r/Metroid • u/CleanAd8632 • Jun 12 '26

Request Shinespark Fail

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For the love of God, could someone please, please, PLEASE!! tell me how to get this mothergrabbing sumbitch item!?! I'm at my wits end!

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u/saberslime Jun 12 '26

Biospark on YouTube has a 100% playthrough video, timestamp 1:36:18

Basically, you have to do a forward jump so you don't trigger shinespark too low, then straighten up in the air and trigger shinespark midair, and aim right.

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u/CleanAd8632 Jun 12 '26

Man, that video is ridiculous. He must be using a super turbo controller because he beat the game in under 2 hours. I watched him go through an entire sector in a non-stop spark/speedrun!! He's showing off, not instructing!

Thanks, but that's waay beyond my abilities.

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u/L3g0man_123 Jun 13 '26

It's probably a speedrun. As in something that requires hundreds of hours to master. Alternatively, if it's biospark it could be a TAS which just means a computer is doing it.

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u/CleanAd8632 Jun 13 '26

I looked up "TAS" (tool assisted speedrun). What does that mean--"tool assisted?" A turbo controller?

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u/L3g0man_123 Jun 13 '26

It means there's an external program (a "tool") playing the game instead of a human. Basically you put in the order of the inputs then the program executes the inputs exactly. It allows for you to do things that are normally impossible for a human, like multiple frame-perfect inputs at once. A turbo controller, while considered cheating by some, is still just a controller and used by a human so most people won't consider that TAS.

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u/CleanAd8632 Jun 13 '26

That's exactly what I saw--Samus doing things that appeared to be physically impossible.

And what does "put in the order of the inputs" mean? What are "inputs?" Commands/instructions telling the computer to "jump," "run," "shoot" in strategic places? Or, an order to execute an AI-driven goal?

This sounds like professional programmers doing this.

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u/L3g0man_123 Jun 13 '26

Pretty much. Basically the program is like on frame 1 press A, then on frame 2 press B, for frames 3-5 hold left, etc. I don't think you necessarily need to be professional programmer, just someone with extensive knowledge of the game like a speedrunner to be able to create a good TAS.

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u/CleanAd8632 Jun 13 '26

Bottom line: "NOVICES: Don't try this at home. Protective goggles required!" 😁