Ship|Wrecked Ship Reserve]]:  Although ice moonfall shenanigans may be performed to fall onto the Reserve Tank from above, escaping requires power bombs.
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==Beating the game with minimal power bombs==
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As a final remark, people may want to round out this category by beating the game while using the smallest number of power bombs (perhaps a more satisfying ending). The only thing stopping the game from being beaten is Ridley.
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There are two obstacles, with one of them occurring twice:  The yellow door at the bottom of [[Red Kihunter Shaft]], and the statue in [[Wasteland]] going both directions.
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Under both RTA and TAS conditions, the yellow door in Red Kihunter Shaft cannot be avoided. Thus, at least one power bomb is required.
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Under TAS conditions, the statue in Wasteland can be gotten past going down:  This is done with an ice moonfall setup. This is TAS-only, as it requires frame perfect re-freezes of the [[Dessgeega]].
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Theoretically, the statue could be avoided going up with an [[X-Ray Climb]]. Collecting X-Ray only needs a single power bomb, and thus this is an equivalent number of power bombs used. Having X-Ray would make many of the earlier strats much easier:  In particular, entering Maridia and Lower Norfair could be done with [[G-Mode]] instead.
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Thus, for RTA the minimum number of power bombs is 3, and for TAS the minimum number of power bombs is 2. This adds the following items:
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* X-Ray:  This is collected with a single power bomb used (X-Ray climbing in [[Red Tower]] on the escape to get past the power bomb blocks), and then an X-Ray climb is done in [[Wasteland]] to avoid this power bomb use.
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* Power Bombs of Shame:  This is collected on the way to Ridley.
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* Ridley Energy Tank:  This is collected after Ridley.
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* Crateria Power Bombs:  Using a very deep stuck, achieved with momentum mirroring with Speed Booster. This would be quite difficult RTA.
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* Wrecked Ship Reserve:  This can be escaped with a superjump. Note the entry hasn't been replicated RTA, to my knowledge.
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* Golden Torizo Missiles (RTA):  With X-Ray, the GT superjump could be done RTA.
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Additionally, Alpha and Beta Power Bombs would no longer be a softlock under RTA conditions on NTSC.
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I personally have thought about this less, so a couple things to potentially check:
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* Kraid Missiles:  Can these be collected? I have tried G-mode stuff to no avail, but maybe I missed something.
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* Wasteland statue:  Can this be passed by going upwards on TAS, e.g., with moonjump shenanigans? The ceiling is 3 tiles thick, so I suspect it cannot.
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But assuming the analysis to be correct, this increases the percentage to:
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* 93% (RTA);
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* 94% (TAS).
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Note every single remaining item acts independently requiring a single power bomb. So 100% needs 8 power bombs for TAS, and 10 power bombs RTA.
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== For players without tool-assistance, 72% currently is the current best achieved as a run, where PAL was used. With recent setups, the same is possible in NTSC, although it would be considerably more difficult. ==
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Demonstration videos for the PAL case with 72 collected items:
  
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyIfiSHc9Dg
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyIfiSHc9Dg
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi2rVhhGx9w
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi2rVhhGx9w
  
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== TODO: Creation of a demonstration movie file for (1) in the PAL case, and for (2) in NTSC and PAL case, and finishing the PAL demonstration by adding 2 more items without tool-assistance. ==
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IrTCLSmkTs
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== TODO: Creation of a demonstration(s) for (1) TAS case, and for (2) RTA case. ==

Latest revision as of 21:12, 3 December 2023

First, note this page is about no major glitches conditions.

Max% No Powerbombs analysis (last update: 02.12.2023)

The maximum for PAL and NTSC is: 80% (RTA proven), or 82% (TAS conditions). This can be increased by 1 if it is allowed for Samus to be softlocked at the end (with two different options).

This count excludes power bomb packs. If power bomb packs are allowed, this adds seven items under PAL or TAS conditions: Under RTA conditions on NTSC, two of these power bomb packs are a softlock. These data lead to the following totals:

  • 80% (RTA, no softlock, power bomb packs cannot be collected)
  • 81% (RTA, end in softlock, power bomb packs cannot be collected)
  • 82% (TAS, no softlock, power bomb packs cannot be collected)
  • 83% (TAS, end in softlock, power bomb packs cannot be collected)
  • 85% (RTA, NTSC, no softlock, power bomb packs allowed)
  • 87% (RTA, NTSC, end in softlock, power bomb packs allowed)
  • 87% (RTA, PAL, no softlock, power bomb packs allowed)
  • 88% (RTA, PAL, end in softlock, power bomb packs allowed)
  • 89% (TAS, no softlock, power bomb packs allowed)
  • 90% (TAS, end in softlock, power bomb packs allowed)

The items that can be collected are listed below. They are flagged as follows:

  • TAS: Only proven in TAS conditions, i.e., have never been replicated RTA.
  • Softlock: Collecting this item leads to a softlock, i.e., it cannot be escaped from without using a power bomb.

Additionally, items that require more finesse have a brief description of how they can be collected.

Crateria:

The following all require getting into Wrecked Ship without power bombs. This is quite difficult on NTSC, but it is possible by gate glitching the bottom gate into Maridia, using Ice, Wave, Hi-Jump, and Supers. Under TAS conditions, there are other options. On PAL, only Ice is needed (even for RTA conditions).

After getting into Maridia, one can proceed through West Sand Hall (on NTSC by using a sandy bomb jump), and backwards through Forgotten Highway.

Brinstar:

The two Etecoons items may be collected by moondancing down (one option), and then ice clipping back up.

The two Billy Mays items may be collected by performing an extended ice clip and sparking up. This has been replicated RTA, although taking considerably longer and a lot more Geemer hits due to needing about 63 near frame perfect freezes of the global Geemer.

The Wavegate Energy Tank may be collected by using an ice clip through the door with a Zeb and a Reo. This requires multiple blind frame perfect pauses, so it has not been replicated RTA.

The Waterway Energy Tank may be collected by supersinking past the power bomb block. This has been replicated RTA. However, escape is impossible.

Norfair:

Via a difficult moonfall setup with Ice and Grapple, it is possible to enter Lower Norfair. This is considerably easier on PAL, but it has been done RTA on NTSC.

GT Missiles are more elusive. Via a moonjump it is possible to collect. It can also be collected with a "slopespark" by taking double enemy knockback (using a Reserve Tank) when Golden Torizo does a tall jump (i.e., a forwards jump).

Wrecked Ship:

The following all require getting into Wrecked Ship without power bombs. This is quite difficult on NTSC, but it is possible by gate glitching the bottom gate into Maridia, using Ice, Wave, Hi-Jump, and Supers. Under TAS conditions, there are other options. On PAL, only Ice is needed (even for RTA conditions).

After getting into Maridia, one can proceed through West Sand Hall (on NTSC by using a sandy bomb jump), and backwards through Forgotten Highway.

Via some ice moonfall shenangians, one can carry vertical fall speed into the top of Bowling Alley and fall on top of the Reserve. However, escape is impossible.

Maridia:

The following all require getting into Wrecked Ship without power bombs. This is quite difficult on NTSC, but it is possible by gate glitching the bottom gate into Maridia, using Ice, Wave, Hi-Jump, and Supers. Under TAS conditions, there are other options. On PAL, only Ice is needed (even for RTA conditions).

After in Maridia, to get past the power bomb blocks in Aqueduct one could perform Butterfly Skip and then go backwards through the Botwoon hallways. Alternatively, maybe an ice moonfall setup in Crab Shaft could work.

Items that cannot be collected:

First, note the above list does not contain any power bomb packs. If the goal is instead max% without using power bombs, note seven power bomb packs can be collected:

  • Beta Power Bombs (this may be collected with an ice moonfall into a slopekiller, and escaping via a standard ceiling clip; under RTA conditions, coming here is a softlock on NTSC)
  • Jail Power Bombs (this requires the Ice and Grapple moondance to get into Lower Norfair)

The following cannot be collected:

  • X-Ray Scope (due to the powerbomb door in the way: the power bomb blocks can be avoided)
  • Spring Ball (due to a powerbomb block wall in Shaktool's room)
  • Ridley Energy Tank (because of the yellow door shell on the way down to Ridley's lair and the powerbomb block statue in the room before the Ninja-Pirates)
  • Crateria Supers (because of a yellow and a grey door blocking the room off)

The following have not been replicated RTA:

  • Wavegate Energy Tank: This requires 6 frame perfect freezes, which all have to be done blind as the enemy is embedded in the door so it can't be seen.
  • Golden Torizo Missiles: TAS has two methods, of moonjump or a clip using a Reserve Tank (for double knockback off of GT) and a stored shinespark. Neither seem very possible RTA.

The following lead to a softlock if collected (and thus in a run, only one may be collected):

  • Waterway Energy Tank: Although a Grapple supersink can be used to get past the power bomb block on the way in, there is no method to get out without power bombs.
  • Wrecked Ship Reserve: Although ice moonfall shenanigans may be performed to fall onto the Reserve Tank from above, escaping requires power bombs.

Beating the game with minimal power bombs

As a final remark, people may want to round out this category by beating the game while using the smallest number of power bombs (perhaps a more satisfying ending). The only thing stopping the game from being beaten is Ridley.

There are two obstacles, with one of them occurring twice: The yellow door at the bottom of Red Kihunter Shaft, and the statue in Wasteland going both directions.

Under both RTA and TAS conditions, the yellow door in Red Kihunter Shaft cannot be avoided. Thus, at least one power bomb is required.

Under TAS conditions, the statue in Wasteland can be gotten past going down: This is done with an ice moonfall setup. This is TAS-only, as it requires frame perfect re-freezes of the Dessgeega.

Theoretically, the statue could be avoided going up with an X-Ray Climb. Collecting X-Ray only needs a single power bomb, and thus this is an equivalent number of power bombs used. Having X-Ray would make many of the earlier strats much easier: In particular, entering Maridia and Lower Norfair could be done with G-Mode instead.

Thus, for RTA the minimum number of power bombs is 3, and for TAS the minimum number of power bombs is 2. This adds the following items:

  • X-Ray: This is collected with a single power bomb used (X-Ray climbing in Red Tower on the escape to get past the power bomb blocks), and then an X-Ray climb is done in Wasteland to avoid this power bomb use.
  • Power Bombs of Shame: This is collected on the way to Ridley.
  • Ridley Energy Tank: This is collected after Ridley.
  • Crateria Power Bombs: Using a very deep stuck, achieved with momentum mirroring with Speed Booster. This would be quite difficult RTA.
  • Wrecked Ship Reserve: This can be escaped with a superjump. Note the entry hasn't been replicated RTA, to my knowledge.
  • Golden Torizo Missiles (RTA): With X-Ray, the GT superjump could be done RTA.

Additionally, Alpha and Beta Power Bombs would no longer be a softlock under RTA conditions on NTSC.

I personally have thought about this less, so a couple things to potentially check:

  • Kraid Missiles: Can these be collected? I have tried G-mode stuff to no avail, but maybe I missed something.
  • Wasteland statue: Can this be passed by going upwards on TAS, e.g., with moonjump shenanigans? The ceiling is 3 tiles thick, so I suspect it cannot.

But assuming the analysis to be correct, this increases the percentage to:

  • 93% (RTA);
  • 94% (TAS).

Note every single remaining item acts independently requiring a single power bomb. So 100% needs 8 power bombs for TAS, and 10 power bombs RTA.

For players without tool-assistance, 72% currently is the current best achieved as a run, where PAL was used. With recent setups, the same is possible in NTSC, although it would be considerably more difficult.

Demonstration videos for the PAL case with 72 collected items:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyIfiSHc9Dg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi2rVhhGx9w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IrTCLSmkTs

TODO: Creation of a demonstration(s) for (1) TAS case, and for (2) RTA case.

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