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c. Super Missiles - Power Bombs
This is a little easier than the Norfair items, all you need to do
is wall-jump up the Brinstar Shaft, killing the rippers with super
missiles, and go past the flower room into the upper depths of
Brinstar where you can get power bombs through the green door below.
The other way you can get the Power Bombs is to go into Norfair and
defeat Crocomire, but that is much more difficult without the Varia
Suit than wall-jumping up the Brinstar Shaft is without the Varia.
d. Super Missiles - Varia Suit
This is probably the 2nd easiest of the Branches to do, just defeat
Kraid and go grab your Varia Suit as you would normally.
e. Super Missiles - High Jump Boots
These can be gotten easily once you get into Norfair, they aren't
in any heated rooms, and are rather easy to get just as you would
in a normal game.
f. Super Missiles - Spazer Beam
Once you get into the Brinstar Depths, you can grab this in the
room before the Maridia tube with just a few wall jumps after
shooting the blocks above to get them.
III. Power Bomb Branches
a. Power Bombs - Gravity Suit
You can get the Gravity suit as soon as you get the power bombs,
just do the HBJ over the "moat" to get to the room outside the
Wrecked Ship, and wall jump your way across the platforms. Then,
just beat Phantoon as you would in a normal game and then go get
your new suit.
b. Power Bombs- Plasma Beam
You can get the Plasma Beam just after defeating Draygon just as
you would get the Space Jump, and it is confirmed whether
or not you can get the plasma beam without the gravity suit by
just defeating Draygon and not collecting the space jump. You can
just go through the flashing metal door after you escape Draygon's
room without gravity (2 super jumps needed, one to get up to the
ledge, and the 2nd to escape the spike pit. Special Thanks to
Kejardon for coming up originally with this method.)
c. Power Bombs - X-ray Scope
You can get the X-ray Scope without too much trouble in the
Brinstar Depths if you have enough energy tanks or power bombs
and super missiles to do a crystal flash. It is highly recommended
that you have the high jump boots and speed booster, and possibly
the ice beam, although if you are a master HBJer, you can get the
scope rather easily, you just need power bombs to get into the room.
d. Power Bombs/Super Missiles - Grappling Beam
Technically, you don't need the power bombs here, but I put it on
this branch since it might be easier, and everyone has gotten the
grappling beam easily after getting power bombs. For a challenge,
try to get the Grappling Beam with as little equipment as you can,
it's very difficult because of the heated rooms, and Crocomire, but
it can be done without the need for power bombs. Note that you can
do the Green Metal Gate trick here to get into Crocomire's room
from the wrong side, so you won't need the Wave Beam or the Speed
Booster at all to get into the room from the other sides. Thanks
again to Ultima4701 for noting this.
IV. Gravity Suit Branches
a. Gravity Suit- Space Jump
Although people have bragged about how you can get the space jump
without the gravity suit, you'll be stuck down there if you decide
to get the Space Jump without Gravity. You just need the Gravity
Suit because you have to escape the boss room and the spike pit
above the boss room to leave with the Space Jump. You can use a
super-gravity jump if you don't have the high jump boots or speed
booster, or you can bomb jump your way back up. (NOTE: I am leaving
the Space Jump on this Branch just because you will get stuck if
you attempt to get the Space Jump after defeating Draygon without
the Gravity Suit)
b. Gravity Suit + Grapple Beam/Ice Beam- Spring Ball
Although you can get to this room without the Gravity Suit, you
cannot collect the Spring ball without the gravity suit, because you
will get stuck along the way. To get into this room, you either need
to break the grapple block that leads up to the shaft, or go into a
room to the right and exploit the Ice-Mochtroid Glitch with some other
enemies. Even though you can get into the Spring Ball Room this way
in a No Boss Mini Boss room, you still won't be able to get it w/o
the gravity suit. Special thanks to Ultima4701 for noting this on the
Super Metroid Board.
V. Power Bombs + High Jump Boots - Screw Attack
Now this one has been fairly recently discovered. You can break
through Green Metal gates from the wrong side on the right-hand
side to cause them to open while you are running towards them.
So technically, you only need the power bombs to do this, but
since the Screw Attack is in Lower Norfair, you better have a lot
of energy tanks, power bombs for crystal flashes, and super missiles,
because just getting into Lower Norfair without either suit is
very difficult, if not impossible on the console. Not to mention,
the high jump boots are required though if you want to do the trick
with the wall jump to get into Lower Norfair.