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Gametrailers.com has a new show called "Pop Fiction," which is essentially Mythbusters in the realm of video games. Their recent episode, entitled "Going Up," vows to debunk the myth of the "Secret Worlds" in the original Metroid: anyone who's a fan should know that they undoubtedly exist, but were they really rooms the programmers intended to let you play and just left them in the game?

The video itself details a great description of how to do the "Door Jump" trick which is a very widely-known trick throughout Metroid fandom. Using this trick not only allows you to bypass entire sections of the game, it also allows you to go into inaccessible rooms that may seem like they're "leftover" by the programmers. These rooms are known as "Secret Worlds."

Fortunately, back in the day, quite a few Metroid fans were able to come together and discover each Secret World on this very site. You can still read through the whole legacy of the "Great Secret World Hunt" compiled from many posts made on our old messageboard. The GT video references this page from our site as its main source, takes a direct quote from our archived Interview with Dan Owsen, and even mentions Kent Hansen (aka "SnowBro") who found out exactly why the Secret Worlds occur. We appreciate the shout-out, GT!

Watch the whole thing below! (MDb gets mentioned around the 3:15 mark)

--Infinity's End