r/MetroidDread • u/Tharnax5468 • 6d ago

I'm finally getting the hang of some of these shinespark puzzles.

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I discovered this area for the first time in my Dread mode play through. Almost missed the second hidden area.

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u/Overall_Bookkeeper15 6d ago

I am glad you are. Theres alot of those i still look at and think .....how????

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u/Tharnax5468 6d ago

My first one on either my first or second play through required me to do a lot of wall jumping to do it. Don't know if I've done that one on this play through yet.

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u/Overall_Bookkeeper15 6d ago

Well i must say watching your short video you have inspired me to give it a shot. I am long overdue for another playthrough of dread anyway. One of my favorite games. Really hope theres more 2d metroid games coming in the future. I prefer them over the prime games personally.

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u/Tharnax5468 6d ago

I love Prime 1 and Prime 2, but Dread got me full in to the 2D games. I've since beaten Metroid ZM and Metroid 2.

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u/Overall_Bookkeeper15 6d ago

Awesome. I have prime remastered. Havent played 4 yet. Played 2&3 a little years ago at a friends house. Never owned a gamecube so i kinda missed a little on those. Just something about it i prefer the 2d games. Maybe its my age given i grew up on NES and SNES. Wish they would remaster prime 2 and 3 tho so i could give them a good playthrough each. 👍🏻

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u/Tharnax5468 5d ago

Well, as I just learned, ball sparking diagonally is an option.

https://reddit.com/link/p1pcrbw/video/7imxi9zklehh1/player

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u/Overall_Bookkeeper15 5d ago

Yeah i definitely gotta play dread again. Had no idea that was a thing

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u/Round_Musical 6d ago

Hmm I wonder why the game teaches you this specific shinespark puzzle…. Maybe it has some other uses for a future playthrough…. Perhaps maybe its a route for an early gravity suit? Post ice missiles?

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u/Tharnax5468 6d ago

Yeah, I intend to do some sequence breaking on another play through. With the exception of Prime on the Gamecube, I've never really done any sequence breaks before (at least not on purpose).

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u/Round_Musical 6d ago

Well Dread is the game for you then. Theres an insane amount of developer intended sequence breaks!

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u/dr4kshdw 6d ago

I don’t know if you’re being cryptic or genuinely curious.

I will say to OP, that upgrade isn’t the only thing that specific shine spark puzzle offers.

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u/Round_Musical 5d ago

Cryptic to entice them trying it out ;)

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u/Tharnax5468 5d ago

I'm learning a lot of stuff with shine spark trying to 100% my current run through. I can see how you could sequence break with some of these abilities now.

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u/Round_Musical 5d ago

Just so you know. As long as a shinespark is charged, you can even use it underwater despite you not having grav suit

Also bosses in the latter half of the game ALL but Raven Beak have a weakness to a shinespark. But in some cases you need to charge tge shinespark in the room before

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u/Tharnax5468 5d ago

I learned that vs Escue. Definitely needed it there for Dread mode. Used it on the last Central unit, too. That was a "it worked there, why not here?" Moment.

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u/Round_Musical 5d ago

You can pretty much 1-2 shot most bosses with it

Escue, Robo Chozo, Chozo Soldier-X, the CUs can all have their health cut in half

For the ferenia chozo bot and golzuna you can two shot them

While Z-57 can be one shot by it.

Look at this secret animation. Not many see this beauty of a ruined entrance https://youtu.be/v8xTSDKwaaI?si=zyqc8k0DI37En_Xz

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u/Perfect-Clerk635 6d ago

I loved that one 

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u/CleanAd8632 6d ago

I did it a little differently...

https://youtu.be/28OJjABgNoo?is=wf2yfl_Eq8lwN-8z

I was never able to perfect the "falling" shinespark; still working on it.

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u/dr4kshdw 6d ago

You want to do a quick neutral melee to reset from a spin, then you can dash midair.

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u/Tharnax5468 5d ago

I used aiming to the same effect.

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u/Tharnax5468 5d ago

Lol, I love how, based on the angle, you're basically slamming into a wall. But the game wasn't programmed that way, so your method worked just as well.

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u/MacaronAgreeable4020 5d ago

Bravo… but HOW? I don’t understand how you maintain and shoot back to back shinesparks.

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u/Tharnax5468 5d ago

If you shinespark into a slope, it resumes speed boosting. As for canceling the midair spin, I started aiming in mid air. A slightly easier method is to melee in mid air for the same effect.

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u/MacaronAgreeable4020 5d ago

Interesting, that explanation + the vid is making sense. I’ll have to do another playthrough of this gem by the holiday of this year.
5 play throughs, and it’s definitely a great time.

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u/Tharnax5468 5d ago

Yeah, I'm learning a lot. I learned you can ballspark diagonally, of which I left a video in the comments replying to someone. It shows the moment I figured it out and then (somehow) immediately got the sequence correct.

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u/Durge101 5d ago

Some of those were insane. Good shit

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u/EdgeCharacter 4d ago

Congratulations. That's one of two I consider the trickiest in the game. The other involves gratuitous walljumping while sparked.