Sandcanyon

The Sandcanyon is a large room in the Agon Wastes of planet Aether. It appears in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes.

Description[]

The Sandcanyon is a large, open-ended room with Kinetic Orb Cannons on both sides to provide transport. As its name implies, half of the room is made up of a carved curved canyon-side. The Map hologram of the room reflects this, with a massive, flat curving wall surrounding a cylinder in the center. Said cylinder represents a platform in the center of the Sandcanyon. It is unreachable unless Samus has the Screw Attack, as it sits in the middle of a massive pit between its doorway ledges. The center platform houses a large, decorative totem built into rock, which is partially composed of Denzium.

Samus can lay a Power Bomb here to destroy it. Consequently, this weakens the rock and pillar fatally, and in a cutscene, both dislodge and fall into the abyss below, their collision heard a second later. Using a Power Bomb reveals a Power Bomb Expansion for Samus to collect.

The Sandcanyon has no equivalent in Dark Aether.

Connecting rooms[]

Agon Temple (via white hatch)
Ventilation Area A (via Blue Door)

Inhabitants[]

Sandbats: "Morphology: Sandbats
Small airborne predator pack.
Contact with targets can cause minor damage. Targets travel in flying swarms."

Items[]

Power Bomb Expansion: See above.

Scans[]

Denzium wall: "Structural analysis complete.
Structural integrity of Denzium object at critical."

* Kinetic Orb Cannon hologram: "Enter hologram in Morph Ball mode to fire Cannon."

* Note: text is center-aligned in scan, unlike others which are left-aligned.

Development notes[]

The room's internal name is 0p_sand_hall. Internal files name the central decorative pillar as a Wand. The rock it is attached to is internally named Shard.

Gallery[]

Aetherian Rooms in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
Temple Grounds	Landing Site • Hive Access Tunnel • Hive Chamber A • Hive Tunnel • Command Chamber Hive Storage • Hive Chamber B • Hive Chamber C • Hive Save Station • Hive Transport Area Industrial Site • Agon Transport Access • Transport to Agon Wastes • Collapsed Tunnel Temple Assembly Site • Storage Cavern B • Temple Transport B • Dynamo Chamber Communication Area • Storage Cavern A • Trooper Security Station • GFMC Compound Fortress Transport Access • Transport to Sanctuary Fortress • Sacred Bridge • Sacred Path Temple Transport A • Windchamber Tunnel • Grand Windchamber • Windchamber Gateway Path of Eyes • Torvus Transport Access • Transport to Torvus Bog • Hall of Eyes Meeting Grounds • Temple Transport C • Path of Honor • Hall of Honored Dead Service Access Generator Room
Agon Wastes	Transport to Temple Grounds • Plaza Access • Mining Plaza • Agon Map Station Mining Station Access • Mining Station A • Sand Cache • Portal Access A Portal Terminal • Transport Center • Transport to Torvus Bog • Save Station A Temple Access • Agon Temple • Controller Access • Agon Energy Controller Sandcanyon • Mine Shaft • Mining Station B • Storage A Transit Station Central Station Access • Central Mining Station • Command Center Access • Command Center Security Station B • Biostorage Access • Biostorage Station • Storage B Security Station A • Bioenergy Production • Storage C • Ventilation Area B Save Station B/C • Sand Processing • Main Reactor • Storage D Ventilation Area A • Transport to Sanctuary Fortress
Torvus Bog	Transport to Temple Grounds • Temple Transport Access • Torvus Lagoon • Save Station A Portal Chamber • Path of Roots • Great Bridge • Torvus Map Station Abandoned Worksite • Forgotten Bridge • Plaza Access • Torvus Plaza Ruined Alcove • Grove Access • Torvus Grove • Meditation Vista Underground Tunnel • Temple Access • Torvus Temple • Controller Access Torvus Energy Controller • Transport to Agon Wastes • Underground Transport Hydrodynamo Station • Save Station B • Hydrodynamo Shaft • Main Hydrochamber Hydrochamber Storage • Catacombs Access • Catacombs • Gathering Access Gathering Hall • Training Access • Training Chamber • Fortress Transport Access Transport to Sanctuary Fortress • Transit Tunnel South • Transit Tunnel West Transit Tunnel East
Sanctuary Fortress	Transport to Temple Grounds • Temple Transport Access • Sanctuary Entrance Power Junction • Reactor Access • Reactor Core • Save Station A • Sanctuary Map Station Minigyro Chamber • Hall of Combat Mastery • Central Area Transport East Agon Transport Access • Transport to Agon Wastes • Transit Station • Main Research Central Area Transport West • Torvus Transport Access • Transport to Torvus Bog Dynamo Works • Dynamo Access • Main Gyro Chamber • Save Station B Temple Access • Sanctuary Temple • Controller Access • Sanctuary Energy Controller Workers Path • Dynamo Storage • Watch Station Access • Sentinel's Path Watch Station • Grand Abyss • Vault Checkpoint Station • Aerie Transport Station • Aerie Access • Aerie
Great Temple	Temple Transport A • Transport A Access • Temple Sanctuary • Controller Transport Main Energy Controller • Temple Transport B • Transport B Access • Temple Transport C Transport C Access
See also: List of rooms in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes.