Early Ice Beam

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Samus in her Power Suit obtains the Ice Beam in Metroid Prime Remastered.

The Early Ice Beam is a Sequence Breaking trick performed throughout the Metroid series. It allows Samus to obtain the Ice Beam earlier than intended. Performing an Early Ice Beam also leads to further Sequence Breaking.

Instructions

Super Metroid

To obtain the Ice Beam early, Samus must be in the possession of the Morph Ball and either the Varia Suit or a few full Energy Tanks or Reserve Tanks. Once Samus reaches the shutter hall where she would normally require the Speed Booster to reach the end of the hall, Samus must instead use a Mockball under several Shutters to get to reach the path leading to the Ice Beam. At the room adjacent to the Ice Beam room, Samus can also perform an Infinite Bomb Jump or a high enough mid-air morph to reach the small exit tunnel instead of traversing through the Fune filled tunnels.

Metroid Prime

Furnace Jump

This method can be performed as soon as the Furnace is reachable with the Space Jump Boots obtained, but to obtain the Ice Beam early, the Wave Beam is also required. To perform this trick, Samus must enter the Furnace after entry is allowed. By looking slightly to the left of the Spider Ball Track, she can jump against it. If done correctly, she will "clip" onto the track as if she was using the actual Spider Ball. This clipping glitch was fixed in the Japanese and PAL versions of the game, so Samus must perform a Slope Jump to get into the Furnace. In the Japanese New Play Control! version, it is possible to reach the Furnace by using a Spring Bomb Jump. This was fixed in the Trilogy version, as the entrance above the Spider Ball Track is blocked by an invisible wall.

In the Hall of the Elders, Samus must jump on a Radiation collector to reach the Bomb Slot, which would normally require the Spider Ball. This will activate the elemental Bomb Slots. She can then perform several other jumps to reach a Morph Ball tunnel in the wall. She can then progress normally to get the Ice Beam.

Wallcrawl Method

This method allows Samus to obtain the Ice Beam before facing Flaahgra. To perform this method, Samus must access a Secret World within Gathering Hall. From within out of bounds, Samus must carefully wallcrawl into room after room until she reaches at least the Hall of the Elders. From there, she can either return in bounds and use a double Bomb Jump to reach the tunnel leading to the Ice Beam, or she can remain out of bounds and maneuver around the room into the area leading to the Reflecting Pool. From there, Samus must find a way to reach the door leading to the Ice Beam. The Wallcrawl method is the required method for Early Ice Beam in both Wii/Trilogy versions and Remastered versions of the game.

In Wii/Trilogy versions, this may require early Boost Ball, as the Stone Toads can no longer be stood upon. Timing where to move around is important as loading zones are needed to access other rooms without crashing the game.

In Metroid Prime Remastered, precise out of bounds Space Jumps on specific spots are required due to changes in room layouts. In this version of the game, it is once again possible to perform a Slope Jump on a Stone Toad, no longer requiring the Boost Ball to proceed.

Trivia

• The Ice Missiles in Metroid Dread (another Ice based weapon) can also be obtained early in similar fashions as an Early Ice Beam.