Shinespark

Shinespark Super Metroid artwork

Game(s) Metroid: Zero Mission Super Metroid Metroid: Other M Metroid Fusion Metroid Dread First Appearance Super Metroid Users Dachora Samus Aran Serris Item needed Speed Booster Uses Allows Samus to dash in any direction

The Shinespark is a special technique and a secondary ability of the Speed Booster, which was first introduced in Super Metroid by the Dachora. It allows Samus to fly in any direction. It is often used to save time, obtain items which can't be reached otherwise, break through certain blocks, or reach previously impossible-to-explore areas.

Usage

In order to use the Shinespark, Samus must first run until she speed boosts. Once this is achieved, Samus must crouch, enabling her to store the potential energy, which in turn can be used to propel her in one of five directions: left, diagonal left, up, diagonal right, or right. (In Metroid: Other M, these directions are translated as vertical or any direction.) Samus will then Shinespark in the direction that has been selected. This can be performed in Morph Ball mode in Metroid: Zero Mission and Metroid Dread when Samus acquires the Hi-Jump. In Metroid: Zero Mission, Metroid Fusion, and Metroid Dread, if Samus Shinesparks directly toward a sloped surface, she will continue speed boosting. This technique can be useful to reach seemingly impossible-to-reach areas.

In Super Metroid alone, performing a Shinespark causes Samus to rapidly lose energy as long as she performs the move.

Secret Message

In Metroid Fusion, a secret message can be viewed if Samus utilizes the Shinespark to skip a necessary item. Once entering a Navigation Room, a secret conversation between Adam Malkovich, Samus, and a Galactic Federation official will commence. The message mentions Samus's expert use of the Shinespark. Interestingly, there is an alternate method of achieving the secret message without utilizing the Shinespark, but the message will still treat Samus as if she has used it.

Data

Manual

Manual info from Metroid: Other M

Shinespark:	While speed boosting, press and release to perform a powerful jump. If you aren't pressing in any direction when you release , you'll jump straight up. Press when you release to jump in any direction.

Website

"With a boost of speed comes incredible jumping abilities. Capitalizing on the Shinespark technique launches Samus into the air at hyper speed."

Metroid Prime

In Metroid Prime's data, there are two images depicting logbook images of Samus performing a Speed Boost and a Shinespark. Nothing in-game, however can be scanned to reveal these images. Therefore, it has been speculated that Retro Studios initially planned to have the Speed Booster and Shinespark in the game, but removed the feature, possibly due to complications, as it did not appear in either of the following Prime games.

Trivia

• In Super Metroid Samus will take damage if she uses the Shinespark. This does not occur in any other game featuring this ability.
• The Shinespark is known as the "Comet Technique" in other languages.
• There is a website dedicated to the Metroid series deriving its name from Samus's Shinespark technique known as "Shinesparkers.net."

See also

• Spike Suit

Gallery

Images

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  Samus Shinesparking through a room of Reos

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Videos

Load video YouTube YouTube might collect personal data. Privacy Policy ContinueDismiss An alternative method to read the Shinespark secret message in Fusion

References

Language	Name	Meaning
Italian	Supercinesi	Superkinesis
French	Technique Comète	Comet Technique
Spanish	Técnica Cometa	Comet Technique