Metroid Dread - Final Boss Fight and Ending

[@krissjames7276]

I love that while in Fusion, the main enemy was effectively Full Power Super Metroid Samus, in Dread the bad guy is an Elite Chozo Warrior who basically makes even Samus at full power look like a pale imitation: He's bigger, stronger, faster, more agile, AND his arm cannon is way more powerful. It's truly impressive how MercurySteam managed to make Samus feel so strong, and yet still create bosses that truly make her come across as the underdog.

[@ShepardCZ]

Raven Beak has Lightning armor and Beam burst Aeion modules. Plus a limited hyperbeam. But he is not that strong, I managed to defeat him in first try on hard mode (although I died about 15 times in normal, lol)

[@DHTGK]

you know he's comparing canonical gear and abilities right? Not what happens in-game.

[@enderallygolem]

"He's not that strong" "I died about 15 times in normal" He's strong canonically AND in game.

[@ShepardCZ]

@@enderallygolem His attacks are predictable, you just have to learn them, after that, he is weak.

[@danpmss]

​@@ShepardCZ If you died 15 times, that goes to show how strong he is. Metroidvania always have been about learning patterns and defeating bosses with that knowledge. Of course you can do it in your first try if you mastered it already lol His patterns become predictable once you know what he can do, and even then, they are hard to master without some dozens of deaths. Saying he is not that strong is bullshit haha

[@jacobtheorangeyoshi8710]

My favorite part is Raven Beak basically uses your moves but super beefed up. He’s even got his own melee counter. Really shows you he’s the warrior part of Samus’s blood donors. So technically this whole time Samus has been using a Mawkin fighting style.

[@countlazuli8753]

Even more uncanny when you look at the murals in the lower left elevator of Ferenia and realize the Mawkin have been giving the Space Pirates a run for their money in times before.

[@Left4Sharkbait]

He can even use the speed booster without running beforehand! Cheater!

[@dazcarrr]

@@Left4Sharkbait if only you could just instantly shine spark without a charge up. Would make those puzzles way less painful

[@simpleyetcomplex]

So Samus is still technically an orphan of her human parents but since she was altered with Raven Beak’s blood, he’s also a parent of sorts to Samus? Is that how I’m reading it?

[@Carpenter0361]

@@simpleyetcomplex more like a blood donor

[@ShepardCZ]

9:47 At this exact moment, after 35 years of being called Metroid, Samus finally snapped and actually transformed into one.

[@setsers1]

YES LET'S GO

[@TheUncivilizedNation]

Reject Humanity. Embrace Metroid

[@snowfreezee_4724]

You got it Samus, you turn into the Metroid dread

[@barkyonyx424b]

ok metroid

[@gizar2858]

Imagine if she went metroid mode in Fusion against the SA-X

[@urzaktv]

Kinda wish a bunch of backup EMMI’s flooded into the escape tunnel at the end so we could cathartically obliterate them with the Metroid beam.

[@gharialnumbat5711]

I was also hoping for the SA-X. Imagine both having to escape emmis and sax:es and then at the end you obliterate them easily with the hyper beam

[@setsers1]

AY

[@setsers1]

@@gharialnumbat5711 hehe

[@MegamanZXOmega]

@@gharialnumbat5711 Logically it wouldn't happen though, the X Parasites that infected Samus and became SA-X were all destroyed when the BSL station crashed into and destroyed SR-388. And since Samus has Metroid DNA she's the only one immune to the X, so thus, unless one SA-X somehow survived, they'll never show up again.

[@youngkappakhan]

@@MegamanZXOmega this, i was kinda tired of people speculating sa-x would show up for that reason

[@AzamaraSehki]

The absolute disrespect. She doesn't even absorb Raven Beak's Core X. She just blasts it to kingdom come.

[@isaiahkayode6526]

So he’s Dead like Dead Dead.... Super Dead.

[@soulfox32]

Of course, why would she want that bastards X core in her? No matter what he says, that's not her father, and she pissed him off, he's better off destroyed

[@CeeHoff]

Besides, he already absorbed enough of him when she grabbed his face

[@yassinefarah2423]

Well he had his accomplice killed for saving her, doomed ZDR by releasing the X and intended to kill Samus in order to clone an army of her.

[@heyoyo10gaming4]

@@isaiahkayode6526 Dead Fusion.

[@grfrjiglstan]

10:23 One cool detail: Samus just stands right up again after crashing the ship into the planet. No dusting herself off, no overhead shot of her lying among the wreckage. The crash didn't even faze her.

[@Tenshi04Akuma]

She wasn't tired, After a POWER meal like that.

[@brandonwithnell612]

what even more amazing is that raven beak managed to get up at all, he just had his ee gouged energy drained and was on a crashed ship, all this happing after you destroy his shield. that bird is durable af

[@boymancinder2000]

She's got a suit from her metroid dna going berserk. That suit is probably as strong as metroid shell.

[@SoldierOfFate]

She has survived so much to see this day that walking out of a crash is just another day at the office.

[@Synthenoid_]

Can't get enough of how Samus is personified in this game. the attitude, the shots of her eyes with determination, sometimes fear, struggle, the "dont worry... i'll end this once and for all" gave me a huge stupid smile, was so on-point & shows her confidence with a lil peek of her compassion, and then seeing her lose her shit going "AAAAAAAAA" was a damn fine treat, voice cracks included. probably my favorite iteration of her, even if her screaming was kinda funny, but still hella cool

[@ChuckyMarks]

I’m so happy seeing her characterization here after Metroid Other M. God, what a badass. My favorite of her in this game is probably when she shoots Kraid point blank in the face without a bit of hesitation

[@sLasHeRxXx07]

In short, she may be stoic and doesn't say much but still kind and compassionate (?) hopefully Nintendo digs deeper into her story and personality. Especially off duty

[@Dacari13]

I'm waiting for a Samus Metroid suit amiibo. Would be interesting if her brother shows up and he had experiments done to him as well.

[@dindapriska]

@@sLasHeRxXx07 Story focusing on off duty Samus sounds pretty lit, ngl. I'm really curious how she lives her daily life.

[@sLasHeRxXx07]

@@dindapriska nobody really knows about her so a game which reveals a side we didn't know would be interesting

[@joelhair9982]

I love that you can actually hear her screaming in anger while she annihilates raven beak It adds a lot of personality without some overbearing Other M type speech I think Dread might be the most badass iteration of Samus yet

[@flerken4233]

She’s become the legendary Super Metroid

[@EclipseHedgehog]

@@flerken4233 but why is it all....green?

[@arnavmekala4578]

@@EclipseHedgehog cause Metroids have a green color

[@chopstick7409]

@@EclipseHedgehog now that you mentioned it, she kinda looks like female doom slayer

[@ZenoDLC]

Did you see how she handled Kraid?

[@SEMIA123]

"Samus, you will never defeat Raven Beak. His rhymes are sick, his beats are fresh and also he is the strongest and most handsome Chozo. And the smartest too. And he has the best armor. Accept your destiny"

[@CrasherX2000]

_accept your helplessness_

[@dazcarrr]

All of that praise gets a different context when you realise it was him all along

[@hariman7727]

"Plus have you seen his abs?! he's got an eight pack!"

[@decaytred9500]

Ridley is lucky as hell he didn't fight Samus going full Metroid

[@Annual-following]

Real lucky but seeing how many times he came back I doubt he's dead

[@thegameknight8916]

Something tells me he'd _relish_ a fight with such a formidable and seething enemy.

[@youngkappakhan]

Let him stay dead for good he’s “died” and come back so many times that his appearances aren’t even intimidating anymore.

[@thegameknight8916]

@@youngkappakhan You're entitled to your opinion. Personally, I always look forward to his popping up

[@youngkappakhan]

@@thegameknight8916 if hes a good villain at all he’ll know when to die 100% for good instead of being asspulled back into existence ad infinitum just because he’s marketable, like a capeshit character. Metroid's moving into new, fresh & more interesting villain arcs anyway with Raven Beak and presumably Sylux soon

[@lucylu3342]

You know you're screwed when Samus turns into a full on metroid and gets an unlimited final smash to fire at will

[@dippking4638]

@ArtBuffalo he never said that, he just said that by absorbing he SA-X ,samus regained her lost powers ( prior to x infection) its a word thing, people miss understands words wrong alot of times.

[@wigglyplays5958]

He never said she wasnt part metroid anymore what

[@SomaCruztheDemigodofBalance]

@@wigglyplays5958 No. She was able to get the Ice Beam because of the Varia Suit's protection against being Frozen from Within. That meant she was perfectly safe using it by that point.

[@chromeshellking]

I took that to mean she has had the Hyper beam all this time just dormant.

[@modelingcloy218]

@ArtBuffalo where the FUCK do u people get ur sources jesus christ

[@Gundamseeddabest]

Finally, it’s not exactly wrong to call her “Metroid” lol

[@MrSuperbeast92]

Everything has been leading up to this. Lmao

[@occultpyromancer]

now all we need is a scene of her crawling, then we will have come full circle

[@leonamoonslasher7070]

She was Metroid since Fusion lol Remember she used to absorb X- Parasites

[@heathmcrigsby]

Is Metroid's gun attached to his arm or his suit?

[@Gundamseeddabest]

@@heathmcrigsby his arm. He’s a robot, remember?

[@firestarex3544]

Fun fact: The X that infected Raven Beak was a Kraid-X, meaning the X found poor Kraid. In a way, it was Kraid's final vengeance against Raven Beak, since he and the Mawkin were the ones who captured him.

[@Evilriku13]

an it may be perhaps the same as the one forming Experiment 259.

[@isaiahkayode6526]

I guess both raven beak and Kraid are Permanently dead

[@shrekonion7032]

How does kraid even move around planets when he's not confined? Also how does he even get below ground when there are no giant tunnels?

[@phazonviking1260]

@@shrekonion7032 Super Metroid has that Tiny Kraid outside the boss room, whose the say they didn't find an infant Kraid and brought it to ZDR?

[@basilix187]

Wow. I just finished the game and I didn't even notice till you pointed it out.

[@moondawwg]

What I really like about the Adam twist is that you immediately learn more about Raven Beak's personality. When he is described by Quiet Robe I just thought he was a generic power hungy villain. But as soon as you realize he's been speaking to you and more specifically the way he speaks to you, it shades new light into his hubris and megalomaniac complex. Definitely one of the best metroid villains and probably my favorite final fight in any metroid game.

[@CapnShades]

This twist is so interesting because it's not clear excactly how much of Adam's screentime was actually RB. He seems genuinely concerned for Sam, especially early on, but then there are comments here and there that sound so out-of-character that you know something's up. Was it Big Bird the whole time, or did he simply hijack the network part way through?

[@nevermore7285]

@@CapnShades I think it was him the whole time mainly because Adam never referred to her as Lady once she was underground. The game made a point of him calling her that early on.

[@jordangeer8964]

It makes a lot more sense how Adam kept reiterating how Samus was completely hopeless and could never stand a chance at facing Raven Beak, no matter how strong she became. It isn’t until the final power up (the power bomb) that he says she’s ready.

[@robertkovarna8294]

@@jordangeer8964 More so, Raven Beak wanted her to have her Metroid powers. It wasn't the Power Bomb. That was just a coincidence that we got it at the same time. What Raven Beak was after from Samus was her Metroid DNA. Whether by extracting it with an Emmi or by awakening it and then cloning an army of her.

[@speedude0164]

While on my way to Itorash, I was thinking about how we hadn't seen Raven Beak at all after that intro outside of flashbacks. It could be the Sephiroth effect where his presence is so effective because you never see him, but it seems kinda disappointing. But no, turns out that even though you couldn't see him directly, he was there the entire time, manipulating everything from the shadows. He was done so well in this game, but my only problem with him is that he's seemingly gone just after one game. He was in full control of everything that happened up until the end. He lured Samus to ZDR, got her Metroid power to fully awaken and even defeated her in the final battle. He made everything work out in his favor... only for him to die immediately at the hands of the same Metroid power his entire plan revolved around. I know it's Metroid and anything can get revived whenever, but that death felt pretty final to me.

[@UnbreakableJake]

If you're a long-time Metroid fan, you 100% lost your mind during the ending.

[@seijiren5115]

It really is

[@C_XVR]

I’m still shaking after that

[@solarxotwod]

What a fantastic way to burn your brain!! I was MIND BLOWN!!!!

[@moonnis4608]

I still got goosebumps holy shit, and with ppl saying this will be the last metroid chronologically wise, I cant accept that, the whole bit at the end with the chozo, the metroid suit samus all of this must be explored at a metroid 6, that one should be the final game in the series (chronologically-wise)

[@a-cashious9304]

@@moonnis4608 maybe we have to wait another 19 years😅

[@Source-Z-rer]

Hearing Samus scream with rage, while digging her fingers into Raven Beak's face as she drains both him and the fortress they're on of energy is one of the most satisfying things I've seen in a videogame. It's so damn badass and cathartic.

[@seijiren5115]

Oh...play it 3 times and never notice her scream

[@Amitlu]

She had enough of him and his plans, just like I had enough of fighting him!

[@SpectrumSwordtails]

And frightening, don't forget frightening.

[@Source-Z-rer]

@@Amitlu He *was* pretty tough, wasn't he?

[@freetime2freeminds]

totally not mark

[@segafan1316]

Raven Beak ripping his other wing was the most hardcore thing I've seen

[@chumunga648]

"I am *not* gonna let anyone on the internet make one winged angel jokes about me!"

[@I.C-0wl]

He basically said "i am not some silver haired anime guy"

[@edalmirneto4246]

@@I.C-0wl RB: I'm a better alien monster than that bishounem asshole.

[@supersonictrickster4239]

Well damn. Just rip it right off then.

[@sammidul4080]

guess you never play god of war series 😂

[@Supahdenning]

The X that infected Quiet Robe has all his memories and understanding of his own DNA, thus also understanding that his Thoha DNA would suppress Samus' Metroid nature. It is not necessarily an act of good will, but serving the X's interest to power down Samus and reduce her Metroid nature. That is my favoured interpretation, though it is clearly intentionally vague.

[@SomaCruztheDemigodofBalance]

The odd thing about that is that leaving her as she was, would mean she'd be unable to escape, therefore she'd die. He saved her life. So Quiet Robe may have had a bit more influence over the X than most people would think. By the end of the game, that is. It would have taken that long for the consciousness to fully replicate itself, with all the memories intact.

[@gatst7680]

@@SomaCruztheDemigodofBalance I like to think that after taking him over, the X realized that it's own species was inherently a horrible thing for the universe, so it decided to end itself so that the universe could be at peace.

[@flerken4233]

@@SomaCruztheDemigodofBalance In the past in Fusion, we have seen that X are willing to sacrifice itself for the sake of X in other planets, as the Scientist-X wanted to self destruct the whole BSL to kill the biggest threats to the X, Samus and the Metroids, to save the X on the planet’s surface. If Quiet Robe-X was willing to sacrifice itself for the X’s cause and not because Chozo was in control that would mean one of two things: Either both the X and Quiet Robe didn’t realize that the X on SR388 were killed and they were trying to help the surviving ones who were actually dead, or that they are aware that X still exist on other planets out there that Samus isn’t aware of.

[@chrisnguyen2316]

@@flerken4233 X are extinct though.. unless Nintendo wants to use them AGAIN.

[@guillermoaltozanosalazar382]

I mean, didn't something similar happen with the SA-X?

[@AbeVsTheWorld]

Whoever did the voice for Samus' rage yelling did a great job.

[@CapnShades]

Nikki Garcia is the VA. Fine job she's done.

[@joaoassumpcao3347]

The crack truly sells it

[@setsers1]

@@CapnShades Niiiice. Jenny Hale is still my Favourite though.

[@fissilewhistle]

I kind of wish they let Alesia Glidewell (Zero Suit Samus’s voice actor from Smash) reprise her role, but I’m perfectly fine with Nikki Garcia.

[@SalkinProduction]

Totally agree! Samus' only line during the meeting with Quiet Robe gave me the chills.

[@TemplarBlonic]

The most hilarious and also terrifying thing to me is that he’s trying to let go of her or yank her off after she rips into his eye socket, but she is holding on so furiously, just like an actual Metroid. It was bordering on legitimately scary seeing her latch into something so angrily just like an actual Metroid would. On top of that, Samus doesn’t eat the X anymore. She just outright _obliterates_ them during this form. I can’t wait to see where the series goes after this! So much to do with this! On top of that, the fact that Quiet Robe was able to resist the X infection… that was impressive. This opens up a lot more to what the willpower of someone can do to resist the influence of the X and just a lot of what could be done to the series’ tropes.

[@robertescalante9858]

Or maybe the X became fully sentient and allowed quiet robe to appear again, doing as he wishes. The possibilities in this are literally endless

[@jamjars877]

I feel like that's something that is missed by those who haven't played other Metroid games. The number of times you have to bomb metroids off of you throughout the series makes this ending all the more poetic and satisfying. You finally get to watch your enemy struggle to shake off an angry Metroid to no avail.

[@thegameknight8916]

@@jamjars877 And that right there is the key word. *Angry.* Samus was about to be killed by someone she had trusted, someone who betrayed her and Quiet Robe, all for power, for control. And Samus was _Pissed beyond belief._

[@thegameknight8916]

@@Fleshbag453 Yeah... Both of them ruined her life in _SO_ many ways.

[@susanromaniszak8637]

Personally, I believe it is due to the fact of the X seeing through the memories of their host. In other words, the X were practically used by Raven beak taken hostage in a cramped prison-like location. Combined with this, It can see the discussion between Quiet Robe and Samus. In conclusion, the x infesting Quiet Robe saved Samus as of mysterious means to thank her for defeating the tyrant Raven Beak.

[@pickcollins9910]

The fact that Raven Beak jacked ADAM so that his guidance led Samus into fighting him is really interesting. He completely isolated her without her even knowing

[@EldenGainz]

I thought raven beak was just at the very end

[@Rundas045]

@@EldenGainz it seems like Raven Beak was playing Adam ever since Samus landed

[@driumissimo]

@@Rundas045 I noticed from the start that Adam stopped calling Samus 'Lady' and started calling her Samus, and I think that's meant to be your first clue something is up. Especially since in the intro he calls her Lady like 3 times, and then never again.

[@l.n.3372]

@@driumissimo Yeah *Adam* goes from "treat our lost assets with care, Lady" on the ship to "Samus Aran" on the planet. It's so informal that it's not Adam at all once Samus lands on the planet. It's always been Raven Beak since she left her spaceship.

[@genesys3357]

Another clue is how all of Adam's advice and clues are either things already told to the player, things we just figured out on our own, or information Samus would have known about. Most likely they were just there to distract from the fact he was copying Samus DNA

[@sausage5488]

Her Metroid design is so sick. I want it to return in the future and be skin in Smash!

[@deatsbybre7162]

Final smash

[@ninemugetsu]

I really wish they were doing DLC skins for smash, imagine if the metroid costume turned her final smash red

[@sausage5488]

@@ninemugetsu it's cash for little to no effort, but that's Nintendo for you.

[@BenjaminAnderson21]

@@deatsbybre7162 Yea, they could easily just reskin Zero Lazer into her it

[@ChristianGibbons777]

The Metroid Suit❤️ & The Metroid Beam from Super Metroid Makes a return😎

[@Elsantopo]

Finally we can call Samus...Metroid

[@georgehouliaras7239]

Curse you Metroid!

[@hafirenggayuda]

It will be hilarious if the next game titled "Samus Aran: The Last Metroid"

[@k3tupat1978]

You floating jelly bean tell that metroid is coming

[@DavethePrinny]

Yet Metroid still can't crawl

[@TheSilverDiego]

When I first realized what was happening I thought maybe they wrote the story of this game to play along the idea of how now Metroid fans call Samus “Metroid “

[@NeosAvias]

6:00 Samus: “Ha, well look at you, my One-Winged Angel.” Raven Beak: “What?” Samus: “Nothing. You just remind me of someone I knew from a… past life.” Raven Beak: “They must have been weak.” [rips his own wing off] Samus: “…. Oh.”

[@sirjazz1268]

_"Samus loosing concious as Raven Beak choke her to death"_ A distant voice : *_Forgot what I taught you. . . ? Remember your loss . . . Then :_* *_r i p . . . n' . . . t e a r_* Samus : _"activates DoomGirl mode"_

[@pleasecallmedaviddjs1298]

Ha 😆 that’s exactly what I was thinking when I first saw it too

[@CrystalKingdomGeneral4942]

Raven: "They must have been weak." *One-Winged Angel plays in the background* Sephiroth: "On your knees. I want you to beg for forgiveness." Raven: *does just that*

[@hariman7727]

Raven Beak low key flexing on Sephiroth, because RB doesn't need to be a one winged angel to be a badass final boss.

[@LayangSeto-lu1tc]

Sephiroth : clap a hand from behind the village's flame

[@lankthedank6931]

I haven't had a boss fight feel this much like an actual final boss fight in a looong time. Like it's hard, but it doesn't feel unfair.

[@ZorotheGallade]

I know right? In most other games you can afford to tank certain attacks from the bosses, here every single one can be dodged and will punish you hard if you don't. ...except that combination of homing projectile and beam that covers 95% of the screen. That one is kinda bullshit :/

[@WalterEgos.]

I thought the same thing, this bossfight was amazing

[@SonicPman]

Fancy seeing you here with your good points, Mr. Lank.

[@lankthedank6931]

@@SonicPman ayy

[@criticalhard]

I felt it sometimes kinda unbalanced BUT definitely very rewarding at the end.

[@nintendex9288]

9:51 When you're tired of people calling you Metroid instead of Samus so you become a Metroid.

[@chidaluokoro9104]

@@dogedogmanha7628 what does that have do with anything he said?

[@KovoN]

"Look at me. I am the Metroid now."

[@happy96bear]

In BOTW 2, Link will become the most powerful Zelda.

[@joaopeixoto6224]

she was already metroid in metroid fusion she had metroid dna vaccinated into her thats why she can absorb the X bro....

[@nerov3402]

@@joaopeixoto6224 but now we get to call her "metroid" without having someone saying otherwise :D

[@BlogNintendo]

I loved Raven Beak as a villain. Even though he's only seen a few times, what's there is really great. If you can make a villain as badass as Samus, you're doing something right.

[@jsc1jake512]

With the reveal of Adam being Raven Beak all along really tells us that he had the stage set from the beginning, the bosses played their part and activated Samus's Metroid DNA over time and the final showdown when Raven Beak had too much confidence in his abilities.

[@manuelk1853]

So true man!

[@SoldierOfFate]

Now if only he didn't let his arrogance get the best of him.

[@SailorLoonie]

Nintendo: "How much genetic and psychological trauma can we jam into one person?" Man this game was so rad.

[@isaiahkayode6526]

Yes

[@riceballdonut847]

>puts in everything >creates Other M >"oh shit...let's dial it back" >creates Dread >"That's better"

[@t-rex8969]

"Nintendo is a family friendly game company"

[@enter_the_pain5762]

Don't forget physical trauma, woman was straight up hospitalized when she was infected with the x

[@justicealistair7774]

@@enter_the_pain5762 Empathizes *Had Suit Surgically Removed* I still can't get over that til this day.

[@wurtknurte7283]

I love how you beat the final boss and it's just like: "Oh yeah, the planet is also gonna explode in like 3 minutes, have fun!"

[@DirectorOfChaos9292]

I was like, oh right, planet is exploding PLANET IS EXPLODING! Time to LEAVE

[@Mannwhich]

And then Samus takes the credit, and flies away. what a jerk! 😂

[@ByrneBaby]

probs because the crash damaged the thermal powerplant in Cataria, which is an insanely bad idea when you think about it. An underground thermal powerplant? It was a ticking time bomb already lmao

[@dazcarrr]

Nature abhors any planet Samus Aran sets foot on

[@dazcarrr]

@@kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkirbyyyyy i have no idea why this comment was posted so many times, that wasn't me

[@ArsmozaDork]

SAMUS: I'm the last Metroid... The Galaxy is finally at peace!

[@franciscoraya5411]

Ok, can Someone please explain me the ending!!?? I've played al the games and readed the manga, but, why the x went with samus? Samus is a metroid now? The X is still alive? What the fu** happened?

[@DavidUtau]

@@franciscoraya5411 the chozo was healed. Using his last breath befote turning into an abomination, he... Nvm. I literally don't know. Why did Samus lose that rad suit? Plot armor.

[@wingblitz2216]

@@DavidUtau She absorbed the chozo so that she could escape because the suits draining power is so strong it would drain the energy off her ship and would end up dying on the planet if it wasn’t for him.

[@AsecasJavi]

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[@sergiolopez4454]

@@franciscoraya5411 As i understand... There was 2 kind of chozo, the warriors "Mawkin" and the ones with the ability to control the Metroid "Thoha". Samus has the DNA of both tribes. Samus was part Metroid since the Federation give her Metroid DNA to save her of the X-parasyte. But her Metroid powers were not awakened yet, this probably by her Thoha DNA. Apparently, the Metroid instincts were also to be hostil to the Mawkins, so the powers of Samus started to awaken since the first contact with the "Bad Chozo" Raven Beak, which is much more notable in these last scenes. At the end, the Thoha "Good Chozo" Quiet Robe, was infected by the X-parasyte, but keeping his memories, wanted to control the Metroid evolution of Samus with his Thoha ability, and sacrifice himself to do it. That's your first answer 2.- Yes, she is still part Metroid, no idea if she will use her absorbing powers again. 3.- The game want to let us think that they are dead... But maybe they exist on another planet, it depends on the developers hahaha 4. As for what the Fu** happened... The galaxy is at peace.

[@Varce]

I absolutely loved Raven Beak as a villain. The power and intensity of his moves was awesome.

[@TheOjamaYellow]

Agreed. My one nitpick is that he presumably dies at the end of this. I would have loved to see him return in some capacity.

[@Hysteria98]

The beauty of it was THIS was the true SA-X fight. Samus vs. Samus. The rest of the game threw me off a bit, but the movement implemented and ending honest to god made the 19-year wait worth it, just for MercurySteam to have hit a home run.

[@donnovandalusong266]

@@TheOjamaYellow yeah it kinda sucks there’s no main bad in this franchise.

[@Varce]

@@TheOjamaYellow I absolutely need him to come back. The concept of malevolent Chozo is way too good to only use once. Considering all the times Ridley has come back, maybe he cloned himself lol.

[@speedude0164]

With Metroid's tendency to revive iconic enemies (sometimes with zero explanation like with Kraid in this game), I think it's very possible for him to come back and be the first villain to survive an X infection. If that happens, we might even get him in Smash 6.

[@valkyrion_ex1173]

I love the fact that even after being turned I to a giant monstrous X, you can still hear Raven Beak saying "power is everything" (in Chozo ofc) at 11:04. They really nailed the characterisation in this game.

[@98953812]

Before that, he also shouted "Tamooooooooos....". In other words, Samus.

[@themole3000]

"Thamus, hadan sen olmen"

[@samquik]

I LOVE Samus' eyes in this game. They're so beautiful and expressive

[@Tortilla_Pizzeria_Pixels]

Yeah. You can see all the emotion she has even though she only speaks once

[@riceballdonut847]

@@Tortilla_Pizzeria_Pixels and screams bloody murder as she obliterates her dad

[@FandeJay]

She does have very beautiful eyes.

[@infinityzer054]

We need to expand chozo language though, it might be possible

[@thetrashhunter_yt700]

ANIME

[@richardlee3679]

This was such a great final boss, and the ending cutscene is excellent. Somehow the feral screaming when Samus goes full Metroid is even better given that she's spent the rest of the game silent, calm and collected. Just an excellent game all around.

[@Tamarocker88]

Way too over the top IMO. It ends up being as ridiculous as the overplayed dragon ball ka-me-ha-me-ha charge-ups.

[@josepablobonillajimenez6297]

@@Tamarocker88 Respectable but I disagree, even the most estoic characters have a breaking point, Samus basically died and reawakened with a rush of Metroid power going through her body, also the effort of holding onto an extremely powerful warrior and not letting go for an extended period of time, for the sheer amount of effort and the rush of the moment I personally find it not only justified but fitting to scream

[@landontaylor1290]

I would have hoped that we would fight Raven beak be one more time when he got infected by the X parasite instead we just shoot him in the face and he died it would be cool if it was another boss

[@AutumnMood_]

of note: Samus's Hyper Beam in the Raven Beak-X portion is shown to be capable of fully destroying X Parasites. The only other things that have been shown to do so are: Metroids (and Samus after gaining Metroid juice), and cataclysmic explosions (BSL's metroid cookpot detaching and falling to the planet, and the BSL itself doing the same); Power Bombs, Screw Attack, Super Missiles? all do nothing, but that beam just eviscerated it like it was nothing.

[@solomon9655]

Samus’s beam seemed like pure Metroid energy so it makes sense.

[@KovoN]

@@solomon9655 I don't think it's Metroid energy, but it might be on the same line of thought. Both the Hyper Beam and Metroid were Chozo technology, and the Metroids were originally designed solely to counter the X. They might have created the Hyper Beam so they would have a weapon to mass kill the X without having to release Metroids every single time.

[@solomon9655]

@@KovoN That would explain how Raven contained the X if his Arm Cannon laser is a Hyper Beam. Samus absorbed it like a power-up and then used it against him. Pretty awesome.

[@aquaponieee]

Seems like the X survived and later on sacrificed itself to Samus...?

[@solomon9655]

@@aquaponieee if you’re talking about Quiet Robe, he was infected earlier and we didn’t know where he was. Turns out he was hiding near Samus’ ship…

[@brunoargueta5691]

Dang the fact that she can drain the energy from non-organics and there's no distance limit on it literally goes with what raven beak said about Samus being the most powerful Metroid

[@joshuaarnett762]

That was what Raven said as he strangled her, and it was also probably him being egotistical

[@SomaCruztheDemigodofBalance]

@@joshuaarnett762 Then she proved him right by turning the tables on him, and massively overpowering him.

[@joshuaarnett762]

@@SomaCruztheDemigodofBalance sometimes you come up with a great plan, but vastly underestimate your daughter's desire to kill you, with the very power you led her to develop to such a degree.

[@soulfox32]

@@joshuaarnett762 His last thoughts were probably how proud he was, how hurt he was, and that he'd continue to try and fight her before the X parasite took over his body

[@joshuaarnett762]

@@soulfox32 I was totally expecting the fight to keep going, Deus X Machina (get it?) was not what I expected, but it was very much deserved Karma. I wonder if the series is going to focus on the still living Chozo now, since it's apparently going to finally stop being"Guess what? The Metroid aren't extinct after all!", or if the focus will be on the ramifications of Samus being basically an ultra Metroid. Or the X. My assumption is either X or Chozo

[@Toffeehammer]

Man, that rage scream is so satisfying. Also, how many father figures is that for Samus now? Four?

[@dontforget5737]

Her human Father, Old Bird, Grey Voice, Adam, and now Raven beak. That's 5

[@Toffeehammer]

@@dontforget5737 Jeez, Samus. Leave some dads for everybody else.

[@ZorotheGallade]

@@Toffeehammer She still has computer dad at least

[@miguelaguilar751]

Hell there's also that Admiral in Prime 3 who was overly concerned for Samus for some reason... if you wanna go for 6

[@CH-bd6jg]

@@Toffeehammer I know right? the pokemon series could use a few of those dads!

[@mkcstealth7624]

Yooooo I just realized the X that absorbs Raven Beak takes on the appearance of Kraid So in the loosest way possible, Kraid was the final boss of a Metroid game

[@evanbao93]

Fitting since he's the first boss faced in the whole Metroid series starting in NES Metroid.

[@isaiahkayode6526]

@@evanbao93 and he’s literally the Last cause he got wipe out of existence

[@shrekonion7032]

That x would have been an actual boss fight if we didn't become full metroid

[@setsers1]

OH MY GOD

[@setsers1]

@@evanbao93 yyyep.😊😉😆

[@TheMarionick]

Would you look at that, a new villain to add to my list of favorite Nintendo villains

[@supersonictrickster4239]

Amen.

[@braintendo4736]

Of course this villain shows up after the Smash Bros DLC ends.

[@dryalga4000]

He is not a villain, he is THE villain. He is the cause of the entire series to happen. He prevented the Thoha from destroying planet SR388, which means that both Metroids and X Parasites survived. Which led in turn to the Federation capturing a Metroid and the Pirates later stealing it from them. Which led the Pirates to Zebes.

[@solomon9655]

@@dryalga4000 I love his role so much. He’s THE villain but he’s not necessarily a mastermind and he doesn’t undermine the role of past villains. He doesn’t even really seem that smart, he had Quiet do most of the thinking. He sets everything in motion and does his own thing in the background for 4 games until one of his warriors turns out to be X. I love how we’ve tasted the power of Chozo tech in every Metroid, and we finally meet a Chozo but he’s far gone and DRUNK on the same power. What a fun story, I love it so so much

[@deatsbybre7162]

Raven beak is cool as hell. Might be my favorite Metroid villain

[@AzureMoebius22]

If this game isn't what brings Metroid back into the spotlight alongside Mario and Kirby, I don't know what will.

[@tokusatsukeyblade797]

That’s why we need to be promoting this game and encouraging people to give it a shot so it sells well.

[@matguimond92]

waiting on Prime 4 not a 2D side scrolling in 2021. I grew up playing super nintendo games.

[@Cepheus773]

@@matguimond92 How can you make that statement while ignoring that mainline Metroid IS a 2D series?

[@ROGALLYWORLD]

If you think this $60 7 hour game is gunna bring metroid back your kidding yourself 😂😂😂

[@Tortilla_Pizzeria_Pixels]

@@ROGALLYWORLD you clearly haven’t played it.

[@nirast2561]

Raven Beak: *realizes a single wing is actually a burden in a fight, rips it off with his bare hand* Me: "Ok, dude, no need to be that badass!" Sephiroth, somewhere in the distance: "I feel... a disturbance..."

[@shinespark2175]

For me Raven Beak was like: "nah, ONLY Sephiroth can look cool with only 1 angel wing"

[@setsers1]

AY

[@chocobocloudstrife5697]

Sephiroth is not the only one that got one wing you know ?

[@ShadowSans666]

@@chocobocloudstrife5697 Meanwhile I'm over here and I don't even know who Sephiroth is haha.

[@chocobocloudstrife5697]

@@ShadowSans666 Dont worry it’s okay

[@stephenkane7202]

Lady's and gentlemen the hyper beam has been dethroned by a mile

[@thomascochran7907]

Unless that is the hyper beam

[@stephenkane7202]

@@thomascochran7907 yeah the 20.0 version

[@BreakGlassForMemes]

@@stephenkane7202 It actually is called the hyper beam if you look in the menu

[@stephenkane7202]

@@BreakGlassForMemes seriously dam what the fuck did it eat since super

[@riceballdonut847]

@@stephenkane7202 her dad

[@kileysevens9116]

People seem to forget the lore with the word Metroid... it means ultimate warrior or something in the chozo language? So not only is it a species but a kind of elite chozo warrior. Fitting to call Samus, a Metroid.

[@SilvaShadow1990]

Yup.

[@matguimond92]

"Metroids are the titular creatures of the Metroid series. Originating from the planet SR388, they first became known to the universe at large when Space Pirates stole a batch of specimens from a Galactic Federation research vessel and attempted to exploit them as bioweapons. Since then, the species was spread out on numerous planets, endangering all life present due to the Metroids living off of the mysterious "life energy" of their prey." not one thing about Chozo lore lol sounds like made up crap.

[@kileysevens9116]

@@matguimond92 it says in the intro to Dread and in other lore it's a chozo word for ultimate warrior. The Metroids were created by the chozo to deal with the X parasite.

[@linkmaster959]

But her name is Metroid. Metroid is a metroid.

[@matguimond92]

@@kileysevens9116 the very next paragraph from that wiki explains that chozo part so I missed that. I only played prime games and super metroid on the wii virtual console so I don't really know the lore.

[@silviosteentjes4726]

Went to KZbin straight after completing the game just to watch this pure fire cinematics again🔥. The hype for this game was real and it was everything expected it to be.

[@JamesTheFoxeArt]

Yep, I just loved the scream

[@TRACKMAN810]

I cant wait for the next one

[@bryan8602]

@@TRACKMAN810 See everyone in another almost two decades lol! I'm kidding I seriously hope not.

[@raymondjones7423]

@@TRACKMAN810 Im a time traveler from year 2075 I gotta tell you Metroid 6 is a hit!!

[@TRACKMAN810]

@@raymondjones7423 dope

[@godzillaisgood_og]

*When you realize Samus' left arm is now more dangerous than her right*

[@ShadowSans666]

I'm starting to think both are equally dangerous (or at least in her form towards the end), she has a hyper beam which can obliterate almost anything in her path and it is long range, and she has the ability to siphon the energy of anything that gets close enough to her. So basically she's unstoppable now.

[@dazcarrr]

That thing in the terminal montage animation where Samus rolls up her arm cannon to just punch Ridley is even more intimidating now

[@SoldierOfFate]

That's some serious Doom Slayer vibe right there...because the left arm is what he uses for execution attacks with the Blood Punch/Doomblade!

[@GoodfellaZeta4873]

It's probably about equal now.

[@hariman7727]

Only in melee range.

[@raitothetanuki]

In Super Metroid there's a dead body near Kraid's room, it resembles a Mawkin Chozo Soldier. It seems that Raven Beak may have sent his soldiers to Zebes during the events of Super Metroid. They found the defeated Kraid and took it to their homeworld before Zebes explosion.

[@JayRedGear]

That's interesting. Could explain why he's here and chained up.

[@barriehannon6857]

nice observation

[@triple-d2640]

How the hell did they move him??

[@zoeywhite1686]

@@triple-d2640 Very carefully.

[@l.n.3372]

@@triple-d2640 More like, what ship did they somehow fit him in.

[@jakesemerdjian9499]

I think one of the few things I kinda dislike about Dread is that Raven Beak & the Mawkin are seemingly dealt w/ after just one game. Raven seems like such a fun villain & the Chozo being antagonistic & having complex motives is an idea with SO MUCH potential. Plus we've needed a new antagonistic force in Metroid since the Pirates have been beat to hell at this point. Sakamoto did say that at Dread's ending we would have a small idea of where the story could go & I think it's probable now that Samus herself will be hunted by many different factions since she's the last Metroid. I hope some of them are other Chozo tribes.

[@Mario87456]

Not to mention Raven Beak himself is a one dimensional pure evil villain with very little depth to him.

[@temporary67315]

@@Mario87456 Eh, not all villains are complex or tragically misguided. Sometimes they're just pure evil

[@Mario87456]

@@temporary67315 Yeah I know but I am afraid it’s hard to write a pure evil villain well since they have no redeeming qualities. If you want a good example of a well written pure evil villain well most incarnations of The Joker for example are very well written possibly in part due to some of his lines and actions being genuinely funny despite his heinousness.

[@temporary67315]

@@Mario87456 Funnily enough, I thought Raven Beak and the Mawkin could've been good guys all along who killed the Thoha because they wanted to do more experiments with Metroids or even X Parasites. Like a switcheroo where Raven Beak was a good guy and Quiet Robe was manipulating Samus all along but nope, Raven Beak was evil all along and Quiet Robe really was good

[@Mario87456]

@@temporary67315 That was a missed opportunity instead they make it where Raven Beak was somehow pretending to be Adam the computer.

[@djdexcat]

Metroid Dread from Adam's perspective: "Huh, I can't get into the local network. I wonder what's going on down there." ... ... ... ... ... ... "Oh there's X flying around. That can't be good." ... ... ... ... "What's with these weird energy readings I'm picking up?" ... ... "WHAT IN THE ACTUAL F-"

[@serioussponge6416]

The first time I beat the final boss, my game actually crashed during the escape sequence. A testament to the sheer awesomeness of this finale.

[@riverpb5250]

like that one guy who played brutal legend, and when the zeppelin was exploding, his old CRT TV died at the same time

[@s_guedes]

Samus's entire body of voiced lines in the game: "Don't worry, I'll end this once and for all" "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" And it's really all we needed from her =)

[@deserttail871]

Other M would like to have a word with you

[@s_guedes]

@@deserttail871 They'll need to run that by Adam first, gotta make sure to have permission and all right lol

[@setsers1]

Of course lol

[@setsers1]

@@deserttail871 😊😉😆

[@joshriley2936]

It's the same with ger movement in a lot of the cutscenes, too. She doesn't move a single inch more than necessary, lol

[@Leiliel1]

I just have to love Samus' glare intensifying when Raven Beak calls her his daughter because she has some of his genes in her arm. Samus: "... MY FATHER'S NAME IS OLD BIRD, *BITCH."*

[@samy29987]

I would have loved that she made a remark on the matter: "I have two fathers in this life: Rodney who gave his life for me and Old Bird who raised me into the person I became today. Don't you **EVER** call me your daughter again." Still loved everything about the ending sequence.

[@iskoconquers]

Raven Beak: Godspeed Samus Aran, *goes for killing blow*

[@dryalga4000]

Technically her father (besides Rodney Aran of course) is Grey Voice. He was the Thoha Chozo that gave his DNA to Samus to be able to survive on planet Zebes. But Old Bird was definetely her Daddy.

[@Lonewolf360gaming]

Chad old bird vs virgin edgy bird

[@OrionPaxG4]

And then theirs Adam

[@VladyO]

This has become my new favorite boss fight in the entire Metroid series.

[@thegriffithwolf7071]

I know what you mean like Samus has never fought a Chozo before including one that revealed that he's Samus' adoptive father of the warrior tribe of the Chozo race and that's a surprise for me too.

[@Tortilla_Pizzeria_Pixels]

They turned Metroid into a bullet hell and I love it

[@FandeJay]

Oh yeah!! What I loved about Dread is that previous Metroid games were focusing Samus' power progression on her firepower. Dread focuses on her movements and agility, making the boss fights much more intense and skill-based! It's not just "pump that thing full of super missiles", anymore.

[@liammccbyrne4184]

@@thegriffithwolf7071 more like genetic father. Her adopted fathers were Old bird and Gray voice.

[@thegriffithwolf7071]

@@liammccbyrne4184 true, but don't forget she had birth parents too and were even killed by ridley too and then Samus ended up as an orphan.

[@theeggo3339]

This is Game Of The Year in my opinion. Literally nothing about this game is flawed. Perfect amount of challenge, satisfying gameplay, epic cutscenes. This game is honestly near perfection. Top 5 favorites of all time for sure.

[@jacobmonks3722]

I wouldn't call it flawless, but it is an absolute banger. Totally worth the 19 year wait from Fusion and multiple unofficial cancellations.

[@aidanflynn2037]

It’s game of the year, but 2021 was also a weak year.

[@xunbekannt1572]

@@jacobmonks3722 Absolutley! A sucessor will come! Absolutley sure about this but only for Nintendos Next Gen System!

[@EpicsauceJake]

The only thing I think was pretty poor was the music. Other than that, Dread was astonishingly amazing

[@xunbekannt1572]

@@EpicsauceJake Why is everyone complaining about the music? Sure its no 90s Rare Soundtrack, but it is not fitting to put in a DKC/ Ridge Racer Technomedly or an O' Donnel orchestra. I love this music shortly before you meet a boss. Of course the E.M.M.I. Sequence falls short of the SA-X' theme of Metroid Fuzion. But overall the music is at least OK.

[@sipinthatbub]

That Metroid armor looks badass, i hope to see it again. And that last gesture from Quiet Robe saving Samus was very touching

[@countlazuli8753]

A final gift from those who helped her journey begin.

[@SilentShurikenSS]

Amazing how the opening scene with Raven Beak subliminally showed us all how his attacks could be avoided… foreshadowing at its best!! Mind = blown

[@skateboardturtle]

5:57 Samus: (Shoots off Raven Beak's left wing) Raven Beak: Dammit, one wing is copyrighted

[@hariman7727]

Raven Beak: "NO. I am NOT that Sephiroth chump!" *Rips off the other wing.*

[@astillia6073]

I absolutely love MercurySteams Power Suit Variants. Compared to Other M where we got the Varia suit with a purple glow the Gravity Suit in Dread and Samus Returns is so amazing. And then to top it off they add a new suit which is even better. Bravo MercurySteam.

[@setsers1]

YES

[@somerelativleyuninterestin4763]

Ngl the whole twist with her being a Metroid makes me realise her stealing the powers of the bosses makes sense now. It’d be cool if she could do that stuff to like, regualr enemies for a bit aswell like Kirby’s copy ability but it only lasts for a few attacks

[@stefanoponce6090]

That would be a great gameplay mechanic. I was kinda disappointed yo see Quiet Robe's X parasite dumbing down Samus' Metroid abilities. I hope this doesn't mean that's the last we will see of them.

[@juannaym8488]

There's a mechanic in MegaMan Zero 4 that's really similar to what you're describing

[@jstar3382]

​@@stefanoponce6090how would they make more games

[@MarcBrightside]

Best final boss fight in the series. I didn't even realise you could destroy the artificial sun in the fourth phase, genuinely thought you were expected to dodge the projectile waves as well as everything Raven Beak was throwing at you. Great boss.

[@SpookGod]

The sun and the black balls are both immediately destroyed with power bombs. So there's a good reason to collect power bombs before the last fight.

[@HuggumsMcgehee]

@@SpookGod True, but I'd save the power bombs for the sun. Especially, if you're going for a sub 4 hour run.

[@hyronvalkinson1749]

I only realized it after trying to kill him faster. I'd go hitless the first few rounds then get decimated by that sun Also tbh every black hole that came out I ran into on purpose so I didn't have to dodge it AND deal with him. So I guess I was never technically hitless... 🤷

[@SpookGod]

@@HuggumsMcgehee I had 10 Power Bombs when I did the fight and it was plenty. So long as you're doing consistent damage to Raven Beak, he won't use enough for you to run out.

[@niceguy909]

nah fuck the final boss. complete horseshit. I hate how the world exploration is so straightforward and made for babies but the boss fights are bullet hells that take at least 10 attempts each

[@Hysteria98]

People wondering how the X parasite returned her to normal, Follow this: Samus has a balance of Thoha and Mawkin genes. Raven Beak says "Thoha tribe could control Metroids, whilst Mawkin were seen as enemies". Raven Beak's Mawkin genes spurred the Metroid rage inside Samus which is how she fought back, and then Quiet Robe suppressed them again with his genes. The X parasite simply allowed Quiet Robe to pass his power on- the question is how he was able to suppress the X's parasitic abilities to retain his own will. Power of the Chozo, I guess.

[@recentlydeleted]

Alternatively, it could have been intentional on the X's part. A theory on why the SA-X allowed itself to be absorbed by Samus at the end of Fusion is that it was the only way for its "survival" (albeit absorbed by Samus). The Quiet Robe X may have seen it's only chance for its species survival was to let Samus absorb it. 1) If Quiet Robe X knew ZDR was about to explode, it might have similar intentions 2) Even if Quiet Robe *didn't* know ZDR was going to explode, Samus was a Metroid at that point, and by absorbing the Quiet Robe X, she would not have the Omega Beam anymore, which was the only way to fully destroy the X

[@Hysteria98]

@@recentlydeleted I think the bowing is what sells it, otherwise what would have been the point?

[@ShepardCZ]

He propably knew he would be posessed by X, so he made genetic changes to himself to make his genes and memories (both of which X can assimilate) overwrite the will of that X who posessed him. Just a theory, though.

[@grfrjiglstan]

It could've been a William Birkin scenario where both the parasite and the guy wanted the same thing, allowing them to share control.

[@alphashitlord1446]

X can copy memories iirc, so who's to say it didn't just copy enough of them to effectively be the same person

[@sockmonkey6666]

You know, since Dark Samus was just a metroid in a power suit, I'd expect a full metroid-y Samus to look a lot like that.

[@ShepardCZ]

Dark samus only had the shell phazon formed over the gravity suit, while this propably was metroid tissue grown over the gravity suit, it was not hollow and there was no phazon involved, since it was wiped from existence in Prime 3.

[@TRACKMAN810]

That had to be the most badass moment of him ripping off his wing like that

[@kruegerpoolthe13th]

This boss fight felt like a proper final test that made you use everything you learned throughout the game and I absolutely loved it Legendary video game fight

[@TheScribe1.0]

So I think it’s safe to say that Samus is now the last Metroid. Did you notice when she started draining Raven Beaks life force she dug one of her finger nails into his eye?

[@herooftime1000]

The same eye she "scarred" with the missile in the beginning. Genius.

[@shrekonion7032]

Poor bird

[@garf02]

whether or not she is the last metroid depends on Prime 4

[@TheScribe1.0]

@@garf02 you know the Prime series takes place before the events of Metroid 2 in the official timeline, right?

[@garf02]

@@TheScribe1.0 yes, and last we know from Prime 3, that other Bounty Hunter had 1 mentroid. thats why I said, whether or not Samus is the last one depends on what happens to that Metroid in Prime 4

[@kamentrainerhorn2073]

Raven Beak: Power... is everything. Samus: And, I... am... Metroid. (9:48)

[@hariman7727]

Raven Beak: "Power... is everything." Samus: "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA *Breathes* AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

[@TheSupremeSussy]

Dang, she really became a Metroid Dread.

[@olsonbryce777]

"What are we? Some kinda Metroid Dread?"

[@flerken4233]

She’s still more of a Metroid Fusion imo

[@Luckerz_-]

She definitely became a Metroid, but I don’t get the Dread part

[@As_Expected_of_Pieck]

@@flerken4233 Idk, at her level of power I'd say she's more of a Super Metroid.

[@flerken4233]

@@As_Expected_of_Pieck Nonono, you see she’s a Metroid Fusion, but she can go Super Metroid whenever she wants. The following games she’ll be able go Super Metroid 2, Super Metroid 3, and then Super Metroid 4 or Super Metroid God depending on the continuity.

[@allen60524]

I've always wanted to see a chozo alive because in other games we get to see their ruins and mostly about them being Nice and wise people but seeing a chozo Warrior with an armor similar to Samus is Nice

[@piggytales5819]

The fact he turned into a kraid abomination is so dope

[@themangastand8475]

She

[@Unaliq]

@@themangastand8475 They meant Raven Beak X

[@1810crazy]

Hilariously enough... An X parasite travelled all the way down to the bottom left of the map, infected Kraid, returned to it's normal form, then killed Berdly right then and there, then tried to kill the one person responsible for doming him in the first place. That X parasite had the most dedicated travel plan yet the most dumb brain of them all lmfao

[@pamafa3147]

We don't see Kraid die, just sink in the lava. Who else we see sink in the lava without certainty of death? Z-57's Core X. That's how Kraid got infected, change my mind.

[@1810crazy]

The infected wound he has in his stomach being filled with lava sounds pretty dang deadly to me

[@Krukmeister]

The ending is so sudden. What was up with that Silent Cloak X? Did his memories make the X want to help her? It had such a sad smile before it let itself be absorbed by Samus. I guess those memories came with some powerful emotions. I guess we'll have to wait until the next game before we get to know what happened right there. Hopefully we don't have to wait another 19 years. :')

[@braintendo4736]

He had the ability to control the Metroid species, he appears to have not been fully taken over by the X-Parasite, when he fused with Samus I'm guessing she gained his ability to have some amount of control over the Metroid species and was able to revert back to her normal form (or more normal at least). The implication there would be that she would have the ability to activate that Metroid form at will after these events, but who knows.

[@Luckerz_-]

Quiet Robe was of the clan that could control metroids, and the natural predator to the X, so it’s believed Quiets DNA overcame the parasites control, which is why the X that came from him and went into Samus changed her back to normal. Raven Beaks DNA provoked the metroid genes inside her cuz he was of the Chozo Warrior clan, the metroids nemesis, so the closer he was physically to her the faster her tranformation, hence why she went postal and annihilated him.

[@TheFlipside]

Since Quiet Robe was a Thoha, absorbing his genes probably fully suppressed the Metroid genes. Keep in mind that the Thoha genes she had given to her as a child were enough to slow herself becoming a Metroid

[@Supahdenning]

It is entirely in the X's interest to revert Samus back to her normal form, since this Super Saiyan Metroid thing is certainly a problem for them. The scene is clearly intentionally vague for interpretation though.

[@SomaCruztheDemigodofBalance]

@@Supahdenning Since the X are extinct, how do they benefit?

[@lambnathan97]

Hope they add a dlc or something in the future where you can play in the Metroid suit permanently. It’s so cool.

[@ROGALLYWORLD]

lol i bet u want dlc after beating this shit in under a day

[@arumaru3433]

@@ROGALLYWORLD Cope all your comments are shitting on the game

[@Ray_2112]

@@MrEpicAndroid Metroid never used DLC because there have barely been any Metroid games since there are DLCs...I wouldn't mind a little extra mission here.

[@CathrineMacNiel]

@@ROGALLYWORLD the only shit I see is you.

[@genericyoutubecommenter589]

@@MrEpicAndroid that's because we haven't gotten a new game since 2002, well before DLC was a thing you could do. I, for one, would _love_ it if they added new dlc game modes or something.

[@Ogrimmygrimgrim]

Damn, the rage mode Samus went into

[@Evilriku13]

it's totally relatable when u think about what Raven Beak did and ultimately started. I also think the fact that he called Samus his daughter also added salt to the injury.

[@sirjazz1268]

@@Evilriku13 I distinct a partern here... A super soldier / warrior. Obliterate all on it's path. That distinct color green. Lost something precious, and generaly cute... Anyway, confirmed, my dream team in Smash is _Samus, Pikatchu, Isabelle, and DoomGuy._

[@jorgemathiasbenitezsaldiva8131]

Not even ridley made her that mad ever, goes to show how much she really hates raven beak

[@theemeraldenderman3007]

@@sirjazz1268what about the Master Chief?

[@Jr-shiungHu]

You call it Metroid Samus. I call it Deviljo Samus

[@samufinland5765]

Doomslayer Samus

[@cannabishornliu6119]

I call her the SA-M!

[@emblemblade9245]

Pickle Samus

[@wanderingaceminecraftandmo8034]

@@cannabishornliu6119 SA-X: Hang on what?!

[@CorporalTailsDude]

Samus Chief

[@durandelsg2895]

Imagine if one winged angel started playing at 6:00 and the chozo pulled out a long sword

[@lorisaur3023]

I REALLY THOUGHT THAT

[@SomaCruztheDemigodofBalance]

Fuck, dude. That's heart attack inducing material right there.

[@ZenoDLC]

Well, with the way he uses his beam cannon, he might as well be wielding a room-sized sword

[@cannabishornliu6119]

I thought that too... I would love to see an edit of the transition from phase 2 to 3 where the soundtrack is replaced with the beginning of One-winged Angel just so it will be interrupted and ends by Raven Beak ripping off his last wing!

[@heyoyo10gaming4]

Going straight from Galacta Knight mode to Sephiroth mode is a bit too much murder for one fight

[@marcus7252]

I like how it seemed to have been the X, that attached itself to Kraids corpse, that fused with Raven Beak. So in a way that final monster was the combination of two individuals fuled with rage for Samus... Or maybe I am just hoping this, because my boy Kraid deserves to be partly a final boss, hah :D

[@ChuckyMarks]

I love that idea

[@kingviolet2961]

No you right, that IS Kraid-X mixed with Raven Beak!

[@brandonwithnell612]

i might be wrong but i think theres some of the expirament X in there as well, you never actually absorbed that one so i bet after its defeat it found kraids body and came back for revenge merging itself with raven beak for its super boss amalgamation

[@chumunga648]

okay, samus' scream during her final struggle with raven beak not carrying on when the game cuts to the outside of the ship before continuing when the game cuts back to samus and raven beak's struggle is unintentionally hilarious it's like something from a cartoon

[@Synthenoid_]

I know it's great, it was badass but I also chuckled when it was cutting back & forth, with her voice cracking and all

[@jjabbott7249]

*RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA* [Birds chirping serendipitously outside] *AAAAAAAAAAUGH*

[@hariman7727]

When you scream so long you need to take a breath.

[@ord3r781]

The way that he doesn’t even flinch upon tearing off his own wing is genuinely more terrifying than any E.M.M.I. encounter I had in this game

[@mojonojo]

I love this ending so much, both because of how powerful and badass it is and because of the implications for the rest of the series. Now that Samus is a full-on metroid, will the galactic federation start hunting her? What if they're right to do so? What if her motivations are corrupt thanks to the awakened metroid DNA? The way she leapt at Raven Beak at 8:25 and desperately held out her hand when he grabbed her seems like more than an attempt to defeat him, it seems like a biological urge to drain his energy. The next Metroid game is going to be very interesting.

[@ShadowSans666]

Raven Beak is also a Mawkin which the game establishes that it puts the Metroid into a killer instinct state. Also Samus was also on the brink of being, at best, unconscious. I like the idea that part of that desperate attack was instincts and biology at work though. I'm definitely excited for the next game.

[@lennydickson8845]

A shame they offed Raven beak so abruptly, he was the first new Metroid big bad that really worked. Makes me wonder who’s going to hunt Samus after (fingers crossed the Chozo survived somehow)

[@UltraPlasmaMan]

I really hope they make a game that takes place right after Dread, not a game with its own plot standing alone

[@MajinErick]

9:42 This made me realize how deadly Metroids really are. Listen to his agony....that's what Motherbrain felt after being drained in part 3.

[@nanya524]

Even a freshly hatched Metroid could drain Ridley pretty intensely.

[@MajinErick]

@@nanya524 Yeah and its done in a few seconds.

[@speedude0164]

Friendly reminder that in Prime 3 Pirates committed suicide to spare themselves from the pain of being drained by a Metroid.

[@sirjazz1268]

Also, it's not just him that she drained... But the Freakin' ship as well !

[@MajinErick]

@@sirjazz1268 And that is insane!

[@CTUJackBauer00]

Just beat the game today. Super happy with it. This dude killed me quite a few times

[@PhillipCross2K]

Same here, but damn he was a lot of fun to fight.

[@craigfunk3453]

Yeah then I go at him in hard mode with only 6 tanks because I'm a sadistic crazy person. Truly a spectacle of a Battle.

[@innegativeion]

Man, the fact that we got the Other M Varia Suit design but not this guy in Smash Ultimate is among the great tragedies of our time. If only Dread had come to us a little sooner.

[@ZeldaMasterLogan]

I still have hope that the new smash game in 10+ years we will most definitely get some type of Dread related content.

[@viruscure4677]

You know it's funny, I had my suspicions over Adam since the beginning of this game and I am glad I called it..... But you wanna know why?.....it's because Adam stopped referring to Samus as "Lady".... When Samus was inside her ship he still referred to her as Lady, but as soon as she accessed Adam on ZDR that was it..... Remember that in fusion he would always end his briefings with "any objections lady?" If Raven Beak was able to control the EMMI'S since the very beginning, whose to say he wouldn't be able to do the same to Adam?..... Samus found out a little too late, hacked Adam was just guiding her to become stronger.....

[@Lexicon865]

Still insane to me how Raven Beak is canonically the strongest villain Samus has faced. Like Samus literally had to go full power to even be able to beat him and even then he STILL survives the Metroid Samus power drain. It took a deadly parasite to reduce him to a form where he could finally be exterminated

[@slashandgamer]

I love how he no longer uses his force field attack once you realise you have to duck under it (just as shown in the intro cutscene) because the move becomes redundant because the tell is too huge.

[@wumbo484]

god i love the final seen where she’s screaming and they are both struggling, it’s so amazing

[@KBXband]

Hearing Adam suddenly start telling her to surrender was bad as fuck. I love how she blasted through it and looked at Raven Beak like "No more games. Fight me, ho!" Also the fight is hard as hell. I just got to him today and Im still learning his patterns

[@tomtom3525]

Now we wait for Metroid Prime 4

[@Shaddowmusic]

When he said “My Daughter” I got Darth Vader vibes back in stars Wars when he said “Luke, I am your father”

[@GXShade]

I'm going to be that guy :P “No, I am your Father” is the quote not “Luke, I am your father”

[@lisbon1492]

Darth Vader mixed with Ra from Stargate.

[@linkmaster959]

@@GXShade damn Mandela effect

[@Tkdboy-gk1wk]

Anyone else notice that Raven Beak is using Beam Burst and Lightning Armor, the two combat-based Aeon abilities from Samus Returns? And Beam Burst is a single stream instead of 3 because he doesn’t have a Wide Beam?

[@robin6416]

for me, RB fight is perfect balance in gameplay and sequence, such a great work from MercurySteam.

[@holleringsmith3837]

This fight is hard as fuck, Idk what the hell you guys are all smoking. I've steamrolled this entire game and hit an absolute brick wall with RB. I know you know he's way too hard.

[@DJB3lfry]

@@holleringsmith3837 He's definitely difficult, but once you get his patterns down you can beat him without losing health. I personally found him easier than other bosses like Kraid or Flappy Bird wannabe once I got the patterns down. Make sure to use the flash shift and space jump liberally to avoid his melees and close the distance when he does his "Star Wars Movie Poster" pose.

[@l.n.3372]

@@DJB3lfry I thought I was the only one who called it a SW movie poster move xD

[@criticalhard]

MS redeemed themselves. Now I want nintendo to buy that studio tho

[@alexicon155]

9:48 *overwhelmingly powerful screaming*

[@justicealistair7774]

Not a Metroid game without an escape sequence. Secondly, the Metroid Suit looks mighty awesome. Lastly, her Super Saiyan scream and finishing off Raven was just *Chefs Kiss*. This game was a work of art.

[@sumguy0110]

There was a Metroid game without an escape sequence: Metroid 2

[@AuraCritiques]

​@@sumguy0110 it was on the game boy sooooo

[@bluedragon219123]

So what number of planets is this she blew up now? There was Dark Aether, Phazee, Zebes, SR388 and now ZDR(She might've blew up the Space Pirate Home World but I haven't beat Prime 3 yet). Plus the number of species she killed into extinction, though many were/are dangerous many were/are not. Nintendo's most "destructive" character. :)

[@saltystick_99]

I mean its not like she blows up some planets on purpose. Zebes was Mother Brain being a sore loser and SR388 was mercy killed thanks to the X honestly.

[@auralynn3862]

"I am become metroid, destroyer of worlds."

[@rutilantracer9116]

Nah you dont blow up the pirate homeworld

[@matguimond92]

no you don't blow up the pirate homeworld but they kinda screwed themselves with the phazon and corruption.

[@rutilantracer9116]

@@matguimond92 they tend to eff themselves a lot

[@emilionoboa9431]

looks like Samus took rage classes with Doom slayer edit:holy Christ 100 likes?!

[@Tyway]

Cringe

[@plays2247]

@@Tyway Not

[@barriehannon6857]

@@Tyway nah you are

[@THEGRUMPTRUCK]

@@Tyway Saying "cringe" in 2021? That's pretty sad bro.

[@Shadrio]

You could really see an innate hunger in Samus after she began having the Metroid aspect bubble up to the surface. And as that aspect grew the hunger became overwhelming leading her into the same frenzied state larval Metroids find themselves in when pounce onto their prey. I wonder what will satiate that hunger in the future, and what will the unlocking of this new state will entail for our favorite bounty hunter.

[@DoctorMinjinx]

It's badass, it's challenging, it delves into Samus' past and the Chozo...It's. Everything...I've ever wanted.. 10/10 game.

[@cyotey4378]

Samus didn't turn into a Metroid. She clearly killed a Rathalos and got that sweet sweet armor. Jokes aside, just completed this and jesus....immediately my favorite Metroid game and definitely one of my all time favorite games in general. Worth every penny.

[@Dvrkstvr]

Samus really turned into a Metroid. Fuck. **Ty for the likes/up votes!!!**

[@abloogywoogywoo]

All those gamers in the 80s who were laughed at for calling the player character "Metroid" instead of Samus. I guess they're laughing now.

[@mex321]

@@abloogywoogywoo Lol yeah indeed.

[@joshuaarnett762]

"If people won't stop calling Samus Metroid, then we'll just have to make Samus into a Metroid." Someone at Nintendo probably

[@Dvrkstvr]

@@joshuaarnett762 *many many years later* Remember that idea about Samus actually being a Metroid... Yeah, lets do that!

[@isaiahkayode6526]

Person who called her Metroid: They Called me a Mad Man.

[@GinoBtheman]

After all these years, Metroid confirmed is a girl

[@nevermore7285]

Huh?

[@GinoBtheman]

@Lostnoodle cares

[@Hysteria98]

but can metroid crawl?

[@HELLRAISEROID]

Interesting how the Chozo are like Egyptian and the language he was speaking is Egyptian. Are able to use that infected Samus form even when you complete the game and do a new game+ with that infected Samus form and energy beam and fight new enemies.

[@Evilriku13]

is it? Do oyu have confirmation if it's entirely egyptian? Cuz it felt like a mix of arabian and thus egyptian and some other languages, like a artifical but believable one.

[@InnsannaStories]

@@Evilriku13 Arabic isn't Egyptian(obviously Egyptian Arabic is a thing, however) Coptic is, which is still a language people speak.

[@genericyoutubecommenter589]

oh shit is it a real language? if so then we might be able to translate what Raven Beak X says as he *ゴmenacinglyゴ* crawls towards Samus. I really want to know.

[@InnsannaStories]

@@genericyoutubecommenter589 I don't believe it is, but it'd be cool if it was.

[@HELLRAISEROID]

@@genericyoutubecommenter589 I would say I recognize the language very well.

[@oliverrenteria4200]

The first time I saw the moment at 6:01 when fighting Raven Beak I thought to myself "Sephiroth?!" Just last week I beat FFVII and seeing this in Metroid Dread was pretty cool.