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.
In-game reset
Hold Start + B + X for two to three seconds during game play.
NES Game Codes
With the classic NES Metroid game unlocked, enter the following passwords by pressing Z at the main menu with your GBA linked to your GameCube.
Start game with all power-ups suitless Samus: JUSTIN BAILEY ______ ______
Start game with suitless Samus: 000000 000020 000000 000020
Start game with infinite health, ammo, and upgrades: NARPAS SWORD0 0000__ ______
Debug Mode: BOMBS_MISSLE SCREW_ATACK
Hard Mode: 999999 999999 KKKKKK KKKKKK
How to make smoke come from the arm cannon
Tap the A button as much as possible for about 20-30 seconds and when you stop firing shots you should see smoke or a sort of heat haze come from the arm cannon.
Using Moprph ball bombs
If you are having trouble using the Morph ball bombs to boost yourself up try this: drop one bomb, then one second later drop another in the same spot, then the first bomb will boost you up. Then, about half-way up drop another bomb, then come back down and you will be boosted up, just in time to catch the explosion of the bomb you dropped in the air. The explosion of the floating bomb will boost you up even higher. It may take a while to get the hang of it, but keep trying.