show of hands, how many of you were legitimately pissed off and wanted revenge on mother brain when he killed our little baby friend who saved us in the end?

Saving the animals does make a difference. After the planet explodes and the yellow ship is flying away, there is a small white dot moving from the planet off the right side of the screen. This only appears of you save the animals. Nintendo says that is their ship.

The baby....

FEAR THE RAINBOW taste the rainbow.

Oh god, I just realized that after it tires to eat Samus and realizes who she is and starts floating above her, it's making the same chirping noises it does when you first hatch it in Metroid II...

This was honestly one of the greatest vg moments back in the day from when you see the boss statue's eye gems shattering to Mother Brain's death. So many epic moments: your Metroid realizing it's you and not killing you, the glass shattering effect on Mother Brain's tank, you realizing it's not over yet, that satisfying yet terrifyingly unavoidable beam attack she has, your Metroid's help and sacrifice and finally it giving you the epic laser to blast that ugly bitch to hell. Not many games I know to string events like this.

The music is suitably terrifying.

saving the creatures actually matters. In Metroid Fusion the creatures help you in the end and save Samus's life.

I hope that im not the only one who cried when the super metroid dies :'(

11:30 Let's be honest... Your heart broke and you teared up the first time you watched this moment.

One of the darkest Nintendo games, I love it!!!

That Metroid cry, though. That's fucking emotional. I read at some point a fanfic someone did of this battle. It was pretty dark, described some of the damage that Samus went through with Mother Brain's hyper beam: disintegrating part of her arm and destroying her arm cannon, amongst other things. The Metroid healing her, while calling her 'mother' (as that's what the Metroid thought she was). It made the next part a little emotional.

I would just crawl into this video and hug the baby metroid

more reason to save this animals = metroid fusion xD "Today for you, tomorrow for me"

THAT'S how you end a fucking video game, man

I remember I cried when the boss killed the metroid jellyfish :'(

Kind of sad that most people are all like "what is that weird metroid doing, is it helping?" Metroid II was a great game worth being played and everyone who would have finished the game would know who that metroid was and maybe even be a little bit saddened that it died while giving you back your health, despite being attacked.

This game pays more tribute and connection to the Alien Movies than Prometheus

The sound effects and eerie music are incredible in this game

The reason why that giant metroid didnt kill you was because He's the little baby metroid that samus brought at the start of the game in the story, so he thought that sammus was his mommy.

what a perfect game

“1994 Nintendo”. I can’t explain why, but I always get chills around that part. Samus is capping off the end of an era in such a glorious fashion that she departs into the dark unknown ready for whatever the future holds in store for her.

I feel sorry for the giant metroid. It attacked Mother Brain to give Samus time to get back on her feet. And it give restored Samus heath.

The music in this game is fucking amazing!

I will always love the end "hurry the f**k up" music

Mother Brain terrified me when I was younger.

Does anyone else praise this game's graphics?

11:29 Admit it... Your heart broke the first time you saw this moment.

Nothing beats Metroidvania style games

This ending video is, BY FAR, the BEST ending video EVER. The way the player plays is very perfect. Just take a look at 4:40 during the tense moment when the ''Hostile incoming'' were playing in the backgroud, Samus just gets ready to fight with the lil' monster just before it was attacked, later when the Metroid comes up to attack the monster, Samus 's reaction is just awesome, she gets shock and jumps, and then, when Metroid kills the monster, Samus realizes she would be the next one and she starts shooting it. The player just plays like he was there, even knowing that he either couldn't kill it or get killed. Another great part is at 8:57, the missiles runs out exactly the moment when Mother brain attacks Samus with no mercy. In my opinion, Mother brain's attack wouldn't have the same effect if Samus weren't with all the energy complete, like the more is complete, the more the scene is longer and poweful. Saving the animals just ends this final in the best way possible. I hope this video never gets deleted or the channel, because I always come back here to watch this masterpiece specially to see the parts I mentioned.

One of the best video game endings ever, definitely memorable even after 20 years.

When I played this for the first time and the self destruct started counting do I was like "holy shit, RUNNN".....anyone else have that kind of reaction?

Damn...22 years ago when I bought and beat this. Time flies.

The baby metroid's death scream breaks my heart...

i just love the little touches like how mother brain goes back in fear after the metroids death. perfectly captures how powerful samus is with the hyper beam!

I love how ashamed the super Metroid feels after it realizes what it's done.

I don't think any final boss/ending of any video game could ever top this masterpiece.

14:45 I don't blame you for wanting to save them. I'd have done the same thing

The final boss and whole ending sequence was amazing.

The greatest video game I've ever played.

2 and a half decades later and this still holds up as one of the most powerful moments in gaming history

This is one of my favorite boss fights of all time. So much story happens here.

Best boss fight ever.

For that selfless act of "Saving the creatures has no effect but..' line, as long as this vid exists, you have a place in my utube lists. Heres, evermore, to nerdy good deeds.

Back in the day, getting the Hyper Beam and going full Mama-Bear mode on Mother Brain was so, so satisfying.

I renember watching this as a child. Mother Brain terrified me, specially it's theme. The ending was satisfactory and the subtitles funny

This is by far the most dramatic and stunning climaxes of any Metroid game. I love watching the sequence when Zebes explodes. It's honestly kind of harrowing. First is the shot of the scorched surface flooding with lava as the toxic gases obscure its view. As the shot zooms out to the upper atmosphere, the clouds converge, almost like curtains. Like it's sealing the planet's doom and everything on it, all the creatures and places you traversed. We zoom out one last time to see the planet enshrouded in a storm of turbulent cloud, concealing the hell that's building beneath, accompanied by a realistic sounds of hurricane-force winds. There is no music. The tension is swung to an alarming high as the atmosphere is burned away to reveal a charred planet, the crust shattering from the fearsome force of the eruptions. Finally, to a sound that fits it perfectly, the planet explodes in a cataclysmic nova, distorting the view of the outside universe and shining blindingly bright. The tension is released. Somehow, that buildup gives a surprising sense of scale. Better than any other Metroid game, SM conveys just how big the planet is. This is all the more terrifying when you think about how powerful the pirates are to be able to manufacture a self-destruct with that level of power.

those creatures do appear later in fusion.

Along with the Baby Metroid dying bringing me sadness, the joy I feel frying Mother Brain with the hyper beam is glorious. You can really FEEL the power hitting her as it thrusts her head back.

The loss of the baby contributed to the events of, and Samus' portrayal in Metroid Other M.

I remember playing this game, thank you so much for putting this up here.

At 15:57 did anyone notice the other ship escaping the planet on the right?

This gameplay brings back good old memories! I remember playing this when I was 8-9 yrs old when it first came out!

Un final que me aterrorizó, me dio desesperación, me dio tristeza, me dio rabia, me dio ansiedad, me dio satisfacción, y en general, muchos sentimientos encontrados, la primera vez que lo jugué, literalmente me temblaban las manos, sudaba, y hasta me dio taquicardia de ver que gastaba toda la munición y esa aterradora, espeluznante y chillona criatura llamada Mother Brain como si nada, cuando Samus no se levantaba ante Mother Brain y ésta atacaba a Samus, quien tenía los tanques de energía al mínimo y el sonido de la alarma al borde de la muerte, oprimía todos los botones como un desquiciado al borde de la desesperación (pensando únicamente en que algún otro tipo de arma mas potente que el rayo de plasma y los súper misiles me había faltado por encontrar), cuando ví al "bebe" metroid morir me dio rabia, tristeza e impotencia profunda, cuando le disparaba a Mother Brain con el hiperrayo, lo hacía con mucha represalia, rabia y satisfacción, y ni que decir cuando ví el temporizador de cuando Zebes iba a explotar, otra caída de ansiedad y desesperación... En general, todo un exquisito éxtasis de emociones!! Luego que Zebes explotaba, cuando salían los créditos y sonaba el soundtrack característico de la franquicia, recuerdo que mi corazón palpitaba fuertemente, y hasta admito que me saco un par de lágrimas (literalmente) de tantas emociones, no me importó en lo mas mínimo el ranking y el porcentaje obtenido, no sabia si estaba feliz o triste, satisfecho o insatisfecho, solo recuerdo que solté el control como quien quiere más, y a la vez como quien ya había tenido demasiadas emociones en un instante, jamas, pero JAMÁS me hubiera esperado un final así, y mucho menos en un juego de plataforma en 2D. Fue un final que me había dejado en shock, y por supuesto, uno de los mejores finales jamás vistos en un videjuego!! (que un videojuego logre generar tantas emociones juntas, no puede ser descrito mejor sino como toda una obra de arte). En conclusión, SUPER METROID es un JUEGAZO, es toda una experiencia, una obra maestra hecha videojuego, una joya de las que muy pocas veces uno puede hallar, fue el juego que me introdujo a interesarme en ésta infravalorada y maravillosa franquicia (pese a la ironía de que, en la historia dentro del videojuego, Samus falló la misión, pues el objetivo de rescatar al bebé metroid, que era el fundamento y la única razón por la que ella estaba en Zebes, no se logró, por eso creo que es un gran final, porque es mas realista, no el perfecto final feliz, pero tampoco fue de lo mas fatídico, no fue blanco o negro, mas bien fue gris, deja satisfacción y a su vez, un cierto sinsabor, fue espectacular!!).

Still till this day one of my favorite videos to watch!!

The music, sound effects, and visuals in this game were incredible back in the day, and it may just be nostalgia talking but I think it all still holds up now. I felt my shoulders tensing up just watching this video, like I was 11 years old again playing it myself. Memories!

Now that's what I'm talking about the real fucking game. Awsome!!

A great title in a great series from great decade for gaming.

Thanks so much for the upload, i watched the whole thing while playing!

12:45 In this room you can power jump to save yourself time. Run along the floor at the bottom...the powerjump against the right wall. You'll be able to pass through the flooring and exit the room. It's

Best Metroid game by far. I think the boss battle at the end (with the story) is perfect too. The music goes so well with it too

gotta love the subtitles

Seeing the name of a dead man at the end credits is really surreal. Especially when that name was all over various games back in the day. Gumpei Yokoi who died in a car crash shortly after the Virtual Boy's failure

My brothers and I used to sneak up when everyone was asleep just to continue playing this game. So much good memories haha. This is my all time favorite game! :)

does this technically mean that samus now has metroid DNA aswell as human dna and chozo dna?

Mother Brain confirmed as an Assist Trophy for SSB4!

Dude nice gameplay :) really awsome!

One of the best end bosses and escape sequences of all time. So much fun!

11:34 the pure revenge. For the little baby

I was too young to play this game when it came out, and thus do not suffer from the nostalgia factor, but this is still one of the best games of all time

I love how the guy plays along on the super metroid scenes, trying to shoot at him and acting scared as if it was his first playthrough (it obviously wasn't).

I watched that part a couple times to see what I was missing but didn't realize it until I saw your post. Good call.

8:03 that shriek is the stuff of nightmares

I know, my brother played this and let me watch when I was seven, and when the baby metroid died, I cried ;~;

Thanks for loading this, it is years and years since I played and finished it but remember it really well! I never saved the animals. :)

I loved this game and played it all the time when it came out. The music is pretty awesome throughly the game to

Goddamn even watching someone else escape before time runs out is nerve racking as hell.

TASTE THE RAINBOW!!!

I'm moving how the metroid remembers Samus when He was a baby and cry lime one, for Him She was like a mother, and then gives his life to save Her!!! I will love this game forever, it's very special for me.

I really like the atmosphere when you enter the post-statue zone, the haunting music and bubble effects make you feel like you entered the final stage of the game it creeped me out as a kid. Love the sound design

at near 15:55 he shows the animals capsule fleeing from the explosion

The Best game i ever played thanks Nintendo - 1994 , old times and the best!

Crazy how this video is up after all these years

Loved that you saved the little alien guys at the end, I always did this as well. If you also notice after the planet blows up and Samus' ships comes towards the camera you will see a little spec of light coming from the explosion going towards the right, letting you know they made it safe 😊😊😊

one of the best games of its time, if you had prizes it would have won all of them in all categories.

It's truly unfortunate that such an epic franchise with so much potential is currently in the hands of clueless, stubborn imbeciles that don't know how (or care) to handle it. Instead we get some watered down, cheapass chibi-fied multiplayer budget handheld title that holds literally NOTHING alike to what defines Metroid in the first place. I play games like Ori and the Blind Forest and can't help but dream of such a Metroid. I'm skeptical Nintendo could even produce such a game today. The best possible hope we can hold out for the future of this series is that it somehow finds itself into the hands of people that actually know what they're doing. Because as it stands right now, Nintendo is not even close to being the same company that created this masterpiece so many years ago. And that's a downright shame. How the mighty have fallen.

You are so good at this :3

This game was kicking ass! I was never too good at it, but I was enjoying watching my brother and his mates playing it!

7:57 And thus shit goes down

I cried when Metroid died after saving Samus. I love this game to death.

I played this freakin 20 odd years ago. I remember very well the heartbreak of losing Metroid. Itl always have a place in my heart.

Congrats, Kunzile. This video Is officially a decade old.

Oh my god...I just realized. This means Samus has mother brain DNA in her too...Transmitted from the metroid.

I wouldn't say you "saved" the creatures, just postponed there deaths by 1 minute. they exploded.

Great video man. I loved every second of it. 5 out of 5

Thank you for saving the animals and the text

Best game ever!!!

Dude if you beat this game you are a true gamer, i've done it but it was Damn hard you need to be a PRO.

I have seen the final boss of this game so many times I can't even count them all.

I loved your captions lol