Area 4

Area 4, previously known as Phase 5Nintendo Power volume 37, pg. 50 and Phase 6 (alternatively written as Phases Five & SixSuper Game Boy Player's Guide pg. 42), is a section of SR388. It is explored in Metroid II: Return of Samus and its remake, Metroid: Samus Returns.
==Description==
Phase 5 is the fifth explored area in Metroid II: Return of Samus, and is one of the smaller ones as well, featuring no powerups and only one Gamma Metroid. While exploring Phase 5, Samus must jump on narrow platforms (sometimes above purple liquid) while navigating her way through Octroll territory.
Phase 6 is the sixth explored area in Metroid II: Return of Samus. It is a medium-sized area that splits into two tunnels where Samus can use Flitts to jump across pools of purple liquid, with one tunnel leading left to an Alpha Metroid encounter and the other leading right to another Gamma.
In the remake Metroid: Samus Returns, the two areas are combined and expanded, and now take place in a series of caverns filled with crystals. Some of these crystals can even be seen walking around in the background. The Spazer Beam, Space Jump and Super Missiles are all acquired here. After the first Gamma Metroid is killed and Samus drains the purple liquid via a Chozo Seal she will come across a second Seal requiring the destruction of three more Metroids, somewhat similar to the later Area 6.
Ascending an elevator shortly after, Samus comes across a damaged Chozo Statue, with its power-up missing. She is soon accosted by the Diggernaut robot she encountered earlier in Area 3, which chases her through a series of mining caverns until she manages to trick it into believing she is dead. It leaves behind the Space Jump. Eventually she finds another Chozo Statue holding the Super Missile, opening up the path to her first Zeta Metroid.
==Creatures and robots==
===Return of Samus===
====Phase 5====
*Octroll
*Rock Icicle
*Skorp
====Phase 6====
*Flitt
*Halzyn
*Moto
*Pincher Fly
===Samus Returns===
*Autoad
*Blob Swarm
*Bugcrystal (non-hostile)
*Fleech Swarm
*Gawron
*Gigadora
*Gryncore
*Gullugg
*Halzyn
*Moheek
*Monster Eyes (non-hostile)
*Moto
*Mumbo
*Paraby
*Tsumuri
*Wallfire
*Diggernaut (boss)
==Metroids fought==
===Return of Samus===
====Phase 5====
*1 Gamma Metroid
====Phase 6====
*1 Alpha Metroid
*1 Gamma Metroid
===Samus Returns===
*1 Alpha Metroid
*2 Gamma Metroids
*1 Zeta Metroid
==Items==
===Samus Returns===
*2 Energy Tanks
*2 Aeion Tanks
*10 Missile Tanks
*4 Super Missile Tanks
*1 Power Bomb Tank
*Spazer Beam
*Space Jump
*Super Missile
==Music==
In Return of Samus, an ambient theme plays in Phase 5. Met2 Caverns4 plays in Phase 6, carried over directly from Phase 4.
In Samus Returns, the theme that plays in the first half of Area 4 (corresponding to Phase 5) is named Area 4 in the game's Sound Test; this may be a remix of the original ambient theme. The theme that plays in the second half of Area 4 (corresponding to Phase 6) is internally named Area4 5 Basic. A remix of the Magmoor Caverns theme plays inside all three superheated rooms.
==Trivia==
*Area 4 is one of four areas in SR388 in Samus Returns to contain a destroyed Chozo Statue. The others are the Spider Ball statue in Area 1, which was destroyed by a cave-in, the Spring Ball statue in Area 2, which is destroyed by Arachnus shortly before it battles Samus, and the Power Bomb statue with its item stolen by the Diggernaut in Area 6.
**Another destroyed Chozo Statue containing the Ice Beam appears in Phase 9 in Return of Samus which is implied to have been destroyed by the Metroids (or even the Queen Metroid herself) as it contains the Ice Beam which Metroids are vulnerable to. As the Ice Beam is a standalone beam option obtained once in Area 1 in Samus Returns, this Chozo Statue does not exist in Samus Returns.
*It is strongly implied that the Diggernaut was responsible for destroying the ruined Chozo Statue found here which is missing its Item Sphere. The chamber contains a large bore hold in the background which could have easily been made by the excavation robot. If true this would suggest that the Diggernaut destroyed the Statue and took the Space Jump to impede her progress. This is apparently supported by the Diggernaut spitting out the Item Sphere containing the Space Jump after Samus manages to escape, presumably believing her to be dead and unaware Samus had used her Morph Ball avoid its drilling arm. This is supported by its later theft of the Item Sphere containing the Power Bomb in Area 6, along with inhaling the Chozo Statue holding said item.
**If the Statue was destroyed by Diggernaut, then it would be the second Statue to have been destroyed by a boss in Metroid: Samus Returns, the first being the Spring Ball statue destroyed by Arachnus.
==Gallery==
Metroid 2 Phase 5 and 6 map.png|Map of Phase 5 and Phase 6 in Return of Samus
Phase 5 Rock Icicle.gif|A Rock Icicle in Phase 5
File:Phase_5.png|The Octroll territory in Phase 5
Phase 6 Moto.gif|A Moto in Phase 6
M2 Phase 6 Flitt.png|Flitts in Phase 6
Phase_6.png|The Gamma Metroid in Phase 6
Commercialoctroll.PNG|A possible depiction of Phase 5 in the Japanese commercial
Code 6.png|Phase 5 in in Super Game Boy Player's Guide
JP Other M Guide 169.jpg|Phase 5 in Nintendo Official Guidebook for Metroid Other M
MSR Chozo Memory 04.png|The Chozo discover X Parasites in what seems to be Area 4 in the fourth image of the Chozo Memories.
Metroid Area 4 map.png|Map of Area 4 in Samus Returns
MSR Area 4 First Chozo Seal.jpg|The first Chozo Seal in Area 4
Metroid Samus Returns Chozo Statue (Area 4) Spazer Beam (Arm Cannon Beam Upgrade).png|The Chozo Statue holding the Spazer Beam
Metroid Samus Returns Door Parasites (Area 4) Gigadora (Spazer Beam Statue Chamber).png|A Gigadora in the Spazer Beam Chozo Statue chamber
Samus Returns Grapple Beam.png|A Mumbo swarm in Area 4
Bug03.png|Bugcrystal02 in the background
MSR Area 4 Small Crystal Creature.jpg|Bugcrystal01 in the background
Samus Returns Gamma electric.png|A Gamma Metroid in Area 4
MSR Grapple Beam Chozo Seal twitpic.jpg|The second Chozo Seal, with purple liquid blocking off Area 5
MSR Area 4 Broken Chozo Statue Background.jpg|The ruined Statue apparently destroyed by the Diggernaut
Metroid Samus Returns Diggernaut pursues Samus.png|Diggernaut pursuing Samus through Area 4
Metroid Samus Returns Area 4 Space Jump (Power Suit Upgrade).png|Samus locates the Space Jump
Metroid Samus Returns - Zeta Metroid.png|The Zeta Metroid in Area 4
Samus Returns Goo wall.jpg|Cubic crystals in Area 4
MSR Area 4 Super Missile.jpg|Samus obtains the Super Missile
Samus Returns Alpha Metroid.png|The Alpha Metroid during its Grab Sequence in Area 4
MSR Area 4 background creature.gif|An unseen creature in the background with red eyes and flaring nostrils
MSR Area 4 Blue Crystals.jpg|Blue crystals in Area 4
MSR Area 4 Dull Crystals.jpg|Dull crystals in Area 4
MSR purple crystal area.jpg|Large purple crystals and a Stronger Gullugg in Area 4
MSR Area 4 Superheated Crystals.jpg|Cubic crystals and geodes in a superheated cavern
MSR Artbook lava and mining cavern.jpg|Concept art of Samus acquiring the Spazer Beam (bottom)
==References==
ru:Фаза 5
Category:Area 4
Category:SR388