History WMG / Metroid

* How about a distant prequel set at the peak of Chozo civilization where a young Raven embarks of a rite of passage to a hostile planet to become initiated into the ranks of elite Mawkin warriors (like the implied purpose of [=ZDR=] from gallery images). This could be used to flesh out what it means to be a "Metroid" in Raven's eyes, and give us a glimpse of what he aspires to return the Chozo to.

How about a distant prequel set at the peak of Chozo civilization where a young Raven embarks of a rite of passage to a hostile planet to become initiated into the ranks of elite Mawkin warriors (like the implied purpose of [=ZDR=] from gallery images). This could be used to flesh out what it means to be a "Metroid" in Raven's eyes, and give us a glimpse of what he aspires to return the Chozo to.

* Raven Beak is a likely admirer of Amon, and probably subscribed to much of the Tal'darim philosophy as well, which would drive him to dislike peaceful coexistence. Raven Beak's red eyes may have had something to do with him using Terazine. Naturally, recovering the know-how of the Metroids would be a priority due to how highly Amon regarded the Zerg, and this would drive his goals of weaponizing them.

* Now you're just ''asking'' for a [[CopyCatSue Copy Cat]] RelationshipSue to show up. But seriously, I don't think her genetic modifications, or being [[RaisedByWolves raised by Chozo]] is quite enough to completely eliminate ''all'' biological urges. Knowing her luck, she probably runs into NoGuyWantsAnAmazon.

As of Other M, the existence of androids is canon. Given how many ships Samus has gotten blown up or otherwise damaged/destroyed, she might look into some way to get Adam out of the gunship's computer so she doesn't lose him for a second time.

[[WMG:Admiral Dane is part of the pro-bioweapon side of the Federation.]]

Admiral Dane from ''Corruption'' works closely with the biomechanical Aurora Units, the risky [=PED=]s, and temporarily with the Leviathan Battleship. He is also described as a stern man who will do anything to protect the Federation from its enemies, and rumor has it he was orphaned by marauders as a child. This gives him the motivation to do whatever it takes to secure power, even from less-than-savory sources. Not to mention his old concept art almost makes him look like a villain.

[[WMG: Gorea was actually a massive {{Chessmaster}}]]

Gorea is already an established psychic, able to send telepathic messages across ''galaxies.'' When he came upon the Alimbics, a race of psychics, he began to kill and absorb them to become more powerful, absorbing weapons in addition to this. Throughout this entire ordeal, the Alimbics had something that could kill Gorea: the Omega Cannon. However, instead of using this awesome weapon, the Alimbics all opt to kill themselves in order to seal Gorea. They even seal the Omega Cannon in the same inter-dimensional prison. It's then revealed later than Gorea is able to draw more power from the Seal Sphere, the very thing he was sealed with. So here's what I think happened:

Gorea realized the threat of the Omega Cannon and sought to stop it any way he could. He did this by tricking/[[MindRape minraping]] the Alimbics into a state of severe hopelessness and convinced them that the best way to get rid of him would be the "kill ourselves to seal you" plan described above. So the Alimbics transfer their psychic essence to the Seal Sphere and place him in a space between dimensions. He also convinces them that the Omega Cannon [[TooAwesomeToUse is far too dangerous to use.]] At this point Gorea has gotten all the Alimbics into a small area that he can eat at his leisure, and time to study the Omega Cannon. He even had a back-up plan: send his extragalactic psychic message to get someone to release him. It would have worked, too, if he hadn't inadvertently called Samus.

Born not on Zebes, Tallon IV, or any other Chozo colony but in space, Sylux's parents survived with the last handful of Chozo in physical space and brithed him. As a hatch-ling coming into maturity he witnessed the death of his race as eventually genetic dead ends, disinterest in reality, and time took their toll and he was the only one left. Sylux's hate for Samus and the federation doesn't come from any ill will towards her as a person so much as desire to return the power suit to it's "Rightful" owners IE him and those past as well as his frustration that the two constantly stand in his way of doing so, or perhaps he knows about the whole X parasite thing and is disgusted by their attempts to destroy the ultimate warrior, but not enough to try and stop them. Either way, he doesn't care about the squabble between the federation and the pirates. He Has no interest in Hunting bounties beyond gaining weapons to survive long enough to fulfill his task and making enough money to get by in a galaxy that he doesn't belong in anymore. He just wants to take the power suit, return to the temples of Talon IV and pay respect to a race that was once mighty, but is now gone.

[[WMG:Sylux is [[spoiler:Ian Malkovich]].]]

* ''WMG/MetroidZeroMission''

[[WMG:Spire destroyed his own race.]]

We know Spire, the rock/lava dude from ''Prime: Hunters'', is looking for his race, and is suspected to be the last one. Now go watch the begining cutscene of the game. The title one. Go on, [[NoFourthWall Get your DS and do it. I'll wait.]] In particular, watch Spire's bit, where he rolls down the hill and smashses a few rocks. Note how he goes out of the way to smash them, and how the camera focuses on his face.

Here's what I think happened. Spire's crystals are possibly a deformity amongst his race, assuming the other rocks in the video are other Diamonts. He was shunned for this, and was reduced to hanging out with a bunch of similar rejects, taking drugs all the time, permanently off his head. Then some kind of civil war happened, and he went ''nuts''. He went so over the top, in fact, that between the war and his murder, the population was quite severly reduced. He may have got ahold of some atomic weapons or similar and started pressing buttons, or, more plausibly, there never were many Diamonts in the first place - how does a rock race breed, exactly? He pried the Magmaul from someone's cold, dead hands and assumed someone had given it to him when the drugs wore off.

Therefore, Spire's intro movie depicts him killing the last few Diamonts whilst depressed, drugged up and crazy, and he doesn't remember it.
* Apparently Spire's backstory was a reference to a cancelled game made by the same studio, so I doubt they put that much thought into it.
** It was a game called Raven Blade. During a tech demo, a Diamonte-like creature is seen tossing a lava ball, likely the inspiration for the Magmaul. Spire's backstory is referencing the fact that Retro Studios (who apparently designed the Hunters) dropped the game to work on ''Metroid Prime'', and he is the last evidence of Raven Blade left.

[[WMG: ''Prime Hunters'' plays a bigger role in the story then we may think]]

Several hints seems to point this out:
* Sylux: They are slowly making him/her/it TheRival to Samus. Think about it. He's a bit on an EvilCounterpart (yet he's not an EvilTwin, like Dark Samus or Sa-X). Sylux will be a Foil to Samus. His ship appears in the 100% ending of Corruption.
* All the characters in Hunter have a trophy in Brawl.

** Confirmed

** Spending more time outside of Federation Space would allow the Kriken and Ki-Hunters to get fleshed out more.

Or rather the Metroid verse equivalent.

* This troper has always wondered why Nintendo has two flagship characters that are {{Bounty Hunter}}s [[RecycledInSpace IN SPACE]], but never crossed them over outside of ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros...''

He's obviously not quite the spell-user (considering the crazy stuff the universe already has, a [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot sorcerer pirate space dragon]] isn't too unusual), but he likely knows at least ''some'' sort of magic, considering he's able to breathe fire (which if done by any normal biological being would rip their throat asunder quicker then a [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog hedgehog would be at supersonic speed]]), as well as [[RecycledINSPACE fly]] ''[[RecycledINSPACE in space]]'' (which could just as easily be a levitation spell which he just flaps his wings with for effect).

[[WMG: The final boss of Zero Mission was a partially regenerated Meta-Ridley.]]

Chronologically speaking, it would be stupid to make the final boss a [[Main/GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere new character]], because Ridley comes back as a cyborg in the very next game. There are some similarities between the Ridley robot and Meta-Ridley, like a multi-missile attack and a weak point in his chest, which the 2D incarnations of Ridley don't have. Ridley knew he was no match for Samus in this form, so he faked his death, started the self-destruct countdown and escaped to the nearest pirate ship: the Orpheon.
* This troper believes that the Robotic Ridley was a kind of emergency backup. When Samus defeated Ridley, the pirates downloaded his mind into a robotic backup (the Feds have the technology, so the pirates might have something similar too) while they sent a team to retrieve his body and put it back together.
* Wait - there was a cyborg Ridley in Metroid 2? Since when?
** According to the timeline, the game that comes after Metroid is Metroid Prime. Metroid 2 happens after all of that Prime nonsense is worked out.
* {{Jossed}}: Apparently the Ridley robot is simply an unfinished robot that Ridley wanted to be created in his image.[[http://www.metroid-database.com/?g=features&p=faq2#stage02]]

[[WMG: Nintendo will never continue the series chronologically after''Fusion''.]]

** Said director then [[AuthorExistenceFailure dies in a tragic spaceship accident]] near a chronically overcrowded hyperspace crossing.

Then the experience inspires them to instead create the E.M.M.I.s, robots that utilize Samus's power-ups but have more rudimentary AI that are less likely to go rogue (though they can be hacked, as demonstrated by Raven Beak).

DummiedOut scan data from ''Prime 3'' mentions Pirate society is made up of clans who constantly jockey for power and influence in their civilizational hierarchy, best evidenced by possession of ''Marauder''-class battleships that afford status. It can be inferred that Space Pirates, as a nomadic people group, have had frequent [[EnemyCivilWar interclan conflicts with each other]] as they travel the stars and fight over what little resources they can scrounge from the planets they settle on: both ''Prime 1'' and ''Prime 3'' show they have little care for [[GreenAesop environmental management]] considering how callously they treat the Chozo Ruins on Tallon IV and how polluted their own "Homeworld" in the third game is. This also helps clarify a seemingly contradictory plot point: both the manga and ''Other M'' mention Pirates need a leader to make them a threat. This makes them seem like BeePeople who can't do a thing on their own[[note]]The fourth ''Super Smash Bros'' game explains in its Zebesian Trophy text that this is indeed the case for the cloned Zebesians in ''Other M'', as the Federation Army faction behind the Bottle Ship specifically genetically engineered them to be docile without a leader[[/note]], which is outright contradicted by individual Pirates in the manga and the presence of High Command in the ''Prime'' games. But this makes more sense if this is interpreted as that they need a leader to ''unify'' their warring clans together and redirect their destructive impulses towards external targets instead of being at each other's throats all the time (which also ties into their obsession with power at any cost: if your existence is constantly being threatened by a clan next door who will kill all your mates and steal all your possessions in the blink of an eye, that would easily produce a society focused on oneupmanship and striking first). Add the fact that the leaders they rally around are from foreign species such as Mother Brain and Ridley may be very necessary, as their status as outsiders means interclan politics are not an influence on them.