Evolution of Metroids Life Cycle (SR388) in Metroid Games (1986 - 2021)

[@samuraicupcake289]

Every fan of Metroid games before 2021 : Her name is Samus Aran, not Metroid! Metroids are an alien species! Metroid Dread : Metroid Aran

[@junojun722]

Nah, more like "Before 2002"

[@Lilhajxjk274]

I started being interested on metroid spring 2021 and I'm a big fan now

[@anwenlokier2292]

Samurai cupcake ( no idea why your named after a my little pony character) you do realise that I have recently unlock the power bomb don't make me use it young man

[@soggydog1212]

Y can’t he crawl

[@samuraicupcake289]

@@soggydog1212 Samus crawling in a vent in Zero Mission : "you happy now?" 😒

[@QwertyCaesar]

Gotta update it now for the part of a lifecycle where a Metroid goes Super Saiyan and destroys a planet.

[@HLLinaBoxX]

Haha!

[@LightingRakurai]

Metroids and their life cicle are the most cooler iconic Nintendo enemies that ever existed, my favorite one is the Omega Metroid because they look like dinosaur aliens.

[@rapatacush3]

Alien dinosaur with earrape abilities.

[@oatmeal2893]

What about the second queen metroid you know the not metroid 2 queen metroid the one with the weird crystal things

[@sauceandcream3321]

My favorite metroid is the metroid prime from Metroid prime. No spoilers, but that second phase hits different on a second playthrough

[@alexbridden1594]

Fusion Omega is best Omega. I love those massive claws and those bone-chilling screeches. And I love how it just lumbers toward you, shaking the entire room with every step. Now THAT is true monster!

[@BenBoyee]

I personally prefer the 3DS model but Fusions was an absolutely gorgeous sprite

[@thewingsoffried-om]

I know it's already been said, but... T H E B A B Y

[@tsukinoakuma]

*L E T ‘ S G O*

[@alcero2399]

The Babybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabyvavybabybabybabybabybaby

[@spiderdude2099]

@@alcero2399 mass destruction…

[@ginyutiki]

baby's cry...

[@Xick]

It's been ten years and I thought I could handle it by now, but no. When she said it, I had to pause the video.

[@thx4chrckingin]

Hooray for Metroid Fusion, one of the best models for the Omega Metroid in my honest opinion. Then again, I am biased in that this game was my childhood

[@duckgrow]

Sprite*

[@alexbridden1594]

I think Fusion is easily the best depiction of the Omega Metroid so far. As imposing and intimidating as it looks in other games, it's in a class of it's own in Fusion. I also love how there are a couple small hints that imply that by the end of the game, there's an Omega Metroid roaming around Sector 1(SRX) and then you have to fight one at the very end.

[@thx4chrckingin]

@@alexbridden1594 I never knew what those broken bubbles were when I was little. It wasn't until I was a little older that I realized that was the method getting older. What a fantastic game :)

[@alexbridden1594]

@@thx4chrckingin I know right? When I finally figured that out, it was an awesome feeling. Also, there were usually fewer X parasites left in the areas where the Metroid husks were.

[@samuraicupcake289]

I think it also had the best sound design. I wish they would have made its screams in Samus Returns similar.

[@alexkuhn5188]

The Baby Metroid and its relationship with Samus is one of my favorite things about the Metroid Franchise!

[@Zonefire15]

Didn't that one in Other M hurt her though?

[@Fe_Mikey2015]

@@Zonefire15 that’s cause that baby Metroid in Other M never imprinted Samus as it’s mom unlike the one from Metroid 2, so it’s hostile to her

[@TeganCantEven]

SAME!!!!! I absolutely love everything about the games but honestly it’s that detail that makes Metroid my favorite franchise ever.

[@LeafMaltieze]

Considering that Metroids have been shown to survive explosions unless they are frozen, it's reasonable to assume that the Metroids ejected out in Fusion didn't die from the explosion, and could have drifted in space until landing on a planet (probably SR388) or being picked up by a ship looking to scavenge the remains of the explosion.

[@johnleonard9102]

Possibly, but if the developers decided to bring back the Metroid species through a plot thread like that, it would really cheapen certain story elements of the game, like the last Metroid sacrificing itself for Samus, or Samus becoming a Metroid through DNA injection. It would be like bringing Tony Stark back into the MCU after his sacrifice in Endgame.

[@ZetsubouFallen]

If drifting in space would had occured, they would probably die of starvation.

[@andychua2766]

Space is cold

[@SocraticMayhem]

Metroids have also been shown being subdued by Samus’s explosives in Metroid 2, so I kinda doubt infants that small survived.

[@benevolence4246]

@@Justic_ that would explain why you need to shove so many damn super missles into them!

[@amazinganthony12]

It says the metroids life cycle on SR388 is the result of the planets atmosphere and ecosystem, which’s is what’s causing them to transform from Jellyfish to dinosaurs. However I theorize that what causes there evolution isn’t actually the planets atmosphere, but it’s actually them consuming the X-parasites. I mean think about, shown in the chozo archive's, The Metroids ate most of the X’s and then those Metroids mutated into reptilian forms. Not mention how in Metroid Fusion, there was an omega metroid and lot of X- parasites. It all makes since

[@pablotomasllodra4423]

The “natural” life cycle of the Metroids is actually an accident that the Chozo that created them didn’t anticipate. And a Queen was also grown in a space station that recreated SR388 environment. It’s a subject with a lot of contradicting lore and debate.

[@joshuazhao]

If the baby was still alive, it would had evolved to a Metroid queen by now and Samus would have a very powerful ally by her side. But she probably would not experience the events of Fusion, and Dread would not be happening.

[@isauldron4337]

The baby Will always be with her In her memories

[@boogaloobender3462]

Judging by how the Metroids reacted to her presence in Fusion, the baby would have recognized her Mawkin DNA after transforming and attacked het

[@deserted4ever]

The baby canonically lived for under a day it probably would’ve been a zeta IF it even could evolve

[@joshuazhao]

@@boogaloobender3462 oh right, because every single one of the Metroid in Fusion is a clone of the baby. But then again, maybe it won't, baby did attack Samus near the end of Super Metroid, but then realized it was her "mama" and stopped. Then we have the whole protecting thing from Mother Brain. The Metroid clones probably will indeed attack Samus since they were born in a lab environment.

[@arctorusmedia]

I like the idea that the metroids have some form of intelligence and aren't like jellyfish or worms. That means you could tame them, so why destroy them? tame them!

[@yokai59loi36]

Want to know something ironic. THE METROIDS SECOND STAGE(found in most games) IS THEIR MOST POWERFUL EXCEPT QUEEN! For every game, you needed to freeze then missile. For all other stages, either a good missile in the mouth or shoot the exposed area. The second stage that is not alpha is not hurt by the ice beam, only weaken so it can be hurt be a missile. Yes the have less health than the other stages, but the most well known form is resistant to the one weakness. Queen is killed by bombing and missile through the mouth, but can she not get hurt by the beam? I think not!

[@zackwoods5077]

I would have to disagree if we are talking power per metroid. An alpha metroid is stronger than a larva metroid because all you got to do with a larva is hit it with the ice beam to freeze it and then hit with missiles. You don't notice that because you never fight multiple alphas at once while you do fight multiple larva at once. Yes you can kill an alpha quick and easy too with a parry or two but at least you have to wait for the window.

[@sarcasm-aplenty]

The chozo never intended for them to metamorphose, aeon energy from the x parasites did that to them. The nearly invincible-but-weak-to-the-cold stage of their life cycle was supposed to be their adult form. They weren't supposed to be able to reproduce but life finds a way. This actually reminds me of axolotls. Axolotls are technically juveniles for their entire lives; *technically*, they can be forced into puberty by lab-induced hormones n stuff and transition into adults, but that doesn't occur in nature. Metroids are juveniles for what's supposed to be their whole lives (which is who knows how long) UNLESS they get exposed to enough aeon energy to start molting. (I'm unsure if they can all become queens or if males become omega metroids instead, do they even have sexes? I feel like they could reproduce asexually; some animals can do both.)

[@arminxvs3372]

They are super iconic and really well designed. But to be honest: this has to be one of the most ridiculous and random evolutionary cycle ever Egg -> Jellyfish -> Bug with Jellyfish belly -> Bigger bug with Jellyfish belly -> a Wolf-Raptor with Jellyfish belly -> a Rancor with Jellyfish belly -> Giant eyeless Lizard Like what the hell haha If they end up raptor-lizards why not start out like that. Why even the Jellyfish and Parasite forms if they end up Apex-Predators.

[@tylerflory9373]

I like to think of it as a sort of mutation, since if i remember correctly, they were exposed to a certain type of energy that caused them to evolve past the Chozo's expectations. That's if i can recall correctly

[@dsoy4288]

It all harks back to Aliens. Metroids = facehuggers, zeta/omega = xenomorph, Metroid Queen = Xeno Queen. It's cool seeing the metroid's membrane in each form.

[@tomaszhallay6653]

many specieson Earth start out looking completely different from their adult forms

[@arminxvs3372]

@@tomaszhallay6653 Got some exemples where it has so many completely different steps besides some insects (worm

[@tomaszhallay6653]

@@arminxvs3372 Amphibians? Fish? Hell, many newborn mammals look like dumplings. Also, Metroids are clearly invertebrates, so really, their life cycle can e very well equated to insects

[@tragosso731]

Tallon Metroids: "Am I a Joke to you?"

[@bossrunner]

I'm making that video right now, along with the bosses from the prime saga

[@myleswelnetz6700]

Wrong planet.

[@pablotomasllodra4423]

Also, they’re Phazon mutations so they don’t count. Same with Prime.

[@MattHalpain]

This video is a real treat with all the hard work collecting and editing the various footage of the evolution of Metroids. 11-2021 I am watching a walk thru of Metroid Dread on YT. So this video is very fun to watch. I grew up on Metroid. My first Metroid being for the NES when I was a kid. I loved the first NES Metroid video game. I used a Nintendo Power magazine to reference a map of NES Metroid to beat the game.

[@ReimondoCortexalotl]

Infant - Gamma stages: can be frozen by Ice Beam Zeta - Queen stages: Stop that tickles

[@aprettyfunnyperson4516]

In the Super Metroid clip, were you shooting Ridley to the beat of his song?

[@digitalfreak8280]

I like how infant Metroid can imprint on people

[@GroundMemory]

The Zero Mission Metroids are the most vicious of all other 2D Metroids, they're so fast and their recovery from ice is shorter. I'm a little disappointed that you didn't include any of the Metroids from the Prime Trilogy though.

[@bossrunner]

The prime metroids will be appear in a video of only prime metroids

[@gabrielyosei7565]

The metroids from other M are the best in my opinion, they are fast, persistent and very agile They are like piranhas and behave like a predatpr just bugging the enemy knowing that they are practically Indestructible Until they face Samus and the ice beam xD

[@jesusramirezromo2037]

Prime Metroids don't really show a life cycle, they're mutations

[@atramentouseyes4962]

honestly, the scariest version of THE metroid is the ones from zero mission? they look bulkier in a way thats more unnerving than the others

[@joaquinriosrodriguez7316]

The metroids in zero mission gave me a lot of trouble back then. They really are the apex predator.

[@clovervidproductions]

3:31 *Blast* *Blast hits Samus* System: *"Malfunction alert. System will soon shut down. Energy Tank malfunction. Shutting down..."*

[@spiderdude2099]

Imagine if these things got unleashed in mass numbers all across the galaxy. Samus is one of the most skilled hunters is the galaxy and single specimens of omega and queen Metroids routinely almost kill her multiple times in the series… I guess the X getting free would be worse tho

[@Iffem]

"queen Metroids routinely almost kill her multiple times in the series" ... twice isn't quite routine

[@thedinosaur8183]

15:59 That A Lot Of Damage!

[@a.liguria2698]

Here's hoping that the upcoming Metroid Dread will feature some Metroid too! It's also called "Metroid 5" after all... it'd be kinda mandatory.

[@Commander-peepers]

Maybe

[@a.liguria2698]

@@Commander-peepers Well... since now a certain misconception was rended technically true... from a certain point of view...

[@Commander-peepers]

@@a.liguria2698 danm u came fast. And also I hope they return I loved them a lot

[@a.liguria2698]

@@Commander-peepers I would love to fight the evolved stages again, this time in HD!

[@Geobot3000]

Yeah about that...

[@tryner1913]

this guy did more for metroid and his fans in 1 video than actually nintendo... Great video

[@thachocolategod]

Baby Metroid was the original Baby Yoda. Don't at me.

[@segasonic4952]

Baby Metroid: Helps Samus. Other Metroid: Destroys Samus!

[@Sr.5902]

Metroid 2 (gameboy) ost: OH MY EARS

[@myleswelnetz6700]

23:39 Nice transition.

[@Lh0000]

Okay… intent metroids are adorable. They sound cute. Fite me

[@masterfarr8265]

to think Samus nearly put the whole galaxy in jeopardy

[@jossiuraccoon676]

"The representative thing is dead, except for a half-chicken, half-x, half-human, and half-Metroid girl.": the saga

[@dsn6454]

She isn't half X, SHE EATS X!

[@Potato_tomato47]

There’s no x the Metroid dna killed the x in her body

[@jossiuraccoon676]

@@Potato_tomato47 I mean the suit. In Fusion and Dread the suit it's half Chozo and half x

[@zanderandrus7074]

Also I'm pretty sure you can count x in her alphabet soup genetic code because of her absorption of raven beak x at the end of dread

[@maliziosoeperverso1697]

So we're just not acknowledging the existence of Tallon Metroids then

[@ethansully]

Having a Metroid as a pet would be sick

[@hever_195]

Samus was well acquainted with the Metroids life cycle before becoming one

[@_V.Va_]

SA-X freaking out trying to blast the Metroids was kind of funny.

[@christianwalton7080]

Great video friend but you forgot just 1 The Super Metroid (being a massive standard Metroid) that seems to gain an immunity to the ice beam and all of Samus' conventional weapons. Only the Hyper Beam could kill it!

[@isauldron4337]

The super metroid is the baby

[@Potato_tomato47]

It’s just the baby swollen from the beta rays used to clone the other metroids

[@mirruarellano6857]

0:20 That's quite a suspicious looking.

[@dakotastein9499]

i like how they incorperated mother brains theme in the Queen boss for samus returns... that being said while its not an official game,id like to say AM2R has a great reimagining of the the metroid lifcycle

[@myleswelnetz6700]

22:03 Whatever you’re going to do, do it NOW!

[@IfYouLetMeStay]

Thank you for educating me on allll the metroids. I shall use this info for my science project.

[@brooopbib294]

Next you should do evolution of human’s lifecycle

[@fullestauto8912]

You missed the larva from the Prime Series. But I supposed we could charge those to the phazon variants?

[@bossrunner]

Im will upload a video of all metroids in prime series when prime 4 is out

[@fullestauto8912]

@@bossrunner I see. Alright

[@LinkMaster-d5b]

This aged well

[@okguy167]

Honestly, I didn't know you could do that in Samus Returns

[@Lover117-v6l]

Metroids são fofos quando pequenos💗

[@ethanwoopdedoo]

Me at 19:54 : oh huh it looks like in the original you can morph ball into the queen's mouth. I wonder why they took that out of Samus returns. Me at 24:42 : Oh COME ON!

[@MechaG]

You didn't know you could do that?

[@kikicallahan3662]

They go from looking like jellyfish to looking like T-rexes.

[@TheScribe1.0]

This list should’ve included AM2R. I know it’s not an official Metroid game but it’s still a Metroid game.

[@helow8714]

My favorite one was T H E B A B Y

[@pacoramon9468]

Zeta Metroid looks like Ridley.

[@FerranCz]

I didn't know you could go inside of the queen in Samus returns 3ds

[@Zonefire15]

It doesn't lay there with its mouth wide open for nothing

[@Davian2073]

Scientist in Super Metroid: "Okay, now gotta have some of this Metroid to... Why the hell is Ridley here?"

[@JohnDoe-tt5qc]

Man I forgot how stupid that cutscene in Other M was. “Instead of just calling out to Samus, let me shoot her in the back so I can freeze the Metroid, exactly what she was about to do. I am the ultimate military mind.”

[@lilmonsterleon9450]

It’s funny how in every Metroid game you fight at least one Metroid

[@varru7640]

Except metroid prime hunter

[@paperluigi6132]

@@varru7640 and quite possibly Metroid Dread.

[@yokai59loi36]

@@paperluigi6132 because that game is said to have X activity so a metroid may be sent by the federation that they, once again, reserved.

[@arek.k8688]

@@yokai59loi36 yeah they sent one there...

[@Geobot3000]

Shhhhh I think it's best that no one tells him...

[@shirosakiishigo]

i know that is not an official game and that but you should use the amr2 desings i think they are rly good

[@dsn6454]

I think same.

[@robertkenny1201]

He's probably not interested in fanmade games.

[@WalterB845]

Just official games not includes FAN GAMES

[@MechanicalRabbits]

It doesn't make sense that the Omega Metroids in Samus Returns are as big as the one at the end of Fusion. The reason why that one was so huge was because of human experimentation. You can see the metroid husk he came from was way bigger than a regular Metroid, like the one at the end of Super Metroid, because the federation copied what the space pirates had done and continued experimenting from there. On Samus Returns, you encounter naturally grown Omega Metroids in their natural habitats, so they should have the same size as in Metroid 2. AM2R did it so much better.

[@isabelortiz1230]

What do you mean with am2r did much better?

[@WalterB845]

FUCK AMR2

[@ppheard1254]

Special infants get to be queens

[@valmirplaysroblox]

if the baby didnt die it would have become one

[@Ezra-c7q]

The metroid platforms is my favorite part about the video

[@Maxou3400]

Hey , you forgot to put the Metroid Prime in it !!! The most evolved version of metroids yet

[@davideizzo2683]

looks like there is one more from Dread

[@Maxou3400]

@@davideizzo2683 ho yeah you're right , and probably the most powerful metroid !

[@sicksamurai]

Not sure why the queen is giving birth to Metroids out of her back when they’re supposed to come from eggs, but okay. Thanks Other M.

[@nullvoid7188]

There not actually being birthed, she's kinda like a living nest that houses them until they develop enough and use older ones as guards.

[@vince5456]

I thought Metroids are supposed to be friendly to Samus. Guess not.

[@Zonefire15]

Just the babies

[@Potato_tomato47]

@@Zonefire15 that think Sam us is their parent

[@Zonefire15]

@@Potato_tomato47 well that Metroid was newly hatched and the first being it came across was Samus so it accepted her as its mother.

[@myleswelnetz6700]

Just that one.

[@朝神佑来]

latest metroid is...

[@cobeoe]

The Zeta and omega metroids/hover should have been given the ability to float At the very least I get their bodies are bigger and heavier but if they could fly around in the original game they should have at least been given the ability to float/hover

[@isauldron4337]

Too annoying

[@cobeoe]

@@isauldron4337 why it's just hovering because of their weight they can maybe only float for 20secs & once they become a queen they loose all flight abilities

[@joshspahn9304]

Title shows 2021 everyone then clicks it.

[@zoefurlong8031]

So are Metroids like ducks? Following the first thing they see like it's their mother?

[@Sansiago]

Muy buen video, muy educativo.

[@Axis33008]

I was going to say you missed 2, but then I remembered that the Metroid Prime and Metroid Samus aren’t a part of the Metroid lifecycle

[@camrencarpenter8085]

My favorite Metroid form is Samus

[@EiFarted]

Spoopy spoop Spooky scary Ridley dino-sour worm man

[@carlosdelaguerra8302]

When the rest of the Metroids on Prime and Pinball will be added? Unless U Tube shortened it

[@asteroide7384]

15:46 Spoiler Alert x'D

[@Zonefire15]

What do you mean?

[@CrazyGamerDragon64]

I'm a little disappointed that none of the variants from the Metroid Prime series made it into the video, oh well. I had heard that the Metroid franchise is inspired by Ripley Scott's Aliens franchise but the Zeta Metroid looks a little too much like a Xenomorph

[@dsn6454]

Me too but with AM2R (yeah, i know is not official).

[@loganharris7801]

What about the special metroids from the Prime series, like the Metroid Prime and Hunter metroids?

[@segasonic4952]

Metroids = 3 meatballs

[@seroujghazarian6343]

(No metroids in prime Hunters or Dread. All other games have them.)

[@thewingsoffried-om]

Well... there's only one metroid in Dread.

[@seroujghazarian6343]

@@thewingsoffried-om no jellyfish Metroid or any of its natural evolutions

[@thewingsoffried-om]

@@seroujghazarian6343 Ah, you already know. K then.

[@MikeBlair-n8r]

Would any of Metroids Villains Join Lord Vortech in LEGO Dimension’s

[@razorshark6790]

It's baby Metroid 😨

[@nf5973]

I thought the beginning was gonna have some annoying intro but thankfully not. Thanks for giving us information and not your life story like a lot of these uploaders

[@Darksoals912]

Baby Metroid is so cute

[@monomonomono-j4p]

2:50 the baby 😮

[@VJ87G]

Metroids are a thing of the past.

[@伊藤洋一-r6n]

Baby is cute.

[@its_air8]

Why is watermelon cat looking a lot like a alpha Metroid off of Metroid 2 return of samus

[@vikplay6445]

where is the metroids what show up in super metroid in maridia

[@Val_the_bat]

0:57 : ridley: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@ZachyXachri]

um, i believe it's the omega x

[@millythegoffy7784]

Don't forget am2r

[@tsukinoakuma]

Not an official release

[@Spenceycat123]

I wish am2r was included but we know how Nintendo is lol

[@YoshiLikesFate]

But its still nice that its a fan favorite

[@kalesmash1339]

Why tf did Adam shoot her before the Metroid?

[@kailigmabals3576]

They should've kept zeta and omega more rounder in shape in samus returns. Not a big fan of their elongated faces

[@mr.mothly]

I'm fine with the omegas however I do agree with you on the zetas

[@thomashodge5896]

No metroid Prime?

[@bossrunner]

The video only show the SR388 specie, the prime specie video is in coming

[@dinoman6481]

Why are the prime games not included?

[@bossrunner]

Because they are diferent races, the SR388 race appear only in the Main/2D Saga

[@dinoman6481]

@@bossrunner didn't know about this part of the lore. Thanks.

[@valmirplaysroblox]

0:05 T H E B A B Y

[@blanquism.t3537]

And super metroid???

[@ivanherrera4644]

The baby

[@Lover117-v6l]

(1986) Metroid-Metroid kkkk

[@LeafMaltieze]

Still waiting for the AM2R All Bosses No Damage run.

[@CathrineMacNiel]

No AM2R?

[@millythegoffy7784]

But metroid prime don't have metroid bosses

[@millythegoffy7784]

Just metroid power wave ice and plasma

[@TheMissingLink2]

It's not an official game bro.

[@CathrineMacNiel]

@@TheMissingLink2 pfft, it may not be official but it is damn good and no one should ignore this masterpiece of fan dedication.

[@asteroide7384]

A pesar de no ser oficial, muestra el ciclo a la perfección, y como los mismos se transforman poco a poco. Una pena que no esté .,_,.

[@vaulttraveler3478]

Evolution of Evolution

[@Unaliq]

Incredible how cringe Other M is... my brain rotted just from that lone cutscene

[@sanszxthejedi6606]

Soooo, samus is half human, half metroid And half X right?

[@biebermans5149]

You mean she has human, Chozo and Metroid dna?

[@sanszxthejedi6606]

@@biebermans5149 also yes, but x dna also

[@biebermans5149]

@@sanszxthejedi6606 I didn’t know that. I thought that by having Metroid dna she could absorb the x, not also gain their dna.

[@asuperrandomguy8266]

@@sanszxthejedi6606 she don't have x dna she became a Metroid and because of that she can "eat" the X

[@maliziosoeperverso1697]

Your math teacher must be very proud of you

[@Tower-kn1dr]

no am2r metroids?

[@WalterB845]

Not official game