Zero Mission 100% on Normal under 2 hours!

Finished Metroid: Zero Mission with 100 % item collection in under 2 hours on normal.  I didn’t see how this was possible and didn’t originally think they’d make you go through the game in 2 hours while collecting all the items. I almost thought I wasn’t going to make it and would have to try again.
Here’s how I went through the game. For the most part, I got most of the items on my way through each area. I went from the start, got the longshot and did everything normal until it was time to go to Norfair. After getting the Power Grip and coming back to Norfair to get the Ice Beam, I decided I’d try to use the long vertical shaft shortcut after the Ice Beam and see what I can get early. I considered going to Ridley and fighting him, but it’d take way too long. So by using the shortcut, I grabbed the High Jump Boots. So then I left Norfair and went after the Varia suit. That way I didn’t have to beat Kraid to get the Speed Booster and come back to Norfair to get the boots, and then go all the way back to Brinstar to get the Varia, and then come back to Norfair… saving a lot of time. After Getting the Varia suit and finishing that area of Brinstar, I went to Kraid’s hideout and beat him, going through the entire level collecting all but the 1 Missile Tank that required the Gravity suit to get. Then I headed back to Norfair and went to Ridley, before that of course picking up the Super Missile in Brinstar that required the shine spark. I decided it would be better for me to take the “backdoor” to Ridley’s boss room and to come back later after I got the powered up suit to explore the rest of Ridley.
Once I had gone through Chozodia and got the fully powered suit, I had planned to grab all of the items on the way down, but discovered there was one item that was blocked off by one of those Chozo barriers that fall once you get the suit, and the Power Bombs were needed to destroy it. So I had to make my way all the way to the Power Bombs, that I had to get anyways. I decided to go ahead and go through the chozo ruins again and grab that last item, then come all the way back, might as well get it done while I was in the area and had time.
Coming from Chozodia lead to Crateria where I got all of the items except for the one Power Bomb buried in the side of the cliff. So skipping that I headed to Tourian, then from there headed to Brinstar to get to Kraid for the one Missile tank I had left that needed the Gravity Suit and shine spark. Then I headed to the right and to the save room in Kraid that has an entrance to Norfair, so I could pick up the remaining stuff in Norfair and Ridley. Killed the insect miniboss in Ridley in one chase thanks to the amount of Super Missiles I had by then.

After acquring everything in Norfair and Ridley, one last challenge lay ahead, the Power Bomb in Crateria’s cliff. I figured this was best put off until the end because it takes so long for me to get it right. I have the process down of getting to it now. Just get the boost energy, jump on the rock sitting in the path and use the shine spark on it to save the energy longer, then hug the cliff while space jumping up. The hardest part is just using the shine spark dash at the right spot in midair, because Samus has to fit within two tiles to break the inside speed boost ones. This means trying over and over again with the shine spark, either hitting the spot slightly too high, or slightly too low. It was around 1:35 from about 1:30 when I cleared the passage for the first time on this run, and then to my dismay, I realized I needed a Power Bomb to blow out the rest of the passage, and I had used them up along the way and hadn’t gotten a refill at a chozo. So just for kicks I went ahead back to Chozodia and beat the game with 99% to see if I had enough time, as I had thought I wasn’t going to make it. It only takes about 3-5 minutes to get from Crateria to Metal Ridley’s room in Chozodia, and then about 2min to beat Metal Ridley with Super Missiles so I had nothing to worry about with my current file.
So to finish up, I restarted from my save point in Norfair, and boosted to the right in the first area, and headed up the green area and to the nearest room with the Chozo statue for a refill. I had kept destroying enemies but they weren’t giving any bombs. I repeated the process for the Crateria item and rushed to Chozodia which only takes about 5 mins or less, picked up the last Energy Tank right before the boss, destroyed Metal Ridley, and finished at roughly 1:45 with 100%.

My run through Zero Mission is probably a lot more exciting to watch then to for me to explain heh. 7 out of 8 endings obtained. Onward to the final ending for 100% on Hard in under 2 hours!