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A Queen Metroid or Metroid Queen[2][3] is the largest and most powerful Metroid in the species' standard lifecycle. As the queen, she is the only individual naturally capable of laying Metroid Eggs, making her solely responsible for the reproduction of the entire species when artificial methods such as Beta-Rays are not in use.
Only two Queen Metroids have been encountered in the chronology of the Metroid series. The first is the main antagonist and final boss of Metroid II: Return of Samus and Metroid: Samus Returns, although she is not the final boss in the latter. The second Queen Metroid, cloned from the original Queen Metroid's last offspring, appears near the end of Metroid: Other M, battled by Samus as one of the final bosses.
Though never confirmed in any game in the series, it is commonly believed that the Queen Metroid molts from an Omega Metroid carrying special genes, potentially making her the eighth and true final stage in the species' natural lifecycle.
Physiology and Morphology[]
The overall structure of the Queen Metroid is best compared to a massive crocodile. Like the Omega Metroid form, the Queen Metroid has a cluster of four eyes on each side of the head or six in Metroid: Samus Returns, bringing it to a total of eight or twelve, but her mouth is far more elongated and lined with three rows of razor-sharp teeth. Her neck is thick, extensive, highly flexible, and spring-like, allowing her to not only lunge her head at great lengths but also at tremendous speeds. As a result, the Queen Metroid can effectively use her head as a ramming weapon and bite her targets from a distance with her long-necked attack. She has two tubular appendages on her rear end, likely the ovipositors through which she lays her eggs.
The second Queen charges at Samus.
The Queen Metroid's dorsal area is covered with massive, heavily armored spinal plating. Several pits can be seen in these plates which are used to store Metroid larvae. In Other M, these pits are initially covered with soft scales or a thin layer of tissue that the Metroid larvae within will burst through to reach the outside, releasing a green fluid from the inside as they do so.
Similar to other Metroid forms, the Queen Metroid's main weak point is her translucent membrane containing her nucleus located on her underside. There appears to be a weak organic chest plate over the membrane. Although the Ice Beam is capable of damaging it, a direct hit is usually impossible due to her quadrupedal posture, which prevents any external attacks from reaching her nucleus. The only reliable method to destroy it is to inflict damage from the interior via the detonation of Bombs and/or Power Bombs, depending on the game. Alternative, but far more resilient weak points are the Queen Metroid's head and mouth; the manner in which Samus can inflict damage to these regions also varies between each encounter. She is able to absorb the life-energy of her prey through the inner surfaces of her mouth, throat, and membrane.
The Queen Metroid is by far the rarest stage in the Metroid lifecycle - very few Metroids are born with the genetic potential to achieve this form, and only one has ever been known to exist at a time. A Queen Metroid carries the responsibility of ensuring the survival of her species, thus a Queen Metroid fiercely protects her children at all costs and will cry out in rage if she senses their deaths. In addition, when Samus freezes any Metroid larvae with her Ice Beam, the BOTTLE SHIP's Queen Metroid immediately reacts by conducting a minor quake that removes the ice encasing her children. All Queen Metroids encountered in the series have been found in very close proximity to Metroid Eggs.
Interestingly, Queen Metroids do not seem to require a mate in order to produce offspring, making the creatures parthenogenetic.
History[]
SR388[]
Near the end of Samus's mission to eradicate all Metroids on SR388, she arrives at Area 8, the main hive of the species. After she kills several Metroid larvae found by her Metroid Detector, it informs her of a single Metroid remaining on the planet. An enormous roar is heard nearby, implied to be the Queen Metroid's cry of anger and pain from the last of her children dying out. Samus eventually drops into the Queen's nest and encounters the first Queen Metroid in the series. Samus succeeds in killing her after an intense struggle, but spares the creature's newly hatched Infant Metroid and leaves the planet with it.
As such, Metroids no longer exist on SR388, consequently allowing the X Parasites to reemerge.
BOTTLE SHIP[]
Wireframe hologram of the Queen.
During the events of Metroid: Other M, Metroids are cloned from the remains of the baby on Samus's Power Suit and propagated in Sector Zero of the BOTTLE SHIP. The first Metroid quickly matured to a Queen Metroid, an event that the scientists did not predict; this insinuates that the baby from SR388 was an infant Queen Metroid. Dr. Madeline Bergman later explains that MB is the one who developed the first propagated Metroid into this beast, which treated her like its mother. They left the Queen Metroid's genetics unaltered, so she would act as a control specimen and produce unaltered Metroids for use in their experiments. She is the organism responsible for the demise of Ridley's clone, as she absorbs the latter's life-energy offscreen.
The Queen Metroid is stored within Room MW. When Samus first tries to contact Madeline, the scientist panics, believing the former to be an agent sent to silence her, and presses a button that opens the Queen Metroid's chamber. When Samus investigates inside, she sees hatched Metroid Eggs, and immediately realizes the presence of the Metroid Queen.
During the battle, the Queen Metroid deploys six Metroid larvae and later grows spiked crystalline plating on her head. However, she seems nearly impossible to defeat, as she grows a second set of crystalline armor. Samus remembers the tragic deaths of Commander Adam Malkovich and Anthony Higgs, and refuses to give up. She then uses Concentration and prepares to fire at the charging Queen Metroid, before the ship's emergency brakes throw them onto the ground. Samus takes the opportunity to shoot directly at the Queen Metroid's unprotected membrane, seemingly hitting its nuclei, and quickly enters the creature's body through its throat before setting a Power Bomb to obliterate her.
It is eventually revealed that Anthony activated the brakes on the BOTTLE SHIP, thus saving Samus from the Queen Metroid's charge.
Battles[]
Metroid II: Return of Samus[]
Samus battling the Queen Metroid in Metroid II: Return of Samus.
Upon Samus's arrival, the Queen Metroid will immediately roar and attack with her huge mandibles, which can be dodged simply by a well-timed jump. When the Queen Metroid opens her mouth during a long-necked attack, she can be briefly stunned in place with a Missile, leaving her vulnerable to more attacks. The Queen Metroid will also periodically launch a three-ball blast by spitting fireballs from her mouth that track Samus, though they can be destroyed with Missiles or with a Screw Attack. Otherwise, they are near impossible to dodge if Samus has not obtained the High Jump Boots in Phase 3. As the Queen Metroid receives more damaged, her lunge speed increases, often not providing enough time for Samus to leap out of the way.
Queen Metroid artwork from Metroid II: Return of Samus.
Destroying the Queen Metroid by normal means requires 150 Missiles. There is, however, a more efficient way to destroy the Queen Metroid. After stunning the Queen Metroid with a Missile, Samus can instead enter Morph Ball mode to enter her mouth, then roll down into her membrane and plant Bombs. While inside the Queen Metroid's maw and membrane, Samus will be continuously drained of her energy, requiring her to act fast. Any Bomb that detonates in the vicinity of the nucleus within the membrane will severely damage the Queen Metroid and Samus will be spat back out. Doing this five separate times is enough to destroy the Queen Metroid. The Bombs can also be used while inside the mouth, but deal considerably less damage. Once the Queen Metroid is destroyed, her corpse disintegrates and Samus's energy is inexplicably fully restored.
Should Samus become low on energy during the battle, there is a small passage below the Queen Metroid that leads out of the nest. It can be used as an emergency escape route, though the Queen Metroid will have healed all damage when Samus returns. The passage takes Samus back to an earlier room containing a destroyed Chozo Statue that held the Ice Beam.
Metroid: Other M[]
The Queen Metroid in her first full 3D appearance.
The Queen Metroid spawns three waves of Metroid larvae, first releasing one, then two, then finally three. The Metroid larvae must be destroyed with the classic tactic of freezing and shattering them with concussive weapons: Missiles or Super Missiles. If Samus stalls to kill one of the waves, the Queen Metroid will quickly produce the next one, and eventually, all six Metroids will come into play. When any number of Metroid larvae are encased in ice, the Queen Metroid will almost immediately attempt to free them by sending a shockwave along the ground.
After all six Metroid larvae are defeated, the Queen Metroid grows five bright purple crystals on her neck and begins charging at Samus. She will also periodically breathe fire at the Bounty Hunter, lowering her energy to critical levels if touched. This fire breath also ignores SenseMove's invulnerability. The crystals on her neck can only be damaged by Plasma Beam and the Super Missiles (while they can be targeted by the Seeker Missile, the extra Missiles will merely bounce off harmlessly, due to being Normal Missiles).
Once the crystals are destroyed, a cutscene will play, where the ship's propulsion system activates and throws both Samus and the Queen Metroid against the floor of the BOTTLE SHIP. This causes the Metroid to land on her side, leaving her membrane and nucleus exposed to Samus's penetrating Plasma Beam. As the Queen Metroid struggles to get back up, Samus must damage her sufficiently before the Metroid repositions herself and begins to charge an extremely powerful variant of her fire breath. To avoid this attack, Samus grapples into the Queen Metroid's mouth, down her esophagus, and into the Queen Metroid's membrane. Samus then allows herself the use of Power Bombs and sets one inside the Queen Metroid, causing a massive explosion that obliterates the Metroid's nucleus, instantly killing the Queen Metroid and disintegrating her body simultaneously.
If Samus fails to shoot the membrane enough times before the Queen Metroid gets up, she will lunge her head and kill the former in a single bite. If Samus fails to grapple the Queen Metroid while she charges her fire breath, the focused attack will kill the former instantly. The Queen Metroid's interior will quickly drain Samus's energy, as in Metroid II and Samus Returns, thus she must be quick with the Power Bomb.
Metroid: Samus Returns[]
The Queen Metroid's heavy wind attack.
The Queen Metroid and her battle are improved upon in the remake Metroid: Samus Returns. She now has an armored carapace, additional compound eyes, additional jaw flaps on the sides of her head, and the presence of a long tail in addition to her dorsal tubes. The Queen Metroid is a much more formidable foe, with several new attacks including a fire beam that leaves flaming trails, acidic bubbles that remain on the field for some time (telegraphed by the Queen Metroid's eyes and throat glowing green), and blowing a heavy gust of wind that negates Missiles and can push Samus toward a flaming trail. The Spider Ball greatly aids in maneuvering around all her breath attacks. The Spider Boost can also be used to stagger the Queen Metroid during her breath attacks and cancel her current action, but on any other attack, Samus just bounces off.
After the Queen Metroid receives enough damage, she will be stunned momentarily before attempting to launch herself and bite Samus, who can then use the Melee Counter against her and then use the Grapple Beam on her tongue to pull her down. This creates an opening in which she can continue shooting her mouth or roll inside the Queen Metroid's throat using the Morph Ball and set Bombs and/or a Power Bomb inside the membrane. Unlike in the original game, Samus can use the Lightning Armor Aeion Ability to completely negate all damage when traveling into the Queen Metroid's body. Once she recovers, her attack patterns will change. There are a total of four "phases" to the Queen Metroid's fight, although the final phase leaves her weakened enough to be skipped by deploying a Power Bomb.
Unlike Return of Samus, the battle takes place on an entirely flat zone instead of the Queen Metroid looming over on her platform, and there is no passageway for Samus to escape with.
Inconsistencies[]
The Queen unleashes a fire beam, coating the floor and wall with flames after spitting out acidic bubbles.
The Queen Metroid in Metroid II is only vulnerable in the head, lunges her head out to bite Samus, and spits fireballs that tracks Samus as well. Stunning her head when her mouth is open is the only way Samus can access the Queen Metroid's interior. The Queen Metroid in Other M, however, does not retain any of her attacks from the original encounter, and instead uses several new attacks and defenses, such as throwing her head at Samus without extending the neck, releasing Metroid larvae from her dorsal plates, growing crystals on her head and neck, and breathing a steady stream of fire, none of which she has in Metroid II.
It was once believed that the fire breath was possibly gained from absorbing the life-energy of Ridley's clone prior to her battle with Samus, an example of a Metroid stealing an ability from its prey akin to the baby giving Samus the Hyper Beam that it had seemingly absorbed from Mother Brain. It should also be noted that her artwork depicts her extending her neck, indicating that it was considered by the developers to be implemented.
These differences may also be attributed to the Queen Metroid being exposed to stimuli that are different from those of SR388 (as seen with other Metroid adaptations throughout the series), or they are simply design, gameplay, and artistic changes made by Other M's development team. With the release of Samus Returns, the remake of Metroid II, the Queen Metroid is given a head-slam attack without the need to extend the neck, as well as a flame-based beam attack. The latter ability demonstrates that the Queen Metroid from SR388 breathes fire despite not encountering Ridley at all, thus clarifying that the attack is an augmented variant of the fire unleashed by lesser Metroids, specifically the Zeta Metroids and Omega Metroids.
Unlike in Metroid II and Samus Returns, normal Bombs cannot damage the Queen Metroid from Other M. In the same game, a single Power Bomb detonating next to the Queen Metroid's nucleus kills her instantly and leaves the room stained in her blood, while in Samus Returns, it requires three Power Bombs to defeat the Queen Metroid before she regurgitates Samus and her entire body slowly disintegrates.
Official data[]
Nintendo Power issue 31[]
- QUEEN METROID
- "The leader of the Metroid mutations is a powerful creature with strong armor. You may not have enough Missiles to destroy it."
Nintendo Power issue 37[]
- THE ULTIMATE MUTATION
- THE QUEEN METROID
- "The leader of the Metroids is a fierce mutation. You'll need about 200 Missiles for your confrontation with this creature. Avoid its three-ball blast and long-necked attack, then aim for its open mouth when it tries to bite. If you're on target, the Queen will freeze for a moment, allowing you to get in a few hits before it snaps back.
Avoid the Fireballs or tear them up with the Screw Attack.
Leap out of the way when the Queen lashes out at you.
You'll freeze your enemy with a well-placed Missile."
Super Game Boy Player's Guide[]
- THE QUEEN METROID
- "The most odious mutation of all is the Queen Metroid. Samus should go up against her only if she has a fully-packed arsenal. To destroy this queen of parasites, you'll need about 200 missiles, and you'll need to fire all of them right into the Queen's muzzle. Between attacks, the Queen will shoot fireballs. Use the Space Jump and Screw Attack to avoid them."
Metroid: Other M hologram information[]
"Common name: Queen Metroid
Size: Height 6m / Length 11m
Classification: Final evolution of Metroid with an ovisac."
Metroid: Other M Premiere Edition[]
- Bosses (p. 20)
- Queen Metroid
- "The Queen Metroid doesn't do much of the fighting for herself. She, like a true Queen, leaves the fighting for her spawn, baby Metroids! Focus on the Metroids at first. Freeze them with your Charge Beam when they emerge from their Queen's back. But rather than run around trying to get a clean shot at them, lure them in by standing still. Just as they are about to swoop in and attack, Sensemove out of the way and immediately fire your Charge Beam to freeze them. Once the Metroids are frozen, they drop to the ground. A single Super Missile will destroy a Metroid but it takes 3 Normal Missiles to put them out of commission. Switch to your Seeker Missile and fire at the group you've lured in. The Metroid you locked on to should take a Super Missile and be obliterated but you may need to repeat the process on the others. After destroying all the Metroid spawn, turn on the Queen. She'll sprout several crystals on her neck. Strafe around the room and destroy the crystals with missiles until the Queen falls."
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Trophy[]
"Have you ever met people who thought Metroid was the name of the game's heroine? Adding Queen to the title would just make it worse. But if you show them what a Queen Metroid REALLY looks like, they won't make that mistake again in a hurry. Metroids are fearsome creatures, and the queen is the nastiest of the lot."
Nintendo of America tweet[]
"The mother of Metroids is a formidable foe in #Metroid: Samus Returns. Samus will need to think fast to defeat the ferocious Queen Metroid!" [4]
Metroid: Samus Returns Official Guide[]
- INHABITANTS & ECO SYSTEM OF SR388 - METROIDS (p. 22)
- QUEEN METROID
- "The source of all Metroids is easily the deadliest of the bunch. The Queen is massive and hits harder than just about anything else in the game. Add the fact that it resides in a room barely big enough to fit it, and you're in for one of the toughest fights of the mission."
Other appearances[]
Metroid Dread[]
The Queen Metroid appears in a flashback to the events of Samus Returns when Quiet Robe is talking to Samus. The Queen Metroid also makes a cameo appearance as one of the Metroid series characters portrayed in the final Chozo Archives artwork, unlocked upon collecting 100% items on a save file.
Super Smash Bros.[]
Non-canon warning: This article or section contains information that may not be considered an official part of the Metroid series in the overall storyline by Nintendo.
The Queen Metroid is an unlockable Trophy in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, based on her model from Other M. The Trophy also features numerous Metroid larvae floating around her and residing in her spinal plates.
In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, the Queen Metroid is a Legend class Primary Spirit, using her artwork from Return of Samus. She is a Grab type (just like the Metroid Support Spirit), giving her advantage against Shield types and disadvantage against Attack types. While she is handicapped by the Jump ↓ trait, she does provide three support slots to compensate for this.
Appearing exclusively on the Spirit Board, the Queen Metroid uses King K. Rool (in his brown costume) as a Puppet Fighter. He must be defeated in a stamina battle, where he has 180 HP. The battle takes place on the Battlefield Form of Brinstar, which somewhat resembles the visual aesthetics of Area 8 in Samus Returns, and Boss Battle 4 (the Zeta Metroid's boss theme from Samus Returns) is used as the background music. After a certain amount of time, King K. Rool's attack power increases permanently, and then he grows to a giant size; both of these traits make him much more difficult to defeat.
The Queen Metroid appeared more frequently on the Spirit Board during the Green Is The New Black Spirits event, which also featured the Queen Metroid on its promotional artwork. As a Legend-class Spirit, the Queen Metroid would appear at 2:00 and 14:00 each day of the event, in addition to randomly appearing throughout the weekend. During this event, defeating the Queen Metroid in Spirit Battles would reward extra gold.[5]
Non-canon warning: Non-canonical information ends here.
Trivia[]
- The Queen Metroid has three different battle themes in all three games in which she appears. In Metroid II, it is a foreboding, repetitive melody composed by Ryoji Yoshitomi. In Other M, it is an orchestrated battle score composed by Kuniaki Haishima, which she shares with Phantoon. In Samus Returns, her theme was composed by Daisuke Matsuoka and seems to be a loose arrangement of her original theme.
- The Queen Metroid encountered by Samus on SR388 has nested in an ancient Chozo structure filled with many containers, giving the area the subtle appearance of a laboratory. This may suggest that not only was this Queen Metroid the first of her entire species created by the Chozo, but also that the building she inhabited is her birthplace.
- Chozo Memory 05 in Metroid: Samus Returns shows what is implied to be the very first Metroid in existence, and may be the one that eventually metamorphosed into the Queen Metroid.
- The corpse of Ridley's clone, and Samus' loss of energy while within the Queen Metroids' interior, are evidence of Metroids retaining the ability to drain energy in the stages following the larval phase. For larger creatures such as Ridley's clone, however, it is unlikely that Queen Metroids can swallow them whole as she does with smaller targets (Samus's Morph Ball form for instance), thus leading to the assumption that a Queen Metroid merely needs to clamp down onto her victims with her jaws and drain life-energy through her teeth and/or her mouth's inner surfaces.
- In Other M, both Metroid larvae and the Queen Metroid emit the same aura when they are draining Samus's energy.
- If the Metroid lifecycle is a feature that was not intentionally implemented by the Chozo themselves, then the very existence of Queen Metroids was a devastating issue for the birdlike race, as it gave their creations the ability to increase their numbers outside of their creators' control. The Metroids thus gained complete independence and no longer needed the Chozo to engineer more of their kind.
- Within the Restricted Laboratory on the Biologic Space Laboratories research station, distant tubes can be seen extending into the background of the lab. It is unknown if these tubes, or any others potentially located deeper within the lab, contain additional Metroids and/or a Queen Metroid. However, due to the computerized Commander Adam Malkovich stating that the secret breeding program focuses exclusively in growing Metroid larvae into Omega Metroids, it is unlikely that a Queen Metroid is ever produced on the B.S.L. station.
- As the Metroid series is known to have taken inspiration from the Alien film series, it is likely that the Queen Metroid was inspired by the Queen Alien from those films. Both Aliens and Metroid II: Return of Samus (and the latter's remake) depict a final battle between the queens and the female protagonist (Ellen Ripley in Aliens and Samus in Metroid II/Samus Returns). In Alien Resurrection and Metroid: Other M, a Queen Metroid is created from cloned specimens. In addition, similar to the Queen Metroid, the Queen Alien was also depicted as being extremely protective of her offspring.
- The scene where the creature emerges through blast doors is also similar to the appearance of the Queen Alien after being able to operate a lift near the end of Aliens.
- Just before the battle with the Queen Metroid in Other M, Samus is shown tilting her head with a slightly annoyed expression. This was derived from Aliens, where Ellen Ripley displayed a similar reaction when she not only discovers the Queen Xenomorph, but also learns one of the eggs was about to be hatched.
Samus grapples into the Queen's mouth.
- During the fight with the Queen Metroid in Metroid II, there is a strange bar on the right wall that increases when the Queen Metroid's head nears Samus, and decreases when her head retracts. It is most likely a glitch that reacts to the Queen Metroid's sprite animations.
- The sound that the Queen Metroid produces when damaged is the same as that of an Omega Metroid in Metroid II.
- This, along with the shared trait of fire-based projectiles between the two Metroid types, lead credence to the belief of Queen Metroids having once been Omega Metroids.
- The first rendition of the Queen Metroid in Return of Samus does not have any pits on her dorsal plates.
- The purpose of the holes that house Metroid larvae on a Queen Metroid's back, is unknown. Considering the presence of hatched eggs in the lairs of both Queen Metroids in the series, yet a distinct lack of Infant Metroids during their battles, it can be assumed that newly born Metroids enter their mother's spinal plates, where they are protected and nurtured until they reach the more powerful, independent larval stage, at which point they are released. An additional benefit to this relationship is that the Metroid larvae can now serve as defenses for their mother. The presence of a green fluid inside the pits also suggest the Queen Metroid provides nutrients to her children.
- The Queen Metroid in Samus Returns is not seen releasing any Metroid larvae during her battle, though the pits on her back are clearly visible, suggesting that they were caused by the ten Metroid larvae encountered by Samus prior to finding the Queen Metroid.
- The concept art of the Queen Metroid from Other M, as well as her trophy in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, depict the Metroid larvae being merely attached to the holes on her back, with their membranes remaining fully visible on the outside. This is unlike the in-game depiction in Other M, where the Metroid larvae are entirely encased inside her dorsal plating.
- The act of Metroid larvae breaking out of their mother's spinal plates in Other M may provide the false impression that she is birthing them, as it is quite similar to the act of Infant Metroids hatching from their eggs. This has caused some confusion among fans.
- The Queen Metroid is one of the few Metroid species capable of producing other Metroid creatures. It shares this trait with Metroid Prime, the Metroid Hatcher, and (to an extent) the Fission Metroid. Of these creatures, only the Queen Metroid is absent in the Prime series.
- Curiously, each time the Queen Metroid from Other M rams against a wall, the impact causes green fluid to squirt out of the two tube-like structures on her rear. Metroid: Other M Premiere Edition refers to the tubes as her "tail" and describes the appendages as "large cannon-like holes" that fire "poisonous projectiles" (likely referring to the fluid).
The Queen's perspective in Other M.
- It is seen in Other M that the Queen Metroid's vision is blurred pink. This is seen in the cutscene where she kills Ridley and when approaching Samus. Also, an extremely faint greenish glow can be seen around Ridley and Samus during these same cutscenes. The glow may represent the life-energy that Metroids feed on.
- In Other M, the energy drained while inside the Queen Metroid's membrane is significantly reduced on Hard Mode although the difficulty increase would naturally accelerate the draining process. This is most likely due to balancing purposes, as Hard Mode only provides Samus 99 energy units (due to the lack of expansions) and the draining process on Normal Mode can easily deplete a full Energy Tank before Samus can set a Power Bomb.
- In Other M, the Queen Metroid's fire breath can hit Samus during a SenseMove, even though she is normally be intangible during the dodge. Despite this, Samus SenseMoves over her fire breath in the cutscene preceding the second phase of the battle, where the Queen Metroid fights her directly.
- The Queen Metroid and Metroid larva are the only stages in the species' natural lifecycle that are never shown metamorphosing from their previous stages, the (presumed) Omega Metroid and Infant Metroid, respectively.
- Depending on how the Queen Metroid is defeated in Metroid II, her death animation varies:
- If Samus constantly used Missiles on her, she simply disintegrates after being frozen in place.
- If Samus utilized Bombs in her membrane, upon spitting up Samus for the last time, her head collapses down to the floor below as her body disintegrates.
- The trophy description for the Queen Metroid jokingly references the misconception that the title of the franchise referred to Samus Aran, rather than the titular creatures. A similar reference to this misconception was also made in the Palutena's Guidance sequence for Samus Aran where Viridi misnamed Samus as "Metroid" before Pit corrected her.
- In the room immediately prior to the Queen's nest in Metroid II: Return of Samus, her cries can be heard in the background.
- In Metroid: Samus Returns, this is changed slightly to have the Queen Metroid's roaring occur after killing the last Metroid larva in Area 8, implying that her roars are out of grief and fury from sensing the gradual killing of her offspring.
- British reviewers who signed non-disclosure agreements in exchange for review copies of Samus Returns were prohibited from discussing or showing the Queen Metroid in footage, until the embargo was lifted on September 12, 2017.[6] Despite this, Nintendo released a tweet (see above) on September 2, with a short clip showing the Queen Metroid.
Gallery[]
References[]
- ^ a b Other M hologram image
- ^ Super Metroid Players' Guide
- ^ "These Metroids [on SR388] were stronger than the ones on Zebes and they had a new leader... the Metroid Queen!" Super Metroid (comic)
- ^ https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/904048806282399744
- ^ Event: Green Is the New Black
- ^ https://youtu.be/qL_76TrOHao?t=42m40s (starts at 42:40)
| Main antagonists | |
|---|---|
| Metroid series | Ridley • Mother Brain • Queen Metroid • MB • James Pierce • SA-X • Raven Beak |
| Metroid Prime series | Metroid Prime • Gorea • Emperor Ing • Dark Samus • Doomseye |
| Spinoff/Other Media | True Chozo • Dragüd • Amok Mommy • Dominion • Greed • Mad AI |
| Bioweapons | |
|---|---|
| Space Pirates | Bombu • Class I Energy Harvester • Elite Pirate • Megaroid • Metroids • Mimic • Omega Pirate • Phazon Elite • Preed • Puffer Mine |
| Galactic Federation | Cyborg Zebesian • Nightmare • Queen Metroid • Super Zebesian • Unfreezable Metroid • X Parasite (desired) • SA-X (desired) |
| Other | Kanden • Quadtroid |
| Related | Bioweapon Research Center • Project Metroid Warriors •Special-forces unit |