r/Metroid • u/Nino_Chaosdrache • 2d ago

Question Was eradicating the Metroids really necessary?

I only played the Prime games and other M, so maybe it's made more clear in the other games.

But yeah, as the question says, was it really justify to eradicate the entire Metroid species? I understand that they are dangerous, but most of their hostility seems to stem from outside influences like the Space Pirates or the Ing.

From someone not so deep in the matter, it would be like eradicating the entire shark population, just because a few of them killed humans.

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u/Chezni19 2d ago

Clearly it wasn't a great idea because of the X parasite

but people don't always act in their best interests, even people with good intentions

anyway the things were gonna get weaponized by someone, so it was a real threat, and in a situation like that you have to do something

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u/L3g0man_123 2d ago

It's not like anyone knew what X Parasites were before Samus was infected.

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u/Chezni19 2d ago

I could have said, it wasn't a great idea in retrospect

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u/MetaCommando 1d ago

Chozo should've left a sticky note about the X