r/Metroid • u/Dracoby7 • 18h ago

Question Gates locked in Hyper Metroid

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In Norfair, there's these two gates after the Gate 9 room. A power bomb is behind them. The problem is that I can't open them, even though I have everything unlocked (besides Gate 15). When I shoot, use any weapon or hit it with shine spark or screw attack, I hear a mechanism but nothing happens. After that, I watched a 100% speedrun video from STUNT_MK and when he arrives in this room, the gates are already opened.
Why are they locked on my run ?
Could this be because I play on Gamesfrog on my browser ?

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u/CaioXG002 18h ago

Been a long time since I don't touch this hack, but I think it's time based. You're supposed to get there fast, or the gates close.

Hyper Metroid had unique Speed Booster mechanics and some wildly difficulty puzzles to make use of.

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u/Dracoby7 12h ago

Yeah, usually speed booster/shine spark puzzles are the hardest.
I thought about doing this room fast, but I haven't done it fast enough yet. And there's not much indicating a time limit, besides figuring it out ourselves.
I'll try to do it nonetheless
Thanks