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QUESTION:

When Samus is riding the Vi-O-La, her body can take damage and she can be killed. But since it appears the bike is incorporated into her suit (like the morphball), when she's hit while riding, or when she crashes into a walk or a rock, does the Vi-O-La take damage?

I'm not sure if the Vi-O-La is *like* the morphball, because when she "dismounts" the bike isn't left behind standing with a kickstand, it disappears and I assume it's incorporated into Samus' body like the morphball.

When Samus is in morphball and it gets hit, is it also taking damage? And if the Vi-O-La "bike" is a completely independent thing compared to the Vi-O-La "suit," then what of the physical bike when she's on foot? And is the bike invulnerable to damage?

I've been reading a lot of posts asking if we could change "one thing..." with the presumption that that one thing would make the game better. I enjoy the game the way it is. No, it's not perfect, but then none of the games in the series are perfect, and all of them could be improved.

MP4 could absolutely do for some tweaking and polishing, and just one change wouldn't be enough. Here is my list of tweaks that I would suggest to improve the game play:

- Allow sequence breaking.

- In Sol Valley, reduce the frequency of the attacks by the "MAGs" (the Maurauders, Areonauts, and Gullbats); they're annoying and pointless.

- Instead of gaining the ammo expansions and energy tanks in the Shrines and from Tokabi, you would earn them by defeating attacks by the MAGs: (1) Mauraders = missile expansions; (2) Gullbats = shot expansions; (3) defeat one Aeronaut = 1 energy tank--similar to the Swim Catcher chase in Flare Pool.

- In the Shrines, make it more of a challenge to earn the arm cannon upgrades by implementing a tougher, 2-3 pronged puzzle.

- Make the Fire, Ice, and Thunder chips immediately functional the moment they're found--no need to return to base camp to activate them.

- Implement the use of the Vi-O-La (1) in Fury Green--something like a BMX run; and (2) allow Samus to ride the Vi-O-La in the Snow Wolf battle in Ice Belt.

- Turn off MacKenzie--period. Put him in Ice Belt with Tokabi, but have him accompany Samus, similar to how Duke and Armstrong accompany her in Flare Pool. Samus meets both MacKenzie and a leg-wounded Tokabi right after the Snow Wolf fight, but Mac accompanies Samus while Tokabi hangs back like he currently does.

- Allow Samus to drive one of the trucks in Ice Belt in a "Ice Road Truckers" like sequence in the mountains to gain the energy tank and the Psychic Spider Ball upgrade.

- With sequence breaking, "if" you defeat the Omega Griever early and get the Power Bomb, you can use it early to break the boulders in the green crystal search and get the Legacy Suit early.

- I would change nothing about the green crystal search except to make some crystals discoverable in Ice Belt, Flare Pool, and The Mines (particularly) for the "100%" goal.

- I would change nothing with VUE-995.

Well, I made y'all depressed with my sad songs, so here's my list of favorite 70s funny, jokey songs. Today, no matter where I am or what I'm doing, when I hear "Happy" by Pharrell Williams, I instantly smile and literally dance like those in the video. My song list below has the same giggling effect on me whenever I hear them. I know there's a lot more, so please add yours!

- "Dead Skunk" - Loudon Wainwright (1972)

- "Junk Food Junkie" - Larry Groce (1975)

- "Motorcycle Mama" - Tailgate (1972)

- "The Lone Ranger" - Oscar Brown (1974)

- "Uneasy Rider" - Charlie Daniels (1973)

- "You Don't Mess Around With Jim" - Jim Croce (1972)

- "The Streak" - Ray Stevens (1974)

- "My Ding-A-Ling" - Chuck Berry (1972)

- "Cover of The Rolling Stone" - Dr. Hook and The Medicine Show (1973)

- "Short People" - Randy Newman (1977)

- "No No" - Ringo Starr (1974)

- "Squeeze Box" - The Who (1975)

- "Yes, Yes, Yes" - Bill Cosby (1976)

- "Warewolves of London" - Zevon (1978)

- "Dancing Fool" - Frank Zappa (1979)

- "I'm My Own Grandpa" - Ray Stevens

- "Bertha Butt Boogie" - Jimmy Castor Bunch (1974)

I'm 69 years old and the following list of my favorite, memorable "sad songs" from the 1970s instantly evoke a profound sense of melancholy in me whenever I hear them.  I've included two (10,000 Maniacs and Hank Williams. Jr.) that are outside of the 70s time frame because they, too, draw out profound emotion.  For at least 10 of these, I will cry, or come close to tears. 

- "Seasons in the Sun" - Terry Jacks (1974)

- "Alone Again (Naturally)" - Gilbert O'Sullivan (1972)

- "Photographs and Memories" - Jim Croce (1972)

- "Operator" - Jim Croce (1972)

- "Cats in the Cradle" - Harry Chapin (1974)

- "Wildfire" - Michael Murphy (1975)

- "One Less Bell to Answer" - 5th Dimension (1970)

- "Time in a Bottle" - Jim Croce (1972)

- "Lonely People" - America (1975)

- "Come Saturday Morning" - The Sandpipers (1970)

- "Brandy" - The O'Jays (1978)

- "At Seventeen" - Janis Ian (1975)

- "All By Myself" - Eric Carmen (1975)

- "Sam Stone" - John Prine (1971)

- "All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down)" - Hank Williams, Jr. (1981)

- "Freddie's Dead" - Curtis Mayfield (1972)

- "Sideshow" - Blue Magic (1974)

- "Midnight Cowboy" - The Ray Conniff Singers (1970)

- "Angie" - Rolling Stones (1973)

- "I'm Not In Love" - 10cc (1975)

- "Eat For Two" - 10,000 Maniacs (1989)

- "Bridge Over Troubled Water" - Simon and Garfunkel (1970)

- "Love Story (Where Do I Begin?)" - Andy Williams (1970)