So... how does that morphball thing really work?

***Cosmonautical*** · 03-09-2008, 04:55 AM

Seriously, I want to know. I mean, does it displace samus in a dimensional rift or what? Craziness.

The morphball is one of those awesome abilities that wouldn't be included in a game series created today because it can't be explained by use of modern science.

Post your best explanations here.

***The Doctor*** · 03-09-2008, 09:38 AM

I always thought that she would crouch down, which would activate the suit's armour to turn/transform in a sphere shape.

How to figure out where you would be going and stuff like that always got me.

***Cosmonautical*** · 03-09-2008, 11:10 AM

Talk about getting dizzy.

Wasn't there a log in one of the Prime games, where the Space Pirates reported trying to use morphball ability had resulted in death?

***CaptHayfever*** · 03-09-2008, 07:49 PM

I remember when Echoes came out, one of the fake sites Nintendo made for publicity was about a lab trying to develop a "military battle sphere." I can't remember how detailed it was anymore, though, and the site itself, Orbis Labs, has since been taken over by some professional photographer.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

***Cosmonautical*** · 03-09-2008, 09:02 PM

That sounds pretty awesome, Capt. I wish I would've seen it.

***Saria Dragon of the Rain Wilds*** · 03-09-2008, 09:17 PM

Well, I tend to accept unrealistic ideas in things like videogames, mostly because they don't need realism to be fun

But if you want to pretend we can explain it, however equally unrealistic this shall be, I would suggest that much in the way physical teleportation would separate an object into its individual molecules, the suit Samus wears would then compress her "free-floating" cells into the ball until the time to reform her. And she controls her movement with psychokinetic powers. Definitely. o_________o

***Cosmonautical*** · 03-09-2008, 09:22 PM

I thought she controlled her movement based on lots of invisible midgets pushing her around.

***Saria Dragon of the Rain Wilds*** · 03-09-2008, 09:24 PM

It's possible. Invisible midgets she controls via telepathy?

However, I have reason to believe she just rams into things until she finds a way forward. Much like those auto-vacuum thingers.

***Cosmonautical*** · 03-09-2008, 10:21 PM

I was pretty certain she just told the midgets where she wanted to go. I mean, it doesn't have to be complicated.

***Saria Dragon of the Rain Wilds*** · 03-09-2008, 10:27 PM

How can she talk if she's compressed matter? HMM?

**Valigarmander** · 03-09-2008, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by McSARS DOUBLE SARS

Wasn't there a log in one of the Prime games, where the Space Pirates reported trying to use morphball ability had resulted in death?

Yes. The Pirate logs stated attempts to recreate Samus' morphball technique resulted in test subjects becoming horribly mangled.

***Cosmonautical*** · 03-10-2008, 06:11 PM

^^ Um, because her mouth isn't compressed? Also, the midgets have really good hearing.

^ Confirmed.

**Valigarmander** · 03-10-2008, 06:40 PM

^ Or at least that's as I recall it. I'm actually the kind of person who enjoys the story aspect of games, so I like to scan everything in all the Prime games.

Anywho, seeing as the Morph Ball is an artifact of Chozo technology and a part of Samus' Powersuit, it can be assumed it's some ancient Chozo power that nobody can comprehend as of yet. I think I remember reading an article on it somewhere. Something to do with replicating a natural Chozo ability with human Samus.

Kargath · 03-11-2008, 03:18 AM

"Science Team wisely decided to move on"

Wyborn · 03-11-2008, 03:21 AM

If the Prime games are any indication Samus turns into energy with no definite density or volume.

***Cosmonautical*** · 03-11-2008, 04:52 AM

I was thinking ^that. The chozo were initially described as a defunct race, long transcended beyond the physical plane. This could be nearly related.

Kargath · 03-11-2008, 05:26 AM

Plus she has "chozo blood". That helps in a scifi world.

***Cosmonautical*** · 03-11-2008, 05:46 PM

I guess that helps, but they'd have to come up with some serious BS reason for it to mean anything. I completely forgot about the "chozo blood" thing. There's a lot more backstory to Metroid than I suppose most of us remember.

Daos · 03-11-2008, 07:25 PM

It doesn't help that people have made things up.

***Cosmonautical*** · 03-12-2008, 02:06 PM

Pretty much anything after Super Metroid is under skepticism just because it was made with different folks at the helm. From what I can see between Metroid II and Super Metroid, Fusion would not have been next in the series. That doesn't mean it's a bad game, but it's certainly a different style.

03-09-2008, 04:55 AM	#1
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	So... how does that morphball thing really work? Seriously, I want to know. I mean, does it displace samus in a dimensional rift or what? Craziness. The morphball is one of those awesome abilities that wouldn't be included in a game series created today because it can't be explained by use of modern science. Post your best explanations here.

03-09-2008, 09:38 AM	#2
*The Doctor* The Last Timelord. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: In the TARDIS Gender: Posts: 13,880 Thanks: 915 Thanked 656 Times in 426 Posts Blog Entries: 1	I always thought that she would crouch down, which would activate the suit's armour to turn/transform in a sphere shape. How to figure out where you would be going and stuff like that always got me.

03-09-2008, 11:10 AM	#3
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	Talk about getting dizzy. Wasn't there a log in one of the Prime games, where the Space Pirates reported trying to use morphball ability had resulted in death?

03-09-2008, 07:49 PM	#4
*CaptHayfever* Smash SuperMod Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: (n) - the place where I am Gender: Posts: 27,659 Thanks: 1,991 Thanked 2,486 Times in 1,513 Posts	I remember when Echoes came out, one of the fake sites Nintendo made for publicity was about a lab trying to develop a "military battle sphere." I can't remember how detailed it was anymore, though, and the site itself, Orbis Labs, has since been taken over by some professional photographer. And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

03-09-2008, 09:02 PM	#5
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	That sounds pretty awesome, Capt. I wish I would've seen it.

03-09-2008, 09:17 PM	#6
*Saria Dragon of the Rain Wilds* Admin "mine.. not yours. NO. MINE." Epic Ladynerd Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Forteresse de Valois Gender: Posts: 28,504 Thanks: 1,658 Thanked 1,820 Times in 1,042 Posts	Well, I tend to accept unrealistic ideas in things like videogames, mostly because they don't need realism to be fun But if you want to pretend we can explain it, however equally unrealistic this shall be, I would suggest that much in the way physical teleportation would separate an object into its individual molecules, the suit Samus wears would then compress her "free-floating" cells into the ball until the time to reform her. And she controls her movement with psychokinetic powers. Definitely. o_________o

03-09-2008, 09:22 PM	#7
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	I thought she controlled her movement based on lots of invisible midgets pushing her around.

03-09-2008, 09:24 PM	#8
*Saria Dragon of the Rain Wilds* Admin "mine.. not yours. NO. MINE." Epic Ladynerd Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Forteresse de Valois Gender: Posts: 28,504 Thanks: 1,658 Thanked 1,820 Times in 1,042 Posts	It's possible. Invisible midgets she controls via telepathy? However, I have reason to believe she just rams into things until she finds a way forward. Much like those auto-vacuum thingers.

03-09-2008, 10:21 PM	#9
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	I was pretty certain she just told the midgets where she wanted to go. I mean, it doesn't have to be complicated.

03-09-2008, 10:27 PM	#10
*Saria Dragon of the Rain Wilds* Admin "mine.. not yours. NO. MINE." Epic Ladynerd Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Forteresse de Valois Gender: Posts: 28,504 Thanks: 1,658 Thanked 1,820 Times in 1,042 Posts	How can she talk if she's compressed matter? HMM?

03-10-2008, 06:11 PM	#12
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	^^ Um, because her mouth isn't compressed? Also, the midgets have really good hearing. ^ Confirmed.

03-10-2008, 06:40 PM	#13
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,755 Thanks: 1,649 Thanked 5,700 Times in 2,580 Posts Blog Entries: 20	^ Or at least that's as I recall it. I'm actually the kind of person who enjoys the story aspect of games, so I like to scan everything in all the Prime games. Anywho, seeing as the Morph Ball is an artifact of Chozo technology and a part of Samus' Powersuit, it can be assumed it's some ancient Chozo power that nobody can comprehend as of yet. I think I remember reading an article on it somewhere. Something to do with replicating a natural Chozo ability with human Samus.

03-11-2008, 03:18 AM	#14
Kargath et in Arcadia ego Join Date: Jul 2001 Gender: Posts: 8,334 Thanks: 1,226 Thanked 780 Times in 488 Posts	"Science Team wisely decided to move on"

03-11-2008, 03:21 AM	#15
Wyborn Zelda Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: All over the place Gender: Posts: 12,388 Thanks: 87 Thanked 469 Times in 281 Posts	If the Prime games are any indication Samus turns into energy with no definite density or volume.

03-11-2008, 04:52 AM	#16
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	I was thinking ^that. The chozo were initially described as a defunct race, long transcended beyond the physical plane. This could be nearly related.

03-11-2008, 05:26 AM	#17
Kargath et in Arcadia ego Join Date: Jul 2001 Gender: Posts: 8,334 Thanks: 1,226 Thanked 780 Times in 488 Posts	Plus she has "chozo blood". That helps in a scifi world.

03-11-2008, 05:46 PM	#18
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	I guess that helps, but they'd have to come up with some serious BS reason for it to mean anything. I completely forgot about the "chozo blood" thing. There's a lot more backstory to Metroid than I suppose most of us remember.

03-11-2008, 07:25 PM	#19
Daos Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Earth Gender: Posts: 6,228 Thanks: 146 Thanked 245 Times in 179 Posts	It doesn't help that people have made things up.

03-12-2008, 02:06 PM	#20
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	Pretty much anything after Super Metroid is under skepticism just because it was made with different folks at the helm. From what I can see between Metroid II and Super Metroid, Fusion would not have been next in the series. That doesn't mean it's a bad game, but it's certainly a different style.