Dark Samus (SSBU)

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Dark Samus in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Universe	Metroid
Availability	Unlockable
Final Smash	Phazon Laser

Dark Samus is a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. She is an Echo Fighter of Samus. Dark Samus's appearance in the game was announced on August 8th, 2018.

Differences from Samus

Aesthetics

• Dark Samus hovers when walking and running, as opposed to Samus’s more traditional animations.
• Dark Samus's on screen appearance has her warp onto the stage from a dark portal.
• Dark Samus features many different animations compared to Samus, which extends to her idle, walking, dashing, and dodge animations, as well as her taunts. Many moves additionally have slight alterations to their animations.
• Dark Samus has a different victory pose, which references one of her attacks in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption.

Gallery

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Character introduction video

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Trivia

• Dark Samus is the second playable character who was originally an Assist Trophy, the first being Little Mac.
• Dark Samus is the second character to be cloned from a female, being Samus.
• Dark Samus is the second foreign-created character to be playable in Smash Bros, following Diddy Kong, being created by the American Retro Studios.