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~Version History~
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Final-Everything is done. Everything. It was fun making this FAQ but I'm
kinda glad its finally over. I will not be making any more changes to this
FAQ so don't E-Mail me requesting a change. If your confused on something
in the FAQ feel free to E-Mail me though.
2.5-Finally finished the Walkthrough. That was a lot of work I must say.
1.8-Finished through Mission 19 (82% done).
1.5-Finished with the first 17 Missions (74% complete).
1.3-Finished up to Mission 15. (65% complete).
1.0-57% complete with the walkthrough. Done with first 13 Missions.
.8-48% done with the Walkthrough(AKA, through 11 Missions).
.6-Finished up to Mission 9, which is 37% done.
.5-Finished the first 7 missions so far...30% done with the Walkthrough.
.4-Finished Mission 5, AKA getting the Dark Beam
.3-Finished first 3 Missions, first attempt at getting this on GameFAQ's.
.1-Began Metroid Prime 2 Echoes Walkthrough.
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~Introduction~
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Hello there! I'm Deathborn 668 on the message boards, and this is my FAQ for
Metroid Prime 2:Echoes. I'm writing this because I wrote a Spider Guardian
FAq that got rejected, and now to avenge my wasted time on that huge FAQ I
am writing this. You better read and like this because I will seriously....
Do's n' Don'ts of my FAQ:
DO:
-Use this for refrence
-Print it out
-Give this to other people FOR NO CHARGE
DON'T:
-Plagirize with no credit
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-Sell this for profit
ONLY the following sites are allowed to use my FAQ. Other sites need my
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Also, if you want to ask me something, or have a question, my E-Mail is
deathborn668@yahoo.com
Thanks.
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~Table of Contents~
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I.Story
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II.Controls
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III.Important Things About the Game
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IV.Locations of All Keys
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V.Walkthrough
Mission 1:Losing All Your Weapons.....Again
Mission 2:Explosion Commotion!-Getting Missiles
Mission 3:Samus is teh Bomb-Getting Morph Ball Bombs
Mission 4:To the Space Jump Boots!
Mission 5:The Dark Hunter Hides the Dark Beam
Mission 6:Venture to Dark Aether for the Important Light Beam
Mission 7:Amorbis Secretes the Dark Suit
Mission 8:Firepower Required! Grabbing the Super Missiles
Mission 9:A Nasty Boss Hides the Boost Ball
Mission 10:New Areas to Open-Grabbing the Seeker Missiles
Mission 11:More Boosting-Getting Gravity Boost
Mission 12:Lower Dark Torvus, and a Mean Grenchler-For the Grapple Beam
Mission 13:Black Holes, Anyone?-To the Darkburst!
Mission 14:The Dark Visor Lies in a Dark World....
Mission 15:Spider-Woman:Grabbing teh Spider Ball
Mission 16:Nuclear Explosives=PWNage-Obtaining the Power Bombs
Mission 17:Its a Bright Flash....-Getting the Sunburst
Mission 18:Sounds and More!-Getting the Echo Visor
Mission 19:Let's Screw Around!-To the Screw Attack!
Mission 20:Giant Robots=Bad-Getting the Annihilator Beam
Mission 21:Getting all Remaining Sky Temple Keys and Items
Mission 22:Deja Vu in "Prime Time"
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VI.Expansion Guide
A.Missile Expansions
B.Energy Tanks
C.Power Bomb Expansions
D.Beam Ammo Expansions
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VII.Complete Logbook
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VIII.One Time Scans
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IX.Checklists
A.Items Checklist
B.Expansions Checklist
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X.Credits
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~I.Story~
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Metroid Prime 2:Echoes has a pretty complex story and an intresting one at
that. This is taken COMPLETELY from the Instruction Manual, none of the
following information was typed orginally by me.
A WAR OF TWO WORLDS
Once, long ago, a race of creatures called the Luminoth settled on planet
Aether afer many nomadic generations of roaming the universe. They carved
out a peaceful existence there, coming to know the land and animals and
bathing in the power of what they called "The Light of Aether". To prolong
the lifetime of the planet, they decided the harness this light by building
Energy Controllers that would be housed in holy temples. They built three
of these temples, one in each of their settlements, and linked them to their
most sacred place, the Great Temple. A golden age of peace and prosperity
blessed them, and they were content.
The peace would not last, though. They tracked a meteor with a crash course
with their planet, and could do nothing but watched as it approached. The
meteor's strike scorched the earth, cast the seas into convulsions, and
spread a veil of darkness over all that the Luminoth knew...but that was
not all. The explosion and the energy from the meteor opened a dimensional
rift in Planet Aether, spawning a second planet that existed in a different
dimension. Dimensional rips soon bloomed on Light Aether, and an evil race
of dark creatures ventured forth, spreading violence. The Luminoth named
these creatures the Ing, and soon created portals to follow them into a world
they would come to know as Dark Aether.
This twin planet, which had given birth to the Ing Horde, was a poisonous
mirror of their own, and the Luminoth retreated from its damaging effects.
Over time, however, as the Ing continued to make war on Light Aether and
began to possess both creatures and friends alike, the Luminoth had to
return and fight. They set up beacons of light that acted like protective
oases against the dark creatures, and fought tooth and nail against the
Ing. The war raged, and a stalemate soon became apparent; the Luminoth
could not defeat the Ing on Dark Aether, and the powerful light of Aether
was too much for the Ing to overcome.
The stalemate could not last forever. The planet's energy has been divided
between the dark and light world's, and both sides wanted to control it.
The Luminoth created an Energy Transfer Module desgined to absorb the energy
from Dark Aether, only to have it stolen and used against them. Their
temples fell one by one, until only their last, the Great Temple,
remained. With only enough planetary energy to support one world, this
temple was all that stood between Dark Aether completly eclipsing Light
Aether, eradicating the last of the Luminoth.
Into this conflict came a new factor. A Federation ship chased a Space Pirate
vessel onto the surface and engaged them, only to be attacked and decimated
by the Ing. After losing contact with the troops, the Federation
suspected the worst. Unwilling to abandon all hope, they sent an urgent
message to Samus Aran...
Mission recived from Galactic Federation...
Locate troops lost in Dash region of Planet Aether...
Priority 1...
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~II.Controls~
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The controls to Samus are very easy to understand and execute yourself. I
will also cover in this section everything about Samus's visor, exactly what
your looking out the entire game.
A Button-Push this to fire your selected Beam weapon. Push is rapidly for
rapid fire.
B Button-Push this to Jump. While in mid-air, push again to perform a Space
Jump (only when you have obtained). While Locked On, hold left or right and
push B to do a Strafe manuver, where you quickly move left or right and
cover lots of ground quickly. Finally, when you have the Gravity Boost,
push and hold B after performing a Space Jump underwater to slowly rise up
for a few seconds.
X Button-Push this to go into Morph Ball Mode. While there, push again to be
in Regular Mode again.
Y Button-Fire Missiles while in Standard Mode. In Morph Ball Mode, lay Power
Bombs with this button.
Z Button-Bring up the Map to the screen for useage. Push Z again to close the
Map.
C Stick-Use the C Stick to switch between your availble beams, shown on the
bottom right side of the screen. Push the direction on screen for the Beam
wanted.
Control Pad-Use this to switch between the availble visors. The visors are
shown on the bottom left side of the screen. Push the direction for the visor
wanted.
Control Stick-Use this to move Samus around, and use it to Strafe around with
the B Button.
L Button-One of the most important buttons. Use it when an enemy is in view
to Lock On to it by holding L down. Also, for use of the Grapple Beam near
Grapple points.
R Button-While standing still, hold it to look up and down, and in all angles
too. Also, for use with the Spider Ball when you have obtained that item in
the game.
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Seeing through the Visor
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When you are playing the game, you will be viewing everything from Samus's
point of view (except when in Morph Ball form). There are several key things
to know on the HUD (Heads Up Display) screen, so first-timers, pay attention
here.
Energy-At the top-middle of the screen is a meter and a number next to it.
This is your energy reserves. Its basically how much health your Power
Suit has remaining before you die. Whenever you collect an Energy Tank, you
will gain 100 extra units of Energy, represented by a blue dot above the
meter. It will dissappear and be in effect if the previous 100 units has been
lost.
Radar-Crucial to survival, the top left corner of the screen has a small
circle on it. There is a small pie piece section in it that is colored a bit
differently than the rest of it. This is Samus's view. Enemies that come
within radar will appear as orange dots. Use the Radar to find any enemies
that your getting attacked by, but can't see. Also note enemies may be above
or below you!
Threat Assessment-On the left side of your screen you will se a kinda tall
meter, with an exclamation mark (!) at the top of it. This is the Threat
Assessment guage. When you approach dangerous enviroments, such as fire,
poisonous gas, Dark Aether's atmosphere, etc., the meter will slowly rise
until you are standing in the poison, where the Threat Assessment guage will
be at the top, and you will be recieving damage for your stupidity (Except
in Dark Aether as there's NO avoiding damage there...). Keep an eye on it at
all times.
Map-In the top right corner of the screen, there is a small place for the Map
to be located. It shows you what room your in, and the blinking green arrow
is Samus's current position. Push the Z Button to bring up the entire world
Map for a better view of where you next destination is going to be and how to
get there.
Missile Reserves-Near the middle-right side of the screen is a fraction
number, with the classic Missile symbol next to it. This is your Missile
Reserves. The bottom number is your maximum capicity of Missiles, the top
number representing how many Missiles you currently have left to spend.
Carefully use your Missiles! They can be refilled by gaining Missile
ammunition.
Dark/Light Beam Ammo-Near the bottom right side of your screen, once you get
the Light and Dark Beams, will be a meter representing the amount of Ammo
for each respective beam you have left. That's basically all this meter does,
so keep an eye on it to make sure you don't run out at a very inconvienent
time!
Beam Weapons:In the bottom right corner are a few squares, each with a
symbol on them. These represent your Beam Weapons. Empty squares obviously
represent you don't have that beam yet. there are 4 Beams, including the
Power Beam. Use the C-Stick to choose your beam from that small menu by
pushing the correct direction.
Targeting Reticule-This can be anywhere on the screen, depending on where the
enemy you are locking onto is. This small circle will focus on the enemy,
and your attacks will be directed right at it (Not homing in...just fired at
it). Its easy to see, and you will surely be seeing it all the time with
Lock On's.
Visors-the bottom left corner is home to the same type of squares the Beam
Weapons area uses. However, this is your Visors menu. Using the Control
Pad, choose whichever Visor you want to see through. All Visors have
different effects.
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~III.Important Thing To Know About the Game~
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Backtracking
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Some love it...others hate it. The Metroid games are all about Backtracking.
That's what makes them fun. You just KNOW there's an Expansion or items of
some kind in a specified room, yet to all your useless efforts can't
possibly reach it and give up. Well, you come back later with newer abilities
and find how easy it is then to get the aforementioned item. Crazy isn't it?
Anyways, in this FAQ I will cover how to get 100% everything. Scans and
Expansions. Of course, you CAN skip those two things. Their optional. Retro
isn't forcing you to grab Missile Expansions and Energy Tanks much far out of
your way just so you can beat the game. Don't get Expansions and other
stuff if the 100% Ending means nothing to you. I'm not, and can't, force you
to do so.
But anyways, I just want to clear up the beginning statement of the previous
paragraph. EVERY, and I mean _every_ Metroid game has had lots and lots of
backtracking to previous areas. Fortunately, Metroid Prime 2:Echoes has
a minimal amount of required backtracking. Some of course is needed, but
there are easily found shortcuts to those areas, which I will most
certainly cover. So, if your forced to go back to previous areas, its not a
big deal, especially considering the fact that you can also pick up previous
Expansions with new abilities possible along the way. Speaking about
Expansions....
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Expansions and Tanks
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There are a ton of Missile Expansions, Power Bomb Expansions, Beam Ammo
Expansions, and Energy Tanks within the game. I will cover the locations of
all of them during the segments within this FAQ. However, none of them
are required. During this FAQ I will, before explaining in detail what to
do in the room, put a "ENERGY TANK", "MISSILE EXPANSION", "BEAM AMMO
EXPANSION", or "POWER BOMB EXPANSION" tag and state where in the room the
respective Expansion is. I will ONLY put these tags if the Expansion is
possible to retrieve at the point of the game I'm describing at. If it isn't,
then it won't be there and you will obviously be going back to that location
later.
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Temple Keys
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In order to enter the three Temples, and the Sky Temple, of Dark Aether, you
first need to find their respective keys. They AREN'T optional, and must be
found to complete and progress through the game. I'll lable a Key as a
DARK AGON KEY, DARK TORVUS KEY, ING HIVE KEY, or SKY TEMPLE KEY before
giving the description of the room the Key is in. As with Expansions, I
won't tell you about the Key until it is possible to obtain that Key when
you are in that room. If you want to know the exact locations of every
single Temple Key, look ahead to the next section. That is perfect just for
your needs.
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Scan Scan Scanning!
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Scanning is one of the most fun parts of the Metroid Prime games. They enable
you to learn about the various objects and things in every room. Its
pretty cool. To Scan something, push the Control Pad left, and you will be
in the Scan Visor. Find a colored object, aim at it, and hold L until
Scanning is complete. You will be given a detailed description on whatever
you just Scanned. Red objects are Mission-Critical objects. They include
key descriptions for the lost Federation Troopers, or descriptions for the
Temple Keys in general. Things in Blue aren't really important things to
Scan. Most things are put into your Logbook, and count for your Scan
percentage. Things in Green are objects that have already been Scanned.
Pushing L on them instantly brings up their scan, as you have already Scanned
the object.
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Getting a Perfect File
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People like to have a fully complete file. Its just one thing that many
people enjoy doing-having a file with literally everything completed. If you
want 100% Scans and 100% Items, I highly suggest you pay attention to the
Walktrhough section with the "Tabbed" areas. These are indented, or, AKA,
the optional portion of the game. Grab the items and Scans with them if you
want, or skip them and go right to you assigned destination. If you want
a perfect file, your gonna be doing the indented section, unless you wanna
come back later...
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Unlockables in the Game
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There are several unlockable things you can grab your hands on during and
after the game:
When you get...
40% of all Logbook Scans, you unlock the Promotional Art Gallery
60% of all Logbook Scans, you unlock the wicked Character Gallery
80% of all Logbook Scans, you get the Creature Gallery, full of enemies...
100% of all Logbook Scans, you unlock the PWNage Boss Galery
Once you complete Normal Mode once, you will unlock Hard Mode, as well as the
Rough Sketch Gallery.
If you complete Hard Mode, you will unlock the Storyboard Gallery, home to
the orginal designs of the game.
Once you complete the game, you will unlock the Dark Echoes Soundtrack and
the Darkness Soundtrack for use in Multiplayer mode.
The Luminoth Soundtrack is obtained by talking to U-Mos for the very first
time.
The Pirate Fear Soundtrack is unlocked by restoring the Energy to the Agon
Energy Controller, then heading back to the Great Temple and talking to
U-Mos.
The Sanctuary Soundtrack is unlocked by restoring the Energy to Sanctuary
Energy Controller, then heading back to the Great Temple and talking to
U-Mos.
The Torvus Bog Soundtrack is unlocked by restoring the Energy to the Torvus
Energy Controller, then heading back to the Great Temple and talking to
U-Mos.
The Pipeline Multiplayer Arena is unlocked when you unlock the Torvus Bog
Soundtrack.
The Spires Multiplayer Arena is unlocked when you unlock the Sanctuary
Soundtrack.
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~IV.Locations of all Keys~
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This is quite possible the number one asked question on the message boards.
Where in the hell are the Temple/Sky Temple Keys? Some are obvious and
impossible to miss. Others you may and probably will easily pass. However,
your reading this guide so I don't think your gonna be missing any of the
Temple Keys. I will describe the locations of the Agon, Torvus, Ing Hive
and Sky Temple Keys. I also give and will be getting them manually during the
course of the Walkthrough, but if you accidentally missed one, or are just
looking for a specific section I don't blame you. Anyways, here are the Keys'
locations.
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Dark Agon Temple Key 1
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Found:Doomed Entry in Dark Agon Wastes
How to Obtain:After taking the portal from the Command Center in Agon Wastes,
you will be able to clearly see this Key sitting atop a higher ledge. In
order to reach that ledge, you need to head over to the other side of the
room and shoot a Missile at a Luminoth statue head, breaking it away and
exposing a Light Lift Crystal. Shoot the Crystal with the Dark Beam to
lower the platform. Jump on it, then make an easy Space Jump over to the
Dark Agon Key.
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Dark Agon Temple Key 2
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Found:Battleground in Dark Agon Wastes
How to Obtain:When you first enter the Battleground room, you will see the
Dark Agon temple Key just sitting there in plain sight. Unfortunately, once
you approach it the Ing will steal it. About 6-7 Warrior Ing will start
attacking you. Its a rough battle. Use your aquired Charged Light Beam
shots on the Warrior Ing to quickly dispatch them. Break open the Bearerpods
on the sides of the walls for Health and Ammo. Once all of the Warrior
Ing have been killed, you will be able to grab the Key which will have
reappeared.
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Dark Agon Temple Key 3
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Found:Trial Tunnel
How to Obtain:The easiest to obtain of all Keys in the entire game. Once you
first enter the Dark Agon Temple, head left until you reach a door. Enter
inside the door and in a very very tiny room you will find the final Dark
Agon Temple Key.
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Dark Torvus Temple Key 1
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Found:Dark Torvus Arena in Dark Torvus Bog
How to Obtain:This is only obtainable after you have defeated the Boost
Guardian (who is literally a few feet from the Key). Once you have the
Boost Ball, start Boosting up the half pipe, and you will eventually get the
Key in an upper ledge. You may hit the Dark Preeds, but either way just keep
trying.
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Dark Torvus Temple Key 2
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Found:Undertemple Access in Dark Torvus Bog
How to Obtain:This is one of the easiest Dark Temple Key's to miss because
you wouldn't think it is even here, let alone where it is even exists. Once
you have defeated the Alpha Blogg and recovered the Gravity Boost, go back
to Hydrochamber Access. Right near a big spinning turbine is a ledge on top
of it, which you need to use your newly aquired Gravity Boost to get up to.
Up here there is a portal. Use it, and you will appear...right infront of
the Dark Temple Key.
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Dark Torvus Temple Key 3
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Found:Venemous Pond in Dark Torvus Bog
How to Obtain:You will appear at the top of this room when you access it
from somewhere else. The Key is right in the open, but is nearly impossible
to obtain unless you roll through the nearby conviently located Morph Ball
tunnel. You will appear at the other side of Venemous Pond, and from there
it is possible to access a Grappple point, where you can swing over to the
final Dark Torvus Key.
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Ing Hive Temple Key 1
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Found:Culling Chamber in Ing Hive
How to Obtain:There is a Spider Ball track upon the right walls of the
room. Spider Ball upon them when you have that powerup and follow the
straightforward track around inside a glass tank. Break some blocks with
your Bombs, then grab the Ing Hive Temple Key that you uncovered the
pathway for.
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Ing Hive Temple Key 2
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Found:Hive Gyro Chamber in Ing Hive
How to Obtain:This will be the last Ing Hive Key you obtain, but the game
labels is as number 2. Anyways, use the Spider Ball technique to cling to
the big brown ball in the middle of the room. Climb to the top of the Spider
Ball surface, then sit on the red dot. Boost upwards and cling to a large
magnetic ring. Boost to the other side, where you'll go through the final
Ing Hive Key.
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Ing Hive Temple Key 3
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Found:Aerial Training Site
How to Obtain:You can't get this key directly from the Aerial Training Site
as a force field blocks it. You have to go the other way around. The only
way there is via Central Hive West Transport, which is just a big shaft with
Wall Jump surfaces. Wall Jump to the top, then deactivate the force field
for your Key.
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Sky Temple Key 1
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Found:Battleground in Dark Agon Wastes
How to Obtain:You need to enter this room via the top door. Its accessed
in Doomed Entry. Once you've entered and are at the top of the room, if you
have the Annihilator Beam I suggest using it on one of the Beacons around
the room to dispose of all the Warrior Ing quickly. Those Warrior Ing will
make this Sky Temple Key a pain in the ass to obtain. Now, switch on the
Dark Visor once they are killed. You will see invisible platforms moving
about. Time your Space Jumps onto one another of the platforms, because if
you happen to fall you will have to start this allllll over again. Once
you reach the last platform, Screw Attack all the way to the other side. Flip
on the Dark Visor again, and shoot the Flying Ing Cache. Once it has been
exposed, kill it with a Charged Shot to have it release the Sky Temple Key.
Go grab it.
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Sky Temple Key 2
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Found:Dark Oasis in Dark Agon Wastes
How to Obtain:Near the middle door of this room is a huge pile of Denzium
just waiting to be destroyed. Go over to it and lay a Power Bomb to break it
all away. This will expose a small pool of dark water. Jump into it and
turn on the Dark Visor and search around for another Flying Ing Cache. Once
you have found it, shoot it to expose it then Charge Beam it to death and
grab the Sky Temple Key.
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Sky Temple Key 3
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Found:Poisoned Bog in Dark Torvus Bog
How to Obtain:Drop into the dark waters in this room and as usual flip on
the Dark Visor and search for the flying red spot. Once you find it, shoot
it to fully expose the Flying Ing Cache. Shoot it down to expose the Sky
Temple Key.
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Sky Temple Key 4
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Found:Dungeon in Dark Torvus Bog
How to Obtain:This Temple Key is a little tedious to get. Anyway's, when
you first appear in the room, dive right into the dark waters, that's
where the key is located. Now, you'll see a small hole you could fit through
but some monster is blocking your way. Aim up and shoot the Light Beacon to
make him move. Head under the small tunnel and up to the next sitting
monster. Repeat this process with Lighting the Beacon again, and then you
will reach a dead end. Bring up the Dark Visor and shoot the Flying Ing
Cache for the Sky Temple Key.
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Sky Temple Key 5
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Found:Hive Entrance in Ing Hive
How to Obtain:The Hive Entrance looks exactly like the Sanctuary Entrance,
destroyed bridge and all. Use the Screw Attack to cross the long gap and
reach the other side. Once there, ride up the beam of light to the upper
areas of the Hive Entrance. Once here, use the Screw Attack to go back to
the other side. Once atop this very high ledge, swap on the Dark Visor and
find the Flying Ing Cache. Shoot it down with your weapons to claim the Sky
Temple Key.
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Sky Temple Key 6
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Found:Hive Dynamo Works in Ing Hive
How to Obtain:Goto the very end of the Spider Guardian's maze, and you will
find a Power Bomb door. Break it open and go through the portal. Now, go into
Morph Ball mode and Spider Ball up the nearby track. Stay at the red dot,
and wait for the rising and lowering globe-like Spider Ball surface to be the
same level as you. Boost onto it. Find a red dot on this surface, and wait
for the next Spider Ball globe surface to be aligned with you, then Boost
onto it. Now, go onto the final red dot here and wait until your lined up
with the Spider Ball track on the side of the wall, then Boost over. With the
Dark Visor, find the Flying Ing Cache and shoot it down like we have several
times before.
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Sky Temple Key 7
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Found:Ing Reliquary in Sky Temple Grounds
How to Obtain:You need the Light Suit to reach the Ing Reliquary. Its found
from Reliquary Access room, which is the Dark Aether version of the
Communications Area. Anyways, its pretty simple in this room. Jump to the
bottom, turn on the Dark Visor, and shoot down the seventh Flying Ing
Cache.
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Sky Temple Key 8
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Found:Defiled Shrine in Sky Temple Grounds
How to Obtain:Its best if you use the Annihilator Beam on the nearby Light
Beacon, which will effectively kill the nearby Warrior Ings. Um....that is
pretty much all there is to this room besides flipping on the Dark Visor
and..once again...shooting down another Flying Ing Cache and grabbing its
Key.
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Sky Temple Key 9
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Found:Accursed Lake in Sky Temple Grounds
How to Obtain:This room isn't hard to find, no worries. The room is pretty
tiny, so just flip on the Dark Visor and shoot down another Flying Ing
Cache and jump for its Key. You want to avoid the Hunter Ing because they are
a super annoyence.
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|                       ~V.Walkthrough of Echoes~                          |
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Welcome, finally, to the bulk of this FAQ, the actual Walkthrough of
Metroid Prime 2:Echoes. I format the game in the Walkthrough pretty much
like everyone else does....
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Room Name
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New Logbook Creature/Lore/Research Scan:XXXX
Expansion:XXXX
~Room information here~
That's pretty much how this works. Its simple, isn't it? Obviously, for the
most part the Walkthrough appears like everyone else's. There isn't really
many ways to compete the game. I will eventually sidetrack you for more
Expansions, but those areas are Indented like so:
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Room Name
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...just so you know "This part is optional". I will also post the shortest
path back to where the "optional" route will meet back up with you if you
opt to not take it. So, here we go!
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~Mission 1:Losing All You Weapons....Again!~
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Mission Difficulty:*/*****
Mission Objective:Its not really an objective...but I made this Mission
like a half mission instead of a full mission. Anyways, this mission will
take you through the first few rooms of the game, up to the point where
the story gets deeper...and you lose your abilites for the umpteenth time...
sheesh Samus...
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Landing Site
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Logbook Research Scan:Samus's Gunship-Behind you from where you start. Hard
to miss her ship isn't it?
Save Station:Use Samus's Gunship, behind you from where you start, to Save
your game.
Ammo Station:Use Samus's Gunship, behind you from where you start, to
refill all of your Ammo.
You have offically started Metroid Prime 2! Much like the first game,
the beginning areas are just to show you Samus's moves and abilities, then
lose them. Begin off by turning around from where you start and Scanning
Samus's Gunship. Space Jump ontop of the ship and save your game and refill
your health. Then, proceed forward through the room until you reach a large
webbing. Look up and Lock On to the green sac on it, and shoot the sac with
your Power Beam to make the webbing dissappear. Then, Jump up and go through
the door.
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Hive Access Tunnel
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Woo...creepy passage. There are a ton of wiggling plants lined over the
walls, but don't worry about themas they can't hurt you. Head forward and
to the left, and you'll find a big door with Violet text blocking your way.
Scanning the door won't do anything to help you, and unfortunately, the
other side is where we need to go. Head back to the door, but take a right
and you will soon come to a big hole in the ground. Get near the hole to Jump
down it.
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Hive Chamber A
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Logbook Research Scan:GF Gate MK VI
Map Station:Near back exit, its the floating hologram, impossible to miss...
Its all smoky...and desolate....and quiet. Gives you a creepy feeling
doesn't this room? There are a ton of things for you to Scan within this
room, so if you like Scanning things feel free to Scan away. Head
forwards until a big iron gate blocks your way. There is a Scan console
nearby, so Scan it. That will release two locks above the door. Lock On
to both of them and shoot them away, which will open the gate. Keep going
forwards through the thin passage until a really big block, which is actually
a giant door, is blocking your way. A Scan will indicate that a Scan console
must be activated to open the door. Look on the right wall until you see
an indent in it, and that will have the Scan console. Scan it to open the
door. Continue on to this next area. There are some intresting scans about
the Federation Troopers that were in this area, so Scan if you want to.
There is a floating hologram nearby, so step in it. It is the Map Station
for this region of the Temple Grounds. You'll download the map. Once that
is all done with, continue out of this room via the door which was near the
Map Station.
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Hive Tunnel
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Logbook Creatures Scan:Worker Splinter
This room is very tiny, but you will recive a shocking surprise once
entering it. Several Federation Troops are dangling upside down in the room.
Creepy. The translucent enemies on the sides of the room are Worker
Splinters, and they are a new Scan. Continue on through this room once your
finished Scanning.
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Command Chamber
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Logbook Lore Scan:SPC B. Reevs
Logbook Lore Scan:GSGT C. Benet
Logbook Research Scan:Bomb Slot
Logbook Creatures Scan:Dark Trooper
This is a pretty large room. Right as you enter the room, Scan the nearby
fallen Federation Trooper for a new Logbook Scan. There are several Worker
Splinters around this area, and it is best if you kill them so they will
not get in your way and cause damage. Once everything is dead, roll into
Morph Ball mode (The X Button), and head towards the back of the room.
You'll need to do so to get under a big door lock, which is going to be
opened soon. Roll under, get out of Morph Ball mode, and shoot down whatever
Worker Splinters are still in the room. Get back into the Morph Ball and find
a tunnel in the room.
The tunnel is near the back of the room, and your Morph Ball is just tiny
enough to squeak through. Roll through the tunnel until you reach a steel
gating. Lay a Bomb with the A button to break open the bars. Continue
through the tunnel until your in a rounded room. Roll to the back of it,
and unmorph. Scan anything else here, as another thing here is one more
Logbook Scan, and a Bomb Slot it the other. The Bomb Slot is what we are
looking for. Get into Morph Ball mode and roll near the cylindrical
device. Do a Bomb Jump by laying a Bomb, then being on the explosion to be
popped in the air, which will put you inside the Bomb Slot. Lay a Bomb here
to activate the Slot.
The Bomb Slot's power now will activate a Scan console back in the previous
area. Roll back through the previous tunnel, and under the door gates until
you reach the Scan console. Along the way, Dark Troopers will rise up and
start attacking you. 1 Charge Beam shot will kill them, but their damage is
really insignificant so don't waste your time. They are also a new Logbook
Scan too! Scan the console to activate the big door gate, which will unlock
and reveal several more Dark Troopers. Shoot them all out with Missiles, and
continue on through the passage until you reach a door leading to the next
room.
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Hive Storage
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There isn't much in this simple room. Just go around the corners and through
the next door. If your low on Energy, break some of the crates for more
Energy.
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Hive Chamber B
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Enter through the door, and you'll witness a cutscene. The doors will lock
and something will enter a dark vortex right infront of you. Wait....that
mysterious figure looks just like Samus! It will head into the dark vortex.
Once you regain control of Samus again, head straight and into the Dark
Portal.
You'll be transported to a weird, mysterious dark place. The shadowy Samus
is gathering Phazon for her suit...and Samus just gawks like the woman she
is at this copycat. The shadowy figure will then point her gun at Samus, and
take a shot. A nearby Crystal is destroyed, and the safe Bubble sheild
is slowly closing in on Samus. Just then, a ton of dark creatures jump down
to Samus's position and tackle her, just as the bubble is gone and she is
exposed to the atmosphere. Apparently, its quite lethal. The dark figures
all tackle Samus, and she escapes through the Light Portal.
You will regain control of Samus once more, and this time you will recieve
critical news. Your Missile Launcher, Morph Ball Bombs, Power Bomb Generator,
Grapple Beam, Boost Ability, Space Jump Boots, and Spider Ball Abilities
have been stolen from your Varia Suit. Lovely. We've lost all of our
abilities...again. Continue through the rest of the short room and through
the next door.
***MISSION 1:COMPLETE!***
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~Mission 2:Explosion Commotion!-Getting Missiles~
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Mission Difficulty:*/*****
Mission Objective:You've recently lost nearly all of your abilities and
items. Great. Its time to start recovering them and then some one by one.
We will start off by collecting the Missile Launcher. Its not a very hard
mission, and a relatively safe one too. There are few enemies, and they all
take several shots to kill. You won't be seeing any Save Stations along the
way, but that's not a problem. Its time to get back what rightfully belongs
to us!
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Hive Chamber C
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There will be several Dark Troopers attacking you the instant you enter the
room. Kill them all so you will clear the path to several crates blocking a
door. Destroy the crates with your Charge Beam, which reveals a door. Enter
the door now.
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Hive Save Station
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Phew...about time we found a Save Station! Gladly Save your game inside and
restore your Energy to full.
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Hive Chamber C
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Were near above ground soon....so from here simply head out the last
remaining door we haven't gone through yet. It happens to be right of the
Save Station.
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Hive Transport Area
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Our first elevator! It appears to be completely inactive...but not to worry!
Right near the elevator is a Scan console, so Scan that. It will make a
hologram appear on the elevator. Step in it to make the elevator active.
When you get to the top, you have two paths to choose. The right one leads
to the exact same Violet translator door we had to bypass earlier. There
is still nothing you can do about it. From here, just take a left out the
door.
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Industrial Site
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Logbook Research Scan:GF Bridge
Logbook Creature Scan:Splinter
Logbook Creature Scan:Green Kralee
As soon as you enter the room you will find another of those stupid MK VI
Federation gates blocking your way. As with the previous gate, Scan the
nearby Scan console to make 2 locks above the gate to disengage. Destroy