Dark Echo
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A Dark Echo is a copy of Dark Samus formed from Phazon energy. They possess a simple Phazon-based copy of the Power Beam and a far smaller supply of health than Dark Samus, and thus can be destroyed by a few shots.
They exist only as decoys to distract Samus as Dark Samus drains Phaaze's energy in the final battle between the two, and to that effect, they can create the illusion of draining energy as well. However, both the X-Ray Visor and the Scan Visor can tell them apart from the real Dark Samus. Echoes also have black visors, while the real Dark Samus has a bright blue visor.
Even weaker Dark Echoes are generated by Dark Samus when she is controlling Aurora Unit 313, who have the ability to use Morph Ball.
[edit] Trivia
- They are presumably named after Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. The Japanese version is called "Metroid Prime 2: Dark Echoes".
- If one or more Dark Echoes are next to Dark Samus when it is destroyed, Dark Samus herself will take additional damage from the impending explosion.
- They also appear in a Diorama along with AU 313, in the game's Extras menu.
- When scanned, the pictures for the scan are corrupted red versions of Dark Samus' images.
