Morph Ball: Difference between revisions

|image=[[File:Morph Ball (Echoes).png|150px|Samus's Morph Ball as seen in ''Echoes''.]]

|caption=The curious Morph Ball, from ''[[Metroid Prime 2: Echoes]]''

[[File:Morph Ball mpp Model.png|left|The Morph Ball model from Pinball]] The '''Morph Ball''', known as '''Morphing Ball''' in ''[[Super Metroid]]'', is [[Samus Aran|Samus Aran's]] alternate form. When using the Morph Ball, Samus is transformed into a one meter diameter metallic sphere. This allows her to travel through tight passages into which she would normally not be able to fit. Using various modular upgrades, its abilities can be extended. Other creatures and [[Bounty Hunter|hunters]] can use systems similar to Samus's Morph Ball.

Samus is in possession of the Morph Ball at the beginning of ''[[Metroid Prime (game)|Metroid Prime]]'', but she loses it when a wall of fire causes her to hit the wall of an elevator on the [[Frigate Orpheon]]. Samus acquires it again after defeating a large group of [[Beetles]] and one [[Plated Beetle]] in the room known as the [[Ruined Shrine]] located in the [[Chozo Ruins]]. It functions the same as in previous installments, with the addition of the unlockable [[Boost Ball]] and [[Spider Ball]] features and the ability to lay [[Power Bomb|Power Bombs]] after the corresponding upgrade has been found.

Samus has possession of the Morph Ball throughout ''[[Metroid Prime Hunters]]''. Samus is also able to gain the use of other bounty hunters' alternate forms, which all function similarly to the Morph Ball.

Samus keeps possession of the Morph Ball throughout ''[[Metroid Prime 2: Echoes]]'', even when the [[Ing]] swarm over her, stealing most of her upgrades. The Morph Ball functions in the same manner as in ''Metroid Prime'', including the use of Bombs, the Boost Ball, the Spider Ball, and Power Bombs.

[[File:Spider Ball m2 Screenshot.png|thumb|left|Samus using the wall-clinging [[Spider Ball]], an [[upgrade]] stacking onto the Morph Ball]]

When Samus is injected with a [[Metroid (species)|Metroid]] vaccine at the beginning of ''[[Metroid Fusion]]'', she loses all her abilities once again, including the Morph Ball. The Morph Ball is located in the [[Main Deck]] and can be obtained by defeating [[Arachnus X]]. The Morph Ball is once again upgraded by the Morph Ball Bomb and the Spring Ball, now known as the Jumpball.

*The original ''[[Metroid (game)|Metroid]]'' named the Morph Ball "Maru-Mari", which is simply a transliteration of its Japanese name, まるまり ''marumari''. This is derived from the verb 丸まる ''marumaru'', meaning "to roll into a ball".