Multiworld of Metroids

Or - How I Learned To Stop ('N' Swop) Worrying And Love Banjo-Tooie

We've gone back and forth over the years whether we prefer Banjo-Kazooie or Banjo-Tooie. Kazooie as the tighter, more focused game; Tooie as a significantly more exploratory experience with higher highs, but significantly lower lows.

Several months ago, a friend invited us to start doing Archipelago runs with them and some other critters on a Discord server. Archipelago is a multiworld randomizer - it takes the collected items of all players and distributes them between everyone. For example, completing a level in Yoshi's Island might award an Ocarina of Time player their Hookshot. The Hookshot might allow for getting access to treasure chests that contain the item needed to access one of Kingdom Hearts II's levels. That level might contain a basic stage element for Yoshi's Island that allows for completing the level with a perfect score, which is needed for something else.

Logic is applied with these item distributions so that everything needed to beat the game should be collectable (the Hookshot should not be in a chest that requires the Hookshot) - but they are usually not obtained in anywhere near the right order.

This