

He began watching runs and learning the early “route” on October 10. And I was like, what’s going on? The game’s been out for like two days! Why are people beating it already in under two hours? So I was like, ‘well, I’ve got things to learn.’”Ĭonsidering all the deaths and issues this run had, Im very happy with it since its sub 1:35, lets keep going!! /0aWn81kmzN “But Sunday morning, I saw that someone had already beaten the game in one hour and 58 minutes. “When I was playing this game, I was like, ‘yeah, I’m definitely speedrunning this game,’” Fernandezcano tells Digital Trends. Impressed by the game’s movement, he decided to start speedrunning it the next day. He beat the game in around 10 hours and 30 minutes, which is on par with most players. He was drawn to the idea of digging into a game from scratch, rather than trying to follow decades of speedrunning history.įernandezcano’s completed his first, casual playthrough of Metroid Dread in one sitting. He eventually decided to try speedrunning for himself upon the release of AM2R, a fanmade remake of Metroid 2 that was eventually taken down by Nintendo. A longtime fan of the Metroid series, Fernandezcano initially became interested in speedrunning when watching runs of his all-time favorite game, Super Metroid. Like many people, Dino Fernandezcano, who speedruns under the name MrDino023, couldn’t wait to tear into it.

Metroid Dread launched on Friday, October 8, alongside the Nintendo Switch OLED. With an absurd amount of tricks already discovered and the world record completion time steadily ticking down, Metroid Dread shows just how impressive and efficient speedrunning communities are. Less than two weeks after its release, it’s clear that Metroid Dread is forging a similar path in the speedrunning community.
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Super Metroid is something of a “marquee” game for events like Games Done Quick, which have often positioned it as a sort of “main event.” The series is ripe for fast play thanks to freeform exploration, advanced mobility techniques, and sequence breaks that turn the game inside out. Metroid holds a somewhat historic role in the speedrunning community. It’s no surprise that the game is being deconstructed so quickly.
