M2 M1Samus

[MarioFan2468]

first hack posted
screenshots are in the metconst hacks list outside the forum

[RT-55J]

@Mariofan2486 This is great. Thank you for making this.

The only thing that's missing is restarting at 30 health from a save.

[RT-55J]

I beat this, and my only bit of substantial criticism is that the bomb timer doesn't appear to have been adjusted.

[spoiler=Minor Suggestion]To match the nestroid-styled beginning, I think the game should end as soon as you reach the surface (rather than reaching the ship) perhaps by using a custom screen transition code or enemy or something.[/spoiler]

[MarioFan2468]

thank you for the review rt55j

i had a philosophy going into this hack that was "the powerups are from m2, so they should act like the m2 versions of those powerups. only samus and how she reacts to the environment changes".
that is the reason the bomb itself is from m2, which explains the long m2 timer and unchanged graphics, but that samus rises 2 blocks because that is how m1 samus reacted to bombs

but i realize that i have not followed this philosophy for [spoiler=powerup]hi-jump, i made it so that hi-jump lowers the jump gravity like in m1, instead of increasing the strength of the jump like in m2.[/spoiler]
this was an arbitrary decision, i did not think before choosing this

this is the kind of thing i should have paid more attention to in order to precisely define what i want my hack to be

in this case, i think it is the right call to make the bomb timer match the m1 one, since it is the option that is the most fun.
i will not make newer versions of this hack, but i agree with you

[spoiler=Minor Suggestion]for the nestroid beginning, funny story, but i was forced into doing it like that since the tutorial caves requires you to shoot downwards, and i didn't want to change the level design (i still had to add 2 blocks to barricade the section off to prevent softlocking)
i thought about putting some sort of invisible missile refill or smtg at the end of final tunnel, but i was not interested and it was extra EFFORT^TM, so i didnt do it[/spoiler]

[RT-55J]

thank you for the review rt55j

No problem :-)

Also, I completely understand the desire to move on from a creative project after it's released. This hack is Good Enough as it stands imo, so you don't need to take my suggestions as demands.