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|image=[[ | |image=[[File:MP1 Creature Glider.png|300px]] | ||
|caption= | |caption=Render of a Glider | ||
|game=''[[Metroid Prime (game)|Metroid Prime]]'' | |game=''[[Metroid Prime (game)|Metroid Prime]]'' | ||
|threat=Non-damaging, non-hostile | |threat=Non-damaging, non-hostile | ||
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'''Gliders''' are large, airborne life forms that appear in ''[[ | '''Gliders''' are large, airborne life forms that appear in ''[[Metroid Prime]]''. | ||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
The Glider's exoskeleton consists of a magnetic underside and a hard outer shell. The creature flies in a set path, much like the [[Ripper]]. The Glider is one of the two organisms that [[Samus Aran]] can record in her [[Logbook]] that do no physical body harm, the other being the [[Tangle Weed]]. The main use that Samus has for the Glider is its magnetic underbelly, which she can latch onto with her [[Grapple Beam]]. | The Glider's exoskeleton consists of a magnetic underside and a hard outer shell. The creature flies in a set path, much like the [[Ripper]]. The Glider is one of the two organisms that [[Samus Aran]] can record in her [[Logbook]] that do no physical body harm, the other being the [[Tangle Weed]]. The main use that Samus has for the Glider is its magnetic underbelly, which she can latch onto with her [[Grapple Beam]]. | ||
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|imageleft=[[File:Glider Logbook.jpg]] | |imageleft=[[File:Glider Logbook.jpg]] | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
* | * Internally, the Glider is referred to as the [[Ripper]]. The Ripper was an enemy featured in ''[[Metroid]]'' and ''[[Super Metroid]]''. | ||
** A fully modeled and textured iteration of the Ripper can be found in the game files.<ref>Model File: ''"CMDL_BC143B20"''</ref> This model is referenced in the Glider's ANCS (animations) file.<ref>Animation File: ''"ANCS_9C93513A"''</ref> | |||
==Gallery== | |||
<gallery> | |||
file:Glider Artwork.png|Concept art | |||
MP1 Creature Glider Underside.png|Underside of a Glider | |||
MP1 Creature Ripper.png|Render of the unused Ripper model, present in the Glider's ANCS file. | |||
</gallery> | |||
{{ref}} | {{ref}} | ||
{{MP Creatures-nav|5}} | {{MP Creatures-nav|5}} | ||
[[Category:Phendrana Drifts | [[Category:Phendrana Drifts Life Forms]] | ||
[[Category:Phazon Mines | [[Category:Phazon Mines Life Forms]] | ||
