Torizo

TORIZO

As Samus works her way down, like any other game, her progress will be marked by statues of the Chozo people who raised her, most often yielding up a new ability to help her move on to the next section. This trained expectation will work against Samus and the player as she approaches what looks like an ordinary statue, only for it to get up and start attacking her.

This is called a Torizo, a mini-boss that appears two times across Super Metroid, one a regular statue and one made of gold. They appear to be regular Chozo statues, but are programmed to come to life and attack if anyone approaches them.

As a fighter, they will be big and moderately slow, though with powerful strikes as though each attack was performed using solid stone. Their moveset will pull from their two battles across the game.

Likelihood rating: Probably not.