Screw Attack (item): Difference between revisions

[[File:SM Norfair Screw Attack.gif|thumb|left|150px|The Screw Attack as it appeared in ''Super Metroid''.]]

The Screw Attack made its first appearance in ''{{b|Metroid|game}}''. In ''Metroid'', the Screw Attack is a Chozo artifact that allows Samus to attack while somersaulting, which would become the basis of Samus's [[Screw Attack (move)|up special]] in ''Smash''. The Screw Attack upgrade has since appeared in every 2D ''Metroid'' game with the same functionality, although it is obtained from a Core-X Parasite instead of an item in ''Metroid Fusion''. The upgrade also appears with a new design in ''Metroid Prime 2: Echoes'' and ''Metroid Prime 3: Corruption'', where it allows Samus to perform continuous mid-air jumps.<!--In Metroid: Other M, Samus already has the Screw Attack and therefore it is never seen in-game as an item.-->

The item in ''Smash'' is derived from the Screw Attack's design in the 2D ''Metroid'' games. In ''Melee'', the Screw Attack specifically resembles the item as seen in-game<!--the artwork uses a different color palette--> in ''[[Super Metroid]]''; later ''Smash'' games have updated its appearance to match the item's brighter color palette seen in ''Metroid: Zero Mission''.