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Message: [QUOTE="NotReallyHere, post: 204689, member: 81170"] The beginning of the original NES Metroid is a real challenge for new players - especially those who are used to some of the refinements in later entries in the series. In the OG, you start off with 30 health. Your power beam also cannot shoot the length of the screen or all the way to the ceiling. You cannot aim / shoot down. You have no missiles, no bombs, no power-ups of any kind. And unless you know that you're supposed to run to the [I]left[/I] at the start (an unusual choice at the time) you'd likely miss the very first power-up - the Morphing Ball. Add onto that the fact that there's no in-game map, and it can make for an overwhelming experience for the first time player. But once you learn the planet layout and figure out where the first few power-ups are located, it's really not all that difficult. By NES standards, at least. In saying that, I believe it still is one of the most challenging entries in the series - if not the most challenging Metroid title of them all. [/QUOTE]

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