

In multiplayer, this knocks back enemies, which can be useful for keeping enemies away. Weavel's Affinity Weapon is the Battlehammer, which lobs powerful balls of green energy in an arcing motion to the targets. If he defeats Samus, he will take one of her Octoliths, and she will have to track him down and defeat him in order to reclaim it. In terms of single player, Weavel, like all of the other Hunters, appears randomly in certain areas throughout each planet to combat Samus, but he is first encountered by her in the Echo Hall during the first escape on Alinos. Space Pirates in Brinstar during the manga. In a later interview, he stated that Weavel would be a more important character in a second remake of the original Metroid if one were to be made. Initially, Vorodi declined to clarify the discrepancy, leaving the question of when Samus and Weavel fought in Brinstar a secret. This occurs on her first visit back to Zebes while working with the Galactic Federation, several years before returning during her Zero Mission.

The only known instance of a normal Space Pirate fighting Samus on Brinstar prior to Hunters occurs in Metroid: Volume 1, Chapter 6, when Samus tricks two Pirates into following her under diving Skrees, which mortally wound the pursuers. However, no Space Pirates are witnessed in Brinstar in the latter games (although they are present in a room there in an early Zero Mission screenshot), and the manga was never officially released outside of Japan. The only times Samus had been to Brinstar before Hunters were in the Magazine Z manga and Metroid/ Metroid: Zero Mission. The Hunters guide states that Weavel's intentions are unclear, whether he intends to keep the Ultimate Power for himself or give it to the Space Pirates.Ī passage in Nintendo Power, the Hunters strategy guide and comments from Richard Vorodi indicate that Samus and Weavel first crossed paths in a battle in Brinstar, where he was stationed. Weavel, like Samus Aran and Sylux, has a ship used for transport however, it is only seen in preview artwork and briefly glimpsed in a cutscene upon entering the Oubliette, as well as a small image on a page the February 2006 issue of GamePro. Since then he has become a bounty hunter for the Space Pirate forces. The Space Pirates installed what was left of his body into a robotic shell with life support systems and weaponry, including an energy scythe. His only hope for survival was an experimental procedure in which his body was fused with a mobile life support system. Only his brain and spinal cord still functioned. He was left for dead after a battle with Samus Aran in Brinstar. Weavel was a powerful Space Pirate warrior from a special unit.
