The Research Facility (Part I): Difference between revisions

|location     = [[Isle of the Ancients]]

|caption      = [[Image:MetroidSymbol.png|50px]][[Image:SmashBrosSymbol.png|50px]]<br>A machine draining Pikachu's electric power.

At the beginning of the level, Zero Suit Samus is shown breaking into the Research Facility though a ventilation duct. The first area of the level is very straightforward and short. The player goes right and finds an elevator. After destroying a few [[R.O.B. Squad|R.O.B.]]s (mostly Sentries) she encounters {{SSBB|Pikachu}}, who is being harnessed for its electrical power. She breaks Pikachu out, which sets off many of the numerous alarms on the [[Isle of the Ancients]]. R.O.B.s come swarming in and Zero Suit Samus and Pikachu destroy them.  

After the player gains Pikachu, however, the level takes a far more confusing design. The level branches into three paths from a single large room (containing a rotating platform wheel such as those found in the [[Stage Builder]], but two of the paths cannot be traversed until the player traverses another specific path. In the first path, started from the bottom-right corner of the fork-room, the player commands a large platform-like vehicle to move to an area in the next path. In this path, accessed from the far right of the fork-room, the player rides the vehicle from before across a large gap to a switch, which causes large, jagged blocks to fall from the path above. In the final path, accessed from above the rotating wheel in the fork-room (and also featuring an indoor waterfall), the fallen blocks, previously acting as a wall, can now be used as platforms to reach the end of the level, but are strewn with dangerous [[Quark Mine]]s.  

*During the first part of the level, a version of ''[[List of SSBB Music (Metroid series)#Opening/Menu (Metroid Prime)|Opening/Menu (Metroid Prime)]]'' without the opening speech plays.

*After the 4 door hallway, ''[[List of SSBB Music (Metroid series)#Multiplayer (Metroid Prime 2)|Multiplayer (Metroid Prime 2)]]'' plays.

*Samus breaking into the facility on her Zero Suit is quite similar to the last part of ''Metroid: Zero Mission'', where she sneaked into Ridley's mothership after losing her Power Suit. However, Samus in that game lost her original, weaker suit in a crash, then received the iconic, bulky-shouldered Varia Suit after completing an ancient Chozo test.  

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