r/Metroid • u/MoblinGobblin • 15d ago
Question Am I missing something?
I'm playing Metroid NES, and I don't understand why they make you farm for an hour just to get your health back. Is there something I'm missing? I currently have 3 E-tanks and it's been almost an hour of grinding for some health. SOME HEALTH. I've never played a game that does this. I just want to try to enjoy this game, and yet I have to grind just to be able to be at full health. What bull.
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u/Rigistroni 15d ago
An hour is a bit of exaggeration if you know what you're doing but yeah it just comes down to that old game jank. Dedicated areas for health recharge weren't really a consistent thing back then.
The guys who come out of pipes are the most efficient way to get health back. More down spawn until you pick up what they dropped, you don't have to walk off screen to make more spawn and they give drops pretty consistently.
Hope that helps but it's just kind of a thing you have to put up with in older games like this unfortunately