Fake Block shaft

The "Fake Block shaft" is a room in Metroid and Metroid: Zero Mission. In both games, it is the second room explored by Samus in Brinstar. It reappears in Super Metroid.
==Description==
 In the original Metroid and Zero Mission, Samus requires the Bombs before she can access the lower shaft as the floor is composed of Bomb Blocks, although she can shoot the blocks in the platform with the Wave Beam (in Metroid) or with aimed shots (in Zero Mission and Super Metroid). In Metroid, there are two more lines of midair blocks, but these do not have to be shot and Samus can simply step off them, while shooting through them to get back up.
===Metroid===
The shaft below has a Blue Door at the very bottom, directly connected to the elevator to Kraid's Lair. In Metroid, the shaft is very long and lined with multiple midair platforms, which are teeming with Zoomers and Geemers. There are also several Rippers and Ripper II flying beside some platforms.
In Victory Techniques for Metroid, Samus comes to this room after defeating Ridley first, and rolls in between the destructible blocks. Surprised by a Geemer, she lays a Bomb to destroy it, uncovering a hole in the floor in the process.
===Zero Mission===
===Super Metroid===
==Connecting rooms==
*Corridor No. 1 (via Blue Door)
*"Overhang corridor" (via Blue Door in Metroid and Zero Mission, Pink Gate in Super Metroid)
*Kraid Elevator (via Blue Door in Metroid and Zero Mission)
In Super Metroid, the elevator room is no longer accessible, and a new room with a Missile Tank and Chozo Statue is added adjacent from its former location.
==Inhabitants==
===Metroid===
*12 Zoomers
*4 Geemers
*8 Rippers
*2 Ripper II
===Metroid: Zero Mission===
*1 Zoomer (Normal and Easy modes)
*3 Geemers (4 in Hard Mode)
*2 Rippers
*7 Parasites (Hard Mode)
===Super Metroid===
*2 Zoomers
==Items==
;Missile Tank:Zero Mission only; on the very bottom ledge, Samus must lay a Bomb to reveal a Morph Ball launcher. This will fire her into the ceiling, which has the Tank.
==Official data==
===Metroid Prime: The Official Nintendo Player's Guide===
;BOMB AND DROP (pg. 130)
:"You may be tempted to blast through the blocks near the starting point as soon as you collect the Bomb upgrade, but you should wait until you have a few Energy Tanks, a good collection of Missiles and the Varia Suit. The shaft that you'll drop into leads to the lair of one of Zebes' most feared creatures - the spike monster, Kraid."
===Metroid: Zero Mission: The Official Nintendo Player's Guide===
;002 UNCOVER ENVIRONMENTAL SECRETS (pg. 27)
:"You can blast some blocks out of the way with your beam, revealing passages to new areas. Some blocks also buckle under your weight when you stand on them. After a block is gone, it may remain out of the picture as long as you are in the area, or it may reform over time.
:If your beam can't destroy a block but the block is bombable, a beam shot will reveal the block's weakness. As you collect more weapons, you'll gain the power to bust through more obstacles."
;067 HAVE A BLAST (pg. 43)
:"At the start of the game, you may have noticed a line of bombable blocks on the floor of a one-screen-wide room. Return to the room and use bombs on the floor to gain access to the area below."
;068 missile tank (pg. 43)
:"When you reach the bottom of the short shaft, jump to the rock formation on the left side and detonate a bomb. You'll fall into a depression that contains a launching device. Roll into its cup and plant a bomb. After the bomb detonates, you'll take off.
:The launcher will lift you to the top of the shaft, where you'll see a Missile Tank in a cove to the right. Press Right on the Control Pad while you drop to roll into the cove."
The passage from the Metroid Prime guide is used almost verbatim on page 108. The final sentence is changed to this: "The shaft leads to the lair of the spiked monster, Kraid."
==Gallery==
Fake Block shaft Victory Techniques for Metroid.png|Victory Techniques for Metroid
File:Fake Block shaft (small) - Victory Techniques.png|The room on a hand-drawn map in Victory Techniques.
File:Fake Block shaft (large) - Victory Techniques.png
File:Fake Block shaft - Metroid.png|Full view in Metroid.
File:Fake Block shaft - Metroid Zero Mission.png|Full view in Zero Mission.
File:Fake Block shaft - Super Metroid.png|Full view in Super Metroid.
ConstructionZone.png|The room in SMILE.
Category:Rooms
Category:Brinstar
Category:Rooms containing expansions in Metroid and Metroid: Zero Mission