Changes: Area 7

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Area 7, previously known as the second half of Phase 8, is the penultimate area on SR388. It is explored in Metroid II: Return of Samus and the game's remake, Metroid: Samus Returns.

Description

Phase 8 is the eighth explored area in Metroid II: Return of Samus, and is very large, having been split into two separate areas in the remake. The section of Phase 8 corresponding to Area 7 is a dark set of caverns featuring odd, solid bubbles akin to those in Norfair on Zebes. It is mainly composed of long vertical shafts and corridors, the latter of which are often lined with spikes. This is where Samus Aran encounters the three remaining Omega Metroids in the game. There are no items in this area, as Samus should already have collected all of them.

In Metroid: Samus Returns, the remake of Metroid II, the area is expanded and transformed into a laboratory. The music that is present in the first part of the E3 2017 trailer for the game plays in most of the area, titled "Chozo Laboratory" in Samus Archives Sound Selection. Like the original area, it contains three Omega Metroids.

As Samus obtains her final power-up in Area 6, the Power Bomb (which did not exist in Metroid II), Area 7 contains no Chozo Statues.

Chozo Laboratory

In Memory 05 of the Chozo Memories, several Chozo scientists are shown in a laboratory containing Larva Metroids. The picture heavily implies that the Metroids were created in this place. Evidence supporting this includes monitors showing Larva Metroids, X Parasites and capsules like those in the picture (many of which are broken and covered in webbing), present in the lab. The Area 1 theme plays in the section where this seems to have occurred, but is replaced with the standard Chozo Laboratory theme after all Omega Metroids in the area have been defeated. Additionally, the presence of the three Omega Metroids implies that they may have been some of the Metroids created at the facility that matured into their Omega stage.

Sections of the laboratory are cold and are blanketed with sheets of ice. However, these areas are apparently not cold enough to kill Metroids as the baby can travel safely through them, indicating that they may have been used to render the Metroids sluggish. This is similar to how the Space Pirate Science Team built their Glacier One base in the Phendrana Drifts to render their Tallon Metroids sluggish for the purposes of controlling them.

In addition to apparent Metroid research, the laboratory contains a high tech observatory with holograms showing what appears to be the solar system of SR388, similar to that of Tallon IV. Presumably, the facility was the center of scientific study for the Chozo colony on SR388. As a result, the facility contains several robotic security units such as Autoads, Autracks, Gunzoos, and Wallfires, as well as several unnamed robots in the background that do not function. Furthermore, some bodies of water and pipes built for unknown reasons can be found at certain parts of the laboratory.

Creatures and robots

Return of Samus

Samus Returns

Metroids fought

Both games

3 Omega Metroids

Items

Samus Returns

Gallery

Areas of SR388
Surface \| Area 1 \| Area 2 \| Area 3 \| Area 4 \| Area 5 \| Area 6 \| Area 7 \| Area 8

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 Phase 8 is the eighth explored area in ''[[Metroid II: Return of Samus]]'', and is very large, having been [[Phase 8 (Disambiguation)|split into two separate areas in the remake]]. The section of Phase 8 corresponding to Area 7 is a dark set of caverns featuring odd, solid bubbles akin to those in [[Norfair]] on [[Zebes]]. It is mainly composed of long vertical shafts and corridors, the latter of which are often lined with [[spike]]s. This is where [[Samus Aran]] encounters the three remaining [[Omega Metroid]]s in the game. There are no items in this area, as Samus should already have collected all of them.
-In ''[[Metroid: Samus Returns]]'', the remake of ''Metroid II'', the area is expanded and transformed into a laboratory. The music that is present in the first part of the [[Metroid: Samus Returns - Official Game Trailer|E3 2017 trailer]] for the game plays in most of the area, titled "[[Chozo Laboratory]]" in ''[[Samus Archives Sound Selection]]''. The [[Area 1 (theme)|Area 1]] theme plays in a few rooms as well, until all of the Omegas are killed. Like the original area, it contains three [[Omega Metroid]]s.
+In ''[[Metroid: Samus Returns]]'', the remake of ''Metroid II'', the area is expanded and transformed into a laboratory. The music that is present in the first part of the [[Metroid: Samus Returns - Official Game Trailer|E3 2017 trailer]] for the game plays in most of the area, titled "[[Chozo Laboratory]]" in ''[[Samus Archives Sound Selection]]''. Like the original area, it contains three [[Omega Metroid]]s.
 As Samus obtains her final [[power-up]] in [[Area 6]], the [[Power Bomb]] (which did not exist in ''Metroid II''), Area 7 contains no [[Chozo Statues]].
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 ===Chozo Laboratory===
 [[File:MSR Chozo Memory 05.png|right|thumb|200px|[[Chozo Memories|Chozo Memory]] 05.]]
-In Memory 05 of the [[Chozo Memories]], several [[Chozo]] scientists are shown in a laboratory containing [[Larva Metroid]]s. The picture heavily implies that the Metroids were created in this place. Evidence supporting this includes monitors showing Larva Metroids, [[X Parasite]]s and capsules like those in the picture (many of which are broken and covered in [[Metroid webs|a cohesive substance seen in Metroid nests]]), present in the lab. An ambient theme from the ruined city of [[Area 1]] plays in the section where this seems to have occurred, but is replaced with the standard Chozo Laboratory theme after all Omega Metroids in the area have been defeated. Additionally, the presence of the three Omega Metroids implies that they may have been some of the Metroids created at the facility that matured into their Omega stage.
+In Memory 05 of the [[Chozo Memories]], several [[Chozo]] scientists are shown in a laboratory containing [[Larva Metroid]]s. The picture heavily implies that the Metroids were created in this place. Evidence supporting this includes monitors showing Larva Metroids, [[X Parasite]]s and capsules like those in the picture (many of which are broken and covered in [[Metroid webs|webbing]]), present in the lab. The [[Area 1 (theme)|Area 1]] theme plays in the section where this seems to have occurred, but is replaced with the standard Chozo Laboratory theme after all Omega Metroids in the area have been defeated. Additionally, the presence of the three Omega Metroids implies that they may have been some of the Metroids created at the facility that matured into their Omega stage.
-Sections of the laboratory are cold and contain [[Wikipedia:Snow|snow]]. However, these areas are apparently not cold enough to kill Metroids as the [[baby]] can travel safely through them, indicating that they may have been used to render the Metroids sluggish. This is similar to how the [[Space Pirate Science Team]] built their [[Glacier One]] base in the [[Phendrana Drifts]] to render their [[Tallon Metroid]]s sluggish for the purposes of controlling them.
+Sections of the laboratory are cold and are blanketed with sheets of [[Wikipedia:Ice|ice]]. However, these areas are apparently not cold enough to kill Metroids as the [[baby]] can travel safely through them, indicating that they may have been used to render the Metroids sluggish. This is similar to how the [[Space Pirate Science Team]] built their [[Glacier One]] base in the [[Phendrana Drifts]] to render their [[Tallon Metroid]]s sluggish for the purposes of controlling them.
 In addition to apparent Metroid research, the laboratory contains a high tech observatory with holograms showing what appears to be [[SR388's solar system|the solar system of SR388]], similar to [[Observatory|that of Tallon IV]]. Presumably, the facility was the center of scientific study for the Chozo colony on SR388. As a result, the facility contains several robotic security units such as [[Autoad]]s, [[Autrack]]s, [[Gunzoo]]s, and [[Wallfire]]s, as well as several unnamed robots in the background that do not function. Furthermore, some bodies of water and pipes built for unknown reasons can be found at certain parts of the laboratory.