Metroid Prime/Categories
There are many categories that people speedrun for Metroid Prime. The most popular ones are any%, 100%, and low%, just to name a few. All categories use any and all glitches, unless stated otherwise.
Beat the game using any route and collecting any amount of items.
Beat the game while collecting all 100 items. This does not include scans as the final in-game percentage does not include them. This means you should have:
- 14 Energy Tanks
- 250 Missiles
- 8 Power Bombs
- All Upgrades
Routes
Beat the game while collecting the fewest number of items possible. The current lowest possible percentages for this category is 21%. This run actually collects 22 items, but is only 21% as Phazon Suit does not count as a percent. The list of required items to beat the game are as follows:
- 12 Artifacts
- Missile Launcher
- Morph Ball
- Morph Ball Bomb
- Varia Suit
- Wave Beam
- Ice Beam
- Plasma Beam
- Power Bomb
- X-Ray Visor
- Phazon Suit
Routes
Beat the game while collecting as many items as possible, and skipping Space Jump Boots. This run ends up up with 98% instead of 99%, because Phazon Suit does not count as a percent.
The Frigate Escape category is timed by looking at the time displayed on the last frame of the escape before the cutscene begins.