Grappling Beam

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The Grapple Beam is a beam weapon with tethering properties. It was used to latch onto certain surfaces, giving Samus some new maneuvers such as swinging from the ceiling. Notably, the Grapple Beam can be used to kill Draygon quickly by grabbing one of the electrified surfaces while in the grip of the boss. It can damage enemies directly, though due to its range and firing speed, it is impractical for this function, although it works very well against Mochtroids. It can also be used to open Blue Doors.

Since Super Metroid, the Grappling Beam has appeared in Super Smash Bros., Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Brawl as Samus' throw, and in Melee, one could use it to hang from ledges (or attack in the air). When Brawl was released, it was made into a simpler-to-use Tether Recovery (as opposed to requiring a precise aim).

[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.

• The Grapple Beam of the Metroid Prime series is based on the Grappling Beam, and spawned a number of related power-ups.

• The beta version of Metroid Fusion had the Grappling Beam as a second Arm Cannon, with the normal cannon moved to the left hand. The Grappling Beam's cannon had claws at the end of the barrel and the beam homed onto the enemy. [1]

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