Biotech Research Area 2 is a room in the Frigate Orpheon in Metroid Prime. Upon entering it, a cutscene shows Meta Ridley breaking free of his restraints upon noticing Samus and flying off, destroying pipes and other equipment high up in the room in the process, so that debris rains down from above. Two suspended Grapple Points provide passage over the floor, since the opposite ledge is too high to reach by jumping. Should Samus fail to grapple across and fall below, she will land in a pool of shallow water. A block near the end of the room allows her to jump onto it so she can get back up and try again.
As hinted by scanning the room, this is where the Space Pirates created Meta Ridley from his defeat during Samus's Zero Mission.
Connecting rooms[]
- Main Ventilation Shaft Section F (via Blue Door)
- Connection Elevator to Deck Alpha (via Blue Door)
Inhabitants[]
- Meta Ridley (cutscene only)
Data[]
Scans[]
Grapple Point
While in Combat Visor mode, press and hold 
/ 
when this object is in your view to perform a Grapple Beam swing.
Computer panel
Subject >> Meta Ridley
Cerebral casing stable.
Exoskeleton seal holding.
Begin umbilical retraction.
Subject >> Meta Ridley
Weapon update complete.
Stinger ballistics >> online
Plasma fuel cell >> online
Tutorial[]
"To Grapple, use / when the 
icon appears."
Development notes[]
An unused layer in this room, labelled "Don't load", features an additional block on the far side of the water. This would allow Samus to cross the room by simply wading through the water and jumping up, rather than grappling across as intended.
Jack Mathews noted that this room is the first in which Samus's face can be clearly seen through her visor. He described it as impactful to players who learned for the first time that there was a person, particularly a woman, under the Power Suit.[1]
In the Metroid Prime Trilogy version, the tutorial message for the Grapple Beam is missing, perhaps due to a programming error. However, if after the Meta Ridley cutscene ends, Samus steps back slightly and then forward again, the message may appear.
Gallery[]
References[]
- ^ (2015, December 7). Extra Life 2015 (Part 2) [Stream]. Crackdown. Twitch. Archived from the original on June 11, 2022.
| Ridley | |
|---|---|
| Forms | Mecha Ridley • Meta Ridley • Omega Ridley • Proteus Ridley • Little Birdie Mystery Creature • Clone • Black Ridley • Neo-Ridley • Fake Ridley • Ridley-2 • Ice Ridley |
| Areas/Rooms | Ridley's room (Ridley's Lair) • Biotech Research Area 2 • Exterior Docking Hangar Phendrana Shorelines • Artifact Temple • Generator Shaft • Pirate Homeworld Leviathan Core Landing Site • Geothermal Power Plant • Neo-Ridley's room |
| Attacks | Kinetic Breath Weapon • Meson Bomb Launcher • Ultrathermal Flamestrike Projector Multi-Missile System • Phazon-enhanced armorskin • Fireball shockwave • Hyper claw slash Arcing-fireball attack • Rocket • Spike Bomb |
| Music | Ridley's Chamber • Tourian • Vs. Ridley • Vs. Meta Ridley • Omega Ridley • Nemesis Ridley |
| Other | Biography • Gallery • Greed • Judge Racklas • Space Dragon • Chapter 17 Ridley in Super Smash Bros. • A Piercing Screech • 65: Ridley • "Ridley is too big" |
