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The current title is from the game's internal data.
Beta Acid in Metroid: Zero Mission
Beta Acid[1] is a highly corrosive substance found in Metroid Fusion and Metroid: Zero Mission.
Description[]
Beta Acid is a teal, bubbling liquid, visually distinguishing it from standard acid in Zero Mission. It is highly potent and will drain Samus Aran's energy even while she is wearing the Gravity Suit.
Beta Acid's first chronological appearance is in Zero Mission. It floods the Zebesian Command Center after it is destroyed by a Self-Destruct System, replacing the lava that was previously found in the room.
This substance is not present in the ruined Zebesian Command Center in Super Metroid, which could suggest that it dried up or was drained from the room. However, Super Metroid does feature the functionally-identical scalding-hot lava in both Tourian bases; since this lava is referred to as acid in other languages, it could therefore potentially be intended as the same substance as Beta Acid despite the different color.
Beta Acid is also present aboard the Biologic Space Laboratories research station. It is found exclusively within several corridors of the Tourian-like areas in Sector 1 (SRX), including the room before Neo-Ridley's room.
Trivia[]
- Metroid Fusion: The Official Nintendo Player's Guide refers to the substance as "dangerous liquid" and "dangerous water". The former name was also used to refer to the unknown liquid that blocked off many caverns on SR388 in Metroid II: Return of Samus.
- This substance, possessing corrosive properties and a green color, may be yet another reference to the Alien film franchise, as the Aliens in the franchise have acidic green blood.
- The appearance of the liquid bears a striking similarity to waste found in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. However, the waste is not harmful.
- In Metroid Fusion, the damage received from Beta Acid is actually being reduced by the Gravity Suit. Using the Debug Menu to remove the Gravity Suit reveals that the damage received from Beta Acid can be far more fatal without the Gravity Suit, completely draining Energy Tanks in mere seconds.
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References[]
- ^ As named in the Metroid Fusion data
| Substances | |
|---|---|
| Hazardous | Acid (Beta/Fake) • Acid Rain • Afloraltite • Dark Water • Fire • Fuel Gel • Lava (Fake/Scalding-hot) • Phazon • Purple liquid |
| Gases | Dark vapor • Industrial-grade pesticide • Meta-viprium gas • Nohadin gas • Noxious gasses • Poison gas • Talvania Gas |
| Destructible | Barnacle-like material • Bendezium • Brinstone • Cordite • Denzium • Frigidite • Glass • Grobnite • Ice • Maldium • Meltable Metal • Metroid webs • Radion • Sandstone • Talloric Alloy • Vegetation • Zebetite Kelbium and Zafrite |
| Phazon | Red • Crystal • Black Crystal • Mass • Ore • Elite Nutrient Mix • Strain Vertigo • Phazite (Red) • Concentrated |
| Crystals | Ammolite/Witherite Shards • Black Phazon • Crystallized Fuel Gel • Crystals • Dark Sentinel • Lift • Liftvine • Light • Minerals • Phazon • Red magma • Sentinel |
| Ore | Urthic • Phazon |
| Miscellaneous | Invisible platform • Jovian steel • Liquid Resource • Liquid solution • Sand Vaccine "Metroid" • Waste • Water • Yellow goo • Yellow liquid |