The Ice Spreader is difficult to find. It is in a room called the Shore Tunnel in Magmoor that has a glass case. Use the Power Bombs in the glass tube. The tube will shatter, and the Ice Spreader is directly below.
Hints
Finish the game with a 74% or less completion percentage for the normal ending sequence. Finish the game with a 75% to 99% completion percentage to view an alternate ending sequence. Finish the game with a 100% completion percentage to view the best ending sequence.
Endings are based on percentage in this game, not on time, so relax and enjoy the scenery. The percentage itself actually refers to the items pickups in the game. Scanning and the Log Book aren't counted in that percentage.
Below 75% - Samus leaves the exploding Impact Crater, calls her ship in, and hops on top of it before the whole Artifact Chamber blows. She stares at the wrecked chamber for a moment, and the scene cuts as she's about to remove her
helmet. End credit roll. Samus' Gunship flies away from Tallon. Congratulatory screen showing Samus with a victory pose and percentage.
75%-99% - Samus leaves the exploding Impact Crater, calls her ship in, and hops on top of it before the whole Artifact Chamber blows. She removes her helmet and stares at the wrecked chamber for a moment, then departs. End credit roll. Samus' Gunship flies away from Tallon. Congratulatory screen showing Samus with a victory pose and percentage.
100% - Samus leaves the exploding Impact Crater, calls her ship in, and hops on top of it before the whole Artifact Chamber blows. She removes her helmet and stares at the wrecked chamber for a moment, then departs. End credit roll. Samus' Gunship flies away from Tallon. Congratulatory screen showing Samus without a helmet in victory pose and percentage. Cut to a scene of a undulating blob of Phazon. A black and red metal hand bursts from the Phazon. An alien eye looks around from the back of the hand.
Hard mode
Successfully complete the game to unlock hard mode.
Fusion costume on Prime
Note: This trick requires Metroid Fusion and the Game Boy Advance and a link cable. Successfully complete Metroid Prime and save the game. Connect both games with the link cable to unlock Samus' Metroid Fusion costume.
Original Nes Metroid on Gamcube
Note: This trick requires Metroid Fusion and the Game Boy Advance and a link cable. Successfully complete Metroid Fusion and save the game. Connect both games with the link cable to unlock the classic NES version of Metroid.
Fire Missels faster
With the first gun equipped, rapidly press Y + A. As soon as the missile fires, the gun will switch back to beam weapon mode, but when you press Y again, it fires another missile. This can take down enemies in a shorter time, preventing them from having more attacks on you.
View Idle Animations
Want to see what the heroine of Metroid Prime does when she's not hunting Metroids and Space Pirates? Don't touch your controller for a few seconds and Samus will start to relax her posture slightly, then opens a flap on her Power Blaster and fiddles with the controls.
Hint
Any beem for blue doors. Wave beam for purpil doors. Ice beam for white doors. Plasma beam for red doors.
