Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Guide 2004 · Action adventure Box art Nintendo GameCube box art for Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. Guides At a glance Characters Quick answers Pictures At a glance Three useful starting points Focus What to know Stay inside light fields Dark Aether’s atmosphere drains energy until the Light Suit removes that danger. Use the opposite beam for ammo Destroying suitable containers with one special beam helps replenish the other ammunition type. Scan before the fight ends One-time enemies and bosses may disappear from a completion run.
Key characters and their roles Character Role At a glance Samus Aran Bounty hunter Investigates Aether and recovers stolen equipment. U-Mos Luminoth guardian Explains the planetary crisis and directs the temple mission. Dark Samus Phazon rival A recurring opponent with its own motives. Ing Dark-world inhabitants Possess creatures and oppose the return of planetary energy. Luminoth People of Aether Their lore and keybearer clues explain the lost civilization. Emperor Ing Final dark-world guardian Protects the last energy inside the Sky Temple.
Four-player split-screen multiplayer shows different beams and viewpoints. Samus aims at a hovering target inside a stone chamber. Samus fires a purple Dark Beam shot at a nearby target. Samus aims at a creature moving along a sandy cave floor. References 
Dark Aether survival and beginner tips
beam weapons, ammo and visor uses
temple order, guardians and major upgrades
key characters, factions and guardian roles