Metroid: Difference between revisions

* [[Load-Bearing Boss]]: At least one in every game which will inevitably result in the destruction of a nearby planet (if not the planet under Samus' feet).

** ...except ''Metroid II''. At least, during the course of the game...

* [[Lowered Monster Difficulty]]: The titular creatures are the scourge of the universe in ''Metroid'' and ''Super Metroid'', needing to be frozen and pelted with missiles to kill. Through the ''Metroid Prime'' series, they become progressively less of an actual threat. In ''Metroid Prime 2'', they can be beaten with enough firepower from any of your weapons, and in ''Metroid Prime 3'', you eventually get the ability to kill them in one shot. [[Paranoia Fuel|Until then though...]]

** Possibly [[Justified Trope|justified;]] the Metroids in the ''Metroid Prime'' games are a different strain (Tallon Metroids) that have been horribly mutated by massive, repeated exposure to Phazon. The SR388 and Zebes strains, on the other hand, are only vulnerable to cold until late in their life cycle.