The Oubliette is the final area in Metroid Prime Hunters. It is found in the Infinity Void, and the only way to get there is to bring all eight Octoliths to the cannon room in Alinos to fire the Alimbic Cannon. It is home to the final boss of the game, Gorea, and is destroyed in both endings. The second ending includes a short scene in which it appears that the six rival hunters escape the Oubliette in their spaceships along with Samus Aran.
There is also a multiplayer level with the same name, though it only includes the room known unofficially as Gorea's lair.
Complete Map of the Oubliette: [1]
Description[]
In Alimbic Lore, the Oubliette is described as a prison built especially for Gorea. In appearance, it looks more like a capital ship than a structure; this may have been necessary to transport it to the Infinity Void after construction, or it may have simply been built according to principles of the very foreign Alimbic aesthetic, like the homely Crash Pillars.
Inside the Oubliette, most of the rooms are larger than would appear necessary, and have a curious overgrown appearance and green color, with large glowing green lights in the walls, ceiling or floor at seemingly random locations. Much of the interior appears to be constructed of stone, and what appear to be brown tree trunks are abundant. In the "open-air" areas like the main chamber and the final area, there is no sky, and instead there is nothing but an enormous, swirling green void. The overall environment of the Oubliette particularly resembles a Stronghold Void, and even shares the same ominous music as that area.
Etymology[]
Oubliette is a French word derived from the verb oublier, which means "to forget". The stem word is ultimately the same as for English oblivion and oblivious. In modern French, Oubliette is used similarly to the phrase "memory hole",[3] a term coined in the novel 1984 to describe the systematic destruction and control of data and information available to the public. An oubliette is also a type of pit-like dungeon, with the only entrance being a ceiling hatch, in which criminals or prisoners were locked up and abandoned or forgotten. In the Spanish version of the game, the Oubliette is called Mazmorra, and in the German version it is called Kerker; both of these names translate to "dungeon".
Trivia[]
- The Oubliette is one of five space stations to be destroyed, the other four being the Frigate Orpheon, the Ceres Space Colony, the BOTTLE SHIP, and the Biologic Space Laboratories research station.
- The Oubliette is the only area in the game to not have an object scan directly next to the landing pad. Excluding the Stronghold Voids, it is also the only major area not to have a map naming the rooms.
- The Oubliette is one of six areas visited by Samus to be in an alternate dimension for an extended amount of time, the others being the regions and Sky Temple of Dark Aether.
- The Oubliette is marked by a different color on the Tetra Galaxy Scan Screen compared to the other Alimbic territories, that color being red. Said Scan Screen displays it as on the same orbit path as the Celestial Archives.
- The Oubliette is the only major setting in the Alimbic Cluster to have its own set of Alimbic Datashade entries.
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References[]
Alimbics | |
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Known Areas | Tetra Galaxy • Alimbic Cluster • Celestial Archives • Alinos • Vesper Defense Outpost • Arcterra |
Characters | General Almiiak • Arctherus • Gorea |
Creations | Psycho Bit • Voldrum • Alimbic Turret • Quadtroid • Crash Pillar • Oubliette • Octolith • Alimbic Artifact • Slench • Cretaphid • Stronghold Void (Portal) Alimbic Cannon • Omega Cannon • Universal Ammunition • Seal Sphere • Technology • Colored Panels |
Miscellaneous | Language • Tetra Border Wars • Hubs • Objects (Minor) • "Ultimate Power" |
Planets visited in the Metroid series |
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Other locations visited in the Metroid series |
Space Stations in the Metroid series |
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† denotes a destroyed station. |
FS-176 system |
Metroid | Sidehopper Station |
Alimbic Cluster |
Celestial Archives | Vesper Defense Outpost | Oubliette† | Head Shot | Outer Reach |
Cosmos region A47 |
BOTTLE SHIP† |
SR388's solar system |
Biologic Space Laboratories research station† |
Unknown location |
Ceres Space Colony† | Junk Quixote | Medical Space Station | The Locker |
Dimensional | |
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Species | Alimbic • Boost Guardian • Chozo (Ghost) • Craftsmen • Dark Pirate Commando • Darkling • Darkling Tentacle • Gorea • Ing (Hunter, Emperor, Warrior) Ingsphere Cache • Kralee • Leviathan • Luminoth • Metroid Prime (Core essence) • Phantoon • Warp Hound • Phazon Metroid |
Gateways | Alimbic Cannon • Artifact Temple • Interdimensional void • Portal • Stronghold Portal • Wormhole |
Alternate Dimensions | Dark Aether • Infinity Void • The Locker • Oubliette • Stronghold Void |
Other | Black fog • Dark Visor • Darkburst • Multidimensional Stealth Warship • Transdimensional energy • Transdimensional flux |