Power Bomb
From Wikitroid, the Metroid wiki
| Power Bomb | |
|---|---|
 Samus detonates a Power Bomb in Metroid Prime. | |
| Featured in | Metroid /Zero Mission Metroid Prime Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Super Metroid Metroid Fusion |
| Damage | High |
| Effect(s) | Creates a high-yeild explosion of expanding energy, greatly damaging all it touches. |
| Special uses | Can destroy Yellow Blast Shields, Bendezium, Denzium and Bio-Barriers. |
Power Bombs are one of Samus's greatest weapons. They must be deployed via Morph Ball mode, from which they momentarily detonate, allowing for destruction of enemies within a surprisingly large radius. Also, in Metroid Fusion, the blast appears to cause a vacuum that can draw in ordinary X Parasites to the center of the blast.
Contents |
[edit] In the Metroid Series
In Metroid: Zero Mission and Super Metroid Power Bombs are gained from Power Bomb Expansions.
In Metroid Fusion, the powerup is found in a Data Room.
In Zero Mission and Super Metroid, the Power Bombs are capable of opening Yellow Doors and breaking certain glass tubes, and in Fusion, they can destroy orange Bio-Barriers. In all three games, they are also capable of destroying Power Bomb Blocks.
In Super Metroid, Samus can perform the Crystal Flash, a technique that allows her to absorb the destructive force of the Power Bomb and convert it into energy to heal herself. She is only able to do this at critically low health levels, and it consumes a lot of her ammunition in the conversion process.
[edit] In the Prime Series
In Metroid Prime and Metroid Prime 2: Echoes the Power Bombs are arguably the strongest weapon in the game. They are able to destroy Yellow Blast Shields. It is also one of the three upgrades in Metroid Prime Pinball, and significantly harms all enemies on one screen.
[edit] Metroid Prime
In Metroid Prime Samus had to fight the Cloaked Drone and get through a maze of electric barriers in the Phazon Mines to acquire Power Bombs, or alternatively Samus can obtain a Power Bomb Expansion in Phendrana Drifts before this by sequence breaking. Can destroy objects made of Bendezium.
[edit] Metroid Prime 2
In Metroid Prime 2 the Power Bomb Guardian in Dark Torvus must be defeated to acquire the Power Bombs, after acquiring Spider Ball in Sanctuary Temple. Can destroy objets made of Denzium.
[edit] Metroid Prime 3
Strangely, Power Bombs are not present in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, but a similar super-powerful Morph Ball upgrade, Hyper Ball, is acquired after defeating Mogenar on Bryyo.
[edit] External links
- http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/r3ij/ability/index10.html - Official Japanese website for New Play Control! Metroid Prime.
| Morph Ball |
|---|
| Morph ball | Bombs | Power Bombs Spring Ball | Boost Ball | Spider Ball Hyper Ball |
