Metroid Cavern

The Metroid Cavern is a room on Phaaze. It appears in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption.
==Description==
The room is quite large, featuring two sections, the largest of which contains Phazon Metroids, hence the name. The first part features an exposed membrane containing infinitely spawning Phazon Metroids, while the second part has Phazon Hoppers emerging from burrows on the ceiling.
The areas are blocked off by a creature acting as an organic barrier. To destroy it, Samus must shoot at its five antennae when they open, giving a clear shot at the main optical organ. When in the second part, the exit of the room is blocked off by a large Phazon mass, which explodes when enough Phazon Hoppers are defeated. After that, three Phaz-Ing appear.
==Connecting rooms==
*Drop Shaft (via Phaaze Door)
*Hatcher Shaft (via Phaaze Door)
==Inhabitants==
*Continuously spawning Phazon Metroids
*Phazon Hoppers
*Phazon Fungus
*3 Phaz-Ing
*EyeballBlocker
==Scans==
;Exposed membrane
:"Exposed membrane is a small section of a nest, which contains hundreds of juvenile Metroids."
;EyeballBlocker
:"Creature's optical organ is vulnerable to shots, but is being protected by thick plating."
;EyeballBlocker (exposed)
:"Protective plating has retracted, and the optical organ is exposed. Vulnerable to all types of attack."
;Plating
:"Plating protects antennae. Only when the plating is open will the antennae be vulnerable."
;Phazon mass
:"Scans indicate a connection between nearby bioforms and this Phazon mass."
;Burrow openings
:"Burrow opening is made of hardened Phazon and is too strong to be collapsed."
==Development notes==
The room's internal name is 03_phaaze_hatchers, perhaps referencing the infinite spawn of Phazon Metroids from the exposed membrane. The keyword phaaze indicates the planet Phaaze, and the prefix 03 indicates that this is the third of 4 main rooms on Phaaze.
==Gallery==
File:Phaaze_cavern.png|The Phazon mass in the nearby Hopper nest.
Nathan Purkeypile render Phaaze Metroid Cavern.jpg|Nathan Purkeypile
File:Screenshot (2870).png|The exposed membrane in-game.
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Category:Phaaze
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