Metroid: Zero Mission Part 13, Mother Brain

Here we are, Tourian, the Space Pirates' main base. It looks like they're all dead though, and the Metroids are loose. These Metroids are easier than Metroid 1 and Super's, they get off with just one bomb, but unfortunately recover from it nearly instantly. Still better though. Freeze them and pump them full of missiles!

There can be more than 3 Rinkas on screen this time around, but they shouldn't be a problem unless they take the shot for the Metroids or hit you into them.

Mother Brain is protected by her standard Zebetite barriers that must be blown to pieces, and regenerate. Just pump missiles into them, restock in the previous room, then take on the brain. It is annoying, but not as much as in the NES version. Falling in the lava doesn't mean you're in serious trouble, and the brain doesn't regenerate. A few Super Missiles will kill Mother Brain.

Afterwards, a 2 minute escape sequence! Spinning jumps are harder to control, so I don't recommend them when hopping up the shaft unless you're going a long distance. Unless you're on hard mode there is some room for errors, I screwed up twice and only took 1:09.

The mission is complete. Kraid, Ridley, Mother Brain, and the Metroids are all dead. Time for a COMPLICATION :O

Also, there was a bit of lag in Mother Brain's room. I'm just glad it wasn't as serious as in the NES version, that had the system's limit of what it could have on screen!

Zebetite battle starts at 4:56
Mother Brain battle starts at 6:38
Escape starts at 7:39
Post-escape cutscene starts at 9:12

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• Samus
• Aran
• Zebes
• Crateria
• final
• boss
• battle
• fight

[ZKoftherebellion]

they just keep making Metroids easier and easier huh? The Prime games you don't even Freeze them, just shoot them normally, despite the only way to kill them being to Freeze them. I Guess Retro just forgot, or haven't played the old games or something.

[TheFlyingGuy]

@ZKoftherebellion Well in the Prime games ice can still kill them about 10x faster. It kind of makes sense that a beam of concentrated plasma would hurt though.

[vgamer18]

Nice job on Mother Brain.

I'm a bit confused though. Is this how the game ends? How did she lose her abilities in her ship?

[TheFlyingGuy]

There's still more of the game, now I get to sneak through Ridley's ship :D

And I think she lost her abilities because she took off her Power Suit, then it crashed, so it was lost with the ship.

[bowserknight]

@ZKoftherebellion As far as I know, the Metroids in the Prime series aren't like the normal Metroids, they lost their immunity to everything except ice because of the Phazon or something like that. But I'm not sure either

[TheFlyingGuy]

@mistoroboto Normal actually.

[TheFlyingGuy]

@mistoroboto Normal actually.

[lfranks1]

@mistoroboto i've got the game, Yeah, even on easy i can't do that well anyways.

[mistoroboto]

@lfranks1 That's cause it is. That game has an easy to very hard setting.

[lfranks1]

he makes it look easy... o.o and nice job