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Dark Samus using the Shrapnel Beam in her first battle with Samus in the Agon Wastes.
The Shrapnel Beam[1] is one of the weapons used by Dark Samus throughout her battles in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. It is a Phazon-based, scattershot variant of Samus Aran's Power Beam.
Dark Samus can use the Shrapnel Beam as she floats from side to side, but if standing still, she fires it while simultaneously moving her Arm Cannon in a horizontal arc. Whenever used, numerous Phazon shrapnel are launched in quick succession and cover a wide area as they spread out with distance. The weapon is quite damaging when shot at close range, as this will make most (if not all) shrapnel hit their target. Dark Samus's Arm Cannon can fire other weapons as well, including an Ice Beam variant, Missiles and Phazon lasers with varying sizes.
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
Dark Samus also uses the Shrapnel Beam for her appearance as an Assist Trophy in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U. Its accuracy is vastly improved, due to the weapon's projectiles no longer spreading out widely as they did in the Prime series.
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- ^ So named in the Metroid Prime 2: Echoes guide
| Metroid Prime and Dark Samus | |
|---|---|
| Abilities | Metroid Prime: Particle Wave Projector • Seeker Missile • Snare Beam • Ultrafrigid Beam Dark Samus: Bomb • Boost Ball • Charge Beam • Dark Echo • Missile Launcher • Missile • Phazon bullets Phazon Suit • Screw Attack • Shrapnel Beam • Stealth field generator • Phazon Laser |
| Music | VS. Metroid Prime (Spider) • Metroid Prime Battle • Dark Samus Intro • Dark Samus Appears Part 2 Darkness • Escape |
| Misc. | Dark Samus Biography • Dark Samus Development Notes • Dark Samus Gallery • Dark Samus Rooms Dark Samus in Super Smash Bros. • 04ε: Dark Samus |