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{{Infobox Character General | {{Infobox Character General | ||
|name = Zero Suit Samus | |name = Zero Suit Samus | ||
|image = {{tabber|title1=Other M| | |image = {{tabber|title1=Other M|tab1=[[File:Zero Suit Samus Other M Artwork.png|100px]]|title2=Zero Mission|tab2=[[File:ZeroSuitSamusArtwork.png|240px]]|title3=Casual Outfit (Zero Mission)|tab3=[[File:MZM Casual Outfit.png|241px]]|title4=Casual Outfit (Fusion)|tab4=[[File:MF Casual Outfit.png|241px]]}} | ||
|caption = [[File:MetroidSymbol.svg|50px|class=invert | |caption = [[File:MetroidSymbol.svg|50px|class=invert]] | ||
Official artwork of Zero Suit Samus. | Official artwork of Zero Suit Samus. | ||
|universe = {{uv|Metroid}} | |universe = {{uv|Metroid}} | ||
|firstgame = ''{{b|Metroid|game}}'' (1986, unarmored Samus)<!--as explained by this page, Smash uses Zero Suit Samus to represent unarmored Samus in general--><br>''{{iw|metroidwiki|Metroid: Zero Mission}}'' (2004, Zero Suit) | |firstgame = ''{{b|Metroid|game}}'' (1986, unarmored Samus)<!--as explained by this page, Smash uses Zero Suit Samus to represent unarmored Samus in general--><br>''{{iw|metroidwiki|Metroid: Zero Mission}}'' (2004, Zero Suit) | ||
|games = ''[[Brawl]]''<br>''[[SSB4]]''<br>''[[Ultimate]]'' | |games = ''[[Brawl]]''<br>''[[SSB4]]''<br>''[[Ultimate]]'' | ||
|lastappearance= ''{{s| | |lastappearance= ''{{s|metroidwiki|Metroid Dread}}'' (2021) | ||
|console = Game Boy Advance | |console = Game Boy Advance | ||
|species = Human (augmented with {{iw|metroidwiki|Chozo}} DNA and {{iw|metroidwiki|Metroid|species}} [[metroidwiki:Vaccine "Metroid"|DNA]]) | |species = Human (augmented with {{iw|metroidwiki|Chozo}} DNA and {{iw|metroidwiki|Metroid|species}} [[metroidwiki:Vaccine "Metroid"|DNA]]) | ||
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|interwikipage= Zero Suit Samus | |interwikipage= Zero Suit Samus | ||
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'''Zero Suit Samus''' ({{ja|ゼロスーツサムス|Zero Sūtsu Samusu}}, ''Zero Suit Samus'') is [[Samus Aran]] while sporting her {{s|metroidwiki|Zero Suit}} instead of her {{s|metroidwiki|Power Suit}}. As the Power Suit completely obscures Samus' face and body in most cases, the Zero Suit is typically used in games to show her physical features, either as a narrative element or as a reward for the player. | |||
The Zero Suit debuted in ''{{s|metroidwiki|Metroid: Zero Mission}}'', and has made recurring appearances since then. As demonstrated by two of Samus' Casual Outfits appearing as {{SSB4|alternate costume}}s beginning with ''Super Smash Bros. 4'', the identifier "Zero Suit Samus" can also loosely refer to unarmored versions of Samus in general, a concept that existed since ''Metroid''{{'}}s first installment. | |||
==Origin== | |||
While [[Samus Aran]] has been shown without her Power Suit since the ''Metroid'' series' first installment, usually as part of an ending sequence or briefly when her Power Suit runs out of energy, the Zero Suit debuted in ''Metroid: Zero Mission'', a Game Boy Advance remake of the original ''Metroid''. ''Metroid'' allowed Samus to be playable in a leotard by using the well-known "JUSTIN BAILEY" cheat code; ''Zero Mission'' expanded on this by incorporating a playable, suitless Samus into the game's narrative for the first time, granting her a unique style of stealth-based gameplay. Ever since ''Zero Mission'', Samus has appeared in her Zero Suit in every ''Metroid'' game except ''{{s|metroidwiki|Metroid Prime Pinball}}'' and ''{{s|metroidwiki|Metroid Prime: Federation Force}}'', although the latter features a Zero Suit-inspired paint job for the playable Federation mechs unlocked via [[amiibo]]. | |||
The Zero Suit covers Samus completely from neck-to-toe in a cyan, skin-tight bodysuit with magenta {{s|metroidwiki|Chozo}} sigils on her back, left breast, and the back of her hands. While wearing it, Samus wears her hair in a ponytail, although she is occasionally seen with different hairstyles in different outfits (prior to the Zero Suit's debut, Samus would be more often seen with her hair loose). | |||
Although Samus' eye and hair color varied widely across early games, most current depictions consistently give her blonde hair and blue to turquoise eyes. Despite this, Samus' "Zero Suit" character design has varied in nearly every appearance. Initial appearances would depict Samus with a high ponytail with a red hair tie, long sidetails, and lean musculature. ''{{s|metroidwiki|Metroid Prime Hunters}}'' featured a heavy redesign for the Zero Suit that was not used in subsequent games, with a more simplistic, gloveless bodysuit and a different hairstyle for Samus. | |||
''{{s|metroidwiki|Metroid: Other M}}'' featured another drastic redesign by changing Samus' eye color (from blue to green-blue), her general hairstyle (a lower ponytail and much shorter sidetails), her general build (from tall with toned musculature to short and slim), and the Zero Suit itself (a more segmented appearance that is equipped with wedged heels). This general design was carried over to ''{{s|metroidwiki|Metroid: Samus Returns}}'', but with a few minor changes, most notably by giving Samus a blue hair tie and a more athletic body type akin to her ''Super Metroid'' appearance; an unused design for the game depicts her with an altered Zero Suit pattern, but she retains her ''Other M'' paneling in-game. Zero Suit Samus' ''Samus Returns'' in-game design would then return in ''Metroid Dread'', both for Samus' death sequence and for the final unlockable time-based completion reward image. | |||
Within ''Metroid'' canon, Samus boasts superhuman athleticism even without her Power Suit, thanks to the Chozo infusing their DNA within her and training her in combat during her childhood. While she is also much more adaptive to alien environments than a normal human thanks to her Chozo DNA, she is still extremely vulnerable without her Power Suit, and thus must rely on stealth and her {{s|metroidwiki|Paralyzer}} instead of direct combat to achieve her objectives. | |||
However, much like her fellow bounty hunter [[Captain Falcon]], Zero Suit Samus is depicted in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series with a varied and highly physical martial arts fighting style that compliments her superhuman athleticism. She is also notable for her impressive flexibility and gymnastic skills, with many of her attacks involving her in splits, doing cartwheels, and more. In addition, her Paralyzer is equipped with ''Super Smash Bros.''-specific design elements that grant it offensive potential. | |||
Zero Suit Samus debuted in ''Metroid: Zero Mission'' in a playable endgame level. After defeating {{s|metroidwiki|Mother Brain}}, Samus escapes the {{s|metroidwiki|Space Pirate}}s' base on {{s|metroidwiki|Zebes}} and deactivates her Power Suit prior to piloting [[metroidwiki:Samus Aran's Gunship|her Gunship]]. However, Space Pirate ships shoot her down back onto Zebes' surface, destroying her Gunship and leaving her unable to activate her Power Suit. With the Zero Suit and her Paralyzer as her only methods of self-defense, Samus infiltrates the nearby {{s|metroidwiki|Space Pirate Mother Ship}} in order to steal one of the Space Pirates' ships and escape Zebes. | |||
After stealthily navigating through the Mother Ship and stumbling upon the ruins of {{s|metroidwiki|Chozodia}}, an ancient Chozo city, Samus undergoes a [[metroidwiki:Ruins Test|test left behind by the Chozo]]. Upon successfully completing the test, she is granted [[metroidwiki:Legendary Power Suit|an advanced Power Suit]] that not only fully restores her previously lost abilities, but also grants her access to [[metroidwiki:Unknown Item|three upgrades that were incompatible with her previous Power Suit]]. Samus, now fully reequipped and upgraded, proceeds to escape Zebes via a Space Pirate ship after destroying {{s|metroidwiki|Mecha Ridley}} and the Mother Ship. | |||
Samus also appears in her Zero Suit in a number of scenes in ''Other M''. In the beginning of the game, she activates her Power Suit by pressing the Chozo sigil on her breast. ''Other M'' is the second time in the series where Samus is playable in her Zero Suit, but like in ''Zero Mission'', this only occurs near the end of the game. In ''Other M''{{'}}s case, Zero Suit Samus becomes playable during the {{s|metroidwiki|Bottle Ship}}'s self-destruct sequence, and she once again has the Paralyzer as her only method of self-defense. ''Other M'' demonstrates that unlike the Zero Suit, the Power Suit will deactivate when Samus is unable to maintain a proper level of concentration, such as when she suffered a post-traumatic stress-induced panic attack upon encountering {{s|metroidwiki|Ridley}} in the [[metroidwiki:Sector 3 (Pyrosphere)|Pyrosphere]], or after she dies. | |||
In other ''Metroid'' games, Samus' Zero Suit is mostly relegated to brief, non-playable appearances, usually as part of an ending sequence. Samus appears in her Zero Suit very briefly during ending sequences for ''{{s|metroidwiki|Metroid Prime 2: Echoes}}'' and ''{{s|metroidwiki|Metroid Prime 3: Corruption}}''. In ''Corruption'', Samus is shown briefly in her Zero Suit during the opening scene before she activates the Varia Suit while inside her ship. In both of these instances she deactivates her Varia Suit before or while entering her ship. She also wears the Zero Suit in the ending of ''{{s|metroidwiki|Metroid Prime Hunters}}''. | |||
Samus reappears in her Zero Suit in ''Metroid: Samus Returns'' for the Nintendo 3DS, where her Power Suit dissipates when she dies in-game - which is nearly identical to her death sequence in ''Super Metroid''. In ''Metroid'' tradition, a more detailed view of her Zero Suit can be seen if the game's "best" ending is attained. While she is seen with her ''Other M'' Paralyzer, it is not used in-game. Higher difficulties replace the Zero Suit with a modernized "Justin Bailey" outfit (complete with green hair) or Samus' sportswear from the ending of ''Metroid Fusion''. | |||
Zero Suit Samus | Because Samus' Power Suit covers her entire body, Zero Suit Samus and the general concept of a suitless Samus are frequently used as a reminder to the player that although Samus is stoic due to her tragic upbringing, she is still a human woman capable of emoting — a trope taken to great lengths in ''Other M''. This rings especially true in ''Super Smash Bros.'': in gameplay, Samus' face and voice are only used while she wears her Zero Suit Samus, yet while wearing her Power Suit, her face and voice are only noticeable in cutscenes and promotional material. | ||
Although Varia Suit remains as Samus' most iconic attire, the Zero Suit has nevertheless become very popular and somewhat synonymous with Samus, largely thanks to her appearance in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' giving both fans and non-fans of ''Metroid'' a widespread look at the human woman being underneath the mysterious armor. As such, the Zero Suit has appeared as a bonus costume in non-''Metroid'' games, such as ''{{s|wikipedia|Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water}}'' and various installments of the ''{{uv|Monster Hunter}}'' series. | |||
Aside from the Zero Suit itself, Samus has been shown in other types of clothing when outside of her Power Suit, with the most typical attires being revealing sportswear. Two such Casual Outfits (as named by the ''Miitomo'' app), which are seen in certain endings for ''Zero Mission'' and ''{{s|metroidwiki|Metroid Fusion}}'', appear as [[alternate costume]]s for Zero Suit Samus in ''SSB4'' and ''Ultimate''. | |||
==In ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]''== | ==In ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]''== | ||
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===As a playable character=== | ===As a playable character=== | ||
{{Main|Zero Suit Samus (SSB4)}} | {{Main|Zero Suit Samus (SSB4)}} | ||
[[File:Zero Suit Samus SSB4.png|220px|thumb|Zero Suit Samus as she appears in ''Super Smash Bros. 4''.]] | [[File:Zero Suit Samus SSB4.png|220px|thumb|right|Zero Suit Samus as she appears in ''Super Smash Bros. 4''.]] | ||
Zero Suit Samus returns as a playable character in ''Super Smash Bros. 4'', albeit as a standalone character instead of being connected to [[Samus (SSB4)|her Power Suit]]. Like her Power Suit, the Zero Suit sports a marginally updated version of its design from ''{{s|metroidwiki|Metroid: Other M}}'', although it is now accompanied by a matching pair of Jet Boots and metal bracelets. The Jet Boots have changed her mobility and moveset in certain ways, whereas the bracelets are merely aesthetic. Samus' physical features are now a combination of her appearances in ''Other M'' and previous games including ''Zero Mission'' and ''Brawl''. This results in a composite design original to the ''Smash'' series, befitting the fact that most of Zero Suit Samus' moveset was also created for ''Smash''. | Zero Suit Samus returns as a playable character in ''Super Smash Bros. 4'', albeit as a standalone character instead of being connected to [[Samus (SSB4)|her Power Suit]]. Like her Power Suit, the Zero Suit sports a marginally updated version of its design from ''{{s|metroidwiki|Metroid: Other M}}'', although it is now accompanied by a matching pair of Jet Boots and metal bracelets. The Jet Boots have changed her mobility and moveset in certain ways, whereas the bracelets are merely aesthetic. Samus' physical features are now a combination of her appearances in ''Other M'' and previous games including ''Zero Mission'' and ''Brawl''. This results in a composite design original to the ''Smash'' series, befitting the fact that most of Zero Suit Samus' moveset was also created for ''Smash''. | ||
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===As a playable character=== | ===As a playable character=== | ||
{{Main|Zero Suit Samus (SSBU)}} | {{Main|Zero Suit Samus (SSBU)}} | ||
[[File:Zero Suit Samus SSBU.png|thumb|220px|Zero Suit Samus in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''.]] | [[File:Zero Suit Samus SSBU.png|thumb|right|220px|Zero Suit Samus in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''.]] | ||
Zero Suit Samus reappears as a standalone playable character in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''. Her design has remained largely intact since ''Super Smash Bros. 4'', but now features more detailed textures, a lighter hue, green eyes, and increased musculature, all of which are influenced from her in-game design in ''Metroid: Samus Returns''. Zero Suit Samus has also gained a new [[Final Smash]], in which [[Samus Aran|she dons her Varia Suit]] and fires the Zero Laser from the top of her gunship. | Zero Suit Samus reappears as a standalone playable character in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''. Her design has remained largely intact since ''Super Smash Bros. 4'', but now features more detailed textures, a lighter hue, green eyes, and increased musculature, all of which are influenced from her in-game design in ''Metroid: Samus Returns''. Zero Suit Samus has also gained a new [[Final Smash]], in which [[Samus Aran|she dons her Varia Suit]] and fires the Zero Laser from the top of her gunship. | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*Zero Suit Samus is the only character in the entire ''{{b|Super Smash Bros.|series}}'' series to possess two [[tether]]s. | |||
**She possesses two tethers throughout the series, interestingly, in two different ways: her [[Plasma Whip|side special]] and [[Plasma Wire|up special]] in ''Brawl'', and her side special and [[grab aerial]] in ''Smash 4'' and ''Ultimate''. | |||
**However, as of ''Ultimate'', Simon and Richter have more tethering moves than her, courtesy of their forward, back, and up aerials. | |||
*Zero Suit Samus and the female [[Pokémon Trainer]] are the only playable fighters whose first appearances were in a remake. | *Zero Suit Samus and the female [[Pokémon Trainer]] are the only playable fighters whose first appearances were in a remake. | ||
*Zero Suit Samus and [[Jigglypuff]] are the only characters in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series to receive new special moves that render them [[helpless]] in subsequent installments, despite having debuted in the series without any. In Zero Suit Samus' case, she received [[Boost Kick]] as her up special in ''Super Smash Bros. 4'', which renders her helpless after usage, unlike [[Plasma Wire]], her up special in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''. | *Zero Suit Samus and [[Jigglypuff]] are the only characters in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series to receive new special moves that render them [[helpless]] in subsequent installments, despite having debuted in the series without any. In Zero Suit Samus' case, she received [[Boost Kick]] as her up special in ''Super Smash Bros. 4'', which renders her helpless after usage, unlike [[Plasma Wire]], her up special in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''. | ||
*Zero Suit Samus is one of four characters to have a different Final Smash across every installment since Final Smashes were introduced; the other three are [[Pit]], [[King Dedede]], and [[R.O.B.]] | *Zero Suit Samus is one of four characters to have a different Final Smash across every installment since Final Smashes were introduced; the other three are [[Pit]], [[King Dedede]], and [[R.O.B.]] | ||
*Zero Suit Samus is the first playable character in the ''Metroid'' series to have debuted in the 21st century. | |||
*Zero Suit Samus' Canadian French name (Samus sans Combinaison) is somewhat out-of-context in natural French: although the word "combinaison" does mean "suit", it is more informally used for jumpsuit, which is ironically what the Zero Suit appears to be. Thus, "armure" (armor) used in the PAL version is more accurate to the usage of English "Suit" in ''Metroid'' series. | *Zero Suit Samus' Canadian French name (Samus sans Combinaison) is somewhat out-of-context in natural French: although the word "combinaison" does mean "suit", it is more informally used for jumpsuit, which is ironically what the Zero Suit appears to be. Thus, "armure" (armor) used in the PAL version is more accurate to the usage of English "Suit" in ''Metroid'' series. | ||
*Zero Suit Samus is the only ''Metroid'' character with spoken dialogue, with her only dialogue while wearing her [[Samus Aran|Power Suit]] being the written description of the [[Galactic Avenger]] event match. | |||
**Additionally, Zero Suit Samus is the first playable character in the series voiced by a non-Japanese voice actor in all language tracks of ''Smash'' games who do not originate from the {{uv|Mario}} universe, preceding [[Lucas]], [[Banjo]], and [[Kazooie]]. | |||
***If including voice differences between costumes, several costumes of [[Bayonetta]] would also count. | |||
*Zero Suit Samus is the third character in ''Smash'', following [[Dr. Mario]] and [[Young Link]], to be an alternate version of another playable character. However, unlike Dr. Mario or Young Link, Zero Suit Samus is not a moveset [[clone]] of her Power Suited self. | *Zero Suit Samus is the third character in ''Smash'', following [[Dr. Mario]] and [[Young Link]], to be an alternate version of another playable character. However, unlike Dr. Mario or Young Link, Zero Suit Samus is not a moveset [[clone]] of her Power Suited self. | ||