Hyper Beam (Super Metroid)

Samus Aran acquired the Hyper Beam during her battle with the Mother Brain on her second mission to Zebes (Super Metroid). The Hyper Beam subsequently replaces all the other beams in Samus's inventory, and it is immensely powerful. It can pass through walls and enemies, and it destroys obstacles that are impenetrable by other beams. The projectile looks like the charged Plasma Beam, but flashes different colors. It lacks Charge Beam functionality, and holding the button simply rapid-fires it.

The Hyper Beam is by all means Not the same beam as used during the final of Metroid Prime. The "Phazon Beam" used in Metroid Prime, was a pure emission of Phazon radiation. just as it is when used in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. The Hyper Beam itself, is energy, drained from Mother Brain by the (once) infant metroid that Samus found on planet SR388.