List of bosses in the Metroid series

Bosses are very powerful enemies which Samus Aran must kill, often because they block progression or because they guard or possess a power-up that Samus needs to complete her mission. This page is a list of bosses in the entire Metroid series.
Bosses officially designated as Mini-Bosses are marked with an asterisk (*).
==Metroid==
*Kraid*
*Ridley*
*Mother Brain
==Metroid: Zero Mission==
*Charge Beam Beast
*Acid Worm
*Kraid
*Kiru Giru
*Imago*
*Ridley
*Mother Brain
*Ruins Test
*Mecha Ridley
Removed: Crocomire
==Metroid Prime==
In the Wii versions of Prime, each boss rewards Samus with an Orange Credit. The exceptions are Elite Pirates, the Cloaked Drone, and the Phazon Elite.
*Parasite Queen
*Hive Mecha*
*Plated Beetle*
*Incinerator Drone*
*Flaahgra
*Sheegoth*
*Thardus
*Elite Pirates (fought three times)*
*Cloaked Drone*
*Phazon Elite*
*Omega Pirate
*Meta Ridley
*Metroid Prime
Removed: Kraid, Sabergauth
===Metroid Official Site interview===
==Metroid Prime Pinball==
*Thardus
*Omega Pirate
*Meta Ridley
*Metroid Prime
==Metroid Prime Hunters: First Hunt==
* Samus Aran (Xenomorph)
==Metroid Prime Hunters==
*Kanden
*Guardian
*Spire
*Weavel
*Sylux
*Noxus
*Trace
*Cretaphid v1
*Cretaphid v2
*Cretaphid v3
*Cretaphid v4
*Slench v1
*Slench v2
*Slench v3
*Slench v4
*Fire Spawn
*Arctic Spawn
*Gorea
==Metroid Prime 2: Echoes==
Except for the Dark Missile Trooper and Caretaker Class Drone, the Wii versions of Echoes reward Purple Credits for each boss killed.
*Alpha Splinter/Dark Alpha Splinter
*Alpha Sandigger/Bomb Guardian
*Jump Guardian
*Amorbis
*Dark Missile Trooper
*Boost Guardian
*Alpha Blogg
*Grapple Guardian
*Chykka
*Spider Guardian
*Power Bomb Guardian
*Caretaker Class Drone
*Quadraxis
*Emperor Ing
*Dark Samus (fought three times)
Removed: Mad AI
==Metroid Prime 3: Corruption==
All bosses except for the second Berserker Lord and the mining cannon reward Gold Credits.
*Berserker Lord (fought twice)
*Meta Ridley
*Rundas
*Korakk Beast
*Mogenar
*Steamlord (fought three times)
*Defense Drone
*Ghor
*Helios
*Gandrayda
*Mining cannon
*Pirate Commander
*Omega Ridley
*Metroid Hatcher (fought three times)
*Dark Samus
*Aurora Unit 313
==Metroid Prime: Federation Force==
*Ice Hopper Nest
*Ice Titan
*Generator
*Collosun
*Sawken
*Rohkor Beetle
*Cyranon
*Pirate Warship
*Mainframe
*Samus
*Master Brain
Removed: Boss Creature
==Metroid II: Return of Samus==
*Alpha Metroid (fought 15 times)
*Arachnus
*Gamma Metroid (fought 16 times)
*Zeta Metroid (fought three times)
*Omega Metroid (fought four times)
*Queen Metroid
==Metroid: Samus Returns==
*Alpha Metroid (fought 17 times)
*Arachnus
*Gamma Metroid (fought 14 times)
*Zeta Metroid (fought four times)
*Omega Metroid (fought four times)
*Diggernaut
*Queen Metroid
*Proteus Ridley
==Super Metroid==
*Ridley (fought twice)
*Torizo
*Spore Spawn*
*Kraid
*Crocomire*
*Phantoon
*Botwoon*
*Draygon
*Gold Torizo
*Big Metroid
*Mother Brain
==Metroid: Other M==
*Brug Mass
*Namihe and Fune
*Groganch* (fought three times)
*King Kihunter
*Mystery Creature*
*Asborean* (fought five times)
*Goyagma
*Fumbleye*
*RB176 Ferrocrusher
*Rhedogian* (fought six times)
*Vorash
*Ridley
*Nightmare
*Queen Metroid
*MB
*Phantoon
==Metroid Fusion==
*Arachnus
*Elephant Bird
*Zazabi
*Serris
*Security Robot B.O.X. (fought twice)
*Barrier Core-X
*Scientist
*Yakuza
*Nettori
*Nightmare
*Neo-Ridley
*SA-X
*Omega Metroid
==Metroid Dread==
*E.M.M.I. (fought seven times, once in a cutscene)
*Central Unit (fought five times)
*Corpius
*Kraid
*Robot Chozo Soldier* (fought twice, once as part of a pair)
**Golden Robot Chozo Soldier (fought three times, once on its own and twice as part of pairs)
*Drogyga*
*Chozo Soldier* (fought four times)
*Escue*
*Experiment No. Z-57
*Golzuna*
*Elite Chozo Soldier*
*Raven Beak
*Raven Beak X
===Boss Rush===
Dread is the first game in the series to include a Boss Rush mode, added in a free update on April 7, 2022. It includes the following bosses from the game:
*Corpius
*Kraid
*Artaria Central Unit
*Drogyga
*Robot Chozo Soldier (Golden in Ghavoran)
*Escue
*Experiment No. Z-57
*Twin Robot Chozo Soldier (Golden in Burenia)
*Golzuna
*Elite Chozo Soldier
*Ferenia Central Unit
*Raven Beak
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==See also==
*List of items in the Metroid series
*List of locations in the Metroid series
==References==
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