Credits to P.JBoy, Black Falcon, JAM, PHOSPHOTiDYL, somerando cauuy, squishy_ichigo, Amoeba, TestRunner and Smiley.

Tested in xkas. Assembles in both xkas and asar.

There is an older resource on the SMMM that can change starting area. However, I've found it just doesn't work when combined with other game beginning ASM.

This functions on code from Black Falcon's Skip Ceres, except it is modified to start in any area with any save. The hijack for this is in the Vanilla Ceres starting routine (and can be commented out if you want to start at Ceres but take advantage of the other features in this resource.)

By default, this ASM completely skips all the cutscenes pertaining to entering and escaping ceres, as well as approaching Zebes. (You can comment these individually to pick what scenes you want to keep.) I have it set to start at Area 00 with Save 00. (The Landing Site.)

Also added the ability to skip Samus' narration cutscene entirely. (Use Nodever2's Skip Intro Flashbacks or SMART's intro text editor for specific scene management.) With that I included the hijack where you can silence the music for that purpose, or you can change it to another song and keep the intro (Green Brinstar shown as an example.)

Additionally this comes packaged with a BTS tile (type 02 fool xray, bts value $04.) This is like the Endgame BTS, except it triggers the transition from "Ceres" to Crateria. (In reality you could be in any area, touch the BTS and immediately watch the ship descend upon Crateria.)

Also included is the hex map skip code (not mine.)

There is a slight delay when the ship descending scene starts (if you skip the escape from Ceres and Flight to Zebes scenes.) Not sure what's going on there.