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[Zelnor]

I've reached the second-to-last boss of Metroid Prime 2: Echoes.

I have (I think) all the Energy Tanks, I do have all the Power Bomb tanks, all Beam Ammo Expansions and all but 8 Missile Containers.

But Emperor Asshole won't f*cking die.

Therefore, I'd like to hear some Nerr strategies to deal with this beastie.

What I do, and my issues:

Form 1 - Emperor Ing Body & Head: Annihilator beam, because the f*cking tentacles are near-impossible to hit. They're either out of my line of sight, chargin' their lazer dark matter attack, which forces me to boost away, of are whipping around the arena bitchslapping me. The Seeker Launcher takes too long to lock on, and does shitty damage anyway, it seems. Bleedin' tentacles.

I try dropping a Power Bomb when he regenerates the tentacles, because he ponds the ground with them when he does, and that takes out some of them.

Form 1.5 - Emperor Ing Eye: I hit the eye with Super Missiles, because a Sonic Boom takes WAY too much ammo for my good.

Form 1 is going okay, but usually costs me, what, four energy tanks ?
I hate Phazon.

Form 2 - Emperor Ing Chrysalis: Well, duh. Spider Ball, and either normal or Power Bombs.

Problem is, these f*cking Inglets keep knocking me off, and the Spider Ball takes time to stick to it again. Once I got knocked off, got back on, only to meet the same fate. Three times in a row.
Cost: two to three energy tanks.

Form 3 - Mutated Emperor Ing: I die, usually.
Before that, I try hitting a Super Missile in his red core - which usually hits his legs. He then proceeds to block my view, knocks me into the Phazon, or jumps at impossible angles, to that I get hit by his attack AND knocked into the Phazon.

If I get him out of the red form, I usually whip out he Annihilator again, which should be effective against both light and dark, but appears to do as much damage as a Megaman's peashooter.

When he summons a Nightbarb swarm, I try a Sonic Boom, but he usually eats them to regenerate before I can.



So... yeah. Halp.


Maybe the Wiimote has decreased my 1337 controller skillz. :(

EDIT: I think there might be an energy tank still out there... gotta check.

SON OF EDIT: *crag* STOP CLOSING YOUR EYE WHEN I WANT TO SHOOT POINTY EXPLODEY THINGS IN IT.


GRANDSON OF EDIT: YOUR BLOODY DIMENSIONAL RIFTS THAT SPAM LAZERS CAN GO STRAIGHT TO HELL.


I love this game. Only 20 bucks used from gamestop, and I haven't been this excited about a game for some time. Dark Aether genuinely scared me, the Ing were creepy, and I hated Dark Pirates - I haven't been this emotional about a game for quite some time.

[Sam]

Could never last that far in the game.

[Zelnor]

How come ?

Also, I hated Chykka. Took me ages to notice the bleedin' weakpoints were at the BACK of her wings.

[Anti-Guy]

[Zelnor]

Oh, hell yeah. Nothing beats the Spider Ball Guardian, thought.

*shiver*


Anyway...

*evil laugh* Awww, they gonna have to glue you two back together ! ON PHAAZE ! IN HELL !


Point of discussion: The Ing - Phaz-Ings mutated by Dark Aether ? Emperor Ing -> Leviathan Core Guardian ?