Super Metroid: Expert Edition

Super Metroid: Expert Edition
Release date: Aug 23, 2004	Author: Dark Knight Kain	Download: Version 1.0 [UH] (1140 downloads)
Genre: Vanilla+ [?] Game:	Difficulty: Expert [?]	Average runtime: 1:14 Average collection: 79%
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Description

This is a hack of Super Metroid for the Super Nintendo. It changes some variables to make the game harder. Changes include making the enemies do more damage, Samus doing less damage, health and ammo pickup amounts being halved.

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Ratings and Reviews

By Aran;Jaeger on Dec 09, 2016 (

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100% in 1:25

Animals saved.

Quick Summary of the meaning of my SM hack ratings:
5 orbs: SM hacks within the 80% to 100% (90% ± 10%) range of perceived perfection; SM hacks for outstanding wholesome playing experiences and at most minor inconveniences.
4 orbs: SM hacks within the 60% to 80% (70% ± 10%) range of perceived perfection; Well done SM hacks with noticeable design problems.
3 orbs: SM hacks within the 40% to 60% (50% ± 10%) range of perceived perfection; Normal decent average SM hacks.
2 orbs: SM hacks within the 20% to 40% (30% ± 10%) range of perceived perfection; Overall messy, confusing, or punishing SM hacks with some upsides.
1 orb : SM hacks within the 00% to 20% (10% ± 10%) range of perceived perfection; Ruthlessly unplayable, broken, or barely from the original game changed SM hacks.

Judgement parameters summary:
° Creative ideas and features, polished design, how enjoyable and fun the hack can be, lack of hard to find or cryptic required game elements, the difficulty, and if the hack can be finished without major guides or tools.
° Note that the length of a SM hack will not necessarily contribute to my rating of the SM hack, since instead the averaged out experience over the whole hack will be taken into account to get a relative comparison between SM hacks.
° Besides this, lack of impactful changes from the original SM game also went into the evaluation of SM hacks (otherwise one may consider them among the 3 stars hacks) as follows: Ultimately, for my ratings I consider a situation in which an SM enthusiast that already has, knows about and is familiar with the original game and its prominent mechanics could only choose 1 new SM hack to play and thus would really want to make sure he/she will get a fresh and fantastic experience or journey out of his/her 1 choice.

The goal of all these SM hack ratings is so that rather new players have an overview of the whole spectrum of SM hacks and how to sort them in, in relation to each other, where SM hacks that are rated lower might still be enjoyable for more experienced players.

Finally, sometimes for SM hacks it can be relevant that they may be significantly more enjoyable from a player standpoint at which the player is well practiced and familiarized with Super Metroid's game mechanics in general, and that in particular some of the best SM hacks may not be the outright best first SM hack choices to play otherwise because of this, and for beginner SM hack players this typically steers the best first SM hack choices towards some of the SM hacks that I rated with 4 orbs instead of 5.

Rating for some hacks may be off by 1 Star, but arguably not more, and ratings are not attempted to be provided within the precision of ''half orbs''.

By Sapphron on Aug 01, 2019 (

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41% in 1:02

Nothing to say, really, except it's another challenge halfhack that does absolutely nothing special. Don't waste your time.

By Syphon on Dec 28, 2019 (

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100% in 1:23

This does not warrant the "Expert" difficulty tag. It's not even much harder than Vanilla.

Getting less ammo and health doesn't really change anything. Enemies dealing more damage is only slightly annoying in the very beginning. Once you have Varia and Wave it's pretty much smooth sailing.

Not really worth playing.

By Megabrainz 357 on Apr 21, 2023 (

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No completion stats.

Really boring. Basically, enemies have more health and do more damage, you’re less likely to get refills. Other than that, nothing is changed. Not worth playing. And… that’s it.

By ClaireDiviner on Feb 13, 2024 (

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74% in 1:09

It's more or less like Hard, except it's even more vanilla than that. Many of the bosses are hardly buffed, and... There's really nothing I can add to this. At least Hard changed the look of Landing Site somewhat, and buffed all the bosses (sans Mother Brain). This is a hard pass from me.

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