Brinstar

:This article is about the area. For other uses, see Brinstar (Disambiguation).
 is an underground complex of caverns and jungles on Zebes. Home to many creatures, Brinstar is used as a Space Pirate base, and is relatively easy to navigate. The area appears in Metroid, Zero Mission, and Super Metroid. It is well-known as the area containing the Starting Point, the very first room of the entire Metroid game series.
==Topography==
===Old Brinstar===
The original Brinstar is the first area Samus Aran explores during her first mission on Zebes. Its many tunnels and caverns are chiefly comprised of blue, orange and occasionally green rock, hence its designation as the rocky zone. Instruction Booklet, pg. 18 It is relatively easy to navigate, but is teeming with life and contains pools of dangerous acid. In the original Metroid manual, the horizontal corridors are named Corridor No. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.
After Mother Brain's first defeat, this area falls into ruin, and it is almost completely desolate by the time Samus returns here years later. However, Eye security systems had since been set up here, and as Samus searches the rocky zone, they alert the Space Pirates to her presence. By this point, all that remain of old Brinstar are three of the blue-rock areas: the Starting Point where Samus acquired the Morph Ball (curiously, it is present there once more); the room leading down to the elevator to Kraid's Lair (the door to the elevator has been blocked off, though a new door leading to Missiles is on the opposite side); and a corridor containing a large block with a small crevice that the Morph Ball can fit through (the door previously present behind the block is gone as well; a Missile Tank is in its place). The Energy Tank hidden within one of the ceiling's rocks in the first Metroid is there once again. Aside from these three areas, nothing remains of the original Brinstar after Tourian's destruction, making it one of the smallest areas in Super Metroid. However, the Brinstar region is also expanded into two additional, larger areas detailed below.
===Upper Brinstar===
Unlike the lifeless original Brinstar, the underground jungle of Upper Brinstar is teeming with life. Overgrown with vegetation, it is home to many species of flora and fauna. There are many flowers in the background that may be related to the Cyrlic Tree. This area is also the most maze-like. Spore Spawn inhabits the area, serving as the guardian of the Super Missile and first mini-boss which Samus fights. Notable locations in this area include the "n00b bridge" and "Hell". Though this region additionally includes the pink, fungal rooms to the east, it is nonetheless often referred to as Green Brinstar.
===Lower Brinstar===
The "Red Soil Swampy Area", or simply Red Brinstar, is more straightforward. As its moniker suggests, the color of the soil and terrain in this sub-area is predominantly red. The main shaft of this area faintly pulsates a violet color; the source of this light is unknown, but presumably mechanical in nature. There are also numerous pools of water here, as well as many Samus Eaters. At the very end of this area is the new site of Kraid's Lair, where Kraid himself resides.
==Inhabitants==
===Metroid and Zero Mission===
*Dessgeega (Zero Mission)
*Hive (Zero Mission)
*Mellow
*Parasite (Zero Mission)
*Reo (Metroid)
*Ripper
*Skree
*Tangle Vine Fruit (Zero Mission)
*Waver
*Zeb
*Zoomer
===Super Metroid===
*Beetom
*Boyon
*Cacatac
*Dachora (non-hostile)
*Etecoon (non-hostile)
*Eye (non-hostile)
*Geega
*Geemer
*Kihunter
*Mellow
*Metaree
*Reo
*Ripper
*Samus Eater
*Sbug (non-hostile)
*Sidehopper
*Skree
*Waver
*Yapping Maw
*Zeb
*Zebbo
*Zeela
*Zero
==Bosses==
===Zero Mission===
*Charge Beam Beast
===Super Metroid===
*Spore Spawn
==Items==
===Metroid===
*2 Missile Tanks
*3 Energy Tanks
*Morph Ball
*Long Beam
*Ice Beam
*Varia Suit
*Bomb
===Metroid: Zero Mission===
*10 Missile Tanks
*3 Energy Tanks
*1 Super Missile Expansion
*Morph Ball
*Long Beam
*Bomb
*Varia Suit
*Charge Beam
===Super Metroid===
*11 Missile Tanks
*3 Super Missile Tanks
*5 Energy Tanks
*1 Reserve Tank
*5 Power Bomb Tanks
*Morph Ball
*Charge Beam
*Spazer Beam
*X-Ray Scope
==Music==
In Metroid, Brinstar (Metroid) plays throughout Brinstar. It has become one of the most recognizable and remixed themes in the Metroid series.
In Super Metroid, Planet Zebes - Arrival on Crateria plays during Samus Aran's initial return to old Brinstar; on subsequent visits, Crateria - The Space Pirates Appear will play instead. Upper Brinstar plays throughout the green jungle section of Brinstar. Lower Brinstar plays in the red swampy section of Brinstar.
In Zero Mission, a remixed version of Brinstar (Metroid) once again plays throughout Brinstar. 10 plays exclusively in the room containing the Stone Statues, while 06 can be heard in the elevator room leading to Kraid's Lair.
==In Super Smash Bros. series==
Super Smash Bros. Melee introduced a stage based on Brinstar. This stage features rising and falling acid that damages fighters on contact; Zebetite-like structures holding up the platforms; and an unknown substance holding together two parts of the main stage, which can be destroyed by repeated attacks (although it will simply regenerate). The stage is based on the Planet Zebes stage from Super Smash Bros., essentially being a redesign of the original stage.
The stage also appears in Melee's Adventure Mode, where the player must fight Samus Aran, then evacuate Zebes in 40 seconds or lose one stock life. The shaft bears resemblance to shafts in both Crateria and the Ceres Space Colony in Super Metroid.
Kraid's Lair is also present as a stage, under the name "Planet Zebes: Brinstar Depths". 
Both stages return in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate with graphical updates.
==Official data==
===Nintendo Power Volume 29===
;THE BATTLE OF BRINSTAR
:"Samus' mission begins in an area of tunnels called Brinstar. Here the tunnels are composed mainly of stone and there are long shafts leading up and down. Prepare to meet many dive-bombing Skrees and Rios as you search for Power-Up options. This is the easiest area of the planet to clear, so use it to learn all of Samus' moves."
===Super Metroid manual===
;BRINSTAR
:"The jungle area of Zebes is a maze of heavy foliage."
===Super Metroid Players' Guide===
;Zebes - A Visitors Guide (page 13)
:"A real jungle, not only in terms of the heavy foliage but also because of the brutality of the inhabitants."
;Brinstar
:"Samus' adventure continues in Brinstar, the home of numerous alien monstrosities and the killer Kraid. Samus will discover many important items here that are vital to her quest, so she'll need to search the jungle-like area well. Remember, Mother Brain is watching and waiting - Samus needs to be swift if she's to survive..."
:"Get used to the layout and idiosyncrasies of Brinstar as you'll be spending a lot of time here. Not only is it one of the largest areas of the game, it also holds more special add-ons than any other. No fewer than five of those hallowed objects reside in the caverns and tunnels that make up Brinstar and at least two of them are necessities if you're to complete the game. There's also a huge supply of other bonuses such as missile packs, save units and booster terminals."
;Area B
:"Initially, Brinstar might seem un-nervingly big and that's without discovering the abundant secret rooms hidden around its cavernous splendour. Look for the second map computer to help Samus navigate this maze since it has more links to other zones than anywhere else."
;Area C
:"Section C sees Samus perform one of the most spectacular stunts in the game - a stomach-churning, speed boost-assisted super jump to clear deadly flowing lava seeping from fiery Norfair."
;Area D
:"Deep within Brinstar Samus will come across strange, lichen-like vegetation. She must not allow the pleasant green hues to fool her, though, as much of the plant and animal life has developed effective defences such as thorn spitting thistles and stinging insects."
;Area E
:"Though the vast majority of life forms Samus encounters prove dangerous and hostile, here she will meet a friendly bird-like creature. Watch it's [sic] actions well, and you just may learn something!"
;Area F
:"There's no rest for the wicked or heroic adventurers in this section. Virtually all the skills required in the game will be tested in the gruelling arena of section F. A tough challenge climaxes with Kraid and the battle for the Spazar [sic]."
===Metroid: Zero Mission manual===
;BRINSTAR
:"Brinstar is covered in rock formations and is home to an array of dangerous indigenous creatures."
==Trivia==
*In the Metroid manga, Mother Brain states that humans like the young Samus would only be able to survive in Crateria and Brinstar, which resulted in the Chozo infusing Samus with Chozo DNA provided by Grey Voice allowing her to survive in other areas of Zebes. This indicates that Brinstar is habitable and has a breathable atmosphere.
==See also==
*List of rooms in Metroid/Brinstar
*List of rooms in Metroid: Zero Mission/Brinstar
*List of rooms in Super Metroid/Brinstar
*Brinstar (Metroid)
*Brinstar (Melee)
==Gallery==
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ZeroMissionBrinstar.png|Zero Mission Map.
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File:Super Metroid The Official Nintendo Game Guide - Brinstar.jpg|Super Metroid: The Official Nintendo Game Guide
Brinstar Layout01.jpg|Super Metroid in-game layout.
File:Metroid Zero Mission flooring.png|Flooring based on Brinstar in Miitomo.
SuperMetroidMapBrinstar.gif|Super Metroid Map.
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