Hyper Beam (Metroid Prime 3: Corruption)


 * For the weapon seen in Super Metroid, see Hyper Beam (Super Metroid)

In Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Samus's PED Suit gave her the Hyper Beam, a beam similar to the Phazon Beam. It is used when entering Hyper Mode and appears as a bolt of blue electricity. This weapon could be considered as a refined and controlled version of the Phazon Beam previously used in the battle against the Metroid Prime. Also, in Corruption, unlike the other appearances, this Hyper Beam has a charge function. When charged, it fires a large number of bolts at a continuous speed in a similar to a machine gun for a short time; this blast is similar, but still quite different, to Dark Samus's scattershot variant of the Power Beam. The charged beam has limited lock-on capabilities similar to the Shock Coil, another Galactic Federation weapon.

The Hyper Beam is fueled by Phazon from Samus's own body, causing Samus to lose a fair amount of energy while firing. Each individual shot of the Hyper Beam uses 4 energy. A charged Hyper Beam shot, depending on how long it is charged, can use up to almost half of an energy tank (this amount increases even more on higher difficulties).

Trivia

 * Samus also acquires a different Hyper Beam in Super Metroid following the death of the Baby. It is a powerful line of shifting rainbow colors that is not directly related to the Hyper Beam in Corruption.


 * In one of the preview trailers for Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, a PED Marine in Hyper Mode is seen killing a Berserker Lord with seemingly uncharged Hyper Beam shots with ease. This footage is nowhere to be seen in the final version of the game.