Owtch (アウッチ Autchi) is a species of small, hard-shelled creatures found in Super Metroid and Metroid Fusion.
Description[]
The Owtch's hard shell resists some Beams. In Super Metroid, they can burrow into the sands of Maridia on Zebes and hide, although the Speed Booster can still kill them.
The Owtches encountered on the Biologic Space Laboratories research station in Metroid Fusion are all infected variants and X Parasite mimics, with a coloration different from authentic Owtches. They are larger in size, but they can be damaged with every Beam, and do not hide in the floor. Owtches appear to be mollusks due to their snail-like bodies; like a snail, they have both a pseudopod and a shell. They are found in Sector 2 (TRO), Sector 3 (PYR), Sector 4 (AQA), and Sector 6 (NOC).
Official data[]
Super Metroid manual[]
- OWTCH
- "The hard shelled Owtches keep enemies away with sharp spikes and burrow into the sand when they sense danger."
Super Metroid Nintendo Player's Guide[]
OWTCH
| Enemy Data | Description | |||||||
| Color | HP | ATK | E | BE | M | SM | PB | Maridia. They come out of the ground for a few seconds. |
| Normal | 20 | 100 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 2 | 2 | |
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Development notes[]
The internal name of the Owtch in Super Metroid is Toge. In Japanese, toge (棘) means "thorn", which may relate to its spiked shell.
Owtch have an unused animation in Fusion where they move faster.[1]
Trivia[]
- Their name is likely a pun on the word "ouch", since they have spiked shells that harm Samus.
Gallery[]
| Aquatic organisms | |
|---|---|
| Tallon IV | Aqua Reaper • Aqua Sac • Chomper Fish • Fish • Jelzap • Tangle Weed • Tallon Crab |
| Aether | Blogg • Bloggling • Alpha Blogg • Fish • Brizgee • Dark Blogg • Grenchler • Hydling • Krocuss • Phlogus |
| Dark Aether | Chykka • Dark Blogg • Dark Grenchler • Dark Phlogus • Dark Shredder • Flying Ing Cache • Venom Weed • Watchdrone |
| Zebes | Botwoon • Bull • Cacatac • Choot • Draygon • Evir • Gadora • Gamet • Oum • Owtch • Powamp • Puyo • Sciser • Skultera • Tatori • Tatori, Jr. • Yapping Maw • Yard • Zoa |
| BOTTLE SHIP | Fish • Skultera |
| BSL | Aqua Zebesian • Evir • Gadora • Owtch • Powamp • Sciser • Serris • Skultera • Yard • Zeela |
- ^ biospark. Metroid Fusion - Unused Sprite Animations. YouTube. June 21, 2021. Retrieved December 7, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGnwul2oWMc (starts at 11:43)