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[[Image:Samus Artwork.jpg|thumb|right|Samus as she appears in ''Metroid Prime 3: Corruption'']]'''Samus Aran''' (サムス・アラン, ''Samusu Aran'') is the protagonist of the [[Metroid (universe)|''Metroid'' series]]. Samus is the galaxy's most famous bounty hunter, constantly helping the Galactic Federation in their fight against the Space Pirates. She has appeared in all three ''Super Smash Bros.'' games to date.

For the fighter, see '''[[Samus (SSB)]]''', '''[[Samus (SSBM)]]''', '''[[Samus (SSBB)]]'''.

Samus made her first appearance in ''[[Metroid (game)|Metroid]]'' for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The game kept the fact that she was a woman secret, (with the intent of surprising gamers after they completed it) indeed as even the game's instruction manual refers to Samus as a male. Though believed to be created by [[Gunpei Yokoi]], the original game concepts for ''Metroid'' were done by director [[Makoto Kanoh]] and designer [[Hiroji Kiyotake]].

The original "''Metroid''" saw Samus on her first mission on the planet Zebes, sent to stop the Space Pirates and destroy Mother Brain, the mechanical life-form that controlled the fortress and its computers. Samus successfully completed the mission. Later, the remake ''[[Metroid: Zero Mission]]'' would reveal more about Samus's backstory, establishing that she was born on the Earth colony K-2L, and her parents died when she 3 years old, murdered by the Space Pirate known as [[Ridley]], she was then raised by the Chozo who took her to planet Zebes. As she grew up, she was given a Chozo power suit and eventually left the planet to become a bounty hunter.

She was later sent to [[Planet Zebes]] to stop the Space Pirates on Zebes, who were attempting to use a newly discovered species called the "Metroids" and destroy Mother Brain, the reprogramed Aurora Unit who controlled Zebes's ecosystem. Samus successfully carried out the mission,  destroying Mother Brain. (The original ''Metroid'' ends here, but in ''Zero Mission'', Samus's ship is shot down after take off and Samus must fight her way out of the Space Pirates mother ship, it is here that Samus gets her most well known Power Suit and with it, she escapes from the Space Pirates.)

In ''[[Metroid Prime]]'', Samus was responding to a distress call from the Space Pirate Frigate which had been studing a new Phazon , and there she encountered Ridley who was thought to be destroyed in the previous battle. Samus persued the reborn Meta-Ridley to Tallon IV where she learned that a meteorite had landed on the planet long ago containing an evil creature known as Metroid Prime. Samus tracked down the creature, once again destroying Ridley and apparently destroyed Metroid Prime. Unbeknownst to Samus, Metroid Prime was reborn as "Dark Samus", taking on the bounty hunter's image.

In ''Metroid Prime 2: Echoes'', Samus was sent to the planet known as Aether to find a lost group of Federation troopers. It was there that Samus encountered Dark Samus. Samus discovered Aether was split into two dimensions: one light and one dark. With the help of the Luminoth species, Samus destroyed "Dark Aether" and apparently Dark Samus as well, but her dark counterpart still lived...

 

In ''[[Super Metroid]]'', with the last Metroid in captivity, the galaxy is at peace. The scientists begin to study the Metroid and their scientific properties. Just as Samus leaves the colony, it is attacked by the Space Pirates. Samus turns back and witnesses a reborn Ridley making off with the infant Metroid. Samus chases him to Zebes where she once again defeats Kraid and Ridley, but is attacked by a giant Metroid on her way to Mother Brain. Recognizing, Samus just in time, the Metroid releases Samus, who goes on to confront Mother Brain once again. In a final epic battle, Samus is almost defeated, but she is saved by the Metroid at the last moment, though it is destroyed by Mother Brain. With her hyper beam, Samus easily defeats Mother Brain and escapes Zebes before the planet explodes.

 

 

:''Main Article: [[Samus (SSB)]]''

 

 

 

 

*'''[[Event 20: All-Star Match 2]]''': Samus is the first opponent you must fight in this series of staged battles. Your character battles her on the Brinstar stage, and your character has 2 stock while Samus has 1. With a timer of four minutes, you must defeat her and the other four characters with the overall time and life you have: Link, Zelda, Captain Falcon, and Fox.

*'''[[Event 27: Cold Armor]]''': This match pits Samus against three metal Samus's on the [[Brinstar Depths]] stage. The metal Samus's have two lives each while Samus only has one.

 

 

 

 

 

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