Metroid
Metroid (" メトロイド " , pronunciation: " Métoroido")série of video games is a published by Nintendo, appeared for the first time in the play éponyme in 1986. Its development is resulting from the unit R & D 1 which Gunpei Yokoi directed. For its return on GameCube, the series was entrusted to the American studio Retro Studios, repurchased by Nintendo.
General principle
Metroid is a series of Jeux of platform seen profile which has parallel a series now known as Prime , which is presented as for it as a Jeu of adventure to the first nobody says “FPA” ( First Persson Adventure ). The principal idea of the play consists in making evolve/move the equipment of Samus Aran in gigantic infested worlds labyrinthesques of all kinds of creatures, of which the famous métroïdes, extraterrestrial creatures which absorb the energy of any living being. At the beginning of each one of its adventures, Samus is not generally equipped that basic Costume of power said “Power Suit” as well as Ray of Power “Power Beam”. In the series Precedes, it starts with an armament a little more advanced made up of the Varia costume, the missile launcher, the charge radius, the ball morphing and the boots of space jump. The scenario provides that the chasseuse one of premium is quickly stripped known as material. The Costume of power has a variable molecular structure, which makes it possible Samus to obtain additional weapons and accessories progressively, such as the missile launcher or the Ray of Ice, but also of the more powerful armours, as the Costume of Gravity which makes it possible to move under water and in unconstrained space. Once the recovered objects, the player can then turn over in the zones already visited in order to reach the inaccessible rooms before. This principle, revolutionist at the time, were taken again later by Konami in its series Castlevania, starting from the episode Symphony off the Night.
The scenario
The history proceeds in a universe at the edge of the crisis. In order to bring closer the various intelligent species and to control interplanetary terrorism, the most powerful planets create the Galactic Federation, of which the number of planets members does not cease growing bigger. The “Chozos”, the known most intelligent race of the galaxy, teach with various civilizations some rudiments of their state-of-the-art technology, in order to maintain the stability of the Universe.
Other side, the “Pirates of Space”, populates wandering ultraviolent very technologically advanced, lives the their plunderings carried out by their armies over-equipped on another planets, and gradually recovers the secrecies chozos disseminated in the galaxy. Chozos fight the pirates ardently, then disappear completely from the galaxy, leaving behind them their colonies in ruins. What their did it arrive? Why the representatives of these people scattered with the four corners of the Universe have all disappeared at the same time? Research of the Galactic Federation is vain, and the latter remain alone vis-a-vis the pirates. Some of found prophecies chozos claim all the same that their people await the arrival of the “Elected official” of the light, equipped with their weapons and armor, which will complete their work.
Time passed and the Elected official did not come. All the edge external of the galaxy is now under the yoke of the Pirates of Space who started again themselves on the last studies of the chozos about the biological weapons. On small land colony K-2L is born Samus Aran. Whereas the latter is 3 years old, the colony is attacked by a scientific squadron of the Pirates of Space. The galactic police force on the spot tries to resist, but is swept by the new “recruit” of the pirates here to the test: Ridley. The family of Samus is massacred like all the inhabitant of K-2L, is excluded Samus Aran itself, hidden by her mother. The latter is collected after the drama by two Chozos survivors, made too late. The latter bring back it on the last planet chozo, Zebes, where they form it like a Chozo warrior. Ten years later, Samus completes its drive and is seen entrusting a Costume of Power to measure, the only one of all the Galactic History. (It appears in the second volume of E-manga that Mother Brain was an artificial intelligence created by the chozos and who was used to them as host computer, of planetary interface, on the Zebes planet. Thereafter and without explanation being still had Mother Brain will become the chief of the pirates of space.)
Samus, with an aim of eliminating the threat pirates in order to avenge his/her parents, becomes a Space Hunter , one of the Mercenaire S of the galactic Federation. However, one of its missions will bring back it on Zebes, now in ruin, in order to carry out its " there; Mission zéro" , because the Pirates of Space, in their thirst for being able, come to awake an old curse: Métroïdes…
One can note that the scenaristic screen of the series as certain elements of the history seem strongly inspired or similar to the universe of films of Science-fiction Alien. It is besides for that a boss of the play is called Ridley (reference to Ridley Scott).
Universe of the series
Characters
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Samus Aran
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Mother Brain
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Ridley
Ridley is the Boss emblematic of the Metroid series. It resembles a dinosaur ptérodactyle of a gigantic size. Its species is not revealed but it would come from the fine bottom of space. It is the right-hand man of Mother Brain and thus the general of the pirates of space. One can announce that it is at the origin of the destruction of the planet K2-L and of all its population. It is the planet of birth of Samus Aran of which it was the only surviving one.
Ridley appears in three forms in the series. Indeed, although Samus Aran destroys it, the pirates of space bring back Ridley to the life.
- Ridley : The pirates of space have his genetic code and thus they arrive at the cloner to bring back it in life.
- Meta Ridley : Sometimes it is enough for them to reconstitute a mechanical body with Ridley, starting from the remainders of its original body.
- Omega Ridley: It also happens that Ridley underwent to him also genetic mutations with the Phazon, which gives him new capacities…
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Kraid
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Dark Samus
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Adam Malkovich
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Gorea
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Noxus
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Sylux
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Whorl
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Trace
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Kanden
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Weavel
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Rundas
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Ghor
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Gandrayda
Species and people
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Human
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Chozo
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Pirate of Space
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Métroïde
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Virus X
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Luminoth
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Ing
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Alimbic
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Vhozon
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Diamont
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Kriken
Places
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Planet K2-L
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Planet Zebes
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Planet SR388
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Station spaciale Biometrix
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Planet Heel IV
Ruines Chozos
Caverne Magmoor
Monts Phendrana
Mines of Phazon
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Planet Ether
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Planet Alinos
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Planet Arcteria
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Station spaciale Vesper
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Planet Norion
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Planet Bryyo
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Planet Elysia
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Vessel GFS Valhalla
Equipment of Samus Aran
Combinations (Follows)
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Zero follows
It is the name given to its behavior when Samus does not carry its costume Varia and its derivatives. It is a grinding behavior of blue color letting see the forms of Samus.
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Combination of Power
It is an armor created by Chozos enormously increasing the physical capacities of its carrier. Equipped with a gun recovering the front armlever of Samus Aran, of a technology transforming the Costume and Samus Swell of it Morphing, kind of ball being used to pass in the narrowest ways, of a Sight of Analysis and a supercomputer being used to identify much elements and creatures of the worlds traversed by Samus Aran. It also has an armament and a defense of most advanced. This costume can change appearance and of technology.
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Combinaison Varied
It is the costume more used by Samus. Indeed it is the advanced shape of the costume of power, it offers better a resistance.
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Combination of gravity
It is a costume which as its name indicates it acts on gravity that Samus undergoes. It makes it possible to move more freely, mainly in water.
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Combination Fusion
The costume fusion is a costume born following the injection of a Vaccin makes starting from Métroïde S to save Samus contaminated by the Virus X. At the time of the injection Samus carried its costume of power amputee of part of his equipment. The injection of the Vaccin thus modified mainly the costume. The costume fusion appears in Metroid Prime, by connecting the Game Boy Advance with the play Metroid Fusion to the GameCube.
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Combination Phazon
The costume of Phazon is resulting from the contamination of the costume of gravity by a strong amount of Phazon. At the time of the combat of Samus against a pirate Omega on Heel IV, this last contaminated the costume by the Phazon which it had in him.
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Combinaison Sinks
It is a costume resulting from the technology Luminoth which makes it possible to better resist the dark atmosphere of Ether.
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Combination of Light
It is the ultimate costume of Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, it makes it possible to resist completely the dark atmosphere of Ether. It is the fruit of best technologies Chozo and Luminoth and it is certainly the most beautiful costume of the saga Metroid.
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Combination D.A.P.
It makes it possible to contain the propagation of the phazon in the corp of Samus while enabling him to pass in Hyper mode and ainci to evacuate the phazon in attacks dévastatrisses.
Sights
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Sight of Combat
It is the sight used generally during the use of the weapons.
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Sight of Analysis
A sight very much used in the play. It makes it possible to collect information on many things (enemies, objects, writings, databases,…).
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Infra-red Sight
This sight makes it possible to detect the zones of heat to make it possible to find a weak point of an enemy or to find mechanisms hidden well…
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X-ray Sight or " X-Ray Visor"
This sight makes it possible to see above the visible one. It can view invisible things with the naked eye. Coarsely, it is a sight has rays-X.
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Viseur sinks
This sight makes it possible to see the things resulting from another dimension, it offers also a targeting increased of the enemies.
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Sight echo
This sight allows, literally, " to see the son". Thanks to this sight, it becomes possible to unbolt certain sonic mechanisms
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Sight of Vessel
It makes it possible to control the vessel of Samus of distance and thus commender of the attacks or other.
Rays
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Ray of power
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Ray of light
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Rayon sinks
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Ray of annihilation
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Ray of ice
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Ray plasma
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Ray with waves
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Spazer
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Ray Phazon
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Ray Nova
Missiles, combos and explosion
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Missile
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Super missile
This missile is twice more powerful than a normal missile. The reserves are rare.
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Hyper Missile
- Super missiles (ray of power charged + 5 missiles)
- Diffuseur has waves (ray with wave charged + missiles): This combo uses 10 missiles to start and uses 5 missile per seconds of use.
- Diffusion of ice (Ray of ice charged + 10 missiles): This combo expels a large quantity of ice which, to the impact, goes cold the territory at a long distance.
- Lance-flame (Ray of plasma charged + missiles): This combo surpuissant ejects extreme flames on the enemy.
- Explosion sinks (ray sinks + 5 missiles)
- Combo of light (ray of light charged + 5 missiles)
- sonic Déflagration (ray of annihilation charged + 5 missiles)
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Explosions
This attack which applies to all the rays consists in leaving a ray in charge (not combined with others) while having selected the bomb of power.
Swell morphing
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Ball turbo
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Ball spider
This system makes it possible the ball morphing to be able to cling to magnetic monorails.
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Bombe Swell Morphing
The bombs are discharges of energy created by the ball morphing. It can destroy the objects containing alloy talloric or of sandstone. You can carry out a series of bombs which requires a good timing to go higher. It can also start mechanisms or destroy monsters.
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Bomb of power
This bomb is extremely powerful. It can destroy objects containing bendezium or of denzium.
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Ball of jump
This object makes it possible the ball to jump. In Metroid Fusion and Metroid Zero Mission, it is combined with the boot of jump.
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Hyper Swell
Appears in: Metroid Precedes 3: Corruption
Hook
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Ray Hook
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Hook lasso
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electric Hook
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Hyper Hook
Others
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Attaque bores or " Screw Attack"
In the versions 2D, it makes it possible to wound an enemy in concerning in full jump. In the versions 3D, it makes it possible to carry out Mural Jumps on adapted surfaces and to carry out several jumps after crossing long distances.
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Boots of space jump
These boots, once acquired, make it possible to make a second jump in the air.
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Boots of jump
This object makes it possible Samus to twice jump and half higher. In Metroid Fusion and Zero Mission, the boots of jump are combined with the ball of jump.
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Antacid Shield
This object offers a protective barrier which preserves beautiful Samus of the damage caused by caustic substances.
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Hyper mode
It is a mode in Samus uses the energy of Phazon to fight. It is used for the first faith against the gasoline of Metroid Prime.
Objects
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Reserve of energy
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Reserve of Bomb of power
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Reserve of missiles
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Reserve of super missile
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Reserve of super missiles
Chronology
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Metroid (born) and Metroid Zero Mission (gba) its remake.
- Metroid Precedes (gamecube) and Metroid Prime Pinball (ds) a adapatation of the play concerned of Flipper.
- Metroid Precedes Hunters (ds)
- Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (gamecube)
- Metroid Precedes 3: Corruption (wii)
- Metroid II: Return off Samus (gameboy)
- Super Metroid (snes)
- Metroid Fusion (gba)
List plays
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Metroid (Nintendo Entertainment System)
A raid is organized by the Galactic Federation in order to recover Metroids, however the troops on the spot do not give any more a news. Samus Aran is then sent in order to infiltrate the pirate complex and to destroy their leader as well as Métroïds.
- Metroid II: Return off Samus (Game Boy)
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Super Metroid (Super Nintendo Entertainment System)
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Metroid Fusion (Game Boy Advance)
Samus, in convalescence, is recalled by the Galactic Federation: a mysterious explosion occurred on station B.S.L., in the warehouse containing the withdrawn parts of the Costume of Power lasting the operation. The crew does not answer any more: Samus is sent, advised by a new trip computer which it must obey…
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Metroid Precedes (GameCube)
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Metroid Zero Mission (Game Boy Advance)
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Metroid Precedes 2: Echoes (GameCube)
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Metroid Precedes Hunters (Nintendo DS)
Bargain hunters:
Weavel, general of the Pirates of the Space seriously wounded at the time of a combat against Samus Aran, its brain and its spinal-cord was grafted in a body mécanique.
Sylux is a mysterious bargain hunter hating the Galactic Federation and one of its representing, Samus Aran.
Trace is a member of the Kriken S, a dreaded and hated race. Its only goal is to extend the empire Kriken.
Kanden is the fruit of a missed experiment of laboratory aiming at creating the perfect soldier. He became cruel, aggressive and incontrôlable.
Noxus is a member of the Vhozon S, a proud and mysterious race. He seeks to have the Supreme Power so that it does not arrive between the hands of a person makes indignant at the acquérir.
Whorl, last member of the Diamont S, voyage through the galaxy as an bargain hunter to find information on the mysterious disappearance of its people.
- Metroid Precedes Pinball (Nintendo DS)
- Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Wii)
To see too
- a Film Metroid was planned for the end 2006, but was cancelled.
- There exist Metroid comics, whose two volumes are translated into French, respectively readable here and there.
External bonds
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Planet Zebes
- Gametroid
- Super Metroid Takes precedence
- Metroid-player
- Metroid Master
- Dossier over the saga Metroid on Game Forever
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