Metroid: Prime
Boss Strategy
V. 2
By: Joe Amico
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Appendix
Section A: My claims and legal stuff.
Section B: Updates
Section C: Evasive maneuvers and techniques.
Section D: Bosses
Section E: Boss Strategy
Section F: Bonuses
Section G: Credits
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A). LEGAL STUFF
This boss strategy guide belongs to all it's rightful owners, or owner, being 
me. So, if you attempt to copy this or change the document in any way, like 
putting your name on it and being all plagiarized-like, then your probably 
breaking some legal thing and you may have to suffer a penalty. So, for the 
record, I claim all text on this document EXCEPT that weird little symbols 
under the title, you can copy those if you'd like. Copyright Joe Amico, Feb. 
19, 2003.
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B). UPDATES
March 13- Added Sheegoth to boss section.
April 8, 2003- Updated Omega Pirate section.
June 11, 2003- Re-did some stuff, added minor new details.
June 20 something, 2003- Changed stuff around, added thingys between sections.
July 14, 2003- Added a few new tips.
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C).  EVASIVE TECHNIQUES
To complete this game, you can't just stand in one place and shoot. Sorry, but 
that is not an option in this case. I have created terms for several evasive 
maneuvers that will aid you in your success. These techniques are rather 
useful, take it from me.

High Jump- This is simply jumping or double jumping in the air. This is useful 
to dodge ground quake attacks etc.

Roll- To perform the roll, wait until the boss is about to use a particularly 
annoying or hard to block attack. As soon as the boss is preparing, transform 
into the morph ball and roll as far away as you can from the enemy. This is 
particularly useful against Thardus and the Omega Pirate.

Side Dash (defensive)- To perform the side dash, tap the b button two times 
quickly while jamming the joystick right or left. This gives you a quick lunge 
to get out of the way. Use the side dash to escape missile attacks or other 
projectile launches.

Side Dash (offensive)- Sometimes, when you lock on to an enemy, if you 
repeatedly side dash and side dash, you start to circle around your enemy. 
This is useful to hit and scratch those hard to reach places, and it gives you 
more speed to knock down the satellite dishes in Flahgra's battle. This is 
also useful to hit Thardus and Omega Pirate in their specific weak areas.

Dodge+QuickRoll- To perform the dodge quick roll, double jump in the air and 
jump to the side. Not side dashing, jumping to the side, when you reach the 
highest point in your jump, transform into the morph ball, while still holding 
the joystick in the direction you jumped, if timed correctly, you will land 
and roll out of harms way. This technique is particularly useful when Metroid 
Prime (form one) launches an offensive and then charges you.
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D). BOSSES
The bosses, in order you fight them…

Parasite Queen- 
       I won't cover this boss, because it's pretty easy and you don't and 
won't need help with him or her. The Parasite Queen appears as a big bug-like 
creature inside a huge tank. You encounter Parasite Queen above Talon 4, in 
the space station you begin in.

Flaghra- 
       You encounter Flahgra in the Chozo Ruins. Flahgra appears as a large 
insect-like thing sticking out of the top of a giant flower. After beating 
this boss, you are awarded with the Varia Suit.

Sheegoth- 
       Sheegoth is encountered in the Phendrana Drifts. He is a larger version 
of the baby sheegoth. You get the wave beam for beating him.

Thardus- 
       Thardus is encountered in the Phendrana Drifts. He looks like a bunch 
of rocks connected with some sort of ultra-high powered super glue. Aside from 
the fact that he is magically connected, winning, you are awarded with the 
spider ball upgrade.

Omega Pirate- 
       You run into this baddy in the Phazon Mines. He looks like a space 
pirate who's high on Phazon…actually no, but oh well. You get the Phazon Suit 
for beating him.

Meta Ridley- 
       Here's an old friend. You run into our good pal in the Chozo Temple in 
Tallon Overworld. He looks like good old Ridley, but metallic. Thus the Meta 
prefix in his name

Metroid Prime-
       Metroid Prime is encountered in the Impact Crater. He has two forms. 
Form one requires a lot of missiles and dodging. And form two requires good 
dodging, and a little bit of luck. You win the game after defeating Metroid 
Prime.
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E). BOSS STRATEGY

1: Flahgra
Flahgra is really easy, his attacks are easily avoidable and he doesn't take 
much effort to beat. The plan of attack here is to get rid of those satellite 
dish things that are putting light on him. The best way to do this is first 
fire a missile or two, followed by a constant stream of power beam fire. Once 
Flahgra is subdued, use the lock on to your advantage. While locked on to him, 
circle around the room until you're behind the satellite dish you need to hit. 
Shoot a charged shot at the red spot on the back of the dish. Once the dish is 
knocked up, Flahgra will pass out temporarily. This is your chance to deal 
some damage. Roll into morph ball and roll down the channels revealed when the 
vines pull away, once in their, get to the end and drop a morph ball bomb. 
After this, Flahgra will take some damage and this time instead of one dish 
needing to be knocked down, two will appear.
Again, the best way to do this is to first subdue Flahgra. Because, if he is 
away, he will knock the dishes back into place. After constantly firing upon 
him, when he is subdued, hit one dish then as fast as you can, stay locked on 
and dash repeatedly around the room to the next dish. This will cause the 
channels to open again. Bomb the end and again, the dishes will flip into 
place, but three this time. For the third time, subdue Flahgra, and then take 
down the dished. If Flahgra happens to wake up when you're hitting the dishes, 
immediately fire on him with missiles followed by a constant stream of power 
beam. Hehe, that rhymed Anyway, repeat this process again when four dishes 
appear. After Flahgra bites the bullet, you get the Varia Suit. Now you can 
enter and explore the Magmoor Caverns.

3: Sheegoth
Sheegoth is a little on the tricky side, but with a little concentration, he 
isn't too hard. To begin, the battle starts with you fighting a couple of baby 
sheegoths. Lock on to them and sidestep repeatedly and blast at their backs. 
Once you beat about four or so, the big boy appears. The first thing to know 
about him is do not shoot him with your power beam. The crystals on his back 
pull the shots and draw in energy for his attacks. The best thing to do is to 
lock on to him and repeatedly avoid his attacks. When he charges up for an ice 
breath (You'll know he does this when his neck rears back), dive to the side. 
While he's breathing his ice attack in the wrong direction, let go of the lock 
on and aim at the bottom side of his neck. Fire a missile at him. As soon as 
the missile is off, you'll know if you hit him because he flashes red quickly 
if he's damaged. After you hit him, continue using the side dash attack and 
avoiding his attacks. Then, once he charges up for his powerful attack, dive 
to the side and fire a missile at him like before. 
Repeat this process until he's through. If you have trouble hitting his neck 
with the missiles, jump to the side to aim earlier while he's still charging 
up. Then, fire the missiles. Eventually, you'll kill him and be awarded with 
the wave beam, and electric based weapon. Use it on the door you came through 
to exit and continue the game.
Instead of doing that, you can use Greyrms's technique. The approach I use 
against Sheegoth is to stay locked then walk up in front of him, which 
triggers him to use his ice breath. Jump backwards and fire off two missiles, 
the first just before the ice breath stops; the second as soon as possible 
after the first. As soon as the ice breath stops, I close in again so when he 
finishes hyperventilating, 
it triggers the ice breath again. Repeat as necessary.

2: Thardus
Thardus may be the hardest boss in this game. That's my opinion on the matter. 
It also may be because I hate rocks. Anywho, the plan of attack is this; 
Thardus will wake up when you enter his room. Switch to thermal visor and find 
the hot point on him. That's the weak point you're going after. Shoot at it 
with a charged wave beam shot or if you are in close proximity, use a missile. 
Thardus has several attacks. One of which being his ice beam. If he launches 
one of those, side dash out of the way. He also summons up some rocks from the 
ground. Destroy them a charged wave beam or a missile. After attacking his 
weak point the thermal visor blanks out, switch to combat visor and now 
Thardus's weak point will be a dull bluish color. Attack it the same way as 
before, because the wave beam charged shot is more effective if it's got some 
distance to travel. The missiles (preferably super) are good at close range 
because he blocks them from a distance. Once the dull blue spot has been 
destroyed, Thardus will throw his arms back and then roll into a ball. As soon 
as you see him preparing to roll into a ball, turn into a ball yourself with 
the morph ball and roll as far away from Thardus as possible. Don't go back 
into combat mode unless A) you know for sure you are at a safe distance or B) 
you know for sure that Thardus got back to his normal battle stance. Once in 
his normal stance begin the same process as before, thermal visor attack, 
then, attack the weak point again, then evade the roll attack and start again. 
Eventually, a bunch of magical energy stuff will start shooting out of the sky 
and regenerate Thardus. At that point just wait because he cannot take any 
damage when that is happening. After you repeat the process over and over 
(This may seem tedious but it's worth the wait) you will be awarded with the 
spider ball upgrade.  With that, you can climb the magnetic rail tracks and 
get to hard to reach places.

3: Omega Pirate
The Omega Pirate's chamber is extremely hazardous, so take heed in where you 
hop around. Two or three Phazon Pools line the perimeter of this room. Those 
should be avoided. You're first priority is to get rid of his Phazon Armor. 
You can do this with either super missiles or the Plasma Beam. I highly 
suggest the super missile because it's much more effective. A charged Plasma 
Beam, however, is also a fine alternative if you're low on missiles. Attack 
his Phazon armor with super missiles when you're A) behind him with a good 
vantagepoint or B) he's raising his arms from an attack. When he uses a ground 
quake attack, double jump up and continue pelting him with attacks (the plasma 
beam works well in this situation). When he swings at you or you feel 
encroached upon by a nearby wall, roll out of there to the opposite side of 
the room and continue at it. Also, thanks to the suggestion of GOGS, you can 
also transform into morph ball and roll in between the legs of the Omega 
Pirate, then plant a super bomb. This gets rid of all his armor, this is the 
most effective method After you blast all of his armor, Mr. Omega will use yet 
another one of his super powers and disappear. He will also summon two beam 
troopers in the process. Here, you have another decision to make, you can A) 
attack the troopers and then go for Ol' Omega or B) forget the troopers and 
focus on Mr. O. 
First off, It's good to know that when he disappears, you can see him when he 
reappears with the x-ray visor. He will appear over the Phazon pools. As soon 
as he appears, fire a super missile at him. Once you damage him, get ready 
because he'll reappear again over another pool. Don't forget, when I say 
reappear, you still can only see him with the x-ray visor. Every time he's 
over a Phazon pool, shoot at him with a super missile. If you take too long, 
he'll regenerate his armor and you will have to destroy the armor again. If 
you have some time before the Omega Pirate appears, take out the beam troopers 
with their appropriate beam combo attack. They will be a very large nuisance 
for the length of the battle if not destroyed.  They can be avoided, so stay 
on your toes and don't stay still too long. If you find yourself in a 
situation where you need to forget the Omega Pirate and kill the troopers, go 
for it because it's better to kill them if you're getting badly damaged by 
them. Eventually, after much blasting, you'll finish our big buddy off and you 
will be awarded with the Phazon Suit. The Phazon Suit allows you to walk 
through Phazon pools.

4: Meta Ridley
Meta Ridley is not too hard, but if you are careless, this battle can turn 
into a nightmare. The first part is pretty straightforward. Attack, dodge, 
attack, dodge, rinse, clean, lather, repeat, you get the idea.
He is in the air for the first part of the battle. Avoid his projectiles and 
his plasma beam by side dashing. If that doesn't seem to work, try double 
jumping straight up into the air, this makes it more difficult for his 
missiles to get you. When he is stationary, repeatedly attack with your plasma 
beam or super missiles. After both of Meta Ridley's wings are destroyed, he 
will be forced to fight on the ground. He performs a series of attacks when 
grounded, one, is his tail whip type attack. This one is annoying, it usually 
only happens when you are at close range, so don't get too close. The other 
attack he has is a charge attack. The tell tale signs for this is when he 
rears his head back. After you know he's going to charge, get ready to quickly 
side dash out of the way. If you are prepared, that attack will not be much of 
a problem. The other attack is a plasma beam out of his mouth. When you see 
his mouth starting to fill with flames, fire a charged plasma beam at it or a 
super missile. This will stun Meta Ridley revealing his vulnerable stomach 
area. Fire a super missile at his stomach to deal some damage. This is the way 
to attack him. Once he is gonna shoot fire, hit him, revealing his stomach, 
and attack that. This is very effective. Keep dodging his attacks and 
attacking at the appropriate times, eventually you will beat him. Beating Meta 
Ridley gains you access to a portal that leads to the impact crater. And, 
guess who's waiting for you there?

5: Metroid Prime

Form 1:
Metroid Prime looks like a big spider like…thing. His first for is actually 
pretty hard. I lost more life the first time through on his first form than on 
the second form. You find yourself face to face with the big meanie this game 
is named after. Make sure you have all missile expansions and all energy tanks 
for this battle. It would also help to have at least 200 missiles on standby.  
The only way to damage Metroid Prime in form 1 is to attack him with the same 
beam as the color represented by his markings. So, if he is purple use the 
wave beam, ice for white, plasma for red, and power for yellow.  He has a 
couple of attacks. His main attack is to launch a series of green missile 
thingys. Jump out of the way to avoid those. He also can use a beam matching 
the color he has on. And if you are too close, he will swipe at you. For his 
last attack, he will launch two little balls of slow moving energy. Destroy 
them with a charged shot from your beam, because they may be slow moving, but 
if they hit you, the visor gets all fuzzy and you sustain a good deal of 
damage from other oncoming attacks. He can also charge you; he usually does 
this after you cause him to change colors. When he screeches and prepares to 
charge, turn into morph ball mode and tuck yourself away in one of the grooves 
in the center of the room until he passes over. Once over, keep rolling 
forward and go back to combat mode. Back to the attack strategy. If he is 
white, use the ice spreader on his face. He will be frozen from that, when he 
is frozen, fire 1 or 2 more ice beam shots at his face, that should subdue him 
and cause him to change colors again. When he is purple, use the wavebuster 
from far away, just keeping electrocuting him until he yells and changes 
colors again. When he is yellow, fire super missiles. Waits until he is going 
to use his beam attack, when he does, double jump up in the air over the beam 
and launch the super missile. One or two should do the trick. When he is red, 
DO NOT use the flamethrower. It uses up precious missiles too quickly and is 
hard to aim. You're best bet is to constantly dodge and repeatedly fire 
charged shots followed by constant fire. This may be slower, but those 
missiles aren't unlimited, so use them wisely. Don't fire at the wall or 
ceiling, you need your missiles. However, when he is almost dead, feel free to 
let it loose. You will not need missiles for the second form. Having 25 left 
might help, though, when he calls forth his little friends. Once the first 
form is dead, he will scutter off into another cavern, chase after him, and 
get ready for the last battle.

Form 2:
Form 2 is pretty cool looking, maybe even scary. But don't let it intimidate 
you, he's not as hard as he looks. Metroid Prime, form 2 has 2 attacks. One of 
them, his powerful ground quake is easily avoidable, just double jump up in 
the air as soon as you see the energy from the attack spreading from the 
ground. His other attack, he lunges forward, is also avoidable, just don't 
stay too close to him. Keep evading from his ground quake attacks until 
eventually, he will create a Phazon pool. Go stand in it and get a look at 
your blaster, YEE HAA! After he created the pool, he became invisible. First, 
switch to thermal visor, if you can't see him in that, try the x-ray visor. If 
you can't find him in either of those then you are stupid because he's 
probably right there in combat visor. Don't forget; keep dodging the ground 
quakes, when you hear the loud bang noise, jump. If you spot Metroid Prime, 
stand in the Phazon pool and now with your hyper mode Phazon beam, attack. 
Hold down the fire button until it stops, that means the pool has been used 
up. After this, locate Metroid Prime again whether it is with the x-ray visor, 
thermal visor, or combat visor. The next time he makes a Phazon pool, he will 
call forth a couple of Metroids. You can easily take them out with a super 
missile or by standing in the Phazon pool and giving a quick blast of Phazon 
to them. Note: The Phazon beam will kill any Metroid (hunter, normal, or 
fission) with one shot. Also (Thanks to Greyrms) when Metroid Prime summons 
Metroids, dropping a Power Bomb usually takes all of them out.
If you decide to use the phazon to kill the metroids, don't use up too much of 
it, because you'll need the majority of the Phazon to attack Metroid Prime. 
Once you've located him again, pump him full o' juice. Repeat this process 
until he is no more. With good timing, a cool head, and a lot of dodging, you 
will win, and congratulations, you just beat the game. TA DA!
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F.) Congratulations! By beating Metroid Prime, you get an ending. If  you have 
collected all the expansions and upgrades, your ending will be a lot cooler 
than just normal. For beating the game, you also get the ability to wear the 
fusion suit. You can only do this via the link cable to a Metroid Fusion game 
pack.
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G). CREDITS
I'd like to thank Graham Mann (GOGS) for suggesting the Super Bomb strategy on 
the Omega Pirate. 
Thanks also to Greyrms@hotmail.com, for suggestions on Sheegoth and MP: form 2.
Thanks go out to IGN.com as well, for providing a great website and always 
providing great service.
Also, Nintendo, they keep making unbelievable games.
If you wish to contact me with anything concerning this guide, 
suggestions/etc., E-mail me at Cujoe89@aol.com. Please forward your message 
Metroid so I know it's not spam. 

Submitted by ggguuu - Created 2/18/03 (Last Modified 7/14/03)
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