Yellow Hatch

:This article is about doors that can only be opened with Power Bombs. For other uses, see Yellow Door (Disambiguation).
Yellow Hatches, also known as Yellow Doors, are a type of Door that appears in Super Metroid, Metroid: Zero Mission, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes and Metroid: Samus Returns. They can be destroyed by Power Bombs; once unlocked, they turn permanently into Blue Doors and do not need another Power Bomb to open again.
==Metroid: Other M==
In Metroid: Other M, there are creatures called Desbrachians, which are initially seen as dome-like objects and act as Blast Shields that require Power Bombs to "open". The explosion actually awakens the bioform and it removes itself from the passageway. The door remains locked until the creature is defeated. These doors typically block access to expansions, but one also blocks access to the BOTTLE SHIP Residential Area. They are referred to as on page 165 of the Japanese Nintendo Official Guidebook for Metroid Other M. The English Metroid: Other M Premiere Edition simply refers to these doors as a circular hatch (before the post-credits sequence) and a hatch (after its Desbrachian is removed).
==Official data==
===Super Metroid manual===
;YELLOW DOORS
:"Super Bombs open Yellow Doors."
===Super Metroid Nintendo Player's Guide===
;DOORS AND GATES: A HOW TO
:"The yellow-orange doors will open if Samus detonates a Power Bomb in the room."
===Super Metroid GamePro Strategy Guide===
;Orange Gates
:"Blow up Orange Gates with the Power Bomb."
===Metroid: Zero Mission manual===
;Yellow Hatches
:"Only Power Bombs can open these doorways."
===Metroid Prime 2: Echoes scan===
"There is a Blast Shield on the door blocking access.Analysis indicates that the Blast Shield is invulnerable to most weapons. A Power Bomb may damage it."
===Metroid: Samus Returns Official Guide===
;INHABITANTS & ECO SYSTEM OF SR388 - DOORS (p. 26)
:YELLOW DOOR
:"Yellow Doors are much rarer than their counterparts, but they're also the hardest to open. Their shields are incredibly strong, requiring the most powerful of weaponry to open them--Power Bombs. Anything less and the yellow shielding remains completely unmoved."
==Development Data==
In Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, the Yellow Hatch is internally named Missile Lock, an internal name shared with red, green, and purple hatches. 
==Trivia==
*In the original Metroid, a single Victory Techniques for Metroid pg. 171, as translated by Metroid Database can be found in Tourian. As Power Bombs did not yet exist, the door is opened with ten Missiles instead.
*Strangely in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, the Death Ball (obtained via hacking) can open a Yellow Hatch. This is most likely due to the damage properties of the Death Ball being similar to Power Bomb damage.
*In the Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Bonus Disc, an Orange colored square is present on the Map key but only labelled as ???, along with other colored squares. This is believed to be a beta version of the Yellow Hatch, as the other colors appear to represent hatches seen from the final game and a Green Hatch exists in the E3 Demo. The orange coloration resembles the color seen on the Yellow Hatches from Super Metroid.
*Like other Hatches, a Yellow Hatch in Super Metroid can be programmed to respawn via the use of SMILE.
==Gallery==
Orange and Purple Blast Shields.png|A Yellow Door in Metroid.
Yellow Hatch SM.png|A yellow hatch as seen in Super Metroid.
Yellow Hatch ZM.png|A yellow hatch as seen in Metroid: Zero Mission.
Zero Mission Yellow Hatch Mother Ship.png|Zebesian yellow hatch seen onboard the Space Pirate Mother Ship in Metroid: Zero Mission.
MSR Yellow Hatch.jpg|Metroid: Samus Returns
Landing Site Map (Echoes Demo).png|A possible beta Yellow Hatch (in orange) seen on the Map Key from the Bonus Disc.
Windchamber Tunnel Map.png|A Yellow Hatch seen on the Map from Echoes.
Echoes Yellow Hatch Model Hatch.png|Model of a destructible Yellow Hatch in Echoes.
Echoes Yellow Hatch Model Door.png|Model of the door underneath.
==References==
Category:Blast Shields
Category:Zebes
Category:Crateria
Category:Space Pirate Mother Ship
Category:Aether
Category:Torvus Bog
Category:Sanctuary Fortress
Category:Dark Aether
Category:Dark Torvus Bog
Category:Ing Hive
Category:Sky Temple Grounds
Category:Brinstar
Category:Norfair
Category:Agon Wastes