Who is Kraid?

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    A video going over the second, or maybe third, best space pirate and all the different iterations and appearances regarding him! Id like to give thanks to RAID for the sponsorship, its been a couple of though years and the support helped keep me focused on the channel and entertain you guys.
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    Chapters
    0:00 - Cold Open
    0:34 - Add
    2:18 - Intro
    3:44 - Kraid in Metroid games
    9:46 - Kraid in Dread
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    14:53 - Other Games and Media
    18:05 - Books and Ending
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    Alcatraz 2 - Bomberman 64: The Second Attack
    Digital Strider - Megaman Battle Network 6
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  • @TheOrpheon
    @TheOrpheon  ปีที่แล้ว +28

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    • @zazabi75572
      @zazabi75572 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      youtuber moment

    • @Kakaragi
      @Kakaragi ปีที่แล้ว +11

      BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Why Raid?!

    • @zazabi75572
      @zazabi75572 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Kakaragi give him a break jeez

    • @HDGamerofficial
      @HDGamerofficial ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Kraid Shadow Legends 😂😂😂

    • @Kakaragi
      @Kakaragi ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@zazabi75572 Raid sucks though

  • @adam145
    @adam145 ปีที่แล้ว +715

    I vote for the fake Kraid to be called Kraig.

    • @RandomGoji
      @RandomGoji ปีที่แล้ว +31

      I can agree with that with my soul

    • @noima13
      @noima13 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      It is decided

    • @_ch1pset
      @_ch1pset ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Seconded

    • @rileyallred3905
      @rileyallred3905 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Yes! Yes! A thousand times Yes!

    • @frederick0709
      @frederick0709 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Its a nice name but to fit with the japanese origins of the game's development prior to its western release. Fake Kraid could be called Nureido named in the english version as Fraid. Named after Kureido, Kraid's Japanese name and Nise the japanese translation for 'Fake'. It kind of fits in the same vein as how Wario from the Mario franchise is derrived from 'Warui' the japanese translation for Bad. Its nothing of a big change. But its a thought worth forgetting or bringing up for debate. IDK & IDC people are complicated and so is social media.

  • @mobgabriel1767
    @mobgabriel1767 ปีที่แล้ว +93

    kraid:*is in metroid dread*
    samus:how are you not dead?
    kraid:i have no idea!!

    • @Magnet_Chaos
      @Magnet_Chaos ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Kraid: Well you got me. By all accounts it doesn't make sense.

    • @tonyinfinite5174
      @tonyinfinite5174 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      late but serious answer it's another member of his race as apposed to being the Kraid you fight in the series

    • @lcoyle1998
      @lcoyle1998 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Kraid: *is in metroid dread*
      Samus: how are you still alive?
      Kraid: I've been asking that since Zero Mission...

    • @creepogameplays5007
      @creepogameplays5007 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Somehow Kraid returned

  • @GamingWithCalvin1
    @GamingWithCalvin1 ปีที่แล้ว +305

    I think the reason that Ridley's the leader instead of Kraid is because he's so much more maneuverable. Kraid probably can't fit in most space ships, and is only seen in the largest cave system rooms. He's also probably quite slow, and his size would probably make him a bit clumsy. As a Space Pirate, it would be essential for him to be able to steal and retrieve things, while realistically he would probably just break it.
    Ridley may be a tight squeeze in most space ships or cave systems, but he's fast, maneuverable, he took down Ceres all by himself and led the attacks on Zebes and K-2L, he was able to retrieve the baby metroid and bring it all the way back to Zebes without breaking the tank until he got to norfair despite his claws and large size, and he can fly in space.

    • @AlRoderick
      @AlRoderick ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Right, Kraid is a big heavy tank, but if you're a space pirate, as in you raid and steal space ships for a living, how often is Kraid going to be useful in the day to day operations?

    • @glacierwolf2155
      @glacierwolf2155 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      The Space Pirates are fatphobic. Kraid was definitely the kid picked last in space dodgeball.

    • @takanara7
      @takanara7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You don't need to be small and maneuverable to be a commander. I mean, out of alien species there are probably some the size of rats, by your logic they would make "better" space pirates.

    • @johnloehrjr6300
      @johnloehrjr6300 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      It’s also largely Ridley’s intelligence that would give him the leadership position over Kraid. Kraid is intelligent himself as a leader, but Ridley has both leadership and technological prowess.

    • @Hajiroku
      @Hajiroku ปีที่แล้ว +22

      From what I remember they mention that Ridley is highly intelligent. So it might be less of a durability thing and more of a tactician thing. Who is strong and smart vs who is the strongest. Power isn’t everything.

  • @dcbandit
    @dcbandit ปีที่แล้ว +137

    I took Ridley being a leader above Kraid more to do with his intelligence than ability, as I don't think Kraid could beat Ridley in chess, if you get what I mean. Also, I think Kraid might be the name of the species rather than the name of that particular member, and he might fit into the group as more of a giant monster the Space Pirates captured and use against threats.

    • @draculactica
      @draculactica ปีที่แล้ว +30

      *ridley sighs, exasperated* "for the last time, kraid, you can't replace your lost pieces with fingernails"

    • @tylercoon1791
      @tylercoon1791 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Ridley isn’t called the _cunning_ god of death for nothing

    • @syweb2
      @syweb2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Kraid is definitely intelligent enough to be considered Ridley's _comrade._ He may be big, but he's not a dumb beast.

    • @purpledragon1945
      @purpledragon1945 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Agreed. Ridley is definitely in charge due to his intelligence

    • @LostSoulSilver
      @LostSoulSilver ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I'm now imagining Kraid and Ridley on a huge table in a dark room, playing chess with incredibly dramatic and tense expressions
      "Ah, you beat me again Ridley!!!" Then they start fighting over the table knocking everything off

  • @dmansuperich2800
    @dmansuperich2800 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    I'm laughing so hard at the Captian N comic about Ridley being a judge and Kraid being in jail. That's hilarious and I want to see something just as ridiculous like Ridley and Kraid doing a jailbreak together.

    • @MrDibara
      @MrDibara ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The most Resident Evil-esque jailbreak ever and I would pay *money* to see that happening. 🤣👌

    • @demi-femme4821
      @demi-femme4821 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Ridley doing a jailbreak would probably less funny and more *TV-MA*

  • @tonilarios
    @tonilarios ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I wonder if Kraid is more brawn than brains and THATS why Riddley takes the cake because his case reminds me of THE BLACK DRAGON in Mortal Kombat where you have members with magic powers, supersonic speed and the ability to control ground based elements and earthquakes but the leader is some australian crook with a cyber eye and an army knife.

  • @weirdalexander8193
    @weirdalexander8193 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    My take on the space pirate chain of command. Mother Brain is the strategist, Ridley commands the main armada, and Draygon and Phantoon specialize in water combat and fear tactics respectively. Kraid? Kraid is heavy weapons guy. You need to blow a hole in something, his troops are who you call. Now I’m picturing him eating a comically large sandvich.

    • @weirdalexander8193
      @weirdalexander8193 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Kraid: I fear no man, but that THING (early super missiles), it scares me.

    • @icedaggersfoth
      @icedaggersfoth ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@weirdalexander8193 you get the intended super missiles before kraid
      (unless zero mission)

    • @thebossthusiast1960
      @thebossthusiast1960 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I never considered Draygon a space pirate, more of a shellfish trying to raise a family in the depths of Maridia. Then again, her statue is in the Tourian statue room, so I guess she is a space pirate...

    • @LocalSUFan
      @LocalSUFan 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Someone please make an animation of Kraid as Heavy, I need this in my life NOW!

    • @RacistCeilingBird
      @RacistCeilingBird 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And Crocomire is their puppy

  • @greenhat8978
    @greenhat8978 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    I always thought Kraid's role in the space pirates was not one of leadership but more of an enforcer of sorts, Ridley I always thought was more like the planner, schemer, and strategist; while kraid is definitely muscle but not mental.....
    Also in dread we've seen clones several times before, and a genetic memory sort of thing could easily explain his hatred for Samus on sight.....(or he could just be enraged from being in prison there for years and anything remotely looking like a chozo pisses him off.... or maybe that one's just gone feral from Hunger or something)

    • @RacistCeilingBird
      @RacistCeilingBird 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He is mad because his bellybutton is infected

  • @DeepWeeb
    @DeepWeeb ปีที่แล้ว +38

    There's a very odd detail about the fact that as mentioned on the video, Fake Kraid in Super Metroid serves as a gag to remind players of the first game how tall Kraid used to be in the original NES game vs. how big he is on the SNES. However in the GBA remake they omitted Fake Kraid entirely and they retconned Kraid to have always been a giant, so essentially the fake went from a red herring to a non sequitur from a "canon" stand-point
    *Not that it really matters since it's not like a lot of people are playing Zero Mission instead of the NES game on their Switch*

  • @glacierwolf2155
    @glacierwolf2155 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    I believe that the reason why Kraid appeared in ZDR is because he's a clone of the original Kraid created by Quiet Robe at the behest of Raven Beak via remaining DNA and samples. Raven Beak probably went to Zebes in search of Metroid DNA, but only found Kraid DNA before Zebes was blown up, and probably tried to make the best out of a bad situation.

    • @MrDibara
      @MrDibara ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Makes sense. 🤔 Raven Beak *_did_* make an incursion to Zebes at some point, after his initial genocide of SR388, so I guess he thought he could repurpose whatever he found there into a bio-weapon.
      However, given the place where we find the Clone Kraid and the event depicted in that one Chozo Memory... *I think it's safe to say the poor space croc was deemed a failure.*
      I mean, Raven Beak _did_ repurpose him as an obstacle for Samus, but... THE POOR CLONE IS LITERALLY *HANGING OVER LAVA,* with only a measly crane and two cords keeping him up!
      It's like Raven Beak was ready to just drop him and be done with him at a moment's notice! _Poor clone...!_ :'(

    • @KraidTheSpacePirate
      @KraidTheSpacePirate ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I know the answer. But I won't spoil the mystery.

  • @bombman554
    @bombman554 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    I have a personal theory about Kraid after playing Dread, that is that he joined the Space Pirates to hide from the Mawkin by avoiding a leadership position and taking a defensive role to stay hidden, only after the first Metroid game does he learn that the Chozo have disappeared does he take a more offensive role

  • @KidPrarchord95
    @KidPrarchord95 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    11:04 I agree that it's a different being on ZDR, but there's actually no proof that the OG Kraid died in Super Metroid. In fact, he's the only boss in the game that we don't actually see die on screen. He just burrows underground, still very much roaring and flailing but clearly not dead. He could have easily fled the planet.

    • @TheOrpheon
      @TheOrpheon  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Other M/Fusion confirmed that Ridley is essentially dead alongside everything on Zebes, (MoM is a clone and Neo is an X that absorbed its remains) which Dread does treat as canon considering the ending screens.

    • @KidPrarchord95
      @KidPrarchord95 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@TheOrpheon Just because it's the case for Ridley doesn't necessarily mean it's the case for everything else. I don't see any reason why Kraid couldn't have simply left Zebes if he wasn't actually dead (which, as it stands, isn't really confirmed one way or the other). Given that he's a Space Pirate, one can assume that he's more intelligent than just being wildlife, and thus it is not too far fetched to also assume he'd leave the planet (or, at least be recovered by other pirates).
      Phantoon is another boss in the game that we never actually saw die, and he was able to return later. (Granted, he's a bit more of a special case than Kraid, but it's still a bit of evidence) Every other space pirate leader that doesn't appear again, we actually saw them die or at least sustain serious injury (Ridley is torn to shreds, Mother Brain collapsed into dust, Dragon's stomach explodes), but Kraid and Phantoon both just flee from battle, relatively unharmed.
      I don't remember Other M or Fusion ever specifying that anything on Zebes other than Ridley and MB, and maybe some wild life, were completely eradicated with the planet's destruction, but even if they did, the Federation has often been wrong or actively lied about things being dead.
      tl;dr: Kraid is probably dead, but out of everyone else barring Phantoon, he has the most plausible evidence pointing towards his potential survival.

    • @carnage0685
      @carnage0685 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@KidPrarchord95 This. Considering how early Kraid was defeated in Super Metroid, and how he didn't die on screen, he definitely could have recovered from his defeat and got in a ship and made it off the planet before its destruction.
      Also Phantoon is basically a fucking eldritch horror. It can 'die', but there's really no way that thing can be permakilled. If there's any villain from the previous games that can still appear in a Metroid game, it's honestly probably Phantoon.

  • @17302629
    @17302629 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I have always been a big fan of Kraid. Fusion was the first game I played, and I fell in love with Ridley immediately. However when I played zero mission for the first time as a kid and came across Kraid, I had goosebumps, and still do every time I fight the big guy on any game. I have always felt he is underrated, and wanted him to return in the series for over a decade. Was beyond thrilled to fight him again in Dread. Love ya Kraid.

  • @GarryDumblowski
    @GarryDumblowski ปีที่แล้ว +5

    One thing I like to imagine is that Kraid is the head of the infamous Science Team from the lore in Metroid Prime, the same ones that folded a bunch of pirates in half by shoving them into prototype Morph Balls. What portrays the image of recklessness and stupidity for the sake of power better than a giant spiky dinosaur?

  • @firestarex3544
    @firestarex3544 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    There is a much better and more believable theory for Dread Kraid being the same Kraid: The possibility that there are other Mawkin groups that were off of ZDR at the time of the X infection. It seems kind of dumb to me that this proud and expansive warrior race would have only one planet under their belt. So, while all of the soldiers on ZDR were infected, there may have been a few smaller groups off-planet. These extra troops would have been able to pick up Kraid and chain him. I prefer this theory because I like to think of Kraid as an individual, like Ridley. That, and also the glare he gives Samus. Plus, his gnarly mouth in Dread gives the appearance that it's been blasted with missile barrages at least a couple times in the past.
    On a side note, with Dread giving Kraid popularity again, here's hope for his inclusion in Prime 4. Come on, Retro, you know you want to do Meta Kraid!

    • @KidPrarchord95
      @KidPrarchord95 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I think the monster on ZDR glaring at Samus is more to do with him recognizing the Chozo armor than the one wearing it.

    • @firestarex3544
      @firestarex3544 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@KidPrarchord95 My problem with that theory is, at the canon time Samus fights Kraid (with the Varia Suit), it really only has a passing resemblance to Mawkin Armor.

  • @dis_inferno9173
    @dis_inferno9173 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Kraid is a buddy of Ridley and together they are incredible team.

    • @LostSoulSilver
      @LostSoulSilver ปีที่แล้ว +4

      They're like the Wario and Waluigi of space

    • @sonicANDtailsfan157k
      @sonicANDtailsfan157k ปีที่แล้ว +1

      But unlike the real ones, this teams "Waluigi" is a playable character in Super Smash Bros.

  • @spyderspinneret
    @spyderspinneret ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Ridley has the title "cunning god of death" (maybe) and kraid constantly exposes the only part of his body that can be harmed by roaring.
    I think there's good reason ridley is higher up the chain.

  • @danothemano5438
    @danothemano5438 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Bio weapons are a reoccurring theme in the series. Maybe kraid is the perfect example of when a bio weapon gets out of hand for the series. The pirates have one, the chozo have one…
    Definitely a fun battle for players, for when they are not at full power.

  • @GamingWithCalvin1
    @GamingWithCalvin1 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    Kraid didn't necessarily have to have gone to Zebes and back in between the chozo archives and Dread. It's possible that Raven Beak wasn't the only survivor of the X outbreak and that he managed to get some of his Mawkin brethren off world or into stasis chambers(I mean, Quiet Robe survived and he wasn't even a warrior), and then they captured Kraid afterwards. As for what HAPPENED to those Mawkin... either Kraid killed them, or Raven Beak decided to be a complete dick while opening up Elun and let the X parasites eat them while they were still on the surface.

    • @nemopouncey3827
      @nemopouncey3827 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      kraid was probably human once.
      a regular guy who got in a lab incident.

    • @GamingWithCalvin1
      @GamingWithCalvin1 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@nemopouncey3827 There's a different smaller Kraid in Super Metroid you see before the big fella, so I doubt that.

  • @Springsman
    @Springsman ปีที่แล้ว +174

    We asking "who is Kraid" but nobody asks "how is Kraid"

    • @toamatoro570
      @toamatoro570 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      I'll do you one better. Why is Kraid?

    • @ninjapotatolorf6237
      @ninjapotatolorf6237 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Probably not well, considering all the rockets to the face

    • @glacierwolf2155
      @glacierwolf2155 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      "How is Kraid?"
      Knowing that he was poked by the big pointy sticks wielded by anthropomorphic bird people, chained up in a giant hottub of super-hot magma, then got gobbled up by little flying gummy blobs, probably not that well.

    • @Phodie56
      @Phodie56 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Kraid: "I'm not good, bro. Not. Good."

    • @LostSoulSilver
      @LostSoulSilver ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@toamatoro570 Why is Kraid? They found him bathing in the acid magma during a planet visit and he just asked to join their music band

  • @funkythor6457
    @funkythor6457 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Kraid is such an underrated boss that needs to appear in more games, not as much as Ridley of course, but only in three games is not enough. If he appears in Prime 4 that would be great

    • @nascour5991
      @nascour5991 ปีที่แล้ว

      prime 4 that's funny game doesn't really even exist

    • @storm_shadow-2107
      @storm_shadow-2107 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What are you talking about? Prime 4 has been in development for several years now. It’s slated to release on the Switch if everything goes accordingly.

    • @nascour5991
      @nascour5991 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@storm_shadow-2107 far as I care it doesn't exist all we've ever seen is the game logo

    • @storm_shadow-2107
      @storm_shadow-2107 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dude just because no gameplay has been shown doesn’t mean that Metroid Prime 4 doesn’t exist. That’s like saying UV radiation doesn’t exist because you can’t see it with your eyes. Prime 4 is real and being developed behind closed doors. You can deny it all you want but that doesn’t change the fact that Prime 4 is very much real.

    • @Kanny64
      @Kanny64 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@storm_shadow-2107 prime 4 is probably like Pikmin 4, no gameplay, no showcase, just wait until it's finally confirmed.

  • @corrinflakes9659
    @corrinflakes9659 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The cinematic added for rewarding sequence breaking was so cool. Metroid Dread 100% deserved the Best Action-Adventure award.

  • @MachoManMatthewSavage
    @MachoManMatthewSavage ปีที่แล้ว +4

    IMO Kraid is a race and the Kraid from SM2 is not the same Kraid in Dread. This also explains the smaller Kraids and resolves some inconsistencies in the cannon.

  • @gebis8515
    @gebis8515 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I wonder if there’s an alternate universe where the developers named Ridley’s buddy Scott instead of Kraid

  • @Spykitty358
    @Spykitty358 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Although i gotta Agree Kraid can be a bit of a pain, Ridley has always been that boss who always beats me consistently on my first run in every Metroid Game with him in it, it even happened in Smash Bros before i unlocked him. I've always found Ridley a bit harder to deal with when it's your first time because of how much damage he tanks and how much he can dish out. Also Kraid probably isn't the leader because he's far too big for the conference table. Space Pirates we're probably lucky enough to accommodate room for Ridley but Kraid would likely set them back a lot.

  • @woodbox5812
    @woodbox5812 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great video as always Orpheon, I really enjoy the more comedic editing. In terms of Kraid The reason why I think he’s not a leader of the space Pirates is because Ridley fights smarter not harder, Ridley is actually tactical about how he attacks and uses strategy instead of just walking towards the enemy like a brick wall.

    • @TheOrpheon
      @TheOrpheon  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks, im glad you enjoyed the video, I tried extra hard to add a bit more humor so im happy to hear it worked.
      I know Ridley is the leader cause brains, just thought a little roast to him was funny tbh.

  • @thesuminer
    @thesuminer ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Im very curious to see where Samus' story will go from Dread. There are numerous options available. She has done a couple things to upset the federation but they are frankly mostly minor things, then there are also her new powers, which I assume are currently just being suppressed.
    What I would love to see for the next major arc be Samus learning how to harness and control her new powers, while conflict breaks out between the Federation and the Krikken Empire.

    • @TheOmegazerox
      @TheOmegazerox ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I once had an idia that could have ben used for after fusion. This was before dread. My idia was a game called metroid renagade. Samus is an outlaw due to her dstruction of the research station and is shot down on an alian world. Addam is downloaded in a chip and is inside Samus armor like Cortana in halo acting as a partner to Samus. Like uther games she starts with basic armor and abillities due to damage from being shot down. Bounty hunters armed with replicated chozo tech hunt her and she can dowload the tech of beaten hunters. She also has to deal with the planet's hostile alian !life.

  • @wasoha
    @wasoha ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I personally like to think of Kraid(s) as the Rancors of the Metroid universe. A species of less intelligent large beasts kept by the pirates, technically part of their faction but not really a ranking member, with them having kept more than one of them over the years. Useful for security and enforcement. Explains Kraid's nebulous position within the pirates, why there are multiple specimens on different planets and in multiple sizes, and why a kraid would not be the leader.

  • @TheMissingLink2
    @TheMissingLink2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    In the game data for Metroid NES, there is an unused Fake Ridley enemy sprite as well. It is fully functional. Seems it was intended to be in-game but did not make the cut.

  • @JurassicReptile
    @JurassicReptile ปีที่แล้ว +9

    3:33 just for future reference that dinosaur is pronounced Die-Non-O-Kiss

    • @TheOrpheon
      @TheOrpheon  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks, I just went off what Text-to-speech said … and my accent was getting in the way

    • @sboinkthelegday3892
      @sboinkthelegday3892 ปีที่แล้ว

      America needs to adopt Kanji already so we can write it 死のの喫 and have better chances of ever pronouncing it right, than by manhandling Roman letters into those existing words in this futile attempt at phonetics by example. Or just learn to write IPA. Or just learn to pronounce Latin. OR actually have words in English invented, like it's, what, a real language that you CAN learn?
      Until then Canadians and Fonzie just have to keep saying A and AAAAA, respectively.

    • @ZenoDLC
      @ZenoDLC ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sboinkthelegday3892 It would be something like 死のんお傷 though
      The main problem lies in how English is non-phonetic, a can be a, ei, e, etc.

  • @siren-nate6565
    @siren-nate6565 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Crazy idea, but what if Kraid and Raven Beak had some kind of history together? The Mawkin clan captures him, he escapes to help on Zebes twice in a row, escapes the planet's destruction (we never actually see him die, just sink into the ground), and with the Space Pirates basically finished after Super, decides he has nothing left to lose and takes one last stab at settling his score with Raven Beak by going to ZDR himself, and ends up captured again. Or, hell, Raven Beak might have sought out capturing him again because he figured if there was anybody that could give him information on Samus, it would be a Space Pirate commander.
    Yeah, it's stupid, it's contrived, but there's something so fascinating to me about the idea of Kraid having this unseen relation to Raven Beak because his backstory's a blank slate. Especially since that would mean he technically finally got his revenge when the X-Parasite hosting his DNA infected him at the very end of Dread, creating RB-X. After all, X-Parasites absorb the memories and knowledge of their prey - so that X would have taken in the years of torture and imprisonment Kraid suffered at Raven Beak's hand, saw the Mawkin emperor weakened, and taken the opportunity to seal his fate.

    • @carnage0685
      @carnage0685 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fucking love that idea, honestly. Kraid doesn't seem to be super bright, but he does definitely display basic sentience. There are probably a lot of humans that are less intelligent than Kraid is.

  • @kraid4208
    @kraid4208 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Kraid kinda handsome

  • @Harbluia
    @Harbluia ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Man I can't wait for Crocomire's return to the series 5 years from now.

  • @italiantingle7100
    @italiantingle7100 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    9:18 I struggled to kill Kraig in zero mission meanwhile I killed Ridly in literally 20 second on the first try, just by going under him and spamming missiles

  • @AlexHLSB97
    @AlexHLSB97 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I never knew Kraid lore went so deep.

  • @ChuckNorrisGOAT
    @ChuckNorrisGOAT ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Kraid: "I kid you not, Ridley, he turns himself into a pickle, he's called Pickle Rick, funniest thing I've ever seen"

  • @renaissent
    @renaissent ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just gotta say, love the choice of music. The Mega-Man Starforce soundtrack(s) were all total bangers and fit surprisingly well in a video lightheartedly talking about Metroid games.

  • @Galactusperson
    @Galactusperson ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Kraid is one of my favourite characters in Metroid. I believe Kraid is a species that was trained by the space pirates to be a biological weapon. I once thought that mini Kraid was a baby and the big Kraid is the mother.

  • @myleswelnetz6700
    @myleswelnetz6700 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I think the reason why Kraid doesn’t rank as highly as Ridley in the space pirate hierarchy is because he takes up WAY too much space.

  • @myleswelnetz6700
    @myleswelnetz6700 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The bulkiest enemy Samus has ever faced.

  • @gfkgrgrkm
    @gfkgrgrkm ปีที่แล้ว +4

    completely forgot there was a mini Kraid in Super Metroid, time to replay that game again

  • @adambrumovsky3982
    @adambrumovsky3982 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I hope Kraid comes back in prime remake

  • @pkmnrangermirkat
    @pkmnrangermirkat ปีที่แล้ว +3

    To y’all younger gamers. Please play Metroid. All of it. Especially the latest 2D version of everything. Serious epic franchise and a big part of gaming history

  • @myleswelnetz6700
    @myleswelnetz6700 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Kraid was always a big man, but it just looks like he put on some weight between Metroid Zero Mission (2004) and Metroid Dread (2021).

  • @JRiley187
    @JRiley187 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Kraid's lair still remains one of my all time fav video game tunes

  • @red-em7yc
    @red-em7yc ปีที่แล้ว +2

    you subtle breaking of expectations with the SpongeBob joke deserves an applause

    • @lyndi26
      @lyndi26 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was looking for someone to pick up on this reference

  • @ianoliver2224
    @ianoliver2224 5 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    One theory is that Raven Beak had tabs on Samus the entire time and captured Kraid after his defeat on Zebes in Super Metroid. And chained him in Cataris as a test for Samus to awaken her Metroid abilities.

  • @PrinceT-RexSpinoMasterStudios
    @PrinceT-RexSpinoMasterStudios ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Ah yes, my favourite Metroid Spinoff - Kraid Shadow Legends.

  • @kamakuragaming
    @kamakuragaming ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Imagine if there is a Metroid game where the Kraid species is found out by the federation and decides to send Samus to go kick their ass but decides to have a cloned baby metroid help her on the mission, but then after defeating the emperor Kraid, a baby Kraid hatches but decides to find a hiding spot, and when you find it, it sees you as a non-threat and at the end you give it the federation to study the species and use it for good uses

  • @Xavier-vj1yn
    @Xavier-vj1yn ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The implementation of the small Kraid implies that Kraid can reproduce and is actually not the name of an alien but rather the name of a species, which is why he appears in multiple games.

  • @fernando98322
    @fernando98322 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for mentioning Nintendo Land. Lowkey the best part of the game, and to this day is still the only Kraid fight in 3D. If you played in multiplayer, a grounded player could grapple beam Samus's ship controlled with the GamePad and then try to do some damage to Kraid that way... Felt awesome af

  • @Myurridthaekish
    @Myurridthaekish ปีที่แล้ว +3

    They always ask "Who is Kraid?"Never "How is Kraid?"

  • @Inferno144
    @Inferno144 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Look, Gary! There I am!

  • @pacoramon9468
    @pacoramon9468 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Makes no sense for Kraid to not be the original in Dread comsidering how angry he was with Samus.

  • @myleswelnetz6700
    @myleswelnetz6700 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Speaking of which, come to think of it, what exactly did Raven Beak have planned Kraid in Metroid Dread?

  • @andarudesandstorm1135
    @andarudesandstorm1135 ปีที่แล้ว

    It was great to see Kraid in Metroid Dread after all these years and it would've been interesting to see how Kraid would've moved/fought in Metroid Prime. I hope the next Metroid game has Crocomire in it!

  • @wolfgod6443
    @wolfgod6443 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    9:57 So, does that mean that Fake Kraid finally evolved into regular Kraid?
    It is funny that Kraid is one of the few boss monsters in the series that is proven to be part of a species rather than some unique specimen.

  • @RoseSupreme
    @RoseSupreme ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Is it weird that I want him in Smash? Somebody made a video of how he could work in Smash. He'd basically be like an in-between of his small Metroid NES size and his canon massive size, dethroning Ridley as the biggest character in Smash. It genuinely makes it feel like you're playing as a legit boss like the brief moments you could play as Giga Bowser and that one time as Master Hand.

  • @ShawndaPrawn
    @ShawndaPrawn ปีที่แล้ว +1

    (Metroid Dread)
    Samus: It can't be! Kraid?!
    "Kraid": What are you talking about? My name's Craig.
    Samus: Oh...sorry.

  • @MrDibara
    @MrDibara ปีที่แล้ว +1

    *Smug Samus is something I didn't know I needed until this video.*
    These new sprites of hers were... ✋😌👌

  • @bajgon
    @bajgon ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i think kraid(s) is a species ,used by say ridley and last boss in dread as a way to slow down samus. meaning its not the same kraid in the games but different speciments of the race known as kraid

  • @Thechozochampion
    @Thechozochampion ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I like to think that Space Pirates are like the Orcs from LOTR, they reproduce themselves by cloning or by reclouting diferent races and species but respond only to their leader

  • @mr.cereal599
    @mr.cereal599 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    15:00 in Nintendo Land, you can also damage Kraid from the inside kinda like you can in Metroid Dread. If you play with 2 players, a Gunner can grapple onto the gunship, then jump inside Kraid's mouth and shoot his weak point from inside his belly.

  • @x-celsius5905
    @x-celsius5905 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I also feel like the kraid in dread is a different monster because by that point in the timeline, kraid had likely been eliminated for good when zebes exploded in Super Metroid. And that's just another point to what you already said, which made perfect sense.

  • @odio3965
    @odio3965 ปีที่แล้ว

    4:24
    This reminds me of where a comedian was talking about having a pet bear. Not a big one mind you, but a small one like the size of the cat, this way when it tries to maul you, it won't be that big of a deal.

  • @TheSpook313
    @TheSpook313 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    His lair has the coolest theme ever.

  • @PhoenixianThe
    @PhoenixianThe ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Personally, I wonder if the reason Space Pirate head honchos keep coming back is a bit of biotech and forks. Even the Federation uses brain uploads to backup important personnel (Adam) so it wouldn't be much of a stretch if the Pirates went a step forward and just... didn't wait for the whole "death" part of that. Two clones of the same individual, sharing the same memories. The fork of Kraid on ZDR gets captured before the one of Zebes, but the two still share memories until the latter dies. It could even mean the fake Kraid we see on Zebes is just a smaller, more mobile body for Kraid to do things that don't involve being huge and nigh-invulnerable.

  • @user-xg6nn2qs3f
    @user-xg6nn2qs3f 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    7:27 a Juvenile variant of Kraid's species. Going on a limb here that saying Kraid's kind are perhaps called Kralds.

  • @MewtwoExMasterMusic
    @MewtwoExMasterMusic ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Never clicked so fast

  • @pacoramon9468
    @pacoramon9468 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    16:50 That Ridley looks more like a geonosian.

  • @ianoliver2224
    @ianoliver2224 6 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    I love the art you made of smug Samus. She’s really cute!

  • @myleswelnetz6700
    @myleswelnetz6700 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    5:38
    “That’s not my wallet.”

  • @Omacron2104
    @Omacron2104 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Watching this while everyone in the house is still asleep, as soon as Kraid sounded like TFS' Super Lord Kami Guru i died laughing lol

  • @KittStargazer
    @KittStargazer ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I totally never realized that Ravenbeak's transformation had him combine with Kraid.

    • @ImMeztid
      @ImMeztid ปีที่แล้ว

      bruh srsly?

  • @ScharfCast
    @ScharfCast ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I will forever love the
    “Just in time” jokes

  • @LostSoulSilver
    @LostSoulSilver ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wait, Crocomire was part of the Space Pirates too?? All this time i thought Samus just coincidentally stumbled into a tunnel to space hell and fought their planet's version of Satan himself, with no correlation with Ridley of Kraid

  • @lunatic0verlord10
    @lunatic0verlord10 ปีที่แล้ว

    6:20 Reminds me a lot of the wallet scene from SpongeBob, except the Man-Ray stand in is the one at fault.

  • @g.f.martianshipyards9328
    @g.f.martianshipyards9328 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A Kraid fight in 3D would be epic.

  • @alvarostockle
    @alvarostockle ปีที่แล้ว

    Lo hice, vi todos los videos de Orpheon en tres semanas. No sé cómo no conocía este canal antes considerando que Metroid ha sido mi franquicia favorita desde al menos el 2005!

    • @ImMeztid
      @ImMeztid ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Gracias usuario aleatorio, ahora me dieron ganas de hacer lo mismo.

    • @alvarostockle
      @alvarostockle ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ImMeztid La verdad no es tanto jeje estoy acostumbrado a hacer eso cada vez que descubro un canal que me gusta, y The Orpheon fue uno de los más rápidos.

    • @TheOrpheon
      @TheOrpheon  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Muchas gracias por el apoyo. Espero que los videos por venir puedan entretenerte igual que estos.
      Estoy considerando hacer uno que otro video no relacionado a Metroid, pero ten por seguro que siendo mi franquisia favorita sigure planeando mas videos.

  • @matiasortega8478
    @matiasortega8478 ปีที่แล้ว

    Funny how the boss that is always repecented as a fat lizard is the one who guards the speed boost upgrade in zero mission

  • @aegisbreak2578
    @aegisbreak2578 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The fact that your BGM of the video had me vibing made me laugh. Great vid!

  • @the_godbodor7026
    @the_godbodor7026 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ridley and William Afton, both purple people who kill others for fun and never seem to die. Next we’re gonna find out Vanny is actually Samus or something.

  • @myleswelnetz6700
    @myleswelnetz6700 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    4:00
    The grey area.

  • @princesscadance197
    @princesscadance197 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Patrick Man Ray parody was great.

  • @backyarddad4198
    @backyarddad4198 ปีที่แล้ว

    As super metroid shows us, kraid is a species. Samus encounters 3-4 kraids. The zero mission one is the one from dread, although the nes one having two can increase that, but the super one was the brood mother.

  • @explosionpills
    @explosionpills ปีที่แล้ว

    If I’m not mistaken, Kraid was originally supposed to be huge, and Ridley was supposed to look like a dragon, but with the technical limitations on the NES, they couldn’t achieve what they wanted until the SNES came around.

  • @matteliah3029
    @matteliah3029 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love you how your editing is already top notch yo. Keep it ⬆️

  • @nicholaslogan6840
    @nicholaslogan6840 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I remember this guy from Donkey Kong 64

  • @Trueknightofblades
    @Trueknightofblades ปีที่แล้ว

    I figured the Mawkins went to SR-388 looking for the Metroids after Samus wiped the space Jellyfish out, which is why the X managed to infest them. And since Samus took the Baby Metroid from there almost directly to Zebes for Super Metroid, perhaps the Mawkins caught or cloned Kraid after Super, but before the fateful mission to SR-388 that doomed their people.

  • @matthewl3002
    @matthewl3002 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think the reason Kraid is so recognizable is because Kraid’s Lair is so recognizable

  • @midwestshoreangler9127
    @midwestshoreangler9127 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Mogenar is a massive 3 eyed, first major boss that has projectiles coming from his hands and weird stuff happening with his torso. Kraid is a massive 3 eyed, first major boss that has projectiles coming from his hands and weird stuff happening with his torso. Kraid is from bryyo and mogenar is the closest thing to Kraid in the prime trilogy and no one can change my mind.

    • @TheOrpheon
      @TheOrpheon  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lets not forget, Bryyo’s dominant species are the Repitilicus, humanoid reptiles. They may not look like Kraid but yet another similarity

  • @amanofnoreputation2164
    @amanofnoreputation2164 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "I don't know it was a cool design and everything but I don't quite by that he was a pirate."
    Kraid: * rises out of lava *
    "THE ONE PIECE IS REAL!"
    * slides back into lava and dies again *

  • @aidenmb7932
    @aidenmb7932 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Wdm Kraid in dread makes plot issues. It's clearly fake Kraid making his upgraded debut

  • @johnleonard9102
    @johnleonard9102 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I firmly believe Kraid is a species rather than one beast.

  • @klaptrap1131
    @klaptrap1131 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Bro kraid needs to grow that sick hair for the next game

  • @SGTsiete
    @SGTsiete ปีที่แล้ว

    For a second I thought it said: "How is Kraid?" And you know what? I hope he's doing okay.

  • @0TanookiSuit0
    @0TanookiSuit0 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think Kraid is the same one as in Super Metroid. I believe that the Chozo Warriors' design in Dread is based on the deceased hunter in front if Kraid's room in Brinstar. Gray power suit with a few glowing lights. I think this implies these Chozo warriors were on planet Zebes during Super Metroid and captured Kraid for prisoner transport after Samus defeated him, hence the battle scars and instantaneous reaction of hatred upon seeing Samus again in Dread.

  • @justan324
    @justan324 ปีที่แล้ว

    Another thing. In prime 3, we see three eyed lizard ppl on the planet bryyo. I’ve heard theories that kraid was a member of said race maybe a mutant version

  • @takanara7
    @takanara7 ปีที่แล้ว

    If you have like 2 or 3 etanks in Metroid one, you can literally just run right into Kraid and plug him with misses as fast as possible - he'll die before you run out of energy.