Ridley's shortcut

"Ridley's shortcut" is a room in Ridley's Lair/Ridley. It appears, with significant differences between versions, in Metroid and Metroid: Zero Mission.
==Description==
In the other half of the room, a small number of platforms above the lava exist, as well as an Air Hole. To get back to the other side, Samus can shoot a Missile Block in the bottom left corner from where she dropped in, and then use Bombs to destroy two blocks below that. She will drop through the ceiling if she rolls left.
==Connecting rooms==
*Eerie Cave (via Blue Door)
*"Ridley's rightmost shaft" (via Blue Door)
==Inhabitants==
===Metroid===
*8 Holtzes
*6 Violas
*4 Air Holes spawning Zebbos
===Zero Mission===
*2 Violas
*2 Air Holes spawning Zebbos
*3 Holtzes
==Items==
;Missile Tank (Zero Mission)
:Found on a high ledge on the right side of the room. Samus can freeze a Zebbo and use it as a platform to get to this tank. Alternatively, she can use the Turbo Bomb technique, or return with the Space Jump.
==Official data==
===Metroid: Zero Mission: The Official Nintendo Player's Guide===
;179 missile tank (pg. 68)
:"Stop after you pass an enemy-producing pipe in the lair's upper right section. Jump up to make the next enemy rise high above the pipe, and freeze the creature after it flies over your head. Using the enemy as a platform, climb to a high ledge and grab a Missile Tank in the upper-right corner of the room."
;180 ESCAPE FROM THE LAIR (pg. 68)
:"When you reach the upper-left section of the large rectangular room, hit the block in the lower-left corner with a missile, then bomb through the floor to reach the room right of the elevator shaft."
;290 CEILING SHORTCUT (pg. 93)
:"The quickest way to the right-side of Ridley's lair is through a small hole in the ceiling in the room to the right of the elevator shaft. Use a missile to open the hole, then Space-Jump up to the narrow passage. Bomb blocks and climb."
==Gallery==
MZM Ridley's Lair Missile Tank 11.gif|The Missile Tank.
Rectangular room Metroid full view.png|Full view in Metroid.
Rectangular room MZM full view.png|Full view in Zero Mission.
Rectangular room Victory Techniques map.png|The room on a hand-drawn map in Victory Techniques for Metroid.
Category:Rooms
Category:Ridley's Lair
Category:Rooms containing expansions in Metroid and Metroid: Zero Mission