Phendrana Shorelines

Phendrana Shorelines is a room in the Phendrana Drifts, found in Metroid Prime. It contains two Missile Expansions, and is a major room in the area, being very large and connecting to many other rooms. It contains many tall rock pillars, an icy lake that is very shallow in places, the ruins of a building high on a ledge, and multiple platforms to reach higher areas.
==Description==
To access Ice Ruins Access, the door must be released by scanning a panel below its ledge: this alcove is blocked by snow, so Morph Ball use is required for entry, but the scan can be made without going inside. Platforms further round this side Phendrana Shorelines lead up to the unlocked door. Higher up in the room, the Plaza Walkway door is used to access the Ruins Entryway door after circling back around to this room. The door to Temple Entryway requires the Space Jump Boots to reach the floating platform nearby and jump up to the ruins from there.
After receiving the Boost Ball, when Samus returns to this room, she sees Meta Ridley flying toward the Phazon Mines, possibly warning the Space Pirates that Samus was on Tallon IV.
A Hidden World can be found in this room: 
==Connecting rooms==
*Shoreline Entrance (via Blue Door)
*Save Station B (via Blue Door)
*Ice Ruins Access (via Locked Door)
*Plaza Walkway (via Blue Door)
*Ruins Entryway (via Blue Door)
*Temple Entryway (via Blue Door)
==Inhabitants==
*4 Crystallites
*3 Flickerbats
*2 Baby Sheegoths (after the Wave Beam has been collected)
==Items==
;Missile Expansion:This is behind sheet of ice, inside a stone column near the door to Save Station B. To melt the ice, the Plasma Beam is required.
;Missile Expansion:The other expansion in this room is at the top of the tower of the ruins, accessible only with the Space Jump Boots. Samus must use a Super Missile on the weak Cordite panel and then climb the track through the revealed hole using the Spider Ball.
==Scans==
;Radion
:"Grating has become brittle from temperature fluctuations. Large traces of Radion detected."
;Panel
:"The door directly above has been unlocked."
;Ice
:"The ice covering this opening can be melted with extreme heat."
;Platform
:"This platform is kept aloft by a gas-based propulsion system attached to its underside."
;Cordite Statue
:"This Cordite statue is worn and weathered. Scan indicates the presence of a Power Conduit behind the statue."
;Power Conduit
:"Something behind the wall seems to have been activated."
;Blast Shield
:"Blast Shield over door is secure. Shield controls are elsewhere in the Phendrana Shorelines area."
==Development notes==
LeRoy Strauss designed the Phendrana Shorelines. As with all rooms, it began as a "blue room", or a blank room with a low polygon count for gameplay testing purposes. This is coded before the game's artists add the room's elements, including textures and objects. It took Strauss three weeks to model and texture the Shorelines. He recalled doing trial and error on the rocks and snow in the room to create a natural arctic atmosphere. Having done another snow connecting room before, he thusly felt "warmed up" to create the Shorelines.Shinesparkers. Interview: LeRoy Strauss. October 27, 2023. Retrieved October 27, 2023. The particle effects, including the snow, as well as the fish in the water, were added by another artist and programmers later on.IGN Staff. The Art of Prime. IGN. August 6, 2004. Retrieved October 27, 2023. https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/08/06/the-art-of-prime
==Trivia==
*In the Soundtrack Gallery of Metroid Prime Remastered, an image of the Phendrana Shorelines is used to represent the main Phendrana Drifts theme.
==Gallery==
Phendrana Shorelines Drifts 2 dolphin hd.jpg
Phendrana Shorelines Drifts 4 dolphin hd.jpg
Phendrana Shorelines upper door dolphin hd.jpg|Door leading to Plaza Walkway.
Phendrana_Drifts_Screenshot_(7).png|The Chozo Ice Temple
Phendrana Shorelines Drifts Samus enters varia suit dolphin hd.jpg|Samus enters Phendrana.
Phendra Shorelines entrance dolphin hd.jpg|Samus views the Shorelines for the first time.
Phendrana_Shorelines_Save_Station_B_exit_view_dolphin_hd.jpg|View after leaving Save Station B
Phendrana Shorelines chozo ice temple dolphin hd.jpg|Samus overlooks the Shorelines. The Chozo Ice Temple is visible in the distance.
Phendrana shorelines overlooking dolphin hd.jpg
Phendrana shorelines overlooking meta ridley flies over dolphin hd.jpg|Meta Ridley flies over
File:Phendrana_Drifts_Screenshot_(22).png|The Missile Expansion in the Temple's tower.
MPR Phendrana Shorelines loading screen.png|Loading screen in Metroid Prime Remastered.
Metroid-prime-remastered-noe-screenshot-phendrana-shorelines optimized.jpg
MPR NSO icons Final Wave backgrounds and frames.jpg|Icon background based on this room, available through Nintendo Switch Online from March 9-16, 2023.
Phendrana Drifts Samus HUD beta.png|A prerelease screenshot of the room. Samus's HUD appears slightly different, with what looks like an "altimeter" on the sides.
==References==
ru:Береговая линия Фендраны
Category:Rooms
Category:Phendrana Drifts
Category:Rooms containing Missile Expansion(s) in Metroid Prime
Category:LeRoy Strauss