Pirate-infested corridor

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The Pirate-infested corridor^[1] is a room in Norfair. It appears in Super Metroid.

Description[]

This is a large room in the depths of Norfair that consists of a very long, sloped pathway on the left, and a tall vertical shaft on the right. Like much of Norfair, the room is cavernous, superheated and unsafe without the Varia Suit enabled. It can be reached from any of three entrances in the area, with the right entrance being the fastest.

The long pathway on the right is formed from a steep slope. Along it are numerous enemies, specifically Zebesians and Multiviolas, as well as several obstructions. Samus can easily dispatch the enemies and the blocks by running until her Speed Booster activates, and maintaining her top speed. By doing so, she will continue running over a bridge of Pit Blocks (above a floor lined with spikes) until she breaches a wall on the right side, arriving in the vertical shaft.

In the vertical shaft are multiple ledges and midair platforms formed out of rock, with short sets of steps leading to a Green Hatch in the floor. Through here is the room where Samus confronts Crocomire. Notably, the top of the vertical shaft is near identical to an unused room in Norfair, which is not accessible ingame but can be seen using the game's unofficial level editor, SMILE.

Connecting rooms[]

"Crumble Shaft" (via Blue Door)
Save Room 3 (via Blue Door)
"Crocomire Escape" (via Blue Door)
Croc's pit (via Green Hatch)
"Dragon tunnel" (via Blue Door)

Inhabitants[]

Official data[]

Nintendo Power volume 60[]

Boost and Blast (pg. 18): "Use the Speed Booster to blaze through this area unscathed."

Super Metroid Players' Guide[]

NORFAIR AREA C (pg. 66): "After falling down the long shaft from Area A, you'll find yourself in a Pirate-infested corridor. Later in this area, you'll come face-to-claw with the fearsome Crocomire, then you'll be able to find the awesome Grappling Beam in Area D."

Development notes[]

Originally, the shaft above the door to Croc's pit was blocked by a rocky ramp.^[2]

Gallery[]

References[]

^ Super Metroid Players' Guide, pg. 66
^ Kottpower. "Super Metroid Beta Footage (1993-1994)". YouTube. August 25, 2017. Retrieved May 25, 2022. (starts at 2:27)

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Brinstar	Corridor No. 1 • "Fake Block shaft" • "Overhang corridor" • Blue-tinted shaft • "Long Beam corridor" Corridor No. 2 • Entrance to Tourian • Gold-colored shaft • Corridor No. 5 • "Transport to Norfair" Corridor No. 3 • Corridor-connecting room • "Varia Suit corridor" • "Brinstar end shaft" "Bomb access corridor" • "Brinstar Bomb room" • Corridor No. 4 Kraid Elevator • "Hidden tank shaft" Corridor No. 1 • "Fake Block shaft" • "Overhang corridor" "Green Brinstar Main Shaft‏" • "Dachora's room" • "Pink shaft" • "Spore Spawn Room" "Super Missile drop" • "Early Supers Room" • "Jungle slope" • "n00b bridge" "Red Tower" • "Transport to Norfair" • "Mini-Kraid's room" • "Kraid's room access" • Kraid's room "Kraid's reliquary" • "Red Tower Elevator Room" • "Alpha Power Bomb Room" "Red Brinstar Fireflea Room" • "X-Ray Scope room" • "Jungle trap" • Hell
Norfair	Brinstar-to-Norfair elevator shaft • "Western lava-filled path" • "Transport to Crateria" "Missile Tank tunnel" • "Norfair main corridor" • Blue-bubble shaft • "Ice Beam access corridor" "Ice Beam room" • "Long bubble shaft" • Norfair's upper-right path • "Heated Missile corridor" "Norfair's gauntlet" • "Hi-Jump access corridor" • "Hi-Jump room" • "Superheated runway" "Brutal path" • "East green bubble shaft" • "Screw Attack corridor" • "Three rock corridor" "Twin hill corridor‏‎" • "Precarious path" • "Fire-Sea Room" • "West green bubble shaft" Hopping-Mad Corridor • "Dual tank chamber" • "Vine-infested passage‏‎" "Single-block-wide bridge" • "Wave Beam access corridor" • Path of Destruction "Kiru Giru larva hall‏‎" • "Path of vines‏" • "Kiru Giru's room" • Ridley Elevator "Broken Statue room" • Lava-filled passage "Norfair entrance shaft" • "Hi-Jump room" • "Bubble Mountain" • "Speed Booster Hall" Long horizontal path • "Ice Beam Gate Room" • Pirate-infested corridor • Croc's pit "Norfair Jump Room" • Grapple Crossing • "Lava Dive Room"
Kraid's Lair	"Kraid entrance shaft" • "Barisute pit" • "Caged Sidehopper hall" • "Apex launcher shaft" "Kraid's highest corridor" • "Zeela-infested shaft" • "Chozo machine hall" • "Acid Worm's room" "Acidic concourse" • Bottomless Pond • "Mini-Kraid's room" • "Ball launcher speedway" "Acid-filled runway" • "Kraid's gauntlet" • "Kraid's slope" • "Kraid's room access" Kraid's room • "Kraid's reliquary" • "Block column shaft" • "Acid fall" "Corrosive pool"
Ridley's Lair	Eerie Cave • "Cocoon cavern" • Imago's hideout • "Hall of pillars" • Artificial Passage "Path over lava" • "Shaft of doom" • "Ridley's maze" • Zebbo Nest • "Ridley's rightmost shaft" "Chain reaction chamber" • "Ridley's runway" • Middle corridor • Multiviola Nest • "Gambit shaft" "Ridley's room access" • Ridley's room • "Ridley's reliquary" • "Ridley's shortcut" Lava room • "Acid Statue Room" • Golden Torizo's chamber • Lava Lake • Ridley's room • "Lower Norfair Fireflea Room"
Tourian	"Tourian entrance shaft" • "Tourian lava passage" • "Tourian ledged shaft" • Triple-tiered room "Rinka hall" • Zebesian Command Center • "Tourian escape shaft" "Tourian entrance shaft" • "Big Metroid's room" • Zebesian Command Center
Crateria	"Crateria's undershaft" • Flooded cavern • "Chozo Ruins main cavern" • Water-filled hole "Statuary shaft" • "Chozo reliquary" • "Crateria Chozo Ruins entrance" Landing Site • "Crateria tube" • Rocky cave • "Weed-filled hall" • "Transport to Brinstar" • "Wrecked Ship entrance" Landing Site • Rocky cave • "Tourian escape shaft" • Zebesian Command Center "Pre-Map Flyway" • "Crateria Map Station" • "Torizo's chamber" • "Crateria Missile cache" "Crateria's undershaft" • "Crateria tube" • "Interior Lake" • Flooded cavern • "Old Tourian launchpad" "Crateria Chozo Ruins entrance" • "The Gauntlet" • "Statues Hallway" • Mysterious Statue Chamber
Wrecked Ship	"Wrecked Ship entrance" • "Wrecked Ship Main Shaft" • Phantoon's chamber • Top corridor "Walking Chozo chamber"
Maridia	"Glass Tunnel" • "Maridia Main Shaft" • "Mount Death" • "Tatori's room" • "Aqueduct" "Botwoon's chamber" • "Shaktool Chamber" • Draygon's chamber • "Plasma Spark Room" • "Plasma Chamber"
Chozodia	"Mother Ship landing site" • "Mother Ship entrance" • "Mother Ship's first chamber" • "Tripwire corridor" Escape-ship bay • "Hangar Shaft" • "Cracked surface shaft" • Laser room Ship's large glass tube • "Chozodia's fork" • "Pitfall" • "Zebesian pit" • "Chacmool room" "Chozo Shaft East" • "Chozo inner temple" • Flooded chamber • Top of the ruins "Chozodia lava pool" • Probe-packed corridor • "Mother Ship armory" • Ship's last chamber
Other rooms	Metroid: Brinstar • Kraid's Lair • Norfair • Ridley's Lair • Tourian Metroid: Zero Mission: Brinstar • Norfair • Crateria • Chozodia • Kraid • Ridley • Tourian Super Metroid: Crateria • Brinstar • Norfair • Wrecked Ship • Maridia • Tourian

[1] Super Metroid Players' Guide, pg. 66

[2] Kottpower. "Super Metroid Beta Footage (1993-1994)". YouTube. August 25, 2017. Retrieved May 25, 2022. (starts at 2:27)

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