Thermal Visor
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The Thermal Visor is a visor in Metroid Prime, and it is the only Visor that is exclusive to Metroid Prime (although several aspects of the Thermal Visor carried over to the Dark and X-Ray Visors of Metroid Prime 2: Echoes and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, respectively). It is acquired in the Research Core in the Phendrana Drifts.
The Thermal Visor uses thermography, allowing Samus Aran to locate enemies or objects by their heat signatures. It can be used to see Shadow Pirates and is also useful in dark places, extreme cold, and in poor weather conditions, like those in Phendrana Drifts; though it functions poorly in superheated areas, such as the Magmoor Caverns. It also overloads when Thardus' weak point is revealed.
Other uses for the Thermal Visor include locating Power Conduits to energize with the Wave Beam, allowing Samus to open unenergized doors, locating Thardus' weak spot, and locating Metroid Prime when it becomes invisible to the Combat Visor and X-Ray Visor. However, one setback of the Thermal Visor is it can be over-loaded via Phazon exposure, or strong thermal flashes such as small explosions.
[edit] Trivia
- When the visor is equipped, a faint sound can be heard. It is unknown what this is, but it sounds similar to a computerized voice saying 003.5 or 00315 (zero-zero-three-point-five / zero-zero-three-one-five).
| Visors |
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| Combat Visor | Scan Visor | Thermal Visor | X-Ray Visor Dark Visor | Echo Visor | Command Visor Hacker Mode | X-Ray Scope |
