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==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
==='' | ===In ''Metroid''=== | ||
In | In Kraid's original appearance, he is the boss of [[Brinstar]]. | ||
The manual states "This is the head of the Mini-Boss hideout. He hurls horns from his stomach and back. Be very careful of his fierce attacks. If Samus gets hit by him, his energy will be weakened a lot." {{fact}} | The manual states "This is the head of the Mini-Boss hideout. He hurls horns from his stomach and back. Be very careful of his fierce attacks. If Samus gets hit by him, his energy will be weakened a lot." {{fact}} | ||
===''Zero Mission''=== | ===In ''Zero Mission''=== | ||
In ''[[Metroid Zero Mission]]'', the manual states that Kraid is "The largest enemy in all of the mazes beneath the surface of Planet Zebes, Kraid fires spikes from his belly and claws from his fingertips for extremely powerful attacks."{{fact}} Kraid is one of the two bosses [[Samus]] must defeat in order to gain access to Tourian. | In ''[[Metroid Zero Mission]]'', the manual states that Kraid is "The largest enemy in all of the mazes beneath the surface of Planet Zebes, Kraid fires spikes from his belly and claws from his fingertips for extremely powerful attacks."{{fact}} Kraid is one of the two bosses [[Samus]] must defeat in order to gain access to Tourian. | ||
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The [[Speed Booster]] becomes available to Samus upon his defeat in Zero Mission. | The [[Speed Booster]] becomes available to Samus upon his defeat in Zero Mission. | ||
=== ''Metroid Prime''=== | === In ''Metroid Prime''=== | ||
Kraid was planned to be in the original ''[[Metroid Prime]]'' in his own section of the [[Phazon]] mines called "Meta Kraid." He was shown with blue Phazon veins running up his abdomen and a metal guard on his head. Unfortunately, due to time restraints, he never made it into the final version of the game. | Kraid was planned to be in the original ''[[Metroid Prime]]'' in his own section of the [[Phazon]] mines called "Meta Kraid." He was shown with blue Phazon veins running up his abdomen and a metal guard on his head. Unfortunately, due to time restraints, he never made it into the final version of the game. | ||
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"The level that he was to be included in was well underway to being designed. There just was not enough developement time remaining to fully implement all aspects of the scenario that were needed to pull off a highly polished/fun gaming experience... It was [ultimately] decided that Kraid was not imperative enough to the Metroid Prime project to run the risk of pushing up the release date in order to fit him in," [http://www.gen-n.net/dyk/002.shtml Generation-N] (Retrieved on 2010-3-29) | "The level that he was to be included in was well underway to being designed. There just was not enough developement time remaining to fully implement all aspects of the scenario that were needed to pull off a highly polished/fun gaming experience... It was [ultimately] decided that Kraid was not imperative enough to the Metroid Prime project to run the risk of pushing up the release date in order to fit him in," [http://www.gen-n.net/dyk/002.shtml Generation-N] (Retrieved on 2010-3-29) | ||
===''Super Metroid''=== | ===In ''Super Metroid''=== | ||
Kraid returns in ''[[Super Metroid]]'' in a much larger, two-screen tall form. His weak point is his mouth, which opens after he is shot in the eyes with a missile or charge beam. It takes four [[Super Missile|Super Missiles]] or twenty regular [[Missiles]] To defeat Kraid. [[Charge Beam|Charge Shots]] can also be used to kill Kraid. | Kraid returns in ''[[Super Metroid]]'' in a much larger, two-screen tall form. His weak point is his mouth, which opens after he is shot in the eyes with a missile or charge beam. It takes four [[Super Missile|Super Missiles]] or twenty regular [[Missiles]] To defeat Kraid. [[Charge Beam|Charge Shots]] can also be used to kill Kraid. | ||
The manual states that "The giant lizard of [[Brinstar]] attacks [[Samus]] with thorny projectiles and spits spheres out of its mouth. No weapons -beams, missiles, or bombs- have any effect on its body. The creature's weak point is unknown." {{fact}} | The manual states that "The giant lizard of [[Brinstar]] attacks [[Samus Aran|Samus]] with thorny projectiles and spits spheres out of its mouth. No weapons -beams, missiles, or bombs- have any effect on its body. The creature's weak point is unknown." {{fact}} | ||
===Other Appearances=== | ===Other Appearances=== | ||
