I just got Super Metroid for the Virtual Consle and absoutly blown away by it, but I am not sure how I should play it? Like I know the game consists of time for how good your ending is. So there's 4 ways of playing that I cant decide on...

• Take as much time soaking everything in and finding all the secrets. Playing as natural and fustrating as possible
• Partually using a guide to ease away frustration, but still trying to find all the secrets
• Partually using a guide to ease away frustration and trying to run though the game at a moderate pace
• Use a guide exactly and blow through the game as fast as possible

I want to do everything but I also dont want to invest alot of hours to get a crap ending. I try just to chill out but I am reminded that the clock is ticking everytime I start the game up. (Ideally a code that reduces the amount of hours that has said youve been playing). But If the endings aint that important just let me know yeah

I just got Super Metroid for the Virtual Consle and absoutly blown away by it, but I am not sure how I should play it? Like I know the game consists of time for how good your ending is. So there's 4 ways of playing that I cant decide on...

• Take as much time soaking everything in and finding all the secrets. Playing as natural and fustrating as possible
• Partually using a guide to ease away frustration, but still trying to find all the secrets
• Partually using a guide to ease away frustration and trying to run though the game at a moderate pace
• Use a guide exactly and blow through the game as fast as possible

I want to do everything but I also dont want to invest alot of hours to get a crap ending. I try just to chill out but I am reminded that the clock is ticking everytime I start the game up. (Ideally a code that reduces the amount of hours that has said youve been playing). But If the endings aint that important just let me know yeah

I suggest you play through this game at least twice.  The first time without the use of guides or anything.  Just cut yourself off from the outside world.  Then play it again speedrun style, guides optional.

You'll be flying through the game in less than two hours in no time.

Super Metroid demands to be played multiple times. Top #1 game of all time for myself.

That said, I'd play it naturally up to when you might start to want to break something. I thikn seeing how far you can go on your own is a neat exercise, and gives you a fresh perspective for those of us who played it before Uncle Internet could help us out.

I'd say play it #1 selection the first time and then if you wanna see the different endings just check YouTube, if you're not into going through the game again. Personally I've never played it but am getting ready to buy a copy for the SNES and will play it like #1, and actually I'm probably going to make hand drawn maps on graph paper.