R-Mode - Revision history

Nn: add missing information regarding light pilar (need to release dash when the reserves trigger)

2025-12-25T19:27:24Z

add missing information regarding light pilar (need to release dash when the reserves trigger)

Maddo: R-Mode & Light Pillar: avoid CF PB exploding while Mother Brain is rising

2025-03-19T10:28:54Z

R-Mode & Light Pillar: avoid CF PB exploding while Mother Brain is rising

Maddo: Using X-Ray does not exit R-mode

2025-03-18T16:50:24Z

Using X-Ray does not exit R-mode

Tropylium: /* Limitations */

2025-01-27T07:51:49Z

‎Limitations

Tropylium: /* Effects */

2025-01-27T07:51:26Z

‎Effects

Tropylium: /* Entering R-Mode */

2025-01-27T07:51:19Z

‎Entering R-Mode

Tropylium: /* Speedrun Uses */

2025-01-27T07:50:56Z

‎Speedrun Uses

Tropylium: /* Unusual Uses */

2025-01-27T07:50:27Z

‎Unusual Uses

Tropylium: /* Entering R-Mode */

2025-01-27T07:40:03Z

‎Entering R-Mode

Tropylium: xPb no more theoretical

2025-01-27T07:12:27Z

xPb no more theoretical

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 A strange use of R-mode, which had other uses but most of these have since had other methods found, is Light Pillar. In order to activate Light Pillar, when in R-mode hold X-Ray, deselect it (while still holding dash), and then release dash for one or two frames and re-grab dash. If successful, a weird pillar of light will form around Samus.
 Light Pillar allows surviving Mother Brain's Rainbow Beam with no Energy Tanks. Thus, 0+3 Energy+Reserve Tanks works (with Varia Suit). In principle, without Varia Suit 1+5 tanks would work. Note, like with R-mode Mother Brain, this requires Crystal Flashing. For the Crystal Flash, it is again important to avoid the Power Bomb starting to explode while Mother Brain is rising; instead do it either before or after.
 Here is an example of the 0+3 fight:

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 An R-mode forced stand decreases the amount of damage that [[Mother Brain]]'s Rainbow Beam does by a single tick. This is not enough to make fewer tanks required with [[Varia Suit]].
-It is enough to make fewer tanks required without [[Varia Suit]]. Any combination of 4+1, 3+2, or 2+3 Energy+Reserve Tanks works. Note this requires Crystal Flashing, since Mother Brain's Room must be entered with R-mode (which will have too low of health to survive). Here is an example of the 2+3 fight, which seemingly shouldn't work since Samus has only 299+299=598 Energy:
+It is enough to make fewer tanks required without [[Varia Suit]]. Any combination of 4+1, 3+2, or 2+3 Energy+Reserve Tanks works. Note this requires Crystal Flashing, since Mother Brain's Room must be entered with R-mode (which will have too low of health to survive). For the Crystal Flash, if the Power Bomb begins exploding while Mother Brain is rising, then the trick will not work; avoid this by timing the Power Bomb to start exploding either before Mother Brain begins rising, or after she has finished rising.
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 A strange use of R-mode, which had other uses but most of these have since had other methods found, is Light Pillar. In order to activate Light Pillar, when in R-mode hold X-Ray, deselect it (while still holding dash), and then release dash for one or two frames and re-grab dash. If successful, a weird pillar of light will form around Samus.
-Light Pillar allows surviving Mother Brain's Rainbow Beam with no Energy Tanks. Thus, 0+3 Energy+Reserve Tanks works (with Varia Suit). In principle, without Varia Suit 1+5 tanks would work. Note, like with R-mode Mother Brain, this requires Crystal Flashing.
+Light Pillar allows surviving Mother Brain's Rainbow Beam with no Energy Tanks. Thus, 0+3 Energy+Reserve Tanks works (with Varia Suit). In principle, without Varia Suit 1+5 tanks would work. Note, like with R-mode Mother Brain, this requires Crystal Flashing. For the Crystal Flash, it is again important to avoid the Power Bomb starting to explode while Mother Brain is rising; instead do it either before or after.
 Here is an example of the 0+3 fight:

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 ==Limitations==
-R-mode is canceled when Reserves automatically trigger, X-Ray is used, or a different room is entered.
+R-mode is canceled when Reserves automatically trigger or a different room is entered.
 The most evident limitation is the enemy positioning needed to enter R-mode. Note that the damage taken must be from an enemy. Projectiles will not work (they do not move during transitions, so will always damage Samus before the transition is triggered). Additionally environmental damage (e.g., heat) will not work. Therefore, a neighboring room needs an enemy that can damage Samus during the transition.

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 The most important effect of R-mode is that the first time Reserves are automatically triggered, Samus is put into a standing pose (and R-mode is canceled). This includes if Samus is morphed (but excludes if Samus is in a forced crouch pose). This is frequently called an R-mode forced stand.
-=Limitations=
+==Limitations==
 R-mode is canceled when Reserves automatically trigger, X-Ray is used, or a different room is entered.

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 Based off the above description, it is fastest the enter R-mode with a very small amount of Energy in Reserves. However, many applications require getting Energy back into Reserves. Thus, it is usually more optimal to perform R-mode when Reserves are full.
-=Effects=
+==Effects==
 The screen will be dimmed (like X-Ray is being used), and the door will close behind Samus. If the screen is not dimmed, then dash was released very early. If the door does not close, than X-Ray was released slightly too early and G-mode was activated instead.

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 For speedrun purposes, R-mode mostly finds use in low% categories, a small exception being a route of Super Metroid Z-Factor 100%.  It can be used in [[14% xChargeless]], [[14% xSpeed]], [[14% xAmmo]], and [[14% xPb]]. It could also be helpful in low% versions of other categories, like low% [[RBO]] or low% [[Map Completion]].
-=Entering R-Mode=
+==Entering R-Mode==
 R-mode is activated by entering a transition, having Samus' Energy deplete to 0 during the transition, and then using X-Ray on the first frame after the transition while Reserves automatically trigger. This leads to the following steps:

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 *In other cases, it is theoretically possible. This is done in the latest [http://tasvideos.org/4010M.html 100% TAS], using G-mode to enter Maridia from the top.
-=Speedrun Uses=
+==Speedrun Uses==
 There are three main uses of R-mode in speedrun categories, all of which are only used in the less standard 14% categories.
-==R-mode clip to Botwoon==
+===R-mode clip to Botwoon===
 An R-mode clip can be used to get past [[Botwoon Hallway]] without Ice, a Shinespark, or a Crystal Flash. This is required in esoteric 14% categories, like [[14% xAmmo]].
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 Note in any speedrun application, one would have [[Morphing Ball]]. This not only makes the R-mode set-up into the hallway easier, but also makes the clip itself have a wider window:  The window is 3 frames without morph, but 9 frames with morph. (TODO: Get a clip of the speedrun version.)
-==R-mode CF Suit==
+===R-mode CF Suit===
 An R-mode forced stand can interrupt a Crystal Flash, which will give a flash suit. This is documented on the [[Yellow Suit Glitch#Reserve Mode *CF|Yellow Suit Glitch]] page.
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-==R-mode Blue Suit==
+===R-mode Blue Suit===
 An R-mode forced stand can interrupt a shinespark, which will give a blue suit. This is documented on the [[Blue Suit Glitch#Reserve Mode|Blue Suit Glitch]] page

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-=Unusual Uses=
+==Unusual Uses==
 R-mode has many other uses, that are not relevant in any speed running category.
-==R-mode Clips==
+===R-mode clips===
 R-mode clips, like the example in [[Botwoon Hallway]] above, can be done in many other locations. None of these turn out to be helpful.
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 For example, it is possible to R-mode into the top left of [[Golden Torizo's Room]], collect the Supers, use GT to put health in Reserves, and then use heat damage to R-mode clip back to the top left door (which does not lock). This allows collecting GT Supers in an NBMB run (if one has Space Jump, so the OoB version).
-==Clipping an Enemy Into a Wall==
+===Clipping an enemy into a wall===
 By using an R-mode forced stand and Ice, it is possible to freeze an enemy deep into a wall. With an appropriate pixel position, this allows clipping a pixel into a wall and then [[X-Ray Climb]] from strange locations.
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-==R-mode Mother Brain==
+===R-mode Mother Brain===
 An R-mode forced stand decreases the amount of damage that [[Mother Brain]]'s Rainbow Beam does by a single tick. This is not enough to make fewer tanks required with [[Varia Suit]].
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 This potentially has a use in low% RBO, or other low% categories that for some reason do not collect Varia Suit. For RBO, this would require cutting a Tank to get down from 6 total to 5. It would also require using an xChargeless base, since both X-Ray and a Crystal Flash are required.
-==Light Pillar Mother Brain==
+===Light Pillar Mother Brain===
 A strange use of R-mode, which had other uses but most of these have since had other methods found, is Light Pillar. In order to activate Light Pillar, when in R-mode hold X-Ray, deselect it (while still holding dash), and then release dash for one or two frames and re-grab dash. If successful, a weird pillar of light will form around Samus.
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-==R-mode Ridley==
+===R-mode Ridley===
 After a Crystal Flash is performed in R-mode, the power bomb location can still deal damage to an enemy. [[Ridley]] can take damage from power bombs.

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 R-mode is activated by entering a transition, having Samus' Energy deplete to 0 during the transition, and then using X-Ray on the first frame after the transition while Reserves automatically trigger. This leads to the following steps:
-) Have Reserves set to automatic, X-Ray selected, an enemy positioned so it will hit Samus during the transition, and a small enough amount of Energy such that the enemy will damage Samus down to 0 Energy.
+# Have Reserves set to automatic, X-Ray selected, an enemy positioned so it will hit Samus during the transition, and a small enough amount of Energy such that the enemy will damage Samus down to 0 Energy.
+# Enter the transition while in a pose that X-Ray can be used.
-) Enter the transition while in a pose that X-Ray can be used.
+# Be hit by the enemy during the transition.
+# Hold dash during the transition, so X-Ray is used on the first frame.
-) Be hit by the enemy during the transition.
+# Continue to hold dash until Reserves have been emptied.
 If dash is released very early, nothing notable will happen. If dash is released in about a three frame window when Reserves finish filling, then instead G-mode will be activated. Thus, it is safer to hold X-Ray for longer. Note X-Ray will do the widening animation again when Reserves finish filling, so when this begins for the second time dash can be released.

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 R-mode requires [[X-Ray Scope]] and at least one [[Reserve Tank]]. Additionally, many applications require either a [[Crystal Flash]] or having more Reserve Tanks than Energy Tanks.
-For speedrun purposes, R-mode mostly finds use in low% categories, a small exception being a route of Super Metroid Z-Factor 100%.  It can be used in [[14% xChargeless]], [[14% xSpeed]], [[14% xAmmo]], and the theoretical [[14% xPb]]. It could also be helpful in low% versions of other categories, like low% [[RBO]] or low% [[Map Completion]].
+For speedrun purposes, R-mode mostly finds use in low% categories, a small exception being a route of Super Metroid Z-Factor 100%.  It can be used in [[14% xChargeless]], [[14% xSpeed]], [[14% xAmmo]], and [[14% xPb]]. It could also be helpful in low% versions of other categories, like low% [[RBO]] or low% [[Map Completion]].
 =Entering R-Mode=