Crateria Secret Route

This entrance marks the route from Crateria back into Chozodia.

Drop back down and continue left and you'll enter a secret route connecting to Crateria. You can now explore the other areas for any power-ups you happen to miss. To get back to Chozodia, use the space jump to reach the upper right side of Crateria. There's a yellow door there that must be unlocked with a power bomb. Detonate a power bomb and move back into Chozodia.

Some Remaining Optional Hidden Items

The route back into Chozodia contains more power-ups. Move to the right until you drop down into a small recess. Shoot the left wall with missiles to expose a power bomb tank. You can now head back to Crateria to return to previously visited areas or bomb the floor and return into Chozodia.

Return to the lower left section of Norfair near the map room. Drop down into the lava there (the gravity suit protects you). Shoot a missile at the floor on the left side of the bottom of the screen to open a route. Bust your way through to the door on the bottom left.

Grab this power bomb tank after returning to Chozodia through Crateria.

The gravity suit protects you against this lava in Norfair.

You must be quick to snag this missile tank!

Move up the next room and find a well-protected missile tank on the right side of the cavern. You must move underneath the missile tank, bomb the floor then quickly shoot a missile at the block under the tank. You'll drop down. Quickly return and grab the missile tank before the block reappears.

Move to the left and drop down onto the first ledge on your left. Shoot the wall on the left side with missiles to open a route. Destroy the blocks and squeeze through the tunnel. Work your way up through the lava and find a power bomb tank at the top.

Return to Tourian and mother brain's former domain. Use a super missile to destroy the block inside and find a power bomb tank as your reward for thorough exploration.

There's also a missile tank in Tourian to the left of mother brain's location. There are speed blocks in the room. Detonate a power bomb to see their location. Return to the long hallway previous to mother brain (where those circles hung out) and gain your speed booster. Charge it by ducking upon then move into mother brain's lair. Aim at the speed blocks and then jump and hit left to speed through to a hidden room at the far left. Drop another power bomb to clear the blocks hiding a missile tank.

Chozodia Boss Battle - Mechanized Ridley

Blast the metal Ridley at its weak spot with your super missiles.

When you have finished exploring all areas, return to Chozodia and move to the upper right portion of the map to find the final boss battle against the mechanized Ridley. The creature's weak spot is at its heart. Fire a collection of super missiles at the area to defeat the beast quickly. Avoid Ridley's swipe as you score successive hit against the weak area.

Defeating the beast activates a self-destruct mechanism. You now have five minutes to get off of the space pirate mother ship. Exit Ridley's room to the left. In the next room, blast the block near the ceiling and roll through to the other side.

Continue to the left and find the closed security door. Drop a power bomb to open a hole in the ceiling. You can also bust it open with missiles and use bombs to clear the way. Continue left through another tunnel.

You're now near the mother ship's front screen. Bomb the floor and drop down. Proceed to the left then maneuver back underneath the pillar to the right. Battle the space pirates as you follow the path up and down the ledges (use space jump to navigate).

Use your morph ball to traverse the tunnel going left. Hop up and go through the door. Drop down and enter the door at the bottom. Bomb your way through the tunnel and continue to move to the right. Ascend the next shaft to the top door on the right. Drop down into the next large chamber and use space jump to navigate up and around the maze-like corridor.

Drop down on the right side and find the door. Cross the catwalk and move through the tunnel in morph ball form. Drop to the hangar entrance. Defeat the space pirates and the hangar door opens. Hop into the alien ship to make your escape!