Players have discovered a secret method of dispatching Kraid in Metroid Dread.
The series has long been known for its sequence breaking, where players acquire certain items and abilities earlier than intended to make the journey that little bit easier.
With Dread, though, it seems this particular secret has been specially implemented for players to discover.
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Some spoilers follow.
Kraid, a long-running adversary in the series, is the game’s second boss. He’s usually met long before Samus obtains the iconic morph ball bombs. However, acquiring them early provides access to a secret – and pretty messy – way of killing Kraid.