Hyper Beam (Metroid Prime 3: Corruption)

For other beams of the same name, see Hyper Beam (Disambiguation).

Hyper Beam
The Phazon Hyper Beam as seen in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption.
Featured in	Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Damage	Devastating
Obtained	Obtained with PED Suit

In Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Samus's PED Suit gave her the ability to use the Hyper Beam, a beam similar to the Phazon Beam. It is used when entering Hypermode and looks like a bolt of blue electricity. This weapon could be considered as a refined and controlled version of the Phazon Beam previously used in the battle against the Metroid Prime. Also, in Corruption, unlike the other appearances, this Hyper Beam has a charge function. When charged, it fires a large number of bolts at a continuous speed in a similar fashion to a minigun for a short time; this blast is similar, but still quite different, to Dark Samus's scattershot variant of the Power Beam. The charged beam has limited lock-on capabilities similar to the Shock Coil, another Galactic Federation weapon.

Samus firing the Hyper Beam in both single shots and a fully charged blast.

The Hyper Beam is fueled by Phazon from Samus's own body, causing Samus to lose a fair amount of energy while firing. Each individual shot of the Hyper Beam uses 5.5 units of phazon, roughly equivalent to 4 units of energy. A charged Hyper Beam shot, depending on how long it is charged, can use up to almost half of an energy tank.

The Hyper Beam is Samus's most powerful beam in the game, above the Nova Beam, and is extremely effective against all enemies, especially against Phazon creatures and enemies that have entered Hypermode. It is also required to defeat Mogenar, Helios, Omega Ridley, Dark Samus and Aurora Unit 313, as only it and the other Hyper weapons can damage them.

Official Data

Inventory Data

Hyper Beam (Metroid Prime 3: Corruption)

Metroid Prime 3: Corruption

Inventory entry

The Hyper Beam fires bursts of Phazon energy.
While in Hypermode, press to shoot. To charge the Beam, press and hold . Release to fire a powerful attack.

Samus's Notes

Each shot of the Hyper Beam will drain a small portion of Phazon from your PED tank.

Metroid Prime Trilogy manual

Hyper Beam

"Press the A Button to shoot a powerful beam that is powered by Phazon energy. There are some obstacles that can only be destroyed with the Hyper Beam. Be aware that the special properties of the Plasma Beam and Nova Beam will have no effect while using the Hyper Beam."

Hyper Charge Beam

"Press and hold the A Button to charge the Hyper Beam. Release the A button to shoot a continuous beam powered by Phazon energy. The duration of the Hyper Charge Beam will depend on how long you hold the A Button.
Note: You can also pull in energy orbs and missile ammo while charging."

Metroid Prime 3: Corruption Premiere Edition

Hyper Beam

"The Hyper Beam fires a burst of Phazon energy. While in Hypermode, press [A] to shoot. To charge the beam, press and hold [A]. Release to fire a powerful attack. Each shot of the Hyper Beam drains a small portion of Phazon from your PED tank."

Trivia

Inventory item form.

• The Hyper Beam being obtained alongside the PED Suit's acquisition mirrors how Samus obtains the Phazon Beam alongside the Phazon Suit from Metroid Prime.
• Like the Phazon Beam, the Hyper Beam in Corruption has a unique Arm Cannon configuration. It does not use the configuration for the Plasma Beam or Annihilator Beam, unlike the Nova and Corruption Plasma Beams which reuse models of beams in previous Prime games. The Hyper Beam's model is more "slanted down" rather than "ejected forward" like the Plasma Beam. The two side panels that normally extend outward in the Wave and Nova Beam configurations are raised upward at a perpendicular angle to their original positions, leaving the internal mechanics of the Arm Cannon visible.
• If Samus is in Hypermode at the start of some cutscenes (e.g., after the Hunter battles and in the ending cutscene), her Arm Cannon remains in the Hyper Beam configuration even though Hypermode is disabled. Even if Hypermode is active while Samus and Rundas battle the Space Pirates, Samus is seen firing Power Beam shots.
• Samus acquires a different Hyper Beam in Super Metroid following the death of the baby, and a third Hyper Beam after manifesting the Metroid Suit in Metroid Dread. The Super Metroid beam is a powerful line of shifting rainbow colors and the beam in Dread is a continuous, massive laser; neither is directly related to the Hyper Beam in Corruption.
  • Furthermore, the name Hyper Beam is shared with a powerful move in the Pokémon series.
• In its scale model, the Hyper Beam is locked in a capsule. However, the other Hyper Tools (Hyper Ball, Hyper Missile, and Hyper Grapple) are not capsulized but are encircled with a Phazon aura. This may point to the fact that out of all Hypermode upgrades, the Hyper Beam is the only one to be a created power-up (by the Galactic Federation), whereas the other weapons are mutations gained with Samus' growing corruption.
• The charged shot of the Hyper Beam somewhat resembles a minigun when fired as the barrels spin rapidly to fire multiple shots at a high fire rate.

Gallery

An oddity where the Hyper Beam fires straight charged shots.