Super Metroid Item Randomizer

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Change Log:

v2.10 - 2019-01-16

• Tournament difficulty has been updated with the following changes:
• Gauntlet no longer logically requires HiJump, Speed, IBJ or SpaceJump to enter.
• Pink brinstar Wave Gate no longer requires Hi-Jump
• Grapple now only requires access to Crocomire.
• Norfair Reserve area access now includes Ice Beam or Spring Ball in addition to previous requirements.
• WRITG logic now includes Spring ball, and has a fix to require Charge along with Ice Beam if required.
• Screw Attack location fixed to include a way to get back out. (HJ/Speed/SJ/IBJ/SpringBall)
• Suitless Maridia now includes Spring Ball as a substitute for Ice Beam.
• Some minor bug fixes to energy requirements for some locations.
• The randomizer filling algorithm has been slightly adjusted to give a slightly better minor item spread.
• The statistics for Power Bombs and SBA:s have been fixed to show properly.

v2.9 - 2017-11-16

• Casual difficulty has been updated and should now be somewhat easier.
• A few logic fixes for open mode has been done.
• Screw attack can now always be selected in the item menu.
• The animal surprises got a few bug fixes as well.
• There's now a new experimental "Full" mode where all items are fully randomized. This mode uses the Tournament logic.
• Note that the Full mode is somewhat of a beta and might have issues where seeds can't be completed, please report these if possible.

v2.8 - 2017-08-23

• A new item placement algorithm has been implemented that creates a more uniform item distribution.
• This change will for example make certain late game locations more valuable instead of previously over-valued early game locations.
• The new algorithm is only in place for Tournament difficulty right now, but will be integrated into Normal and Casual later.
• Some minor logic bugs have been fixed - thanks to Dessyreqt for pointing many of these out.

v2.7 - 2017-08-09

• A new section has been added to the ending credits containing item randomizer staff credits and new cool gameplay statistics including a spoiler of the major item locations.
• Skipping the item at morph ball and going right will no longer awake zebes and make that item unobtainable.
• Some of the room changes have been redone to be less intrusive.
• The top part of the ammo icons will now show your maximum ammo of that type.
• Something strange is happening in the Bomb Torizo room when Zebes is exploding, go find out what at your own peril. (Results may vary)
• Open Mode has been added, this is a new mode where the following changes has been made to open up gameplay for a new experience.
  • The game starts with Zebes Awake and the Maridia Tube broken.
  • All doorshells that doesn't lead directly to an item has been changed to blue.
  • The bomb blocks in parlor and on the way to pink brinstar has been removed.
  • The yellow door shell to pink brinstar gate-room e-tank has been changed to blue.
  • You can now access all of the "inner" Wrecked Ship without Morph Ball.
  • You can also access Charge Beam and Red Tower without Morph Ball.
  • You can also access Kraid's Lair without Morph Ball.
  • You can also access Botwoon e-tank and Mama Turtle e-tank without Morph Ball.
  • You can also access Screw Attack and Firefly e-tank without Morph Ball.
  • Bomb or Power Bomb blocks in place for the above cases have either been removed or changed into shot blocks.
  • Any morph ball tunnels in place for the above cases have also been expanded in height.
  • The spikes on the left side of Lava Dive have been removed to enable easier Hi-jumpless lava dive.
  • Gravity suit can now spawn in any location (including late Maridia).
  • Varia suit can now spawn anywhere but Lower Norfair.
  • Morph Ball can no longer spawn in Crateria or certain Brinstar locations.

v2.6 - 2017-07-17

• A seed identifier will now be shown when a file has been selected in the top consisting of 4 random enemy names.
• The red tower patch has been updated to correct some graphical issues.

v2.5 - 2017-07-10

• Screw attack and Speed Booster will no longer be available as start items, this was done to promote more early game item diversity.
• The following changes have been done to tournament mode:
• Reverted the blue brinstar e-tank room change, the major item is now back in the ceiling and the room is back to normal.
• Wall jumping up to early gauntlet without hi-jump will no longer be enforced for completion. (Note that going there early if you can is still going to be a good choice most of the time)
• Green gate glitching the blue wave-beam gate before the e-tank location in pink brinstar will now only be enforced if you have hi-jump.
• The bottom of red tower have been modified again to restore the right side to normal, but instead open up a path on the left side.

v2.4 - 2017-06-14

• Varia suit can no longer spawn in blue brinstar.
• Tournament difficulty added. This is the difficulty settings that will be used in the item randomizer tournament (http://supermetroid.challonge.com/itemrando).
• Please give feedback on possible changes and report any bugs you find in the Tournament difficulty as soon as possible!
• Some major noteworthy changes in the Tournament difficulty compared to Normal difficulty right now are these:
• Blue brinstar e-tank room major item is accessible without the ceiling damage boost.
• The first crumble block in early super mockball bridge is now a shot block to prevent softlocking without bombs.
• The speed blocks on top of dachora pit will no longer respawn to enable walljumping out
• The bottom of red tower is modified so that you can walljump back up without hi-jump
• Both blocks in the tunnel to spazer are now shot blocks to enable access to Spazer without bombs and prevent softlocking.
• The bomb blocks in the room before Hi-Jump are now shot blocks to enable access to Hi-Jump without bombs and prevent softlocking.
• The first heated norfair room has had the final platform raised to enable traversal without hi-jump or bombs.
• The bomb block in the bottom of the pillar in the moat room is now a shot block to prevent softlocking.
• The energy tank requirement for hell runs have been raised from 3 to 4.
• Gravity suit is now prevented from spawning at Space Jump, Plasma and Spring Ball locations.

v2.3 - 2017-05-27

• Fixed the ASM patch to not create a savefile from the gameplay demos, this fixes bugs #1 and #2. (Thanks InsaneFirebat for figuring out exactly what caused this)
• Initial support for Hard difficulty. Expect this to change from what it is currently.
• Some more behind the scenes work on patching and support for different methods of randomization per difficulty.

v2.2 - 2017-05-15

• Initial support for Casual difficulty, this is still under heavy development and may contain broken logic and patches.
• A lot of behind the scenes work on the patching system to support different patch methods, difficulty-specific patches, and optional patches.

v2.1 - 2017-04-21

• Fixed item visibility issue for Crateria and Pink brinstar Power Bombs. They are no longer in Chozo Balls

v2 - 2017-04-20

• First version uploaded - contains initial changes listed on the Information page