Dark Samus

Dark Samus
File:MetroidSymbol.png Official artwork of Dark Samus from Metroid Prime 3: Corruption.
Universe	Metroid
Debut	Metroid Prime (2002)
Smash Bros. appearances	Brawl SSB4
Most recent appearance	Metroid Prime: Trilogy (2009)
Console of origin	Nintendo GameCube
Species	Unique (mix of Phazon with Samus's and Metroid's DNA)
Article on Metroid Wiki	Dark Samus

Dark Samus (ダークサムス, Dark Samus) is a character from the Metroid series, specifically the Metroid Prime games. She is a doppelganger of Samus Aran, created when the defeated Metroid Prime absorbed the Hunter's Phazon Suit after the final battle of Metroid Prime. The result was a phenomenally strong creature, with the same abilites as the real Samus, as well as powerful Phazon-based attacks. It has made appearances in the Super Smash Bros. series, specifically in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. 4.

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Dark Samus appears as a trophy and as a sticker. Additionally, a "Dark Samus" appears in Co-Op Event 7: Battle of the Dark Sides, though it is merely a blackened version of Samus and not her Phazon doppelganger. She teams up with Dark Link against the two players that plays as their light counterparts, Link as player one and Samus as player two.

Trophy

Dark Samus

A twin image of Samus, encountered near the beginning of Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. Dark Samus is identical to Samus in every way but color—she even uses similar attacks. There are many theories on the origin of Dark Samus, but none are proven. Dark Samus uses Phazon for energy and can absorb it to heal damage. Samus encounters Dark Samus a number of times.

: Metroid Prime 2: Echoes

The description is inaccurate as Dark Samus' suit is a warped version of Samus', and her origins are known: she was reincarnated from Metroid Prime when she absorbed Samus' Phazon Suit and DNA at the end of the game.

Sticker

Name	Game	Effect	Character(s)
Dark Samus	Metroid Prime 2: Echoes	Resistance +11

Dark Samus (Metroid Prime 2: Echoes)

In Super Smash Bros. 4

Dark Samus appears as an Assist Trophy in these games. Her attacks involve firing it arm cannon and summoning Phazon tentacles from the ground. It also poses with her Arm Cannon in front of her face. Her design in this game is based on Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. Some of her attack animations are similar to Samus's, such as her down tilt and up smash.

Dark Samus's color scheme is also the basis of one of Samus's alternate colors. In an event match, this color scheme is used to simulate Samus battling Dark Samus.

Gallery

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  Dark Samus in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.

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  Full view of Dark Samus.

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  Dark Samus firing her arm cannon at Mega Man.

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  Dark Samus using Phazon tentacles as an attack.

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  Samus's Dark Samus color scheme (far left).