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How To Solve Metroid: Samus Returns' Peskiest Puzzle
Metroid: Samus Returns is full of much-needed upgrades, but not all of them are easy to collect. We show you how to overcome the game's red spiked wall puzzles, which will help you 100 percent the game.
Join Kyle Hilliard and Ben Reeves as we examine the double red spiked wall puzzles and show you how to overcome that particular environment hazard. It's one of the fewpuzzles in the game whose solution isn't spelled out with color coded doors or destructible wall sections. Fair warning, this video contains spoilers for Metroid: Samus Returns' late-game content. If you don't want to see what Samus Returns' late-game looks like, turn away now!
For our review of Metroid: Samus Returns, head here. To see how the game compares directly to the original Metroid II and the fan remake, AM2R, head here.
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