| rdfs:comment | - A Metroid Egg, laid by a Queen Metroid, is the first (amniotic) stage of a Metroid, following birth. The first "natural" egg encountered in the series is during the end of Metroid II: Return of Samus, where the baby hatches in front of Samus Aran (the eggs encountered during her previous missions were unnatural).
- Mysterious creature found on planet SR388 for which is thought to also to it's native planet. Thought to be parasitic. An airborne life form totally capable of flight through it's almost weightlessness. Egg laid by a central main queen in batches of up to 20 per cluster. Tough outer hide gives it protection against the elements even in the harshest of environments. Can withstand extreme heat and cold. Within 36 hours, hatches into a metroid larva, marking the start of the metroid cycle.
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| abstract | - A Metroid Egg, laid by a Queen Metroid, is the first (amniotic) stage of a Metroid, following birth. The first "natural" egg encountered in the series is during the end of Metroid II: Return of Samus, where the baby hatches in front of Samus Aran (the eggs encountered during her previous missions were unnatural). Artwork depicts a blue-green egg, covered in a membranous substance as well as several green vein-like structures; the appearance differs greatly from the in-game sprites due to the Game Boy's monochrome color scheme. The introduction in Super Metroid gives the egg considerably more detail and even more so in Metroid: Other M. The Infant Metroid hatches via violent shaking of the egg, and forcibly erupting from it. The embryonic liquid released from the egg appears to rapidly harden. In Super Metroid, the Baby's birthplace has many hatched shells nearby, indicating that this is where the Queen gives birth to her offspring. Several unnatural Metroid eggs appear in the Prime games being Phazon-infused, and are the first eggs Samus had ever witnessed. These anomalies can be found within the Metroid Processing room on the Pirate Homeworld, and on Phaaze in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. They presumably produce Miniroids and Phazon Metroids. In Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, Space Pirates engineered artificial eggs called Metroid Cocoons designed to carry Infant Tallon Metroids. In Metroid: Other M, Metroid Eggs are seen twice. The first instance is in a flashback of the baby's hatching in Metroid II. The second time, Samus sees several hatched eggs in Room MW of the BOTTLE SHIP shortly before facing the Queen Metroid there. The baby's egg also appears in TV Commercial :60 Spot, the commercial for the game. The appearance of the eggs are different: no longer are they completely covered in the membranous substance, it fuses the egg to the floor, with the vines absent and the egg now being a green color, and the substance being purple. The way they hatch is also different, in that they simply crack and explode, with the Metroid emerging. Metroid Prime: Federation Force features Metroids and their Eggs in M17: Infestation, where they closely resemble their classic appearance in Metroid II. General Alex Miles requests that the Federation Force bring a Metroid Egg back to the G.F.S. Aegis if possible; doing so is a bonus objective. However, to do this they must charge the Egg into their arm cannons, rendering them unable to shoot unless they drop the Egg, although it can be picked up again. If eggs are recovered, a secret ending will be unlocked showing Sylux breaking into a Federation facility and remotely hatching one of the captured eggs.
- Mysterious creature found on planet SR388 for which is thought to also to it's native planet. Thought to be parasitic. An airborne life form totally capable of flight through it's almost weightlessness. Egg laid by a central main queen in batches of up to 20 per cluster. Tough outer hide gives it protection against the elements even in the harshest of environments. Can withstand extreme heat and cold. The inner membrane of the egg regulates temperature inside the egg, insuring a safe environment for the unborn metroid. Unique leather-like texture has a special camouflage effect, therefore hiding it from anything that would be brave enough to make a feast out of the egg. Within 36 hours, hatches into a metroid larva, marking the start of the metroid cycle.
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