Metroid RE:Zero Mission [Or Metroid Zero Mission Redux]

[Meinos Belfort]

Metroid RE:Zero Mission / Redux

BE AWARE THAT RE:ZM WORK ONLY ON THE EUR VERSION OF ZERO MISSION !

20 Years after the original Metroid: Zero Mission made for game boy advance
and multiple attempt and a bunch of variation of the original game improving
or altering it , the project RE is finally a thing!

The goal of the project is to make the EUR version of Zero mission way more
enjoyable for all kind of players [Latest Version is 1.20]
Most of the rooms remains unchanged or slightly edited to allow a faster path, or making the 100% more tricky. because of that unless the ones that forced X ou Y items
to obtain in the original game , a bunch of recolor and also new mechanics
Project ES and Project ZM Unk_Items Was were some major idea to work on Redux / RE:ZM.


Some Noticable Changes:
French, English, Italian, Espanol and German Language support.
Better Graphics Overall
Nuisible glitch being fixed.
Repalette mixing both Original , Nestroid and Unique take
Rebalanced Difficulty
Enchanced mobility and mouvement.
Cutscene are possible to be skipped
Faster transition overall.
and a bunch more !


Like toward Project ZM. [Made by felixwright]
https://metroidconstruction.com/hack.php?id=531


Link toward Neo / Project ES Mission. [Made by myself]
https://metroidconstruction.com/hack.php?id=744


Link Toward RE:ZM Latest Stable and Older version
(Or Zero Mission Definitive Redux) [Made By Myself]
https://metroidconstruction.com/hack.php?id=730

[Meinos Belfort]

Version 0.88 just dropped !

Check the latest version available on the original post !

This version make space jump and gravity suit entirely skipable.
Also this version update the recolor of Brinstar , Kraid , Norfair , crateria and tourian.

This version also fix a glitch that occured when you obtained the fully powered suit
to activate items that you didn't collect like screw attack or gravity suit , it shouldn't be the case any longer.

Kraid lair got edited on the acid pit area to allow a way more early encounter than
the original , know that if the mechanism isn't activated learning how to properly make a horizental shinespark
is necessary.

The map become a progressive version of it , meanning
that if you want it to kept be updated you should get to the map station
in the end the map will show the save point , different door , items location
you could have missed and chozo statue.

As much as gravity suit isn't forced anymore and
ridley appearing before obtaning it like the 0.81 [Stable version]
know that chozodia didn't receive any change yet
so unless you have enough e-tank (At least 3 if you have varia)
to make it across the lava pit and also know how to single
wall jump, you should get it even if you don't have varia suit.

Version 0.89 is on the road making most or every last visual change (sprite excluded for now)
and also fix some others issue that could be found again.

Until then see you next Mission !

[Meinos Belfort]

Version 0.95 / 1.00 Preview just dropped !

Check the latest version available on the original post !

10 days after 0.88
It's finally time for another version which
will be the "biggest" change in term of graphics
and rebalance , being near the 1.00 version sooner
than anticipated.

As much as a few things from 0.88 as still lacking
0.95 fix the map progression palette somehow but also
import the HQ samus gfx on the statue screen , completely recolored.

also Ridley lair got completely recolored
and also a few sprite (like kraid for example)
and chozodia palette got also recolored.

Kraid is also a bit bulkier in this version to be a better challenge as much it's still a wip thing
(still need to work on the damage output , drop)

I know the mecha timer in Easy mode isn't right and i'll try to find a fix for this.
Also all of the text languages got properly recolored in all 5 ones.

If everything is fine 1.00 should be up Toward 1st half of june 2024
Others QoL and Asm should be implemented if everything is alright
and have the proper time , as well as the final fix about it.

[Meinos Belfort]

Small Update

Since 1.00 is made , which is obviously not the final version (if there would be one)
I'm taking a break from working on it partially , 1.1 is on it's way but won't be public even if it will be finished
after some time. most of the thing i could have done for 1.0 would be in it.

If you wanna get the 1.00 Update you could get it there.
https://metroidconstruction.com/hack.php?hack_id=730

[PS: The follwoing screenshot show that some sprite will have their nestroid palette , not all of them but some , only showing the Skree II one for now on]

[Meinos Belfort]

V1.10 Update !

Check the 1ST post for DL link and Read Me !

Finally the 1.10 / 1.1 version is finally done and soon to be approved.
This version change Norfair Room mapping , projectile speed ,
having better recolor than 3 previous version having all sprite recolored and everything else.
(Fix , 5x3 Minimap , custom items. remade custom music , small recolor of cutscene.)

There is a lot of change unlisted there but they are all listed in the read me file on the first
Post there. Game looking more and more closer to the US version in term of possibility even without mage
if we find the corect value and edit the correct thing.

[Meinos Belfort]

Small info about 1.10

As a few issues had been found for plasma beam statue [Using custom Chozostatue ASM] ,
RE:ZM upload has been halted until
someone find the reason of why the patch used isn't properly working.
Once this issue will be cleared , normal upload will go along.

[MetroidPlayer]

I decided to give this hack a try and noticed an issue right away

[spoiler]the save station and map station map tiles in the pause menu show incorrectly, but not on the in-game minimap

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[FelixWright]

i don't know for sure, but that sounds like this hack uses map progression: every map station you use will upgrade the map with more information

[Meinos Belfort]

I decided to give this hack a try and noticed an issue right away

[spoiler]the save station and map station map tiles in the pause menu show incorrectly, but not on the in-game minimap

[/spoiler]

Like felix said ,it use the progressive map patch. however for some odd
reason some area dosen't show until the 3rd map is obtained. tho it's not really a big deal even if a bit annoying at long it shown at some point (dosen't support well the Axeil edition tile from what i saw)
Also v1.11 (1.10 hotfix and polishing) was done so plasma beam issue got fixed.
also i took time to make slight edit listed on the new read me file. save are compatible from 1.00 to 1.11.
(Tho if you already got plasma in 1.10 , it could cause issues in 1.11 since the issue was fixed)

Link for 1.11 and read me file are in the original post like always.

[FelixWright]

axeil style map tiles have some issues i gotta fix eventually. some tiles use the wrong white slot etc

[Meinos Belfort]

Yeah .. also i just realised after running after easy and hard , normal mode , area in norfair that got their sprite edited crashes , gonna fix it right away , which is annoying because unlike the US i'm mostly need to check every corner for the eur X( (v1.11 is still doable btw)

Edit : Problem fixed for 1.11 call was right. it's now 100% possible again in all difficulty normaly.
(PS: Rest of the game was tested in the game without this change, so i guess it shuldn't mess up with anything else in normal)

[Meinos Belfort]

So i know RE:ZM v1.11 is only been up for 2 day yet but just to let some curious know.
Yes early power bombs is still possible: [spoiler]https://youtu.be/z1itos3SIXM?si=1cR89E1zds-Sg_f3[/spoiler]
without any issues of breaking 100% like v1.00, Having them at that state avoid serious back tracking and
could save a lot's of time if used wisely. also it is possible than the power bombs in chozodia / crateria shortcut
path got reedited to be semi-vanilla , but i'm taking a real break from it for a few month.

Video is on spoiler for obvious reason.

[Meinos Belfort]

So , it's basically vanilla pathway with a few edit toward ridley lairs,
but what's mostly changing is another conection is made and some tank
got moved in norfair (Maybe others area will have the same treatment without being
too different from vanilla ZM). Also know that for "skipping" kiru guru you need power bombs
(early ofc) and by extension speedbooster meanning fighting Kraid before ridley.

[spoiler]https://youtu.be/NX8k3JN74_k[/spoiler]

Know that i'm mostly sharing these video to let you see what's possible for a few things,
a bunch of others stuff are possible if you search well for saving times or anything else.

[Meinos Belfort]

Not much of a post , just a post to say that's Version 1.11 , Readme.txt and Old version file got reuploaded since it was lost after the Att

sorry for the inconvenience and slow update. the same will be done for RE:Fusion During the week-end.

[Meinos Belfort]

New Version 1.20 Dropped !

After 2 month by sticking with 1.11 , version 1.20 is up publicly !
This version is mostly a bunch of fixes and slight edit in intern / extern
for future version , but also allowing faster path and all.

Gameplay-wise , the most notable one are the color change of water, fixing some Stuff
(Mostly progressive map making it's job now , however in 9th test , getting the first map
make the game slightly freak a bit but nothing displeasant (as it won't ruin your gameplay)
Know this version also mean the return to the Metconst modding
like in the original post making all the link work again !

Also i make my point there , but yes i didn't forget about what i said for RE:Fusion.
BUT as 1.00 is still on hold until the 22th european anniversary , i'm gonna bring the link back once this version is Public only
(0.50 is restaured on the thread tho , even if a lot have changed that's worth a try to wait a bit more)!

[Meinos Belfort]

About RE:ZM Later version and Farewell

So it's been sometimes i've been wondering about making this post or not , and i guess it's better that way.
For people who's been asking (Discord member of MetConst or not) if i will gave up on them or at least for the time being, short response is, Yes. and would i work on another project ulterior about the metroid community? , it's likely not the case. Let me explain why without going into too much personnal detail shall we ?

I've been modding the gba game since late 2017, for personnal purpose as i didn't know yet the excistence of metconst nor the modding community, as a year prior i remember playing a small chinese rom hack on Zero mission. I've wanted to make my own without understanding anything , making Metroid: EX Mission (ES and Neo ES "Prototype"), which wasn't so great as i think of it , it was messy , was just a mix of ASM and IPS QoL. yeah it sound terrible even on paper , but i was a teen who was mostly lost IRL and needed an escape, trying to find anything fun to do on his favourite game.

As time passes, i met wonderfull people in and outside of the community Online or IRL (Hello Tsunyfox who worked on some pixelart with me for them, and also SM Revamp on a few thing, like hex tweaks), but i also get more and more curious about some stuff , mostly near2nd Half of 2022 , which i've been wondering why we didn't modded the European version earlier even tho the editor dosen't work with it ?.

So what's after a lot of thinking and curiosity i made the 0.1(b) of  RE:ZM, Named before Better Zero Mission (which is NGL ... wasn't the case outside of the point of Item select and R-shoting ASM and a slightly better HuD) what came out the 12nd March 2023 and was abandonned later because i didn't had the motivation of working on it anymore + Irl issue , so some are still going. Yet month after i decided to give up on the US version of Redux to go back into it , Making version 0.81 who was released new year eve of 2023 more than a year about when i started, and it looked way better than the March release. yet it wasn't.. good enough.

Because of wanting to push things further i kept working on the EUR Release making the 1.00 the 12nd June of this year.(2024) Which was supposed to be final but.. again , like EX, it didn't fell "good" enough, it wasn't clean enough, it wasn't fast enough.. So i worked on 1.10, which is for me is the true 1.00 as most of the thing stayed the same , and the version i'm mostly proud of, but also the version were a few people actually help me with codding / import stuff from the US. and soo after a small fix who's 1.11 , i took a break, or at least tried to. (Hello RE:Fusion 1.00 and 1.20 Of RE:ZM)

So yeah .. i need that, i need to "rest" about these project even if it mean holding back some update. which is also why i won't give update anymore on both forum unless necessary, i don't want to force myself to work on them like i did for these past year as it feel to a point it was not for me anymore but for the others, i've been neglectic my health. So i'm sorry but for now it's a farewell, or a goodbye call it how you want to. but know it's not definitive, just undetermined for both. Maybe when i'll be back MAGE 2.0 will be out with EUR and JPN support who know ?

But for my last message before i don't know when.
Keep creating what you wanna and only what you want without neglecting yourself.

I'm wishing you all in advance a merry chistmas
and a wonderfull new years eve. Until then this is good-bye.
Thanks you everyone who helpt me learn and grow in this community.
Until then , see you all next mission.