I spent a few more hours on Super Metroid today, but didn’t finish like I thought I would. The frenzy of items yesterday was just an initial spike, and I’ve still got a few bosses and some more exploration to go. Shouldn’t take too long, though, and I don’t think I’ll be going for 100% completion anyway.

I’ve had to resort to a map at Gamefaqs, much to my shame. It’s mainly just to save time, as otherwise I could spend hours just wandering around. This style of game (including the Castlevania series) often has areas where you can’t proceed any further until you get some item or ability, but it’s hard to remember exactly where to return to later on, so you wind up rechecking previously visited areas multiple times. I’d rather not waste too much ‘dead’ time on it given how many other games I still have to go.