Samus Aran: Difference between revisions

:''For fighter info, 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); 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 was 3 years old, murdered by the Space Pirate leader 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 computer 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.)

[[Image:Samus_Aran.PNG|100px|right|thumb|Official artwork of Samus in ''Super Smash Bros.'']]Samus makes her first appearance in the original ''Super Smash Bros.'' as a starting playable character. Samus is a heavy, yet floaty character. Her B move is the [[Charge Shot]]. Samus can fire small blasts but they do little damage, however if she charges it to full power, it is quite devastating. Her B Up is the [[Screw Attack]] which causes Samus to shoot up in the air, spinning her around very fast. Her B down is the [[Bomb (Samus)|Bomb]] which can be used as a recovery if timed correctly. However, Samus is considered the lowest ranked character in the game due to her lack of combo attacks.

Samus returns in ''Brawl'', with a generalized design drawing aspeccts from multiple ''Metroid'' games. She appears to essentially be the same fighter she was in ''Melee'', but Samus also has a brand new ability. Once her [[Final Smash]], the [[Zero Laser]] is used, Samus's power suit will be destroyed and will fall off, thus becoming [[Zero Suit Samus]]. In ''Brawl'', her Varia Suit [[Palette swap (SSBB)#Samus|colour can be changed]] so it resembles some of her other suits, like the Fusion Suit or Dark Suit, but retains the Varia Suit's shape and strength. When her suit colour is changed in such a way, her Zero Suit colour also becomes slightly different and has different markings on the back.

Samus has many trophies about her, including her main one that is awarded each time the [[Classic]] mode is completed with Samus on any difficulty. See [[Zero Laser]] for the trophy description of Samus's [[Final Smash]]:

* The exact pronunciation of Samus's name changes every ''Smash'' game. In [[Super Smash Bros.|the original]] and ''[[Melee]]'' it's saw-mus. However, in Brawl, it's pronounced sah-mus. This change in pronunciation is consistent with the way Samus is pronounced in ''Metroid Prime 3: Corruption''.