Now that Ptime 4 is confirmed, I was hoping someone could clear this up for me.
>>380796527
what's there to clear up? the thing you fought in prime 1 wasn't the only one
>>380796718
Metroids are not native to phaaze tho
>>380796527
Depends on which lore you follow. Nintendo prefers the internationalized one seing as they went out of their way to invent it but Retro obviously prefers theirs
It's intentionally left vague.
I doubt even retro themselves has a direct explanation.
The Laviathan that crashed on Tallon IV was at this stage in its development when a Metroid from the invading space pirate colony discovered it, sucked its life, and fused with it.
Prime 3 is one giant fucking retcon and it's better off being forgotten.