Has anyone noticed the similarity between a flying wasp and a flying aerotrooper
Look.


When they are vertical, they look exactly like aerotrooper.

Here is an aerotrooper:



I believe these were inspired by wasps.

The Aerotrooper in that shot looks like what a KiHunter looks like... LOL...

But yes, Retro and Nintendo used real creatures to base their own on. The Space Pirates, especially, were supposed to be based on insects. Ever seen a Prime Space Pirate's head? Looks and is structured like an ant's face.

:huh: I always thought they looked like lizards... <_<

Isn't that from Prime 2? Anyway, they looks similar.

I have noticed that Space Pirate varities look alot like insects. That is a very good comparison. They look the same in many aspects.

They did in Prime one. They kinda did in Echoes. But in Corruption, they made them look reptilian. Why did they change them? I like the wiry, insect-like frame...

I'm a fan of the bulky, backwards-jointed leg "Lizard" design, personally. Also, there's no doubt that the similarities were intended. Nintendo based most Pirates off of insectoids. XD

Which is exactly what I said...

Meh, he's Glass Pirate. He can do things like that.

but the ones on the frigate were reptillian like

Well, there's obviously been a mixture between the two...

ALL the ones in prime were reptilian like.

and i think they made the ones in corruption more lizardy to show resemblance to ridley, in a way.

and waitasec!

look!

theres something controversial in that pic!

there is a metroid being used as a power source in that pic!

isnt that what the space pirates were trying to accomplish in the other games?

so, does this mean........dread?.......

Ha! I looked at that and that was the very first thing I thought too!

The Aerotroopers all looked very different in each of the Prime games, and all of them were annoying...

I can see the insect-like resemblence in what was described though. When I first caught the thread topic, I figured this was about commonalities in all the War Wasp and Aerotrooper designs.

Three words:
IN
SPIR
ATION.

'Nuff said.

I remember when Space pirates used to be bugs.....

Personally, I belive it may be possibly what you say, because the space pirates/science team are always exploring new ways/harvesting/learning about these creatures on newly discovered planets for warfare use. They must have saw how effective War wasps were and remodeled the Aerotrooper Jet packs to allow them to be just as effective.

brb ice beam

I think that aeropirate was a concept art for how the Ki-Hunters would have looked like in Metroid Prime, and they where infact going to use the Metroid as a power source.

But as with Kraid they didn't have enough time to set them into the plot :unsure:

Man, That's cruel to use metroids as power sources! Even for those life-sucking parasites!
And yes, It does look like it. But war wasps more likely.

The reason they changed the space pirates to reptiles in MP3, was because they wanted them to be cold-blooded. LOL JK

ah I know that wasp any where...thats a Tarantula hawk wasp. I thought the prime one pirates were more like a cricket then an ant.

Space pirates look a lot cooler in the prime seies than in the sidescrollers, dont u think?

:metroid: :metroid:

Please dont bump! Sorry for minimodding but I suggest you dont bump anymore or the mods will sick the metroids on your arse.

ok first of all, i'm sorry but i have no idea what bumping is, and second of all, please stop harassing me!, if you don't want me to do something i would very much appreciate it if you asked me kindly, and i am sorry if i make a lot of mistakes, i am a new member.

Okay you should have said that to one of my latest posts. I am sorry for whatever I am doing it is just most of the time I have no idea what you are saying.

it just seems that lately, if i make a post and check back an hour lately you are telling me not to do something, and there are a lot of other people misspelling and spamming smilies, its not just me, but it seems that way when all of my posts are followed by you telling me not to "bump" or go -_- or something.
its not really your fualt but it is kinda anoying

My most sincere apologies. I will do better.

thanks, and what IS bumping??