Gearworks is a room in Eastern SkyTown. It appears in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption.
Description[]
This room is exposed to the outside and Elysia's atmosphere. Various large gears can be seen spinning, hence the room's name. There is very little flooring in this room, so Samus must use the Screw Attack to move through the room. If Samus comes back to this room after obtaining the Ship Grapple Beam, a Space Pirate ATC can be seen destroying the sole platform in the room as well as the gears, which reveals a Missile Expansion. Samus can acquire this expansion and continue her mission to assemble the Theronian Bomb. Depending on how fast Samus can destroy the ATC (which requires Hypermode to destroy it successfully), she can preserve some of the gears.
Connecting rooms[]
- Observatory Lift (via Blue Door)
- Broken Lift (via Blue Door)
Inhabitants[]
- 1 Sky Puffer (first visit)
- Swarmbots
- Space Pirate ATC (after Samus has the first Theronian Bomb part)
Items[]
- Missile Expansion
- See above
Scans[]
- Gears
- "Gears system was once part of a larger network that provided additional power to nearby pods."
- Gears (damaged)
- "Gears have been severely damaged and no longer operate. They are beyond repair."
Tutorial[]
"Use Screw Attack to help you travel long distances.
Press 
to jump, then press again to Space Jump. Press repeatedly to Screw attack."
Development notes[]
The room's internal name is 0d_skytown_hall. The keyword skytown indicates Skytown, Elysia, and the prefix 0d indicates that this is the fourth of 9 sets of junction room throughout the planet.
Trivia[]
- Most Metroid Prime series Missile Expansions play the Tank Jingle and an accompanying percussive beat simultaneously when collected. When the Expansion in this room is collected, only the beat is heard, with the jingle (and "Missile Expansion acquired." message) coming after Samus moves closer to a safe platform.
- This room was designed by Kip Carbone.
Gallery[]
- ^ http://kipcarbone.net/section/205388_Games.html (dead link)