Metroid Arm Cannon Replica Looks Like It Came Right Out Of The Game
A Metroid fan has modified a replica arm cannon to achieve peak performance by adding extra light and sound effects straight from Metroid Prime. Metroid Prime 4, the currently unreleased sequel to the popular sub-series, has gone for months without any official updates, but fans are still holding out hope for news of the game to arrive soon.
In the first Metroid Prime game, Samus finds herself exploring the planet Tallon IV in search of Meta Ridley, discovering the highly dangerous substance known as Phazon in the process. The game proved to be hugely popular, and now five Metroid games bear the 'Prime' name. These include the three main Prime games, as well as Hunters andFederation Force, although it must be said that Federation Force failed to live up to the popularity of its predecessors. Nevertheless, the Metroid Prime games as a whole were well received by fans. As such, they were the inspiration for an array of merchandise, which included a replica of the Metroid franchise's most iconic weapon, the Arm Cannon.
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Now one fan has taken one of these replicas and modified it, in order to make their Arm Cannon as close to Samus' own as possible. Reddit user Psychosolver posted a video of their finished project, which shows the Arm Cannon run through all four of the main beam modes from Metroid Prime: Power, Wave, Ice, and Plasma. Each mode is accompanied by its own color of LED lighting and appropriate sound effects, and can be quickly swapped between via a keypad hidden inside the Cannon. This is in stark contrast to the original, which only replicated the basic Power Beam.
Psychosolver has said that they wish to keep improving on the current version in
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