Nova

Nova are creatures who first appear in Metroid. They also appear in Metroid Fusion and Metroid: Other M.

Nova A Nova in Metroid: Other M

Game(s) Metroid Metroid: Zero Mission Super Metroid Metroid: Other M Metroid Fusion Damages by Fireball Threat Capacity Hostile Natural Habitat(s) Norfair Ridley Located in Sector 3 (PYR) Sector 3 (Pyrosphere)

This article is about the fire creature, Nova. For the green, high-frequency beam, see Nova Beam.

Info

The Nova are small, insect-like creatures with flames on their backs. Native to the planet Zebes, these creatures mainly live in volcanic areas. A number of Nova were taken to the B.S.L research station and the Bottle Ship for research.

Gameplay

In all games but Metroid, they are capable of dripping a flammable fluid on unsuspecting intruders from above. In Other M, they are capable of causing minor explosions to damage Samus and are particularly vulnerable to the Ice Beam.

Manual

Manual info from Metroid

Nova:

Their entire bodies are covered in a spiky, fireproof wool and they crawl around on the floor. A missile blast will kill them. If using the normal beam, it takes two blasts to kill the blue ones and four blasts to kill the yellow ones.

Sprites

Game	Normal Novas	Stronger Novas
Metroid
Super Metroid		--
Metroid Fusion		--
Metroid: Zero Mission

Gallery

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  A purple Nova in Zero Mission

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  Four Nova crawling along a ceiling of the B.S.L station's Sector 3 (PYR) in Metroid Fusion