Rocky cave

The rocky caveNintendo Power volume 95, pg. 61: "From the start point at the ship in Crateria, go left into the rocky cave then down to the main elevator leading to Brinstar, which is marked by the number one." is a significant room in Crateria. It made its first appearance in Super Metroid, although chronologically it is first seen in Metroid: Zero Mission.
==Description==
The rocky cave consists of an uneven horizontal tunnel, with a pair of natural rocky shafts extending downward on the left and right sides. The rocky cave is found directly to the left of Samus's Gunship, and proves to be essential in traveling between Crateria's landing site, Tourian's escape shaft, and Brinstar's Corridor No. 1.
==Connecting rooms==
===Zero Mission===
*Landing Site (via Blue Door)
*"Transport to Tourian" (via Green Hatch)
*"Weed-filled hall" (via Blue Door)
===Super Metroid===
*Landing Site (via Blue Door)
*"Tourian escape shaft" (via Blue Door)
*"Crateria Save Station" (via Blue Door)
*"Final Missile Bombway" (via Blue Door)
*"Pre-Map Flyway" (via Red Hatch)
*"Flyway" (via Blue Door)
*"Fungal slope" (via Blue Door)
==Inhabitants==
===Super Metroid===
*11 Geemers
*2 Rippers
*17 Sbugs (first visit)
*3 Skrees
==Official data==
===Metroid: Zero Mission: The Official Nintendo Player's Guide===
;210 CLIMB AND CONQUER (pg. 76)
:"After you emerge from the shaft, you'll still have a good distance to cover before you're free and clear. Jump onto the planet's natural ledges to reach the surface level, then blast through a series of walls as you run to the right."
;276 RETURN TO TOURIAN (pg. 89)
:"Your item-collecting travels will take you to Tourian next. Run left, blasting barriers as you go, then drop through a long natural shaft and use a Super Missile to break through a green hatch. Continue left to the Tourian elevator."
;281 BEGIN AGAIN (pg. 91)
:"Climb up the rock shaft, move right and detonate a Power Bomb at the reddish boulders. You'll carve a path to Brinstar - where you started your adventure."
==Trivia==
*Much like Crateria itself, the rocky cave did not appear in the original Metroid but was included in the Zero Mission remake, strengthening its continuity with Super Metroid.
*In Zero Mission, if the Green Hatch just outside the Tourian elevator is opened with a Super Missile during the escape sequence, the hatch will remain green until opened again. Only then will it remain blue.
*Although the room itself did not appear in the Super Smash Bros. games, 4-2DASSYUT in the Adventure Mode for Super Smash Bros. Melee was partly modeled after this room.
==Gallery==
MZM Rocky Cave Escape.gif|Samus escaping the rocky cave in Zero Mission
Rocky cave full view - Metroid Zero Mission.png|The full rocky cave in Zero Mission
SM Rocky Cave Sbugs.gif|Sbugs in Super Metroid
SM Rocky Cave Door to Tourian.gif|The door to old Tourian in Super Metroid
SM Rocky Cave Geemers.gif|Geemers in the rocky cave in Super Metroid
SM Rocky Cave Escape.png|Samus escaping the rocky cave in Super Metroid
ParlorAndAlcatraz.png|The room, as seen in SMILE.
==References==
Category:Rooms
Category:Crateria