Omega Ridley

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Omega Ridley
Offical artwork of Omega Ridley.
Featured in	Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Location	Pirate Homeworld
Weakness	Open wound
Reward(s)	Hyper Grapple

Omega Ridley is Meta Ridley infused with Phazon. This infusion has increased his incredible power to far greater heights. He is the longest lived of the Leviathan Cores' Guardians encountered in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, and is the antepenultimate (third from last) boss in the game.

Contents 1 Biography 2 The Battle 3 Logbook Entry 4 Trivia 5 Other 6 References

[edit] Biography

Meta Ridley was revived and regenerated through Phazon exposure after the botched invasion of Norion. His severe loss against Samus sent him tumbling the rest of the way down the energy shaft. Due to this, he has been energized to a new combat threat level. He has a very durable, Phazon-enhanced armorskin and protective armored plating. He has an injury that has not yet fully healed, which is his only weak point (similar to the one in Metroid Prime during his ground phase). He will try to protect this injury, requiring Samus Aran to stun him and leave the injury open for strong attacks.^[1] Samus encounters him on the Pirate Homeworld protecting the planet's Leviathan.

[edit] The Battle

Samus must stun Omega Ridley by shooting inside his mouth while it is flashing. Samus must then use the Grapple Beam to rip off Omega Ridley's armor and overload the wound with Phazon. After this process has been done a number of times, Omega Ridley will generate Phazite armor. The X-Ray Visor must be used in cooperation with the Nova Beam to penetrate the Phazite armor, either by striking his wound directly or by weakening the armor's hinges and destroying it (the latter method is preferred, since the wound takes very little damage at this point). After this phase, Omega Ridley will continually fly around the room with his wound exposed. Curiously, Omega Ridley starts flying when he is at about one-fourth health, where as he is airborne for the first three-fourths of his health in Metroid Prime. However, his aerial form is much harder this time as he constantly flies in and out of the Leviathan, reappearing randomly from one of four different enterences, briefly attacks, then disappears again. While difficult to target, the wound has no more protection and Samus is free to fire at will with phazon attacks. It is recommended to exit Hyper Mode when Ridley leaves the arena to conserve health.

The Screw Attack is one of Samus's most helpful items in this battle. Screw Attacking toward Ridley will cancel whatever move he is attempting to execute. Since several of his attacks are either difficult to dodge or simply waste time by making him invincible, the ability to control his movement pattern can be a great boon in this battle. His abilities include a massive line of plasma and flame, an equally large blast of phazon from his tail, homing fire balls, an incredibly fast charge, slashing (later replaced by a Phazon blade swipe identical to the Omega Pirate's), a shockwave attack, a tail sweep attack (later replaced by a tail phazon blast/flamethrower combination), biting, and an upgraded version of his old Meson Bomb Launcher which carpet bombs the entire area in a rain of destruction.

Samus receives the Hyper Grapple after defeating Omega Ridley, who explodes in a massive flash of phazon after the battle.

[edit] Logbook Entry

• Omega Ridley: "Revived and regenerated through Phazon exposure, Omega Ridley has been energized to a new combat threat level. Target retains extremely durable, Phazon-enhanced armorskin, as well as protective armored plating. Scans indicate that a recent injury has not fully healed: expose and target wound to inflict damage. Target will act to protect this vulnerability: seek ways to stun the enemy and leave it open for deadly attacks."

[edit] Trivia

• Unlike the other Prime series battles with Ridley, his body completely disintegrated, and yet he reappears in Super Metroid. Though this mystery shouldn't be taken too seriously, because the fact that in the past, he has survived close to complete destruction as seen in the battle in Metroid: Zero Mission.
• There is a glitch that makes Omega Ridley get stuck in the wall when he does his tackle attack.
• This battle is similar to the Meta-Ridley Battle in Metroid Prime, as he uses many of the same moves and he even looks similar to the form he took in that game.
• Interestingly enough, Ridley's mechanical implants are more visible in this form rather than his Meta form nearly at the beginning of the game where he appears to be more organic.
• Omega Ridley is the only enemy in the Prime series to be displayed in the HUD radar as a full-scale silhouette. All other enemies (even Meta Ridley, both in the first Prime and the beginning of Corruption) merely appear as blips.
• Omega Ridley's weak point is similar to the weak point of Mecha Ridley in Metroid: Zero Mission.

[edit] Other

This is the music heard when battling Omega Ridley: [1].

[edit] References

Phazon Creatures
Native to Phaaze	Leviathan • Jelsac • Liquid Phazon • Phazon Grub • Phazon Leech
Corrupted Creatures	Phazon Hopper • Phazon Nightbarb • Phazon Shriekbat • Phazon Puffer • Phazon Pillbug • Tangle Weed
Space Pirates	Aurora Unit 313 • Elite Pirate • Phazon Elite • Omega Pirate • Berserker Knight • Berserker Lord
Phazon Metroids	Fission Metroid • Phazon Metroid • Hopping Metroid • Metroid Hatcher
Leviathan Core Guardians	Metroid Prime • Emperor Ing • Mogenar • Helios • Omega Ridley
Born of Phazon	Phaazoid • Red Phaazoid • Ing • Dark Samus

Bosses in Metroid Prime series
Metroid Prime	Parasite Queen • Hive Mecha • Plated Beetle • Incinerator Drone • Flaahgra • Sheegoth • Thardus • Elite Pirate • Phazon Elite • Omega Pirate • Meta Ridley • Metroid Prime
Metroid Prime Hunters	Kanden • Spire • Weavel • Sylux • Noxus • Trace • Cretaphid v1 • Cretaphid v2 • Cretaphid v3 • Cretaphid v4 • 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 • Mining Cannon • Pirate Commander • Omega Ridley • Metroid Hatcher • Dark Samus • Aurora Unit 313