Metroid: Samus Returns Music - Diggernaut Boss Theme

[@clanker8021]

After playing Metroid Dread. You can tell MercurySteam has it's way of making boss fights that depend on how well the player pays attention to their attack patterns.

[@kahp1072]

I hope their next metroid, they include two bosses like this

[@keithtorgersen9664]

Between the 2 games, diggernaut is the only boss that has no melee attack, so you really do have to pay attention

[@The94Venom]

@@kahp1072 I hope Diggernaut is the ONLY boss in the next game, and he gets 40 fights.

[@bobs1013]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@The94Venom Metroid: Diggernaut returns

[@hexospikez741]

Dread marked the end of the Metroid arc. Cant wait to play Super Diggernaut in 2065

[@zombehnashun]

An absolute nightmare of a boss to fight the first time, and the easiest to take no damage on when you memorize its patterns.

[@amirgarcia547]

Ikr, the hardest part about this boss is figuring out how to beat it. But once you do, you can actually do so pretty easily.

[@GatorOne-in7hk]

@@amirgarcia547 What? It’s literally just luck if you get to deal the last hit or not. This boss is garbage even if you can perfectly dodge everything.

[@viviking32gaming97]

@@GatorOne-in7hk ? This boss might be the LEAST luck based boss in metroid history ?! Every single pattern for dealing damage to the boss is linear and not luck based. If you’re talking about the electric morph ball phase the pattern is tight but i personally managed to damage 2/3 spots on the diggernaut, so i had to do it twice but it isn’t luck based

[@vvinterfiower]

@@viviking32gaming97 having fought it JUST today, yeah it's very much not at all luck based. the two parts of the head rotate in the opposite direction at roughly the same speed. in theory, if all went perfectly, you could kill it in a single round of the rotation. it's very easy to do once you learn how it works and that the bomb slots are safe spots

[@TheDuckyDino]

@@GatorOne-in7hk someone’s salty lol

[@Highzen]

I can't imagine how intense the boss battles will be in dread

[@juanse985]

Dude, there´s even a mini diggernaut robot in the trailer!

[@MrMisterMisterMr]

I really hope we have more of these intense multi-stage bosses in Dread. Diggernaut and Quadraxis are two of my favorite bosses of all time.

[@Maverick.D.]

They will be epic.

[@Olimario34]

Diggernaut and Proteus Ridley are 2 of the best bosses in the series mechanically. I have faith Mercury Steam won't let us down

[@juanse985]

@@Olimario34 imagine that "mother brain" that appears as a boss fight

[@ElecmanEXE99]

I haven't felt this tense with an enemy encounter since the first time I was noticed by the SA-X in Metroid Fusion! I love this boss fight and all of the buildup for it so much!

[@VGamingJunkieVT]

And the motivation to kick its ass when it makes off with your upgrade like that.

[@GatorOne-in7hk]

@@VGamingJunkieVT But then it kicks yours instead and you realize they made it way too hard to beat.

[@freshthemeemer4266]

Oh boy you're gonna love the emmi

[@WillieManga]

Hope Dread has some of that tension. Actually, the robot chases look pretty tense already.

[@Empr4evr]

@@GatorOne-in7hk ...then leave it as a smoldering hunk of scrap metal just a few hours later. And then disintegrate it with a power bomb you just acquired.

[@definitelynotpaul9209]

Technically a remix of Metroid Prime 3's Beserker Lord theme, which in and of itself is a remix of Fusion's Arachnus-X's battle.

[@davidgeorge1943]

I thought so, especially in the beginning.

[@Z-Mikes00]

at 1st i thought it ripped of the am2r one but that couldnt be right

[@Ravio.Helianthus]

Just jamming while waiting for Metroid Dread

[@willo90li]

jamming while realizing Corpius is only the first boss meaning the rest of the bosses are gonna be more epic!

[@Kayleighschmidt39]

Ah I see you are a man of culture as well, pre ordered dread almost immediately

[@ChrisCa1601]

Same here.

[@theoriginal____starwalker]

@@willo90li this reply aged the best (Z-57 fight)

[@speinz9430]

I think this theme fits perfectly with the Diggernaut. It seems to tense to fit with Arachnus.

[@slimebacker44]

Arachnus just shows up like a goof

[@michealforguson5317]

Diggernaut is definitely a joy to fight. The buildup, as you go through the Areas Diggernaut can be seen sabotaging your attempts to complete your mission by taking Samus' most useful items, only for it to culminate into finally beating up the thing you revived.

[@drawingrat6087]

If only Mercury Steam spent that time weaving Ridley into the plot (instead of shoehorning him into the end for fanservice). As cool as Diggernaut is, he's just a giant robot. He has nothing to do with the plot whatsoever. Ridley has more potential due to him being a deeper character, and they wasted it. Aside from that, though, Samus Returns rocks.

[@worldsboss]

It didn’t feel like a joy at the time 😂 I contemplated throwing my 3DS across the room many times. I do look back on it fondly though. But yeah it was just outright bizarre how Ridley appeared at the last possible moment completely out of nowhere like “OH HEY I’M HERE TOO!”.

[@Lophii28]

love how you encounter diggernaut multiple times beforehand to set him up as a threat

[@junitono1]

This is up there with the best bosses in the series.

[@unknownzarby1854]

I can see why Yoshio sakamoto says Mercury Steam has Good taste❤️🔥

[@Marxhog]

Who else thought of this theme when watching the EMMI chasing Samus in the Dread trailer?

[@Jonestimmyj1]

That would be me.

[@alexm.alvarez528]

Then you realize Diggernaught's Chozo tech. And the villains are a group of Chozo.

[@Jonestimmyj1]

@@alexm.alvarez528 I mean it would be nice to finally see the Chozo ALIVE nevermind being a villain.

[@alexm.alvarez528]

@@Jonestimmyj1 fortunately, it looks like we're getting both.

[@Jonestimmyj1]

@@alexm.alvarez528 it makes me wonder if Samus will have a reaction to seeing live Chozo, how she'll feel about them being another enemy and lastly her reaction to killing them.

[@corywilliams1694]

This was a pretty dope boss fight. Tested all of Samus abilities and it had an epic track.

[@supergamer1388]

I'm pretty sure Samus and I were thinking the same thing just before she blasted it with a charged shot without even looking at it. I was thinking "Just DIE already!" From Samus' body language at the time, I think she had the same thought.

[@GatorOne-in7hk]

I don’t blame her one bit. It gave me so many game overs between the chase and the fight. And it made things even worse with how stingy it is when finishing it off.

[@unknownzarby1854]

I have a saved archive exactly to fight the diggernaut just to listen to this amazing music😁

[@urbiznesnunuv6938]

The back and forth of using my phone at work when my boss isn’t looking down the isle sounds like this

[@jellycore1316]

OWAHH XD

[@RealAyoTark]

Nice to see some prime 3 music got incorporated

[@MetaZekrom72]

Actually the version from Metroid Prime 3 was also a remix. This theme debuted in Metroid Fusion. It plays when fighting Arachnus-X.

[@Iknowtoomuchable]

The shovel that learned how to hate

[@Olimario34]

i love when songs get remixed so heavily you can barely even recognize it's a remix anymore. This, Under my Control (Kirby), and Comrades (Fire Emblem) are some of my favorites

[@VitaEmerald324]

This was a really tough boss; the last phase took ages to figure out how to actually deal damage for real

[@Woodenfan]

I had to look it up and I was like "wait, I have to throw BOMBS during the tornado sections???" Good grief. It got better though, but that last part can bite me lol.

[@VitaEmerald324]

@@Woodenfan it’s easier once you realize the Spider Ball can prevent you getting sucked in.

[@ironted5132]

This fight took me quite a while to beat. Damaging the arms was easy enough, but actually dealing damage to the head took me a while to figure out. Didn't help that my hands started to hurt after a while of playing this on an OG 3DS. With that said I love diggernaut and everything he does in the game. The fight felt like the closest thing we got to a prime boss in 2D.

[@nesstolgic1147]

Join the *Dreadful* hype train, mateys

[@LeonOwO]

this theme is a banger

[@alexm.alvarez528]

I have played every official 2D Metroid other than the original Metroid 2. All of them are very easy and very fun. Samus Returns was a blast, but I am afraid of this boss.

[@operatorspectre7428]

Fusions bosses are pretty challenging ngl

[@alexm.alvarez528]

@@operatorspectre7428 yeah, they're pretty tough until you get the hang of them.

[@operatorspectre7428]

@@alexm.alvarez528 Definitely.. kinds like this game a bit. Nightmare was the hardest in that game imo but i still think diggernaut is harder

[@jeezed2950]

Excuse me, metroid 1 was far from easy. It's better with an item map but it can still kick your ass

[@alexm.alvarez528]

@@jeezed2950 I stand by what I said. They're all easy and very fun... except Metroid 1... and 2.

[@vivianwhitehead1429]

I realized that this guys theme is a remix of the berserker Lord theme from Metroid Prime 3 corruption you dug deep Mercury stream

[@unknownzarby1854]

Mercurys steam are huge metroid prime fans so yeah🔥

[@PrincessShokora2002]

PTSD from fighting this guy

[@DoktorDaytha]

Bro this Bossfight… i was sitting in the car… (not as driver) and went home from vacation… and this BITCH didn‘t want to die!

[@CrossoverFan4life]

Something felt familiar about this theme when playing the 1st time this fight. Like you know who was going to appear.

[@keithtorgersen9664]

I know this is a remixed soundtrack, but somehow this version is the most epic

[@lordspyro5983]

When I first fought the thing on my very first Playthrough I had to look up a guide on how to defeat it the way you did made you feel so badass having to use the morph ball bombs when it tried to suck you in and then attaching to its head and bombing the crap out of it.

[@tysondennis1016]

Such a great theme!

[@worldsboss]

This was BY FAR the hardest boss in the entire game. No question for me. It took a while for me to learn what to do for each of the patterns, but even then it took me so long to put it all together! Even Ridley was a joke compared to this thing. Gotta say though, this music was fantastic. Although I look back on the boss fight as a massive roadblock that took well over an hour to beat, it was definitely memorable!

[@Ultimabuster92]

I remember playing this game deep into the night, i was so absorbed, because this was my first REAL Metroid Experience and it was so awesome, then i ran into this guy and i fought him..... for literally two hours (i was really tired) but i couldn't stop playing. When i finally beat him i felt so awesome.... that i ended up finishing the game. Then there was Mecha-Ridley and i beat him when the sun rose. Took me MANY attempts aswell. I finished the game in ONE sitting... i didn't even plan to

[@carlosbleu7396]

In fact, it was Proteus Ridley (Mecha Ridley was a robot he built in Metroid Zero mission).

[@dis_inferno9173]

This game is insanely good

[@solomon9655]

It just hit me that the EMMI vaguely seem to be the GF equivalent to the Diggernaut. Can’t help themselves from copying the Chozo’s homework as usual

[@theoriginal____starwalker]

except emmis are smaller and funnier

[@PBody54M]

Alright, show of hands. Who else expected that this song would have been used for Arachnus instead of Diggernaut?

[@ElecmanEXE99]

This is way too intense a theme for a simple boss like Arachnus.

[@brian.jrmontoya3227]

ElecmanEXE99 he means that it sounds very similar to the arachnus x theme from fusion.

[@thejurassicman661]

Brian. Jr Montoya that's because it is. It's also similar to the first boss in MP3 corruption

[@VGamingJunkieVT]

For a boss like Diggernaut, it's perfect.

[@gabrielcastillo9745]

Remember, this bastard was just a Chozo mining robot. His intended purpose was to excavate, not to fight. Chozo should have just made an army of these instead of bottering with the Metroids.

[@Uliseh]

That fucking Robot

[@tysondennis1016]

Sounds like the theme that plays at an evil robot circus

[@Frost_the_polarian_fox]

i could never pass the chase part of Diggernaut and now i have high fear because of it, every time i hear this song it give me PTSD. D:

[@jellycore1316]

Aww, oh no! ;v; I believe in you, if you still wish to pursue victory in the chase!

[@phorchybug3286]

Really cool dude and kinda hard.

[@braman2539]

It's a good theme song, but it brings back painful memories more than with other bosses.

[@andrewjoyner3450]

I just got past the Dreaded Chase part and holy crap that drove me nuts to do, i am honestly really worried about this boss fight, i had a crap load of trouble on Experiment 57 in Dread and i've been told this boss is really similar.

[@737Igi69]

This might be the first time they took a song from metroid prime to use in a 2d metroid (this is a remix of the berserker boss theme from prime 3)

[@lambda494]

Berserker Lord / Arachnus X

[@Prakooponzius164]

it was thanks to this fight that I found out SpiderBall lets you bypass wind attacks.

[@yonderalt2662]

This is basically a remix of Berserker Lord

[@HunteR3453]

I guess "Ridley Theme" is an icon now xD

[@The_Twero]

Since Super Metroid, Ridley theme is also used to another Boss: Draygon. So it's kind a thing.

[@BaxterAndLunala]

This is a remix of Vs Marukara, the Arachnus X theme from Metroid Fusion. It was remixed once before, for the Berserker Lord in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption.

[@XenoWars]

@@The_Twero i mean, thats also the only game Draygon was in

[@HunteR3453]

@Marcelo Zuniga if you can't hear the Ridley theme reference in this song its because you've not played enough Metroid games enough times. Go back to replay them nad then come back, and you'll (probably) notice Ridley in this theme. You can also try putting this song at 1.5 and you'll notice the ridley theme. Its very subtle.

[@XenoWars]

It might just be coincidence but I do hear the Ridley theme now yes.

[@SpookerYT]

I love how they use the Ridley theme here so you don't expect him in the final battle of the game. 😍

[@mds_main]

This isn't the Ridley theme though, this originally was the theme of Arachnus from Fusion that was later remixed both here (for both Arachnus and Diggernaut) and in Prime 3 for a completely different boss.

[@SpookerYT]

@@mds_main The composition is practically identical

[@mds_main]

@@SpookerYT They have some similarities but they're clearly different themes

[@meau2049]

awesome fight, but the last phase. getting the head parts to line up at the right time was a nightmare

[@keithtorgersen9664]

Has anyone noticed besides the references to the Arachnus and Berserker themes, this melody sounds like a slowed down version of the classic Ridley theme?

[@SB2749]

Idk why everyone is calling this a remix. The only resemblance I see to either song it's compared to is the main riff

[@ikagura]

To think this boss gave me more trouble than the last...

[@jeezed2950]

This fight was very fun and the music being an intense berserker lord remix is amazing, however I must say it's final phase got very annoying because you have to wait for it to finish doing its stupid laser beams that go so slooooooow

[@ArcadeRaces]

ScratchToons Unite: 2nd Boss

[@dariobenzina]

Imagine fighting Ridley with this theme. Insane.

[@BlueEyes274]

Yet it wouldn't feel like a Ridley fight, because Ridley's theme has been iconic for decades.

[@dariobenzina]

@@BlueEyes274 true, not gonna lie.

[@Woodenfan]

I'm not a fan of how this fight punishes you by taking a TON of damage if you make mistakes (even with the Aeion gauge) but the theme was such a bop.

[@eukarya_]

The thing is this boss follows very clear patterns, the idea is that the player must recognise those patterns and perfect their timing and execution so I makes sense that punishment from failing that is heavy

[@Woodenfan]

@@eukarya_ I understood that after a while, that last phase can still kiss my ass though. I had zero idea about the bombs going into the whirlwind first time through, though...

[@Faceu7745]

Here after finding the similarities between this song and Guardian: Tank from sonic frontiers lol

[@brokenshah5106]

There are probably Mods for this Games that Allow a Boss Rush Mode.

[@matiasvera3392]

0:30

[@mosesbernard1]

Is part of this track in 7/4 time?!?!?

[@the_real_c14yt0n]

Is it just me or does this sound like the starting part of With Mila's Divine Protection?

[@tollyboyer3707]

Крутейший босс

[@braman2539]

Отвратительнейший, душный босс..

[@jonhy8351]

Is more like to Arachnus...

[@flamesporttv996]

And Berserker Lord...

[@vincentthelego7967]

Fight was pretty okay. Satisfying conclusion was satisfying, but wasn't all that memorable, all things considered. I legit forgot about this machine and his chase sections until a friend brought it up in his playthrough. Oh, yeah. Screw those chase sequences. Just straight-up unfair and not fun.

[@joejoetuber574]

Sounds more like zelda music than metroid, never really liked it. The wind and percussion instruments don't sound so great when the original theme (Arachnus-X from Fusion) was a funky cyber theme.

[@rev2178]

I personally think that this version of the theme was made this way so that it matches the aesthetic of the Diggernaut. Think about it, all that rusty machinery would be making those high pitched squeaking sounds and the switch to percussion could be the theme’s way of telling you that this thing is old and primitive which would explain why Arachnus-X’s theme is so high tech sounding compared to this one.

[@unknownzarby1854]

You’re on drugs body you funny ash by saying this is Zelda music😂🤣

[@joejoetuber574]

@@unknownzarby1854 Wind IE flutes and trumpets and percussion in an orchestral setting are trademark Zelda musical attributes, not Metroid which has always been based on electronic synths, you just don't know anything about music.

[@lucasferro6050]

@@joejoetuber574 This sounds nothing like Zelda music

[@NUKELEDGE]

@@joejoetuber574 "you just don't know anything about music" Zelda doesn't own the idea of having windwood instruments in an orchestra. Woodwinds are staples of music, not only in Nintendo games, but in most orchestral music, trumpets even moreso. The irony in saying someone doesn't know about music while saying Zelda's trademark aspects are trumpets.

[@youngkappakhan]

Cool boss but the name is stupid and uncreative

[@novustalks7525]

Just sounds like a lame Ridley remix

[@jackcimino8822]

Nope, it's a remix of the Berserker Lord theme.

[@PrincessShokora2002]

@@jackcimino8822which is a remix of aracnix from Fusion

[@Timdeuces]

Wow, they couldn't even come up with original music for their original boss, they just HAD to take the berserker theme from Prime 3 😂

[@RandomPerson494-12c]

Berserker Lord theme was itself take from Arranches X from Metroid Fusion.

[@RandomPerson494-12c]

And some of the Metroid Prime soundtracks are also recreation of Super Metroid soundtracks genius.

[@del4028]

Random Idiot is right... A lot of Prime tracks are taken from other Metroid too. Plus, this is a remake.

[@unknownzarby1854]

@@del4028 thank y’all and now we have idiots complaining about Dreads music being a " letdown " like y’all complain if we get music from other Metroid games, or if the music doesn’t meet your expectations, it’s thanks to ppl like y’all we have to wait years for new metroid games to come out like fucking leave and go play your Fortnite or online bs y’all not Metroid fans