DASH: Classic

The original version of the DASH Randomizer generated one type of seed. We started with the Major / Minor item randomizer used in the 2017 community randomizer tournament and experimented with giving additional utility to certain items and opening up some hard gated locations.

As another wrinkle, these updates were not taken into account by the seed generation logic. The intent was to reduce linearity in seeds and let players make more decisions by sequence breaking.

The DASH: Classic preset is maintained to allow for the generation of seeds following the original vision of that mode. The following is a breakdown of the changes:

• Samus begins the game with a Starter Charge Beam which does the same damage as uncharged shots
• Gravity Suit provides partial damage reduction in heated rooms
• Spazer Beam can be used to access the Waterway Energy Tank location and traverse through Botwoon Hallway
• Bombs can be used to access the Wrecked Ship Reserve Tank location