Replayed on official hardware. Maybe it's just my familiarity with the game, but it feels a lot smoother than my first go. Definitely less deaths. Excited to replay Zero Mission onward for the QoL changes.

There's something addictive about SM's core gameplay loop. You can never just settle for one upgrade when you sit down and play it.

Do I even need to tell you that this game holds up well? It's fucking Super Metroid.

In all seriousness, this game lives and dies on its powerful atmosphere and labyrinth crawling that the series has since become lauded for. The only thing I can really hold against it is a dedicated run button, as opposed to just making your base movement speed faster like later games.