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WARNING: This headline contains fanon.

Since the game's release about 22 years ago, the Metroid community has been in the dark on these very strange creatures from Metroid II. The creature I am talking about are those annoying things that drop out of the ceiling as you traverse SR388's main caves. Unfortunately, no official artwork of them has ever been released, and there is no known official name in any guides or texts. The closest thing we ever got is the Japanese strategy guides which refer to them as "rock icicles," (stalactites) even though they resemble creatures, so it's really difficult to understand the mentality of that particular naming convention.

A long while ago, after some brief discussion between myself and CapCom, it was decided that we will name the creature Yodare, which is the Japanese word for drool. The somewhat silly but appropriate name was decided because it fits with the naming convention of Metroid creatures - most of which are derived from puns on Japanese words.

When trying to decipher the details of the sprite, it's quite difficult to make out what's going on. A lot can be left to interpretation. So when Rundash approached creating the Bestiary artwork, he began by concepting out a few sketches that you can see below:

I chose the things I liked about them, favoring more other-worldy aspects and less crustacean and non-threatening ones. I gave a few more suggestions and then he made a few more sketches:

In the end, we decided on this for the final look:

We hope you enjoy the Yodare entry in the Bestiary. It is probably the most attention anyone has ever given the creature in 22 years.

--Infinity's End