Editing Metroid Prime (section)

=== Story ===
[[Samus Aran]] intercepts a [[distress signal]] from the Space Pirate [[Spacecraft|frigate]] ''Orpheon'', whose crew have been slaughtered by the Pirates' own [[genetically modified]], experimental subjects, using a mysterious radioactive substance called Phazon. At the ship's core, she battles with the Parasite Queen, a giant version of the tiny parasites aboard the ship. The Parasite Queen is defeated and falls into the ship's reactor core, initiating the destruction of the ship. While Samus is escaping from the frigate, she encounters a cybernetic version of [[Ridley (Metroid)|Ridley]] called Meta Ridley, who also escapes. During her escape, an explosion damages Samus' suit, causing some of her abilities to malfunction. Samus escapes the frigate and chases Ridley in her gunship towards the nearby planet Tallon IV.<ref name="game guide">{{Cite web |last=Michael |first=Bobby |date=June 29, 2003 |title=''Metroid Prime'' Walkthrough |url=http://www.gamespot.com/articles/metroid-prime-walkthrough/1100-6030712/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151008041728/http://www.gamespot.com/articles/metroid-prime-walkthrough/1100-6030712/ |archive-date=October 8, 2015 |access-date=October 21, 2015 |website=[[GameSpot]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]}}</ref><ref name="game">{{Cite video game |title=Metroid Prime |developer=[[Retro Studios]] |publisher=[[Nintendo]] |platform=[[GameCube]] |date=November 17, 2002}}</ref>

After landing in the Tallon Overworld, Samus explores nearby areas of Tallon IV and discovers ruins of an ancient Chozo settlement. As she explores the ruins, she learns that the Chozo on the planet had been killed off by the Phazon infesting the planet, which originated from a meteor that impacted on the planet many years ago. After regaining her lost abilities in the ruins, as well as defeating a mutated plant creature that was poisoning the local water supply, Samus finds her way to the Magmoor Caverns, a series of [[magma]]-filled tunnels, which are used by the Space Pirates as a source of [[geothermal power]]. Following the tunnels, Samus travels to the Phendrana Drifts, a cold, mountainous region which is home to another ancient Chozo ruin and a Space Pirate research laboratory used to study the [[Metroid (fictional species)|Metroids]]. After obtaining new abilities, Samus explores the wreckage of the crashed ''Orpheon'' and then infiltrates the Phazon Mines, where she learns the outcome of the Phazon experimentation project, including the Metroid Prime, a creature that had come to Tallon IV with the meteor. Advancing deeper into the mines, Samus fights her way through the Phazon-enhanced Space Pirates and obtains the Phazon Suit after defeating the monstrous Omega Pirate.<ref name="game guide" /><ref name="game" />

At some point, Samus discovers the Artifact Temple that the Chozo built to contain the Metroid Prime and to stop the Phazon from spreading over the planet. To gain access to the meteor's Impact Crater, Samus must collect and unite the twelve Chozo artifacts. As Samus returns to the temple with the artifacts, Meta Ridley appears and attacks her. Samus defeats Ridley and enters the Impact Crater, where she finds the Metroid Prime. After she defeats it, the Metroid Prime absorbs Samus' Phazon Suit and explodes. Samus escapes the collapsing crater and leaves Tallon IV in her ship.<ref name="game guide" /><ref name="game" />

If the player completes the game with all of the items obtained, Metroid Prime reconstructs itself into a body resembling Samus.<ref name="Best Ending">{{Cite video game |title=Metroid Prime |developer=[[Retro Studios]] |publisher=[[Nintendo]] |platform=[[GameCube]] |scene=Ending (100% items collected) |date=November 17, 2002}}</ref>