▁Space ▁Pir ate ' s ▁High ▁Command . ▁His ▁most ▁prominent ▁feature ▁is ▁his ▁gro tes qu ely ▁o vers ized ▁bel ly . ▁First ▁appearing ▁in ▁the ▁original ▁Met roid , ▁he ▁is ▁the ▁first ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁mini - b oss ▁du o ▁along ▁with ▁R id ley . ▁In ▁Super ▁Met roid ▁he ▁appears ▁in ▁his ▁giant ▁form , ▁two ▁screens ▁tall ▁and ▁almost ▁a ▁screen ▁wide . ▁Met roid : ▁Zero ▁Mission ▁ret con ned ▁his ▁size ▁and ▁appearance , ▁showing ▁he ▁did ▁not ▁grow ▁between ▁games . ▁He ▁was ▁also ▁sl ated ▁to ▁appear ▁in ▁Met roid ▁Prime ▁as ▁a ▁b oss ▁in ▁the ▁Ph azon ▁M ines , ▁with ▁a ▁metal ▁d ome ▁covering ▁his ▁head ▁and ▁blue ▁Ph azon ▁ve ins ▁on ▁his ▁bel ly , ▁but ▁was ▁removed ▁due ▁to ▁time ▁constraints . ▁K raid ▁also ▁makes ▁an ▁appearance ▁in ▁the ▁background ▁of ▁the ▁Br inst ar ▁Dep th s ▁stage ▁in ▁Super ▁Sm ash ▁B ros . ▁Me lee ▁and ▁Super ▁Sm ash ▁B ros . ▁Ult imate ▁where ▁he ▁period ically ▁slash es ▁and ▁rot ates ▁the ▁stage . ▁ ▁Space ▁Pir ates ▁A ▁host ile ▁group ▁known ▁as ▁, ▁or ▁, ▁serve ▁as ▁the ▁ant agon ists ▁of ▁the ▁Met roid ▁series . ▁They ▁are ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁" inter stell ar ▁nom ads " ▁res emb ling ▁hum ano id ▁re pt iles , ▁insect s ▁or ▁cr ust ace ans , ▁who ▁pl under ▁colon ies ▁and ▁ships ▁and ▁exist