Grapple Beam

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The Grapple Beam was one of Samus Aran's many weapons. It is based on the Grappling Beam from Super Metroid. It can attach to special Grapple Points as well as Gliders (which spawned the sport of 'Glider riding'). Upgrades to the beam allow it to perform other functions such as lassoing and feeding/drawing energy.

[edit] In the Prime Series

The Grapple Beam was introduced in Metroid Prime, where it was primarily used to get across long distances. Samus was able to shoot while swinging on it in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, while Metroid Prime 3: Corruption uses it to pull barriers from doors and shields from Pirates (Grapple Lasso), and later on, siphon and feed energy to and from certain devices (Grapple Voltage), using the Wii Remote and Nunchuk.

In Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, there are four Grapple Beam-related powerups:

• Grapple Lasso
• Grapple Swing
• Grapple Voltage
• Hyper Grapple

Somewhat notably, in all of the 3D Metroid games, the Grapple was no longer fired from the Arm Cannon like the Grappling Beam. Instead, a second firing piece, or a glove of sorts (in Prime 3) was used (both on her left hand). This is likely either to make it more real-looking, make more use of Samus' free hand, and/or to free up the Arm Cannon for shooting in the sequels (Prime disabled the cannon while swinging).

The Grapple Swing is the game's name for the traditional Grapple Beam power-up, except in Corruption, where it is a separate power up (due to the new upgradable "glove") that allows Samus to swing from Grapple Points.

Samus's gunship also gains a Ship Grapple power-up, that gives Samus the ability to transport various large objects by having her Gunship fly in and grapple them via the ship-mounted Grapple Beam.

[edit] Trivia

• In the Super Smash Bros. series, the Arm Cannon's Grappling Beam is used, as in Super Metroid. This was not changed even in Super Smash Bros. Brawl despite the creation of the Grapple Beam in the the Metroid Prime series.

[edit] Gallery

The Grapple Beam is used in Prime.

The Grapple Beam is used in Echoes.

The Grapple Swing is used in Corruption.

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