Note: This is a note. These are little by-the-way things that you should
listen to.
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0. TABLE O' CONTENTS
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0. Table O' Contents (FluffyPoop0)
1. Version History (FluffyPoop1)
2. Intro (FluffyPoop2)
3. Controls/Powerups (FluffyPoop3
4. Minigames (FluffyPoop4)
a. Artifact Temple (FluffyPoop4.0)
b. Beetle Blast (FluffyPoop4.1)
c. Burrower Bash (FluffyPoop4.2)
d. Clone Multiball (FluffyPoop4.3)
e. Gunship Multiball (FluffyPoop4.4)
f. Hurry Up (FluffyPoop4.5)
g. Metroid Mania (FluffyPoop4.6)
h. Parasite Purge (FluffyPoop4.7)
i. Phazon Multiball (FluffyPoop4.8)
j. Phazon Frenzy (FluffyPoop4.9)
k. Shriekbat Shootout (FluffyPoop4.01)
l. Space Pirate Panic (FluffyPoop4.02)
m. Triclops Terror (FluffyPoop4.03)
n. Wall Jump (FluffyPoop4.04)
5. Bosses (FluffyPoop5)
a. Thardus (FluffyPoop5.0)
b. Omega Pirate (FluffyPoop5.1)
c. Meta Ridely (FluffyPoop5.2)
d. Metroid Prime (FluffyPoop5.3)
e. Metroid Prime Core Essence (FluffyPoop5.4)
6. FAQ (FluffyPoop6)
7. Legal Stuff (FluffyPoop7)
8. Credits (FluffyPoop8
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1. VERSION HISTORY
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Note: All versions will be listed from most current to least.
Note: All versions generally contain minor updates not listed; don't start
whining because I didn't say so.
Version 1.5: Added a new "Difficulty" measure for minigames and bosses, fixed
some spelling blips, and added a bunch of random sarcasm. Hopefully I'll have
a contact method set up by version 2.0. Hurry Up activation is posted as
well.
Version 1.0: All stuff is up.
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2. INTRO
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In case you haven't noticed, this is a guide describing the bosses and
minigames of Metroid Prime Pinball. Each section (supposedly) has in-depth
strategies, descriptions, diagnoses, and asparagus-conversions of bosses
and minigames. Nothing else. Except controls.
Got it?
Note: We do not actually have diagnoses or asparagus-conversions.
Control Pad Right: Right Flipper
Control Pad Left: Left Flipper
A Button: Right flipper
B Button: Lay a Bomb
Y Button: Lay a Power Bomb
X Button: Fire a Missile (in Combat Mode)
L Button: Left Flipper
R Button: Right Flipper
Start: Pause Game
Select: Show your last score on the "Last Bounty" Screen (press B at the title
screen... Speculation is that it's for the MPP High Score Leaderboard, which
Nintendo says is coming soon... Whenever that is. Supposedly it's when now
will be then.
Touch Screen: Slide your finger across it to tilt the table. There's no tilt
sensor, so don't worry about too much of a tilt.
Powerups:
Missile: Allows you to fire a Missile. Collected in Phazon Mines. You can
chuck up to 4 of these things. On a boss table, you'll only shoot 1 at the
boss, but on a regular table, you'll launch every single one in all directions
at the same time. They'll powerful enough to kill a beetle in one hit, but
aren't much good for Shriekbat Shootout. The missile-ish lights on the left
of the Health Meter shows how many you have.
Power Bomb: Allows you to lay a Power Bomb. Collected in Phendrana Drifts.
You can only keep 1 Power Bomb, but it gives a whackatron big enough that this
isn't too much of a drawback. Hit a boss with this thing to do many much
damage. The light above the Bomb Lights shows whether you have one of these
or not.
Force Ball: Allows you to PUMP UP your ball. Run over a Force Concentration
to PUMP UP. While your ball is PUMPed UP, you're invincible, and will do
almost illegal amounts of damage (i.e. kills Metroids in one hit without
making you bounce). Unbelievably great for bosses, but you need to kill
Metroid Prime before you can use it on anyone else. The PUMP UP only lasts
for about 8 seconds, so use it while you can. The green light thingy above
the Health Meter shows whether you're PUMPed UP or not; the faster it's
flashing, the less PUMP UP time you have.
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4. MINIGAMES
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This section details each and every minigame on every board.
Activation Instructions: Get 10 artifacts, then get Thardus' and the Omega
Pirate's artifacts to access to this level. The whole level is pretty much
consisted of this minigame.
Basic Instructions: This is both a minigame and the Meta Ridely boss fight.
When you start, hit the ball into the saucer at the top of the table, and you
will get 6 Artifact Balls. Your job is to activate all twelve Artifact
Towers. To do this, you whack one to set it, then hit an Artifact Ball into
the hole on the set tower to activate it. This seems easy, but you lose your
Force Field quickly, don't get it back, and are constantly bombarded by Meta
Ridely. One hit from Meta Ridely will destroy an Artifact Ball. If you have
less than six of them, you can hit the target at the top of the screen to get
a new one.
Reward: An extra ball, access to the Impact Crater
Strategies: Six balls is too much to handle on both screens, so for now just
focus on making sure all the Artifact Balls don't fall out. If some get hit
by Meta Ridely, ignore them. Once you're down to 3 or less, you can
concentrate on the top flippers to get the top Artifact Towers. If you're
down to one ball, make it your top priority to get at least one more.
Duration: Until you are forced back into Standard Mode
Activation Instructions: Light up all the S-A-M-U-S Lights to activate combat,
or activate combat using the Award Scanner. Once you are in the Combat
Saucer, this minigame will automatically boot up.
Basic Instructions: Slaughter all the Beetles that pop up before they do
likewise to you.
Reward: 25,000 points, 50,000 points if you are never hit, an Artifact/Special
Strategies: Just make sure you always hit the one closest to you.
Activation Instructions: Shoot the Mode Saucer when a Burrower is shown.
Basic Instructions: You'll see a bunch of Burrowers pop up, then they'll
chicken out underground. Run over where they're hiding to force them up, then
convert all of them into roadkill. If you're too lazy, they'll come up on
their own after about 10 seconds.
Reward: 25,000 points, an Artifact/Special
Strategies: On level 1, it's better to wait out the 10 seconds, but you want
to do it as quickly as possible on level 2 and 3, so go ahead and just fire
away.
Level Differences: The Burrowers will burrow back into their holes on level 2,
and they will do so more frequently on level 3.
Activation instructions: Hit the lights at the middle of the top screen, then
shoot the ball into the green flashing saucer.
Basic Instructions: Launch yourself up any of the ramps to get a Jackpot. If
you can get it up the Wall Jump ramp (you'll need to use the top flipper -
deal with it) then you'll get a Double Jackpot. Shoot the Clone Lock when it
opens to score Ye Olde Super Jackpot.
Reward: How ever many points you get via Jackpots, Artifact/Special if you get
Ye Olde Super Jackpot.
Strategies: It's a lot easier to get Double Jackpots, beileve it or not, but
you need to keep a close eye on your other balls.
Activation Instructions: Lock 3 balls in your Gunship.
Basic Instructins: Whack yourself up any ramp to get a Jackpot; no Doubles
here. Once you get 3 Jackpots, hit yourself into the Gunship to get Ye Olde
Super Jackpot.
Reward: How ever many points you get via Jackpots, Artifact/Special if you get
Ye Olde Super Jackpot.
Strategies: None currently
Level Differences: Activation requires you to go up the Gunship Ramp to light
a light (that didn't come out right)
Difficulty: 2/10
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Found on Tallon Overworld and Pirate Frigate boards
Duration: Until the points count down to 10,000 for a while
Activation Instructions: Hit all the Hurry Up lights (little arrow lights on
the edge of the upper ramps and Mode Saucer)
Basic Instructions: On the Pirate Frigate board, just launch yourself to the
rightmost ramp. Tallon Overworld makes you shoot it up the leftmost ramp.
This seems easy, but points decrease really really really fast, so saying
Hurry Up would be like saying "take a leak, wait until the cows come home,
then wait until Bush grows some brains". Synonymous with forever. So hurry
the <expletive deleted>ing <expletive deleted> up instead, and happy you will
be.
Reward: How ever many points were displayed when you shot the ramp. You'll
get an Artifact/Special if you shoot the ramp when the point display is still
at max.
Strategies: None currently
Level Differences: Points increase, but count down faster
Activation Instructions: Shoot the Mode Saucer when a Parasite hologram is
displayed.
Basic Instructions: Run over all the Parasites before the clock reaches
-00:00:01. More will come down from the realm of mustard above if you wait
too long, so follow the technique I mentioned in the Hurry Up instructions.
Reward: 25,000 points and an Artifact/Special
Strategies: Most will appear in the outer or inner loop; destroy these first.
Level Differences: Parasites will appear more quickly on levels 2 and 3.
Found on Pirate Frigate and Tallon Overworld boards
Duration: Until one of the Phazon Balls dies
Activation Instructions: On the Tallon Overworld board, shoot down the Phazon
Barriers, then shoot the ball into the Phazon Saucer. On the Pirate Frigate
board, this can only be accessed via Award Scanner.
Basic Instructions: Collect the Red Phazon Fragments with the Red Phazon Ball,
and the Blue Phazon Fragments with the Blue Phazon Ball. Once you collect all
of one color, a Large Phazon Fragment of that color will appear. Collect that
to get a Jackpot. Collect both Large Phazon Fragments and a Mondo Phazon
Fragment will appear at the Phazon Multiball Activator. Nab that to get Ye
Olde Super Jackpot.
Reward: Points collected, (10,000 per Fragment) an Artifact/Special if you
get Ye Olde Super Jackpot.
Strategies: ALWAYS use the bottom flippers. NEVER focus on the top ones.
Level Differences: Only on Tallon Overworld: The Phazon Barriers will reappear
after you knock them down on level 2 and 3.
Duration: Until you are forced back into Standard Mode
Activation Instructions: Light up all the S-A-M-U-S Lights to activate combat,
or activate combat using the Award Scanner. Once you are in the Combat
Saucer, this minigame will automatically activate.
Basic Instructions: A huge mob of Shriekbats will appear on the top screen;
one hit will convert them into molten brocolli. After about 5 seconds,
they'll start charging towards you, so don't be lethargic.
Reward: 25,000 points, 50,000 if you are never hit, an Artifact/Special
Strategies: If any of them are heading towards you, hit them. Immediately.
Level Differences: There will be more Shriekbats each level.
Difficulty: 4/10
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Found on Pirate Frigate board
Duration: 60 seconds
Activation Instructions: Shoot the Mode Saucer when a Space Pirate hologram is
displayed.
Basic Instructions: Massacre all the Space Pirates. They'll jump around, so
make sure to hit your ball hard. They'll also fire missiles at you, which
not only do damage but send you flying to kingdom come.
Reward: 25,000 points, an Artifact/Special
Strategies: Try to move around as much and as quickly as possible; their
Missiles will get really annoying.
Level Differences: There are more Pirates on levels 2 and 3.
Activation Instructions: Shoot the Mode Saucer when a Triclops hologram is
displayed.
Basic Instructions: Whack all Triclopses to death. If you get to close,
they'll suck you in and spit you out toward the gap in between the flippers.
If you have a Force Field, this isn't a problem; if not, make sure to tilt the
table as soon as you're launched.
Reward: 25,000 points, an Artifact/Special
Strategies: It's OK to move a little slow; you want to drop a Bomb right
before they catch you; then they will suck in the bomb and explode with it.
Also, the one higher up has a greater chance of spitting you out into the
abyss, so be more careful around that one.
Level Differences: 3 Triclopses on level 1, 6 on level 2, and 9 on level 3.
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Found on Tallon Overworld and Pirate Frigate boards
Duration: Until you fall off
Activation Instructions: Shoot the Wall Jump Ramp until all lights are lit,
shoot it one more time to land in the Wall Jump Saucer.
Basic Instructions: Whack the flipper buttons in synchronized timing to spring
up to the top of the chute-ey thingymabobers.
Reward: Points collected, and Artifact/Special, or an Extra Ball
Strategies: Always press the next button about eight and a half nanoseconds
after you hit the wall, not before.
Level Differences: Levels 1 and 3 have an Artifact/Special as a reward, while
level 2 has an Extra Ball. It also requires more shots up the Wall Jump Ramp
on levels 2 and 3.
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5. BOSSES
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This section details all the bosses and how to kick their butts. Plus a handy
little nickname!
Boss Bio: Fartus is a big mass of animated, Phazon-infused rock. It can
curl itself into a big destructive ball, or throw spare rocks at you.
Strategies: Power Bomb him as soon as you can. It'll take a good chunk outta
his health. When he curls up into a ball, drop to the lower screen to make
him uncurl. Then pelt him some more.
Boss Bio: Omeggy is the pinnacle of Project Vertigo, (program to infuse Space
Pirates with Phazon) and the strongest of the Elite Pirate forces. He uses
his Wave Quake Generator to make giant shockwaves to pulverize you.
Strategies: Make sure to hit him a good amount of times until you fall, then
activate combat ASAP. Hit him with 4 Missiles, and his joints will be blown
off. Whack him while he's trying to recover to do unholy damage.
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Located on Artifact Temple board
Item Collected: None
Boss Bio: ZDC is the old Ridely bioform from Zebes, leader of the Space
Pirates, reborn with mechanical technology. He will bombard you constantly
while you're trying to complete the Artifact Temple minigame.
Strategies: See Artifact Temple minigame
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|d. Metroid Prime (Metroidus Primus)|
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Located on Impact Crater board
Item Collected: Force Ball
Boss Bio: A huge life form discovered by Pirates, Metroidus is genetically
similar to Metroids, although it is many times more powerful and is capable of
producing Phazon. It will fire a massive stream of energy at you, and is
invulnurable to any attacks except a well-aimed shot with a PUMPed UP ball.
Strategies: When you land in Combat Mode, always whack his right arm. You
will be ejected on the left side, so you can get a clear shot at that ramp to
hit the Force Concentration.
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Located on Impact Crater board
Item Collected: None
Boss Bio: MPOTS is Metroidus Primus without the shell. It is weakened a lot
more, and can be damaged with the standard attacks. It will launch exploding
balls of Phazon at you, or shoot a huge beam of Phazon that will do 2 damage
to you.
Strategies: Hopefully you have a Power Bomb; use it now. A shot from the
Force ball will take out a colossal chunk of health, so try to get that, now
that the ramps aren't guarded by his arms. Also, two Metroids will appear
instead of one.
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6. FAQ
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Here I answer dumb complaints you send me.
Note: Since the guide is just posted, there are no actual reader questions.
So I made some that will probably be asked.
Q: I can't find [insert something here] in the guide!
A: Either you're lazy, you're looking in the wrong guide, or I forgot to put
it there.
Q: I hate you. You stole my guide idea.
A: Thank you.
Q: Will you be my friend?
A: Don't ask any questions not related to the guide.
Q: I need help with my homework!
A: ...I mean it.
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7. LEGAL STUFF
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This is where I get all the legal junk outta the way.
Alright. This guide is copyright by Mr. Ifafudafi (me) and cannot be
replicated, taken, or otherwised used by anyone, except if you are just
reading it. If you want something, tell me. If I'm in a good mood, I'll read
your request. If I'm in a better mood, I'll give ya permission, but you need
to PUT IT IN YOUR OWN WORDS!!! And give me credit for it. This guide may
only be posted at GamefAQs.com, unless I say so otherwise.
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8. CREDITS
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And so I rest my hands from hours of typing.
Thanks to:
GameFAQs for posting this.
Quotes I used: "When will now be then? Soon." Used in the Select button
description - Quoted from Spaceballs
