Nova Mine
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| Mining Cannon (Nova Mine) | |
|---|---|
 Samus fights the Nova MIne. | |
| Featured in | Metroid Prime 3: Corruption |
| Location | Main Cavern, Pirate Homeworld |
| Attacks | Cannon laser, Space Pirate summon, sucking you up |
| Weakness | Beam weaponry |
| Reward(s) | Nova Beam |
The Nova Mine is a mining device created by Space Pirates. The device alternates firing a mining laser and using a tractor beam to suck up anything in the immediate vincinity. Despite not being made for combat, you are required to destroy it in order to progress.
[edit] The Battle
When the battle starts, the following will happen, in the order shown, and will repeat.
- Two or three Space Pirates will drop into the room. These will be Advanced Pirate Troopers, though as the battle progresses, they will be replaced with Pirate Commandos.
- The Mining Cannon will fire big green mining laser down the center. This won't harm you unless you touch it.
- Long pause, where you should destroy the Pirates, except for one (see below).
- The Mining Cannon will deploy a tractor beam, which will suck in everything in the room, including you. There must be at least, and preferably one Pirate, who will hang onto the ground. You must shoot him to loosen his grip, so he will fall into the tractor beam (Note: Pirate cannot be wearing any armor)
- If Pirate is inside, the Cannon will reveal four weak spots that you should shoot at, as they will disappear after a short time (will automatically retract if one weak spot is destroyed)
- If no Pirate, or after above step, tractor beam will stop and process will repeat.
After you destroy all the weak spots, then the mining cannon will be destroyed, and you will be granted access to the Nova Beam.
[edit] Tips
- Using Hyper Mode will help a lot, since the Pirates are very resilient and would take too long otherwise.
- Destroy all but one Pirate, which you should reduce to no armor, then wait for the tractor beam
- Tractor beam will affect you too, so walk away from it while getting the Pirate to fall in
Note: If you fall into the hatch in the center, you die instantly.
| Bosses in Metroid Prime series | |||||||
| Metroid Prime | Parasite Queen • Hive Mecha • Plated Beetle • Incinerator Drone • Flaaghra • Sheegoth • Thardus • Elite Pirate • Phazon Elite • Omega Pirate • Meta Ridley • Metroid Prime | ||||||
| Metroid Prime Hunters | Cretaphid • Slench • Fire Spawn • Arctic Spawn • Gorea | ||||||
| Metroid Prime 2: Echoes | Dark Alpha Splinter • Bomb Guardian • Jump Guardian • Dark Samus • Amorbis • Boost Guardian • Alpha Blogg • Grapple Guardian • Chykka • Spider Guardian • Power Bomb Guardian • Caretaker Class Drone • Quadraxis • Emperor Ing | ||||||
| Metroid Prime 3: Corruption | Berserker Lord • Meta Ridley • Rundas • Korakk • Mogenar • Steamlord • Defense Drone • Ghor • Helios • Gandrayda • Nova Mine • Pirate Commander • Omega Ridley • Metroid Hatcher • Dark Samus • Aurora Unit 313 | ||||||
