22 Facts About Samus Aran

Samus Aran is a fictional character and the playable protagonist of the video game series Metroid by Nintendo.

Samus Aran is an ex-soldier of the Galactic Federation who became a galactic bounty hunter, usually fitted with a powered exoskeleton that is equipped with weapons such as directed-energy weapons and missiles.

Samus Aran is the protagonist of several Metroid games, films, manga series, and a comic book continuation of Captain N: The Game Master.

Samus Aran is typically seen wearing the Power Suit, a powered exoskeleton which protects her from most dangers she encounters and can be enhanced by power-ups collected during gameplay.

Instances of Samus Aran appearing without the Power Suit occur mainly in cutscenes, such as post-game screenshots of her in more revealing clothing, which are unlocked depending on difficulty level, game completion, or play time.

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The orphaned Samus Aran was then found by a bird-like alien race known as the Chozo, who brought her to their home planet, Zebes.

Samus Aran's image was based on actress Sigourney Weaver in her role as Ellen Ripley from Aliens, and actress Kim Basinger from 9½ Weeks and My Stepmother Is an Alien.

Samus Aran is eventually able to access the source of the planet's Phazon contamination, a meteor impact crater, where she defeats the Phazon-infused creature Metroid Prime.

In Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, Samus Aran is sent to the planet Aether, a Phazon meteor-ravaged planet split into light and dark dimensions.

In Metroid Prime: Federation Force, Samus Aran is tasked by the Galactic Federation to investigate the Space Pirates' presence in the Bermuda System and provide intelligence to the Federation Force.

Samus Aran appears as a playable character throughout the Super Smash Bros.

Ultimate feature an alternate form of Samus Aran called Zero Suit Samus Aran, in which she wears her Zero Suit instead of her Power Suit, which in turn grants her a significantly different and unique move set.

Samus Aran is featured in a series of comic books called Captain N: The Game Master, published by Valiant Comics in 1990, based on the animated series of the same name, though Samus Aran never appears in the original cartoon version.

Samus Aran is one of the twelve original amiibo in November 2014.

Samus Aran is one of the first major female protagonists in a video game, predated by one year by Toby Masuyo from Namco's Alien Sector .

Samus Aran is tough, silent, heavily armed and spends most of her time in a bulky suit of high-tech Power Armor.

Samus Aran has been well received by the video game community.

In 2001, IGN remarked that Samus Aran has a cult following greater than most other female video game characters.

The book Videogames and Art noted that in the original Metroid the player is not briefed on Samus Aran's past or future; the only interaction that they have with the character is by being her through gameplay, while bits of information can be gleaned from the handbook and through concept art, adding, "Samus Aran is very rare for the character intimacy gained solely through game play and for her stasis and then drastic change", referring to the revelation that she is a woman.

Unlike other Metroid games, where Samus Aran took full advantage of weapons and abilities available, she deactivated most of them until Commander Adam Malkovich authorized their use.

GamesRadar wrote that Other M painted Samus Aran, widely considered a strong female lead character, as "an unsure, insecure woman who desperately wants the approval of her former [male] commanding officer".

Samus Aran was ranked fifth on GameDailys 2009 list of top characters in the Smash Bros.