What is Phazon?

[@TheOrpheon]

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[@PhantomV23]

Of course pon is advertising phazon 😂

[@DamonLongeuil]

Prime four beyond is out pal

[@TheDarkLink7]

Can we just hold for a second and admit that parts of the phazon is a "This is how us who suffer from pollen go through"?

[@Thebluedud]

My theory with the Red Phazon of Tallon IV is that it's basically "Rotting." We know Phazon is alive in some capacity even if it may not be organic in the way we understand it. Compared to the Leviathans and Phaaze, the Impact Crater feels like it's somehow infected and dying as a result of being sealed away. Yet, while the necrotic body rots away, healthy Phazon manages to seep into the outside world and Metroid Prime runs amok.

[@blesseddrones9852]

I am pretty sure red phazon is a rare and more potent form of phazon.

[@anomalyofcwx]

This is canon now. You can't convince me otherwise.

[@foulestsauce2404]

@@anomalyofcwxfax

[@jankington216]

That makes a lot of sense if you imagine cutting off circulation and causing blood clots

[@kurenian]

Ngl I thought for a second the phazon segment was an actual ad segment

[@EvolvedDinosaur]

Me too. I literally started skipping past it, and had to rewind once I realized it wasn’t an ad

[@elivcdxv1852]

who did I send my money to if that wasn't an ad

[@drdca8263]

@@elivcdxv1852Check your bank transaction history?

[@elevate07]

Was it not? Then what's this box of glowing blue goop that Amazon just sent me

[@DropkickNation]

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[@midnightlights4525]

goop sorcery 🤝 bird magic metroid shenanigans

[@DropkickNation]

🤷‍♂️ vs. 💀

[@jankington216]

I hope red phazon is explained in prime 4

[@foulestsauce2404]

@@jankington216 another comment said it was basically dying phazon

[@Sharkluvr127]

"Goop sorcery." I love it. ❤

[@theMilkproductMk2]

A cool detail I loved about the Galactic Federation creating their own PED weapons is that despite managing to gain this advantage the Space Pirates managed to work around this quickly with weapons like those Phazon grenades you mentioned in the video, and you even see the effects these same grenades have on a PED Trooper on the GFS Vallhala where his backpack was overloaded and you can see these Phazon Tendrils sprouting out from his ded body

[@hattoripool1533]

I always wondered, how would Phazon interact with the X parasites. In fact I always wanted to see Phazon versions of the Metroid suit and the Fusion suit

[@Mauricio0973]

Since it's organic, the X could mimic it, but phazon is also alive and actively corrupts other living beings, so the x parasite would probably get corrupted

[@MunkyDrag0n]

It is assumed they too would fall under its influence because metroids are higher up on the food chain and even they are vulnerable. Metroids can absorb any energy for themselves be it artificial or biological, but cannot for phazon without corruption. The X stand no chance unless they possess a being with a PED device but even then it can backfire.

[@elivcdxv1852]

I don't want to imagine X parasites that can also do what Phazon does, it'd be like the moons from Dead space, calling it now

[@dravendarkplays9607]

Vex mind fluid, or radiolaria as it's properly known from D2

[@commoncommentatingcommento8683]

I’d like to think that Phazon would mutate any X parasite that get too close and become another Phazon creature.

[@triggeredcat120]

I just love how deep the lore is in Metroid. So much detail.

[@DangerOctoYT]

Did you all notice that he was talking about the prime trilogy without putting in “Just in time”?

[@foulestsauce2404]

NAH

[@wasdwazd]

Another similar substance that came out pretty recently is the Coral from Armored Core 6. It's another very valuable and powerful substance that comes from only one planet, and is also sentient.

[@Xerkxes]

Phazon might not be that unique. Going with the idea of "Spirit of a planet". Phazon might be a reoccuring aspect not discussed within Metroid Lore itself. Aeion appears to be something similar. a planetary energy that can cause mutations, be used as a powerful energy source and can be used to mess with space/time (Phase Drift). Then we also have the Light of Aether itself. Another energy source unique to a planet, this one isn't mutegenic, but is enough to replace the need of a sun to sustain life and power a technologically advanced species. It makes me wonder if the Bions were onto something similar with their Amplification Beam, as it seemed like something local to the area. So the question I am asking myself, is this just a trait of the Metroid Universe? planets having a sort of radiant life-energy to them that directly effect their inhabitants?

[@the24thcolossusjustchillin39]

Huh, I never thought about that

[@lpfan4491]

The issue is that this is not at all consistent. When Phaaze died, Phazon died with it. When SR388 died, Aeion didn't give the slightest. Though of course, I guess how Metroids work is not consistent between games either, so idk.

[@andrewowens4421]

@@lpfan4491 Maybe different planets have different versions of this "living energy" with each planet having a unique spin on it. For some the energy is independent of the planet it comes from while others the energy can only persist as long as the planet does. In that way, all planets in the Metroid universe have the potential to generate a self-sustain energy source that makes the planet itself "sentient" but it takes time for planets to go that route. Aether and Phaaze are _old_ planets, thus had a long time for them to "mature" until they generated their own energy sources, but all kinds of different factors; place in the universe, mutagenetic properties, energy interaction and even a sense of "morals" can change how that energy is generated. So all planets _could_ do it, but they all do it their own way.

[@dalekrenegade2596]

I personally find the substances of Ragnite from the Valkyria Chronicles series and Imulsion from the Gears of War series to be pretty conparable to Phazon. Ragnite: -A blue mineral substance that is mined for various purposes from fuel, medicine and other military applications in addition a select few are able to unlock powerful abilities from it in the case of the titular Valkyria. Immulsion: -A yellowish hazardous substance that was once mined heavily for fuel. Prolonged exposure to can lead to severe sickness, developing mutations, to eventually turn a living thing into a bloodthirsty monster in the form of the Lambent. It is ultimately revealed that Immulsion is part of a expansive living organism that nearly threatened all remaining life on Sera. In a little head canon of mine is that due Phazon's apparently effect on dimmesions as seen in Metroid Prime 2, what's to say that multiple leviathan metors could've crossed dimmesional boundries and landed on planets of other universes? Ragnite being one offshoot of a Phazon weakened strain that survived by being almost entirely benificial to life in its base form snd Immulsion bring another strain that evolved into a oure liquid gorm firvthe most part and still very hazardous to life.

[@Kirbyfan7209]

Goop sorcery and bird magic… will humans have one?

[@Cri_Jackal]

Human Fascism, because The Federation is a shady bitch.

[@andrewowens4421]

Indomitable spirit. I mean, look at it this way. Samus is a walking petri dish considering how many different strands of DNA are in her and yet she hasn't mutated into a cancer cell. All that genetic splicing is kept in check by sheer willpower. She ain't even technically human anymore so the fact that a human mind has kept all that chaos in order is an amazing feat in of itself.

[@BagMonster]

Federation Incompetence

[@wulfo3375]

Wow i was just playing metroid prime 3 like 2 hours ago and now i get a video about phazon that's crazy

[@antiochkhalid635]

Yes!!! I been waiting for a video on this topic for so long!!!! Thank you

[@averyjohnson1248]

13:45 OH my gosh the Crocomire plush!

[@anwenlokier2292]

In my school vr game, Goalius energy signature is close enough to Phazon

[@Locke5413]

The prospect of accidentally falling into a blue Phazon pit filled me with as much dread as touching spikes in a Megaman/Shovel Knight game...

[@courdell7426]

I've been wondering to myself with the same question since fucking 2009

[@coulsonknight]

“Just in time.”

[@xenoinazuma7631]

So funny you mention Dune and spice. As a game called Dune 2 and RTS made by Westwood would be their stepping stone into making a genre and specifically. Command and Conquer. And making the corrosive, corrupting crystal Tiberium. Phazon and Tiberium are even quite similar. Both are slowly terraforming planets. Both cause great agony to those infected driving most if not all insane and transforming Fauna and Flora. It is a hard substance to destroy, and both come from a Meteor. You can even argue that Dark Samus made the Space Pirates into a cult for Phazon like the Brotherhood of Nod. Heck Phazon even being kind of explosive fits specifically the Blue Tiberium properties. The only difference is that Tiberium originally comes from Blossom Trees and takes nutrients from the planet while Phazon just does its thing and that Tiberium pretty much starts as a crystal and then can be melted down while Phazon seems to be a crystal or a liquid. Oh and Phazon is sentient. Tiberium is not. Though it does have an alien race that relies on it like addicts.

[@turtleninja16tn66]

I LOVE THE RADIOACTIVE FUNGAL SLIME!!!!!! 🗣

[@calzone7961]

Im going to need a 'Goop Sorcery' sticker. Good luck with the animation projects.

[@Ai-Saika]

Phazon Reminds me of Imulsion from Gears of War or in this case the other way around since Phazon cam first. Diffrents is that Imulsion was takes time and ppl didint know it was a parasite till way to late, they kinda have same propertys, becoming liquite to crystal tho diffrents, Imulsion makes the host explode under damage or to infect new hosts or a last resort to kill the enemys

[@calvinbrinenestoris2357]

Phazon was awesome. I'm glad it likely won't be returning in Prime 4 since I think Corruption capped off the Phazon arc nicely, but MAN it was fun while it lasted.

[@GXrst64tlc]

Now I wonder, what would happen if the X-parasite came in contact with Phazon?

[@bodacious117]

Nintendo please give us a remastered version of prime 2 and 3 or at least port them to the switch

[@elliotgandersen]

I love the add at the beginning. Great video.

[@player_lv430]

0:10 I'LL TAKE YOUR ENTIRE STOCK!

[@YouLackSelfAwareness]

Good stuff good to see you still upload

[@foulestsauce2404]

The music that started in eight minutes feels like it’s the theme of phaaze

[@fierceditiesnaruto]

You know what Dark Samus, you got me sold! Hook me up with some Phazon.

[@GoldLight73]

I do wonder if Gorea might be related to Phazon in some way. Its energy core is yellow rather than blue, but it can corrupt and even steal technology for its own ends. Moreover, Gorea came to the Alymbic Cluster on a meteor, if memory serves. Probably a stretch, but it would help better connect Hunters to the rest of the Prime games.

[@LilacMonarch]

The red phazon being a result of the sealed impact crater makes sense. It wants to spread, but for the most part it can't because of the seal. So it keeps building up and mutating in the limited space

[@zazabi75572]

Phazon is just Lean

[@Diego-xui8ir]

Blue lean

[@MartKart8]

I swear I heard someone say Metroid Prime isn't a Metroid, then ended the sentence like that, which was unhelpful, as I remember a part in Metroid Prime 2 Echoes, Dark Samus showed concern over the Metroid in cages, then quickly fled in a certain area.

[@tvoyager7]

youre gonna have to back that latter half up. pretty sure DS never showed concern for anything in echoes

[@JacksonBockus]

I’m pretty sure the Metroid Prime was a heavily phazon-mutated Metroid.

[@elio7610]

it came from a leviathan, it is not really a metroid but probably took over a metroid. my understanding of the lore is that a metroid got corrupted and became the metroid prime. it is not clear how a metroid got in contact with the leviation, though, and the metroid prime lacks any resemblance to metroids. it seems more like an x-parasite, if anything, given its ability to copy Samus and become Dark Samus. it is difficult to completely throw out the connection to metroids, though, as we can find metroids in the metroid prime's lair in Metroid Prime. it just seems like whole mess of a narrative, to be honest, i am not sure if it is even worth trying to make sense of it.

[@NetBattler]

Love that Battle Network 3 net theme

[@MewtwoExMasterMusic]

You can hear Pon’s smile while narrating

[@foulestsauce2404]

😂😂

[@kamantariq2513]

Why did samus suit turn black red in stsad of black blue in Metroid prime uno.? Red phazon was in that game too. It still hurt samus while she was immune to blue one. Red phazon might be the adult or full grown verson. The phaz planet we destroyed in MP3 was a baby. It was a planet that was corrupted by a laviathan into a baby phaz. Red is a sign of complete corruption. Dark samus was not compeltly corrupted as she took samus's red suite, making her immune the negative affects of blue phazon while reaping the benifitts. Just a theory

[@itsrrriley]

This video was great, phazon has always fascinated me! The nivanA Initiative song was a fun surprise too haha

[@OwnageMancer]

Anyone ever notice the similarities Prime has with Dead Space? Living planets(brethren moon) seeding other planets(with markers). Then the native species use the seed as a fuel source as it slowly corrupts everything on the planet. I’m not accusing anyone of copying anyone. I just thought the similarities were interesting.

[@ClashCrash-rz9nr]

I think Phazon could be the Metroid to the Floods (from Halo) X parasite

[@stevenxenoknight3845]

Finally a Metroid video. Welcome back.

[@JJ-kd5mx]

At 1:05 and 15:40, idk what tune those are but I love it. You’ve got great background music in your videos - and yes, if anybody knows where the tracks are from let me know 😂 First one sounds like Mortal Kombat or Castlevania second one sounds like Megaman. Great background music frfr!

[@foulestsauce2404]

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[@ichibanbento]

Recollection sounds cool!

[@Deltabolster]

i watched the second dune movie yesterday this ideo weirdly helped make that movie alot more clear

[@Nosretep]

So technically, Dark Samus is more dangerous than Kirby.

[@andrewowens4421]

Well, she had the _potential_ to. Samus killed her before it had the chance to evolve further.

[@DropkickNation]

NOTHING is more dangerous than that multiverse eating marshmallow.

[@logantucker5024]

Nothing is more dangerous than Kirby, maybe Ben 10! 😂

[@Nosretep]

@@logantucker5024 Bayonetta and Sephiroth who could easily solo Kirby's universe.

[@logantucker5024]

@Nosretep In Kirby Super Star, Kirby was able to crack an entire planet in half with one punch. Furthermore more kirby has defeated multiple galactic and multiversal+ threats. The only way Sephiroth wins is if he is main lining the Lifestream.

[@robertkenny1201]

Oh how I wish we knew when the next Nintendo Direct is coming.

[@spider59er35]

13:23 Hazard form! We got a Kamen rider fan 🔥

[@jaredcrane3845]

Babe wake up. New Orpheon vid dropped

[@gamerskater17]

When you think about it, Phazon is not too dissimilar from the Markers from Dead Space

[@warsword4]

Phazon shares a lot of similarities to tiberium from the Command and Conquer franchise. Both are extraterrestrial in origin, have a crystal and liquid form, mutate life around them, have a high energy output, used to make weapondry, and are highly toxic. It also wouldn’t surprise me if Dune’s spice was an inspiration for tiberium as Westwood Studios made a Dune game prior to making C&C 95.

[@BasementDweller_]

I would still be with Dark Samus. Phazon doesn’t scare me.

[@Inferno144]

Look Gary, there I am!

[@Pablo-ny5mp]

Phazon is the Protomolecule from The Expanse. Change my mind 🤣

[@phazon343]

Awesome video as always 👌

[@andrewfriend9343]

I'm surprised that you made no comment on how it's similar to the book "the color of space"

[@ThiagoBarbosaOfficial]

now i want some phazon goop

[@WarmLillie]

Can I have some Phazon Goop? I need boost in strength.

[@zebjensen4251]

I would like to point out that its possible that phazon may still exist. I mean if one phazon planet exists why can't more exsist from successful leviathan seed implants.

[@foulestsauce2404]

The story of it is done and also after destruction of phaaze all the phazon on the universe was destroyed

[@zebjensen4251]

@@foulestsauce2404 naritivly it's done but it's still possible it may exsist somewhere its a big universe after all.

[@foulestsauce2404]

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[@FDM10-w8q]

I think that the phazon suit is a plot armor or metroid prime 3's P.E.D should be early

[@kingfirestorm4047]

I wonder how phazon can return the planet its destroy but the small trailer of metroid prime 4 show a galaxie nebula made of blue phazone 🤔

[@IrvingIV]

It's an organism? A colony?

[@chrisdaily2077]

I find it funny how similar Phazon is to the protomolecule from the Expanse. Phazon came first but I doubt the Expanse writers played any Metroid games.

[@Shotgunner_K]

this commercial was made by Dark Samus industries 0:11

[@ubergoober25]

Phazon tastes like blueberry razz

[@DarkD1zzy]

megaman ost too goated

[@bananaking4677]

Still waiting on the Metroid Prime 4 trailer reaction video... (Ik it's been barely an hour when they showed it)

[@Magic_Ice]

It’s my favorite energy drink

[@alecloz]

i need it asap

[@evilsock12]

Phazon is a delicious candy. (if you know you know)

[@Octav2000]

I really hope it does NOT appear in prime 4 as it was wrapped up nicely in 3

[@ARC-RED]

Hey it's Pawn

[@michaelwellen2866]

I feel like it's just regular meth.

[@octokok207]

I miss Crocomire!

[@Diego-xui8ir]

The question is it natural or caused by some origion artificial maybe by a secret chozo faction or some ancient race and how did they make it bird magic whit radiation and some thing else was it a way of controlling the metroids or to mutate it and the red one is it just is it made whit extra bird magic spice and goo sorcery whit radiation and something else we'll never know

[@Mauricio0973]

It probably evolved on its own, just like the X parasites. It seems it also is a planetary energy field like SR388's aeon energy or Aether's light

[@MorTphyr]

Analogy for cancer

[@Galactusperson]

Dune is very influential.

[@chuuonit692]

WAKE UP

[@Areku2021]

Phazon is mutated cancer Aeion.

[@calvinbrinenestoris2357]

I actually feel like Aeion is closer to the Light of Aether.

[@zariaalhajmoustafa2573]

Fun fact a lot of name and character based on Islamic Arab in the book

[@JonathanRamirez-ep3vq]

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[@MrKevin486]

Space Cancer.

[@zariaalhajmoustafa2573]

Heartache but I never like dark samus the concept of dark country but specification Nintendo tinder game become very repetitive Metroid did it twice you ask me I I wish they'd make it a whole unique character than Justin evil come to parts for samus add Metroid fusion did it better weather SA-X

[@MAX393-r4i]

FIRST!!!

[@93LiZa93]

Miyamoto needs to retire and focus on them parks and movies. His legacy will always be remembered but I feel like he is just holding back many games for being stubborn about what he thinks is fun.

[@DropkickNation]

Maybe a hot take, but I really hope that Phazon won't come back in L Prime 4. Phazon had a great ending to its story in Prime 3. Maybe the aftermath of the Phazon crisis can still play into Prime 4, but it should be done for good.

[@tvoyager7]

i agree. if they can do something cool with phazon still being around/ reemerging, then fine (multiple Phaazes, maaybe), but they just as easily could only highlight the after effects of phazon playing a big role, like species that got particularly mutated becoming a theat or something

[@Princess_Xyla]

i really hope Phazon returns