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Samus Aran debuted in ''{{b|Metroid|game}}'' (1986) for the Nintendo Famicom and Nintendo Entertainment System. The original game concepts for ''Metroid'' were done by director Makoto Kanoh and designer Hiroji Kiyotake. Samus is an intergalactic bounty hunter who is fearless in the face of danger, willing to take on enemies much larger than herself to ensure peace in the galaxy. Her determination is only matched by her selflessness, as she often spares the weak and aids the downtrodden even without compensation. Samus mostly acts as a silent protagonist and avatar for the player — however, she is occasionally given spoken dialogue or monologues, with her level of expressiveness varying between games. This carries over to her incarnations in ''Super Smash Bros.'', where Samus is completely silent (save for the [[Galactic Avenger]] event description in ''SSB4'', written as if spoken by her) and her [[Zero Suit Samus|Zero Suit]] self has a small number of spoken lines. ''{{iw|metroidwiki|Metroid: Other M}}'' attempted to portray Samus with more explicit emotions; however, the approach was poorly received by fans and critics, discouraging this characterization in future games. Titles such as ''Metroid: Samus Returns'' would revert Samus to her traditional silent depiction, using body language to convey her personality.
Samus Aran debuted in ''{{b|Metroid|game}}'' (1986) for the Nintendo Famicom and Nintendo Entertainment System. The original game concepts for ''Metroid'' were done by director Makoto Kanoh and designer Hiroji Kiyotake. Samus is an intergalactic bounty hunter who is fearless in the face of danger, willing to take on enemies much larger than herself to ensure peace in the galaxy. Her determination is only matched by her selflessness, as she often spares the weak and aids the downtrodden even without compensation. Samus mostly acts as a silent protagonist and avatar for the player — however, she is occasionally given spoken dialogue or monologues, with her level of expressiveness varying between games. This carries over to her incarnations in ''Super Smash Bros.'', where Samus is completely silent (save for the [[Galactic Avenger]] event description in ''SSB4'', written as if spoken by her) and her [[Zero Suit Samus|Zero Suit]] self has a small number of spoken lines. ''{{iw|metroidwiki|Metroid: Other M}}'' attempted to portray Samus with more explicit emotions; however, the approach was poorly received by fans and critics, discouraging this characterization in future games. Titles such as ''Metroid: Samus Returns'' would revert Samus to her traditional silent depiction, using body language to convey her personality.


The first ''{{b|Metroid|game}}'' game saw Samus on her initial mission on the planet {{iw|metroidwiki|Zebes}}, sent to stop the {{iw|metroidwiki|Space Pirate}}s from harnessing the dangerous {{b|Metroid|creature}}s. Samus successfully carried out the mission by defeating [[Kraid]], [[Ridley]], and finally [[Mother Brain]], the mechanical lifeform controlling the Space Pirate hideout. The game kept Samus's gender a secret (with the intent of surprising gamers after they completed it); even the game's English instruction manual refers to Samus as a male. However, clearing the game quickly unlocks an ending where Samus would remove her Power Suit to reveal a bikini, and the well-known "JUSTIN BAILEY" cheat code would allow her to be playable in a leotard. Since then, almost every game in the series would depict an unsuited Samus in some way, typically as part of an ending sequence. In the game's remake, ''{{iw|metroidwiki|Metroid: Zero Mission}}'', an epilogue allows the player to play as [[Zero Suit Samus]] for the first time.
The first ''{{b|Metroid|game}}'' game saw Samus on her initial mission on the planet {{iw|metroidwiki|Zebes}}, sent to stop the {{iw|metroidwiki|Space Pirate}}s from harnessing the dangerous {{b|Metroid|creature}}s. Samus successfully carried out the mission by defeating [[Kraid]], [[Ridley]], and finally [[Mother Brain]], the mechanical lifeform controlling the Space Pirate hideout. The game kept Samus's gender a secret (with the intent of surprising gamers after they completed it); even the game's English instruction manual refers to Samus as a male. However, clearing the game quickly unlocks an ending where Samus would remove her Power Suit to reveal a bikini, and the well-known "JUSTIN BAILEY" cheat code would allow her to be playable in a leotard. Since then, almost every game in the series would depict an unsuited Samus in some way, typically as part of an ending sequence. In the game's remake, ''{{iw|metroidwiki|Metroid: Zero Mission}}'', an epilogue allows the player to play as [[Zero Suit Samus]] for the first time. After being shot down during her escape from Zebes, she fights her way through a Space Pirate mothership to recover an upgraded Power Suit and escape.


In ''{{iw|metroidwiki|Metroid II: Return of Samus}}'', Samus is sent to {{iw|metroidwiki|SR388}}, the homeworld of the Metroids, to exterminate them all after they were deemed too dangerous to exist. Samus accomplishes this mission, destroying even the {{iw|metroidwiki|Queen Metroid}}, but after completing this task, the last Metroid egg hatches and the infant bonds to Samus as though she were its mother. Samus chooses to spare the baby Metroid and take it with her. The game's story is retold and expanded upon in the remake ''{{iw|metroidwiki|Metroid: Samus Returns}}'', most notably by having Samus and the baby Metroid be confronted by Ridley before leaving the planet.
In ''{{iw|metroidwiki|Metroid II: Return of Samus}}'', Samus is sent to {{iw|metroidwiki|SR388}}, the homeworld of the Metroids, to exterminate them all after they were deemed too dangerous to exist. Samus accomplishes this mission, destroying even the {{iw|metroidwiki|Queen Metroid}}, but after completing this task, the last Metroid egg hatches and the infant bonds to Samus as though she were its mother. Samus chooses to spare the baby Metroid and take it with her. The game's story is retold and expanded upon in the remake ''{{iw|metroidwiki|Metroid: Samus Returns}}'', most notably by having Samus and the baby Metroid be confronted by Ridley before leaving the planet.
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In ''{{iw|metroidwiki|Super Metroid}}'', with the last Metroid in captivity, the galaxy is at peace. Galactic Federation scientists study the Metroid, but just as Samus leaves the Ceres Colony, it is attacked, and Samus returns to witness Ridley making off with the infant Metroid. Samus chases him to Zebes where she once again defeats Kraid, Ridley, and other Space Pirates, but is attacked by a giant Metroid on her way to Mother Brain. The giant Metroid, in reality the grown infant, recognizes Samus at the last minute and flees. In a final epic battle, Samus is overcome by Mother Brain's new mechanical body, but she is saved by the baby Metroid's sacrifice. Using the Hyper Beam the baby Metroid had taken from Mother Brain, Samus avenges the baby and kills Mother Brain, escaping Zebes as the entire planet explodes.
In ''{{iw|metroidwiki|Super Metroid}}'', with the last Metroid in captivity, the galaxy is at peace. Galactic Federation scientists study the Metroid, but just as Samus leaves the Ceres Colony, it is attacked, and Samus returns to witness Ridley making off with the infant Metroid. Samus chases him to Zebes where she once again defeats Kraid, Ridley, and other Space Pirates, but is attacked by a giant Metroid on her way to Mother Brain. The giant Metroid, in reality the grown infant, recognizes Samus at the last minute and flees. In a final epic battle, Samus is overcome by Mother Brain's new mechanical body, but she is saved by the baby Metroid's sacrifice. Using the Hyper Beam the baby Metroid had taken from Mother Brain, Samus avenges the baby and kills Mother Brain, escaping Zebes as the entire planet explodes.


A ''Nintendo Power'' comic adaptation of ''[[Super Metroid]]'' was the first depiction of Samus's backstory, which was later expanded in the ''Monthly Magazine Z'' {{iw|metroidwiki|Metroid e-manga}}. These comics established that Samus was born on the mining colony K-2L to parents Virginia and Rodney Aran. When Samus was 3 years old, her parents were away when the {{iw|metroidwiki|Chozo}} visited; one named Old Bird befriended her. After the Chozo left, the colony was raided by the Space Pirates led by Ridley. He attempted to kill Samus, inadvertently killing Virginia instead as she leapt in the way. Rodney then detonated the volatile mineral Afloraltite, sacrificing himself to destroy the Pirates and bury Ridley under rubble. Old Bird and the Chozo returned to find Samus as the sole survivor of the incident. They chose to adopt the orphaned girl and took her to planet Zebes. As she grew, she was infused with their DNA, trained with them in combat, and was given a Chozo Power Suit. Eventually, Samus left the planet and joined the Galactic Federation. She was present for the Space Pirates' occupation of Zebes, in which she reconciled her troubled relationship with her guardian Gray Voice before his death at the hands of Ridley. Samus later left the Federation due to her distaste for authority, as well as a personal dispute with her superior officer, Adam Malkovich. Samus became a lone bounty hunter, and developed a reputation as the best in the galaxy.
A ''Nintendo Power'' comic adaptation of ''[[Super Metroid]]'' was the first depiction of Samus's backstory, which was later expanded in the ''Monthly Magazine Z'' {{iw|metroidwiki|Metroid e-manga}}. These comics established that Samus was born on the mining colony K-2L to parents Virginia and Rodney Aran. When Samus was 3 years old, her parents were away when the {{iw|metroidwiki|Chozo}} visited; one named Old Bird befriended her. After the Chozo left, the colony was raided by the Space Pirates led by Ridley. He attempted to kill Samus, inadvertently killing Virginia instead as she leapt in the way. Rodney then detonated the volatile mineral Afloraltite, sacrificing himself to destroy the Pirates and bury Ridley under rubble. Old Bird and the Chozo returned to find Samus as the sole survivor of the incident. They chose to adopt the orphaned girl and took her to planet Zebes. As she grew, she was infused with their DNA, trained with them in combat, and was given a Chozo Power Suit. Eventually, Samus left the planet and joined the Galactic Federation. She was present for the Space Pirates' occupation of Zebes, in which she reconcile her troubled relationship with her guardian Gray Voice just before his death at the hands of Ridley. Samus later left the Federation due to her distaste for authority, as well as a personal dispute with her superior officer, Adam Malkovich. Samus became a lone bounty hunter instead, and developed a reputation as the best in the galaxy.


In ''{{iw|metroidwiki|Metroid Fusion}}'', Samus is assigned to escort a research expedition on SR388. There she is infected by an {{iw|metroidwiki|X Parasite}}, and subsequently crashes when she passes out at the wheel of her ship. Unconscious, parts of her suit are surgically removed by the Galactic Federation due to the X Parasites infecting it. Her life is saved only when she is given the {{iw|metroidwiki|Vaccine "Metroid"}}, made from the baby Metroid's cells, giving her Metroid-like qualities such as immunity to X Parasites and weakness to cold. Soon afterwrads, Samus is sent to the BSL Research Station with a computer companion to investigate a disaster. There, she encounters an X Parasite mimicking her Power Suit called the SA-X, and a host of other X Parasites. Learning that a rogue Federation branch plots to clone Metroids as a bioweapon and secure the X Parasites for the same purpose, Samus resolves to destroy both the station and planet SR388 to prevent such an outcome. With the help of her computer ally, who is revealed to be a digital copy of Adam Malkovich, Samus sends the BSL crashing into SR388, escaping after absorbing the SA-X and defeating an escaped Omega Metroid.
In ''{{iw|metroidwiki|Metroid Fusion}}'', Samus is assigned to escort a research expedition on SR388. There she is infected by an {{iw|metroidwiki|X Parasite}}, and subsequently crashes when she passes out at the wheel of her ship. Unconscious, parts of her suit are surgically removed by the Galactic Federation due to the X Parasites infecting it. Her life is saved only when she is given the {{iw|metroidwiki|Vaccine "Metroid"}}, made from the baby Metroid's cells, giving her Metroid-like qualities such as immunity to X Parasites and weakness to cold. Soon afterwrads, Samus is sent to the BSL Research Station with a computer companion to investigate a disaster. There, she encounters an X Parasite mimicking her Power Suit called the SA-X, and a host of other X Parasites. Learning that a rogue Federation branch plots to clone Metroids as a bioweapon and secure the X Parasites for the same purpose, Samus resolves to destroy both the station and planet SR388 to prevent such an outcome. With the help of her computer ally, who is revealed to be a digital copy of Adam Malkovich, Samus sends the BSL crashing into SR388, escaping after absorbing the SA-X and defeating an escaped Omega Metroid.

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