Obstacles to Bypassing Items

Last Updated 09/05/07

Unskippable Items:

STARTING ITEMS

Power Beam

Varia Suit

Morph Ball

Morph Ball Bombs

Space Jump Boots

Combat Visor

Scan Visor

Command Visor

GIVEN AUTOMATICALLY

PED Suit and Hyper Beam

Energy Tank

An Energy Tank on the Olympus is directly in your path.

Need 101 energy to activate Hyper Mode

Missile Launcher

Need to open several doors

Need for using Hyper Missile

Ship Missile Launcher

Need to destroy shield generators on Bryyo

Hyper Ball

Need to destroy Leviathan on Bryyo

Need to gain full access to Elysia

Need to get through Phaaze

Ship Grapple

Need to assemble Theronian Bomb on Elysia

Hyper Missile

Need to destroy Leviathan on Elysia

Need to get through Phaaze

Hyper Grapple

Need to destroy Leviathan on Pirate Homeworld

Need to get through Phaaze

Problem Items: (Most Likely Unskippable)

Grapple Lasso

Used often to solve puzzles

Used often against enemies and bosses

Grapple Swing

Used often to cross rooms

Used often to travel across Elysia

Ice Missiles

Need to open several doors

Freeze objects to get through several rooms

Boost Ball

Need to access several Spinners

Need to use halfpipe leading back towards Ghor in Elysia

Plasma Beam

Need to get through several doors

Need to repair several terminals

Screw Attack

Used often to travel across Elysia

Seeker Missiles

Need to collect after grabbing Energy Cell 5

Used to open several doors and solve puzzles

X-Ray Visor

Need to get into several areas

Need to bypass Pirate security measures

Grapple Voltage

Need to get into several areas

Need to bypass Pirate security measures

Spider Ball

Needed to get to the Nova Beam

Nova Beam

Needed to get through several doors

Needed to kill Omega Ridley

Energy Cells (3)

Need to access sections of GFS Valhalla leading to Pirate codes (2 doors and the elevator).