Ruins Test
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| Ruins Test | |
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| Featured in | Metroid: Zero Mission |
| Location | Chozodia |
| Attacks | Damage refection, lightning. |
| Reward(s) | Legendary Power Suit; Gravity Suit, Plasma Beam, Space Jump unlocked |
The Ruins Test appears in Chozodia in Metroid: Zero Mission after a suitless Samus Aran invades the Space Pirate's base. It appears as a floating orb containing an image of either Samus or a hieroglyphic-like symbol. The Ruins Test can only be damaged while it is showing the symbol; if it is shot while displaying Samus, she will take damage instead. It will also shoot lightning, which will travel along the ground and must be jumped over. The Ruins Test takes four shots to defeat. The heiroglyph speeds up after each successive shot making it harder to hit as the orb only reverts to the symbol for a short time and getting a shot in can be difficult. After its defeat, Samus receives the "legendary" Power Suit. Also, the three Mystery Items collected throughout the game are revealed to be upgrades; specifically the Gravity Suit, Plasma Beam, and Space Jump.
Note that, before the battle, a cinematic shows what appears to be a younger Samus viewing the same wall paintings shown during the boss battle, suggesting that she has visited the room while living with the Chozo.
[edit] Trivia
- The Ruins Test appears to be wearing a power suit from at least the waist up due to its shoulders resembling that of the shoulders of the Varia Suit.
- The Unknown Items represent the 3 Sacred Tresures from Kid Icarus, an NES game that ran on the original Metroid engine. They were the Light Arrows (Plasma Beam), Mirror Shield (Gravity Suit), and the Wings of Pegasus (Space Jump). All three were required to proceed to the game's final level (and boss), and could not be used before then.
- It is highly possible that the Chozo that accompanied Samus during the cinematic before battling the Ruins Test was Old Bird from Metroid (manga). This can be implied even further by the fact that the appearance of Samus in the cinematic looked similar to, if not exactly like, the time when she was three years old in the manga.
- After completing the game, it is revealed that Samus had made a small engraving on the base of this when she had lived on the planet. The image is of herself, Old Bird, and Grey Voice.
- Some fans depict the Ruins Test as some sort of a god to the Chozo. This could be supported by the fact that it looks like the other Chozo carvings are giving it offerings.
