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    Metroid Fusion Complete FAQ/Walkthrough for Nintendo GameBoy Advance

                    Version 1.00 (Last updated 11/24/03)

                       Copyright (c) 2003 Falcon Zero
                         <falconzero114@gmail.com>
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-=> T a b l e   o f   C o n t e n t s <=-
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| - - 1.0)  Introduction                                         - - - - - |
|           1.1)  Updates                                          - - - - |
|           1.2)  The Story So Far...                                - - - |
|           1.3)  Take Control                                         - - |
| - - 2.0)  Obstacles                                                  - - |
|           2.1)  Doors                                                - - |
|           2.2)  Other Obstacles                                      - - |
| - - 3.0)  Power-up Locations                                         - - |
|           3.1)  Samus' Upgrades                                      - - |
|           3.2)  Missile Locations                                    - - |
|           3.3)  Energy Tank Locations                                - - |
|           3.4)  Power Bomb Locations                                 - - |
| - - 4.0)  Bosses Guide                                               - - |
| - - 5.0)  Walkthrough                                                - - |
|           5.1)  Biologic Research Station                            - - |
|           5.2)  The Hunt is On                                       - - |
|           5.3)  SR388 Replica                                        - - |
|           5.4)  Tropical Jungle Maze                                 - - |
|           5.5)  Water Dragons                                        - - |
|           5.6)  It's Getting Warmer                                  - - |
|           5.7)  Don't be Afraid of the Dark                          - - |
|           5.8)  Dive into the Freezer                                - - |
|           5.9)  Race Against Time                                    - - |
|           5.10) Back to the Freezer                                  - - |
|           5.11) Tangled Twists                                       - - |
|           5.12) The Nightmare                                        - - |
|           5.13) Deep Sea Diving                                      - - |
|           5.14) Restricted Secrets                                   - - |
|           5.15) More Surprises                                       - - |
|           5.16) Final Run                                            - - |
|           5.17) Final Showdown                                       - - |
|           5.18) Finale                                             - - - |
| - - 6.0)  Secrets & Tips                                         - - - - |
| - - 7.0)  Contacting the Author                                - - - - - |
| - - 8.0)  Credits                                            - - - - - - |
| - - 9.0)  Legal Info                                       - - - - - - - |
\==========================================================================/

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-(1.0   INTRODUCTION)-                )-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-:.
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Bringing bounty hunter Samus Aran's adventures back to the portable gaming
world while maintaining gorgeous 32-bit graphics, Metroid Fusion is the
first Metroid game to appear on the Game Boy Advance. Retaining the classic
side-scrolling action and adventure made popular in the SNES game Super
Metroid, MF continues the story right after Samus' second victory over
Mother Brain and the destruction of Zebes. You'll find all the classic
items such as the Wave Beam and Gravity Suit waiting for you, with loads of
surprises and new threats Samus must conquer for the safety and well-being
of galactic civilization.

If you're a long time fan of the Metroid series you'll be right at home
with the side-scrolling style, as well as the control system which is only
slightly different from Super Metroid. Building from the story and
reputation Super Metroid brought to life, MF's new features and chilling
story will keep you coming back for more. We've got a deadly new enemy to
face in this game, something not seen in any other Metroid game to date -
so be ready for some surprises.

                        =============
.:---------------------(1.1   UPDATES)------------------------------------:.
                        =============
Version 1.00  11/24/03
-  All the stuff you'll ever need for MF strategy is here is this version,
with standrad item locations, boss guides, the main walkthrough and special
secrets and tips. As always any future updates will involve error fixing or
adding reader tips, so send 'em in!

                        =========================
.:---------------------(1.2   THE STORY SO FAR...)------------------------:.
                        =========================
Not long after the destruction of Mother Brain and the Space Pirate's HQ
planet Zebes, Samus finds herself assisting the Galactic Federation with a
routine excavation of an area on the planet SR388 - former home of the
Metroids. While exploring underground caverns, Samus and a group of
Federation scientists encounter unusual hostile creatures. Acting quickly,
Samus blasts a monster with missiles to defend herself and the
scientists. This is no ordinary creature though. Once the creature
explodes, a weird gelatinous yellow life-form emerges and attacks Samus'
body.

Upon leaving the planet on route to the Federation's scientific research
facility, Samus falls unconscious in her ship and drifts into an asteroid
field. The scientists on board the Federation vessel manage to rescue Samus
from the wreckage of her ship, but discover that a parasitic life-form -
the creature that attacked Samus on the planet - has multiplied within her
while attacking her vital bodily organs and nervous system. This creature,
which the scientists call "X", relentlessly invades Samus' Power Suit,
corrupting large areas. While unconscious, the scientists cannot remove
Samus' Power Suit from her body without killing her. With only a fraction
of a chance for survival, one of the scientists suddenly devises a plan.

A cell culture of the last Metroid Samus recovered from SR388 was preserved
before Ridley stole the Metroid, and studies of the X revealed that they
prey on other life-forms, killing the host body and using their DNA to
replicate and mimic themselves. The only predator of the X it seemed were
the Metroids, and after Samus had wiped them out on the planet the X were
able to climb to the peak of the predator life-forms on the planet. A
Metroid vaccine was quickly prepared and injected into Samus without delay.
The vaccine instantly destroyed every last X parasite in Samus' body,
confirming the Metroid's effects on the X. Samus made a full recovery,
although her Power Suit's form was greatly changed and most of her
abilities were lost. While recovering the scientists informed Samus that
her damaged Power Suit parts were sent to the Biologic Research Station - a
giant space station in orbit above SR388. It was hoped that the parts could
be repaired and further study on the X could take place. There was a
problem though, as the last transmission they received from the station was
of a large explosion taking place in the capsules the parts were sent in.

Once Samus had fully recovered, she was sent to investigate the explosion
on board the station, equipped with a new ship containing a highly advanced
AI computer to direct her around and offer hints. Samus is going to need
all the help she can get to survive the nasty surprises awaiting her on the
station...

As a side note, at the back of the game's manual you'll find a brief
historical account of the Metroids, where it reveals that the Chozo
civilization created the Metroids for the purpose of destroying the X, so
once again we find Samus tied to fulfilling another Chozo legacy.

                        ==================
.:---------------------(1.3   TAKE CONTROL)-------------------------------:.
                        ==================
Even with only a few buttons available to you on the GBA, you'll have
everything you need to direct Samus around, and the control system couldn't
be easier to use. As with Super Metroid, you'll be able to direct Samus
around with the D-Pad while jumping, aiming and firing your weapon.

Mastering the controls will allow you to move Samus around flawlessly and
quickly, certain parts of the game have timers so you'll need to learn how
to move fast. Learning the limits of Samus' abilities can give you a real
edge over the monstrous X parasites you'll be confronting. Read on for a
quick overview on what each button does.

As a new ability, Samus can grab hold of the edge of a platform or ledge if
you can't quite reach it. When she grabs hold, press up to jump up onto the
ledge, this trick will come in handy throughout the station.

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|A Button | Press this to jump. Once you find the High Jump Boots you'll be|
|         | able to jump higher, you can also perform the special wall-jump|
|         | trick made famous in Super Metroid. The Shinespark moves are   |
|         | also available to you once you recover the Speed Booster       |
|         | ability, check the Secrets & Tips section for more info.       |
|         |                                                                |
|B Button | This fires Samus' arm cannon. Each time you recover a Beam     |
|         | Weapon it'll combine with your current weapon to create a      |
|         | stronger blast.                                                |
|         |                                                                |
|R Button | Hold R down to arm Samus' missile launcher. Fire a missile by  |
|         | pressing B while holding down R. Release R to return to Samus' |
|         | beam weapon.                                                   |
|         |                                                                |
|L Button | Hold L to tilt Samus' aim up. This helps you fire at enemies up|
|         | high without standing under them to shoot straight up. Hold    |
|         | down on the D-Pad while holding down L to aim downward.        |
|         |                                                                |
|Start    | Bring up the Pause Screen to display the map of the current    |
|         | area you're in. Press R while the map screen's displayed to    |
|         | bring up a screen showing all the items you've recovered.      |
|         |                                                                |
|Select   | Once you've beaten the game and started over, you'll be able to|
|         | see how many Missiles/Energy Tanks/Power Bombs you've found on |
|         | the map screen. Pressing Select here will change the numbers to|
|         | show you how many items you've still got to find in the area   |
|         | you're currently in.                                           |
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-(2.0   OBSTACLES)-                   )-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-:.
=====================================/

Throughout the station you'll encounter a variety of security doors tied to
one of five security levels. Due to the security levels, you'll need to
find Security Stations to unlock each level type of doors, once they're
unlocked just shoot the flashing doors once to open them up. There's also a
range of different obstacles, all of which are described below.

                         ===========
.:----------------------(2.1   DOORS)-------------------------------------:.
                         ===========
<Level 0 - Light Blue Doors>
- Early on in the game the computer will open up Level 0 security locks for
  you, open these blue-colored doors with a single shot from your beam
  weapon.

<Level 1 - Blue Doors>
- The Level 1 Security room is found in Sector 2 (TRO).

<Level 2 - Green Doors>
- The Level 2 Security room is found in Sector 3 (PYR).

<Level 3 - Yellow Doors>
- The Level 3 Security room is found in Sector 5 (ARC).

<Level 4 - Red Doors>
- The Level 4 Security room is found in Sector 4 (AQA).

<Sealed Doors>
- Sealed doors can only be opened after defeating certain enemies within
  the same room. Some doors will only be accessible at certain points in
  the game. Other doors may seal themselves and never open again (there's
  not very many of these though).

<Eyeball Doors>
- Doors with giant eyeballs blocking the way (similar to the ones found in
  SM) can be destroyed by firing missiles into the eye when it opens. If
  the eye opens and begins flashing, quickly jump out of the way as the eye
  will fire a large energy arc. Three normal missiles or one Super Missile
  will destroy the eye, when it blows quickly capture the red X that
  appears. These doors typically guard rooms containing Core X's.

                        =====================
.:---------------------(2.2   OTHER OBSTACLES)----------------------------:.
                        =====================
<Damaged Blocks>
- Some blocks are damaged enough so that all you need to do is fire your
  Beam Weapon at them to destroy it.

<Crumbling Blocks>
- Watch out for these blocks (use a Power Bomb to reveal them) as they'll
  collapse when you step on them. You'll fall through the ground as they
  restore themselves, but you won't be able to get back above the blocks.
  They appear normal at first until you step on them, then they change
  their color to a gray block.

<Speed Booster Blocks>
- These blocks with arrows printed on the front (reveal them with a Power
  Bomb) can only be broken through while the Speed Booster's active. You'll
  find a lot of these blocks strewn around the station, many of them you'll
  need to use the Shinespark moves to break through (check the Secrets &
  Tips for more info on Shinesparking).

<Missile Blocks>
- These blocks have small missiles printed on them, all you need to do is
  fire a single missile at one to destroy it.

<Bomb Blocks>
- Blocks with small bombs printed on them can be destroyed with a single
  Morph Ball bomb blast.

<Power Bomb Blocks>
- Blocks with small Power Bombs printed on them can be destroyed with a
  single Power Bomb. If there's a cluster of Power Bomb Blocks together
  they'll be all blown away by the blast.

<Screw Attack Blocks>
- These blocks that have small Screw Attack icons printed on them can be
  destroyed by jumping into them once you've recovered the Screw Attack
  ability.

<One-way Shutters>
- These shutters scattered throughout the station block passages but have a
  button placed on one side of the shutter. Shooting the button causes the
  shutter to rise, but you'll only be able to hit the switch from one side
  of the shutter. Once you've recovered the Wave Beam ability you'll be
  able to hit the switch no matter which side of the shutter you're on.

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-(3.0   POWER-UP LOCATIONS)-          )-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-:.
=====================================/

Hidden throughout the winding tunnels and passages in the Biologic Station
are huge X parasites, aka Core X's. These creatures have absorbed various
abilities from Samus' Power Suit and will use them against you in battle.
Unlike the other Metroid games you won't be tracking down items to pick up,
instead you'll have to defeat each Core X and absorb the creature when it's
vulnerable to recover each ability. Although most Core X's are relatively
easy to defeat, each one is listed in the bosses section to give you hints
on taking them down. Each item listed below contains a brief overview of
its function as well as the location of the Core X using that ability.
Extra Missiles, Energy Tanks and Power Bombs are the only items you can
pick up. There's also a range of items that you'll be able to download from
the Federation via the Data Rooms. Keep in mind that most rooms that
contains items will have a circle appearing on them on the map, this
indicates that there's an item nearby you haven't found yet (the circle
turns to a dot when you find the item). All the items in Samus' Upgrades
are listed in the order you'll most likely find them in, it might be
possible to find some items in a different order.

                        =====================
.:---------------------(3.1   SAMUS' UPGRADES)----------------------------:.
                        =====================
>>>Missile Launcher
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>Description: The Missile Launcher gives Samus the ability to fire
              concussive projectile blasts. You'll find extra missile
              expansions riddled throughout the station, find these to
              increase your maximum payload. Check 3.2 below for locations
              of all the missiles.

< Area:      > Main Deck (Data Room)

< Location:  > You'll find your first missile download waiting in the Data
               Room of the Main Deck (found in the Operations Deck area).
               Early on the ship's computer will direct you to the room,
               where you can easily find this upgrade waiting.

>>>Morph Ball
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>Description: By pressing down on the D-Pad twice you'll enter Morph Ball
              mode. Assuming the ball shape made famous in the classic
              Metroid games, Samus can lay bombs and crawl through small
              openings with this ability. There's a few more abilities to
              be found usable with Morph Ball mode.

< Area:      > Main Deck

< Location:  > From the Operations Deck, follow the hidden ventilation
               shaft tunnel on the right wall to reach a large red shaft.
               Descend the shaft and go right to reach a large pinkish room
               - on the right side of this room is a door leading to the
               room where you'll find Arachnus X, defeat it to recover this
               ability.

>>>Charge Beam
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>Description: The Charge Beam allows you to charge up energy in Samus' Beam
              Weapon before releasing a powerful shot stronger than a
              normal blast. Some enemies in the game can only be injured by
              a charged shot, so experiment with this if normal weapons
              can't inflict damage. Hold down B to charge up the weapon and
              release to fire. Samus' beam projectiles will also become
              slightly larger. You can also simulate the Screw Attack with
              this by charging up the weapon and somersaulting through the
              air.

< Area:      > Sector 1 (SRX)

< Location:  > After clearing out the fourth atmospheric stabilizer, climb
               up the shaft adjacent to the room the fan was in. Follow the
               path to eventually reach a shaft where you'll spot an
               Eyeball Door opposite. Fry the door and head through to find
               the Core X harboring this ability.

>>>Morph Ball Bomb
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>Description: This Morph Ball ability allows you to drop small bombs to
              damage enemies or break open certain blocks. Pressing B while
              Morph Ball mode's active will cause Samus to lay a bomb, you
              can lay up to four at a time.

< Area:      > Sector 2 (Data Room)

< Location:  > From the massive green room full of the red crawling
               creatures near the entrance of this Sector, head through the
               door on the bottom left corner and cross the adjacent
               corridor. Climb up the next large room and go through the
               door up in the left corner to reach the Data Room where this
               upgrade awaits. Keep in mind though that you'll need to
               unlock Level 1 Security Doors to reach this, check the
               walkthrough in 5.4 for more info.

>>>Hi-Jump/Jumpball
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>Description: You'll recover both the Hi-Jump and Jumpball (Spring Ball)
              together. The Hi-Jump allows Samus to jump up higher than
              normal, this way reaching those difficult platforms way above
              won't be so hard. The Jumpball also allows Samus to jump
              while in Morph Ball mode.

< Area:      > Sector 2 (TRO)

< Location:  > You'll find the Core X boss harboring this ability deep
               within the maze of Sector 2. The trip down there is long and
               fairly complex, check 5.4 in the walkthrough for more
               details and directions.

>>>Speed Booster
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>Description: This handy ability allows Samus to run at ultra-high speeds
              through long corridors. Any enemies caught in Samus' path
              will be incinerated. Samus can also utilize the famous
              Shinespark moves using the Speed Booster to reach otherwise
              inaccessible areas. Check the Secrets & Tips section for more
              info on Shinesparking.

< Area:      > Sector 4 (AQA)

< Location:  > You'll find the room containing Serris X not far from the
               original Serris' breeding tank. For precise details and
               directions on finding this room in Sector 4, check 5.5 in
               the walkthrough.

>>>Super Missile
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>Description: This upgrade will enhance the damaging power of your missiles
              to three times the concussive power of regular missiles. Once
              you find this upgrade all your missiles and any further
              Missile Tanks you'll find will be upgraded to Super Missiles,
              a very welcome addition to your arsenal.

< Area:      > Sector 3 (Data Room)

< Location:  > Go to the huge red shaft lined with dragon heads in the
               walls and climb to the very top. Head through the door on
               the left and go through the next room to reach the upper
               hallway where a blue/purple creature is blocking the way. Go
               right and head through the next few corridors to eventually
               reach the Data Room where this upgrade's waiting.

>>>Varia Suit
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>Description: The awesome Varia Suit allows Samus to survive in areas with
              extreme temperatures, such as those scorching locales in
              Sector 3 (PYR). Damage inflicted on Samus will lower as well,
              and you won't be frozen when you absorb one of the large
              blue X's found in various sectors.

< Area:      > Sector 6 (NOC)

< Location:  > You'll need to first get down to the Data Room before
               confronting the Core X that harbors this upgrade, refer to
               5.7 in the walkthrough for directions to the Data Room, it's
               a fairly complex walk.

>>>Ice Missile
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>Description: This missile enhancement will add a freezing effect to every
              missile you fire. Just like the Ice Beam, enemies struck by
              an Ice Missile will become frozen. Firing a second missile
              upon a frozen target will destroy it. While frozen, enemies
              can be used as stepping stones to reach otherwise difficult
              areas.

< Area:      > Sector 5 (Data Room)

< Location:  > Near the entrance of this sector you'll find a massive room
               filled with blue Chute Leeches. Go down through the door on
               the bottom right corner to find a huge frozen room. Go over
               to the right side of the room and head through the door
               below the red door. Past the room with the shutter you'll
               find this Data Room, but first you'll need to unlock Level 3
               Security Doors to reach it.

>>>Wide Beam
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>Description: This Beam Weapon addition increases Samus' range of fire.
              You'll be able to fire out three bursts of energy that cover
              the same height as Samus herself as the projectiles fly
              forward. This makes striking small enemies low on the ground
              easier, and with its wide range you won't have to be as
              accurate as before to strike an enemy.

< Area:      > Sector 3 (PYR)

< Location:  > You'll find the Core X harboring this ability in the Main
               Boiler Control Room. Check 5.9 in the walkthrough for
               precise directions on locating this room.

>>>Power Bomb
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>Description: You'll find your first Power Bomb in a designated Data Room.
              These bombs create major explosions that wipe out anything
              on-screen. Lay them by activating Morph Ball mode, then while
              holding down R press B to lay a bomb. These bombs will come
              in handy throughout the station, especially as there's loads
              of Power Bomb expansions to be found.

< Area:      > Sector 5 (Data Room)

< Location:  > You'll find this in the same Data Room where you received
               the Ice Missile upgrade. Check that item's entry above for
               the location of this room.

>>>Space Jump
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>Description: Just like in Super Metroid, this ability allows Samus to
              virtually "fly" through the air. While pressing A at the
              right time each time Samus performs a somersault in the air
              you'll rise up higher. Get the hang of this feature and
              you'll be able to reach any height.

< Area:      > Main Deck

< Location:  > From the Central Reactor Core room, go through the door up
               on the top right corner of the room and follow the twisting
               corridors and shafts to eventually reach a tall shaft beyond
               an Eyeball Door. Drop down into the shaft to face the Mecha
               Spider X that harbors this ability.

>>>Plasma Beam
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>Description: The strongest of all Beam Weapons, the Plasma Beam allows
              Samus to fire piercing green shots of energy. These blasts
              practically shred any enemies they strike, so most enemies
              will go down with only a single shot or two from this weapon.
              Coupled with the Wave Beam this produces a deadly effect.

< Area:      > Sector 2 (TRO)

< Location:  > You'll find the creature harboring this ability hidden
               within Sector 2. You'll need to come through from the
               Reactor Silo to reach this area, check 5.11 in the
               walkthrough for more info and precise directions.

>>>Gravity Suit
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>Description: Another classic pickup, the Gravity Suit allows Samus to move
              around freely underwater, this will be very handy when you're
              exploring the subterranean areas of Sector 4. You'll also be
              able to wade through some of the various lava lakes riddled
              throughout Sector 3 without taking damage. Of course your
              defensive power will increase as well.

< Area:      > Sector 5 (ARC)

< Location:  > You'll find Nightmare, the creature harboring this ability,
               deep within unexplored parts of Sector 5. For precise
               details on tracking this monster down, check 5.12 in the
               walkthrough.

>>>Diffusion Missile
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>Description: The final missile addition, the Diffusion Missile allows you
              to charge up Samus' Missile Launcher. By holding down R,
              you'll charge up energy in the launcher. Press B to fire a
              missile, once it strikes a target a massive ring of ice will
              expand out from the impact zone to spread out beyond the
              reach of the screen. Anything caught in the blast will become
              instantly frozen.

< Area:      > Sector 4 (Data Room)

< Location:  > You'll be able to access this Data Room once you've
               recovered the Gravity Suit and unlocked Level 4 Security
               Doors in Sector 4. Refer to 5.13 in the walkthrough for
               precise directions to this room.

>>>Wave Beam
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>Description: The Wave Beam causes Samus' Beam Weapon projectiles to fly
              forward in a wavy pattern. Apart from this visual
              enhancement, you'll be able to fire through solid walls,
              floors and ceilings. Very handy when you come across the
              one-way panel doors described in 2.2.

< Area:      > Sector 6 (NOC)

< Location:  > You'll find the Security Robot harboring this ability deep
               within unexplored areas of Sector 6. Check the walkthrough
               in 5.14 for precise directions on locating the room.

>>>Screw Attack
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>Description: This addition allows Samus to charge up energy in her suit
              while performing a somersault jump in mid-air. Any enemies
              caught by Samus while she's charging energy will explode,
              remember to catch the X parasite when it tries to escape.
              You'll also be able to break through Screw Attack blocks
              while charging energy.

< Area:      > Sector 1 (SRX)

< Location:  > Not long after entering Sector 1 via the elevator from the
               Restricted Lab you'll reach the room where Ridley X hides
               out. Refer to 5.15 in the walkthrough for directions on
               tracking this one down.

>>>Ice Beam
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>Description: Despite the ship's computer's doubts of Samus being able to
              utilize the Ice Beam, you'll eventually be able to recover
              this ability, albeit for a short time only. This weapon fires
              sub-zero blasts of ice, freezing any targets it strikes.

< Area:      > Main Deck (Docking Bay)

< Location:  > *MAJOR SPOILER!!*
               You'll recover the Ice Beam despite the SC's doubt of this
               ability from the SA-X in the Docking Bay. To avoid further
               spoilage here check 5.17 in the walkthrough for more info.

                        =======================
.:---------------------(3.2   MISSILE LOCATIONS)--------------------------:.
                        =======================
Before finding individual missiles strewn throughout the station, you'll
find your first missile at the designated Data Room indicated by the ship's
computer. Once you've downloaded the addition to Samus' Power Suit you'll
be clear to find extra missiles. Each Missile Tank will give you an extra
5 missiles, once finding all 48 missiles you'll have a maximum of 250.

>>>Main Deck
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01. - Early on in the game after downloading your first Missile you'll find
      yourself in a large darkened red shaft leading down. At the very
      bottom just past the large twisted wiring in the foreground you'll
      find this missile in plain view on the right.

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02. - Below and to the left of Missile MD.01 above you'll find an opening
      in the wall. Go through to find a dead-end room, shoot open one of
      the blocks on the left wall to uncover this hidden missile.

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03. - Halfway up the shaft to the left of the first Navigation Room you
      find (the one near the Quarantine Bay) you should spot a small
      opening leading off into the right wall. Crawl through there to find
      this missile hiding in the room beyond.

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04. - Early on in the game when you first ride down the Main Elevator the
      SA-X will make its first appearance by destroying the wall to the
      left of the elevator. Beyond here you'll find a small room with the
      missile concealed behind Speed Booster blocks. Use the long corridor
      on the right to build up enough speed to break through.

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05. - In the main room of the Habitation Deck, you'll need to work your way
      down through the room from the top floor to find this missile sitting
      in plain sight in the middle section at the bottom.

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06. - You'll find this missile as you travel through the darkened tunnels
      when the power goes out and leaves you stuck on the Main Elevator.
      Beyond the long red corridor filled with the creatures that drop down
      slime from above you'll find this missile hidden within a secret
      passage. Use a Power Bomb to reveal it easily.

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07. - Down in the Central Reactor Core room, go through the top right door
      and proceed down the next corridor. In the following room you'll find
      this missile hidden down among all the twisting narrow tunnels, it
      won't be difficult to reach.

>>>Sector 1 (SRX)
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01. - Down in the large room containing the fourth atmospheric stabilizer
      (when looking at the map it's the large room on the bottom-right of
      the map), go through the door up on the top-left corner to find this
      missile waiting in the room beyond.

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02. - Just after recovering the Charge Beam (see 3.1 above) go up through
      the door on the top left corner of the room. Shoot out the roof in
      the next room and grab hold of the ladder up on the roof above. Shoot
      the left wall with missiles to uncover a hidden passage, follow it to
      find this missile beyond.

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03. - Go over to the Save Room just below the large room containing an
      atmospheric stabilizer (the room way up in the top right corner of
      the area), then shoot open the crumbling block on the right wall. Go
      through and ascend the following shaft with the Wall Jump trick or
      the Space Jump to reach this missile at the top.

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04. - Go to the tallest shaft near the middle of this sector (the one with
      all the purple Zebesians climbing up the walls, check the map to spot
      the room easily) and go through the left door at the very top to find
      a large lava-filled cavern. You'll find this missile atop a platform
      beyond the ladder in the ceiling ahead.

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05. - In the same lava-filled cavern as the previous missile, you'll find
      this one further along up in the left corner, but you'll need the
      Space Jump to reach it.

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06. - Once again in the same lava cavern as the previous two missiles,
      you'll find this one tucked away down in the lava in the bottom right
      corner. You'll need the Gravity Suit to survive the lava, once you've
      got it you'll be able to easily and safely find this missile.

>>>Sector 2 (TRO)
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01. - In the large green room adjacent to the Data Room, go up to the
      top-right corner of the room. Bomb open the small cracked wall you'll
      find there to uncover a tunnel leading to this missile.

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02. - From the room adjacent to the Data Room, bomb open a small tunnel in
      the bottom left corner and drop down to find a long corridor. Go
      through the left door to reach a large shaft leading down. Jump up to
      the small lone block on the platform above and lay a bomb on it. A
      pillar will rise up out of the block. Using the pillar, jump up and
      shoot open a small opening in the left wall and crawl through. You'll
      see the Missile Tank atop a high platform, bomb the ground three
      blocks to the left of the lone block in this room to cause another
      pillar to rise. Use this pillar to reach the Missile Tank.

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03. - Down below the tall shaft where you find Missile S2.02 you'll find
      yourself in a large green room full of vegetation. Go down to the
      very bottom where you'll find two red crawling critters on the walls
      and floor as well as a blue one. Fry them all then bomb the right
      corner at the base of the platform there to open up a tunnel. Just
      inside the tunnel bomb open the ground to open up a passage leading
      directly down to this missile below.

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04. - Go over to the tall green shaft connected to the room where you first
      encountered the SA-X (the room where you dropped in from above and
      watched the SA-X leave via the left door). Go through the door
      opposite the ruined one to find a large room filled with water. Use
      the ladder along the roof to reach this missile waiting on the far
      side.

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05. - In the same water-filled room that contained Missile S2.04 above,
      drop down into the water. It'll be easier if you've got the Gravity
      Suit but you can still reach this one without it. Down at the bottom
      of the room, shoot the Skultera swimming around and bomb the ground
      where the left tree is in the foreground to reveal a pillar. Use this
      pillar to crawl through the small opening on the left, then head
      through the door there. You'll spot the missile waiting on the other
      side of a wall, bomb the ground one block to the left of the small
      tree to raise up a pillar. You need to use the Jumpball to bomb open
      the small block in the wall, then crawl through to reach this
      missile. On the way out in the previous room bomb the lone block
      there to reveal a pillar to help you leave.

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06. - Climb up to the very top of the shaft which contains the door leading
      to the room containing Missile S2.04 above. Go through the next room
      to reach a short shaft leading up with a Sidehopper in it. Blast the
      creature, then bomb your way through the small tunnel up on the right
      wall to find this missile hidden in a room beyond.

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07. - In the large green room near the entrance of this sector, go over to
      the blue door on the right wall and head through to find a dead-end
      with four Owtchs wondering around. Bomb open a small opening in the
      right wall to uncover a tunnel leading to this missile.

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08. - Again in the green room near the entrance of this sector, go through
      the middle door on the left wall. In here you'll find two flying bugs
      and a tall weird-looking creature blocking the way with this missile
      on the other side. Jump over the creature when you've recovered the
      Hi-Jump ability to reach this missile.

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09. - You'll need the Screw Attack and Space Jump to reach this one. Go
      into the large room where you recovered the Hi-Jump/Jumpball
      abilities and Screw Attack through the wall up in the top right
      corner to find a hidden door ahead. Go inside to reach a massive room
      where this missile's hidden along with Power Bomb S2.05. Drop down
      the narrow shaft and lay a Power Bomb at the base to reveal this
      missile in the wall covered by two Speed Booster blocks. Run over to
      the right corner of the room and dash back to fire up the Speed
      Booster. Duck once Samus begins flashing and quickly somersault up to
      line up with the two blocks. Quickly fire to straighten Samus then
      press A and hold right to break through the blocks to reach this
      missile.

>>>Sector 3 (PYR)
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01. - Down in the bottom left corner of the large red room near the
      entrance of this sector you'll find a door leading to a room with a
      hidden corridor behind a wall covered with Speed Booster blocks.
      Break through the wall, then shoot out the floor near the wall in the
      corridor beyond. Down below shoot at the roof near the wall on the
      right to expose this missile hidden above.

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02. - Climb up to the very top of the huge red shaft filled with dragon
      heads along the walls. At the very top, go left and bomb open two
      narrow tunnels on the left wall in the next room. Roll through the
      upper tunnel to find this missile waiting there.

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03. - Once you've downloaded the Super Missile upgrade, go back to the
      brightly-lit corridor to the left of the room adjacent to the Data
      Room. Here you'll find a large hole in the ground, drop down and head
      right to eventually find a dead-end where this missile is waiting.
      Blow apart the blue/purple creature blocking the way with Super
      Missiles.

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04. - Just after you defeat the Security Robot outside the Data Room, climb
      up the shaft that it escaped via. Up here in this hidden brightly-lit
      corridor, shoot out the roof before frying all the enemies around
      then run over to the door on the left end. Run back to the hole on
      the right and duck to activate the Shinespark. Stand next to the hole
      in the ground and aim up to the left before Shinesparking up there.
      You'll break through a wall above where the missile awaits.

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05. - Drop down to the very bottom of the giant red shaft filled with
      dragon heads and go right. In this next room shoot all the Owtchs,
      then shoot open a small hidden block in the center at the top of the
      large block structure to reveal this missile.

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06. - You'll need the Space Jump to reach this item. Go down to the very
      bottom of the large red shaft full of dragon heads and go right. Bomb
      open the wall in the right corner of the following room to reveal a
      hidden shaft. There's two doors in here leading into a giant heated
      chamber, use the upper door if you don't have the Wave Beam yet due
      to the shutter beyond the lower door. Space Jump up through the giant
      chamber to reach this missile as well as Energy Tank S3.02.

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07. - Go to the large red room near the entrance of this sector and go
      through the door above the door in the bottom left corner of the
      room. Cross the next lava-filled corridor to find this missile in
      plain sight in the room beyond.

>>>Sector 4 (AQA)
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01. - In the second long room filled with electrified water, bomb the
      platform covering the ladder along the roof to access it. Climb
      across the water and jump up through the opening in the ceiling to
      find a room with a ladder leading up the left wall. Climb up the
      ladder and roll through a small hidden opening at the top of the
      ladder to find this missile and several Owtchs in a room beyond.

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02. - From the first large room containing electrified water near the
      entrance of this sector, jump up through the hole in the ceiling to
      find a large hidden room above. Go over to the right side of the room
      and climb up the narrow shaft there (use the Wall Jump trick). Bomb
      through the obstruction covering the narrow tunnel you'll find, then
      roll through and bomb the obstruction along the left wall you'll
      find. Roll into the small corner on the left and bomb the wall there
      to uncover this missile hidden there. You can also pick up this
      missile after defeating Serris X to save time.

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03. - Just after finding Missile S4.02 above, jump up to the ladder on the
      wall and use missiles to break through the wall on the left. Roll
      through the small opening and drop down the narrow shaft ahead. Jump
      over the hole you'll find leading down to the entrance of this room
      and shoot out the wall section at the top of the wall on the right.
      Go through to find this missile in plain sight.

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04. - In the Pump Control Unit room, once you've recovered the Speed
      Booster ability you'll be able to lower the water level. Once it's
      lowered, you'll find this missile in plain sight just below the
      control station.

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05. - Once you've lowered the water level, go into the second large room
      that used to be filled with electrified water (the one near the Pump
      Control Unit). Go down to the bottom left corner and Speed Boost to
      the right to break through a wall. Inside you'll find a long corridor
      where this missile's hidden.

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06. - In the tall coral-filled shaft you'll find yourself in not long after
      entering this sector from Sector 5, go through the second door down
      on the right wall and cross the corridor to find this missile waiting
      at the end.

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07. - Yet again in the tall underwater shaft mentioned in the previous
      missile entry, go through the right door at the base to find yourself
      in a long corridor. Go over to the large green tube in the center and
      lay a Power bomb to blow open a hole. Drop down to find this missile
      below.

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08. - When proceeding through Sector 4 just after regaining the Gravity
      Suit and unlocking Level 4 Security Doors, you'll reach a large
      underwater chamber filled with two blowfish and several crabs firing
      projectiles on the walls. Go up through the door in the top right
      corner of this room and go through the next room to find yourself in
      a corridor where a large green/purple pillar blocks the way. Standing
      next to the pillar, run back to the left and reenter the large
      chamber with the blowfish. You'll activate the Speed Booster just in
      time and break through the floor, then head through the door you'll
      find below. Run through the following corridor to build up enough
      speed for the Speed Booster, then duck and Shinespark up through the
      opening in the roof near the door at the end to find Power Bomb S4.03
      above. You'll find this missile through the wall on the left, drop
      down into the small shaft to grab hold of the hidden tunnel on the
      left. Roll through to find this missile.

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09. - Once you've downloaded the Diffusion Missile upgrade in the Data
      Room, use it to get through the blowfish-infested wall in the
      adjacent room. Go through the opening in the left corner of this
      room to find a room with a broken power conduit above. Destroy the
      blue creature blocking the way ahead with Super Missiles, then bomb
      open a small alcove under the power conduit on the far left wall to
      reveal this missile hidden inside.

>>>Sector 5 (ARC)
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01. - Just after finding the Ice Missile upgrade in the Data Room, go right
      and drop down to the bottom of the next shaft you'll find. Roll
      through a small hidden entrance on the right wall at the base of the
      shaft to find yourself in a tall shaft leading up. Shoot out the roof
      over in the corner to gain access above, then blast the creature
      crawling around. Don't touch the X parasite when it appears and wait
      for it to reform into Chute Leech. Walk up to the creature and it'll
      launch itself into the air. Freeze it while it's still high above and
      use it as a stepping stone to reach the platform above. You'll now
      spot another creature crawling along the roof, destroy it and wait
      for the X to reform into a Ripper. In the center of the small indent
      up in the roof this missile's hidden, wait for the Ripper to hover to
      about the center of the room before freezing it to reach the missile
      above.

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02. - From the Recharge Room at the entrance of this sector, go right and
      drop down to the bottom of the tall shaft you'll find. Go through the
      door on the right to find a large creature above on the ceiling.
      Destroy it with missiles before it dive-bombs, then bomb open a small
      alcove up in the top right corner of the room to uncover this missile
      hidden there.

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03. - Once the Nightmare has broken loose the room where you see the
      creature's shadow flying around in the background will be a complete
      mess. Climb up the room with help from the Space Jump, you'll find
      this missile hidden in a room through the door up in the top left </pre><pre id="faqspan-2">
      corner. There's also a trick to grab this missile and uncover Power
      Bomb S5.04 at the same time, check that entry below for details.

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04. - From the tall shaft near the entrance of this sector, go down to the
      bottom of the shaft and go through the yellow door on the left.
      You'll spot this missile in the following room easily, first clear
      out all the enemies. Reach the missile in the enclosed space by
      jumping up through a hidden opening to the left of the missile.

>>>Sector 6 (NOC)
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01. - In the first large darkened room, drop down to the bottom left corner
      of the room. Bomb open a small tunnel in the wall there and crawl
      through to find this missile hidden beyond.

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02. - Just after the room following the one where you encounter the SA-X in
      this sector, you'll find a shaft leading down with a door opposite
      that leads to a Save Room. At the very bottom of this shaft bomb open
      a small tunnel in the bottom left corner and go inside to find a
      hidden room. The missile is waiting hidden up in the small alcove in
      the top left corner of the room.

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03. - Just after regaining the Varia Suit ability, go through the door on
      the right of the room to reach a tall shaft leading up. Go through
      the door ahead to reach another shaft and climb up to the top. Go
      through the left door, you'll be back in the first shaft at the top,
      this missile is waiting just ahead. Jump up and land on the
      missile to avoid falling through the crumbling blocks.

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04. - Just after grabbing the previous missile above, you'll fall through
      the ground and drop down the shaft. Hug the left wall to grab hold of
      the small opening halfway down. Climb in and shoot the ceiling in the
      small hidden room to uncover this missile.

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05. - Not long after the first large darkened room near the entrance of
      this sector you'll reach a tall shaft leading down. Go through the
      door on the right wall about half-way down the shaft and cross the
      blue X-infested corridor (you'll need the Varia Suit to survive). The
      next room contains a missile sitting up against the wall, but when
      you walk near it the Missile Tank will grow wings and begin to fly!
      Quickly shoot the bat-shaped creature and bomb open the wall ahead to
      find the real missile hiding beyond.

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06. - Just after destroying the Security Robot and recovering the Wave Beam
      weapon, go through the door at the right end of the corridor. Inside
      you'll find this missile behind a shutter, shoot it open to reach it.

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Energy Tanks will permanently increase your energy carrying capacity by 100
units. These items are vital to your survival, they'll especially come in
handy when facing the SA-X. Find all 20 with the hints below.

>>>Main Deck
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01. - In the same room where you fight Arachnus X to recover the Morph Ball
      ability, before fighting the creature you'll find this Energy Tank
      resting atop a platform in plain sight as you proceed through the
      room.

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02. - In the same room as Energy Tank MD.01 above you'll find a hole just
      ahead leading down to where you'll fight Arachnus X. Stand at the
      edge of the hole and shoot missiles into the ceiling directly above
      to open up a hidden passage. Follow it to find this Energy Tank
      waiting in a hidden room.

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03. - Down in the Central Reactor Core room, go through the door at the
      very top right hand corner of the room and proceed down the next
      corridor to find this Energy Tank in plain sight sitting atop a
      platform.

>>>Sector 1 (SRX)
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01. - To the right of the large room containing the first atmospheric
      stabilizer, you'll find this Energy Tank hidden at the end of a long
      corridor in a narrow tunnel.

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02. - Just after visiting the Restricted Lab you'll find an elevator
      leading back up to Sector 1. Go right at the top of the elevator to
      find a large room that looks like it's from Tourian in SM. Space Jump
      up the first shaft and fire a charged missile at the wall on the
      right to reveal this Energy Tank hidden in the wall.

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03. - You'll find this Energy Tank directly above where the fake Chozo
      Statue was resting in the room where you recovered the Charge Beam.
      But it's blocked by Speed Booster blocks so you'll need to use some
      tricky Shinesparking to reach it. Go down to the Save Room below,
      then start dashing back to the right. Blast the two Hornoads in the
      adjacent room as you pass through, once you reach the orange shaft
      duck while Samus is flashing. Very quickly Space Jump up to the door
      on the left, then open it and Shinespark inside (press A and hold
      left). You'll fly into the room but as you strike the sloping ramp
      just inside Samus will stop flying and keep running forward. Keep
      Speed Boosting to the end of the room and quickly duck before you
      fall off the platform. Rush up against the left wall and Shinespark
      straight up to finally reach this Energy Tank.

>>>Sector 2 (TRO)
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01. - You'll find this Energy Tank in plain view in a small room just
      outside the large room where you fight the Core X that you recover
      the Hi-Jump Boots/Jumpball from (you'll find it on your way in there).

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02. - Climb up the tall green shaft closest to the room where you recovered
      the Plasma Beam ability. Go through the right door up at the top to
      find a dead-end with four Owtchs crawling about. Walk to up the right
      wall and jump up to grab hold of a hidden tunnel. Go inside to find
      a hidden room, up in the narrow alcove on the right you'll find this
      Energy Tank hidden.

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03. - You'll need the Space Jump and Screw Attack abilities to reach this
      item. Go into the Level 1 Security Room and jump up to the top left
      corner of the room. Screw Attack through the wall there to locate a
      hidden door beyond. Inside you'll find a huge room filled with
      crumbling blocks (lay a Power Bomb to reveal them all), so you'll
      need to take care while Space Jumping around to not touch any of
      them. You'll find this Energy Tank way up in the top left corner of
      this room, you'll also find Power Bomb S2.04 in here.

>>>Sector 3 (PYR)
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01. - After defeating the Security Robot, follow it up the shaft it jumps
      up through, then clear out the corridor above of all enemies and open
      the door at the far left end. Run back to the right side until Samus
      begins flashing, then duck. Shinespark back to the left so that you
      fly through the door and break through a wall in the next room. Bomb
      your way down through a small tunnel in the corner to find this
      Energy Tank hidden below. Alternatively you could have just entered
      this room normally and reached the Energy Tank from below, but you
      need to take the upper path to reach Power Bomb S3.01.

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02. - You'll find this Energy Tank along with Missile S3.06 in the same
      room, check S3.06's entry for the location.

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03. - You'll need the Speed Booster to reach this item. Go through the
      middle door on the left wall of the large red room near the entrance
      of this sector to find a long lava-filled corridor. Cross this
      corridor and go left to find Missile S3.07. Bomb open the left wall
      and continue down the next hidden corridor while clearing out
      obstructions along the floor. Go back to the door and Speed Boost
      down to the left wall, once there Shinespark up through the blocks in
      the ceiling to find another large room where this item awaits. If
      you've got the Space Jump it'll be easy to reach, if not shoot open
      the walls on the right and bomb around the ground ahead to reveal a
      pillar, that'll help you reach it.

>>>Sector 4 (AQA)
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01. - Go left from the giant room filled with electrified water near the
      entrance of this sector, you'll then reach a room with two doors
      leading off to the left. Go through the upper submerged door and
      through the next winding room to eventually find this Energy Tank
      concealed within the ruins of an overhead roof section.

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02. - Just after releasing the Level 4 Security Doors lock, go out into the
      tall underwater shaft next door and Space Jump up to about halfway.
      Here you'll find a small alcove in the right wall, roll through the
      hidden tunnel there to find another shaft leading down. Go down to
      the bottom to find a sealed door and a bunch of creatures hanging
      about in an enclosed space in the corner. Lay a Power bomb to
      destroy them, but don't grab the X that appear. Wait for the X to
      reform into yellow crabs, then finish them off to unlock the door.
      Go inside and lay a Power Bomb to reveal a path leading up to this
      Energy Tank.

>>>Sector 5 (ARC)
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01. - Just after receiving the Ice Missile upgrade from the Data Room, go
      right and shoot out the floor in the next room to open up a tall
      shaft leading down. Just below the door you entered the room via is
      another door up on a ledge, freeze the Ripper flying around down
      below to reach the door. Inside you'll spot an Energy Tank lying on a
      platform just ahead, but when you approach it it'll grow wings just
      like one of the Missile Tanks did earlier. Destroy the creature and
      reveal the real Energy Tank hidden within the wall.

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02. - Just after you destroy the Eyeball Door guarding Nightmare's room
      you'll find this Energy Tank straight ahead once inside. Lay a Power
      Bomb to reveal a tunnel leading to it.

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03. - In the tall underwater shaft you fall down through while tracking
      down Nightmare, you should spot a small opening in the right wall
      about halfway down. Once you regain the Gravity Suit ability head
      back to this room and fire a missile at the left wall directly
      opposite to the small opening in the right wall to reveal an opening.
      Crawl through to find this Energy Tank hidden beyond. Watch out
      though in this room as there's crumbling blocks along the narrow
      tunnels leading up to the item, and don't lay any bombs or you'll
      trigger a pillar that rises up to block the Energy Tank.

>>>Sector 6 (NOC)
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01. - Head to the first large darkened room and go over to the bottom right
      corner. Bomb open a small tunnel in the wall to find this Energy Tank
      hidden in a room beyond. Bomb open a narrow tunnel up on the wall
      ahead to open a way leading to the Energy Tank.

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02. - In the second huge darkened room filled with blue X's, drop down to
      the door in the bottom left corner and head through. Run through this
      next corridor to break through Speed Booster blocks ahead, then drop
      down the small shaft and head through the door on the left to find
      this Energy Tank sitting in plain view atop a platform.

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03. - You'll need the Screw Attack to reach this item. Go to the large
      darkened shaft which contains the door leading to the area where you
      fight the Security Robot. Go inside this corridor and Screw Attack
      the obstruction along the floor in the corridor. This will give you
      enough room to activate the Speed Booster. Shoot open the door on the
      left and run through with enough room to activate the Speed Booster.
      Once back in the darkened shaft, duck and Shinespark straight through
      the wall ahead to reveal a hidden door beyond. Inside is a long
      corridor where the Energy Tank awaits at the end, but it's blocked by
      Speed Booster blocks. We'll need to bridge the gaps between the
      platforms to give enough room for the Speed Booster to kick in.
      You'll need to bomb the platforms to reveal small pillars to close
      the gaps, but be careful as some pillars will rise up out of the
      ground to block your way. If that happens leave the room and reenter
      to try again. On the first platform, bomb the center of it to reveal
      the first pillar. Jump over to the second small platform and bomb the
      center of it to reveal two more pillars. On the third platform, lay
      bombs on both ends of the platform, but make sure you're as far on
      the edge as possible without falling off. This will leave one more
      pillar to bridge the final gap. Jump over to the fourth platform and
      bomb the center of it to reveal the final pillar. Doing this
      correctly you'll now have successfully bridged all the gaps, remember
      to not fire your weapon anywhere otherwise the Wave Beam will trigger
      the other pillars. Go back to the door and rush over to the right to
      kick in the Speed Booster, then Shinespark through the wall to the
      right to finally reach this Energy Tank.

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.:---------------------(3.4   POWER BOMB LOCATIONS)-----------------------:.
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Power Bombs unleash a massive explosion once detonated, clearing off the
screen of enemies caught in the blast radius. There's quite a number to be
found in the game (32 in total - each one gives you an extra 2 bombs), so
using them often will give you a higher chance of survival in
enemy-infested areas. Also note that when the enemies caught in the blast
explode, the X parasites will be sucked into the core of the explosion,
stay where you lay the bomb to absorb all the X caught in the blast
instantly!

>>>Main Deck
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01. - Just after the power shuts down while you're riding up the Main
      Elevator, go over to the Sub-Zero Containment room and drop down
      through the hole that the remains of the creature kept there creates.
      In the next darkened corridor, lay a Power Bomb to open up a series
      of narrow tunnels leading off to the left. Follow the tunnels and lay
      another Power Bomb at the end to reveal this Power Bomb hidden at the
      top of a narrow shaft.

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02. - You'll find this Power Bomb down in the Restricted Zone once the
      Restricted Lab's been jettisoned. Go down there via Sector 6, then go
      past the Save Room and run through the following corridor. In the
      next dead-end room duck while Samus is flashing, then walk over to
      the very center of the room (behind the pylon in the foreground) and
      Shinespark straight up. Samus will shoot up through a shaft with an
      awesome view of space outside, halfway up you'll slam into this Power
      Bomb.

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03. - Climb up the tall shaft that leads to the elevator going up to the
      Habitation Deck once you've unlocked Level 2 Security Doors. You'll
      then spot a large creature blocking the door up the top on the right.
      Destroy it with a Power Bomb and go inside to find this Power Bomb
      there. Jump up to the right wall once inside and crawl through the
      hidden tunnels in the wall to reach it.

>>>Sector 1 (SRX)
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01. - When you enter this sector via the elevator from the Restricted Lab,
      go over to the shaft where you'll find a Save Room to the right at
      the base. In this shaft, shoot out the floor and drop down to find a
      long hidden corridor with a sealed door on the right. Go over to the
      left and shoot the creature inside the enclosed box with the Charge
      Beam (the Wave Beam will penetrate the walls). Wait for the X to
      reform into a another creature on the roof and destroy it again. Wait
      once more for it to reform into a yellow Zebesian, then pummel the
      creature in the back with missiles to finish it off. Grab the X that
      appear when it blows and you'll notice that the door's now unlocked.
      Go inside to find this Power Bomb in clear view.

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02. - Just outside the room where you recovered the Charge Beam you'll find
      a large orange shaft. Down at the base shoot open the right wall to
      find a water-filled shaft inside. The Power Bomb is up in the right
      corner but it's blocked by Speed Booster blocks, so go back into the
      previous room and go over to the Save Room to the left. Once inside,
      dash back out the door and over to the water-filled shaft. Just when
      you enter the room duck and drop down the shaft while Samus is
      flashing (shoot downward to destroy the enemy on the wall below).
      Quickly run up against the right wall and Shinespark straight up to
      reach this Power bomb.

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03. - Go into the large green room near the entrance of this sector and
      head through the green door up in the right corner. Screw Attack up
      through the center of the ceiling in the following room to find this
      Power Bomb waiting above.

>>>Sector 2 (TRO)
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01. - In the giant room near the center of the Sector 2 map (it's the huge
      room surrounded by green shafts but there's no vegetation here),
      Space Jump up the left side of the room and break through the two
      walls with your Beam Weapon where you can see small red creatures
      hanging around. Fry all the creatures that get in your way, beyond
      them you'll find this Power Bomb in plain view.

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02. - In the tall shaft to the left of the room that contains the Power
      Bomb described above, go through the highest door on the left wall to
      find this Power Bomb up on a ledge across from the door. You'll need
      to freeze the two flying Rippers to use them as stepping stones to
      reach the Power Bomb, as the ledge below them crumbles away when you
      step on it. Freeze the first Ripper when it's just above the right
      end of the platform, then jump on top of it and freeze the second
      Ripper when it flies directly under the vertical pillar. Activate the
      Morph Ball, jump on top of the second frozen Ripper and jump over to
      the platform from here (you should have enough room to clear the
      vertical pillar).

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03. - This Power Bomb is hidden directly below the previous one mentioned.
      Drop through the ground after grabbing Power Bomb S2.02 and shoot
      down below to uncover this Power Bomb.

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04. - You'll find this Power Bomb in a giant room filled with crumbling
      blocks (the same room as Energy Tank S2.03). This one has a tendency
      to be extremely annoying to reach as Samus often likes to get caught
      on the crumbling blocks, if she lands on them your controls will go
      nuts. It might take you several tries to reach this item down in the
      bottom left corner of the room, it ain't worth it if you've tried
      about 50 times but Samus just keeps falling through the blocks.

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05. - Go down into the large room where you recovered the Hi-Jump/Jumpball
      abilities and Screw Attack through the wall up in the top right
      corner to reveal a door beyond. Go inside to reach a huge room where
      this Power Bomb's hidden above along with Missile S2.09 below. Drop
      down the shaft and dash over to the right hand corner. You'll need to
      climb up this room while using the Speed Booster to run over the
      crumbling blocks without falling through, eventually once at the top
      you'll run through the final wall blocking the Power Bomb to reach
      it. This might take a few tries but it'll give you a good Shinespark
      workout to hone your skills. Remember to dash into the small slopes
      just before each long straight to run across successfully.

>>>Sector 3 (PYR)
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01. - You'll need Power Bombs and the Speed Booster to reach this item. Go
      up to the long brightly-lit corridor just above the room where you
      first fought the Security Robot. Clear out the enemies in here and
      open up the door on the left. Using the Speed Booster, Shinespark
      through the door and you'll break through the opposite wall in the
      adjacent room. Once you land in the small room ahead, lay a Power
      Bomb to reveal a hidden tunnel in the left wall. Crawl through to
      find this Power Bomb hidden beyond.

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02. - From the large red room near the entrance of this sector, go through
      the door on the bottom right corner. Open up the shutter in the next
      room and dash through the opening on the right. Inside the next room
      you'll Speed Boost through blocks in the floor near the end, drop
      through to find yourself in the room just before the giant red shaft.
      Lay a Power Bomb to reveal a hidden tunnel up in the left corner,
      then crawl through to find this Power Bomb hidden beyond.

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03. - Drop down to the very bottom of the giant red shaft filled with
      dragon heads and go left. You'll need the Gravity Suit to reach this
      item. Keep going through the following lava-filled corridor and go
      into the next room. Lay a Power Bomb to reveal an opening within the
      shallow lava lake. Drop down below and traverse through the narrow
      tunnels down in the lava (starting up in the top right corner of the
      room) to reach this item.

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04. - You'll need the Gravity Suit & Screw Attack to reach this one. Drop
      down to the very bottom of the giant red shaft filled with dragon
      heads and go right. Bomb open the wall in the following room and go
      through into the giant heated room where you'll find Missile S3.06 &
      Energy Tank S3.02. Drop down into the lava below and clear out all
      the Screw Attack blocks down on the right wall. Open up the door
      beyond and run back up the slope on the left. From here dash down
      through the door to kick in the Speed Booster, then in the following
      room duck and Shinespark straight up while standing up against the
      right wall. You'll shoot up through an almost never-ending shaft,
      eventually you'll smack right into this Power Bomb.

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05. - While Shinesparking up the shaft of the previous Power Bomb's room,
      keep your eyes open and you'll fly up past an alcove where this Power
      Bomb lies. When Samus hits the roof drop down to this shaft and climb
      through the hidden tunnel above the obstructing wall to reach this
      item.

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06. - This Power Bomb is hidden up above the door of the access tunnels
      between Sectors 3 & 5. You can reach it from either the room where
      you'll find Energy Tank S3.03 (you need the Screw Attack),
      alternatively you can reach the tunnel via Sector 5 near the location
      of Power Bomb S5.05 described below.

>>>Sector 4 (AQA)
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01. - After defeating Nightmare and going across to Sector 4 you'll
      eventually find yourself at the top of a long coral-filled shaft
      leading down. Scale down the shaft and roll through a hidden opening
      in the left wall to find this Power Bomb hidden in the adjacent room.

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02. - Go down to the bottom of the tall underwater shaft mentioned in the
      previous Power Bomb entry. Head left and blow your way up through the
      green tube you'll find in the next corridor with a Power Bomb and
      missiles. Climb up to find an area where mini-Draygons are floating
      about. Jump up and shoot open the wall up in the right corner of this
      area to reveal a tunnel, crawl through to find this Power bomb
      waiting beyond.

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03. - When proceeding through Sector 4 just after regaining the Gravity
      Suit and unlocking Level 4 Security Doors, you'll reach a large
      underwater chamber filled with two blowfish and several crabs firing
      projectiles on the walls. Go up through the door in the top right
      corner of this room and go through the next room to find yourself in
      a corridor where a large green/purple pillar blocks the way. Standing
      next to the pillar, run back to the left and reenter the large
      chamber with the blowfish. You'll activate the Speed Booster just in
      time and break through the floor, then head through the door you'll
      find below. Run through the following corridor to build up enough
      speed for the Speed Booster, then duck and Shinespark up through the
      opening in the roof near the door at the end to find this Power Bomb
      above. You'll also be able to reach Missile S4.08 from here.

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04. - From the large empty blue room near the entrance of this sector, go
      through the room to the left of it to reach the first massive room
      once filled with electrified water. Use a Power Bomb near the door to
      reveal a passage leading down just ahead and crawl through. Drop down
      below and lay another Power Bomb to reveal this item hiding in a
      small tunnel in the left corner.

>>>Sector 5 (ARC)
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01. - Not long after you get your first Power Bomb from the Data Room
      you'll be in a long corridor where you'll be attacked by the SA-X.
      Get through the corridor alive to find this Power Bomb hidden in a
      small alcove in the next room, gain access to it by laying a Power
      Bomb.

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02. - In the same room as the Power Bomb above, climb up to the two doors
      (the right one's destroyed) and lay another Power Bomb to open up a
      large entrance in the roof. Climb up and freeze the Rippers flying
      about in the shaft above to reach the top, through the door there
      you'll find this Power Bomb hidden inside.

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03. - Go down to the first giant frozen room in this sector and climb down
      the area. Eventually you'll spot a massive creature blocking a door
      within an alcove on the left wall, lay a Power Bomb to destroy the
      creature and open up a path to the door. Through the door you'll find
      a long corridor where the Power Bomb awaits in an alcove at the end,
      but you'll need to crawl through narrow tunnels where two Rippers are
      flying about to reach it. Lay a Power Bomb about halfway down the
      corridor to reveal loads of crumbling blocks, getting to this bomb is
      going to be tricky. Climb up to the opening of the narrow tunnels,
      and try to freeze the first Ripper when it's hovering over the center
      of the three columns of crumbling blocks. Use the Jumpball to get
      through, just make sure you don't land on the crumbling blocks (hold
      left to sneak into the next tunnel, if you hold down A Samus will hop
      about while in Morph Ball mode, this really helps). When you reach
      the second Ripper try to freeze it when it's floating between the two
      middle blocks of the four columns of crumbling blocks, hopefully this
      will give you enough room to reach the next tunnel. Once you get into
      the tunnel, roll over to the edge on the left but don't drop down as
      there's more crumbling blocks. Stand up and jump over to the Power
      Bomb to reach it successfully.

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04. - Once the Nightmare's broken loose and wrecked the room where you saw
      it flying around in the background, climb up to the very top of that
      room. Over to the right of the door up in the left corner that leads
      to Missile S5.03 you'll find a flattened platform running all the way
      to other side of the room. Clear out all the Chute Leeches and open
      the door over on the left. Charge up the Speed Booster by running
      towards the door from the right, then Shinespark through the door.
      Not only will you grab Missile S5.03 on the way, you'll break through
      the solid wall behind it to reveal this Power Bomb.

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05. - Once the Nightmare's damaged the large frozen room so it's not frozen
      anymore, go up through the wrecked door in the top right corner of
      the room. Shoot out the roof in the next room and climb up. The door
      on the right up here leads to Sector 3, instead use a Power Bomb to
      reveal an opening in the ceiling above the door. Watch out for the
      two Zebesians above, then climb up the shaft and open up the two
      shutters above. Within the platform you'll find this Power Bomb
      hidden, lay a Power Bomb to reveal it if you need help.

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06. - While tracking down the Nightmare you'll reach a room where two large
      creatures reside on the ceiling near the door. Fry them both then
      shoot open the ceiling. Up to the left you'll find an open door, go
      through to find this Power Bomb hidden in the room beyond.

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07. - In the same large room adjacent to the room containing the Power Bomb
      above, climb up to the door in the top right corner of the room. Lay
      a Power Bomb here to reveal a hidden tunnel up in the left wall.
      Crawl through to find a door leading to a Recharge Room, lay another
      Power Bomb just outside the door to reveal this Power Bomb hiding
      above. You'll find another small tunnel leading up to it near the
      left end of the horizontal tunnel you first uncovered (hold A to keep
      jumping and roll to the left, you'll find it).

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08. - In the area where you track down Nightmare you'll find a long
      corridor filled with Zebesians and Skulteras. Once you've recovered
      the Gravity Suit, come back to this corridor and clear out all the
      enemies. Open up the door on the ride side of the room and run over
      to the left end. Dash back to the right and Speed Boost through the
      door. Keep going through the following corridor to break through two
      walls. As soon as you break through them both duck and quickly
      Shinespark up into the ceiling between the two walls to fly up to a
      hidden room where this Power Bomb awaits.

>>>Sector 6 (NOC)
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01. - You'll need the Screw Attack and Speed Booster to reach this Power
      Bomb. Head over to the darkened shaft near the first darkened room
      and go through the second door down on the left wall. Inside you'll
      find the corridor filled a group of blue X's. Clear out the enemies
      and destroy the blockage on the floor with the Screw Attack. Shoot
      open the door on the left end of the corridor and run back to the
      right side. Dash back to the left to build up enough speed for
      the Speed Booster, then duck and Shinespark through the left door.
      You'll shoot through the next room and blow through a wall before
      flying through an open door. When you shoot through this next
      gigantic room you'll pass this Power Bomb, wait until Samus hits the
      wall then drop down to the bottom of the room. You'll notice that
      there's pillars within the floor here, you can use these as a frame
      of reference for where you need to Shinepsark up to reach this Power
      Bomb. From the left corner, run over to the right side to kick in
      the Speed Booster, and count five pillars along. From the fifth
      pillar in the floor, stand on the right half of it and Shinespark
      straight up. If aimed properly you'll streak up through a wall
      alongside the Power Bomb, then drop down to the right to grab it.

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02. - This Power Bomb is enclosed in an area in the bottom left corner of
      the same room as the previous Power Bomb listed above. The only way
      you'll be able to break into this alcove is via the Speed Booster
      blocks at the top, but we'll need to perform a tricky Shinepsark jump
      to break through them. Go down to the bottom left corner of the room
      and dash over to the right. Once at the end, duck and quickly jump up
      to the sloping platform. Shinespark into the slope and quickly
      jump over to the left just before you run onto the straight platform
      with all the Speed Booster blocks. You'll soar through the air, jump
      a second time and you should fly over to the alcove and break through
      the blocks as you fall. Once you've successfully broken through grab
      this Power Bomb resting on the platform.

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03. - You'll need the Screw Attack to locate this item. Go over to the
      corridor where you fought the Security Robot but don't drop down into
      the room. Instead Screw Attack through the wall on the right and keep
      going to find a door. Head inside and lay a Power Bomb to reveal this
      Power Bomb hidden up in the right corner. It'll be tricky to reach
      due to the crumbling blocks, but you shouldn't have much trouble.
      Roll through the first narrow tunnel and drop down onto the crumbling
      blocks, quickly stand back up and jump frantically, you should
      eventually manage to grab hold of the edge of the alcove on the
      right, then you'll be clear to grab the item.

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Each Core X you'll face in the game has infested and mimicked a different
monstrous creature kept on the station, all of them hostile ones. As you
battle Core X's they'll use a certain ability stolen from Samus against
you, so subsequently when you defeat them you'll recover one of Samus' lost
abilities. Most Core X's will change their form to a giant X parasite with
a spiked shell once their mimicked form is dead, finish them off then
absorb the free-floating parasite once the shell falls off to ultimately
defeat it. Some of the Core X's will be using one of Samus' Beam Weapon
abilities, these creatures are slightly different from the normal ones.
There's not much to say about them except to fire at them when they open up
and quickly jump out of the way when they fire a projectile. If you ever
need health or missile refills during a battle against a Core X, shoot it
with your Beam Weapon and it'll release smaller X parasites. Below you'll
find handy tips on defeating each of the abominations.

>>>Arachnus X
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- 4.0_AX
<Location>: Main Deck
<Attacks> : Rolling Charge, Fire Wave, Sonic Boom
<Weakness>: Missiles
<Recovered Ability>: Morph Ball

<Description>:
This huge armadillo-like creature will stomp around the room unleashing
several attacks against you. If it rolls up into a ball get ready to jump
over it when it charges towards a wall, also remember to use the small
holes on the walls to grab hold and avoid Arachnus' attacks. When it
strikes a wall and stands up, it'll often slash out before unleashing
another attack. The attack could either be in the form of large blue sonic
boom projectiles, just jump over these to avoid them. If a fireball comes
out of its mouth and strikes the ground it'll create a fire wave across the
floor, jump up and grab hold of one of the holes on the walls to stay
airborne while the fire's lit. Pummel Arachnus' front with missiles to
damage it. If you run out of missiles just lay into it with your Beam
Weapon. With enough damage it'll turn back into the large spiky-shelled
Core X, grab the free-floating X's that appear and pummel the shell with
missiles. Once the shell breaks off, quickly absorb the exposed X to
recover the Morph Ball ability!

>>>Eyeball Crustacean X
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- 4.0_EC
<Location>: Sector 2 (TRO)
<Attacks> : Jump Trap, Stomp Attack
<Weakness>: Missiles
<Recovered Ability>: Hi-Jump/Jumpball

<Description>:
This tall weird looking creature will hop around the room trying to squash
Samus under its base. It doesn't have much more to use offensively, just
make sure you don't get caught and keep moving around. If the creature
jumps up high into the air and opens its base wide, it'll slowly fall back
down to try and trap Samus inside its body where it'll cause major damage.
Here's your only chance to inflict damage. Quickly stand under the creature
as it drops and fire a missile (two if you're feeling lucky) up into its
body to cause damage. Quickly run out of the way before it lands so you
don't get caught. With enough hits parts of the creature's body will blow
off and it'll become shorter. Eventually you'll blow off all three parts so
the head with the eyeball remains, finish off this part and the creature
will revert to the shell-encased X form. Finish it off with more missiles
(grab all the X it releases) and absorb the X to recover both the Hi-Jump
Boots and Jumpball (Spring Ball) abilities together!

>>>Serris X
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- 4.0_SX
<Location>: Sector 4 (AQA)
<Attacks> : Speed Boost Charge
<Weakness>: Missiles
<Recovered Ability>: Speed Booster

<Description>:
To get the giant water serpent to appear, jump up to the platforms above
the water. This massive creature will be shooting around the room at top
speed most of the time so you'll need to be quick to avoid taking damage.
While Serris is glowing it'll move around quickly, wait for it to stop
before attacking. The creature will swim around the room in different
patterns, you can either stay above or below the water while waiting to
strike, just be careful underwater as you won't be able to move around
smoothly. Staying underwater allows you to see where Serris will come up
out of the ground, when you see bubbles coming up quickly fire a missile at
Serris' head just as it emerges to inflict damage. Watch out whenever you
score a hit as the serpent will charge up and swim around the room at
blinding speeds again. Landing successful hits on the face when you're up
on the platforms can be hard work, try staying underwater to hit the face
just as the creature emerges from the ground. With enough of a pounding the
tail will explode and the head will return to the spiky-shelled Core X
form. Finish off the monster above the water to recover the Speed Booster
ability!

>>>B.O.X. Security Robot
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- 4.0_SR
<Location>: Sector 3 (PYR)
<Attacks> : Fire Bomb, Charge Attack
<Weakness>: Super Missiles
<Recovered Ability>: N/A

<Description>:
This robot hasn't been infected by any X parasites, so it's only attacking
you because it thinks that Samus has entered a restricted area. Samus has
every right to be here in the station, so we'll show this machine who's
boss. Begin by jumping up to the ladder on the ceiling to avoid being run
over by the robot as it dashes back and forth. If the robot pounds the
ground with its legs on the spot it'll lower down and launch a bomb into
the air. Once the bomb lands on the ground it'll create two fire walls that
move outwards from the impact zone. Quickly move so that you're directly
above the bomb as it goes off so you won't be hit by the fire barriers. The
fire barriers will rise and fall as they move along, if you can't make it
above the bomb when it blows wait for one of the barriers to lower then
quickly pass over it to avoid taking damage. The robot will continually hop
about while laying bombs, you'll need to fire missiles straight down into
the center part of the robot to inflict damage. You won't be able to
inflict damage when it launches a bomb, so try to pull off successful hits
while it's moving around. You should be able to pull off some accurate
diagonal shots, if the robot gives you too much trouble just try to hit it
from directly above. After punishing the robot with enough missiles you'll
start to see the covering around its core beginning to wear away. Keep
pounding and you'll take it down in no time.

>>>Giant Core X
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- 4.0_GX
<Location>: Sector 6 (NOC)
<Attacks> : Mini-Core X's, Rush Attacks
<Weakness>: Charge Beam
<Recovered Ability>: Varia Suit

<Description>:
This creature is relatively easy to beat when you know what to do. The only
weapon that can harm this thing is the Charge Beam, so use it well. The
giant Core X has several smaller versions of itself floating around as
protection, the Charge Beam will shred through them easily. Watch out for
the giant creature's flying patterns as it'll often try to fly into Samus.
Keep out of the water and fire away with the Charge Beam, in no time you'll
revert it back to the spiky-shelled Core X form. Finish off the beast to
recover the awesome Varia Suit!

>>>Mecha Spider X
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- 4.0_MX
<Location>: Main Deck (Reactor Silo)
<Attacks> : Stinger Attack, Fireballs
<Weakness>: Super Missiles
<Recovered Ability>: Space Jump

<Description>:
This giant spider will be bouncing around the room trying to grab hold of
Samus. Whatever you do, make sure this thing doesn't grab you as it'll pull
Samus up and inflict major damage. A good trick is to activate the Morph
Ball and stay near the corners of the room, most of the time the spider
will bounce off the walls and miss you in a corner. Before the spider first
appears it'll shoot down three fireballs, stay away from them until they
die down and disappear. The spider will shoot down fireballs often, just be
wary of them and stay away. When the spider stops moving to shoot fireballs
it'll open its mouth wide. Quickly stand below and fire one or two missiles
into its maw to inflict damage. Keep this up and you'll notice the spider
will slowly turn to a dark blue color. With enough of a pounding the legs
will fall off and the head will drunkenly fly about the room often spitting
out lumps of garbage. Stand still and fire missiles up into its mouth when
it drops garbage to keep inflicting damage, if your missiles hit the
garbage they'll explode so you shouldn't take too many hits. With enough
pummeling the head will slowly turn red before exploding and reverting back
to a spiky-shelled Core X, finish off the monster to recover the Space
Jump ability!

>>>Plant Core X
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- 4.0_PX
<Location>: Sector 2 (TRO)
<Attacks> : Plant Spores, Plant Traps, Plasma Projectiles
<Weakness>: Super Missiles
<Recovered Ability>: Plasma Beam

<Description>:
This giant creature (look closely, it almost looks like a Chozo Statue
covered in vines) has a few offensive attacks throughout the room. You'll
need to watch out for the spores that fly out of the two plants in the
upper corners of the room, and try your best to stay on the platform away
from the traps in the floor as if you fall into them they'll grab you and
inflict damage. If you fall try to Space Jump out of them. Stand on the
platform and fill the large Chozo Statue with missiles to inflict damage.
Parts of the creature will drop off the creature as you continue to fire at
it, eventually the head will fall off and the two plants firing spores will
explode. The creature will now expel bursts of Plasma Beam fire, but you
shouldn't have any trouble ducking and jumping over them. The traps in the
ground will also start spitting out spores but by staying on the platform
you'll completely avoid them. Keep ripping into the creature with Super
Missiles and it'll eventually explode completely to become the
spiky-shelled Core X. This one will be using the Plasma Beam, so once the
large creature blows jump over to the open area on the right and fire at
the Core X when it opens up to fire. Finish off the monster to completely
clear out the vegetation growth and to recover the Plasma Beam ability!

>>>Nightmare X
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- 4.0_NX
<Location>: Sector 5 (ARC)
<Attacks> : Multi-laser System, Gravity Well, Charge Attack
<Weakness>: Super Missiles
<Recovered Ability>: Gravity Suit

<Description>:
Once you drop down into Nighmare's room it'll slowly rise up from the
ground. This weird looking monster possesses two large arms with gun
turrets lined up all along them, so you'll have to watch out for frequent
energy blasts. As it hovers around rather drunkenly you'll spot a large
round device between its arms, this is the device it uses to manipulate
gravity and is its first weak point. Jump up to cause the creature to fly
up high then quickly run under it and fire missiles up into the device.
With each hit the creature will let off a squeal that sounds much like a
cat, keep pummeling the device and Nightmare will activate it. Once the
gravitational pull kicks in you'll move around slower and your missiles
won't fly up properly when you fire, so you'll need to stay under Nightmare
and pummel the device until it blows. Don't worry about taking too much
damage, it's hard to avoid the creature's attacks with such high gravity.
Once the device explodes Nightmare's faceplate falls off revealing an ugly
array of eyeballs in a green slimy face. You'll now need to pummel the face
with missiles, but it'll be tricky. Quickly jump up to the ladder on the
left wall and fire across at the face each time Nightmare slowly moves
towards you, but quickly Space Jump away when it begins hovering around the
room trying to catch Samus. Each time it hovers down over on the right side
of the room grab hold of the ladder and hopefully it'll stop and slowly
hover towards you. Get ready to move quickly if it keeps flying around
trying to slam into Samus. As you pummel the face it'll slowly sag down and
look even uglier, after sagging down twice and turning red keep firing to
ultimately destroy the creature. Finish off the Core X that appears to
recover the Gravity Suit ability!

>>>B.O.X. Security Robot X
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- 4.0_BX
<Location>: Sector 6 (NOC)
<Attacks> : Homing Missiles, Electrified Water
<Weakness>: Super Missiles
<Recovered Ability>: Wave Beam

<Description>:
As soon as you enter this long corridor partially filled with water after
visiting the Restricted Zone, the robot will charge in from the right. The
crazy state of the robot has caused the water to become electrified so
don't ever touch it. Quickly lay a Power Bomb to blow open the ceiling,
revealing a ladder running across. Grab hold and stay up here for most of
the battle. The robot will dash about trying to jump up to slam into Samus,
keep moving to avoid it. If the robot stomps the ground and lowers down
it'll fire out a range of missiles that partially home in on Samus, quickly
blast them with the Plasma Beam before they hit home. Just like last time
you'll need to strike the center of the robot with missiles to inflict
damage. Try to pull off diagonal shots as the jumping activity of the robot
makes it hazardous to remain directly above. Nothing much more to say here,
just make sure you fire the missiles when they launch and stay away from
the robot to avoid being knocked off the ladder. With enough of a pounding
the robot will explode and its organic components will revert back to the
spiky-shelled Core X we're so used to by now - but this one will be the
kind that opens up and fires projectiles. Drop down off the ladder and wait
for it to open before firing, quickly jump out of the way when it returns
fire. Finish off the monster to recover the handy Wave Beam ability!

>>>Ridley X
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- 4.0_RX
<Location>: Sector 1 (SRX)
<Attacks> : Fireballs, Grab Attack, Tail Lash
<Weakness>: Super Missiles
<Recovered Ability>: Screw Attack

<Description>:
This shrieking form of Ridley isn't the real Ridley we're used to fighting
so this won't be a grudge match. You'll need to watch out for this massive
creature as it flies about the room as it'll constantly be trying to fly
into Samus. You'll be treated to a remake of the classic boss theme from
Super Metroid during this battle so it won't be too bad. Watch out for
Ridley's large fireballs, his tail will also cause trouble often. It'll be
difficult to avoid colliding with the monster, thankfully you won't lose
too much health with each hit (especially with so many Energy Tanks). If
Ridley grabs you and flies upward just keep firing away with Super
Missiles to pound the beast. After delivering enough damage Ridley will let
out a hideous shriek and slowly change color. Each time Ridley shrieks
it'll become weaker, if you're playing the game on a Game Boy Player just
don't have the volume up too high, the shrieking coming from this monster
can become very annoying. Keep firing at any part of Ridley's body but his
tail to inflict damage, after what seems an eternity of inflicting damage
it'll finally explode and revert back to the usual Core X form. Finish off
this true Ridley-wannabe to recover the Screw Attack ability!

>>>SA-X
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- 4.0_SA
<Location>: Main Deck (Operations Deck)
<Attacks> : Ice Beam, Screw Attack
<Weakness>: Ice Beam, Plasma Beam, Charge Beam
<Recovered Ability>: N/A

<Description>:
Once the SA-X appears in the large Operations Deck room, drop down to the
floor and engage it there. This time you'll finally be able to inflict
damage on the beast, but it'll be tricky to avoid taking hits from its Ice
Beam. The SA-X will also be jumping about using the Screw Attack, try to </pre><pre id="faqspan-3">
stay away and use your own Screw Attack to avoid taking damage. You'll need
to use Ice Missiles to freeze the SA-X like before, but as soon as you
freeze it quickly charge up the Plasma Beam and rip into the SA-X before it
unfreezes (you'll only have a few seconds to pull it off). The shot will
rip through the creature and inflict damage, you'll need to keep freezing
it and firing the charged Plasma Beam to finish it off. After about five or
six successful Charge Beam shots the SA-X will kneel over in a weakened
state. The freak will then look up and change into a massive weird-looking
monster. It'll jump around the room trying to stomp down on Samus, use the
Charge Beam again to inflict further damage. After a few shots the monster
will fall over and finally revert back to the spiky-shelled Core X. This
one will continue to fire bursts of ice. Wait for it to open up before
firing missiles and jump up quickly to avoid taking damage. Once you
finally deal the final blow the shell with fall of the Core X, but it'll be
flickering and you won't be able to absorb it. The coward will then retreat
and fly out of the room, leaving you to continue on to the Operations Room.

>>>Omega Metroid
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- 4.0_OM
<Location>: Main Deck (Docking Bay)
<Attacks> : Slash Attack
<Weakness>: Ice Beam
<Recovered Ability>: N/A

<Description>:
You'll find the massive Omega Metroid where your ship is supposed to be
docked. At first you won't be able to injure this huge creature with any
weapon in your arsenal, even Ice Missiles won't have any effect. Instead,
wait for the Omega Metroid to slash out and strike Samus deliberately,
you'll then lose all your health except for 1 unit of energy. This scenario
certainly brings back memories, doesn't it? But this time it isn't a
Metroid that saves Samus, instead amazingly it's the SA-X. The SA-X will
jump into the room and begin attacking the Omega Metroid's chest with its
Ice Beam before receiving a slash attack from the creature. The SA-X will
fly back and revert back to the gelatinous free-floating X form, quickly
jump up and grab the creature to absorb it. Upon grabbing the SA-X, you'll
finally kill it and regain the Ice Beam ability! You'll also regain all
your health and Samus' Power Suit will become an orange color. Now it's
down to you and the Omega Metroid, so let's finish it off, shall we? With
the Ice Beam you'll be able to inflict damage on the Omega Metroid by
aiming up with L and firing away at its chest. It'll reel back with each
hit but watch out as it can still slash out. If you're hit by its slash
attack you'll fly back and be momentarily stunned, with the timer
constantly ticking down you can't afford to waste time so quickly run back
whenever the Omega Metroid raises its claw. Continue to fire away at its
chest while running back before it slashes, slowly the Omega Metroid will
turn blue before turning red. Finish it off with several more blasts and
the monster will finally explode, leaving you alone at last in the Docking
Bay. Your ship will then magically appear outside the wrecked door and come
flying in, quickly stand within the yellow portal that appears to be
whisked away inside your ship, the ship will then take off at full speed
and escape form the station! Congratulations, you've finally beaten the
game!

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-(5.0   WALKTHROUGH)-                 )-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-:.
=====================================/

Now it's time to make it through this station alive. You'll find a heavy
amount of detail within the directions below, just remember that there's
many ways to go about completing the game, this is only one suggested
method. You'll be right at home if you're a veteran Super Metroid player,
many of the techniques found in that game can and will be used here.
There's seven massive areas to explore on the station, each with its own
detailed and unique environments. Many times you'll forget that you're on a
space station in high orbit above SR388. You'll also be encountering
creatures similar to those Samus faced in the past, but they've all been
consumed by X parasites.

I'll be referring back to the bosses section and item locations section
when needed, I won't repeat all the tips found in those sections (it's a
waste of time). For the items locations - especially the Missile, Energy
Tank and Power Bombs - I'll refer to them like this: Missile S1.05, this
refers to Missile 5 found in Sector 1. Here's the special coding I'll use
for each area of the game:

> MD - Main Deck
> S1 - Sector 1 (SRX)
> S2 - Sector 2 (TRO)
> S3 - Sector 3 (PYR)
> S4 - Sector 4 (AQA)
> S5 - Sector 5 (ARC)
> S6 - Sector 6 (NOC)

The ship's computer will always be directing you around and giving you
information on what to do next, if you're ever stuck head to a Navigation
Room to read up on your current objective, or press A on the Map Screen to
get a quick lowdown on your objective. For ease I'll refer to the ship's
computer as SC so I don't have to repeat "ship's computer" fifty times.

*Spoilers abound in this walkthrough, so be warned, only read through it if
you really need help*

Now suit up in that fancy new Fusion suit and let's show the X their worst
nightmare.

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.:------(5.1   BIOLOGIC RESEARCH STATION)---------------------------------:.
         ===============================
Once you've started the game you'll witness the fateful intro where Samus
is attacked by the X and subsequently recovers after being injected with
the Metroid vaccine. After Samus' reflection in the prologue, the SC will
inform Samus that the ship is approaching the B.S.L research station. Once
the ship lands in the Docking Bay of the research station, the SC will
give you your first objective. Each time you enter a new area of the
station, the SC will give you an almost-complete map of the entire area.
The SC will inform you that an explosion has rocked the Quarantine Bay,
this was where captured creatures from SR388 as well as the parts from
Samus' Power Suit were sent, so something fishy's going on. After showing
you were the target room is, you'll be asked if your objective's clear.
Every time the SC asks you this, say Yes to continue, or No to hear the
detailed objective again. Once you're ready Samus will emerge from her
snazzy new ship and be ready to rock and roll. Straight away you'll feel
the similar control structure to SM, so we'll get going already - mastering
the controls in this game is easy.

Head through the Docking Bay and go through the following corridor on the
left. Next you'll reach a tall shaft leading up. Ascend to the top and go
through the door there. Pass through the next corridor to reach another
tall shaft leading up. Keep going through the door ahead to reach the first
Navigation Room. Step on the pad in the center of these rooms to uplink to
the SC to confirm your objective. Once your objective's confirmed go left
to find yet another tall shaft. The only difference with this area is the
lighting and drastic music change, you'll be hearing a creepy theme playing
so you won't be alone here for long. The door straight ahead is sealed
shut, so climb up to the top of the shaft and go through the door there.
The next room contains a large ruined roof section dangling down leaving
only a small gap below it, this room also contains a large shaft leading
down. Drop down the shaft and go left to reach the Quarantine Bay. The
crates and pods in this room certainly look damaged, go to the far end of
the room to encounter a Hornoad, the same kind of creature that the X
parasite attacker had mimicked on SR388. Waste the creature with a few
well-aimed shots, another X parasite will emerge from the creature once it
blows. This time is different though, when the parasite appears quickly
touch it. Samus will absorb the X, killing the parasite and restore energy
in her Power Suit. This is due to the Metroid cells now present in her DNA,
Samus will never again be affected by the X. In fact, she can destroy any
free-floating X by absorbing it. The hunt is on. Press Start to bring up
the map screen and press A to see a message informing you to return to a
Navigation Room. Before leaving here, you'll notice the wrecked remains of
a crate and pod in the background where the Hornoad was, something
certainly did break out of these storage containers, soon you'll find out
what it was.

Once you return to the Navigation Room the SC will give you more info on
the X and how Samus can absorb any free-floating one to recharge energy and
missiles. The SC will then inform you that it is detecting massive life
readings over in a large room on the far right side of the area (it'll show
you on the map) and that you should investigate. The SC will also unlock
Level 0 security doors, so you'll now be able to open up the flashing
doors. Time to explore more of the station and confront more dangerous X-
infested creatures. Leave the room via the right door and climb up the
shaft. Go through the first door up on the right and watch out for the
Hornoad in the following room. The next room contains a Save Station, save
your game before proceeding. Climb up the shaft in the next room to find a
large creature blocking a door. You won't be able to harm this thing
without missiles, so keep ascending the shaft. In here you'll encounter
Zombie Researchers, one shot takes them down so you shouldn't have any
trouble with them. Watch out though as after several seconds another X will
float into the room and restore the creature so don't hang around. Go
through the door at the top of the shaft to reach another Navigation Room.
In here the SC will inform you that the Federation is sending Missile data
for you to download. The Data Room you'll need to reach for this upgrade is
up in the Operations Deck. In the next room, climb up the shaft and through
the door to find an elevator shaft. Ride up the elevator to the Operations
Deck. During many of the elevator rides Samus will reflect on different
areas, here she'll reflect on Adam Malkovich, her former CO when working
for the Federation. Once at the Operations Deck, go through the door to
reach a large open area. Three doors adorn the wall on the left side, the
lowest door leads to Recharge and Save Rooms, while the middle door leads
to a Navigation Room and the Data Room where you'll find the Missile data
waiting. Stand in the large capsule in the Data Room to receive the
upgrade. You'll start with ten missiles, which can be fired by holding R
then pressing B. Go back to the Navigation Room, when you enter the room
part of the electrical systems will shut down and another creepy tune
begins to play. The SC will tell you that electrical interference has
disabled the elevators in this area, so you won't be able to use the same
elevator you used to reach this area before.

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.:------(5.2   THE HUNT IS ON)--------------------------------------------:.
         ====================
Go back out into the large room and save your game through the lower left
door. In the large room you'll find a few platforms in the air, use them to
reach a glowing ventilation cover on the right side of the room. Shoot open
the cover and go inside the tunnel. In the next darkened shaft you'll find
a large creature sitting above a cracked floor region. Shoot the creature
with missiles to destroy it, then drop through the cracked blocks to fall
down below. Watch out for the Zombie Researchers on the way down, and keep
an eye out for cracked wall and floor sections. Once you pass through the
giant twisted wiring in the foreground you'll find Missile MD.01 waiting
just on the right. Drop down off the ledge once you've grabbed the missile
and go through the opening on the left. In this dead-end room you'll find
Missile MD.02 hidden within one of the blocks on the wall. Go back into the
red shaft and go right to find yourself in a well-lit large room. At the
top of this room you'll find another Save Room, so save your game here.
Down on the right side of the large room you'll find an Eyeball Door. These
doors are similar to the Eyeball Doors found in SM, you'll need to fire
three missiles into the eye when it opens to destroy it. If the eye opens
and begins flashing, quickly jump out of the way to avoid its plasma
projectile. Once the door's destroyed grab the X that appears and head
inside.

The music changes to a creepy tune in the next large room, this is where
the SC detected life readings. Climb up around the terrain here, not far in
you'll find Energy Tank MD.01 in plain sight resting atop a platform. Just
beyond the Energy Tank is a hole leading down, walk over to the edge and
shoot out the roof section directly above with missiles. You'll open up a
hidden passage, go through to find Energy Tank MD.02. Back in the large
room, drop down into the hole to fall through crumbling blocks at the
bottom, below you'll land in a large open space where you'll face the first
of many Core X bosses, Arachnus X. Refer to 4.0_AX for tips on taking this
sucker down. Defeating this creature will restore your Morph Ball ability,
so you'll be able to exit the room through the small opening on the left.
Go through the next corridor and crawl through the small opening up on the
wall to reach a long red darkened tunnel. Proceed through this tunnel using
the Morph Ball to crawl through the narrow passages. At the end you'll
re-emerge back out into the lit shaft leading up to the second Navigation
Room. Just above in this shaft you'll find the creature you passed earlier
blocking a door, destroy it with missiles to find a Recharge Room inside.
Go left at the base of the shaft and save your game before returning to the
first Navigation Room you found earlier.

The SC has bad news for you when you return to the Navigation Room, the X
have invaded some of the breeding environments in the station and are
already consuming the life-forms kept there. The SC will show you where the
Main Elevators are that lead down into the six sectors of the station. Once
you're ready, head left and climb up the next shaft. Halfway up this shaft
you should spot a narrow opening leading into the right wall, crawl through
here to find Missile MD.03 hidden beyond. Go through the door at the top of
the shaft, inside you'll be able to crawl through the small opening ahead
below the ruined roof section. Keep going left through the tunnel to
eventually find an elevator leading down. Ride it down to reach the six
Main Elevators. Just after Samus disappears off the screen however, you'll
witness a chilling scene. The creature that caused the explosion back in
the Quarantine Bay, you're about to get your first glimpse of it. The wall
to the left of the elevator Samus just rode down will explode and one of
the weirdest things you'll see in any of the current Metroid games appears.
Walking out through the cloudy remains of the wall appears to be Samus in
her original Varia Suit! But how can this be, the real Samus just rode down
the elevator in this same room? The creature will stand still and face the
camera before it zooms in on the creature's face, revealing something
definitely not human. This creature is on the prowl for Samus, staying away
from this creepy monster is top priority. We'll be learning more of this
creature soon when the SC discovers its presence on the station.

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.:------(5.3   SR388 REPLICA)---------------------------------------------:.
         ===================
When the game returns to Samus you'll hear an explosion from above just
before Samus reaches the bottom of the elevator shaft. The elevator will
then shut down, so you're stuck down here for a while. As indicated by the
wall in the background of this room, elevators leading down to Sectors 2, 4
& 6 are to the right while the elevators leading to Sectors 1, 3 & 5 are on
the left. The number 1 will be flashing, indicating that this sector is
your next destination. Head left and through the first door to find the
elevator leading down to Sector 1. Jump on and ride it down. Through the
door on the right at the bottom you'll find the first Navigation Room of
this area. Uplink to the SC to receive the map of the area and your first
objective here. The SC will first tell you of the damaged Main Elevator,
hinting at the cause of the damage. The SC will then inform you that the
atmospheric stabilizers in this area have been invaded by the X and must be
cleared of their foul nests. We now need to move through this area and
clear 5 stabilizers to slow down the X's reproduction. Save your game in
the following room before continuing.

Use the Recharge Room next door if you need to before proceeding right.
This first large yellow room is home to several Zombie Researchers, fry
them all and go through the lower right door. Watch out for the flying
globules in the next corridor, they'll try to merge together to produce a
massive creature, fry them all before they get a chance. Destroy the
creature blocking the passage at the end with missiles and head through the
door. This next large room is home to the first stabilizer. You'll notice
that this cavernous area accurately resembles SR388's landscapes. Trek
through the cloudy area over to the large X-infested fan. Stand on the
floating platform just in front of the fan and fill the nest with missiles
to destroy it. Grab any remaining X floating around before going through
the door on the right. Fry the Hornoads in the next corridor but watch out
as the X parasites will reform into a flying Halzyn, a creature with
protective shields. Look up and shoot at them from below, but watch out
when they drop down. At the end of this corridor you'll find Energy Tank
S1.01 hidden at the end of a narrow tunnel. Keep going to reach a shaft
leading down. Go up through the door straight ahead to find the next
atmospheric stabilizer. Make your way up to the fan and pummel the nest
with missiles to destroy it. With the fan cleared, leave the room and drop
down the adjacent shaft. Go through the first door you find on the left
wall. Proceed through the next long corridor while watching out for the
Motos (shoot them in the back to inflict damage). Descend the next massive
shaft while watching out for the Zebesians climbing around on the walls (I
wonder what the Space Pirates were doing here, no doubt they were up to no
good. Such a pity the X got them before they could cause any trouble :P).
Waste the Zebesians with missiles, once at the base of the shaft go through
the door and blast the creature in the following room. Go through the next
door to reach the third room containing a stabilizer. Use the ladders along
the roof to reach the second half of the room, there you'll find the
clogged fan. Clear the fan then head through the door on the right, only
two more fans to go. Watch out for the Moto in the next room, past the
adjacent room you'll find the fourth atmospheric stabilizer. Climb up the
small shaft and use the ladder on the roof to reach the fan. Watch out for
the Hornoads below, once the fan's clear go through the door up on the left
side of the room to find Missile S1.01 hidden inside.

With the fan cleared and the missile in hand, go through the door on the
bottom right of the large room to reach a tall shaft leading skyward. Watch
out for the Zebesians on the walls, then head through the door at the top.
Open up the shutter in the next room and go through the door beyond. Use
the ladder on the ceiling in the following corridor to reach the next door,
just don't fall into the water. Fry the creatures crawling along the roof
as you go. Go through the next door to find yourself in a shaft with a
pillar separating you from the Eyeball Door on the left. Drop down to the
bottom through the crumbling blocks, from here you can go through the door
on the left to reach a Save Room. Once you're ready, jump up to the Eyeball
Door and fry it with three missiles to get through, but watch out for its
plasma projectiles. Through the door you'll be in another large room, but
there's no stabilizer in here. Walk over to the left corner to find a truly
unusual sight, a Chozo Statue holding an item! Shoot the item to reveal a
glowing ball, but before you can grab it the statue will suddenly change
into a large Core X. This one's different from the usual mimicked form an X
takes, as it'll have a large spiked shell. Whenever you face a Core X like
this one, it'll be using a Beam Weapon ability as its primary attack.
You'll only be able to strike the creature with missiles when it opens up
to fire, when it opens quickly fire and jump out of the way to avoid its
fire. These Core X's aren't as difficult to defeat as the normal ones, just
don't take too much damage from its fire. Finish off the creature and
absorb the free-floating X to recover the Charge Beam ability! Now you'll
be able to charge up Samus' Beam Weapon to fire off a stronger shot.

We'll now go and finish our objective. Go through the door up on the top
right corner of the room. In this next room, shoot out the roof and jump up
into the next room. From here, grab hold of the ladder in the ceiling and
fire missiles over at the wall on the left to open up a hidden passage. Go
inside to find Missile S1.02 hidden among all the crawling creatures in the
water. With the missile in hand head through the door on the right in the
previous room. You'll now have finally reached the fifth and last
stabilizer. Work your way down to the fan and destroy the nest to fulfill
your objective. With all the stabilizers online it's time to return to the
Navigation Room. Go through the door on the right and head past the shutter
in the next room. Climb up the following shaft and save your game up
through the door on the right at the top. In this Save Room, look closely
at the wall on the right. You'll spot a crumbling block, shoot it open and
crawl through. You'll need to jump up above the hole, quickly activate the
Morph Ball and push right to crawl into the hole (you need to do this
because we haven't found the Morph Ball bomb yet. Once inside, use the Wall
Jump trick (check Secret & Tips below for more info) to reach Missile S1.03
at the top of the shaft. From here, make your way back up to the Navigation
Room to learn about your next objective.

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.:------(5.4   TROPICAL JUNGLE MAZE)--------------------------------------:.
         ==========================
The SC will inform you of X activity in Sector 2 (TRO), so we'll be heading
over and investigating that area now. Go back up to the Main Deck and head
over to the Sector 2 elevator. Ride it down and go into the Navigation
Room. Here the SC will give you more bad news, it has figured out what's
been hacking into areas on the station. The creature you saw earlier is
the SA-X, an X parasite mimicking Samus. Never before has Samus been in
battle against her own abilities, so you'll need to be very careful around
the SA-X, it's a deadly adversary. The computer will tell you to run if you
encounter the SA-X, as it'll be able to freeze Samus with the Ice Beam.
You'll now need to download the Bomb data, but the Data Room is blocked by
a Level 1 security door. So first we'll need to track down the Security
Room to unlock Level 1 doors. Sector 2 looks fairly small when you download
the map, but most of this area is hidden and you'll have to map it out
yourself.

Go right and use the Recharge Room if needed, then go right again. You're
now in a large green room filled with red crawling critters. Blast any you
encounter and climb up to the top right corner of the room. Head through
the door there and cross the next vine-filled corridor to reach a shaft
leading up full of vegetation. Ascend the shaft and go through the topmost
door to reach the Security Room. Drop down to the station below and stand
on the pad to unlock Level 1 Security Doors. Now you'll be able to access
blue doors, so use the one on the right to exit the room. Head back to the
large green room filled with red creatures and go through the blue door
down on the bottom left corner. Cross the next corridor to reach another
large room adjacent to the Data Room we need to get to. Climb up to the top
left corner of the room (watch out for flying bugs) and head through the
door to reach the Data Room. Step into the pod to download the much-needed
Morph Ball Bomb data. Now you'll be able to lay bombs while in Morph Ball
mode. Leave the room and go back down to the door you entered the previous
large room via. Just as you enter the room though you'll hear an explosion
and footsteps fading away - the SA-X has just been here and thankfully
missed you. The downside is that it destroyed the door you used earlier,
so we'll need to detour around hidden areas in this sector to get back to
the entrance.

Before you go anywhere, bomb open the small cracked wall up in the
top-right corner of this room to find a hidden tunnel leading to
Missile S2.01. Now go down to the dead-end in the bottom left corner and
lay a bomb in the corner to open up a passage leading down. Drop down to
find yourself in a corridor with two doors leading off. Save your game in
the room to the right before going through the left door. The next room
contains a large shaft leading down, you should notice on the map that
you've entered an uncharted (green) area, this is only the tip of the
iceberg. Before descending the shaft you'll be able to find Missile S2.02
up the top. With the missile in hand descend the tall shaft and head
through the door at the very bottom. Drop down the next short shaft and
head through the next door to reach a large room full of more vegetation.
bomb the platform in the center ahead to fall down below, but watch out for
the Sidehopper there. As you go through this room you'll be able to pick up
Missile S2.03. With the missile tucked away head through the door on the
right side of the room. Cross through the next corridor and bomb around the
ground in front of the tall pillars to cause smaller pillars to rise up,
use them to get through. The next room contains yet another tall shaft
leading up with several doors to choose from. The door directly ahead
eventually leads to a Save Room, don't bother going in there if you're
playing for speed. Climb up the shaft and head through the door just below
the open door on the right wall. Cross the next corridor to find yourself
in a smaller shaft. There's a hidden door down below in this room (shoot
out the ground to find it), but we'll be going straight ahead instead. Save
your game in the next room before proceeding. Cross the following room to
find yourself in a room with two red critters and Energy Tank S2.01 sitting
atop a platform in clear sight. Grab it and shoot out the floor at the base
of the platform. Drop down to come face-to-face with an Eyeball Door. Fry
and go through the door. In this next huge room you'll face another Core X
boss (a tall creature with one big eyeball), refer to 4.0_EC for tips on
taking this weird thing down.

Once the creature's dead you'll recover both the Hi-Jump and Jumpball
abilities together, so you'll be able to jump higher as well as jumping
while in Morph Ball mode. Exit the room the same way you came in, it's time
to return to the Navigation Room. When you jump up into the small room
where you found the Energy Tank you'll notice that the red critters look
like frozen statues on the ceiling and wall, it seems that the X are trying
to change their forms by cocooning themselves. Save your game on the way
back, eventually you'll reach the long corridor connected to the tall shaft
you climbed up earlier. Blast the Sidehopper here, but you'll find the
door's been destroyed by something, so you'll need to find a way around.
Bomb open the rubble at the foot of the door and drop through the floor.
You'll drop down into a darkened corridor, stay exactly where you are as
just below the narrow platform you're on the SA-X is prowling around. This
is your first true encounter of this freakish creature, make sure it
doesn't see you. The creepy music and the ghostly footsteps the SA-X makes
will make you shiver, just wait it out and it'll leave via the door on the
left. Once the SA-X leaves, go over to the right and shoot out the floor to
drop down into the room. Proceed out to the large shaft and climb up. Here
you'll spot more of the red critters hibernating, they won't emerge yet
though. Directly opposite the ruined door you'll find a room that leads to
Missiles S2.04 & S2.05 (you'll still be able to reach S2.05 without the
Gravity Suit). With both missiles in hand ascend the tall shaft, using the
hibernating creatures on the walls as stepping stones to reach the higher
platforms. Head through the door at the very top and through the next room
to find yourself in another shorter shaft. Blast the Sidehopper there and
climb up. You can find Missile S2.06 hidden beyond the small tunnel on the
right wall here. With the missile tucked away go back to the shaft and roll
through the small opening on the left to make it back to the large green
room near the entrance. Before heading back to the Navigation Room you'll
be able to find Missiles S2.07 & S2.08 from here. Once you're ready head
back to the Navigation Room for your next objective.

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The SC will inform you now that releasing the security lock has allowed the
SA-X to penetrate Sector 4. So now we have to head over there and
investigate. Leave Sector 2 and head right to find the elevator leading
down to Sector 4. Go into the Navigation Room and uplink to the SC. The SC
will tell you that this area is home to a huge creature the researchers
named Serris. This creature is responsible for damaging much of this
sector, so we'll have to track it down and neutralize it before it causes
critical damage to the station. The SC will show you where Serris is
located, so we need to head out and track it down. Move out into the first
large blue room (save your game first), then head through the door on the
left wall. Go through the next small room to reach a huge room full of
electrified water. Don't fall into the water or you'll take damage. Climb
up the room and bomb through the wall at the top to reach the ladder lined
across the ceiling. Climb across and drop down to the suspended blocks
below. Keep going and head through the door on the left. Proceed through
the next room (watch out for the giant Skultera) and go through the upper
submerged door on the left. Up through this winding room you'll find a Save
Room and eventually you'll track down Energy Tank S4.01 in a room with a
ruined roof section. Grab the Energy Tank and head back down to the
previous room. Back in the room with the submerged door, go through the
lower door to reach another large room filled with electrified water. Bomb
the platform covering the ladder above to uncover it, then climb across
over the water. At the end of the ladder you'll find an opening in the
roof, jump up there to find a room with another ladder leading up the left
wall. Climb up the ladder and crawl through a hidden opening at the top of
the ladder to find a room containing Missile S4.01. With the missile in
hand go back down to the room with the electrified water.

Once you drop down into the room, bomb open the wall on the left and
continue on through the door ahead. In this next tall shaft, the door
directly ahead leads to the Pump Control Unit but you won't be able to get
through the Speed Booster blocks. Instead climb up the shaft and head
through the door at the top. Save your game in the next room and shoot the
small cracked block in the right wall to uncover a hidden tunnel. Crawl
through and bomb open the tunnel in the next room to reach the door ahead.
The following room is Serris' breeding tank and where you need to be, but
you'll find the massive skeletal remains of Serris in the watery tank here
- so the X have already killed it. Wade through the tank and go through the
door at the end. Climb up the shaft and fry the Eyeball Door you'll find.
In the next room you'll face Serris X, the X parasite that has consumed and
mimicked the original Serris. Check 4.0_SX for tips on taking this giant
serpent down. With the serpent dead you'll recover the Speed Booster
ability, so it's time to lower the water level in this area so you can
explore further. Leave the room via the door up on the right and run down
to the end of the narrow corridor you'll find. At the end are two Speed
Booster blocks in the floor blocking the hole leading down, bomb open the
small wall to the left and fry all the Owtchs down the corridor. Run back
over to the door and dash back to activate the Speed Booster to break
through the two blocks. Down below in the next large room you'll find a
Save Room through the door on the right, Missiles S4.02 & S4.03 are also
hidden in here.

With both missiles tucked away, drop down through the hole in the bottom
left corner of the room to reach the first electrified water-filled room.
From here go left and make your way over to the Pump Control Unit room.
Once inside run to the left to eventually activate the Speed Booster.
You'll break through a wall into a small room containing a control
station. Stand on the pad to lower the water level in this area, opening up
new areas to explore. Once the water fully lowers, drop down below the
control station to find Missile S4.04 in plain sight. Leave the room (don't
touch the electrified conduits on the walls) and go back into the long room
that used to contain electrified water. Drop down below to the lower area
of the room and clear out any enemies down here. Go over to the left corner
of the room and run across to the right side to break through the wall with
the Speed Booster. Inside you'll find a long corridor containing Missile
S4.05. Once you've grabbed it use the Speed Booster to run through the wall
on the right side of the corridor so you can reach the first large room
that used to contain electrified water. That's about all we can explore for
now, head back to the Navigation Room from here for your next objective
(you should be getting the hang of the objective system by now).

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Back in the Navigation Room the SC will inform you that Federation HQ has a
new upgrade for your missiles ready, but the only Data Room accessible is
the one in Sector 3 (PYR). Leave Sector 4 and head left to find the Sector
3 elevator. Ride it down and access the Navigation Room there to download
the map and your objective. Before reaching the Data Room here we'll need
to go and unlock Level 2 (green) Security Doors. This will allow all the X
to penetrate this area but we need to recover Samus' abilities to survive,
and this upgrade is super-important. Beyond the Recharge Room you'll find a
large red room leading down. Make your way down to the bottom, then head
through the door on the left to find a dead-end. The wall on the left is
covered in Speed Booster blocks, so go back into the large red room and
clear a path in front of the door. Go through the door on the right side of
the room and walk up to the shutter in the following room. Run back towards
the dead-end room, firing as you go to clear a path. Eventually you'll
activate the Speed Booster and slam through the wall to reveal a hidden
corridor beyond. In here, shoot out the floor near the wall to find a
hidden room below containing Missile S3.01. Jump back up into the
corridor and go down to the left end. Here you'll find a green sealed door
blocking entrance to the Security Room, but there's still a way in. Now
it's time to try out some tricky Shinespark moves. Run back to the Speed
Booster block wall and dash back towards the green door. Just before you
hit the door crouch down to activate the Shinespark when the Speed Booster
kicks in. Quickly stand to the left of the small raised bump in the floor
and aim up at the roof section above the door with L. Press A to Shinespark
into the roof section, you'll break through more hidden Speed Booster
blocks. Once through bomb open the wall up in the narrow corner to open a
tunnel leading into the Security Room. Go inside and unlock Level 2
Security Doors.

With the Level 2 doors unlocked the X will swarm into this area, but you'll
be ready for them. Exit the room and clear out the enemies that appear in
the corridor (only missiles and charge shots can harm the Sidehoppers
here). To exit this corridor you'll need to use the Speed Booster again to
break through the wall on the right. There's two ways you can do this.
Charge up the Speed Booster by running from the left to right end of the
corridor, then aim up at the wall and Shinespark through it. You can also
break through it and continue Shinesparking through the door if you jump
into the air (somersault jump) while Samus is flashing, press fire to
straighten up then press A and hold right to fly horizontally through the
wall and into the large red room. Either way, once you are back out in the
red room cross the X-infested area and go through the door opposite. In
the following room, jump up the shaft above the shutter and fill the large
green dragon head in the wall with missiles. Walk over to where the head
was and you'll fall through the ground, now you'll be on the other side of
the shutter. Shoot the shutter open and walk over to the door on the left.
Run down to the right and go through the opening into the next room. Keep
running while ignoring the two flying enemies and you will break through
several Speed Booster blocks at the far end of the room to find a hidden
room below. Go right to reach an extremely tall shaft leading up and down.
This place isn't too hot for Samus, but if you go further down you'll
encounter super-heated areas that Samus won't survive in, so we'll climb
up the shaft. Watch out for the dragon heads in the walls as you climb up
the ladders, eventually you'll reach two doors at the top. The one on the
right is destroyed, so go left instead. In the next small room, bomb open
two narrow tunnels in the wall on the left. Roll through the upper tunnel
to find Missile S4.02 just ahead. Once you've grabbed it, carefully bomb
your way up in this area, don't fall down too far otherwise you'll drop
down through the ground into a previous room. Once you reach the corridor
above you'll find that you've made it past a large blue/purple creature
blocking the hallway, these blockages can only be destroyed with Super
Missiles.

Go through the door on the right and proceed through the next brightly lit
tunnel while watching out for Sidehoppers and the fire-dropping enemies
crawling along the roof. Go through the next empty room to find the door
leading to the Data Room on the right side. Go inside and step into the pod
to download the Super Missile upgrade! This will really come in handy, as
your missiles will now be three times stronger than before. As soon as you
step out of the pod you'll hear a large explosion nearby, so something
weird is going on again. Leave the room and go back to the long
brightly-lit corridor. You'll find that the door on the left end of the
corridor's been destroyed and a large gaping hole is in the ground. The
screen will begin rocking again and you'll hear stomping sounds coming from
somewhere, but it isn't the SA-X this time. Drop down and head right to
eventually find a Save Room, a Recharge Room and Missile S3.03 (shoot the
blue/purple creature with Super Missiles to cane it). Once you've grabbed
the missile there's only one place to go now, back up to the room adjacent
to the Data Room. Once back in this room more explosions will rock the
screen, go right to find a huge robot blowing its way out of the door
leading to the Data Room. This machine is just an ordinary Security Robot,
but you'll still have to face it in battle. Check 4.0_SR for some handy
hints to repel this robot's feisty attempts to neutralize Samus. Once
you've trashed the robot it'll slowly walk over to the large open area on
the right side of the room before retreating up into the air. When it jumps
up it'll cause a load of wreckage to fall down, creating stepping stones
for you to climb up. The Data Room door's been destroyed so you won't be
able to use that room again. Climb up the room and go through the opening
at the top to reach a hidden corridor. From here you'll be able to find
Missile S3.04. Go back over to the left end of the room and open the door.
Before going inside, run back to the right to charge up the Speed Booster.
Duck when Samus begins flashing and Shinespark back to the left. You'll fly
through the door and break through a wall in the next room covered in Speed
Booster blocks. In the next small alcove, drop down into the small hole in
the corner and bomb your way down to uncover Energy Tank S3.01 below.
Follow the corridor to the left to eventually find yourself back in the
large room near the entrance of this sector. From here return to the
Navigation Room for a breather and your next brand new objective.

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The SC informs you that Sectors 5 & 6 are now open and have most likely
been infiltrated by the X. You won't be able to enter Sector 5's freezing
environments without protection, so we'll be heading into Sector 6 to
download the Varia Suit data. Leave Sector 4 and head over to Sector 6's
elevator. Once you leave the sector you'll witness a special cutscene where
a Federation officer contacts the SC and asks if Samus suspects anything.
Come again?? The creepy music playing in the background suggests that
something fishy's going on, but Samus won't be kept in the dark much longer
as to what the Federation officer was taking about (even though we're now
heading into the darkest area of the station, heh). Ride down Sector 6's
elevator and head into the Navigation Room. After giving you the map, the
SC will tell you that the Varia Suit is ready to download. There's a
problem though, as sub-zero X parasites from Sector 5 have invaded this
area and are waiting to attack Samus. Whatever you do, don't absorb the
large blue X parasites as they'll freeze Samus and cause damage. Just fire
away at them to stun them as you pass by. Once you find the Varia Suit
you'll be able to absorb them without taking damage, so we'd better track
it down.

Save your game and use the Recharge Room if needed before moving on. Watch
out for the flying bugs in the following room, cross this area and head
through the door on the right. You'll now be in a really dark area (it's
almost impossible to see on a normal GBA's screen) so make sure you don't
run into any enemies crawling around. As you make your way through this
room you'll be able to pick up Missile S6.01 and Energy Tank S6.01. Climb
up through the room once you've picked up the items and head through the
door on the right. Cross the following corridor and quickly shoot the blue
X before it touches you to stun it. Head through the next door to find a
long shaft leading down. Quickly stun the blue X ahead and drop down the
tunnel to the very bottom. Go through the door on the right and cross the
long platform ahead. You'll eventually reach three large blocks, shoot out
the middle and top ones to get through, but don't shoot the bottom one as a
blue X is hidden inside. Drop down and grad hold of the ladder down on the
right wall, then climb down and shoot through the narrow wall you'll find
on the left. Jump over the first hole you find and stun the blue X there,
then drop down the second hole and run through the door on the left before
any blue X catch you. Run through the next corridor while shooting at the
blue Xs above, keep running to break through a wall containing Speed
Booster blocks. Climb down the ladder, down below you'll find a door on the
right that eventually leads to a Save Room, only go there if you're not
playing for speed. Once you're ready go left through the previous blue
X-infested room and head through the door to reach an apparent dead end
where you'll find Energy Tank S6.02 waiting atop a platform.

Bomb open a hidden tunnel just behind the Energy Tank and drop down. Go
down to the door and head through to find a darkened empty corridor. If the
emptiness of this long corridor gives you the creeps, you're reading the
signs correctly. Quickly run over to the right, you'll find a wall covered
in Power Bomb blocks that you can't break through. Instead, bomb open the
ground below and roll down into the narrow tunnel below the floor. Roll
back towards the door, when you reach it the door will open and... Guess
who? Yep, the SA-X will stomp into the room while the creepy music plays
and you hear the SA-X's weird breathing sound. Slowly follow it as it
prowls down the corridor, once it reaches the wall it'll lay a Power Bomb
to break through, stay well back to avoid the explosion and don't worry,
you'll be finding some Power Bombs to play with soon. Stay where you are
and wait for the SA-X to leave the room, you'll see why when you head
towards the next door. When the SA-X jumps over the small hole in the floor
you'll see it also has the Screw Attack, I bet you're just itching to pay
this freak back for stealing Samus' abilities, but don't worry, you'll get
your chance. Just beyond the destroyed wall you'll fall through the ground
and land in front of the door, if the SA-X was still here you would've
fallen for the trap and landed directly in front of it! If you're ever
caught by the SA-X, just run. Proceed through the next room to find a shaft
leading down. Save your game in the room ahead before descending the shaft,
just watch out for hidden blue X's in the large blocks. At the base of this
room in the left corner you'll be able to blow open a few blocks to reveal
a hidden tunnel leading to a room containing Missile S6.02. With the
missile in hand go back out to the shaft and go right through the door.
Clear off all the flying bugs in this room and head right to face an
Eyeball Door. On the other side of the door is the Data Room, it's strange
that there's an Eyeball Door here, but you'll find out why in a minute.
Fry the door (one missile does the trick) and go inside to find a Core X
floating in the middle of the pod somehow downloading the Varia Suit data!
The freak then flies away before destroying the pod, by now you'll realize
this game isn't very kind to Data Rooms. Go through the door on the right
to face the Core X, check 4.0_GX for tips on popping the bloated thing.

With the Varia Suit finally back in your possession you'll be able to
survive extreme temperatures and you won't be frozen by the blue X anymore.
We'll now head back up to the Navigation Room. Go through the door on the
right to find yourself in a tall shaft leading up. Go through the next door
ahead to find another tall shaft leading up. Climb up this shaft after
saving your game through the door ahead, you'll be attacked by blue X's as
you ascend but of course they won't harm Samus at all. Up at the top of
this shaft, go through the left door to find Missile S6.03 waiting just
ahead. Watch out for the crumbling blocks just in front of the missile,
jump up and land on top of it to reach it successfully. You'll then drop
through the floor after grabbing the missile, hold left and hug the wall as
you fall to grab hold of the small opening you'll find. Roll into the small
hole to find Missile S6.04 hidden up in the roof inside. With both missiles
tucked away climb back up the second shaft and go through the right door at
the top (notice how the blue X's here will try to get away from Samus,
they're the hunted now). Climb up the next shaft while watching out for the
Puffer and other crawling enemies, through the next door you'll find
yourself in the second large darkened room filled with blue X's. Make your
way back up to the top and go through the door up in the left corner.
Ascend the next shaft, from here you'll be able to track down Missile S6.05
through the door up on the right wall. Once you've claimed it it'll be time
to leave so head on back to the Navigation Room from here.

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Back in the Navigation Room the SC will tell you that you're now safe from
being frozen by the SA-X, but that still doesn't stop it from being a
significant threat. The SC will inform you that you can't utilize the Ice
Beam ability due to the Metroid DNA (we'll see about that), and that the
Federation has prepared an Ice Missile upgrade to be downloaded from Sector
5 (ARC). Leave Sector 6 and ride down the Sector 5 elevator to reach the
final unexplored sector. Once there the SC will show you the map and where
to find the Data Room, but alas, it's sealed by a Level 3 Security Door.
We'll need to first find the Security Room and unlock Level 3 doors - all
in a day's work. Beyond the Recharge Room you'll find a shaft leading down.
Down the very bottom are two sealed yellow doors, so we need to find
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the top. From here aim over at the right wall and fire missiles to break
open a narrow tunnel at the top of the alcove. Crawl through to find a door
leading into a gigantic room filled with blue Chute Leeches. Drop down to
the bottom of the room and make your way over to the door in the bottom
right corner. Through this door you'll enter a huge freezer environment.
This frozen area's filled with blue X's, but of course they can't hurt you
anymore. Watch out for the charging enemies as you descend this room, and
note that you can reach the Data Room from here once you've unlocked Level
3 Security Doors. Drop down as far as you can in this room, eventually
you'll find a floor section down in the right corner filled with Speed
Booster blocks. Run over through the door up on the left then clear out the
enemies in the following corridor. Run back into the larger room to
activate the Speed Booster so you'll break through the blocks in the floor.
From here make your way down to the bottom right corner of the room and go
through the door there. Use bombs to break through the walls in the
following room, just watch out for all the enemies in here. The next room
contains a large shaft leading down, so drop down to the platform below.
The door to your left eventually leads back up into the large frozen room
(you can see it lead back on the map), so shoot out the floor here to
reveal a shaft leading further down. Drop down and head left. Save your
game in the next room before continuing on. Cross the next corridor while
jumping over the large green creatures, don't worry as they can't hurt you.
Proceed through the next frozen room to finally locate the Security Room,
so hop onto the pad to unlock Level 3 doors.

We'll now go back up to the large frozen room to track down the Data Room.
Leave this room via the left door and ascend the tall shaft in the next
room (bomb the left wall further up to reveal a ladder leading up). Save
your game in the next room through the door at the top of the shaft, then
go through the following corridor to reach the large frozen room again. Go
up through the door just below the red door on the right wall and shoot
open the shutter in the following room. Head through the next door where
you'll find the Data Room waiting. Step into the pod to download the
awesome Ice Missile upgrade! Now you'll be able to free enemies the same
way the Ice Beam could, and the SA-X is included. We now need to head back
to the Navigation Room, but thanks to the shutter in the previous room
we'll need to find another way around. Go through the door on the right and
shoot out the floor in the next room to open up a tall shaft below. Drop
down and grab hold of the ladder on the right wall, in here you'll spot
several Rippers flying around. There's a door up below the one you entered
the room via, freeze the Ripper with missiles to use them as stepping
stones to reach the door. Inside you'll find Energy Tank S5.01. Back in the
tall shaft, drop down to the bottom and crawl through a hidden tunnel in
the bottom right corner to locate a hidden shaft beyond. In here you'll be
able to find Missile S5.01. Once you've grabbed the missile head back out
to the adjacent shaft and go through the yellow door. You'll now be back in
the tall shaft where a green creature was sitting idly at the bottom. An X
will hover down and merge with the creature, turning it into a tall
green/purple pillar. Freeze the creature and use it to the reach the floor
just above. Once up above go left through the door.

The next room beyond this corridor has a wall with Speed Booster blocks on
it so we'll need to dash through to break it down. Destroy the creature
crawling along the roof twice and wait for the X to merge with the green
creature sitting near the door. The pillar that appears will bridge the
small gap between the pillars (you'll see what I mean when it happens), so
once the pillar's frozen you'll have enough room to build up some running
distance. Walk over to the far right edge of the platform but not before
freezing the pillar. Quickly run over to the left and shoot the door open
as you go. The Speed Booster should kick in and you'll break through the
wall in the next room. Climb up through this room and go through the yellow
door above to reach the giant frozen room once again. Climb back up this
room (there's a hidden passage leading around the area where the Speed
Booster blocks cover the floor) and go through the door way up in the top
left corner. You're now back in the gigantic room filled with the blue
Chute Leeches. Make your way over to the yellow door on the opposite side
of the room and head through. As you go through this room though you'll
hear loud noises and a giant shadow will streak around in the background.
Whatever this thing is, you'll be facing it soon. Inside the next room fry
the huge creature on the roof before it can attack, then in this room
you'll be able to find Missile S5.02.

With the missile in hand go through the door on the left. But as you enter
this first shaft, the screen will begin flashing red and you'll hear a
female voice saying "Emergency in Sector 3," the music will also go crazy.
What's going on now? Quickly head up to the Navigation Room to gain more
intel on the emergency from the SC.

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The SC will inform you that Sector 3 may melt down soon due to a
malfunction in the Main Boiler's cooling unit. This ain't good news, as if
the boiler blows it'll take the entire station with it. You'll now have 6
minutes to get moving over to Sector 3 to reactivate the cooling unit. Time
to put on your running shoes. Once you regain control a timer appears on
the screen and the music changes to a truly tense theme. The female
computer voice will also continue to read out timer warnings, so the
atmosphere couldn't be more tense. Leave Sector 5 without delay and burn
over to Sector 3. The target room we need to get to here is down below at
the very bottom of this sector, first we'll need to get over to the huge
shaft where all the dragon heads are lined up on the walls. Quickly descend
the first red room and head through the opening down on the right wall.
Waste the dragon head up on the wall above and drop down beyond the
shutter. Open it up, then walk over to the door you entered via and dash
over through the opening on the right. Keep going to Speed Boost through
the floor in the next room, then drop down and go right to finally reach
the tall red shaft. From here drop down to the very bottom and go left. In
the following super-heated corridor use the ladders in the ceiling to make
it over all the lava pits, but watch out for the fire bursts that appear
often. Climb up the next shaft while freezing any dragon heads you find,
they always come in handy as stepping stones. Go through the next room
above to find a shaft leading up. Walk over to the dragon head and wait
for it to come out of the wall before freezing it, do the same for the
second head above to reach the next door. Make your way through the next
large room while watching out for dragon heads and the small firebug
creatures.

Cross the next small room to reach the Main Boiler, you should still have
more than four minutes to go so we're on time. This place is a heated
wreck, everything here looks like it's about to melt any second. Blast all
the Sidehoppers you come across in here and jump up to the door up on the
left wall. Fry the Eyeball Door quickly and go inside to reach the Main
Boiler Control Room. Drop down to the control station down in the left
corner of the room, but standing on the pad you'll find a human man wearing
a lab coat! Yet how can he survive the intense heat of this area without
any protection? Shoot the man and he'll turn to look at Samus before
turning into a large spiky-shelled Core X! This one is the Beam Weapon
type, so fire missiles into the creature when it opens up and jump quickly
to avoid its projectiles. Fry the beast and absorb the X to recover the
Wide Beam ability! Quickly dash over to the pad to reactivate the cooling
unit, you'll now have saved the station from instant destruction. Phew.

We now need to return to the Navigation Room, follow the path back up to
the main areas of this sector. There's a few items to find along the way
but they all involve diverting from the path, for speed purposes we'll pick
them up later. You'll find on the way back that the Wide Beam really helps
out a lot, so get used to it. Upon returning to the Navigation Room, the SC
will give you more info on the X, apparently they can absorb the
intelligence and memory of their prey, as the Core X you just defeated did
with one of the crew members of the station. The SC will then detect
life-form readings on the Habitation Deck, which the SC shows you is up in
the Main Deck. It will then restore power to the Main Elevator so we can go
back up and investigate, there could be survivors up there. Leave this
sector and ride back up the Main Elevator. Inside the wrecked wall up on
the left where the SA-X first appeared you'll find Missile MD.04, but we'll
get it on the way back down for convenience. Head over to the nearest
Navigation Room. From here go right and ascend the shaft to the very top.
Ignore the giant creature blocking the green door on the right (only Power
Bombs destroy these) and go through the left door to find an elevator. Ride
it up to reach the Habitation Deck area. Save your game in the room on the
right before heading left. In this next tall shaft, wait for the dragon
heads to appear on the walls before freezing them. Climb up the shaft and
go through the topmost door on the left.

You'll now be in the main Habitation Deck room, and a truly unusual sight
awaits in the background of this room. You'll be able to see through a
giant glass window into a lush vegetative area, where several creatures
area wondering around inside. Look closely and you'll recognize these
creatures as the Etecoons and Dachoras from Super Metroid that helped Samus
out on Zebes by showing her how to perform Shinesparking and the Wall Jump
trick. Dunno how they managed to get here, but it's our job to rescue them
from the X. Walk over to the shutter on the right and shoot out the large
block in the floor to the right of it. Drop through to fall down to the
next floor, then open the shutter there and use bombs to break through the
solid wall on the left. Walk over to the green door on the right, then dash
back to the left to break through Speed Booster blocks over in the corner
of the room. Drop through to reach the bottom of the room, then go right
and shoot open the shutter there to reach Missile MD.05 beyond. With the
missile tucked away run over to the left wall here and jump through to find
a hidden shaft leading up. Ascend the shaft and go right to find yourself
at the control station for the door lock. Step on the pad to unlock the
door so the creatures inside can escape. As the monkey-like creatures jump
out, the bird will follow closely followed by its little baby, thinking
back you'll remember seeing the bird back on Zebes in SM with its baby as
just an egg. They'll all run off to the right after you free them, we'll
now head back to the Navigation Room (Samus has a short reflection on the
creatures while riding down the elevator to the Main Deck).

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The SC will inform you that Power Bomb data is ready for download in the
Sector 5 (ARC) Data Room, so we'll head back there straight away. On your
way down the Main Elevator don't forget to pick up Missile MD.04. Once
down in Sector 5 work your way over to the Data Room to finally pick up
your first Power Bomb! Once again we'll have to go right to get back to
the Navigation Room from here. Drop down the frozen shaft adjacent to the
Data Room and go left. In this next shaft we'll explore a new area of this
sector. You'll notice that the green creature normally in this room has
vanished, lay a Power bomb and watch as it blows open a hole in the floor
where the creature used to be. If you keep going left through the yellow
door past the Save Room you'll find a destroyed door, so we won't be able
to go down that tunnel. Instead drop through the hole the Power Bomb blast
made and go left. You'll now be in a long dark corridor that appears to be
empty. Run forward as fast as you can as the door will open behind you and
the SA-X will come prowling in! If you're quick enough you should be able
to get ahead of it before it sees you, but if it spots you and starts
firing the Ice Beam, quickly hit it with an Ice Missile to freeze the
creature. Fly through the corridor and lay a Power Bomb at the dead-end to
open up two tunnels in the wall, quickly go through the upper tunnel and
head through the door at the end of the corridor. Watch out for the SA-X's
projectiles as they can still pass through the wall to hit you. Once you're
safe in the next room, fry all the creatures to regain your health. Lay a
Power Bomb here to blow open an opening above this small room and to
uncover Power Bomb S5.01 in the corner.

Climb up to the two doors above and lay another Power Bomb to reveal a
large opening in the roof. Climb up and freeze the Rippers flying about to
climb up to the door at the top of the shaft. Inside you'll find Power Bomb
S5.02 waiting. Leave the room and drop back down the shaft. Go through the
left door and proceed through the Security Room to make your way through
the tall frozen shaft you've been through before. At the top save your game
in the room beyond. From here we'll be going back up through the huge
frozen room but you'll be able to pick up Power Bomb S5.03 on the way,
although it's a tricky one. In the next corridor adjacent to the giant
frozen room you'll encounter a huge creature blocking the way, use a Power
bomb to destroy it. Once you finally manage to snag the Power Bomb, head
back up to the Navigation Room for your next fun objective.

Once you reach the Navigation Room the SC will bluntly tell you to return
to Samus' ship in the Docking Bays. Nothing too tricky, leave this sector
and ride back up the Main Elevator. But, there's a problem. As you ride up
the elevator, about halfway up it'll unexpectedly shut down and trap you in
the elevator shaft. Now something really nasty is going on. Samus isn't one
to be trapped like a rat, so shoot open the right side of the shaft to find
an opening leading into a hidden tunnel. It seems that the power has once
again gone out, but this time it's more serious. Traverse through the next
corridor while watching out for the little spiky creatures, fry them with
two missiles each. Crawl through the hole up in the top right corner of
this room to find yourself in the Sub-Zero Containment room. This frozen
room has even more bad news, straight in front of you is a massive frozen
creature that appears to be Ridley! Even though you've already defeated
Ridley and blown Zebes apart, somehow here he is, frozen solid. Walk
forward and the creature will abruptly crumble to pieces. Before you can
heave a sigh of relief, you'll see a flashing Core X drift out of the
remains and float away, we'll be seeing that creature again soon. For now
drop down through the small hole the remains create in the floor. Down in
this dark tunnel you'll be able to find Power Bomb MD.01. Cross through
this tunnel and clear out all the spiky creatures. You'll need to charge
forward to the right to break through Speed Booster blocks in the next
room, just watch out for the creatures above dropping down slime. Once you
break through all the Speed Booster blocks in the following corridor, lay a
Power Bomb to reveal Missile MD.06 and a passage leading up. Grab the
missile and head down to your ship from here for your next objective.

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The SC will tell you that the main reactor silo of the station has gone
offline, cutting off power from all the elevators, doors and stations
throughout the entire space station. The SC will show you an area below
where the auxiliary power station is located, we'll now need to find our
way down there to activate the backup power systems. The SC also asked you
to return to your ship because several creatures have apparently boarded
it. I wonder who they are? The SC detected that the Etecoons and Dachoras
were not X hosts and gave them a place to stay on the ship. Its kindness to
keep these creatures will definitely come in handy later on. Now down to
business, we need to find our way to the Auxiliary Power Station. Leave the
ship and go back to the tall shaft leading up. At the base you'll find a
strange creature hopping up and down. Fry it then use a Power Bomb to
reveal a hidden opening on the left wall. Go inside to reach the Reactor
Silo area. Make your way down the shaft and go right at the bottom. Inside
you'll be in the massive Central Reactor Core, and the thing is in a
complete mess. Vegetation has wound its way around the room and clogged up
the reactor core, this is the reason why it shut down. The cause of this
growth can't be natural so we'll need to find the source and destroy it.
Drop down to the base of this massive shaft and climb up the right wall to
the open door at the very top. Go through and cross the next corridor, but
watch out for the purple Space Pirate Zebesians. Fill them with missiles
and catch the X that emerge. At the end of this corridor past two Zebesians
you'll find Energy Tank MD.03 sitting on a platform in plain sight.

Go right and make your way down the next large room, on the way you'll be
able to pick up Missile MD.07. At the bottom on the left side you'll
confront an Eyeball Door, fry it and go inside. Drop down to the bottom of
this large shaft to face the giant Mecha Spider X creature, refer to 4.0_MX
for handy hints on pulling this spider to bits. Once you've taken this Core
X down you'll recover the handy Space Jump ability, so you'll be able to
exit this shaft. Space Jump up to the green tunnel at the top of the room
and go left to finally reach the Auxiliary Power Station. Stand on the pad
to activate the backup power generator. Head next door to the left to find
a Navigation Room where the SC will tell you that Save Rooms and Recharge
Rooms are working, but doors and elevators are still down. We'll now track
down the source of the vegetation choking the Reactor Core. Leave the room
and go left to return to the Central Reactor Core room. Go through the door
down below to save your game, then head over to the left side of the
reactor room. Watch out for all the insects in this room, they'll all take
a pounding from your Beam Weapon before going down. Space Jump up the left
wall, at the very top you'll find a small tunnel leading off into the left
wall covered in vines. Shoot out the vines and crawl through. Clear out the
next narrow tunnel with a Power Bomb and go left to find yourself in Sector
2. Listen carefully and you'll hear the SA-X wandering around in this room,
so this part will get tricky. We can't avoid facing the creature, when
you're ready drop down through the block ahead and quickly fire a missile
into the SA-X to freeze it. Jump over the freak and rush through the door
ahead. Quickly fly through the next room and blow down the wall with bombs
before rushing through the next door. Open up all the shutters in the next
corridor as you go, and keep freezing the SA-X if it catches up. When you
reach the door at the end of the corridor don't go through (it leads to a
dead-end), instead lay a Power Bomb to reveal a missile block just in front
of the door in the floor. Shoot open the block and drop down to escape from
the SA-X.

Go through the next door and climb up the tall shaft you'll find. Up above
on the large pillar lay a Power Bomb and drop through the hole it creates
on the left. Go through the door at the bottom to find yourself at the top
of the shaft that leads to a Save Room below (through here is where you
went to face the Eyeball Crustacean creature earlier). You can blow your
way down to the Save Room with a Power Bomb to save your game if you want.
You've probably lost a lot of health from that last encounter with the
SA-X so it's a good idea to save now, although it's not necessary here as
you'll find another Save Room soon. Go back up through the door up in the
top left corner of the shaft to find yourself in a huge room free of
vegetation. Go over to the left side and Space Jump up the room. From here
you'll be able to find Power Bomb S2.01, once you find it go up through the
door on the top right corner of this room. Save your game in the following
room before continuing on. Go through the door opposite in the next tall
shaft and shoot out the roof above the door in the next room. Space Jump up
the shaft and clear out the vines in the large open area above with a Power
Bomb. Climb up the next shaft up in the corner to find an Eyeball Door
ahead. Fry it then go through the door. You'll automatically drop down into
a large room where the Plant Core X - the source of the growth - lives.
Check 4.0_PX for tips on clearing out this messy overgrowth.

Destroying this abomination not only clears out all the vegetation in
Sector 2 and the Reactor Core, but you'll also regain the powerful Plasma
Beam ability! Now that the power's been restored you'll be able to leave
this room via the door on the right (if you go back into this room all the
vines will turn brown). Use the Plasma Beam in the next room to shred all
the flying insects, you'll really see the strength in this baby. Drop down
the shaft and head left at the bottom. Cross through the next corridor and
head left to return back to the tall green shaft you were in earlier. From
here go back through the Save Room on the left to find Power Bombs S2.02 &
S2.03. Once you've found both bombs head back up to the shaft beyond the
Save Room and Space Jump up to the very top. Go through the door on the
right to find Energy Tank S2.02 hidden inside. Go back into the shaft and
through the door opposite. Cross the corridor to reach the large green room
near the entrance of this sector, then head back up to the Navigation Room
for your next objective.

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The SC will be quite surprised that you've recovered the Plasma Beam, but
it'll recommend against taking on the SA-X (darn). The SC will then inform
you that an explosion has occurred in the Sector 5 Data Room (I feel so bad
for these Data Rooms), and that you need to investigate immediately. Leave
this sector for now and head back over to Sector 5. Once in the Navigation
Room there the SC will tell you about the cause of all the damage here.
Remember seeing that huge shadow flying around the background of the
massive room with blue Chute Leeches? Well, it's broken out and is on a
rampage. This creature, known as Nightmare, was built for military
applications, so it has some heavy offensive weaponry. We'll have to track
this Nightmare down and destroy it as a Core X has most likely infested it
and taken control. Go right past the Recharge Room and drop down the next
shaft. Go into the massive room where you saw the Nightmare's shadow
flying around to find it in a complete mess. If you scale the room up to
the door on the top left corner you'll be able to pick up Missile S5.03 &
Power Bomb S5.04 from here. Once you've grabbed both items, head down
through the wrecked door in the bottom right corner of the giant room.
You'll now be back in the giant frozen room, but it won't be frozen
anymore. Down below the ice has completely melted and filled the room with
water, but straight across on the right side of the room you'll notice that
the red door is gone, so you can proceed through. Through the ceiling in
the next room you'll be able to reach Power Bomb S5.05. Continue on to find
yourself in a room above the Data Room with a hole in the ground. If you
drop down below you'll find the sorry remains of the download station, keep
going through the opening up on the right. Proceed down the following
wrecked corridor while watching out for various enemies, the next room
contains a large shaft leading down. Shoot out the blocks in the floor
ahead and drop down into the water below. You won't be able to come back
through this way so we need to find another way out once Nightmare's dealt
with. Watch out for the Skultera and Zebesians in these underwater rooms,
they'll often try to combine to produce a swimming Zebesian.

Go through the door at the base of the shaft and proceed down the submerged
corridor. You'll have trouble moving around underwater but it'll only be
for a little while longer. Go over to the right side of the corridor and
climb up the platforms above. Go through the door up ahead and climb up the
following shaft (watch out for the swimming Zebesian). Up through the next
door you'll find yourself in a large waterless room. Fry the creatures up
on the roof ahead and shoot open the ceiling. Climb and go through the open
door on the left to find Power Bomb S5.06 hidden in a small room. Grab the
item and go back into the large room. Go right and jump up through the hole
in the ceiling, through the right door you'll find a Save Room, lay a Power
Bomb in front of the door to reveal hidden tunnels on the left wall. Crawl
through to find a door leading to a Recharge Room, here you can also find
Power Bomb S5.07. With the item in hand go down through the wrecked door
below the door leading to the Save Room. Watch out for the multitude of
creatures in the following corridor, then climb up through the opening in
the roof. Fry the Eyeball door up here and go inside. In the next room
you'll spot Energy Tank S5.02 straight ahead, lay a Power bomb to reveal a
tunnel leading to it. Once you've grabbed the item roll over to the
crumbling blocks in the floor and drop through to finally face Nightmare in
a large room. Refer back to 4.0_NX for tips on beating this strange looking
monster.

Upon defeating this weirdo you'll finally recover the awesome Gravity Suit!
Now you'll be able to move around freely in underwater environments, and
the lava lakes in Sector 3 won't harm you anymore. Neat. We can't get back
to the Navigation Room by the way we came in here, so we need to find
another way out. Walk over to the right side of Nightmare's room and run
through the door on the left. Keep running to Speed Boost through the wall
in the next room to get through. From here go back down to the underwater
corridor with all the Zebesians and Skulteras. Once there, go back into the
shaft on the left side to find Energy Tank S5.03 hidden above. Once you've
found it go back into the long underwater corridor and clear out all the
enemies. Open up the door on the right end of the corridor and dash back to
the left side. Run over through the right door to activate the Speed
Booster, then once you break through the two walls in the following
corridor quickly duck and Shinespark up through the ceiling between the two
walls to find Power Bomb S5.08. Now that we've cleared this area of items
it's time to head on. Drop back down into the corridor by way of the
crumbling blocks ahead and run over to the right. Keep running to activate
the Speed Booster, in the next room you'll find yourself back in Sector 4.
Keep running up the ramp and duck when you reach the flat section between
the two ramps. Aim up to the right with L and Shinespark over to break
through the solid wall up ahead. It's best to Shinespark from here so that
you avoid all the annoying enemies that get in the way further up. The
other door leading out of this room on the left side is red so we can't get
through that way. Go through the right door to reach an area simulating a
deep sea environment, even the music fits in perfectly with the atmosphere.
Save your game in the room opposite before heading on.

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Upon exploring this underwater area you'll find that all the eventual exits
are sealed with red doors, so we must unlock Level 4 Security Doors to
escape from this area, otherwise we're stuck. Climb down the coral-filled
shaft, not far down on the left wall you can crawl through an opening to
reach Power Bomb S4.01. With the item tucked away go back into the shaft
and head through the door on the opposite wall. At the far end of this
corridor you'll find Missile S4.06. With this missile in hand go back into
the shaft and climb down to the bottom. Go through the left door and walk
over to the large tube in the center of this next corridor. At the end of
the corridor is a red door so you'll have to find another way around. Go
inside the tube and lay a Power Bomb to reveal several missile blocks up
above. Shoot them out and climb up. Watch out for the mini-Draygon
creatures above (use the Charge Beam), you can also find Power Bomb S4.02
hidden over on the right wall. Once you've grabbed the bomb head left to
find an opening in the left wall. Go through and proceed down the next
corridor. Watch out for the mini-Draygons that appear, then bomb your way
through the two blocks at the end of the corridor and drop down. Down
below lay a Power Bomb to reveal two narrow openings in the ground. Drop
down through the right hole and make your way down the shaft while looking
for hidden tunnels. At the very bottom you'll spot a large Skultera, go
over to it and blow it apart with missiles. Drop down into the bottom left
corner where the Skultera was and bomb your way through the ground. You'll
land snugly in the Level 4 Security Room below, so step onto the pad to
unlock the red doors so we can finally leave this area.

Head through the red door on the right and begin Space Jumping up the
following shaft. About halfway up the shaft you'll find a small alcove in
the right wall, roll through the hidden tunnel there to find yourself in
another shaft leading down to Energy Tank S4.02. Once you've found it head
back to the previous shaft and go through the right door at the top.

*NOTE*
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At this point in the next corridor you'll be given the chance of making
your way back to Sector 5 and bypassing the next Data Room we'll be
visiting. If you manage to get back there and visit a Navigation Room
you'll witness a special cutscene not normally available. Getting back to
Sector 5 is extremely difficult though, you'll need to utilize some very
tricky Shinespark moves to get there successfully. For full details and a
super walkthrough for making it back to Sector 5, check the MDb's Metroid
Fusion->Secrets & Tips section.
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We'll now be going over to the Data Room near the Navigation Room for a
handy missile upgrade. Go back through the long corridor to reach the tall
shaft leading up. Go through the door opposite to find yourself in another
long corridor with a large green tube in the center. This tube also houses
a secret, use a Power bomb to break open a hole in the ground that leads
down to Missile S4.07. Space Jump back up into the corridor once you've
grabbed the missile and go through the right door. Ascend the next shaft
and head right at the top. Cross through the next small room to find
yourself in a larger underwater environment with crabs on the walls that
fire out projectiles. Head right to find a door leading to a Save Room,
then climb up through the center part of the room. Near the top you'll find
a small creature that expands a large blowfish-type head covered with
spikes as you approach it. This expansion will block the way so you can't
get through and the creature appears to be invincible to attack. Instead
stand back and freeze it while the creature's small to give yourself enough
room to get past. Go through the door on the right to find yourself in a
room with narrow tunnels going up into the ceiling. You won't be able to go
up there due to another blowfish, instead head through the door on the
right. You'll find the next corridor blocked by one of the giant
green/purple pillar creatures, so we'll need to find a way around. Open up
the door on the left and walk over to the pillar. From here, dash to the
left through the previous room and into the large underwater room where you
first encountered the blowfish. You should activate the Speed Booster just
in time to break through blocks in the floor. Drop down and head through
the door on the right. Run through the following corridor to activate the
Speed Booster by the time you reach the end, then duck and Shinespark up
into the open roof section just in front of the next door. You'll fly up
into the corridor where the pillar was blocking the path, but here you'll
be able to pick up Power Bomb S4.03 and Missile S4.08 before leaving.

With both items in hand go through the door on the right end of the
previous corridor to find a shaft leading skyward. Watch out as you Space
Jump up this shaft as several X will appear and turn into blowfishes, try
to avoid touching any. Use missiles to break through the floor at the top
then crawl through to reach the door. Use a Power Bomb in the next room to
destroy the walls and waste all the Owtches crawling about. The next large
room has an obstruction filling the center of the room with three narrow
tunnels leading through it. Each tunnel has a blowfish in it however, and
you won't be able to freeze them, so go through the red door in the corner
to find Sector 4's Data Room. Step into the pod to receive the awesome
Diffusion Missile upgrade! Experiment with this addition in the previous
room with the blowfish, upon firing a charged missile it'll create an ice
shockwave that'll easily freeze the blowfish, allowing you to crawl through
unhindered. From the other side of the wall go through the opening on the
left to find the room containing Missile S4.09. Once you've grabbed it go
up through the door in the top left corner of the room with the blowfish to
reach the large blue room near the entrance of the sector. Before you head
up to the Navigation Room take a quick detour to track down Power Bomb
S4.04, it's not too far away. With this Power Bomb in your possession
you'll have cleared out all the items in Sector 4, so we'll now go back to
the Navigation Room for the next objective.

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Upon returning to the Navigation Room the SC will be surprised that you
tracked down the Diffusion Missile, and will be quite put out that you
unlocked Level 4 Security Doors without its approval, but heck, we
would've been stuck if they'd remained locked. With that aside the SC will
tell you that the rogue security robot you faced earlier has been infected
by X and has had its organic components taken over. We'll now have to track
it down in Sector 6 (NOC) and destroy it completely before it causes too
much havoc. Leave Sector 4 and head over to Sector 6. When you reach the
Navigation Room the SC will hastily tell you to leave Sector 6 immediately
after taking down the robot as the SA-X is actively tracking Samus now. So
we'll need to tread lightly and take this robot down quickly. Go right in
the Recharge Room and head through the next large purple room. Watch out
for the flying bugs along the way, then head through the door on the right.
Traverse through the next dark room and through the following corridor to
reach the large dark shaft leading down. We'll now find the path leading
down to where the Security Robot's hiding. Descend the shaft and go through
the door on the left wall about halfway down. Cross through this next blue
X-infested corridor and lay a Power Bomb at the dead end to open up a path
ahead. Go through the door on the left side of the corridor and drop down
the next short shaft. Head right and drop through the crumbling blocks near
the door to reach a long open corridor partially filled with water. Once
again we won't be able to backtrack up this shaft you've just fallen
through so you'll need to find another way out.

Go through the left door here and climb down the next cavernous
Puffer-filled chamber. Head left and drop down the next shaft. On the floor
below you'll find a door to the right leading to a Save Room, once you're
ready shoot out the floor opposite the door and drop down further below. Go
through the red door at the base of the shaft to find yourself in an
unusual corridor. Walk forward to find the terrain dramatically change from
a rocky contour to a research facility-type design. Walk over to the left
and you'll spot a sign in the background saying "Caution Keep Out," so this
place must be something significant. Walk up to the large shutter ahead and
you'll hear a female voice continually repeat the words "Warning, no entry
without authorization." Now you know you're in an area you shouldn't be in.
Head back to the right and climb back up to the long corridor partially
filled with water. As soon as you enter the room the rogue Security Robot
will slam in through the right and attack for a final showdown. Refer to
4.0_BX for tips on finishing this crazy machine off. Fry the machine and
absorb the Core X to recover the Wave Beam ability! Now you'll be able to
shoot your Beam Weapon through walls, so passing through closed shutters
won't be a problem from now on, you'll be able to open them up no matter
which side you're on.

Go through the door on the right side of the corridor first to locate
Missile S6.06 in a room beyond. With the missile secured head back down to
the corridor where the "Keep Out" sign was. Shoot open the shutter with
help from the Wave Beam and go left through the narrow tunnel ahead. You'll
now be in the Restricted Zone, the voice will keep telling you that you
shouldn't be here, but this is the only way we can get out of Sector 6.
Drop down below and head left to find a Save Room. Save your game then go
left. Cross the next darkened corridor to find yourself in a room with a
view of the starry backdrop outside. You're now about to find out why this
place is restricted. Go left to find yourself in the Restricted Laboratory,
and you'll see why it's restricted by looking in the background. A huge
glass tank adorns the background full of floating Metroid hatchlings!
Somehow the Federation has begun a breeding program and has managed to
revive Metroids using the last infant Metroid from SM! So this is why that
Federation officer contacted the SC earlier! Go through the left door ahead
and climb up the next shaft, where you'll see normal, Alpha, Gamma and Zeta
Metroids kept in stasis tanks. Not only have the Federation cloned
Metroids, but the hatchlings are evolving just like the real ones found on
SR388! Climb up the shaft and go right to find yourself above the previous
room below. Walk over to the wall ahead and you'll hear a door open up
below and the sound of glass breaking. What's going on now? An alarm will
begin to sound, quickly go back down below to find out what's causing the
ruckus. Back in the room below you'll amazingly find the SA-X firing away
at the massive tank containing the hatchlings, creating a mess while it is
at it. The glass will shatter and the hatchlings will naturally cling onto
the SA-X, eager to devour the monster. The female computer voice will
then issue a statement saying that in 60 seconds this lab will be locked
down, so we've gotta get of here now! The roof will crumble, quickly Space
Jump up past all the little hatchlings floating around the room and dash
through the door at the top of the shaft to escape.

You'll now see a cutscene where the entire Restricted Lab detaches from the
station before ultimately exploding out in space. It now looks like that's
the end of the Metroid breeding program, as well as the SA-X. Go right when
the game returns you to Samus to find a Navigation Room, it's time to face
the SC. Although the SC is disappointed that you discovered the breeding
program, it tells you of the entire operation the Federation was
conducting. It then gives you more bad news, saying that another SA-X is on
its way here. It then reveals that the SA-X has reproduced itself, with now
no fewer than 10 SA-X's aboard the station. That's definitely not good
news. The SC will then tell you to escape from this area, so we need to get
going before the SA-X can track Samus down. Once the doors in the
Navigation Room open up, go right and ride up the elevator you'll find.

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At the top of the elevator shaft you'll find yourself back in Sector 1
(SRX). We now need to get out of here as fast as possible. Go right to find
yourself in an area that bears a striking similarity to Tourian in SM, but
of course there's no real Space Pirates here. Space Jump up the small shaft
and use a charged missile to freeze all the Rippers down in the next shaft,
you'll also reveal Energy Tank S1.02 in the wall ahead. Keep going through
this room once you've grabbed the item and go through the door on the
right. Space Jump through the following corridor while watching out for the
blue creatures and stay out of the acid on the floor. In the next shaft
you'll find a Save Room straight ahead, and don't forget to shoot out the
floor and drop through to eventually find Power Bomb S1.01. With the item
in hand and your game saved, climb up the shaft to the very top (use bombs
to break open the wall above to reveal a ladder). Go through the door at
the top to find a long corridor with a wall blocking the way halfway
through. Lay a Power Bomb to destroy the wall, you'll also take out the
creatures down in the floor. Quickly grab any non-flashing X that appear
and finish off any more creatures that didn't explode. Some of the X will
reform into yellow Zebesians, pound them in the back with missiles to take
them down. With all the enemies cleared out the sealed door on the left
will unlock. Go through to find another shaft. Up through the door above
you'll find another Save Room, so save your game again. Descend the shaft
to the bottom and head left (don't worry about the right door, it leads to
a dead-end). Cross the next acid-filled corridor and use charged missiles
to freeze the Rippers flying about. At the end you'll face an Eyeball Door
so something nasty is waiting beyond. Fry the door and go inside. Once
through you'll drop down into a tall room where you'll meet an ugly sight,
Ridley! The creature will remain still in the corner for a second before
opening its red eyes. It'll then shimmer and change into an even larger
and uglier form of Ridley (and a noisy one at that too). Refer to 4.0_RX
for tips on taking down this classic foe.

Upon sending this form of Ridley to the grave you'll recover the final
ability - the Screw Attack! Now you'll be able to damage enemies while
Space Jumping and you'll also be able to break through Screw Attack blocks.
Before returning to the Navigation Room, we'll go about each sector to pick
up all the remaining Missiles, Energy Tanks & Power Bombs. Leave this room
and go back to the shaft leading up. Cross through the corridor where you
faced the yellow Zebesians and go down the adjacent shaft. Near the bottom
of the shaft just above the door leading to the Save Room, go through the
door concealed within the alcove. Blast open the shutter in the following
room and continue on. Break open the blocks in the floor of the next room
with the Screw Attack and drop down the shaft. Screw Attack through the
following acid-filled corridor to break through each wall, once you reach
the shutter shoot it open before going through. Ascend the following shaft
you'll find while knocking down the purple Zebesians on the walls. Up at
the top you'll find yourself back in the main area of Sector 1. From here
we'll now go around this sector picking up the remaining items. Firstly,
head right and go through the large room with the atmospheric stabilizer.
As you go through Sector 1 now you'll find something quite interesting, a
lot of the enemies present have mysteriously disappeared and massive empty
Metroid shells are littered everywhere - it seems some of the hatchlings
managed to escape from the Restricted Lab and have begun devouring the X
here, serves the X right.

Keep going right and climb up through the next shaft. Go left at the top
and head through the water-filled corridor. You'll now be just outside the
room where you recovered the Charge Beam, from here you can find Power Bomb
S1.02. Once you've grabbed the bomb you can also track down Energy Tank
S1.03 with some tricky Shinespark maneuvering. With these items in hand
make your way back up to the long corridor that's directly above the small
room on the map where you found Energy Tank S1.03. Once there go through
the door on the left side to reach the top of a huge shaft leading down,
then go left again to find a massive lava-filled cavern. In here you'll
find three Missiles, S1.04, S1.05 & S1.06. With all three missiles safely
tucked away, go through the green door down in the lava and ascend the
following shaft. Go right at the top to find yourself back in the large
yellow room near the entrance of this sector. From here you'll be able to
find Power Bomb S1.03. With this item in hand you'll have successfully
cleared out Sector 1's items. We'll now find an access port to reach Sector
2 without using the main elevators. In the same room where you found the
Power Bomb, jump up into the right corner of the room and crawl through the
hidden tunnel there to reach a door. Go through and cross the access tunnel
to reach Sector 2.

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By now you've cleared out Sectors 1 & 4 of all their items, so we'll clear
out the remaining four sectors. Go into Sector 2 and grab Missile S2.08 if
you haven't already, then go into the large green room full of the flying
insects. Climb up this room and go through the door up in the top right
corner. Cross the following corridor and climb up the next shaft. Go
through the left door in the shaft to find yourself back in the Security
Room for Level 1 Doors. Space Jump up to the top left corner of this room
and break through the wall there, in the following hidden room you'll be
able to pick up Energy Tank S2.03 and Power Bomb S2.04. We now have two
more items left to find in this sector, and they shouldn't be as
frustrating to find as that previous Power Bomb. Head all the way down to
the large room where you recovered the Hi-Jump/Jumpball abilities from the
Eyeball Crustacean creature, then Screw Attack up through the wall in the
top right corner to uncover a hidden door. Go inside to find another large
room where Power Bomb S2.05 and Missile S2.09 are hidden. Once you've
grabbed both items you'll have successfully cleared out this sector. Say
goodbye to Sector 2 and go back to Sector 1 via the same access tunnel you
used to enter this area.

Once back on the familiar surroundings of Sector 1 we'll now go across to
Sector 3. Go back down to the large yellow room below and head through the
door in the bottom left corner. Once inside this next rocky shaft leading
down, look for a narrow hidden tunnel on the left wall opposite. Crawl
through to find the access tunnel to Sector 3. Head left to find yourself
in the large brightly-lit corridor near where you first encountered the
Security Robot. From here you'll be able to reach Power Bomb S3.01 by
Shinesparking through the door on the left side. Once you've found it head
back out to the large red room near the entrance of this sector. From here
make your way down to the giant red shaft where all the dragon heads line
the walls (the shaft leading down to the Main Boiler). Just outside the
shaft while you're in the room you drop down below into from the room above
where two red creatures are flying about, lay a Power Bomb to reveal a
hidden tunnel up in the corner, through there you'll find Power Bomb S3.02.
Head into the red shaft and drop down to the very bottom, then go left.
Cross the next lava-filled corridor, but remember that this lava won't hurt
Samus anymore thanks to the Gravity Suit, but watch out for the flame pyres
rising up. In the following room lay a Power Bomb to reveal an opening
within the shallow lava lake in the corner, drop down below to find Power
Bomb S3.03 hidden. With this item in hand go back out to the giant red
shaft and head right at the base. Inside this next room you'll find Missile
S3.05. With this fourth-last missile in hand bomb open the wall in the
right corner to uncover another shaft leading up. Through the door ahead
you'll find a shutter blocking your way, even though we can still get
through with the Wave Beam you can also enter this room via the upper door
in the previous hidden shaft. In this giant heated room you'll be able to
find Missile S3.06 and Energy Tank S3.02.
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With both items in hand drop down into the lava below and Screw Attack the
wall down in the corner to reveal a hidden tunnel. Clear off all the Screw
Attack blocks and open up the door ahead. Run back up the slope on the left
and dash back through the door. In the following whoppingly tall shaft,
quickly duck while Samus is flashing and Shinespark straight up while
standing up against the right wall. As you fly up you'll pick up Power Bomb
S3.04. Once you hit the roof of this shaft you'll be able to go back down
to pick up Power Bomb S3.05. With both bombs in hand, go all the way back
to the large red room near the entrance of this sector. Once there go
through the door above the door in the bottom left corner to find yourself
in a long heated corridor. Cross this corridor and head left at the end to
find Missile S3.07 hidden in the room beyond. With the missile in hand,
bomb open the wall on the left to reveal a long corridor beyond. Clear out
the obstructions along the floor, then dash back over to the entrance of
the corridor. Speed Boost back to the left corner and Shinespark up through
the blocks there to find yourself in another large room above. Here you'll
be able to pick up Energy Tank S3.03 (it's easy with the Space Jump). Grab
the item and drop back down into the long corridor below. Screw Attack
around the ground here to uncover a short shaft leading down, through the
door at the base you'll find the access tunnel leading to Sector 5. Before
you go through though bomb open the roof section directly above to find
Power Bomb S3.06 hidden above. That's it for Sector 3's items, so head on
through to Sector 5. All we've got left to find here is a single missile.
Go back to the giant room where the Nightmare used to be flying about in
the background, then head over to the shaft leading back up to the Recharge
Room near the entrance of this sector. Down at the bottom of this shaft
head left, in the following room you'll find the final missile, S5.04,
which should be your very last missile to track down in the entire game!

We're now done with Sector 5, so Screw Attack through the wall on the left
side of this room to find an access tunnel leading to Sector 6. Go on
through, this sector is the last one we need to clear out before returning
to the Main Deck. Once inside you'll find yourself in the darkened shaft
leading down. Go down to the door that eventually leads to the area where
you fought the Security Robot, then Screw Attack through the wall opposite
to reveal a hidden door. Go inside to find the corridor that contains your
very last Energy Tank (S6.03) to find in the game. With all 20 Energy Tanks
in your possession, shoot open the left door and run through the corridor
to Shinespark through the door, you'll need to so that you can break
through all the Speed Booster blocks. Once back in the darkened corridor
go through the door opposite on the left wall. Grab all the blue X's in
this corridor and clear out the obstruction in the floor with the Screw
Attack. Open up the door at the left end of the corridor and run back to
the right. Dash back to kick in the Speed Booster, then Shinespark straight
through the left door. In the following room you'll smash through Speed
Booster blocks ahead to find a door beyond. You'll zoom straight through
the open door and smash through several walls in the following giant room.
In this room you'll be able to pick up Power Bombs S6.01 & S6.02. Once
you've grabbed both bombs go back to the dark shaft adjacent to this room
and drop down. Go through the door at the base, but instead of dropping
down into the corridor where you fought the Security Robot, Screw Attack
through the wall ahead and go right to find the final Power Bomb in this
sector (S6.03).

With this final item in your possession you'll have fully cleared out all
six sectors, you should only have two Power Bombs left to find in the Main
Deck. Drop down through the room you're in and head over to the Restricted
Zone from here. Once there past the Save Room you'll be able to pick up
Power Bomb MD.02. Once you've shot up through the shaft where the Power
Bomb is, there'll only be one item left for you to find in the entire game!
Go through the right door to find yourself in a Navigation Room, here
you'll witness a special cutscene, but I won't give away the precise
events, it's better if you see it for yourself.

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Once you've witnessed the cutscene in the Navigation Room, your final
objective will be to reach the Operations Room way up in the Operations
Deck to set the space station to collide into SR388 below, in an attempt to
wipe out all the X on board the station, as well as on the planet below.
Head right and ride up the elevator back to Sector 1. From here make your
way back up to the main elevator and return to the Main Deck. Ride up the
elevator and make your way over to the first Navigation Room you entered
upon landing in the station. Go through and climb up the adjacent shaft, at
the top destroy the creature blocking the door with a Power Bomb and go
inside to find Power Bomb MD.03 - the very last item to find in the game.
You'll now have a 100% item collection rate, well done! Go back into the
shaft and go through the door below on the right. Save your game in the
following room for the final time, then go right.

With your packed arsenal of weapons and recovered abilities, go right and
climb up the following shaft. Go through the door up the top on the right
and cross through the Navigation Room (from that previous shaft use the
Recharge Room if you need to). Climb up the next shaft and go right again
once at the top to reach the Operations Deck elevator. Ride it up and go
into the large room adjacent to the Operations Room. You'll notice as you
enter this room that the door behind you seals itself. Space Jump up to the
door in the top left corner that leads to the Operations Room to find it
also sealed. Just as you walk in front of the door you'll hear a loud
explosion and the SA-X will stomp into the room, this time there's no
escape, we'll be staring it in the face and destroying this Samus-wannabe
for good. Refer to 4.0_SA for tips on finishing this blasted monster for
good and showing it who's boss.

Once you've finally conquered the abomination that is the SA-X the Core X
will float out the room rather cowardly, but you haven't seen the end of it
yet. The door up in the corner leading to the Operations Room will unlock,
go through to find the impressive-looking command station. Step onto the
pad to initiate the orbital drift, you'll then hear the female computer
voice saying: "Propulsion sequence activated, destination: planet SR388."
The classic boss theme from SM will begin playing and a timer appears in
the corner indicating that you've got 3 minutes to get back to your ship
before the station impacts with the planet below. It's time to finally get
out of this place. If you lost a lot of health from the battle against the
SA-X don't worry. Rush back into the large room and zoom down the elevator
on the right. Quickly head back down to the Navigation Room, as you go
through each door you'll notice them all sealing behind you so there's no
turning back. Drop down the shaft where you found your final Power Bomb and
quickly go right at the bottom. Tear through the next corridor and drop
down the following shaft, remember to jump in the air again to activate the
Screw Attack so that you'll break through all the small platforms in here.
Rush through the door at the bottom, but in the next corridor you'll notice
that the place is a wreck, not at all the way it was when you last came
through here. Quickly cross the corridor and enter the main Docking Bay
room. The place is an absolute mess, with the walls wrecked and bashed as
if some huge creature went on a rampage. Rush over to where Samus' ship was
to find it gone and a massive empty Metroid shell sitting where the ship
used to be. Stay on the left side of the screen and you'll discover what
made the mess, a gigantic Omega Metroid will charge in from the right!
Apart from the Security Robot this creature is the only non-X opponent
you'll have to face, and you're about to really find out how effective
Metroids are against the X. This Omega Metroid looks far bigger and is way
more dangerous than any of the ones you would've encountered in Metroid
II, and it really lives up to its image. Refer to 4.0_OM for juicy tips on
taking this Metroid down, as it has to go before you can escape.

Once you finally defeat the Omega Metroid (and the SA-X), Samus' ship will
appear and hover into the Docking Bay, quickly stand in the yellow portal
to be taken up into the ship. The ship will then burn out of the station
before it impacts with the planet, and you'll have finally beaten the game
and ultimately destroyed the X! Well done!

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The finale and credits will play immediately, and you'll get a different
final ending after the credits roll depending on how fast you beat the game
and your item percentage. I won't give away the finale for you here, but
with this guide you'll be able to find all the items in the game and
successfully beat it in under 3 hours easily. The directions in this
walkthrough are also good enough to beat the game in under 2 hours, but
you'll have to work extremely fast throughout the station (although there's
probably some other tricks you could use to speed things up). Check below
in the Secrets & Tips section for full information on the different
endings, as well as some other handy hints that often help throughout the
game. Sit back and enjoy the ending, but it won't be long before we head
off with Samus on a new mission for the GBA, February 9, 2004 is coming!

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Various tricks and special features reside in the game, read on below for
info such as the different endings of the game and tips on performing the
Shinespark moves.

--The Five Endings (for US & European versions)--

Each specific ending is based on the time you take to complete the game
and/or your item collection percentage. To see each one do the following:

- US&E Ending 1: Beat the game in under 2 hours
- US&E Ending 2: Beat the game between 2 & 4 hours
- US&E Ending 3: Beat the game over 4 hours
- US&E Ending 4: Beat the game in under 2 hours with 100% items
- US&E Ending 5: Beat the game over 2 hours with 100% items

Read on below for what you'll get in each ending (beware of spoilers
though):

- US&E Ending 1: When Samus appears her suit shimmers before her helmet
                 disappears, revealing her face. She then appears posing
                 without her armor on wearing black clothes, your time and
                 item percentage rate are then superimposed over the image.

- US&E Ending 2: Same as above, Samus shimmers and her face is revealed,
                 but the final pose is one where she's standing side-on
                 with her left arm raised, she still has her suit on
                 apart from the helmet.

- US&E Ending 3: Beat the game over 4 hours and Samus will pose with her
                 suit still completely on.

- US&E Ending 4: When Samus shimmers her entire suit disappears, revealing
                 her entire body wearing black clothes, you then see her
                 posing with a larger slightly transparent image of herself
                 in the background.

- US&E Ending 5: Similar to Ending 1, Samus appears without her suit on,
                 wearing her black clothes, but she's in a different pose.

--The Eleven Endings (Japanese version)--

Each ending in the Japanese version of the game is different depending on
the difficulty mode, item percentage and time completion. Each one is as
follows:

- JAP Ending 1:  Beat the game on Easy mode.
- JAP Ending 2:  Beat the game on Normal mode in under 2 hours.
- JAP Ending 3:  Beat the game on Normal mode between 2 & 4 hours.
- JAP Ending 4:  Beat the game on Normal mode over 4 hours.
- JAP Ending 5:  Beat the game on Normal mode with a 100% item rate in
                 under 2 hours.
- JAP Ending 6:  Beat the game on Normal mode with a 100% item rate over 2
                 hours.
- JAP Ending 7:  Beat the game on Hard mode in under 2 hours.
- JAP Ending 8:  Beat the game on Hard mode between 2 & 4 hours.
- JAP Ending 9:  Beat the game on Hard mode over 4 hours.
- JAP Ending 10: Beat the game on Hard mode with a 100% item rate in under
                 2 hours.
- JAP Ending 11: Beat the game on Normal mode with a 100% item rate over 2
                 hours.

Some endings show the same scenes as in the US&E versions, while others
will show incredible artwork of various events in Samus' past, such as
being rescued as a child by the Chozo, and her training to become the
Entrusted One.

--The Shinespark Moves--

Shinesparking involves using the Speed Booster to perform incredible jumps
and dash maneuvers. Obviously you'll need the Speed Booster to perform
them, as well as a long enough straight area to build up enough speed. Run
normally and after a while the Speed Booster will automatically kick in if
you don't touch anything. Samus will begin flashing and a rushing sound
will play. While flashing Samus can blow through enemies and walls with
Speed Booster blocks in them. While flashing, if you duck Samus will stop
running and crouch but she'll continue to flash. If you stand still and
press A to jump up, Samus will launch into the air and shoot up vertically
until she slams into something. You won't lose any energy from
Shinesparking or slamming into something. There's a few variations on the
standard vertical Shinespark jump. If you press A and then hold left or
right, Samus will fly forward horizontally depending on which direction you
pushed. As with the vertical Shinespark, Samus will stop when she strikes
something, although there is a neat trick to be had with sloping floors. If
you horizontally slam into a slope while Shinesparking Samus won't stop,
instead she'll land and continue running forward. This way you can duck
again and refresh the Speed Booster timer, this can help you reach tricky
areas throughout the station. If you aim up with L before jumping while
flashing, Samus will Shinespark up on an angle, also handy to reach Speed
Booster block walls above.

--Wall Jump Trick--

Just like in Super Metroid you'll be able to jump off walls by
somersaulting into one, then pressing the opposite direction and A to jump
off the wall. Strangely you won't be able to wall jump when you recover the
Space Jump ability, but you won't need it then.

--Special Navigation Room Event--

Just after releasing the Level 4 Security Doors Lock (the red doors) in
Sector 4, you'll be able to get back to Sector 5 with some very tricky
Shinesparking maneuvers. If you manage to do it and head back to the
nearest Navigation Room you'll witness a special cutscene not normally
viewable. For some really sharp tips on getting back to Sector 5, check
the Metroid Database's Metroid Fusion->Secrets & Tips section.

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make sure that it isn't covered in the guides above, I don't have time to
answer any gameplay questions that are covered in this walkthrough. If you
have a comment or feedback, I'd love to hear from you, just please make
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E-mail question/comments to falconzero114@gmail.com

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/Game Companies:

Nintendo, Retro Studios & Gunpei Yokoi: For creating the awesome Metroid
series, with its never-ending entertainment and replay value, may the
series continue to bring success with every new game.

/Others:

Many thanks goes to the Metroid Database <http://www.metroid-database.com/>
& GameFaqs <http://www.gamefaqs.com/> for hosting this guide.

Thanks goes to Rey for their handy Metroid endings faq.

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