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'''Samus''' ({{ja|サムス|Samusu}}, ''Samus'') is a playable character in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''. Initially teased in the then-unnamed ''Ultimate''{{'}}s announcement trailer, Samus was officially confirmed in the gameplay trailer on June 12, 2018 during E3 2018. Samus is classified as [[Fighter number|Fighter #04]].

 

Samus, alongside her [[Echo Fighter]] {{SSBU|Dark Samus}}, is ranked 15th out of 82 on the current [[tier list]], placing her at the top of the A tier. This is a drastic improvement over ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]'', where she was tied with {{SSB4|Robin}} at 36th/37th out of 54, and is her best placement in the series to date. This mainly comes as a result of Samus' dynamic moveset, improved from the previous games. Samus' main strength is her powerful far-range neutral game, combined with a decent close-range game as well. For her archetype, Samus possesses a highly sophisticated variety of attacks, ranging from [[Charge Shot]], one of the most powerful neutral specials in the game, to her quick, short and basic hard-hitting combos. She also carries the undisputed best shield pressure in the game for a zoner. Charge Shot is fast and covers wide distance when fully charged. Not only does it deal heavy shield damage, but when slightly charged, can set up for a combo, and when fully charged, can deliver a KO. [[Missile|Missiles]] is a projectile that allows her to easily force approaches, as it covers space wide enough to catch opponents in the air or spot-dodging, and it inflicts good shield damage. She provides an excellent air game, possessing among the strongest aerial attacks in the game, all of which are useful for combos or easy KOs. Samus has a good close-range neutral game for a zoner. Her forward aerial is one of the best anti-aerial attacks in the game, as it covers a lot of distance and also inflicts heavy damage and KOs at fairly high percents. She also possesses the longest tether grab of any character in the game in the form of [[Grapple Beam]], which allows her to easily punish opponents that are quick to approach her on the ground. Should opponents reach Samus up close, she can quickly punish and reset neutral with [[Screw Attack]], which has very high hitstun and knockback, allowing for an easy [[out of shield]] KO option at higher percents. Samus has an excellent recovery, with her slow falling speed, Grapple Beam, the great vertical and horizontal distance of Screw Attack, as well as [[Bomb (Samus)|Bombs]] providing minor boosts to her recovery and serving as a tool for recovery mixups as well. Finally, Samus boasts amazing survivability, with a very heavy weight and good recovery allowing her to survive until higher percents, which could sometimes give her [[Rage|rage]] for an extended period of time and allow her to eliminate opponents first.

 

 

Overall, Samus is an effective zoner that can quickly and easily deal massive amounts of damage, shield pressure, and secure stocks, while surviving to very high percents. Samus is a popular character in competitive play, and she has a low learning curve, with basic combos and neutral gameplay that is highly effective. From the early meta to the current meta, Samus has had consistent growth in successful representation, and has seen strong results from players such as {{Sm|Yaura}}, {{Sm|Sisqui}} and {{Sm|quiK}}.

Samus is a [[Weight|heavyweight]] unique among others. She is a [[Falling speed#Floaty|floaty]] character with slightly below-average [[walk]]ing and [[dash]]ing speeds, average [[air speed]], above-average [[air acceleration]], high [[jump]]s and slow [[falling speed]]. These attributes grant her an easier time chasing aerial opponents and forcing air dodges, yet also cause her to be juggled rather easily. When combined with her few reliable landing options and slow falling speed, opponents will also have more time to punish Samus as she attempts to return to the stage.

Samus' moveset consists of playing defensively, as she uses her projectiles to space, rack up damage from a distance and pressure shields. [[Charge Shot]] is her most consistent KOing option out of her special moves when fully charged, due to its speed and power. Missiles is mostly used for spacing, due to both its Homing and Super variants being extremely inefficient at KOing, while {{b|Bomb|Samus}} grants Samus various mix-ups and can aid her recovery. However, Missile and Bomb also possess valuable utility in that they can guarantee a shield break when used in conjunction with a sufficiently charged Charge Shot or a sweetspotted back aerial. Lastly, {{b|Screw Attack|move}} is a very useful out of shield option thanks to it’s very high knockback and hitstun, KOing option near the upper blast line and a viable combo finisher from aerial combo strings.

In addition, Samus has a strong air game. The changes to air dodges have benefitted her overall, as they notably improve her ability to edgeguard (especially with moves such as forward aerial or her renowned Charge Shot), while she isn't hindered as much due to her fast air speed, the ability to stall midair using her Bombs, and her Grapple Beam tether recovery's long range. All of Samus' aerials have no more than 20 frames of landing lag, and her back aerial is one of her best moves courtesy of its power, damage output, speed and range. Her down aerial can be a powerful meteor smash, forward aerial is a good pressuring tool due to its long duration, and up aerial is an excellent combo option. Lastly, her neutral aerial is a viable KOing option. When coupled with her high jumps, Samus' air game is also potent while she is off-stage, as she can recover from nearly anywhere on the stage, stay in position for longer periods of time due to her floatiness, or bait the opponent by stalling in the air and punishing edge-guard attempts.

Samus' grab game is also useful thanks to a variety of perks. Her [[Grapple Beam]] has impressive overall range and is useful in the air as either a [[tether recovery]] or a [[grab aerial]], the latter of which is potent for zoning thanks to its aforementioned range and very minimal landing lag. Down throw is very useful for starting combos that deal respectable damage and can be used with her neutral, forward and up aerials at varying percentages. Many of her combos can rack up more than 30% and when using platforms to her advantage, or string together multiple times and then be finished with Screw Attack, leading to a KO or dealing 40%-50% at the very least. Up throw is Samus' strongest throw and, unlike in ''SSB4'', it is capable of KOing quite reliably (especially on platforms), thanks to its redistributed damage output and increased knockback. Although forward throw and back throw have decent damage outputs, their only utility is creating space and setting up edge-guards, and both are mediocre at best in doing so.

Samus also has issues with her recovery. Her grab aerial has very long range, her jumps are among the highest in the game, Screw Attack is fast and hard to punish, and Bomb jumping provides infinite horizontal recovery, but they are all offset by Screw Attack's only average distance, Bomb's high ending lag in the air and Samus' only average air speed and reliance on her grab aerial to grab edges from a distance. Altogether, this results in her recovery being slightly slow, linear and predictable.

Aside from [[Samus (SSBM)|her incarnation in]] ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee|Melee]]'', Samus has historically been a lower-ranking character in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series. Even her appearance in ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4|SSB4]]'' was mixed, as the significant buffs she received via game updates elevated her perception from "unviable" to "viable but outclassed". Likely as a result of her polarized viability, Samus has been buffed significantly overall in the transition to ''Ultimate''.

Samus' largest buffs come from the improvements made to her [[grab]] game and her repertoire of projectiles. Historically considered among the most lackluster grab games despite her grabs' long range and her down throw's excellent combo ability, all of Samus' [[throw]]s have increased utility, damage and knockback; her new [[up throw]] is now her strongest throw and a viable KO option at high percentages, [[down throw]]'s combo potential was further improved due to its lower ending lag, and both her [[forward throw|forward]] and [[back throw]]s have more knockback, even situationally KOing at high percentages when close to an edge.

In terms of her projectile game, {{b|Bomb|Samus}}s explode earlier on contact with enemies, [[Missile]]s deal more damage and have less ending lag, while Super Missiles deal more knockback and stall for a longer time before flying forward, greatly improving their use for trapping. Most notably, [[Charge Shot]] can now be charged in the air, used as a combo tool due to Samus' improved mobility and its lower ending lag, and deals greater damage and knockback, which gives Samus more opportunities to charge up her most threatening move. In bulk, all of these changes have significantly strengthened her zoning and punish game.

Other buffs to Samus also include many of her up-close moves dealing more knockback, most notably her [[down tilt]], [[dash attack]] and [[down smash]], improving her previously inconsistent KO potential; and her previously slow and punishable [[roll]] was also notably increased in speed, making it more usable as an escape option. She also benefits considerably from the universal changes to the engine, as the reduced [[landing lag]] and weakening of [[shield]]s makes her aerials safer to use for approaching despite their lower [[shieldstun]]. As with most other veterans, her mobility has been improved and, when coupled with the [[dash-cancel]], the miscellaneous buffs to her standard moves and their relatively fast frame data, and the increased shieldstun, grants her a much safer close-quarters game.

The changes to [[air dodge]]s, particularly, have benefitted Samus overall, as they notably improve her ability to edge-guard (especially with moves such as [[forward aerial]] or her renowned Charge Shot), while she has one of the longest horizontal distances of any air dodge, giving her a situational recovery option; she also isn't hindered as much by them due to her fast air speed, the ability to stall midair using her Bombs, and her [[Grapple Beam]]'s long range as a [[tether recovery]]. Finally, the universal changes to grabs have benefitted her likely the most of any character, as not only do her grabs now have less ending lag relative to the rest of the cast, but her standing and pivot grabs now have less ending lag as well, which further improves her grab game.

 

 

Overall, Samus' changes and buffs have improved her playstyle's most noticeable attributes in her zoning and long-ranged options, and her heightened offensive power and the changes to gameplay mechanics give her more opportunities to take advantage of this playstyle, though because of the nerfs to her more polarized offensive options, Samus still relies on a patient playstyle. Regardless, her changes have allowed her to veer closer to a balanced, long range-based "mighty glacier", with potent KO power, generally well-rounded attributes (with particularly high endurance yet below-average overall mobility), and a focus on hard-hitting punishes and combos at both long and mid-range, while having difficulty dealing with rushdown and disjoints, which evokes her very projectile-oriented fighting style in [[Metroid (universe)|her home series]]. Her plentiful buffs have allowed Samus to perform significantly better relative to the cast than in ''SSB4'', with this being her strongest incarnation yet and a solid contender in competitive play.

Samus received a mix of buffs, nerfs and glitch fixes via game updates, but was buffed overall. Update 2.0.0 increased [[Missile]]'s range, which allows her to space better and deal damage at safer ranges. However, it also received more ending lag when used in the air, which standardized it with {{SSBU|Dark Samus}}' version. Additionally, grounded [[Bomb (Samus)|Bomb]]'s ending lag was decreased, which made it safer and allows her to act out of it more effectively.

However, update 3.0.0's near-universal nerf to projectiles' shield damage outputs hindered Samus (and Dark Samus by extension) more so than most other characters, as it noticeably worsened [[Charge Shot]]'s shield pressuring potential. Following this, update 3.1.0 improved up smash's linking hits as part of a near-universal buff.

|neutraldesc=A left-handed jab followed by a [[wikipedia:Professional wrestling attacks#Forearm club|forearm club]] with the {{iw|metroidwiki|Arm Cannon}}. Despite dealing above-average damage for a neutral attack, it is poor overall, as opponents can usually act out before the second hit connects by shielding or using a fast attack, while the second hit may not even connect at high percentages. Depending on the opponent's weight, it is safe and a true combo at high percents, but only if the first hit connects relatively close to the arm and not at the fist. The second hit does have KO potential at very high percentages, however, and the first hit is very fast, coming out on frame 3, making it a decent interrupt tool.

|ftiltdesc=A roundhouse kick. Deals more damage and knockback at her foot, while her leg deals less damage and knockback. It can be [[angle]]d, which causes it to deal more damage, but it may cause it to miss shorter characters on the ground if angled up. The foot sweetspot deals rather potent knockback for a tilt attack, which can KO at the edge at around 125%. At varying percentages, depending on which part of the move is landed, it can lead into a guaranteed [[Charge Shot]], as regardless of [[tech]]ing, Charge Shot can catch the opponent's option in time if they are knocked down. As the closest hitboxes deal low knockback and damage, it has low shield safety at low to mid percents.

|utiltdesc=An axe kick. It is almost identical to {{SSBU|Captain Falcon}}'s up tilt in both appearance and functionality. Like Falcon's, it [[meteor smash]]es grounded opponents, but unlike his, it launches aerial opponents at a horizontal angle. This allows it to set up combos against grounded opponents at a wide range of percentages while also being a reliable tool against ledge hangs, due to its wide coverage and powerful knockback enabling it to cover most ledge options and KO outright at around 95% at the edge. At high percentages, the grounded meteor can also set up KO confirms into a fully charged Charge Shot. However, the move has noticeable startup, due to coming out on frame 15, making it Samus' slowest normal attack on the ground. Oddly, the very first frame of the hitbox will send opponent backwards instead of in front of Samus, which could make the move kill even earlier should they DI wrong.

|dashdesc=A shoulder tackle. Deals more damage and knockback during the first half of the move, KOing opponents at around 140% from the center of {{SSBU|Final Destination}}, and earlier near edges. However, the late hit is significantly weaker, not being capable of KOing until around 200% under the same circumstances, and the move lacks any combo potential. It resembles the {{iw|metroidwiki|Shinespark}}, a {{iw|metroidwiki|Speed Booster}}-related technique that debuted in [[Super Metroid]].

|fsmashdesc=Quickly thrusts her Arm Cannon forward to fire a small, fiery blast. Functions similarly to {{SSBU|Mario}}'s forward smash, with the blast being the most powerful part of the move. It is one of the fastest forward smashes in the game, coming out on frame 10, while the blast has the highest knockback out of her smash attacks, KOing at around 100% from center stage. However, it is rather weak otherwise, with the Arm Cannon KOing at around 135% and the sourspot taking priority over the sweetspot. Due to its 37 frames of ending lag, it's also punishable if it doesn't hit. It can be angled like her forward tilt, with the upward angle dealing more damage and knockback, though it can typically miss as a result; conversely, the downward angle can hit edge hanging opponents, but deals slightly less damage and knockback.

|dsmashdesc=A legsweep. It comes out of frame 9 and it's Samus's fastest smash attack. A [[semi-spike]] with decent speed and high base knockback, allowing it to set up edgeguards and punish rolls effectively. The front hit can KO middleweights center stage around 150%, with the back hit KOing even earlier at around 135%.

|nairdesc=A spinning roundhouse kick. Comes out in frame 8. Hits on both sides quickly and can autocancel with a short hop fast fall. Its front hit and sweetspotted back hit also deal powerful knockback, which makes it a viable KOing option offstage or near the edge, as well as a decent combo finisher and one of the strongest aerials of its type. It resembles the aerial version of the Counter Attack from ''{{iw|metroidwiki|Metroid: Other M}}''.

|fairname=Aerial Fire ({{ja|エアリアルヘルファイア|Eariaru Herufaia}}, ''Aerial Hellfire'')

|fairdesc=Fires five fiery blasts in a slow, downward arcing motion. Due to it coming out on frame 6, it has the second lowest start-up lag of Samus' aerials. The first four hits drag opponents into the rest of the move using the [[autolink angle]], with the last hit carrying the entire attack's knockback. Samus' main aerial move for both combos and protection. Extremely useful as an edge get-up option or against air dodges due to its multiple hits, and using the move immediately after a short hop can hit opponents with the last hit before Samus lands again. It's her only aerial that does not autocancel in a short hop. It can KO middleweights at around 155% from center-stage if all hits connect.

|bairdesc=A back kick. It's fast, can autocancel in a short hop and deals powerful knockback when connecting the sweetspot on Samus' foot, which makes it an excellent KOing option, especially when edgeguarding. When sweetspotted, it is among the strongest back aerials in the game, KOing {{SSBU|Mario}} at 100% from center stage.

|uairdesc=A diagonal corkscrew flying kick. It hits multiple times and is her fastest aerial, due to it coming out on frame 5. Grounded opponents can be hit by the last hitbox if Samus lands while starting the move in the air, although it is difficult to do so, and risky due to the move's high landing lag. It can be used as a follow-up after a dash attack, grounded up tilt, down aerial, or down throw, all of which can be followed up with another up aerial and/or can be finished off with a {{b|Screw Attack|move}}. On stages with platforms, it even has potential for a [[zero-to-death]] when using a platform to extend the combo. Can KO if used high enough and close to the blast line.

|dairdesc=Swings her Arm Cannon in a downward arcing motion. Hitting directly below Samus [[meteor smash]]es opponents, while the edges of the move at the very start and end deal decent horizontal knockback. It has slow startup at frame 17, but it autocancels from a short hop, and due to its relatively low ending lag, the meteor smash is excellent for starting combos on grounded opponents, much like her up tilt.

|zairname=Midair [[Grapple Beam]] ({{ja|空中グラップリングビーム|Kūchū Gurappuringu Bīmu}}, ''Aerial Grappling Beam'')

|zairdmg=2.5% (early), 4% (full length)

|zairdesc=Fires the {{iw|metroidwiki|Grapple Beam}}. A useful spacing option due to having only 8 frames of landing lag. It autocancels from a full hop and has impressive range, being the longest grab aerial in game. In addition to its recovery and spacing capabilities, it is good at setting up combos at close range upon landing, due to its low landing lag. Unlike in previous games, however, hitting an opponents causes the Grapple Beam to retract earlier, while not reducing the move's ending lag. It deals more damage when fully extended and, with precise spacing, it is possible to get both hits to connect. The late hit can KO {{SSBU|Mario}} on {{SSBU|Final Destination}} around 365% from the center and around 270% at the edge, while the early hit is unable to KO {{SSBU|Pichu}} at the edge at any percent.

|grabname=Grapple Beam ({{ja|グラップリングビーム|Gurappuringu Bīmu}}, ''Grappling Beam'')

|grabdesc=Fires the Grapple Beam from ''Super Metroid''. It has impressive range and is the longest tether grab in the game. However, it is tied with [[Zero Suit Samus (SSBU)|her Zero Suited form]]'s grab as the second slowest in terms of ending lag, making it very punishable if missed.

|pummeldesc=Chops the opponent with her left hand. Average power and speed.

|uthrowdesc=Hoists the opponent above herself and blasts them with a point-blank shot from her {{iw|metroidwiki|Power Beam}}. Samus' most damaging and strongest throw, possessing enough knockback to KO middleweights around 150% from ground level and without rage. At low percentages, it can also combo into an up aerial against large characters, as well as Screw Attack against most characters, though the latter will only connect its hits reliably on a few characters.

|dthrowdesc=Swings the opponent overhead and then slams them onto the ground. A reliable combo starter, with its follow-ups including dash attack, [[small step forward smash]] and dashing up smash at low percentages, as well as neutral, forward, back and up aerials up to mid percentages.

|floorfdesc=Performs a low-level roundhouse kick.

|floorbdesc=Swings her Arm Cannon forwards before firing a blast backwards.

|nsdesc=[[metroidwiki:Charge Beam|Charges a ball of energy and fires it]]. Boasts excellent KO potential when fully charged, and is a useful intercepting move at a low charge. KOs at 70%-110% depending on rage and the opponent's weight and DI. Can be used to break shields if used in conjunction with her neutral attack, up or down tilts, aerials, Bomb and Super Missile. When using her forward tilt to launch the opponent into [[tumbling]], it can set up a guaranteed combo into Charge Shot regardless of the opponent's tech option, as Charge Shot will always catch their tech direction. A non-fully charged Charge Shot has way less ending lag than its fully charged counterpart, allowing for follow-ups and combos at various percentages at the cost of less power.

|ssdesc=Fires a {{iw|metroidwiki|Missile}}, which homes in on the opponent. If the special button is tapped like a smash attack, Samus will instead fire a {{iw|metroidwiki|Super Missile}}, which stays in place for a short while before traveling in a straight line, and deals more damage and knockback. Both variations deal low knockback, but can be used to break a shield if used in conjunction with a fully charged Charge Shot. Both Missile variations can also be used as set-ups by opening up an opportunity for a grab aerial, or Charge Shot, while the Super variation sets up better for a true combo into a forward jumping Charge Shot at high percentages. The Homing variation is also useful for catching recoveries and forcing air dodges, which can open up punishment opportunities.

|dsdesc=Rolls into her {{iw|metroidwiki|Morph Ball}} form and drops a {{iw|metroidwiki|Bomb}}, which explodes after a set time. Useful to force an opponent to shield and for edgeguarding, being capable of [[2 frame punish]]es if timed correctly. It can also break shields depending on their health if used along with her up and down tilts or a fully charged Charge Shot.

*Arrives from a {{iw|metroidwiki|Save Station}}.

SamusOnScreenAppearanceSSBU.gif|Samus' on-screen appearance

*'''Side taunt''': Faces the screen and demonstrates her Arm Cannon's Zero Laser configuration.

*'''Down taunt''': Aims her Arm Cannon behind her, then kneels while aiming it in front of herself.

SSBUSamusTaunt1.gif|Samus' up taunt.

SSBUSamusTaunt2.gif|Samus' side taunt.

SSBUSamusTaunt3.gif|Samus' down taunt.

SSBUSamusIdle1.gif|Samus' first idle pose.

SSBUSamusIdle2.gif|Samus' second idle pose.

*'''Up:''' Fires multiple {{iw|metroidwiki|Power Beam}} shots from her Arm Cannon while kneeling, then strikes a pose. The pose is based on her appearance on the covers of ''{{iw|metroidwiki|Metroid II: Return of Samus}}'' and ''{{iw|metroidwiki|Metroid: Samus Returns}}''.

*'''Right:''' Fires a Super Missile and strikes a pose resembling her render from ''{{iw|metroidwiki|Metroid: Other M}}'', and by extension, her official artwork in ''Ultimate'', as well as her character select animation in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]''

[[File:MetroidUniverseTheme.ogg|thumb|A flourished remix of the theme that would play when [[Samus Aran]] obtained a new power-up or addition to her {{iw|metroidwiki|Power Suit}}. It would also play when Samus defeated [[Ridley]] or [[Kraid]].]]

==In [[competitive play]]==

|3||{{Head|R.O.B.|g=SSBU|s=20px|cl=Grey}}{{Head|R.O.B.|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|R.O.B.|g=SSBU|s=20px|cl=Yellow}}{{Head|R.O.B.|g=SSBU|s=20px|cl=Purple}}{{Head|R.O.B.|g=SSBU|s=20px|cl=Blue}}{{Head|R.O.B.|g=SSBU|s=20px|cl=Green}} {{SSBU|R.O.B.}} (x6)||[[Brinstar Depths]]||''{{SSBUMusicLink|Metroid|Brinstar (Melee)}}''||Horde Battle (3 at a time).

|5||{{CharHead|Mewtwo|SSBU|hsize=20px}}, {{CharHead|Bowser|SSBU|hsize=20px}}, and {{CharHead|Charizard|SSBU|hsize=20px}}||Norfair (Ω form)||''{{SSBUMusicLink|Metroid|Multiplayer - Metroid Prime 2: Echoes}}''||Charizard's {{SSBU|Pokémon Trainer}} is absent. Items do not appear.

During the opening cutscene, Samus was present when [[Galeem]] unleashed his beams of light. Samus attempted to fight back against the beams by shooting them with her {{iw|metroidwiki|Power Beam}}, but to no avail. Samus was vaporized and placed under Galeem's imprisonment alongside the rest of the fighters (except for {{SSBU|Kirby}}).

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Samus unlock notice SSBU.jpg|Samus' unlock notice when obtaining her in [[World of Light]].

SSBUWebsiteSamus3.jpg|Using her back throw on {{SSBU|Mega Man}} on [[Find Mii]].

SSBUWebsiteSamus4.jpg|Preparing to fire a [[Missile]] at [[Mother Brain]] on [[Lylat Cruise]].

SSBUWebsiteSamus6.jpg|[[Taunting]] on [[Coliseum]] while wearing her {{iw|metroidwiki|Gravity Suit}}.

SSBUWebsiteBayonetta5.jpg|Getting hit by {{SSBU|Bayonetta}}'s forward smash on [[Spirit Train]].

SSBUWebsiteInkling6.jpg|[[Buried]] by {{SSBU|Inkling}}'s [[Splat Roller]] on [[Mario Circuit (SSBB)|Figure-8 Circuit]].

SSBUWebsiteZeroSuitSamus4.jpg|Posing behind [[Zero Suit Samus (SSBU)|her Zero Suited self]] on Gaur Plain.

SSBUWebsiteBewear2.jpg|Getting hit by [[Bewear]]'s uppercut on [[Wuhu Island]].

SSBUWebsiteMoon1.png|Samus, Palutena, Villager, and [[Shovel Knight]] fighting on [[Find Mii]] [[Ω form|Ω]] with the [[Moon]] about to crash onto the stage.

*The notorious unreliability of Samus' neutral attack is alluded to in one of the [[tips]], stating that "Foes can often put up their shields in between the first and second hits of this combo. It's safer to just hit with the first attack and then flee."

*Samus is the only member of ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''{{'}}s starting roster to be a female by default.

**However, she is technically not the only female on the starting roster, due to ''Ultimate'' including two female Pikachu as [[Alternate costume|alternate characters]] alongside the default male {{SSBU|Pikachu}}.

*Samus is the only member of the [[Original 8]] to have an [[Echo Fighter]], that being {{SSBU|Dark Samus}}.

**She is also the only fighter to have an Echo Fighter that represents a separate entity in addition to [[Zero Suit Samus (SSBU)|a non-clone fighter]] representing an alternate form of herself.

*In her official artwork, Samus' pose matches [[metroidwiki:File:Anthony and Samus Artwork.png|the image]] of her alongside {{iw|metroidwiki|Anthony Higgs}} from ''{{iw|metroidwiki|Metroid: Other M}}''. This same image was used on the official ''Other M'' website with Higgs removed, and was used as Samus' primary promotional image across various media prior to the release of ''{{iw|metroidwiki|Metroid: Samus Returns}}''.

*Although Samus reuses her ''Other M'' design instead of her updated design from ''{{iw|metroidwiki|Metroid: Samus Returns}}'', her fighter spirit uses her artwork from ''Samus Returns'' instead of ''Other M''.