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|games=''[[Brawl]]''<br>''[[SSB4]]''<br>''[[Ultimate]]'' | |games=''[[Brawl]]''<br>''[[SSB4]]''<br>''[[Ultimate]]'' | ||
|lastappearance=''{{s|metroidwiki|Metroid Prime: Trilogy}}'' (2009) | |lastappearance=''{{s|metroidwiki|Metroid Prime: Trilogy}}'' (2009) | ||
|console= [[Nintendo GameCube]] | |console=[[Nintendo GameCube]] | ||
|species= | |species=[[metroidwiki:Metroid (species)|Metroid]]/{{s|metroidwiki|Human}} hybrid (infused with {{s|metroidwiki|Phazon}} and cybernetically augmented with the {{s|metroidwiki|Phazon Suit}}) | ||
|gender = Female<ref>Although the Metroid Prime | |gender =Female<ref>Although the Metroid Prime has no definitive gender, Dark Samus is technically female because her unintentional absorption of a sample of Samus Aran's DNA. On a related note, she is consistently described with female pronouns in {{s|metroidwiki|logbook}} scans and ''Super Smash Bros.'' trophies.</ref> | ||
|placeoforigin={{s|metroidwiki|Tallon IV}} ([[metroidwiki:Metroid Prime (specimen)|Metroid Prime]])<br>{{s|metroidwiki|Phaaze}} (Phazon) | |placeoforigin={{s|metroidwiki|Tallon IV}} ([[metroidwiki:Metroid Prime (specimen)|Metroid Prime]])<br>{{s|metroidwiki|Phaaze}} (Phazon) | ||
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'''Dark Samus''' ({{ja|ダークサムス|Dāku Samusu}}, ''Dark Samus'') is a character from the ''{{uv|Metroid}}'' series. Originally appearing as [[metroidwiki:Metroid Prime (specimen)|a gigantic, heavily mutated Metroid]] that plagued {{s|metroidwiki|Tallon IV}} alongside the very toxic mutagen called {{s|metroidwiki|Phazon}}, Dark Samus is the primary antagonist of the ''Metroid Prime'' trilogy, and one of [[Samus Aran]]'s greatest foes. | '''Dark Samus''' ({{ja|ダークサムス|Dāku Samusu}}, ''Dark Samus'') is a character from the ''{{uv|Metroid}}'' series. Originally appearing as [[metroidwiki:Metroid Prime (specimen)|a gigantic, heavily mutated Metroid]] that plagued {{s|metroidwiki|Tallon IV}} alongside the very toxic mutagen called {{s|metroidwiki|Phazon}}, Dark Samus is the primary antagonist of the [[metroidwiki:Metroid Prime: Trilogy|''Metroid Prime'' trilogy]], and one of [[Samus Aran]]'s greatest foes. | ||
After making cameos as a [[trophy]] and [[sticker]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', Dark Samus appeared as an [[Assist Trophy]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]'' before transitioning into a playable character in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''. | After making cameos as a [[trophy]] and [[sticker]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', Dark Samus appeared as an [[Assist Trophy]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]'' before transitioning into a playable character in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''. | ||
==Character description== | ==Character description== | ||
[[File:Dark Samus Spirit.png|thumb|left|150px|Official | [[File:Dark Samus Spirit.png|thumb|left|150px|Official artwork of Dark Samus in ''Metroid Prime 2: Echoes''. This design is the basis of her trophy design in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'', and inspired some features of her design in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''.]] | ||
When [[Samus Aran]] defeated [[metroidwiki:Metroid Prime (specimen)|the titular creature]] of ''Metroid Prime'', it took one last grasp at Samus and, in its seeming death throes, stole her {{s|metroidwiki|Phazon Suit}} before it dissolved into a pool of Phazon. After Samus was forced to evacuate the collapsing {{s|metroidwiki|Impact Crater}}, Metroid Prime had, unbeknownst to her, survived their battle. Some time afterward, the Phazon Suit's hand emerged from the pool of Phazon, albeit with clawed fingers and an eyeball on the back of its palm. | When [[Samus Aran]] defeated [[metroidwiki:Metroid Prime (specimen)|the titular creature]] of ''Metroid Prime'', it took one last grasp at Samus and, in its seeming death throes, stole her {{s|metroidwiki|Phazon Suit}} before it dissolved into a pool of Phazon. After Samus was forced to evacuate the collapsing {{s|metroidwiki|Impact Crater}}, Metroid Prime had, unbeknownst to her, survived their battle. Some time afterward, the Phazon Suit's hand emerged from the pool of Phazon, albeit with clawed fingers and an eyeball on the back of its palm. | ||
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*Dark Samus is the second playable female villain in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series. The first was [[Koopalings|Wendy Koopa]]. | *Dark Samus is the second playable female villain in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series. The first was [[Koopalings|Wendy Koopa]]. | ||
*Dark Samus is the second [[clone]] in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series to be a doppelgänger of the character she is derived from. The first was [[Dark Pit]]. | *Dark Samus is the second [[clone]] in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series to be a doppelgänger of the character she is derived from. The first was [[Dark Pit]]. | ||
**Unlike Dark Pit, however, she is | **Unlike Dark Pit, however, she is a cybernetically enhanced hybrid instead of a genetically identical clone. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
