Metroid Prime (game): Difference between revisions

When ''Metroid Prime'' was being localized for a European market, alterations were made to the scan visor logs and other in-game text, substantially altering the plotline. The American ''[[Metroid Prime Trilogy]]'' version of ''Prime'' uses a third set of logs that more closely adheres to the European plot than the original plot. It is not currently known which of the three plot lines the North American Player's Choice or European ''Trilogy'' versions of ''Prime'' follow.

[[Retro Studios]], the creators of the ''Prime'' series, has previously announced that the changes made to the European version of ''Metroid Prime'' are unauthorized and incorrect. However, the subsequent release of ''Trilogy'' by Retro Studios calls into question whether or not that decision still stands.

[[Samus Aran]] detects a distress signal from the [[Space Pirate]]s' frigate [[Orpheon]]. She boards the frigate and finds it in disrepair, and largely devoid of life. Data found on computer terminals within the frigate suggest that it had been recently used to research the material [[Phazon]], which the Space Pirates discovered on [[Tallon IV]], the planet the Orpheon was in orbit above. When Samus reaches the ship's [[Reactor Core]], she discovers the most successful biological experiment of the Space Pirates, the [[Parasite Queen]]. Samus is forced to battle the creature. Its corpse falls onto the reactor, causing it to become critical. As Samus begins to evacuate the ship she is confronted by [[Ridley]]. Ridley causes an explosion that greatly damages Samus's [[Power Suit]], reducing it to basic functionality. Samus quickly returns to her gunship. Ridley flies away to the planet and Samus decides to follow him. The frigate eventually falls to the planet.

 

The various carvings scattered around the Chozo Ruins document the Chozo's struggle to destroy the substance emanating from the meteor and return the planet to its original state. The Chozo, who were themselves being eroded by the substance, were unsuccessful in their attempts to right the planet's ecosystem. Eventually, they resolved to seal the meteor and the [[Impact Crater]] from which the substance was emanating. The Chozo built a [[Artifact Temple|Temple]] over the crater to contain the [[Metroid Prime (specimen)|Worm]] and to stop the spread of the substance on the planet. They also sealed its entrance and left twelve [[Chozo Artifact|artifact]]s scattered all over the planet that served as keys to break the seal. After this the Chozo left the planet.  

After exploring the planet, Samus discovers that the [[Space Pirate|Space Pirates]] have built a base on Tallon IV, and are experimenting with the "Great Poison" and its effects on [[Metroid (species)|Metroids]] and other local species. The pirates officially named the substance [[Phazon]]. After hacking their database on the [[Phendrana Drifts]] facility, Samus discovers that the pirates had accidentally entered the Chozo temple from the underground and discovered a strange creature within. The creature killed the miners, but was later captured and subjected to study. It was discovered that the creature was genetically similar to a Metroid, though much more evolved. It was then named [[Metroid Prime]] by the pirates. It was also discovered that the creature was immune to the negative effects of Phazon, and that it had also a high appetite for the substance. The creature was kept in a stasis tank, but it eventually was able to escape. In the process it absorbed some of the pirate weaponry to its body and then returned to its lair in the Impact Crater. Samus also discovers the presence of several [[Chozo Ghost]]s in the ruins of the ancient civilization. The corruption that the Phazon brought was so immense that it even contaminated the ghosts of the Chozo. Some Pirates were killed by these ghosts, forcing the Pirates to prevent any access to the Chozo Ruins or Temples.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The various carvings scattered around the Chozo Ruins document the Chozo's struggle to destroy the Phazon emanating from the meteor and return the planet to its original state. The Chozo, who were themselves being eroded by the Phazon, were unsuccessful in their attempts to right the planet's ecosystem. Eventually, they resolved to seal the meteor and [[Impact Crater]] from which the Phazon emanates. They left behind a series of twelve [[Chozo Artifact|artifact]]s that are capable of breaking the seal, in the hope that someday an individual would arrive and succeed where they failed.

This seal is an inconvenience for the Space Pirates, who want to extract all the planet's Phazon for use as an energy source and in continued biological experiments. With the goal of breaking the seal in mind, they have captured several of the artifacts. They have also set up various research stations in different regions for the purpose of experimenting with Phazon. Finally, they have begun excavations into the planet's surface so as to extract subterranean Phazon.

Samus travels over the surface of the planet, searching out the artifacts and recovering the lost functionality of her Power Suit.  

Within the Space Pirates' [[Phazon Mines]], Samus discovers that the Space Pirates have been conducting experiments involving subjecting embryos of their own species to Phazon. In a cavern in the lowest level of the mines, Samus discovers the most successful of these experiments, a huge Space Pirate called the [[Omega Pirate]]. The Omega Pirate attempts to kill Samus, but is unsuccessful. Despite its ability to heal itself by absorbing raw Phazon from the environment, Samus is able to defeat the Omega Pirate. However, it falls on top of her, deluging her in Phazon. The Phazon corrupts her Power Suit, turning it into the [[Phazon Suit]], which resists Phazon radiation.

After collecting all 12 artifacts, Samus travels to the [[Artifact Temple|Chozo temple]] hovering above the impact crater. There she uses the artifacts to unseal the crater. However, before she can enter the crater, Meta Ridley arrives and damages the temple. Samus and Ridley begin to fight. After Samus deals enough damage to Ridley, the Chozo temple reacts, firing a laser at Ridley that knocks him into the impact crater. What happens to him is unknown, although he recovers before the events of ''[[Metroid Prime 3: Corruption]]''.

Samus enters the impact crater and discovers a world completely transformed by Phazon. Here there is [[Orange Phazon]], a substance that the scan visor identifies as 86% more mutagenic than normal Phazon. There are also creatures that have been altered so far as to thrive on Phazon living here.

In a room deep within the impact crater, Samus discovers the eponymous [[Metroid Prime (specimen)|Metroid Prime]], called the source of Phazon by the scan visor. Due to its Phazon exposure, Metroid Prime has become more powerful than anything Samus has yet encountered on Tallon IV. It has the ability to attack with diverse weapons, and is able to shield itself from all of Samus's weapons. However, it is not capable of shielding from all weapons simultaneously, so Samus is able to damage it by switching weapons repeatedly. When Samus has depleted all of its health, Metroid Prime will escape to the lowest chamber of the impact crater.

Here it metamorphoses into a new form, one that is immune to all of Samus's weapons and is capable of cloaking itself in the visible, infrared, and x-ray portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. This form generates pools of liquid Phazon as waste while attacking. By absorbing this Phazon and firing it out of her [[Arm Cannon]], Samus can damage this final form of Metroid Prime.

When critically damaged, Metroid Prime will collapse into an unstable form with no recognizable features. In this form, it grabs Samus. As she attempts to escape from its grip, the Phazon Suit is ripped from her body, leaving her to escape in the gravity suit. Metroid Prime seems to lose all cohesion and explodes. Outside the crater, Samus watches as the Artifact Temple is destroyed by the instability within the crater. Entering her Gunship, Samus escapes Tallon IV.

Back on the planet, the pool of Phazon that used to be Metroid Prime merges with the Phazon Suit, creating [[Dark Samus]].