Changes: Bomb Guardian

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The Bomb Guardian is an Alpha Sandigger possessed by the Ing which stole Samus's Morph Ball Bombs, which Samus can retrieve by defeating it.

When the Ing possesses the Alpha Sandigger, it transforms into the first Sub-Guardian boss that Samus fights: the Bomb Guardian. After that happens, one of the creature's heads becomes a bomb-producing tail. The Bomb Guardian slithers along the ground, dropping bombs out of its tail. It will occasionally raise its head and spray many bombs from its mouth. The tail can be attacked to stun the beast, and if so, the head will become vulnerable for a short time. This process is repeated until the Bomb Guardian dies, earning Samus the Morph Ball Bomb upgrade that was stolen from her earlier in the game.

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Trivia

If Samus becomes stuck in one of the many pits on the ground while she is in Morph Ball mode and the Bomb Guardian is near, the creature will pick up Samus with its jaws and then throw her aside. Normal Sandiggers will also do this.
The Bomb Guardian is perhaps the weakest of the Sub-Guardian bosses as a single charged shot can deplete nearly a third of the creature's health.
The multi-Bomb attack references the Five-Bomb Drop technique from Super Metroid, and the later Metroid: Other M.
By hacking into the game and equipping Samus with the Light and Dark Beams during this boss battle, the Bomb Guardian is revealed, strangely, to be invulnerable to both weapons. The reason for this is most likely because it was not scripted to encounter either weapon.
The Bomb Guardian's ability to launch energy Bombs, along with its worm-like characteristics, is shared greatly with the Fune and Namihe boss duo in Metroid: Other M.
The Bomb Guardian resembles the King Worm in body shape and head.
A large Sandigger that may have been the Bomb Guardian appeared in Metroid Prime: Episode of Aether. This massive Sandigger ambushed Bravo Team after they'd assumed they had destroyed all attacking Sandiggers, and was quickly destroyed by Samus.
In the data of the Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Bonus Disc, the Bomb Guardian was called the Bombdigger.

Gallery

*Bosses in the Metroid Prime* series**
Metroid Prime	Parasite Queen • Hive Mecha • Plated Beetle • Incinerator Drone • Flaahgra • Sheegoth • Thardus • Elite Pirate • Cloaked Drone • Phazon Elite • Omega Pirate • Meta Ridley • Metroid Prime (Unused: Kraid • Sabergauth)
Metroid Prime Hunters	Cretaphid (v1, v2, v3, v4) • Slench (1, 2, 3, 4) • Kanden • Spire • Weavel • Sylux • Noxus • Trace • Fire Spawn • Arctic Spawn • Gorea
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes	Alpha Splinter / Dark Alpha Splinter • Alpha Sandigger / Bomb Guardian • Jump Guardian • Dark Samus • Amorbis • Dark Missile Trooper • Boost Guardian • Alpha Blogg • Grapple Guardian • Chykka • Spider Guardian • Power Bomb Guardian • Caretaker Class Drone • Quadraxis • Emperor Ing (Unused: Mad AI)
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption	Berserker Lord • Meta Ridley • Rundas • Korakk • Mogenar • Steamlord • Defense Drone • Ghor • Helios • Gandrayda • Metroid Hatcher • Mining cannon • Pirate Commander • Omega Ridley • Dark Samus • Aurora Unit 313
Metroid Prime: Federation Force	Ice Hopper Nest • Generator • Sawken • Rohkor Beetle • Cyranon • Pirate Warship • Mainframe • Samus • Master Brain
*See also: Bosses in the Metroid* series**

Darklings
Guardians	Amorbis • Chykka • Quadraxis
Sub-Guardians	Bomb Guardian • Grapple Guardian • Spider Guardian • Power Bomb Guardian
Darklings	Chykling • Corrupted Sentreye • Dark Alpha Splinter • Dark Blogg • Dark Diligence Drone • Dark Grenchler • Dark Ingsmasher • Dark Missile Trooper • Dark Phlogus • Dark Pirate Commando • Dark Pirate Trooper • Dark Preed • Dark Quad MB/CM • Dark Shredder • Dark Splinter • Dark Tallon Metroid • Darkling Tentacle • Dark Trooper • Dark War Wasp • Nightbarb • Dark Luminoth
Unused	Dark Luminoth • Dark Metaree • Dark Pirate Aerotrooper • Dark Shriekbat • Dark Sporb • Dark Triclops

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 *If Samus becomes stuck in one of the many pits on the ground while she is in Morph Ball mode and the Bomb Guardian is near, the creature will pick up Samus with its jaws and then throw her aside. Normal Sandiggers will also do this.
 *The Bomb Guardian is perhaps the weakest of the Sub-Guardian bosses as a single [[Charge Beam|charged shot]] can deplete nearly a third of the creature's health.
-*The multi-Bomb attack is an homage to the [[Five-Bomb Drop]] technique from ''[[Super Metroid]]''.
+*The multi-Bomb attack references the [[Five-Bomb Drop]] technique from ''[[Super Metroid]]'', and the later ''[[Metroid: Other M]]''.
 *By hacking into the game and equipping Samus with the [[Light Beam|Light]] and [[Dark Beam]]s during this boss battle, the Bomb Guardian is revealed, strangely, to be invulnerable to both weapons. The reason for this is most likely because it was not scripted to encounter either weapon.
 *The Bomb Guardian's ability to launch energy Bombs, along with its worm-like characteristics, is shared greatly with the [[Fune and Namihe]] boss duo in ''[[Metroid: Other M]]''.