Metroid Prime Story Questions

[bbobb]

Originally posted by Reno
It was in Metroid Fusion. They said that the Chozo created the Metroids in order to eliminate the X parasite from the universe. Because Samus destroyed every Metroid on SR388, the X were allowed to flourish again during Fusion on that planet. Sweet irony. Or something.

Oh yeah, it was in that too. I could have sworn there was something about harnessing energy somewhere.

[burgundy]

Originally posted by Reno
It was in Metroid Fusion. They said that the Chozo created the Metroids in order to eliminate the X parasite from the universe. Because Samus destroyed every Metroid on SR388, the X were allowed to flourish again during Fusion on that planet. Sweet irony. Or something.

That sounds really convoluted, since Fusion invented the X. My guess, then, would be that Retro and whoever did Fusion weren't coordinating stories. If you ignore that tidbit from Fusion, I think my explanation makes more sense if you're looking only at Prime.

[Reno]

Originally posted by burgundy
That sounds really convoluted, since Fusion invented the X. My guess, then, would be that Retro and whoever did Fusion weren't coordinating stories. If you ignore that tidbit from Fusion, I think my explanation makes more sense if you're looking only at Prime.

IMO it makes sense, well, makes more sense than a lot of other storylines in video games. Because the Metroid series is one whole story, you can't really look at just one game, you need to see the whole arc. If you look at the timeline it basically goes:

Metroid 1 - Samus destroys all Metroids on Zebes (X parasites being kept in check due to the Metroids on SR388)
Metroid Prime - Samus destroys all Metroids on Tallon V (same as above)
Metroid 2 - Samus destroys all Metroids on SR388 (X parasites begin to multiply due to this event)
Super Metroid - Samus destroys all of the new Metroids on Zebes (X parasites still thriving on SR388 during this time)
Metroid Fusion - Samus goes back to SR388 and becomes infected with X parasite because of the extinction of the Metroids on the planet.

[Victrix]

Where are you getting that Prime was the meteor Burg? I don't remember reading anything that inferred that. I need to check those research logs again more carefully next time I go through that area...

edit, from the creature data: "A highly evolved Phazon-producing life form. The aberration kwon as Metroid Prime is the source of Phazon, making it immensely powerful."

Perhaps it was the meteor Which frankly, is sorta lame :/ "aiee, our planet is being corrupted by a metroid crashing into it"

That also doesn't make any sense if you go with either the Fusion story (the Chozo created the Metroids) or the Metroid 1 story (the pirates were on Zebes, experimenting on Metroids - wtf did this meteoric Prime Metroid come from?)

I think we need someone to post all the relevant snippits from the game here. Any volunteers?

[bbobb]

Originally posted by Victrix
Where are you getting that Prime was the meteor Burg? I don't remember reading anything that inferred that. I need to check those research logs again more carefully next time I go through that area...

Well there's talk in the Chozo messages of how the thing that crashed was alive and trying to eat the planet. That's what makes me assume that Prime is the thing that crashed.

[Victrix]

ugh god, I hope that isn't the case I'd be happier with a random phazon infused meteor honestly

[burgundy]

Well, I generally think that trying to coordinate plot details for games that were developed at different times by different people in different countries is going to leave some holes.

My problem with the Fusion detail which said that the Chozo created Metroids is that this doesn't explain how Metroids are found all over the galaxy, and how SR-388 is their home world. Throw in the fact that none of the Chozo scripts in Prime make any reference to Chozo-created Metroids (or X, for that matter), and it seems kinda silly to port Fusion's Metroid theory into Prime. IMO, the X simply have no bearing on the rest of the Metroid series.

[Victrix]

Where does it say Metroids are all over the galaxy?

Anyway, I agree with tossing the other games, so let's consider Prime on it's own (even so far as basically ignoring Metroid on its lonesome, just inferring plot from Metroid as it is mentioned in Prime). Given that, was the meteor Metroid Prime? (ie, dig out your logs and post a snippit, since I don't remember it )

[burgundy]

Well, Metroids have been found on SR-388, Zebes, and Tallon IV. I haven't played enough Fusion to know whether they're also on the space station. Metroids are present on every planet on which a Metroid game has taken place.

Vic - I think your creature data snippet is the strongest evidence that the meteor held Prime, and Prime brought the Phazon. On the other hand, Chozo scripts indicated that the meteor brought the Great Poison, and one of the artifact hints referred to the Great Poison in such a way that it could only mean Phazon.

[Victrix]

Those planets are also all in the same solar system Remember the map holo room? They were brought to Zebes and Tallon by Pirates. Fusion makes it clear that the Chozo planted the Metroids on SR388 to seal the X, but even if we ignore that game, they still only existed on one solar system in total (based on what the games present, which obviously isn't much)

Yeah, see, that's what I don't understand. The creature data doesn't seem to vibe with the other notes throughout the game. I think I'm gonna have to go back through on a normal game and read everything carefully to figure out what they were trying to say.