I yet again failed to complete Super Metroid, though I did beat a couple more bosses (Botwoon and Darygon) and picked up a few more abilities (space jump, plasma beam, and spring jump). That’s nearly all of them, and I’m close to full on energy tanks, so the end can’t be too far off.

I think I’m sick of wall jumps and the grappling beam, after a few areas where you had to successfully pull their moves off a good half-dozen times in a row, without fail. Fortunately the space jump mostly obsoletes the need for those from here on. Also, the bosses have been fairly easy since Phantoon; I beat him while on my last energy tank, while I barely broke a sweat on the two above.

I also finally got my copies of Halo 3 and Eternal Sonata from Amazon. I got the Collector’s Edition of Halo 3 and unfortunately, like almost everyone else who got it, the game disc was loose and scratched up a bit, and the steel tin is slightly bent in a bit on one side. The scratches don’t look too serious though; there’s only one easily visible one and it extends outward from the center, which is much less damaging than one that runs parallel to the tracks. MS has instituted a replacement program if it fails to play properly, but it would help if I get my 360 back from them first so I can even check…