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[Blackpaintbowser]

Here, you may ask for any help you may need playing Metdroid Planet XX-32

[Judasisrising]

Hi

 

Played atleast an small progress forward and found my first missile pack

[chocobothief12]

having a blast so far playing through this at 120 fps. first boss was definitely a doozy but manageable. hopefully i didnt miss too much before ending up in what i assume is the next major area. i will probably get lost and need help at some point, but until then, Cheers!

 

edit: just picked up yet another major item after possibly the hardest second boss i ever had to fight, but im in it for the long haul so backtracking wasnt an option. question is, do i stay in that general area, or move back to the start with my new mobility? either way its time to explore

 

minor edit:forgot to mention, my beam no longer fires straight. once i got into a bit of the game, it suddenly started shooting at an arc, or being as if hindered by gravity when shooting upwards. makes combat a lot harder all of a sudden but im wondering if that was intentional, or something broke while getting upgrades

Edited by chocobothief12, 07 April 2026 - 11:55 PM.

[Blackpaintbowser]

having a blast so far playing through this at 120 fps. first boss was definitely a doozy but manageable. hopefully i didnt miss too much before ending up in what i assume is the next major area. i will probably get lost and need help at some point, but until then, Cheers!

 

edit: just picked up yet another major item after possibly the hardest second boss i ever had to fight, but im in it for the long haul so backtracking wasnt an option. question is, do i stay in that general area, or move back to the start with my new mobility? either way its time to explore

 

minor edit:forgot to mention, my beam no longer fires straight. once i got into a bit of the game, it suddenly started shooting at an arc, or being as if hindered by gravity when shooting upwards. makes combat a lot harder all of a sudden but im wondering if that was intentional, or something broke while getting upgrades

Uhhh, there's no reason the beam should be shooting at a arc . . . is it possible you could show me footage? also what ZC version are you using?

 

(if you had trouble with the second boss you may want to consider lowering the difficulty at some point, because the bosses get much, much harder)

Edited by Blackpaintbowser, 08 April 2026 - 01:28 AM.

[chocobothief12]

yeah i dont know what hapened with that honestly. using the latest 3.0 nightly from a few days ago and everything seems to be working besides that strange beam interaction that just popped up after a few hours of play. if you want i can stream in a discord call. its the easiest way for me to show any kind of gameplay

 

Uhhh, there's no reason the beam should be shooting at a arc . . . is it possible you could show me footage? also what ZC version are you using?

I will say if your holding down EX2 it will shoot diagonally downward, but I don't know if that has anything to do with it.

 

(if you had trouble with the second boss you may want to consider lowering the difficulty at some point, because the bosses get much, much harder)

[Blackpaintbowser]

yeah i dont know what hapened with that honestly. using the latest 3.0 nightly from a few days ago and everything seems to be working besides that strange beam interaction that just popped up after a few hours of play. if you want i can stream in a discord call. its the easiest way for me to show any kind of gameplay

yeah, that's a good idea, my discord is simply blackpaintbowser

Edited by Blackpaintbowser, 08 April 2026 - 01:29 AM.

[ShadowTiger]

Absolutely brilliant quest.  Thank you for this.
 
So I just beat the first boss and got its item and have been using it on the relevant item-gate things.  Just not sure where to go from here.  I can explore exactly two rooms of the hot area before realizing I need better boots.  I eventually found the underwater area and realize I need a new beam or something.  Where do I go from here, please? 

My map so far.  (Hosted on Discord, so I'm sure this link will expire in 24 hours.)

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[Blackpaintbowser]

Absolutely brilliant quest.  Thank you for this.
 
So I just beat the first boss and got its item and have been using it on the relevant item-gate things.  Just not sure where to go from here.  I can explore exactly two rooms of the hot area before realizing I need better boots.  I eventually found the underwater area and realize I need a new beam or something.  Where do I go from here, please? 

My map so far.  (Hosted on Discord, so I'm sure this link will expire in 24 hours.)

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on this screen, make sure you've pressed this button, then on this screen jump up through here

[telepot]

I have a feeling I should already have

 

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the ability to use Super Missiles. I already have 5 super missile expansions and 1 power bomb expansion, and am battling the 2nd boss of Glowiave, holy health bananas! Are they meant to be usable later on?

 

Fantastic quest by the way. The bosses (at least on normal) in particular are actually a challenge and require you to actually strategize movement to not get hit, for the most part.

Edited by telepot, 02 June 2026 - 02:03 AM.

[Blackpaintbowser]

I have a feeling I should already have

 

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the ability to use Super Missiles. I already have 5 super missile expansions and 1 power bomb expansion, and am battling the 2nd boss of Glowiave, holy health bananas! Are they meant to be usable later on?

 

Fantastic quest by the way. The bosses (at least on normal) in particular are actually a challenge and require you to actually strategize movement to not get hit, for the most part.

don't worry, you're about to get super missiles soon ; )

Edited by Blackpaintbowser, 02 June 2026 - 03:33 PM.

[telepot]

Finally got super missiles

You were not kidding when you said that having a lot of super missiles would really help with (late game spoiler)

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the bosses after the Droid. Even with 26 super missiles I find myself running out quite quickly.

 

Loving the above spoiler'd bosses by the way. Tough-as-nails with many deaths in between. I don't recall many ZC quests having bosses this challenging (beyond Isle of Rebirth, among others).

I found most of the power bomb spots; that appears to be the only other thing left as far as I can see.

[telepot]

So far, I've beaten, (late game spoiler)

 

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the factory boss that gives you the quintuple beam, and Master Core

 

All the other areas that have yet to be explored are power bomb locked. Any hints on where to find the power bomb ability?

Edited by telepot, 03 June 2026 - 01:01 PM.

[Blackpaintbowser]

So far, I've beaten, (late game spoiler)

 

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the factory boss that gives you the quintuple beam, and Master Core

 

All the other areas that have yet to be explored are power bomb locked. Any hints on where to find the power bomb ability?

Have you tried going to the left of the factory?

[telepot]

Have you tried going to the left of the factory?

 

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Ah, I did, and got the black core. I figured I needed to use it to get to Sector D to battle Suprestream (which had the most kickass boss music I've heard in a ZC game!). After many attempts, I finally beat it, and was able to find it in the next area.

 

Thanks

Edited by telepot, 03 June 2026 - 11:35 PM.

[telepot]

Add another three late-game bosses to the 'beaten' column!

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Drillinator, Between Haunt, Deepnight Wyrm

 

I've gotten all Zenergy tanks and super missiles, and almost all power bomb tanks; currently missing at least one missile expansion in Frozenia (the one in the leftmost middle of the map), and an unknown expansion in the crystal mine (towards the upper left);  I couldn't get either one even using all the beams, missiles, and bomb types on all possible blocks.

EDIT: Found a way to get the missing expansions.

The next three late-game bosses I'll plan to take down:

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Planstrum, Tenebrixors, Soul Devourer

Edited by telepot, 04 June 2026 - 11:30 PM.