Zeela

Zeela, also known as Kreela,Super Metroid Players' Guide is a species of arthropods sporting long eyestalks that appear in Metroid, Metroid: Zero Mission, Super Metroid, and Metroid Fusion.
==Description==
Zeelas are quite agile and can climb walls and hang onto ceilings with little difficulty. They are native to Brinstar and Kraid's Lair on Zebes. Like the near-identical Geemers of Crateria and Norfair, Zeelas seem to be nothing more than indigenous lifeforms and not a biological weapon used by the Space Pirates. According to the Metroid manual, they have no bones.
They come in three known variations: Green, Yellow, and Red. They are all identical in behavior to Zoomers, Sovas, and Geemers. In Metroid: Zero Mission, the red version's eyes will fall off when the creature is destroyed, damaging Samus if they come into contact with her.
ZeelasNintendo Official Guide Book for Metroid Fusion pg. 27 were captured and brought aboard the Biologic Space Laboratories research station prior to the events of Fusion, where they were eventually infected and mimicked by the X Parasites. Through the X's ability to manipulate their victims' DNA, these Zeelas could now inhabit the sub-zero temperatures of Sector 5, unlike their original forms that lived in the tropical areas of Zebes. X-infected Zeelas were more grotesque in appearance than their unmodified counterparts; they also gained tube-like protrusions on their sides which they used to fire tiny sparks of energy in arcs.
==Official data==
===Metroid manual===
;Zeela
:"These boneless animals creep along horizontal and vertical surfaces. They normally live underground. The blue ones are the strongest."
===Victory Techniques for Metroid===
"Crawls around the floor and ceiling, moving its eyeballs."
===The Official Nintendo Player's Guide===
;ZEELA
:"This enemy moves like Zoomers and lives underground. His defensive power is stronger than Zoomers’."
===Nintendo Power Volume 29===
;ZEELA
:"Zeelas crawl around blocks like Zoomers, but they are much tougher to destroy."
===Super Metroid Nintendo Player's Guide===
ZEELA
===Super Metroid Players' Guide===
"Kreela's slow and quite easy to destroy, taking just a couple of hits."
==Trivia==
*In the Captain N: The Game Master episode "Game Boy", which prominently features many enemies from Metroid, Simon is attacked by a pair of hopping creatures while exploring Metroid. While they are not referred to by name, certain aspects of their design (particularly the large eyes, arthropod features, and blue/orange color scheme) suggest that they may be Zeelas.
*Metroid Prime and Metroid Fusion: Prima's Official Strategy Guide erroneously refers to Zeelas as Bulls, despite otherwise correctly identifying the latter species.Metroid Prime and Metroid Fusion: Prima's Official Strategy Guide pg. 110
==Gallery==
Image:Metroid Enemy Zeela.gif|Metroid animated sprite
File:Zeelachibi.png|Japanese Metroid guide
File:Zeelachibi2.png|Japanese Metroid guide
File:Zeelachibi3.png|Japanese Metroid guide
Famicom Choco - Zeela, Zeb, Geega, Holtz.png|Famicom Choco
Kraid entrance shaft Victory Techniques.png|Victory Techniques for Metroid
Captain N Possible Zeela.png|Possible appearance in Captain N: The Game Master
File:Metroid pg04.jpg|Nintendo Comics System: Deceit Du Jour
Image:Cn4-18.jpg|Captain N: The Game Master: Breakout
File:Nintendo1991Calendar-04-March.jpg|1991 The Power Game Calendar
SM_Zeela.png|Super Metroid artwork
Noob bridge.png|Zeelas in Super Metroid
HGCSM 010e.png|A Zeela in the Super Metroid manga, Samus Aran's Happiness.
File:Fusion_Zeela.png|Metroid Fusion sprites
MF Sector 5 Gerubus and Zeela.gif|X-infected blue Zeelas in Sector 5 (ARC)
MZM Kraid's Lair Missile Tank 4.gif|Yellow Zeelas in Zero Mission
MZM Kraid's Lair Missile Tank 7.gif|A red Zeela in Zero Mission
Zero Mission Zeela sprite.png|Sprite (Zero Mission).
==References==
ru:Зила
Category:Species
Category:Zebes
Category:Kraid's Lair
Category:Chozodia
Category:Wrecked Ship
Category:Brinstar
Category:BSL
Category:Sector 5
Category:Wall-crawlers
Category:X
Category:Recurring Species
Category:Arctic Creatures