(Kinda) Finished: Metroid Other M

So within about 10 hours of play time, I made my way through the game, collected a ton of hidden items, beat the final boss and watched the credits roll - this is usually enough for me to consider the game "complete". But once you're kicked out to the main menu, you see your completion percentage.

52% is what it said. This was unacceptable. My favorite thing about Metroid games is finding the upgrades and knowing that I only found half of them was not something I could not live with. I immediately reloaded my file and set out to find everything.

Gotta catch 'em all.

I was delighted to find out that upon starting a "completed" saved game that you're given an additional mission to complete. On top of that, all the locations for the hidden items are highlighted on the map, and doors and passageways that were previously sealed were now open. So in that way, it's kinda like finding the artifact in Legends of the Hidden Temple. All doors are open and the temple guards have vanished.

The SHRIIINE of the silver monkey.

In addition, you're also shown a completion percentage for each area. I am methodically 100 percent-ing the game, sector by sector. I've got a little more to go, but when I do it this may be my first 100% game in the backlog.

If that isn't a testament to the quality of this game, then I'm a monkey's b-hole.

[Monkey's b-hole not pictured]