Edit My Quiz - "Metroid Prime 2: Echoes"

Answer: Dark Samus doesn't take Samus' weapons; the Ing do.

In this unfortunate turn of events, Samus will lose the majority of the weapons she recovered after her 'accident' on the Space Pirate Frigate in "Metroid Prime". After these fortunate Ing take their share of Samus' equipment they will retire to their respective locales of Aether and Dark Aether to give Samus a chance at gaining them back.

Other helpful items are gained from the planet's unique lifeforms. In order to advance to these locations, Samus will speak with U-Mos, Sentinel of the Luminoth, in the Temple Grounds, but before she can she'll need to find out what exactly happened to the Federation Marines...and what she finds is an utter mess.

Answer: Pillbugs don't produce light in Dark Aether.

Pillbugs are somewhat harmless creatures that roll around the tunnels only accessible by Morph Ball mode. The only way to defeat these creatures is with Bombs in this form since it's the only occasion that Samus will see them. As stated, they do not produce light in Dark Aether, but this is due to the fact that they are not found in Dark Aether to begin with and they weren't produced to do so (like Lightbringers were; they were Luminoth-created). Quad CM and Quad M8 fuse together as a head and body unit to create one large monster; they are both found in Sanctuary Fortress. Bloggs are restricted to water, and water is only found in Torvus and Dark Torvus Bog.

Answer: Samus obtains at least one more beam than the four listed.

See, aside from the four offensive Beam weapons that Samus will have by the end of the game, she will also obtain the Grapple Beam (indeed, another beam item) by defeating the Grapple Guardian in the Sacrificial Chamber of Dark Torvus Bog. This beam, fired by pressing the L button, will latch onto Grapple Hooks and anything remotely resembling such objects to allow Samus to cross large gaps or hit pull switches.

While firing the Grapple Gun, Samus can fire her regular beam weapon, but not aim. Samus' Light and Dark Beams will use a maximum of 250 ammo. Beam Ammo Expansions will raise her initial amount by fifty each time.

The Light Beam is obtained in Dark Agon Wastes while the Wave Beam is found in the first "Metroid Prime" game.

Answer: The Combat Visor isn't the only starting visor.

Although Samus does have the Combat Visor from the start of the game, she also brings the Scan Visor with her at the beginning, allowing her to identify enemies, items, lore, and odd objects around Aether and Dark Aether. As well, Samus will later find the Dark Visor in Dark Torvus Temple by defeating Chykka. This visor is able to see between dimensions, showing Samus enemies that are hidden in the light world. The Echo Visor is the final one to be found.
Ing Cache 1 is home to the Light Beam while the Annihilator Beam is obtained after defeating Quadraxis.

Answer: The Power Bomb Guardian is found in the Undertemple.

The Power Bomb Guardian, which is very similar to another dark Ing creature, will simply perch itself on a large pillar, and as you attempt to navigate spider ball tracks around the walls of the room, it'll make things complicated. Nonetheless, when four switches are hit, the creature will be destroyed and the Power Bomb can be obtained. Ideally, ten of these can be held at once, but Samus will begin with a capacity of three Power Bombs at a time. Pressing Y will deploy one of them almost instantly. Power Bombs also have the ability to destroy Denzium.

Answer: Metroids are found in Sky Temple Grounds as well.

Samus will travel to the Luminoth Temple, Sky Temple, Temple Grounds, Sky Temple Grounds, Light and Dark Agon Wastes, Light and Dark Torvus Bog, Sanctuary Fortress, and Ing Hive during the course of the game. Regardless of the path Samus takes, she must visit each and every one of these locations at least once or twice. Each location contains enemies indigenous to the local ecosystems as well as technologies not needed anywhere else. Specifically, Metroids are found in Agon Wastes, Dark Agon Wastes, and the Sky Temple Grounds because all of these areas have exposed Phazon within them.

Answer: Amorbis isn't found in the Judgment Pit.

Amorbis is found in Dark Agon Temple (Alpha Sandigger and Bomb Guardian are in the Light Aether version of this room) while the Space Jump Guardian is the boss fought in the Judgment Pit. Both areas are found in the darker regions of Agon Wastes and while they do come early on, they're still somewhat difficult as Samus will have significantly less health at this point in the game. Phazon Grounds are home to some unfriendly Dark Tallon Metroids and a Missile Expansion while the Plain of Dark Worship contains a Flying Ing Cache and Sky Temple Key.

The Hydrodynamo Station in Torvus Bog is home to both a Missile Expansion and the Alpha Blogg. In the Dark Aether version of this room, the Power Bomb Guardian is fought.

Answer: Reaching Sanctuary Fortress' energy controller will result in Samus being able to read Cobalt-decrypted lore.

Essentially any door can be scanned with Samus' Scan Visor, but some of these are guarded by Luminoth technology, and for Samus' own protection she can't access these certain areas until much later in the game (usually she won't have the adequate weapons anyways). Different energy controllers being activated will result in different coloured lore being accessible. Samus will cross the Dark Aether versions of Agon Wastes, Torvus Bog, and Sanctuary Fortress for Dark Keys to access the respective temples and claim the energy for that region. Once all of this energy has been reclaimed in the name of the Luminoth, Samus will need to get the Sky Temple's energy, and to do this she needs to get ten Sky Temple Keys (nine of which are found in Flying Ing Caches around the world, and one of which is already in place under the temple itself).

Answer: Quadraxis is not fought in Sanctuary Fortress.

While Quadraxis is a large, robotic creature found in this futuristic setting, it's actually found in the Ing Hive. Once Samus claims three Ing Hive Keys, the door to this large, robotic boss will open and the battle will begin. Similarly, Amorbis and Chykka are each found in Dark Agon Wastes and Dark Torvus Bog protecting their energy controllers. Defeating Quadraxis requires time and power. Every time one piece of the Quadraxis is defeated, it happens to spit off into another strong form. Quadraxis will be defeated and turn into Damaged Quadraxis.

The head will split off and become a Shielded Head Module, and when the antenna on the Damaged Quadraxis is destroyed, it will become a Stunned Head Module. Samus will then need to defeat the Final Head Module to claim the prize at the end.

Answer: Samus has more than five minutes to get back to Light Aether.

In reality, following the defeat of Emperor Ing in the Sanctum of the Sky Temple, Samus will be given just under eight minutes to flee from the obscurely upside-down temple. When Samus reaches ground level, she will be thrown into one final battle against the seemingly-unbeatable Dark Samus. Now fused with Phazon, Dark Samus will literally be unbeaten by the majority of Samus' weaponry, so using the Charge Beam to suck in and shoot the enemy's Phazon back at them will cause the battle to shorten drastically. After the battle, Samus will discover that Dark Samus was actually a form of Metroid Prime, who had been attracted to the Phazon of Aether's two dimensions. Samus quickly makes it back to Light Aether as the dimension destroys itself. As she returns the last energy of Aether to the Luminoth Temple, the Luminoth bid her adieu and she returns to her ship and leaves the planet.

But is it really over?