Metroid: Juicy Mission
Release date: Oct 30, 2023
Author: Frydi
Download: Version 1.0.3 (final) (1884 downloads)
Genre: Exploration [?]
Game: MZM
Difficulty: Veteran [?]
Average runtime: 1:54
Average collection: 99%
Read Me: ReadMe
Forum Thread: Release Thread
Rating: Star Star Star Star Star
Description
This hack was supposed to be something quick in the vein of Samus goes to the fridge, but it quickly became too big and can be considered the canonical sequel to Juicy Mission lite
The original idea of a quick hack is still alive in this one as it can be finished in 4-5 minutes, but offers A LOT more to discover once the main objective is completed.

- This is still technically my first hack, so expect some minor issues.
- The difficulty should be relatively fair, but is probably more catered towards veteran players
- Some items/pickups are a lot more difficult than others if you go for 100% and unconventional solutions may be required
- The behavior/weakness/drop rates of a lot of enemies has been changed
- Missiles reveal hidden blocks, but bombs are also somewhere in the game :whoa:
- The patch is a zipped bps file, cause big patch file but at least the music is good
- Featuring ROTM August/September 2023

v1.0.1: Various minor bugfixes.
v1.0.2: "Return of the slug". Various fixes and improvements, orange juice tanks, buff Ridley and fixed slug.
v1.0.3: Fixed various graphical issues related to hidden items. Removed varia suit glow and some vines that defied logic. Samus now has green eyes in the ending images.

Special Thanks:
- The MAGconst community for dealing with my questions and changes to the fundamentals asm
- CaptGlitch for fusion boss ports and fixing his asms
- PietroA and LucentW for music suggestions and PietroA help with converting/importing
- jakoliath, Jiffy, Fpiz, baria, benchjuice, karlrodd, monkeysmb, mikefood and xValkyrie93 for playtesting
Screenshots
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Ratings and Reviews
By Abslb on Nov 27, 2023 (Star Star Star Star Star )
93% in 1:55
Really good hack, making my oranges rotate.
Found Bomb, but haven't yet figured out what the "?" wall means.
Not a long hack but involves many interesting tricks. The map is also really connected and hidden items are interesting to find.
Beautiful orange juice textures too!
Edit:
100%-ed in 2:43. There sure are some really hard items to get.
By jakoliath on Mar 31, 2024 (Star Star Star Star Star )
No completion stats.
Interesting platforming and puzzles, fun to route, the music is excellent
By SpineShark on Nov 20, 2024 (Star Star Star Star Star )
100% in 2:15
Beautiful in both visuals and sound.
While any% can be beaten in a couple minutes, the real attraction is finding all hidden items which is a lot of fun.
This hack also taught me a new trick (the continuous diagonal shinespark), and that doesn't happen often.

I am looking forward to future Friday hacks.
By Exister on Jan 09, 2025 (Star Star Star Star Star )
No completion stats.
I really enjoyed playing this hack, but the secrets became more and more obtuse as I tried to find them all. I still haven't 100% it, even after making my rounds all across and up and down the map multiple times, bashing my head against every wall to no avial. I never beat the hack, it felt sour (hah) to end it having experianced only 80% or so of the hack. I reccomend playing it, it's good fun, but I hope you have better luck and/or skill finding everything then I did. Like SpineSpark said, I'm looking forward to future Frydi hacks!
By Contendo on Jan 12, 2025 (Star Star Star Star Star )
No completion stats.
This is one of the hacks.
Points:
- Some nice puzzles
- Some boring puzzles.
- Shinesparks
- Orange juice

Nice
By huanmengxujing on Feb 11, 2025 (Star Star Star Star Star )
100% in 1:37
Small as it is, it has everything one could ask for.
This HACK is highly artistic
When I first cleared customs, I was still confused
I was very shocked when I completed the second full collection.
By bg2 on Feb 13, 2025 (Star Star Star Star Star )
100% in 2:00
(v1.0.3)
4.9/5
Highly polished quality hack with pretty graphics and music.

First 100% normal playthrough: 3h
Second 100% normal playthrough: 1h

The negatives are:
-Shinespark puzzle clues could be placed more accurately. Sometimes I did not see any tells at all where I have to aim for and had to resort to trial and error, which made the arguably hardest shinespark puzzle in the game unnecessarily frustrating.
-One super missile container was hidden through a tunnel where it's possibly hard to miss.

Other than that, this is up there with the best MZM hacks ever.
By Jiffy962 on Mar 20, 2025 (Star Star Star Star Star )
100% in 1:46
This review is to balance out the Conner rating. I can't hold my juices any longer! Wow! Very KPF!

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Good hack. Not many hacks let you finish within the first 5 minutes, or continue on for the "postgame" content. World is well connected, bosses are unique, and there's adequate room for challenge with the shinespark puzzles. This hack doesn't take itself too seriously, but feels like a genuine Metroid installment as a spinoff. (Not much in the way of Metroidvania, though!)

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