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Cat and Mouse
Metroid: Zero Mission

Cat and Mouse

Navigate security lasers and escape pursuing space pirates in Metroid: Zero Mission's "Cat and Mouse" section. Learn how to proceed through crumbling ledges and cracked walls.

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Navigate security lasers and escape pursuing space pirates in Metroid: Zero Mission's "Cat and Mouse" section. Learn how to proceed through crumbling ledges and cracked walls.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Drop to the ground and head left. Climb the first ledge.
  2. 2
    Perform a couple of low jumps to cross the pair of security lasers (you don't need to avoid them, but it's safer).
  3. 3
    Climb onto the slowly crumbling ledge on your left, then quickly jump to the ledge on your right.
  4. 4
    Run right along the nearby ledge and run off the end to grab the next ledge.
  5. 5
    Quickly climb up the crumbling ledge, crawl right, then jump straight up to grab the generator above the laser.
  6. 6
    Climb up and jump to the ledge on your left, then jump left to a slow-crumbling ledge.
  7. 7
    Quickly jump off the left end to grab the generator above the nearby laser. Pull yourself up and enter the door to your left.
  8. 8
    Climb the ledge ahead and proceed to the next room.
  9. 9
    Hug the left wall as you fall to be spotted by a space pirate, then crawl right to the next room.
  10. 10
    Drop right and left, shoot the cracked wall, and fall down the shaft.
  11. 11
    Head right when you land and weave your way to the ground floor, then go through the nearby door.
  12. 12
    Run left through the glass tube and into the next room while space pirates chase you.
  13. 13
    Shoot the door open and continue running as the space pirates pursue.
  14. 14
    Run left and drop to the ground, then crawl under the wall to reach the next room.
  15. 15
    Shoot the 2x2 block above you and jump over the wall.
  16. 16
    Quickly shoot the blocks in front of you, crawl under the wall while shooting another block, then run through the door ahead.
  17. 17
    Run left and jump onto the ledge above as the space pirate shuts off the alarm.
  18. 18
    Continue to the save room, then go left to the next room.
Tips
  • While avoiding security lasers isn't mandatory, it will help you survive longer.
  • Use low jumps to avoid hitting your head on beams above.
  • Act quickly on crumbling ledges.
  • Grabbing the generator above a laser will not set it off.

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