Metroid Zero Mission - The Mechanical Madness - Chapter 8 - (GBA)
1Congratulations, you've done it! Or have you?
Mother Brain
Location: Tourian
Attacks: Eye laser, Gun turrets, Circle projectiles
Weakness: Missiles/Super Missiles to the open eye
You'll face Mother Brain in a corridor very similar to the original Metroid and Super Metroid's encounters. While Mother Brain sits idly in the glass chamber the only defense it has are the gun turrets firing small laser beams everywhere and the circular projectiles, but the frantic and chaotic nature of those weapons makes it difficult to avoid them. Try your absolute best to avoid falling into the lava pool as it's a complete pain trying to get out of it with projectiles raining down.
You've only got two blocks to stand on so it will get tricky. Like in Metroid and Super Metroid you'll need to crack open the glass chamber around Mother Brain to inflict mortal damage to the brain itself. Use Missiles firstly to break apart the glass, you'll want to keep your Super Missiles to damage the brain. Avoid the projectiles as best you can and keep firing at the glass. Eventually huge cracks slowly creep over the glass before it shatters completely, exposing Mother Brain. Don't be too cocky now as Mother Brain stills has a trick up its sleeve (even though it's just a brain).
Upon exposing the brain a huge single eye will open up and stare blankly at you. This is Mother Brain's ultimate weak point as you can't damage the brain, only the open eye. Quickly switch to Super Missiles and fire a single shot into the eye (you'll need to crouch while standing on one of the blocks to line up with it). As soon as you clear off a successful hit, jump up on top of the gun turret on the right wall, as Mother Brain will flash blue before unleashing a huge plasma blast straight across the screen; you don't want to be in its path. Every time Mother Brain unleashes a blast the eye will remain open for a few seconds more, use this time to fire another Super Missile into it.
Always remember to jump up atop the gun turret to avoid the eye's blast, and don't worry about the circle projectiles as the Screw Attack will protect you (plus they drop energy/ammo refills, very handy). Keep this pattern up and you'll crush this menace in no time. But watch out in Hard mode as Mother Brain's attacks pack far more damage, and staying out of the lava is an absolute necessity.
Following the tactics mentioned above should suffice on Hard, but avoiding Mother Brain's attacks and defenses is far more critical. Upon dealing the final blow Mother Brain will erupt along with the two gun turrets. The screen will then promptly tell you to evacuate immediately as a timer appears. This ain't over yet.
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