Parasite Queen
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| Parasite Queen | |
|---|---|
 Official artwork of The Parasite Queen. | |
| Featured in | Metroid Prime |
| Location | Orpheon |
| Attacks | Energy Beam |
| Weakness | Power Beam Missiles |
| Reward(s) | None |
[edit] Biography
The Parasite Queen is a Parasite genetically enhanced by Phazon. The Parasites were some of the first species to be experimented on with Phazon by the Space Pirates. There were originally four Parasite Queens: two were found dead by Samus Aran (one killed by Space Pirates, another in a test tube). One of them was kept in stasis, but before the Orpheon crashed into Tallon IV, it escaped but was promptly killed by Pirates. The last one managed to escape, forcing Samus to battle it. After being killed, it fell into the reactor core, causing the ship to blow up.
[edit] The battle
The Parasite Queen is a totally straightforward boss. All Samus has to do is lock on the creature and fire at it. It will use shields to protect itself, though the shields have spaces in them which allow firepower to reach the Parasite Queen. The Power Beam, Charge Beam, and especially Missiles are very effective against the creature.
The Parasite Queen will open its mouth sometimes to roar at Samus. If Samus scans the Parasite Queen with the Scan Visor, she will learn this is its weak spot. She can now target the mouth, causing great damage to the Parasite Queen when she fires at it.
Sometimes the shields will spin rapidly around the creature. Samus can either fire her Power Beam repeatedly to do some damage or charge her Power Beam and then fire it once the shields stop spinning.
Once the Parasite Queen is destroyed, it damages the frigate's reactor core. Due to this incident, Samus has seven minutes to evacuate the frigate.
[edit] Trivia
- In Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Parasite Queen corpses can be found in an elevator in west SkyTown.
- In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, the Parasite Queen appears in the background of the stage Frigate Orpheon.
- In the same game, the Parasite Queen's battle music is one of the songs that plays on the stage.
| 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 | 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 • Mining Cannon • Pirate Commander • Omega Ridley • Metroid Hatcher • Dark Samus • Aurora Unit 313 | ||||||
