History VideoGame / MetroidDread

* {{Antepiece}}: The rooms with a Central Unit require you to take out the door using the Omega Cannon so you have an idea to use the new weapon without fear of death. The first time you don't even have to use the Omega Stream first.

Videos pertinent to ''Metroid Dread'' include [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NjCICl7dDo the E3 2021 announcement trailer]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afUI8nIrGgI the development history video]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ys_GegPKDvk Part 1]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSybAYyVpPY Part 2]] of the Nintendo Treehouse presentation, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_XnbTayTH4 the August 2021 trailer]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOvefm5U250 the September 2021 Overview Trailer]]. A developer's log called "Metroid Dread Report" updated every few weeks between the game's announcement and release, and is available on the official website [[https://metroid.nintendo.com/news here.]]

** After confronting Raven Beak just before the final fight, the audience is greeted with a scene of [[spoiler:Samus being genetically altered by the Chozo... and one of the Chozo donating their genes looks [[LukeIAmYourFather very familiar.]]]]

* TheWorfEffect: Samus winds up doing this to [[spoiler:E.M.M.I.-[=07PB=], bypassing the stealth, Central Unit battle, and Omega Cannon elements of all the other E.M.M.I. fights, save the first, by unwittingly using her fully-awakened Metroid powers to kill the final E.M.M.I., and its Central Unit by proxy, simply by draining it.]]

** Samus is repeatedly noted to not be at full power even before she's severely weakened by the Chozo warrior at the beginning of the game, with her Power Suit still in the process of restoring itself from the Fusion Suit. This is re-enforced throughout the game, as ADAM repeatedly notes that even if Samus ''were'' at full power she wouldn't stand a chance against the Chozo warrior who de-powered her. [[spoiler:Nothing "Adam" says on the planet can be trusted, as at least some of it is actually Raven Beak in disguise, manipulating Samus to accomplish his goals. That said, the fact that Raven Beak still nearly ''wins'' their showdown shows that he wasn't entirely wrong about how much better he is. Indeed, like he said, it's only though using her newly-gained [[LifeDrinker Metroid powers]] and becoming [[OneWingedAngel the Ultimate Metroid]] that Samus is able to beat him -- and he's [[MadeOfIron still able to keep going]] before the X Parasite gets him]].

* XanatosGambit: Raven Beak's manipulation of Samus throughout the game means he wins no matter what. [[spoiler:If the E.M.M.I. catch her they will obtain the Metroid DNA, and if she survives, he will have an even stronger Metroid that he can clone. The only thing he didn't plan on was Samus evolving to be even more powerful than him.]]

* ZeroEffortBoss: [[spoiler:Raven Beak X]]. Despite his giant, monstrous, mutated form, all you have to do is hold Y and the [[spoiler:Hyper Beam]] does the rest.

* FinalExamBoss: Raven Beak is the leader of a Chozo warrior tribe with the full technological might of his race at his disposal. It only makes sense that Samus would have to bring her entire arsenal to the table to match him effectively.
** Space Jump has always been an important piece of Samus' late-game evasion options, but Raven Beak is so fast that Flash Shift is practically required to keep your distance.
** Super Missiles are excellent for popping the black energy orbs Raven Beak throws and drop missile pickups when destroyed.
** Storm Missiles are great once Raven Beak [[spoiler:takes to the skies, gains mobility, and provides precious few openings for conventional munitions.]]
** Power Bombs even get a chance to shine by being able to easily destroy the miniature suns Raven Beak unleashes in his final phase and neutralize an otherwise dangerous attack that makes dodging so much more difficult.

* RiddleForTheAges: [[spoiler: Why exactly ZDR starts exploding upon Raven Beak's death is completely unexplained, leaving it up in the air whether it was a deliberate failsafe by Raven Beak, the result of the X Parasites damaging the planet's thermal engines, triggered by Quiet Robe X, or any number of other possibilities.]]

** In "Another Glimpse of Dread", Adam admonishes Samus to "Treat our lost assets with care, Lady", in reference to the E.M.M.I. that went missing on ZDR. Samus has to avoid and eventually destroy those lost assets because ''they'' aren't treating ''her'' with care.

* InvisibilityCloak: The Corpius is a huge predatory beast resembling a cross between a reptile and a scorpion, and is capable of camouflaging itself to be almost completely invisible. It is first encountered attempting to hunt on a beach before Samus's presence scares its would-be prey off, and it ambushes her in a room containing massive Chozo statues. Upon defeating the Corpius, it drops the Phantom Cloak, the piece of Chozo technology that it was using to turn invisible. Samus can then equip the Phantom Cloak and become invisible herself, which uses Aeion energy. With the cloak active Samus is invisible to the E.M.M.I. mechs' sensors and can also use it to get past the sensors of doors that would otherwise lock when Samus gets too close. If it's left on for too long, however, the cloak starts [[CastFromHitPoints draining her Energy Tanks]].

** Samus is regenerating her armor from ''Fusion'' and still has many openings showing the underlying Fusion Suit so her defenses are still pretty low. She takes quite a bit more damage than in many other games save ''Fusion''. [[spoiler:And when the X get loose the new enemies can do damage on par with ''Fusion''. And the final Metroid suit is straight up invulnerable to anything other than Raven Beak X, reflecting that her armor has no weakpoints.]]

* MissingSecret: At the end of the game, with all areas of ZDR explored, there's an empty spot in the top-right corner next to Hanubia. Since [[spoiler:the game's final area is above the planet and displayed on its own screen]], there aren't any additional areas to fill up that section.
** Its considered part of the escape sequence, so it doesn't count toward the overall percentage as its not tagged while running through it.

* BossOnlyLevel:
** Sort of - the E.M.M.I. zones are devoid of any normal enemies while the robot patrolling them is still active, save for some tiny robotic drones. However, like the Metroid Rooms in ''VideoGame/MetroidSamusReturns'', they get populated by said normal enemies once Samus has taken down the E.M.M.I. patrolling the zone.
** Itorash, the personal ship of the BigBad, is just the entry room, a save room, and an elevator straight to the FinalBoss.

* OffModel: [[spoiler:In the sixth ending reward, depicting Samus draining Raven Beak's energy, the Chozo overlord is drawn without his BFG arm cannon]].

* WarmupBoss: The first E.M.M.I. you encounter, E.M.M.I.-[=01P=], is very badly damaged and lacking its normal mobility, but is still an ImplacableMan immune to Samus's standard weaponry. This gives the player a chance to learn how to run from other, fully operational E.M.M.I. units.