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'''Metroid Prime''' is a [[Phazon]]-mutated [[Metroid (species)|Metroid]] found in the [[Impact Crater]] on [[Tallon IV]]. It is a highly adaptable enemy, often changing its strategy in battle. It is armed with numerous weapons, including versions of [[Samus Aran|Samus]]'s beam weapons that can fire sustained blasts. It also has a Snare Beam, which is a green light that traps Samus and pulls her to itself.  

When a [[Leviathan]] first impacted [[Tallon IV]], it began to spread [[Phazon]] across the planet. For protection, it found a [[Metroid (species)|Metroid]] from an unknown source. Somehow, this Metroid absorbed the core and became it. This creature was prophesied by the Chozo as a Worm that will destroy the planet.<ref>{{cite|Many Chozo are gifted with the distant sight, and even more begin to learn it as our harmonization with the universe becomes more and more complete. We peer forwards, seeing prophecy in the ripples of the water, hearing rumors of coming days on the breath of the wind. Though we celebrate the distant sight, many of these visions are dark - the worst of the prophecies, and the most common, tells of the coming of the Worm. Born from parasites, nurtured in a poisoned womb, the Worm grows, devouring from within, until the world begins to rot. Not all prophecies come to pass, of course, but we cannot help but fear this dark portent.|Chozo Lore - Worm|Metroid Prime}}</ref> The [[Artifact Temple]] was built around the [[Impact Crater]] to imprison the Metroid Prime, but they knew the prison would not hold it forever.<ref>{{cite|As the Great Poison reaches ever further into the planet, we Chozo begin to feel the gnawings of despair - before it is too late, we now make our last stand. We have begun to build a temple to contain this darkness; at its heart we will place a Cipher, a mystical lock powered by twelve Artifacts and filled with as much power as we Chozo can harness. We wonder, though - even when we are done, will it be too late? And will the power of the temple, and the Cipher itself, prove strong enough to hold back the poisonous tide that even now swells within the ground, threatening all life?|Chozo Lore - Cipher|Metroid Prime}}</ref> Original Space Pirate Data, which has since been retconned, tells of the [[Space Pirate]]s capturing the Metroid Prime and observing it.<ref name=Prime/> The Metroid Prime assimilated many of their weapons, and they let it go out of fear that they could not control it.<ref name=release/> Newer entries simply say that they detect a massive energy source in the crater.<ref>{{cite|Investigations into a possible ingress point for the Impact Crater continue to meet with failure. The shield of strange energy that protects it is impermeable, and all attempts to tunnel past it have proved fruitless. Our continued futility in this matter is made all the more significant in light of recent life form readings we've discovered emanating from deep within the crater. Analysis of the readings indicates that a massive creature is gestating in there, absorbing enormous amounts or Phazon from the Phazon core at the heart of the impact crater. This discovery makes accessing the crater doubly important - not only will it open the door to the vast deposits of Phazon within, but it will also lead us to this creature, whatever it may be.|[[Pirate Data]] "Impact Crater"|Metroid Prime}}</ref>

Samus battles it in several chambers within the [[Impact Crater]], and Metroid Prime becomes increasingly aggressive and uses more attacks the more Samus damages it. Metroid Prime's weak point, its head, is vulnerable to the [[Beam]] and [[Charge Combo]] it is currently using, which changes in accordance with the color of the markings on its exoskeleton. If Metroid Prime is purple, it will be using and be affected by the Wave Beam (yellow for [[Power Beam]], white for [[Ice Beam]], and red for [[Plasma Beam]]). It will shift weapons in an attempt to avoid attacks. Metroid Prime is invulnerable to the stun effects of all weapons and combos except for the [[Ice Spreader]], which will briefly freeze it. Sometimes Metroid Prime will try to ram Samus, and she will need to use her [[Morph Ball]] to evade it. After Samus defeats Metroid Prime's exoskeleton, it falls down a long shaft. Samus follows it, and Metroid Prime's core essence attacks her.

While in its core form, Metroid Prime attacks with large shock waves; it is also capable of becoming invisible to the normal light spectrum and spawning a variety of Metroids. None of Samus' normal weapons can damage Metroid Prime, but, by standing in pools of Phazon it generates, Samus can enter [[Hypermode|Hyper-Mode]] to power her [[Hyper Beam (Phazon)|Phazon Beam]] and use it to defeat Metroid Prime.

After Samus defeats Metroid Prime, it desperately reaches for her. Its grip is so strong on the Phazon in her [[Phazon Suit]] that it rips it from her. It manages to save itself by forming into this suit, becoming [[Dark Samus]]. The destruction of its previous form causes a massive explosion, which destroys the Impact Crater. The action of taking Samus's Phazon Suit inadvertently has freed Samus from corruption.{{fact}}