Post by Masahiro Sakurai on Feb 10, 2022 18:18:32 GMT 10
In Metroid Prime's opening sequence, Samus responds to a distress signal from a Space Pirate frigate. Onboard, she discovers that the pirates had been genetically modifying creatures there, and were slaughtered by them once they became out of control. This culminates in a boss battle against a Parasite Queen, which inspired Super Smash Bros Brawl's Frigate Orpheon stage. After the boss fight concludes, the Parasite Queen falls into the Reactor Core, forcing Samus to flee the ship before it explodes, because of course it explodes. For this duel, you too will be escaping Frigate Orpheon!
While Samus Aran can open doors by simply shooting them (don't try this at home), it won't be as easy for you. You'll need to race through the various rooms of the frigate by solving combination locks. For the uninitiated, these are mathematical and logical puzzles that, when solved, give you a number combination. When you begin the challenge, you'll receive a puzzle and a link to a board. The puzzle's combination will be the password to the board, where you'll find the next puzzle and link.
An example puzzle is below.
- Digit A is 6
- Digit B is half of Digit A
- Digit B and Digit D are the same number
- Digit A plus Digit C equals 10
The answer is 6343.
In the hints, Digit A is the first number in the combination, Digit B is the second number and so on. Note that not all puzzles will have four digits; the images housing the puzzles will have a number of slots at the top corresponding to the number of digits in that puzzle.
You will follow the boards until you come to the finishing image, which lets you know that you've successfully escaped the frigate. you will then post into your mini-games thread in your confessional, to stop the clock.
The fastest time(s) will survive The Ring and, if applicable, select a team to return to. The loser will go down with the ship and be eliminated from the game.