Samus Aran

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"......I'm resting up for Mother Brain."

—Samus Aran, Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

Samus Aran is the protagonist of the Metroid series who first appears in Metroid. She is a professional bounty hunter who often fights against the Space Pirates. Samus has made various appearances in Mario-related media, especially the Super Smash Bros. series and WarioWare series.

Profile[]

Samus Aran was an inhabitant of the Earth colony K-2L. Following a space pirate raid on the colony, which led to her parents' death at the hands of Ridley, Samus Aran, as the lone survivor, was adopted by the bird-like species Chozo and was injected with their DNA, making her faster and stronger than the average human. She then grew up to be a bounty hunter, going all across the galaxy armed with her Arm Cannon and Power Suit to complete her missions across the universe, from planet to planet.

In Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars[]

Samus can be found sleeping in the guest room of the royal castle of the Mushroom Kingdom. When Mario talks to Samus, she tells him that she is resting up for her forthcoming battle against Mother Brain.

In the WarioWare series[]

Samus has been playable in various Metroid-themed microgames throughout the series. In most of them, her sprite is reused from Metroid.

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Crossover media[]

In the Super Smash Bros. series[]

Samus makes her first appearance in the Super Smash Bros. series in the original Super Smash Bros. as a starting playable character. Samus is a heavy, yet floaty character. Her design is based off her appearance from Super Metroid.

Samus returns as a starting selectable character in Super Smash Bros. Melee, in which her moveset has been tweaked. Her design is still based off her Super Metroid appearance. Her new side special move is the Missile. Samus returns in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, with an embellished design drawing aspects from multiple Metroid games, though it closely resembles the Super Metroid-based design used in Melee. After using her Final Smash, the Zero Laser, her Varia Suit will fall off, thus making her become Zero Suit Samus.

Samus returns as a playable character in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Her appearance now matches the design used in Metroid: Other M, albeit with minor cosmetic additions. However, she can no longer turn into Zero Suit Samus, who is now a separate character.

Timeline[]

This timeline covers Samus's appearances within Mario-related games, including crossovers:

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[Edit] Game	Role	Year	Console	Notes
Tetris	Cameo	1989	Family Computer, Nintendo Entertainment System	Appears in the results screen alongside some Mario characters, Link, and Pit
F-1 Race	Cameo	1990	Game Boy	Appears during Tetris for the Nintendo Entertainment System
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars	Cameo	1996	Super Nintendo Entertainment System	Found sleeping in the guest room of the Mushroom Castle, where she says she is resting up for Mother Brain.
Super Smash Bros.	Playable character	1999	Nintendo 64
Super Smash Bros. Melee	Playable character	2001	Nintendo GameCube
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!	Brief role	2003	Game Boy Advance	Playable in the microgame Metroid
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$!	Brief role	2003	Nintendo GameCube	Same as in WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!
WarioWare: Twisted!	Brief role	2004	Game Boy Advance	Playable in two microgames, Metroid-Morph Ball and Metroid-Samus
WarioWare: Touched!	Brief role	2004	Nintendo DS	Playable in the microgame Metroid
WarioWare: Smooth Moves	Brief role	2006	Wii	Playable in the microgame Metroid Prime 2
Super Smash Bros. Brawl	Playable character	2008	Wii
WarioWare: D.I.Y.	Brief role	2009	Nintendo DS	Playable in the Metroid microgame
Nintendo Land	Reference	2012	Wii U	Miis can wear Samus's Power Suit in the Metroid Blast minigame
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS	Playable character	2014	Nintendo 3DS
Mario Kart 8 (version 3.0)	Reference	2014	Wii U	Samus's Power Suit is featured as one of the Mii clothing
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U	Playable character	2014	Wii U
Super Mario Maker	Playable character	2015	Wii U	Samus is available as one of several costumes
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe	Reference	2017	Nintendo Switch	Same as in Mario Kart 8
WarioWare Gold	Brief role	2018	Nintendo 3DS	Returns in the microgames Metroid-Samus and Metroid (originally named Metroid-Morph Ball); sometimes has her amiibo appear in Amiibo Tap
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate	Playable character	2018	Nintendo Switch
Paper Mario: The Origami King	Reference	2020	Nintendo Switch	Parts of Samus's Varia Suit appear as items
WarioWare: Get It Together!	Brief role	2021	Nintendo Switch	Stars in the Super Metroid microgame

Nomenclature[]

[Edit] Language	Name	Translation
Chinese (Simplified)	萨姆斯・艾仁 Sàmǔsī Àirén	Samus Aran
Chinese (Traditional)	薩姆斯・阿倫 Sàmǔsī Ālún	Samus Aran
Japanese	サムス・アラン Samusu Aran	Samus Aran
Korean	사무스 아란 Samuseu Aran	Samus Aran
Russian	Самус Аран Samus Aran	Samus Aran

Trivia[]

Samus is the only female character who appeared in every Super Smash Bros. game, unless Jigglypuff is counted.
Samus has consistently been the heaviest female character across all games. She would then share this trait with her Echo Fighter, Dark Samus, in Ultimate.
Samus and Peach are the only female characters to have Echo Fighters. Dark Samus is the Echo Fighter of Samus and Daisy is the Echo Fighter of Peach.

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