Boss FAQ - Guide for Metroid: Zero Mission

              METROID ZERO MISSION
                 BOSS FAQ

            TABLE OF CONTENTS
             
             1. About the Guide
             2.Guide Layout
             3.Bosses

               

              1.ABOUT THE GUIDE

              This guide is to help everyone on the bosses obviously.
            There are some bosses that are easy like the thorn worm, and some very
            hard ones like Mother Brain.


               2.GUIDE LAYOUT
  
              This is how each boss is going to be labeled.

                  (BOSS NAME)
           Area:******
           Weapons Needed:******
           Strategy:
               Attacks:******
               Strategy:******

           
              3.BOSSES

            Here are the bosses in order that you should fight them!

                   THORN WORM
             Area:Brinstar
             Weapons Needed:Beam,Missiles
             Strategy:
                Attacks:Dive-move out of it's way
                        Thorn Shed-shoot the thorns
                Strategy:You have to do this quick or he'll disapear to another part
                         of Brinstar.Every time he opens his eye, shoot it with a
                         missile. Three hits should kill it, and you'll get the
                         Charge Beam.

                    ACID WORM
              Area:Kraid
              Weapons Needed:Beam/Missiles(you need to get the pulleys working)
              Strategy:
                 Attacks:Lunge-jump up and grab thge pulley
                         Acid Raise-this doesn't happen on easy:jump to high ledge
                 Strategy:This worm appears when you activate the pulley and try to
                          go to Kraid.When his mouth goes crazy he's about to Lunge.
                          Dodge it and shoot the orbs around its neck. Repeat until
                          its dead.

                     KRAID
               Area:Kraid
               Weapons Needed:Missiles/Charge Beam
               Strategy:
                Attacks:Nail Flick-shoot the nails
                       Hand Slap-jump over the hand
                       Stomach Shooter: step on the shot stuff
                Strategy:Stay on the platform.For the best results, Shoot the orb on
                         its forehead with a missile to open its mouth. Shoot it's
                         open mouth with a barrage of missiles. The more you hurt it,
                         the more of the platform it destroys.If you fall off, wait
                         until he does his Stomach Shooter to jump back up.Repeat
                         until dead.
 
                      BEE LARVA
                Area:Norfair
                Weapons Needed:Ice Beam,Hi-Jump, Missiles
                Strategy:
                   Attacks:Flying Ripper-jump over it
                           Fire Balls-shoot them
                   Strategy:Freeze the ripper when it's high enough to jump on.Jump
                            on it and shoot one of the support cables with missiles.
                            Three missiles takes care of one.

                       QUEEN BEE
                 Area:Ridley
                 Weapons Needed:Missiles
                 Strategy:
                   Attacks:Stinger Shooter-stay behind it
                           Sting:keep away from it
                   Strategy:Keep shooting the stinger with missiles.

                       RIDLEY
                  Area:Ridley
                  Weapons Needed:Missiles,Super Missiles, Beam,Lots of Energy Tanks
                  Strategy:
                    Attacks:Grab and Shoot-don't let him grab you. If he does,shoot
                           the fireballs with missiles. You could hurt Ridley.
                           Beginning Fire-at the beginning of the match, shoot the
                                          fireballs with your beam
                           Tail Sting-stay away from him
                           Fireball Shooter-shoot the fireballs
                    Strategy:Shoot the inside of his mouth when it's open with
                             missiles.

                        MOTHER BRAIN
                   Area:Tourain
                   Weapons Needed:same as RIDLEY
                   Strategy:
                      Attacks:Gun Shoot-shoot the ammo
                              Eye Shoot-jump over it
                      Strategy:Break the glass with missiles.Shoot the eye when it's
                               open with missiles and super missiles.

                         CHOZO LEADER
                    Area:Chozodia(Chozo Runes)
                    Weapons Needed:the F@*K'N emergency pistol
                    Strategy:
                       Attacks:Thunder-don't stay in one place
                       Strategy:Don't shoot the orb when it shows you or you'll be
                                sorry.Shoot it when it shows the special symbol four
                                times.

                          ROBOT RIDLEY
                     Area:Chozodia(Space Pirate's Mother Ship)
                     Weapons Needed:Missiles,Super Missiles
                     Strategy:
                        Attacks:Hand Slap-jump over it
                                Fireballs-jump over them
                                Lasers-Guess what? jump over them
                        Strategy:Shoot the glass structure on his chest with missiles
                                 when it's not guarded to reveal a weak spot. Shoot
                                 the weak spot with super missiles until it explodes.
                         
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