Today, the 13.01.2016, Sniq, Tewtal and me broke the 14% item-limit for TAS, for NTSC inbounds without major glitches. The following two maneuvers make 13%Speedbooster a reality, which obsoletes both 14% (low%) branches, low%Speed and low%Ice, that are published at TASVideos (as soon as a proper 13% TAS exists): Suitless Slopespark (using BlueSuit from the only known source available, Varia, to cancel invulnerability frames, in order to get a second set of invulnerability frames to have enough time to start the spark in the same frame as when the knockback frames run out): http://puu.sh/mtmVI/014ba0fbca.mp4 Corresponding Snes9x rerecording 1.51 v.7 movie: http://dehacked.2y.net/microstorage.php/info/1980525759/Super%20Metroid%2013%25%20speedbooster.smv Colosseum shinespark charge (for a FlashSuit via spike-spark) in 13%Speedbooster conditions (using temporary BlueSuit movement to keep the Boost Counter, a reserve-bombjump, a bounce-ball to continue running upon the first spike-contact, knockback-frames provided by the spikes to unmorph and increase the Boost Counter, Moonwalk, and the spike-spark method): http://puu.sh/mu5GH/b01646d59f.mp4 Corresponding bk2 file: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/98929157894836224/136810285657751552/13_spikespark.bk2
Suitless Slopespark (using BlueSuit from the only known source available, Varia, to cancel invulnerability frames, in order to get a second set of invulnerability frames to have enough time to start the spark in the same frame as when the knockback frames run out): 13% Speedbooster
Ok, I got it now. Damn!!! What a shame you need blue suit!
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ais523, the route will probably be the following: 1. Early game as in any%, up to early SuperMissiles, including the Terminator-room E-Tank. 2. Brinstar R-Tank. 3. Charge. 4. Speedbooster (via hellrun). 5. Kraid and Varia-BlueSuit method. 6. early Red Brinstar powerbombs. 7. Phantoon, western and eastern Wrecked Ship SuperMissiles (skipping Moat-Missiles). 8. Forgotten Highway route to Maridia, including the top elevator to Maridia, the long vertical Maridian pipe, traversing the sandy rooms at the bottom of Maridia without losing BlueSuit, Green Gate Glitch, and all that in order to enter the room with the unbroken GlassTube to start a Gravitation-Jump at a higher point within the room. 9. Climbing up the walls in Fish-Tank room (i.e. pre-Turtle room), to get to mount Everest/Doom. 10. Executing a BlueSuit-assisted SlopeSpark diagonally upwards to the right to land on top of the mountain, leaving Samus with a FlashSuit. 11. Snail-climbing in Aqueduct/Snail-room to enter pre-Botwoon room where the FlashSuit´s shinespark is used to get past the speed-blocks. 12. Botwoon´s E-Tank. 13. Climbing up to Colosseum room for the "Colossus of Rhodes spark", i.e. the complicated spike-spark setup in Colosseum room to get another FlashSuit. 14. Draygon fight, with Samus being at the top right next to the door when Draygon dies, and escaping pre-Draygon room with the shinespark that is provided by the previously generated FlashSuit. 15. Escaping Maridia through the quick-sand in post-Botwoon room and beneath Aqueduct, past the lower Green Gate, towards Norfair. 16. Lavapit-route towards Ridley. 17. Taking some route towards Tourian, where Metroids will be killed using powerbombs (as in 14%Gravity-Speedbooster), and the Shinespark-Zebetite-skip will be used. To my knowledge, Tewtal aka total is making a test playthrough though, which will help understanding the route. Edit: We are not sure yet, if the route through Cacattack Alley and the vertical pipe is faster than going through the quicksand, after defeating Draygon. And we are not sure if the GreenBrinstar-, BlueBrinstar-, or RedBrinstar-route shall be taken on the way to Tourian after Ridley.
Reserve Tanks do trigger from rainbow beam. You can replace up to two Energy Tanks with Reserve Tanks due to this, assuming they yield enough energy at the time of rainbow beam occurring. I think there's probably a bit of diagonal bomb jump shenanigans that can be performed to make climbing Red Tower faster than you may think, if that's what you're concerned about.
