Tatori is a tortoise-like creature found in a large room in Maridia.
Description[]
The Tatori is one of the most heavily armored creatures on Zebes. It has a large shell protecting its body, save for the legs, neck, and tail.
The Tatori can retract its limbs and spin rapidly, allowing it to "jump" high in the air. Samus can safely stand on its back and ride the Tatori to acquire an Energy Tank up higher on a Grapple Point and a Missile Expansion hidden in a wall.
Tatori, Jr. are also found in Maridia, and are the offspring of the Tatori. Normally, the Tatori will not attack Samus, but should she touch one of its offspring, Samus will be attacked by the spinning Tatori ramming into her.
Tatori have not appeared since Super Metroid. It can be assumed that they had gone extinct when Zebes exploded.
Official data[]
Super Metroid Nintendo Player's Guide[]
TATORI
| Enemy Data | Description | |||||||
| Color | HP | ATK | E | BE | M | SM | PB | Maridia. Invincible. It tries to slam into you. You can ride on it. |
| Normal | - | 200 | - | - | - | - | - | |
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Trivia[]
- It is referred to as Kame in the game's code, which is simply the Japanese word for turtle (カメ).
- The Tatori's ability to jump while spinning its shell may possibly be a reference to the Japanese kaiju Gamera.
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 |
| Helpful/harmless organisms | |
|---|---|
| Tallon IV | Glider |
| SR388 | Baby • Flitt • Proboscum • Septogg |
| Zebes | Dachora • Etecoon • Powamp • Shaktool • Suspensor platform • Tatori • Tatori, Jr. • Tripper |
| BOTTLE SHIP | Pow • Wadge • Zuru |
| Indestructible Creatures | |
|---|---|
| Non-hostile | Aurora Unit 217 • Baby • Dachora • Databot • Etecoon • Fleet Admiral Castor Dane • Fleet Mechanic • Pow • Septogg • Tatori • Tatori, Jr. • U-Mos Training Drone • Watchdrone • Work Robot |
| Hostiles | Aazelion • Airthorn • Autom • Big Metroid • Cannon • GMX-04 Halberd-class turret (if provoked) • Polyp • Proboscum Puromi • Ring Beam Unit • Ripper II • Samus Eater (Bud) • Seed platform • Unfreezable Metroid • ZipNMEBomber |
| Misc. | Bloatsac • Blueroot Tree (Dark) • Butterfly • Chomper Fish • Durable plantform • Fish • Fungus • Glow Stem • Great Tree Massive tentacle • Moth • Parasitic fungus • Protozoan • RedGrass • Sandgrass • Sbug • Scarp • Scatterbug • Tallon fern • Mantha |