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* Why are Metroids vulnerable to cold? The live by absorbing energy, and extreme cold is the absence of energy! However the Ice Beam actually works, it has to force a huge amount of heat out of its target, which must cause them especially intense pain and maybe even hunger.
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* Why are Metroids vulnerable to cold? The They live by absorbing energy, and extreme cold is the absence of energy! However the Ice Beam actually works, it has to force a huge amount of heat out of its target, which must cause them especially intense pain and maybe even hunger.
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* ''Fridge/MetroidPrimeFederationForce''
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* The series getting [[VideoGame/MetroidPrime4 a big]] [[VideoGame/MetroidSamusReturns resurrection]] on its 31st anniversary can seem one year late for a MilestoneCelebration. However, 2017 marks the series' 30th anniversary for the ''North American release'' of the original ''VideoGame/{{Metroid}}'', and the series has been consistently [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff more popular in North America than its home country]].
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* The series getting [[VideoGame/MetroidPrime4 a big]] [[VideoGame/MetroidSamusReturns resurrection]] on its 31st anniversary can seem one year late for a MilestoneCelebration. However, 2017 marks the series' 30th anniversary for the ''North American release'' of the original ''VideoGame/{{Metroid}}'', ''VideoGame/Metroid1'', and the series has been consistently [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff more popular in North America than its home country]].
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** In a more Doylist view, alongside the second Zelda game being called "The Adventure of Link", was Nintendo trying to undo the IAmNotShazam caused by the titles of the first games in each series?
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We have a trope for that now.
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** ''Super Metroid'' does the same thing. It's also a very subtle way of saying "Ah-ah-ah, player. This isn't going to be one of those games like ''Mario'' or ''Sonic'' where you always go to the right. For this game, you'll need to go in all kinds of directions."
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** ''Super Metroid'' does the same thing. It's also a very subtle way of saying "Ah-ah-ah, player. This isn't going to be one of those games like ''Mario'' or ''Sonic'' [[WhenAllElseFailsGoRight where you always go to the right. right.]] For this game, you'll need to go in all kinds of directions."
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* Samus [[TwentyFourHourArmor always keeps her Power Suit on while piloting her ship]] because of ''Zero Mission'': she was a bit too eager to get out of the suit after destroying Tourian but Space Pirates shot her down and her first suit got destroyed in the crash, and she no longer takes chances when flying. The only times she's been out of her suit while in her ship were in the beginning of ''Prime 3: Corruption'' because she was asleep (and if someone tried to destroy her ship in that situation, she'd be screwed regardless of whether the suit was on or off, so may as well sleep comfortably), and the ending of ''Other M'' when she escapes the BOTTLE SHIP right before its self-destruct sequence (since she needed both hands readily available to carry Adam's helmet and hang on to ledges if necessary).
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* Samus [[TwentyFourHourArmor always keeps her Power Suit on while piloting her ship]] because of ''Zero Mission'': she was a bit too eager to get out of the suit after destroying Tourian but Space Pirates shot her down and her first suit got destroyed in the crash, and she no longer takes chances when flying. The only times she's been out of her suit while in her ship were in the beginning of ''Prime 3: Corruption'' because she was asleep (and if someone tried to destroy her ship in that situation, she'd be screwed regardless of whether the suit was on or off, so may as well sleep comfortably), and the ending of ''Other M'' when she escapes the BOTTLE SHIP right before its self-destruct sequence (since she needed both hands readily available to carry Adam's helmet and hang on climb ledges).
* Chozo Statues like the ones in ''Super Metroid'' and ''Metroid Prime'' are impressively large, but in real life statues of humans are normally much larger than the people they are based on, so it would be safe toledges if necessary).
assume they've also been scaled up. Upon finally meeting live Chozo such as Quiet Robe and Raven Beak in ''Dread'', however, it's revealed that most Chozo ''really do'' easily tower over humans.
* Chozo Statues like the ones in ''Super Metroid'' and ''Metroid Prime'' are impressively large, but in real life statues of humans are normally much larger than the people they are based on, so it would be safe to
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** Assuming raw mental energy ''is'' what a lot of the Chozo science we've seen is built around, it could explain why they seem to incorporate a lot of brain-like design elements into some of their supercomputers (specifically Mother Brain and the Central Units on ZDR), since their semi-organic structures would be needed for them to generate said energy as a result. Likewise, it would explain why Metroids prefer going for the heads of their prey before completely sucking the life out of them-- it's quite clearly the juiciest part.
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*** But it wasn't just the life of SR388, as seen with the presence of Ridley, Samus's suit can survive in space so it wouldn't be out of the question for another SA-X to just fire itself out of an airlock to escape the blast, or for there to be other space faring life like Ridley, or maybe there were multiple Neo-Ridleys considering they could make multiple SA-X from a single source, or there might even be some remains of Phantoon since they moved some creatures from the Bottle Ship, in which case they could simply phase out of existence and fly off into space.
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*** But it wasn't just the life of SR388, [=SR388=], as seen with the presence of Ridley, Samus's suit can survive in space so it wouldn't be out of the question for another SA-X to just fire itself out of an airlock to escape the blast, or for there to be other space faring life like Ridley, or maybe there were multiple Neo-Ridleys considering they could make multiple SA-X from a single source, or there might even be some remains of Phantoon since they moved some creatures from the Bottle Ship, in which case they could simply phase out of existence and fly off into space.space.
* One background theme of the series has been the technological advance of the Federation. In ''Prime 1'', Space Pirate scan data showed that a major reason why the Federation considered them such a major threat was because they avert CreativeSterility: Pirate technology advances rapidly by leaps and bounds (which is best demonstrated by looking at their troops in ''Prime 1'' vs. ''Prime 2'': by the second game, even the average grunt has gotten significant upgrades to its weapons and armor). It's no surprise by ''Prime 3'', the Feds are on war footing and are pouring resources into researching Phazon-based weapons. This continues into ''Federation Force'' with Project Golem, which is a clear attempt to try to replicate the capabilities of Samus's Power Suit. By ''Other M'', Federation weaponry has advanced to the point that Ice Guns are now standard issue sidearms for soldiers, and Anthony's plasma gun is clearly an inferior version of Samus's Plasma Beam. Fed technology shows another big leap in ''Fusion'' when they demonstrate they have now perfected the Plasma Beam (it was just withheld from Samus) along with other weapons like Morph Ball Bombs, Ice Missiles, and Power Bombs. And then ''Dread'' shows an even bigger leap with the E.M.M.I. robots being MadeOfIndestructium and possessing all kinds of extremely advanced technology including the Speed Booster and most alarmingly of all, the Wave Beam, probably the most advanced Chozo beam weapon there is. If Samus ever ends up clashing with the Federation in the future, it could easily be her toughest battle yet.
* One background theme of the series has been the technological advance of the Federation. In ''Prime 1'', Space Pirate scan data showed that a major reason why the Federation considered them such a major threat was because they avert CreativeSterility: Pirate technology advances rapidly by leaps and bounds (which is best demonstrated by looking at their troops in ''Prime 1'' vs. ''Prime 2'': by the second game, even the average grunt has gotten significant upgrades to its weapons and armor). It's no surprise by ''Prime 3'', the Feds are on war footing and are pouring resources into researching Phazon-based weapons. This continues into ''Federation Force'' with Project Golem, which is a clear attempt to try to replicate the capabilities of Samus's Power Suit. By ''Other M'', Federation weaponry has advanced to the point that Ice Guns are now standard issue sidearms for soldiers, and Anthony's plasma gun is clearly an inferior version of Samus's Plasma Beam. Fed technology shows another big leap in ''Fusion'' when they demonstrate they have now perfected the Plasma Beam (it was just withheld from Samus) along with other weapons like Morph Ball Bombs, Ice Missiles, and Power Bombs. And then ''Dread'' shows an even bigger leap with the E.M.M.I. robots being MadeOfIndestructium and possessing all kinds of extremely advanced technology including the Speed Booster and most alarmingly of all, the Wave Beam, probably the most advanced Chozo beam weapon there is. If Samus ever ends up clashing with the Federation in the future, it could easily be her toughest battle yet.
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* Samus [[TwentyFourHourArmor always keeps her Power Suit on while piloting her ship]] because of ''Zero Mission'': she was a bit too eager to get out of the suit after destroying Tourian but Space Pirates shot her down and her first suit got destroyed in the crash, and she no longer takes chances when flying. The only times she's been out of her suit while in her ship were in the beginning of ''Prime 3: Corruption'' because she was asleep (and if someone tried to destroy her ship in that situation, she'd be screwed regardless of whether the suit was on or off, so may as well sleep comfortably), and the ending of ''Other M'' when she escapes the BOTTLE SHIP right before its self-destruct sequence (since she needed both hands readily available to carry Adam's helmet and hang on to ledges if necessary).
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** This also becomes a metaphor as to how Metroids interact with other creatures. They require a "warm" motherly presence such as Samus, Mother Brain, MB, or a Queen Metroid to lead them. They will never follow "cold" professional presences such as the Galactic Federation executives or Space Pirate militants.
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** This also becomes a metaphor as to how Metroids interact with other creatures. They require a "warm" motherly presence such as Samus, Mother Brain, MB, a Thoha, or a Queen Metroid to lead them. They will never follow "cold" professional presences such as the Galactic Federation executives or Space Pirate militants.
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** Considering Metroids were created by the Chozo, it's also likely this was a fail-safe to keep them from escaping the planet.
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** Considering Metroids were created by the Chozo, it's also likely clear that this was a fail-safe failsafe to keep them from escaping the planet.being misused (though Raven Beak made sure to ruin that plan).
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* Mother Brain's name may sound corny, but it actually follows traditional Chozo nomenclature, being two seemingly banal words put together (like "Old Bird" or "Raven Beak"). This also explains why the Chozo in ''Dread'' all address Samus as "Samus Aran", using both words of her name. It's what they know.
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** And with ''Dread'', Samus is officially a Metroid, which makes calling her by the series title infinitely more accurate.
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** And with ''Dread'', Samus is officially a Metroid, which makes calling her by the series title infinitely more accurate.
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* [[BirdPeople Chozo]] art and architecture seem to take cues from, among other things, both [[BuildLikeAnEgyptian ancient Egypt]] and [[{{Mayincatec}} Mesoamerica]], and of course it would: Both the Egyptian and Mesoamerican gods of wisdom (Thoth and Quetzalcoatl/Kukulkan respectively) are birdlike. Hmm, wise, birdlike beings from beyond the Earth...
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* [[BirdPeople Chozo]] art and architecture seem to take cues from, among other things, both [[BuildLikeAnEgyptian ancient Egypt]] and [[{{Mayincatec}} Mesoamerica]], and of course it they would: Both the Egyptian and Mesoamerican gods of wisdom (Thoth and Quetzalcoatl/Kukulkan respectively) are birdlike. Hmm, wise, birdlike beings from beyond the Earth...
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** Considering Metroids were created by the Chozo, it's also likely this was a fail-safe to keep them from escaping the planet.
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* [[BirdPeople Chozo]] art and architecture seem to take cues from, among other things, both [[BuildLikeAnEgyptian ancient Egypt]] and [[{{Mayincatec}} Mesoamerica]], and of course it would: Both the Egyptian and Mesoamerican gods of wisdom (Thoth and Quetzalcoatl/Kukulkan respectively) are birdlike. Hmm, wise, birdlike beings from beyond the Earth...
