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GUIDES

Metroid Prime 2:EchoesGameCube

Release Date: November 15,

2004|


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Basics

Controls

The adventure takes place from a first-person perspective, but because

the focus is not on shooting, the controls do not adhere to your

standard first-person shooter controls -- traditionally dual analog.

Instead, the developers have implemented a system closer to what was

introduced in Zelda: The Ocarina of Time.

Control Stick - Move/Turn

L-trigger - Lock/Scan/Strafe

R-trigger - Manual Aim

A-button - Shoot/Bomb/Charge/Scroll Text

B-button - Jump/Boost Ball

Y-button - Missiles/Power Bomb

X-button - Morph Ball

Z-button - Map

D-pad - Visor Modes

C-stick - Switch Weapon Type

Lock-on/Scanning: You can lock onto enemies and all important objects

by holding down the L-trigger. Meanwhile, the controls allow you to


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circle strafe around the enemy or object and position yourself. It's the

same for scanning. You can strafe and move around while you scan

objects, which is imperative to avoiding damage during this process.

Sidestep: When you are locked on to something, you can tap left or

right and the jump button to perform a sideward leap. It's an advanced

technique used to avoid projectiles and more quickly position yourself.

Strafe: When you don't lock on to an object and hold down the L-trigger, it alters the control scheme slightly. By using it in conjunction

with the control stick, you can strafe left to right, in addition to walking

backwards without turning around. In both cases it's a very important

function to accustom yourself with, but especially the latter can prove

useful if you want to back off an enemy or object without turning your

back to it.

Manual Aiming: Just hold down the R-trigger to activate this free look

mode. Because you cannot perform this while you're in motion, you

should make it a habit to examine every room in detail once it is clear

of enemies. There are many secrets that hide along the walls and the

floors. Look and ye shall receive. Advanced players will be able to use

this to quickly adjust aim and be generally more effective.

Jumping: This is a painless process, and extremely forgiving. Don't be

shy about charging across a chasm or larger gap. Chances are it's closer


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than you think. Of course, there are many areas that are too high or too

far away, but you'll be able to access them in time. Just have patience

and search for those power-ups.

Morph Ball: You can use your morph ball at any time. Simply use the

control stick to maneuver yourself around, and be sure to take

advantage of the L-trigger, which will position the camera for you if you

want.

Visor HUD

In Metroid Prime 2 Echoes you have to see through lead character

Samus Aran's eyes. Because of this first-person perspective, you must

learn to use the Heads Up Display (HUD) on her combat visor.


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1.) Visor Modes: Use D-pad to switch.

2.) Weapon Type: Use C-stick to switch.

3.) Caution Level: A height meter used to indicate how close your feet are to

dangerous material such as lava.

4.) Missile Supply: Your current available missiles. Not total.

5.) Radar: Monitors hostile activity (orange dots) around you.

6.) Map: This is the basic onscreen map. It's there to give you basic ideas, but

press Z for the more detailed version.

7.) Energy Supply: Your power suit needs energy to function. It's basically your

health. The highest amount of energy you can have is 99. However, the small

squares above are energy tanks. Fill them up for backup reserves. 8.) Dark/Light


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Energy Supply: When you get both beams, these gauges show how much supply

of each energy type you have. Use them wisely. TIP: If you need one type of

energy, destroy objects with the opposite type to spawn opposite energy.

Visor Switching

The D-pad is used to swap from visor to visor. You begin with only the Scan Visor,

but it can and must be used frequently. It is key to unraveling the complicated

story, locating secrets, and learning how to defeat enemies. Once activated, you

can easily turn it off by tapping the A-button. Be sure to use the manual aiming to

look around rooms frequently with this.

Choose Your Weapon

With the flick of the C-stick, you can switch between your various weapons.

Eventually you'll earn a total of four, but you only begin with one. As soon as youdo earn a weapon, memorize the direction you must flick the C-stick to access it.

Eventually, you will need to manage your arsenal in clutch moments.


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Map Interface

Understanding the map is key to exploring Prime 2's

huge worlds. Tap the Z-button to access the map and

everything is at your fingertips. There's a built-in key to

explain what things mean and you can easily zoom,

roate, and navigate each room with little problem. Take

note that each room has a name and location to its

overworld. There is also a dark version of each world,

which although it can look similar on the map, it almostalways houses different things.


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Hint System

Metroid Prime defaults with the "Hint" system activated.

Don't freak out and assume that it will ruin the game for

you. It merely highlights the next area you need to go to.

It does not tell you how or what you need to get there.

Essentially, it's a device to overcome the frustration that

could ensue from exploring such a vast 3D world. And it's

even more unassuming in Prime 2 Echoes, so if you findyou can't wait for a hint, that's right where this guide

comes in.

On to Walkthrough..

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Walkthrough: Overview

Click on one of the links below to be taken to that section of walkthrough:

Part One: Light Aether: Temple Grounds

Part Two: Light Aether: Temple Grounds, GetMissile Launcher

Part Three: Light Aether: Great Temple, Mini-Boss: Dark Alpha

Splinter , Light Aether: Pathway to Agon

Part Four: Light Aether: Agon Wastes, Boss: Bomb Guardian ,

GetMorph Bomb

Part Five: Dark Aether: Agon Wastes, Boss: Jump Guardian , GetSpace Jump Boots

Part Six: Light Aether: Agon Wastes, Boss: Dark Samus , GetDarkBeam

Part Seven: Dark Aether: Agon Wastes, GetLight Beam, Light

Aether: Agon Wastes, Dark Aether: Agon Wastes, Boss: Amorbis , Get

Dark Suit, Light Aether: Agon Wastes, Light Aether: Temple Grounds


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Part Eight: Dark Aether: Sky Temple Grounds, Light Aether:Temple Grounds, Light Aether: Torvus Bog, Dark Aether: Torvus Bog,

Light Aether: Torvus Bog, GetSuper Missile

Part Nine: Dark Aether: Torvus Bog, Boss: Boost Guardian , GetBoost Ball, Light Aether: Torvus Bog, Light Aether: Temple Grounds,

GetSeeker Launcher, Light Aether: Torvus Bog

Part Ten: Dark Aether: Torvus Bog, Light Aether: Torvus Bog, GetGravity Boost, Boss: Alpha Blogg, Dark Aether: Torvus Bog, Light Aether:

Torvus Bog, Dark Aether: Torvus Bog, Boss: Grapple Guardian, GetGrapple Beam

Part Eleven: Light Aether: Torvus Bog, Light Aether: Agon Wastes,

Dark Aether: Agon Wastes, GetDarkburst, Light Aether: Torvus Bog,

Dark Aether: Torvus Bog, Boss: Chykka, GetDark Visor, Light Aether:Torvus Bog, Light Aether: Temple Grounds, Light Aether: Great Temple,

Light Aether: Temple Grounds

Part Twelve: Light Aether: Sanctuary Fortress, Dark Aether: Ing

Hive, Light Aether: Sanctuary Fortress, Boss: Spider Guardian , GetSpider Ball

Part Thirteen: Light Aether: Torvus Bog, Dark Aether: Torvus

Bog, Boss: Power Bomb Guardian, GetPower Bomb, Light Aether:


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Torvus Bog, Light Aether: Temple Grounds, Dark Aether: Sky Temple

Grounds, Light Aether: Temple Grounds

Part Fourteen:Light Aether: Sanctuary Fortress, Boss: Dark

Samus , Dark Aether: Ing Hive, Light Aether: Sanctuary Fortress, GetEcho Visor, Dark Aether: Ing Hive, Light Aether: Sanctuary Fortress,

Dark Aether: Ing Hive, Light Aether: Sanctuary Fortress, Portal Hopping,

Light Aether: Sanctuary Fortress

Part Fifteen: Dark Aether: Ing Hive, Light Aether: SanctuaryFortress, Mini-Boss: Caretaker Class Drone, Dark Aether: Ing Hive, Light

Aether: Sanctuary Fortress, Dark Aether: Ing Hive, Light Aether:

Sanctuary Fortress, Dark Aether: Ing Hive, Light Aether: Sanctuary

Fortress, GetScrew Attack

Part Sixteen: Dark Aether: Ing Hive, Light Aether: Sanctuary

Fortress, Dark Aether: Ing Hive, Boss: Quadraxis , GetAnnihilatorBeam, Light Aether: Sanctuary Fortress

Part Seventeen: Light Aether: Sanctuary Fortress, Light Aether:

Agon Wastes, Dark Aether: Agon Wastes, GetSonic Boom, LightAether: Agon Wastes, Light Aether: Temple Grounds, Light Aether:

Great Temple, GetLight Suit, Ligh Aether: Temple Grounds, DarkAether: Sky Temple Grounds


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Part Eighteen: Light Aether: Temple Grounds, Dark Aether: SkyTemple Grounds, Light Aether: Temple Grounds, Dark Aether: Sky

Temple Grounds, Light Aether: Temple Grounds/Great Temple, Light

Aether: Agon Wastes, Dark Aether: Agon Wastes, Light Aether: Agon

Wastes

Part Nineteen: Light Aether: Torvus Bog, Dark Aether: TorvusBog, Light Aether: Torvus Bog, Dark Aether: Sky Temple Grounds, Light

Aether: Torvus Bog, Light Aether: Sanctuary Fortress, Dark Aether: Ing

Hive, Light Aether: Sanctuary Fortress, Dark Aether: Ing Hive, Light

Aether: Sanctuary Fortress, Dark Aether: Sky Temple Grounds, Boss:

Emperor Ing

Continue Walkthrough...


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Walkthrough: Part One


After the opening cut scene concludes, move to the crates near the ship

and use them to leap on top of your vessel. Stand in the glowing blue

circle to save your game. Press LEFT on the D-Pad to switch on your

scan visor. Use the L-trigger (we'll refer to it as L from here on out) to

scan the ship, then scan anything else that glows on the screen.

Now turn to the doorways grown over with webbing. Use L to lock on

to the green centerpiece and blast it to remove the obstruction.

Continue forward and blast the rest of the doors and you'll reach a

ledge. Jump up using the B button and continue to a glowing blue hex

door. When you come across one of these in the game, shoot it with

your primary weapon until it goes gray. Approach it and it will open.


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Head through a room overgrown with strange cave plants and hop up

on the next ledge. The path splits here. Go down the right leg through

some webbing and into the craggy hole in the floor. You'll land in a

room full of alien machinery. You can switch on your scanner here and

scan the blue stuff to gain some research entries. Approach the grated

door and look to the left, still in scan mode. Scan the red switch next to

the door to disengage the locks at the top corners of the door. Lock on

and shoot them off to open it.


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Squish through the next moist hallway and face right just before you

get to the rock slab blocking your path. Scan the pinwheel switch there

to make the slab slide back. In the next room, grab the rotatinghologram to get the Map of this area. Once you have it, blast through

the web door and head through the hex door that follows.

Several dead bodies dangle from the ceiling of the next chamber, and

the room is teeming with alien life. Lock on and destroy the bugs that

scurry over the walls and ceiling of this room. When they all drop, blast

through the web door yet again and continue forward through the next

hex door. Fire greets you in the room that follows. Avoid it and step

forward toward the body slumped against the control panel. Scan the

body to record some Lore to your memory banks.


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Exterminate the enemies in this room and turn into a morph ball (press

X) to get under the bars that block your path. Stay in the morph ball

form and roll to the small opening next to the fire. Roll down the tunneluntil you reach a gate that obstructs your path. Use a bomb on it (press

A) and continue down the path.

This will lead you to yet another room with dangling bodies in it. Stay in

morph ball form and roll around the center computer console. Roll near

the circular recepticle on this column and use a bomb to "jump" up into

the circular space. Use another bomb once you're locked into the

column to restore power to the gate control system. As you attempt to

leave the room, some dark matter appears and animates the corpses in

the room. Lock on to them, charge up your weapon, and blast (once a

ball of energy has collected at the end of your cannon). Be sure you

grab the health they drop. Backtrack to the previous room and take on

the newly reanimated enemies here. You can press and hold A to drawany of the dropped health pickups to you.


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Once you've cleared the room, head back under the bars that separate

the sides of area and turn on your scan visor. Scan the console near the

slumped marine open the large door here. More enemies await beyondthe door, so charge up your gun and blast, and make sure you strafe to

avoid enemy fire. To do this, lock on and press LEFT or RIGHT on the left

stick. Go through the newly-opened door, down the next corridor and

through the hex door. Blast the crates in this area to clear a path to the

next hex door.

When you step into the ensuing room, the door will lock behind you,

and a short cut-scene will play. When you regain control, head to the

cloud of black energy that is left behind and step in it. This will whisk

you away to some sort of alternate realm. Watch the cut scene that


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follows. At the end of it, you'll find yourself back in the original

chamber, minus a lot of your abilities. It appears the creatures you

encountered in the cut scene have stolen an essential gear from your

power suit. You'll have to make do without some abilities: Morph BallBoost, Missile Launcher, Bomb Activator... all of these have been shut

off.

Follow the cords on the floor down the corridor. Blast the large green

spores on the wall to reveal an opening. Roll through it to enter

another area full of reanimated marines. Sort them out and blow up

the crates on the right side off the room (from where you entered) to

expose a hex door. Go through it to find a Save Location. Save your

progress, return to the main room and blast through the next hex door.

This leads to an elevator. Scan the console to the left of the door to

activate it and a hologram will appear at the center of the lift. Step on it

to ride up.


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When you reach the area above, you'll see a circular door to the right

that is protected by a violet hologram lock. You don't need to worry

about that for now; head forward through the hex door and scan theconsole in the next area, disabling the locks at the corners of the door.

Blast them and move through, stepping outside. Move straight forward

off the ledge and scan the red console on the left side of the area. This

will raise a large crate which you will need to move one more time.

Head between the broken crane and violet hologram door and blast

any flying enemies you see.

Head up to the rocks on the right side of the area and follow them to a

metal bridge that roughly leads toward the sail structure. Continue

along until you reach a scannable console near an up-tilted bridge (you


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can scan it to gain some Research). Scan the console to the left to

remove the locks, and blast them when they're unprotected using

manual aim (press and hold R, look with the stick and shoot with A).

Cross the bridge and work to a cave entrance, following it back to a hexdoor. Blast through it and continue until you reach a morph ball hole.

Scan the body next to it to get some Lore. Go through the hole in the

wall and roll to the next corridor. Go through the hex door here to head

back outside to the Temple Grounds.

Continue Walkthrough..

Walkthrough: Part Two



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Upon arriving outside, kill the vermin you see scampering around.

Move up the path (following the metal tiles) past the large crate you

moved previously. Several aliens will attack as you move toward the

hologram door. Kill them and focus your attention on the console onthe right side of the platform (facing the hologram door). Scan it to

move the large black crate down. It will move partially, but you'll have

to shoot the frayed cable that holds it to bring it all the way to the

ground. Use manual aim to tilt up and blast it.

Now that the crate has fallen, move to the edge of the ledge and jump

to it, using it as a bridge to cross to the far outcropping. Blast through

the hex door and enter. Follow the webby path back to a grated door.

Scan it for a bit of Research then scan the red-glowing object to the left.

This will open the gate and close one behind you. As the gate opens, be

ready to defend against alien attack. Once you defeat it, head through

the now-open door and the next hex door to get back outside.


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Wind through the rocky valley, blasting alien vermin as you go. Scan the

first pinwheel switch you come across (on the left side of the path near

the grated door). This will raise a satellite, but unfortunately there is nosignal for the time being. Move forward past the grate and battle a

throng of animated marines on your way to the hex door at the far end.

Wind through the webby path and take on the creatures at the

opposite mouth of the tunnel. Make sure you take down the auto-

cannon on the ceiling as well.

Next to the grated door ahead is a morph ball hole. Roll through it and

scan the console switch in the next room to restore power to the gate.

Be sure to scan the nearby corpse for some Lore , too. Return to the

previous room and roll under the malfunctioning gate. Head through

the hex door and follow the corridor out to another outside area.


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As you move ahead, you'll notice a space vessel parked in the area.

Move toward it to see a cut scene that partially explains what

happened to the marines scattered throughout the base. When you'refinished watching, be sure to scan the marine corpses for more Lore.

Head up the gangplank under the ship to move inside. At the top of the

ramp, scan the pinwheel on the doors to open them, revealing the Map

.

Leave the ship and find the large yellow crate near it. Blast it to acquire

the Missile Launcher. Immediately upon acquiring it, you will be

attacked by a number of the dark creatures you saw in the previous cut

scene. Stay on the move and charge up your cannons as you blast

them. Even though you got your launcher back, resist the urge to use it


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right now. Use your regular arm cannon to end the threat. Return

inside the ship and go out the side near thee fire to jump to a rock

ledge. Continue around until you reach a console. Scan it and a morph

ball hologram will appear at your feet. Change into a morph ball androll into the hologram and you'll be fired across the map.

From where you land on the ledge, turn and look across the canyon.

There is a locked hex door there. Blast it with a missile (Y) and drop

down to that rock platform, heading across to the now-accessible hex

door. Move through it and scan the marine body in the next corridor

for some Lore .

Change into a morph ball and go into the hole to the right. Blast the

insect-like aliens in the pit you're dropped in. When they die, switch on


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the scan visor and look up. Scan the console up on the ledge to activate

another kinetic orb cannon. Switch to the morph ball and drop into the

hologram to be launched out of the pit.

Go through the nearby hex door. Back outside, use missiles to take

down the hives along the walls, or they will keep spawning bee-

creatures. There is one on the right wall and one on the left. You'll find

more missiles along the right wall as well. Drop down and snag them

then stand in the right corner and look up to see another hive. Blast it.

From this position, do a 180 and look at the cracked, silo-shaped

structure. Shoot a missile into it. Once you blast it, find the circular orb

cannon on the ground in the corner. Search for a niche in the rock and

scan the console hidden back there to activate it.


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Change to a morph ball and roll into the hologram and you'll be blasted

across the level and into the damaged silo. Stay in ball shape and roll to

the next opening. This will take you to a track that you'll roll along until

you reach the area above where you just were. Go through the hexdoor. Inside the cave, scan the console switch to activate the elevator,

and step on the hologram at its center to rocket up. You've reached the

Great Temple.


Walkthrough: Part Three

Light Aether: Great Temple


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Move forward through a pair of hex doors and blast the flood of bat-

like aliens that fly across your path. Near here is a small opening on the

left side of the path. Drop into morph ball form and roll through to find

a Save Location. Be sure to use it then return to the previous hallwayand go through the next hex door.

As you move into the next room, the door will seal behind you and

you'll have to battle through a series of Dark Splinters. Strafe back and

forth and nail them with charged-up cannon blasts. They tend to rear

back and spring at you, so make sure to move out of the way so you

don't catch damage as they leap. When you take them down, one foe

remains.

Boss: Dark Alpha Splinter


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This boss doesn't start as a Dark Alpha Splinter. You need to damage it

a little before the dark force interferes and makes it stronger (and also

outfits it with its very own boss health bar). The idea throughout this

fight is the same. Lock on and blast with either charged-up cannonshots or missiles, and strafe using the B button while locked on. This

will help you avoid taking damage when the Splinter rushes you.

Never turn your back on this beastie, and always strafe! Watch out for

the goo it shoots at you from afar as well. Strafing should also allow you

to avoid this attack. When the boss falls, it will leave a ball of energy

behind. Step into it to acquire an unknown alien item.

Head back to the elevator and take it up then go out the hex doors until

you return outside. Here, you will meet U-Mos, Sentinel of the

Luminoth. Listen to what he has to say... he explains the duality of the

world you're on, and the origin of the enemy you're facing. He asks for

your help in restoring his world to its previous splendour. He repays the

favor by healing you completely. When you regain control, you'll now

have the power to open violet hologram doors with your scan visor.

Turn around and scan the violet hologram behind you to get some Lore,

and head back inside.


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Take the elevator back down, returning to the boss fight room. Scan the

violet hologram door and head through it to open the pathway to Agon.

Light Aether: Pathway to Agon

Move through the hex door and take down the energy creatures

beyond. Watch out for electrical blasts from these enemies as you

strafe and drop them. Move down the tunnel, leap up to the ledge and

go to the next hex door. Once through it, move to another elevator,

scan the console and step on the hologram to move down. You'll arrive

back at the Temple Grounds.


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Go through the hex door and scan the next violet hologram to return

back outside. You've been here before... it's the area where you moved

the large crate to form a bridge of sorts. Take down the Splinters in the

area. (Midway through the battle they'll be infused with Dark and geteven nastier). Make your way to the blast-protected door and unleash a

missile on it. Step through the hex door to claim an Energy Tank,

boosting your total energy. Go up the ledge nearby and pass by the

door marked with what looks like a purple (not violet) crystal. Move

through the hex door beyond, blast the creatures in this corridor, and

morph ball into the hole in the wall. Follow the path all the way back to

the large canyon area where you dropped the lock ball bridge.

In the lower portion of this area is a violet hologram door. Scan it and

go through, scanning the prone creature here for some Lore. Go

through the next hex door and through a suspended glass tunnel.

Through the next hex door is an elevator, but be sure to blast the web

door to the left and claim your Missile Expansion before moving on.

You know the drill--scan the console and a hologram will appear. Step

on it to be taken down. Once below, go through a pair of hex doors to

reach the Agon Wastes.


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Walkthrough: Part Four

Light Aether: Agon Wastes


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The introductory cut scene shows you where you need to go. Head

forward and take on the Sand digger that blossoms out of the sand.

Beware his spit attack, and keep your distance. Charged blasts to the

head will sort this bad boy out. Once across the sand, hop up to a lowledge and blast the shield-locked door here with a missile. Go through

the exposed hex door and use the Save Location here. Return to the

Wastes.

Head across the next patch of sand, battling the Sandigger here. Your

goal is the low ledge on the far side. Hop up there and follow the ledges

that skirt the canyon. At the top of the ledge, scan the vertical rock to

see that it's structurally unsound. Blast it with a missile to make it drop

across the gap, forming a bridge to the center rock formation. Once on

the other side, continue forward to find a similar rock spire. Scan it to

see its weakness and blast it with a missile.


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Cross your newly-made bridge (after clearing the enemies that swirl

around it). The doorway you need to get to is barred, so turn around

and jump back to the platforms at the center. Make your way under thelarge solar unit (with the three red discs). Here, you will find a bridge.

Cross the bridge and follow it to a hex door. Go through and follow the

corridor and enter the morph ball hole. Roll through the tunnel and

across a contraption to the other side of the canyon. Head through the

next hex door and wind through a narrow path until you reach an open

area with sandfalls all around. Stepping forward will trigger a tough

fight with some Pirate Troopers. Don't hesitate to use missiles against

them if you're having problems taking them down.


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When the Pirates die, head across the area to a low ledge near the

sandfalls. On the lower levels is a hex door. Go inside, change into the

morph ball and roll into the kinetic orb cannon. It will shoot you toanother cannon which will shoot you to the higher ledge. Go into the

nearby hole to be taken to what appears to be a carbon copy of the last

room. Roll into the cannon, and get blasted up to the top level, but this

time, head off the right edge of the upper ledge to get the Missile

Upgrade below. Return to the previous room.

Go back outside and keep climbing ledges. Use a missile and then a

charged shot to take down the crab-like Brizgee then leap across to the

circular platform. Continue leaping, platform too platform until you are

looking across at another Brizgee. Take it down and leap across to the

area in front of the yellow hologram door. Work counter-clockwise

around these upper ledges, leaping across the sand flows. Once you get

across the flow near the statue, use missiles to drop the rock pillar

(scan it if you can't find the weak point) and form a bridge to the next

ledge. This leads to a hex door that can be opened with a missile.


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Go through it and head to the next elaborate hex door, blasting the bat-

like foes that swoop at you. Go through the next hex to re-emerge

outside. When you head forward, you'll be locked into an arena andforced into combat with a Sandigger.

Boss: Bomb Guardian

Once you damage the Sandigger a little, the Dark will touch it and

change it into none other than... the Bomb Guardian. This guy is

vulnerable in only two places--its head and its tail. That might seem

unfair to you, simply because the Guardian has so much at its disposal.

It constantly barfs up morph ball bombs and casts them around the

arena, and it's your responsibility to avoid them or perish. The other

thing ol' Guardy likes to do is line up across the arena from you and

charge, trying to snap you in its mandibles. If this is successful, it'll do

quite a bit of damage, so be sure that you have your dodging skillsdown.


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The way to beat the Guardian is to stay locked onto its tail as you scoot

around it, using the dash (lock on and double tap B while pressing a

direction on the left stick). Circle the creature as you charge up yourcannon then let it fly. If you hurt its tail badly, the head will rear up. Tilt

up manually, lock onto the head, charge a shot and let the worm have a

face-full of cannon. Repeat roughly five times for a takedown.

Once the Bomb Guardian falls head forward and grab your Morph Ball

Bomb. Scan the various doors of the arena to see which has integrity

flaws. Move to that door, turn into the morph ball and drop a bomb to

get through. Make your way up the ledge. The doors here are locked,

so head to the right. Look for the stones that block an opening at the

end of the path. Use the morph ball bomb to blow through it. Roll


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underneath and keep going around the perimeter. You'll pass a purple

hex door on the left.

Keep moving until you see a ledge with a blue hex door on it. Go inside

to find a security station. You know what to do... change into the

morph ball, roll near the circular opening on the contraption, and

unleash a bomb to hop up. Once inside the machine, trigger another

bomb. The room will spin, and upon exiting you'll be in a completely

different area... the Agon temple.

Move to the opposite end and scan the yellow device in order to trigger

a holograph projection. The hologram explains more about the world

you're in and tells you that you will now be able to access amber doors.

She also says that once you have taken the energy from the Dark


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Temple, to return at once. Go back to the previous room and morph

bomb into the security device to get back to the previous area. Go

through the door you originally entered the arena through and

backtrack to the amber hologram door near the sand falls. Open thedoor and search inside to grab a Missile Expansion upgrade.

Keep backtracking until you reach the structure you see in the picture

above. Get right in the center crux and light off a bomb to drop to the

kinetic cannon. This will rocket you up to grab an Energy Tank. Once

you have it, head back down and continue rolling to the left. Continue

until you cross the bridge under the solar apparatus. In the channel

between the two stone bridges you created on your way up is an amber

hologram. Scan it for some Lore and continue down to ground level.

Find the amber hologram door nearby and go through it. Change into a

morph ball and use a bomb on the rock just inside the door to open a

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Return back across the bridge to the room where you first fought the

pirates (full of sand falls) and enter the kinetic cannon room where you

got the Missile Expansion. Use the cannons once, and roll through thehole to the other room, then change into regular form and find the hex

door up the ledge. You will emerge into a new area. Battle the two Dark

Pirates in this room, using the strafe technique. Don't be skimpy with

the missiles at this point... you have plenty of them. When the battle

concludes, note the device the cut scene indicates and follow the ramp

up to it. Turn into a morph ball, bomb jump up into the device and

plant another bomb to turn the conveyor belt on. Return down the

ramp and look on the left side (when facing the ramp) to find an amber

hologram. Scan it for some Lore.


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Return up the ramp and check out the right wall to find the conveyor

belt. It will ratchet you up to a ledge. Roll all the way to the right and

release a bomb to break the barrier and start the flow of sand. Roll

through the sand flow and down to the circular indent in the wall. Asyou roll forward, change out of ball morph form. Leap across to the

center platform then again to the semi-circular platform on the far wall.

Change to morph ball and get on the conveyor here.

Roll to the edge and down, roll left and bomb the red barrier. This will

duplicate the process you did on the opposite side of the room. Again,

roll down into the circular portion, change to Samus and leap across to

the center platform. Once over there, position yourself below the

channel, drop some bombs and use them to "jump" up to the channel

that leads left. Repeat this process on the next corner. Time your roll so

that you miss the two other balls rolling around; they'll damage you if

they make contact. Once you get to the right, lay a bomb to blow up

the barrier, and watch the short cinematic. It seems you've restoredpower! Head in the direction the energy is moving, switch on your scan

visor and scan the circular red lights in the array. This will bring about a

cut scene, and deliver you into Dark Aether.


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Walkthrough: Part Five

Dark Aether: Agon Wastes

Dark Aether's atmosphere is not friendly, so you have to stay within

globular pockets of comfort, called Safe Zones. (Some Safe Zones), exist

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shoot one, it won't last forever, so move to it and find a new Zone

quickly. If you stay in the atmosphere, your health will diminish rapidly,

but once you reach a Zone, it will replenish.

Move to the Zone on the floor below and face front to see the blinking

light. Shoot that to create a zone and go to it. From here, work your

way to the far left corner of the room, where you'll find a ball

contraption. Hop up in it and place a bomb, which will open a nearby

door. You'll also be told that you've activated a device on regular

Aether. Go through the door you created, quickly shoot the light to

create a Safe Zone and head into it to heal. Move into the next room

and hang in the Safe Zone, dropping the enemies (your first taste of the

Ing) that attack from outside. Remember, you can pull the pickups they

drop to you from the safety of the bubble by pressing and holding A.


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Once the threat has been neutralized, go to the far right of the Zone

and target the next blinker in the tunnel ahead. Move to the newly-

created Safe Zone and use a missile on the locked hex door. Dart intothe Zone in the next room and commence with the killing. Move down

the passage in the right corner, activating the Zone as you approach.

Watch for the pesky Inglet on the ceiling nearby. Once it dies, create a

Zone down the corridor, step to it and run to the next one. Here, you

will find a Save Location.

From here, make a dash down the sandy hall to the hex door and go

through, immediately shooting another Zone to life once outside. Move

to the next zone in the sand to trigger a fight with an Ing Warrior. This

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into you in attempt to knock you out of your safe circle.-Dash out of its

way (and return fire with charged-up cannon blast.) The creature will

morph into a puddle and change locations during the fight, but you can

shoot the goo and still do damage. Handy! When the creature perishes,look to the ledge ahead and run for the safety of its Zone.

From, here, you will have to get up the steps. See the moving Zone?

Get inside that and follow it carefully as it ascends. At the top, get into

the next safe area and look to the center of the level. There you will see

another moving Zone, but it is moving laterally along a bridge. Wait

until it is almost all the way to the right and jump to the center

platform. As you move forward, shoot the temporary Zone light; hang

in there for a second then make a dash for the moving one crossing the

bridge. Shoot the light on the opposite side, scuttle to the safety you

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In the next tunnel, change to the morph ball and roll through the

contraption you've seen before in the light world. Come to rest in the

protective bubble in the next tunnel. Once you've healed from yourrolling jaunt, blast the hex door and go through. Trigger the zone in the

next area, step into it then dash to the next one. This will trigger a fight

with the Jump Guardian.

Boss: Jump Guardian

The Jump Guardian fights in much the same way as the Warrior Ing that

you brawled earlier. It will summon spears of energy and cast them at

you, so you need to be prepared to dash (lock on and double tap B) side

to side to avoid the brunt of the attack. If you get hit by these attacks,

they will knock you back into the atmosphere. You must stay in the

protective circle, or you won't last long in the fight.


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From time to time, this giant Ing will leap in the air and come down

with crushing force that crackles your display. Don't get rattled. Stay

locked on and be sure to track the Ing everywhere. Patiently chargeyour shots and dodge. Fire when you have a full shot built up.

The Jump Guardian is spry for a big guy, and he likes to scamper around

the edge of the Safe Zone. Stay with him and pelt him with cannon fire

and the occasional missile, and the fight should go quickly. Upon

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Once you've got them, head to the ledge ahead. From there turn right

and shoot the Safe Zone on the ledge in the distance. Move there and

turn around to activate the Zone on the next platform up. Use your newSpace Boots to make the jump. Hit the next light and the next, making

your way around the rim to the last permanent Safe Zone. You'll have

to double jump to get to that last ledge. Go through the hex door after

opening it with a missile. Activate Zones as you move down the tunnel

to the far hex door (this territory should seem familiar from Light

Aether).

You'll exit to the arena area where you battled the Bomb Guardian in

regular ol' Aether. Turn left and activate a Zone and head over to it and

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hex door. Shoot it and step inside to acquire the Dark Temple Key. It is

one of three needed. Head back to the Zone and make your way back

to where you entered. Backtrack all the way to the save point and save

your game. Return to the room where you stepped through the portaland activate it by scanning one of the red discs. Step into the portal to

head back to the realm of light.


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Once back in the light realm, you'll be in a brawl with three DarkPirates. Let 'em have it with your charged cannon, and be sure to dodge

to avoid their beam attacks. Go across the room and look in the left

corner for where you used the bomb slot in the Dark realm. Head

through-the door that you opened. This leads into a curved room with

another bomb slot in it. Bomb jump up to it and activate it (by bombing

again) to drop the gate and reveal a Missile Expansion. Go down the

next hall and ride the sand flow down to the save location.

Now, head back to the sand flow room with circular platforms at its

center. Work your way to the top of the room and approach the statue

in the middle of the sand flow. Jump on the statue's head using the

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Follow the curving path until you reach a scan-able console and an

amber hologram. Scan the hologram for some Lore then scan the

console and the gates behind the statue will open. Return to the top ofthe statue's head and space jump up to the now-available ledge and go

through the hex door.

Follow the path to find a pair of Pirates. Charge up a shot and hit the

canister that they are standing near in order to drop them both. Blast

the locked hex and go through it. You'll emerge into a sandy courtyard

that is all ablaze. As you step forward, several waves of Dark Pirates will

attack. Drop them with charge cannon attacks or missiles. There are

three waves, and the third head for a pair of green cannons on a ledge

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When the fight is over, the laser shield across the hex door will fade,

opening a path. Before going through, blast the crates for regenerating

power-ups. Go through the door, switch to morph ball and lay a bombon the cracked floor to get underneath the grating. Drop another bomb

down below to clear the crates and find an opening for the ball.

Roll through the tunnel until you find yourself beneath the floor of a

gathering area of Pirates. This section of tunnels has electrified gates in

it. Time your roll so you don't hit those zaps, and work all the way to

the right, curving around to find a Missile Expansion. Return to the left

and continue until you see a short cut scne. When it concludes, stand

up and go to war with the collected enemies. After they die, be sure to

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The final thing to scan is the red console switch. This will activate the

nearby mini-elevator. Take it up to the catwalk, leap to the next

segment and fight the Pirate. Killing him will open the hex door at theend of the catwalk. Beware of the Pirate that attacks from within the

glass as you make your way over there. Once through the hex, you'll

see a short cut scne... another appearance from Dark Samus! You

won't be able to open the gate ahead, so wrap around the corner and

use a missile to open the locked hex door there. This will allow you

access to the glass lab you saw previously. Scan the computer terminal

ahead to bypass security in the lower room.

Return to the lab below and head through the door behind the

barricade you just lowered. In the ensuing room, drop the auto-turrets


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with some locked-on missile attacks. Turn into the morph ball and roll

through the crisscrossing lasers, use a missile on the hex door and go

through. In this lab, several more Pirates await. Wax them and you'll

get a message that a Luminoth weapon has been located. Refer to themap to see its location.

Scan the console at the back of the room to activate the lift and step

on. Once up top, battle the Pirates that appear. Before leaving this

room, scan one of the Metroids floating in the glass tanks. Scoot around

the right side of the main tank to find the hex to exit.

Take down the turret in the ensuing corridor and move to the next

chamber, which contains a bomb slot. Activate it to open a new path.

Go through to find a large, cavernous room (the Bioenergy Production


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room) with many crates stacked in it. As you move forward, two Pirate

Aerotroopers will swoop in. Deal with them swiftly to activate a console

at the back of the room.

Go up the stairs on the indicated structure and scan the console with

the hand icon. This will make a series of the crates in the room rise.

Once they're activated, move to the opposite end of the room. Here,

you'll find three series of controls. Facing the crates, scan the left

console's left hex once, the middle one's left hex twice, and the right

console's left hex three times. This will make a series of stairs out of the

crates. Space-jump-up them to, get to an Energy Tank on a platform

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Boss: Dark Samus

Dark Samus certainly is athletic! She'll cruise all over the arena and pelt

you with blasts of her own, but those are pretty easy to avoid. Your

main job is keeping up with her. Stay-locked on and keep an, eye on the

radar to see where Dark Samus is hiding. Once locked on, keep pelting

her with missiles until you run out. Then switch to your charged-up arm

cannon.

Dark Samus will pause frequently to raise a shield, but don't worry toomuch about that. Just keep blasting away, hitting when you can. Be

sure to strafe when locked on to avoid her attacks. Midway through the

fight, a short scene will play, and Dark Samus will up the ante. Now she

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these is to hide behind the pillars. She will also rise in the air and launch

herself at you... and you better be protected by a pillar, or you'll take

massive damage. After she lands, wait for the shield to go away and hit

her with a charged cannon blast. A few of these and Dark Samus will behistory.

Upon completing the fight, step on the nearby elevator and ride it up.

Enter the hex door nearby to acquire the Dark Beam. Leave the room

and move to the door with a white crystal on it. Shoot it with the Dark

Beam to open it, go through and head through the next hex door. In the

ensuing chamber, use the Dark Beam on a crystal door. Be sure to scan

one of the computers here for some Lore. Dark Beam the next crystal

door and step through into the Command Center. Now, there are some

new foes afoot... Pirate Grenadiers. Sort them out quickly, or they'll

hurt you bad. When they die, move to the dark portal in the lower

portion of the room and hit it with a Dark Beam to activate it. Step

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Walkthrough: Part Seven


You're back in the Dark realm. Remember how to shoot the blinkinglights to form Safe Zones? This time around, you may find that some of

them are covered in dark matter. To get rid of this, hit the dark stuff

with some blasts from your normal cannon, and hit them again when

they are blinking in order to form the needed shield.


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Move around the perimeter using Safe Zones until you see the device

indicated in the picture above. Scanning it will reveal that a Luminoth

device is within. Go to the Zone directly behind it and hit the switchwith a missile. This will expose a crystal. Nail it with your Dark Beam

and the entire platform will come down. Space-jump (on top, of It.)

then jump across to the Dark Temple Key. Once you have it, go back to

the center platform and leap over to the other high ledge. Open the

hex door here with your Dark Beam.

Move through the corridor using the Safe Zones and watch out for the

big Ing that cross your path. It will swipe at you inside your cocoon of

safety, so stay back and blast it with (gasp!) charged shots. Move down

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Inglets and move right down the path to the hex door near the portal

(the left door that you can see from this Safe Zone is unavailable for

now). Once through the door, light up the Zone in the narrow passage

and continue forward to a room with a tower with red trim at itscenter.

Go around the backside of the tower and look up to see a crystal at the

top (scan it quick for some Research). Hit it with a Dark Beam shot to

bring it to ground level. Jump on top of it and space jump up to the

ledge above. Move to the locked hex door and shoot it to open it up.

Scoot to the next room to find a Save Location. Go out the other door in

the save room and turn into the morph ball. Roll down the ball tunnel

quickly until you come to an obstruction. Use a bomb on it to gain

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This room is called Bitter Well, and it certainly can be if you do it wrong.

On the left edge of the Safe Zone,. Use a bomb jump to get to the

higher ledge. Roll toward the center of the area, but be careful not toroll down into the danger area below (if you do, you'll need to quickly

bomb your way up and out). Pause at the center crux and plant a bomb.

Roll ever so slightly further right to propel yourself across the center

divider. Once across, roll through the ensuing tunnel and to the next

room. Go out the next hex door and move to the elevator hologram.

As you reach the room below, look to the left and blast the beacon

there to pop up a Safe Zone. From here, you'll see a stack of crates.

Circle behind it and shoot the light to stay in the zone. Scan the console

here. Return back across the room past the elevator and activate the


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zone to the right. From here, hop on the ledge that runs along the right

side of the room. Blast the light near the console here and scan the

console. Shoot the beacon on the nearest platform and jump to it, and

repeat the process as you hop up the floating discs, reaching the top ofthe room. This will shut off the final security switch needed to access

the next door. Return to ground level and head through the now-

available hex passage.

Make your way through the next corridor until you reach the Watering

Hole. See the beacon covered with darkness across the way? Shoot it

until you form a Safe Zone, space jump to the platform left of it and

make, your way across the room to the locked door. Blast it open and

move to the next area, where you will see a couple of towers like the

one you recently lowered. Move around the perimeter of the room,

hopping zone to zone, and drop into the room below. Scan then kill all

the swarming Night barbs. Space jump to platforms behind the two

towers (popping up Safe Zones as needed) and use the Dark Beam onthe crystals to drop them down.


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Use space jumps on the newly-dropped platforms to get to the dark

door at the top of the room. Blast through the door to find the

completely unguarded Light Beam. Sweet! This weapon is very well-suited to cutting through the denizens of the Dark realm. Return to the

platform you stood on to drop the towers in this room and use the

Light Beam to get through the door. Vanish the Weblings (scan them

first) that stretch across the path and make your way back to the room

marked Doomed Entry on the map. Use the Light Beam on the Safe

Zone crystals (the permanent ones) to create Energized Crystals (scan

them as well for a bit of Research). These Energized Crystals will create

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Get up on the central platform and consult the map to find the

direction you have not been yet. Head-through the dark door. on (the

upper ledge to get to the Double Path.) Your Light Beam should make

short work of the enemies here. Go through the corridor and emerge

through the light hex door to reach the Battleground. There is a Temple

Key in the safe zone below. However, when you drop down into the

Safe Zone and approach it, the key will vanish and you'll have to fight a

throng of Warrior Ing.


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Before doing anything, be sure to scan the far door to get the Ing

Webtrap Research. Then get to the business of dropping the Warrior

Ing. Use your Light Beam and Missiles to take them down quickly.When you do, go through the door that was previously web-trapped.

Blast the tentacles that block your path (charged up shots will knock

them back) and space jump over the goo to get to the far door. Fight

your way back to Doomed Entry and make your way to the top of the

room using the rock platforms. Bust through the dark door and go

follow the path until you reach Dark Oasis. Go through the left door and

use your Light Beam on the portal and step into it to return to the Light

world.


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Backtrack to Save Station C and use it to record your progress. Check

your map and make your way to Bioenergy Production. What's this? It

seems that Metroids are now freely roaming in this area. Use Dark

Beam attack to neutralize them, and finish them off with missiles.

Proceed to the next area and use the bomb slot to turn the room and

get to Biostorage Station, where you'll run into even more Metroids.

Move to the opposite end of the room and open the dark door to

secure another Missile Expansion. Exit the room and make your way tothe hex door in the lower portion of the room. Roll through the lasers in

this hallway, and you'll find yourself in the Command Center. Waste the

Grenadiers here and use the elevator to get to the upper catwalk. Blast

through the Light door here to make your way to the Central Mining

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Once you get there, man one of the turrets and take down the three

gray generators in this area. One is ahead and slightly to the right, one

is to the left and below and one is on the far left across the way. Thereticule will turn red when you are lined up to shoot one of them, so let

fly. You'll also have to opportunity to use the turret on some of the

pesky Pirates... so sort them out!

Once you have, double jump up to the parked ship (scan it, too) on the

left wall and use this to leap up to the center supports. Make your wayacross the center of the level and to the rock ledge that leads into a

cave-like lab. Scan the computers here for Lore and continue to the left

to take a small ramp up past an energy shield. Go to the morph ball

hole past it and cruise inside for a Beam Ammo Expansion. Scan the

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When you have (the expansion.) exit and drop to the area below. Go

through the nearest hex door and make your way to Mining Station-A

then use the map to navigate back to Save Station A. Save yourprogress. Go all the way to Portal Terminal. Scan the red nodes on the

portal to activate it and step inside.


Once you arrive in the Dark land, head to the sand fall room (Judgment

Pit) and use Save Station 1--it's through the dark door on the ledges

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From here, use the map to head to the Dark Agon Temple. Once you

arrive, step into the center Zone and the Temple Keys will find their

places, opening the path to the temple proper. This will bring about afight with the Temple's resident badass, Amorbis.

Boss: Amorbis

Every game needs a giant worm boss, and Prime 2 is no exception. This

fight requires careful observation of your surroundings, so stay on your

toes, and keep an eye trained on the radar. You always want to belooking there to see where the worm is going to attack next. It will

weave in and out of the soil, making huge archs as it leaps from the

ground. Track its movement, and be sure to avoid it as it surfaces and

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When you see it up in the air, lock on and hit it with some missiles or

Light Beam blasts. After a couple of direct hits, the worm will change

tactics. It will attach itself on the center sphere and try to strike you.Nail it with a charged Light Beam blast. This will knock its face off and

cause the worm to try to suck you inside of it. Change to morph ball

and let it do just that. Once inside, repeatedly drop bombs to waste the

worm from inside. Be sure to consistently pick up the plentiful goodies

that the worm drops when you hit it.

After you beat the first worm, two more will show up. The tactics are

the same, but when the worms join in the center, they will now have an

extra attack... an energy beam that the combined worms direct at you.

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faces come off, go inside and lay some bombs. After the two worms,

you will face three. Same ideas apply.

When you tear through all three worms, head to the center of the area

to see a familiar logo. Grab it and you will be awarded with the very

nifty Dark Suit. The damaging effects of Dark Aether will do less damage

to you in this suit. After you get it, head forward to the platform that

rises up and continue to the hex door to get to Dark Controller Access.

Use the bomb slot to rotate the room and exit through te available

door. Walk to the center of the area to get the energy here.

Now head all the way back-to the Portal Site (save if you want on the

way back). Scan the red discs around the portal to activate it and go

through.


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Back in the realm of Light, make your way all the way back to the AgonEnergy Controller. Give up the energy you took in to restore power to

the temple and make U-Mos a happy camper, indeed.

Now that this leg of the journey is complete, return to the Agon Temple

and head through the Mine Station A, then Mining Access, Mining

Plaza, Plaza Access and take the elevator in the next room up to the

Temple Grounds.


From here, make your way to the Temple Assembly Site. Go up the

elevator in this area and follow the path to the Temple Sanctuary. Go

up the elevator here to speak with U-Mos again. He senses Ing

movement in the Torvus region, so you'll need to go there. Head back

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Scan the amber hologram door to access the Pathway to Torvus. Use

the Light Beam on the purple crystal inside to open the path. Scan the

Harmony Class Drones in the next hall and move to the opposite hexdoor. Scan the console at the far end of the next room to activate the

elevator. Drop down to the Temple below.

In the next room, scan the amber hologram door to enter the Meeting

Grounds. Head through the U-shaped portion of this area and go

through the hex door to reach the Hall of Eyes. Hop up on the rock

bridge that bisects the area to find a portal. Use the Dark Beam on it

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Walkthrough: Part Eight

Dark Aether: Sky Temple Grounds

Stay on the bridge and head for the nearby hex door to get to the

Abandoned Base. Snake-down this path, avoiding lasers as you make

your way to a dead end. Hop up on the ledge here and turn into the

morph ball to get a boost from the piston on the right. Once in the

tunnel above, roll to the bomb slot and activate it. Return to the piston

and roll over to the left side of the path. This time, (roll all the way left

and) bomb each of three slots as you make your way to the right. The

idea is to make all of the calipers that secure the gondola at the center

of this area come down so that it becomes unlocked and mobile. When

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gondola will have a hologram at its center. From between the two

pistons, turn back into Samus and jump over to the gondola.

As you ride the apparatus, use the left stick to aim at the Night barbs

that swoop at you. When the gondola comes to rest, hop to the ledge

that houses the portal. Shoot it with a Light Beam to activate and step

through.


When you get through, you'll find yourself in the Path of Eyes. Drop off

the ledge and battle the Pirates then shoot the purple crystal with a

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over a wall in order to progress. Shoot down the Grenadier in the

distance then flip around and move it forward by shooting the crystal

with the Light Beam. There is another crystal to the right, so hit that

two. Leap up on the now-moved section of wall and use it to spacejump to the next portion of the path.

Head forward and shoot the crystal in the watery room to lower it.

Stand on the partially submerged block and space jump to the one you

just lowered. Space-jump-(again to get to the ledge.) Continue forward

until you reach an amber hologram door. Scan it to gain entry into the

Torvus Bog. Don't go through just yet. Instead, roll into the hole to the

left of the door and scan the hologram you find for some Lore, and then

shoot the crystal to open a shortcut you'll need later. Head back

outside and go through the hex door. Go down the path and blast the

locked door with a missile. Step through and activate the elevator then

ride it down to the Bog.


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Light Aether: Torvus Bog

When you get to the Bog, go through the hex door, fight through the

waves of creatures and make your way out to Torvus Lagoon. Scan the

corpse here for some Lore and the blue pods for some Research. Watch

out for the creatures that rise up out of the water--these are Shredders.

Scan them and sort them out with some missiles. Hop up on the jutting

ledge on the left side of the level and blast through the locked door to

find a Save Location.

Once you've saved, plop into the water and look for the dark door (use

the map to find it). Once through, take down the swarm of Shredders


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and roll under the contraption blocking your path. Move to the

underwater ledge ahead and leap up to it. Hop over to the next

underwater platform and use this to get to the hex door ahead. Go

through to get to the Great Bridge. Several Shriekers are in here, andthey will phase in and out of view. Blast them quickly as they appear.

Find the locked door (marked red on the map) and blast it with a missile

to gain entry. Turn into the morph ball, roll forward and bomb jump up

to the metal ledge. Roll to the left and continue through the next room

(you'll see a portal here) until you stop. Go through the hex door here

to find the bridge gate. Scan the console to extend a semi-circular

bridge around the large tree. Go around it and use your Light Beam on

the door to move on.

The next area is the Ruined Alcove. Wade through the shallow water

and continue to the light door. The next area is Forgotten Bridge. Thiszone is home to a pair of nasty Grenchlers. Make sure you scan them,

and then get to the business of smiting them handily. You can't hurt

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lock on and use the B double-tap to strafe around them and pepper

them with cannon fire or missiles.

When the Grenchlers are dead, use the circular platforms that are

partially submerged in the water to space jump across and make it to a

far ledge. From here, head across the bent bridge that crosses to the

portal. Hit it with a Dark Beam to activate it and step through.

Dark Aether: Torvus Bog

Once you're in the Dark, activate the beacon on the bridge, and move

through the Safe Zone across the bridge to a bomb slot on the other

side. This will rotate the bridge in this realm and that of the Light world.


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Drop down to the lower level and shoot the large creature in the water

to flip it over (and create a handy Safe Zone). Leap to it and use it as a

stepping stool to get up to the opposite edge. Use the mushrooms

there to get up to the portal. Use the Light Beam on it and step throughto return to Light Aether.


Now that the bridge has been turned, you can get across to new areas.

However, first you'll have to survive two Dark Pirate Commandos. Use

your Dark Beam and missiles to make short work of them then get

across that newly-turned bridge. At the end of it you'll find a Missile

Expansion.

Drop into the water and look for the Sporb on the wall. Scan it and

return above. Turn into the morph ball and roll between the two

tubular lights and along the groove on the right wall (facing the water).

As you roll, the Sporb will attack. If it latches onto you, drop down and

kill it before moving on. As you roll left, you'll see a few stairs. Use

bomb jumps to get up them. When you plop-out of the chute, roll into


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the nearby ball tunnel and out the other side. Drop into the watery

area below.

If you need to get back to the previous room, move to the piston on the

right side of the path. In ball form, roll into the chamber and ride it up

to another series of steps. There is another Sporb you'll need to deal

with here, so sort it out before continuing. Otherwise, just go through

the light door and shoot it to continue to the Great Bridge. Scan the

console near the ledge to activate the kinetic orb cannon on the other

side of the area.

Head over to the cannon and roll into a ball. The cannon will propel you

across the level to a bridge that leads across the area. Cross it and blast

the dark door on the other side. Turn into a ball and roll across the


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bridge. As you move forward, you'll see a red-rimmed hole with smoke

coming out of it. Bomb it to gain an Energy Tank. Roll through the

apparatus to the right and go through the hex door to find yourself

back near the kinetic ball cannon. Repeat the process and head past thehole you just bombed.

Continue to the dark door and blast through. You will emerge in the

Torvus Temple and have a nasty battle on your hands. First, two Aero

troopers and a regular Pirate will come at you. Drop them with charged

Dark Beam attacks. Once they go down, a skiff with four Pirates will

show up. Use the same tactics.

When all of the enemies die, the protective shield over the Super

Missile will fall away. Go grab it! Get on the elevator hologram and ride


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it to the top of this area. Use a super missile on the green door (press

and hold A then press Y) to gain access to a rotating bomb slot room.

Bomb the slot to spin the room and proceed out to the Torvus Energy

Controller. Scan the green hologram to see a projection of A-Voq. Hewill tell you that again you will need to collect Keys to enter the Dark

Temple. After healing you and granting the power to scan green

holograms, the image will fade. Make sure you scan the nearby

emerald for some Lore then head back to the Great Bridge.

Scan the green hologram door near the kinetic ball cannon and go

through the next hex door to find the Map. Go back to Torvus Temple

and scan the green hologram at the center of the area. This will drop

you down a level. Collect power-ups by shooting the vegetation then

scan the emerald hologram to drop the door. Move through to the

Underground Tunnel. At the beginning of this area, turn into the morph

ball and roll under the grate to secure a Missile Expansion.


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Roll down the path and under a half-shut door to emerge into a watery

area. Take down the Sporbs here and go to the next room, scanning the

emerald hologram for some Lore. Go through the light door and intoTorvus Grove. As you move toward the far door, it will be sealed off and

two Pirate Commandos will drop in. Finish them off quickly with some

Dark Beam blasts and the door will become accessible again. Go

through it.

Scan the apparatus here to turn on the portal and step through to Dark

Aether.


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Walkthrough: Part Nine


Go through the door and into the Polluted Mire. Steer clear of the dankwater as you battle the Hunter Ing. Instead of trying to battle these

creatures straight up, shoot the Safe Zone beacons to energize those

zones when the Ing are near, and this will vaporize them.


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Once the Ing is down, head to the lowest of the mushrooms (it's to the

right facing away from the door where you entered) and leap up the

various mushrooms as you make your way to the top of this area. When

you reach the ledge with a dark door on it, leap over there and head

inside to find a Save Location. Once you use it, head out the opposite

door to Dark Falls and go through the hex door to reach Dark Forgotten

Bridge.

Battle-through the creatures as you head down the left path and blast

through a light door. This will lead to a morph ball tunnel--the Dark

Arena Tunnel. As you roll through, the floor will collapse beneath you.

Roll to the left and bomb through the overhead blocks then bomb jump


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up to rejoin the tunnel to the left. Emerge in the next room and drop to

the area below. Scoot through the tunnel ahead for a boss fight.

Boss: Boost Guardian

Remember to scan right away! The Boost Guardian is a bit like a

Warrior Ing. Simply keep your distance, lock onto it and strafe or dash

away from its attacks and use charged Light Beam attacks and missiles

to chew through its health quickly.

After this stage, the Guardian will change into a morph ball and begin

zipping around the room. It's a good idea to change to a ball (yourself)

at this point and avoid its attacks that way. Try to get it to hit into the

energy pillars in the arena, as these will cough up health when

destroyed. A good tactic is to stay up close to the beam to shield

yourself from the ball attack, which will also put you in a good position

to retrieve any health that arises.


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When the Boost Guardian turns into a puddle during the fight, roll

around and plant bombs around the perimeter of the puddle to try to

make it revert to its original form. It will also spawn Inglets at this point,so lay bombs next to them to end them quickly, and be sure to scoop

up any of the power-ups they leave.


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When, the Boost Guardian returns to its normal form, repeat the

process. Remember... when there is a cut scene of the creature

reverting back to its main form, you will be standing up and facing it no

matter what form you were previously in. So don't press the X button!After the boss falls, grab the Boost Ball and get out of here.

Go back to the half pipe in the previous room. Turn into the morph ball

and charge up using B. Push toward the side of the half-pipe and let the

boost go to gain momentum up the side of the curved surface, and roll

up the other side and boost. Your goal is the Dark Temple Keyimbedded in the left wall. Once you have it, roll up the right side to the

ledge and exit the room. On the way back, use the boost to get across

the collapsing blocks under the partial tunnel. Return to the save

location. Head back to the portal in Gloom Vista and activate it and step

through to the Light world


Once you're back in the world of light, move to the opposite end of

Torvus Grove and find the half-pipe. Use the boost ball to scoot up the

right side to the ledge above and move clockwise around the room until

you reach a dark door. Shoot it and step inside.


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Follow the narrow path back past a waterfall area. Right before a dark

door, you'll encounter a new enemy--the Krocuss. Scan it and move

into the dark door. Inside, you'll find a spinner. Drop the enemy in theroom, scan the spinner for some Research and turn into morph ball

form. Roll into the spinner and use the boost ball power to drop the

nearby door.

Go through the opening you created into the Forgotten Bridge area and

go through the Ruined Alcove, Torvus Lagoon, and Temple Transport

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When you get back to the Temple Grounds, go to the Path of Eyes. Just

to the right of the entrance is a morph ball hole. Roll into it and follow

the path back to find a locked green door. Use a Super Missile burst to

drop the lock and head through.

You'll be back in the portal chamber. Don't use the portal, however.

Instead, drop to the floor below and head to the Meeting Grounds.

Once there, find the half-pipe and use your boost ball to get up to the

right side of the pipe. Go into the morph ball hole here and move

carefully. When the camera (view changes (to the side-view), you'll

notice a bunch of breakaway bricks to the right. Charge up your boost

and speed across the crumbling blocks to reach the other side.


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Continue rolling, using bomb jumps to get to higher ledges on your

journey. Soon, you'll reach some tracks and continue to roll. When you

finally drop out of the tunnels, you'll find yourself in the Hall of

Honored Dead. The Seeker Launcher is at the center of the area, but it'sprotected by a force field. In order to get at it, you'll need to use the

spinners around the perimeter in this order: purple, blue, yellow, red.

You'll have to boost three times per spinner in order to turn that

section of lock beige (and three more times if the wrong ring changes

color). The idea is to get the rings to turn beige from the outside in.

When all of the rings are beige, the temple will activate and give you

access to the launcher. Grab it. This missile launcher will allow you to

hit multiple targets with missiles or the same target with multiple

missiles. Press and hold Y to charge the Seeker. Move the targeting


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reticule over targets to lock on. Now go to the locked purple door and

use your new Seeker on the locks surrounding the door.

Step into the tunnel and move down the Path of Honor back to the

Landing Site, scanning the corpse on the way back to collect some Lore.

Save and replenish yourself at your ship and move to the violet doors in

the ensuing passages. Through here you'll reach the Hive Transport

Area. Go down the elevator here and fight through to Hive Chamber A.

If you haven't already, kill the Dark Missile Trooper here to snag a

Missile Expansion.

Also be sure to stop by Hive Chamber B. Next to one morph ball hole is

another that can be cracked open with a morph ball bomb (again, if you

haven't already). Use it and roll inside to claim another Missile

Expansion.


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Now that you have the expansions, backtrack to the Service Access via

the Landing Area (you'll need to hit the purple crystal with a Light Beam

to create a jumping platform to the higher ledge). In Service Access, gothrough the morph ball hole in the lower portion of the room, roll

through the tunnels, use bomb jumps in the broken tunnels that follow

and blast the green locked door with a Super Missile barrage to regain

access to the Meeting Grounds. Track back to the Torvus Transport

Access and return to the Torvus Bog.


Once back in the Bog, make your way back to the Torvus Temple and

take the elevator down. See the circular portal on the wall? Hop up

there and turn into morph ball form to roll down to a Super Missile

door. Blast it and head through. Scan the console in the next room to

activate the elevator. Step on the hologram to take it down and go

through the hex door to get to the Hydro dynamo Station.


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Drop back down into the water to the higher platform and jump over to

the purple locked door. Grab the Missile Expansion here and use the

seeker launcher on the door to unlock the door. Move through the

watery tunnel that follows and emerge into the Training Chamber. Youwill see another short cut scene involving Dark Samus, but will not have

to fight her now.

Instead, splash down and deliver a missile to the maw of each of the

Bloggs here. Once they die, you'll be shown a nearby spinner. Roll

inside it and use boost to turn the floor so that the red neon portions

line up. Drop into the circular cutout on the floor and turn into morph

ball. Roll through the channel here to get to the other side of the room,

where you'll find a dark door.


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Turn into the morph ball and roll to the bubbling current that leads up

to the next hole. From here, you'll be shot through tubes on a jet of

water. When you regain control, roll right until you reach tubes that let

you drift up. Keep heading right to get propelled on, eventually comingto rest. Step through the next door to get to the Catacombs. Look on

the map and check to see where the dark door is. Drop into the water

and make your way in that direction, looking for a foothold to get to

the surface.

Before going through the door, be sure to scan the nearby corpse to

grab some Lore. Head through the dark door to move back through to

the Hydro-dynamo Station. When you emerge, scan the console to

unlock the second lock and move another platform. Save if you want to

and go back to the Training Chamber. Drop into the water, slay the

Bloggs there and use the spinner to line up the blue neon sections of

floor. As with the red, drop into the circular portion and roll in the

channel under the grating to get to the opposite side of the room.Head-through the light door there.


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Once inside, roll forward to the bubbles to go into the bomb slot, which

will shoot you through several watery tubes. When you regain control,

roll to the left until you reach a blue section of floor. Drop a bomb thereto get to the lower region then head left to get in the bomb slot. Drop

an explosive in there and the flow going through the tubes will change.

Float up and head to the left until you reach a tube that shoots you

over to dry land.

Through the next doorway is the Gathering Hall. Splashdown into the

murky water and shoot the spike-backed objects from below with the

Dark Beam to flip them over. Use the underwater platforms to get back

to dry land and head across the room. Drop under once more to flip the

other spiky platform, and be sure to scan the underwater hologram to


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get some Lore. Now head all the way across the room and find the

bomb slot, hop up to it and drop a bomb to open an underwater gate.

Swim down there and go through. The passage leads to a portal. Shoot

it with the Dark Beam and step inside to go to the Dark world.


Walkthrough: Part Ten



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When you arrive in the Dark Torvus Bog, the water in the room will be

gone, but there will be cloaked Pirates. Take them down with missiles

and Light Beam blasts then hop up to the platform with the laser on it.

Turn into a morph ball and roll into the spinner. Boost it three timesand the laser will trace against the wall, changing position. When you

see the short cut scene, head to the portal, turn it light and go back

through.


You'll have to flip the spiky platforms over again when you return. Do

that and return to solid ground, heading over to the kinetic ball cannon

that is now usable. Roll into it to get shot to a light door at the top of

the room.


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Continue down the next watery passage to re-emerge into the Hydro-

dynamo Station. Scan the console here to unlock the final bit. Drop to

the bottom of the area and go through the hex door there.

Go all the way down to the bottom of this area, taking the large steps

down until you reach another hex door. Go through that to enter the

Main Hydrochamber. Drop to the bottom of it and find the room

attached to it to gain the Gravity Boost. This will allow you to jump

underwater by pressing B. Holding B after pressing it twice will allow

you to slowly rise while in the water. Head-out the door to find yourself

in a boss fight.


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Boss: Alpha Blogg

The Alpha Blogg can be a tricky kill, primarily because the fight requires

impeccable timing. Move to the opposite side of the arena and lock

onto the beast. Sometimes it will send jets of bubbles in your direction,

and you'll want to dodge those, or you'll be temporarily blinded.

What you want to do is charge up your weapon, and (wait for the Blogg

to charge.) Just as it's almost on top of you, release a Super Missile into

its maw to chew through a chunk of health quickly. As you're letting the

attack go-use (tap-B repeatedly and press to the right or left to scootout of the way. As the beast recovers, move to the other end of the

arena and repeat the process. If you run out of missile, a Dark Beam

(charged) will also work nicely.


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When the fight concludes, find the circular fan hole in the wall and use

your new gravity boost to get up to it. From there jump up to the ledge

jutting out of the wall on the left. Finally, use the boost to get all the

way across the room and exit through the hex door there. It's a goodidea to backtrack to the Hydro-dynamo Station and use the-save

location there. Return to the Hydro-dynamo Shaft and find the rotating

pillar pictured below. Use the boost to get up on top of it and find a

portal. Hit it with a Dark Beam and step through.


When you arrive, you'll find a Dark Temple Key. Grab it and return to

the Light world.

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