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Samus Aran is a video game character created by Nintendo, and stars in the Metroid game series.

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Species: human (she was infused with Chozo blood and much later with metroid DNA; the existence of her cybernetic implants is still conjectural)
Job: space hunter, bounty hunter
Sex: female
Height: 1.90 m (6'0") in the suit according to the Metroid II instruction booklet
Weight: 90 kilograms in the suit according to the Metroid II instruction booklet
Age: unknown
Official hair color: blonde
Official eye color: blue

Biography

Samus Aran is the legendary bounty hunter who is well-known for defeating the Space Pirates and wiping out the dangerous Metroids. At first believed to be an android, Samus revealed her true identity after she defeated the Space Pirates on Zebes. Her reputation grew as her reliability almost always guaranteed success in her hired jobs.

Samus was the daughter of two colonists on the Federation colony world K2-L. When she was quite young, the species known only as the Space Pirates destroyed the colony, leaving Samus as the sole survivor. A group of Chozo picked up the distress signal from the colony, and took Samus with them to their home on planet Zebes. They raised her as their own, infusing her with their blood for an unknown reason.

How and why Samus eventually left Zebes is a bit of a mystery. According to the Metroid Prime instruction manual, the Space Pirates attacked Zebes and wiped out most of the local Chozo after discovering the Metroids. However, it goes on to say Samus was growing up at the time; this is rather odd, as Metroid: Zero Mission clearly proves that Samus grew up on the very same planet. And so, the question is raised: was Samus growing up among the remnants of the Chozo culture on Zebes, no doubt a dangerous environment, or is there a storyline glitch there? The answer has not come yet, and perhaps never will; Samus is a legend, and legends tend to have their stories mixed up a bit, especially when they are so quiet about them.

Samus is rarely seen without her Chozo designed Power Suit. In addition to providing protection, the suit augments her physical abilities, allowing her to leap great distances or scale vertical cliffs. The suit is also modular, able to equip many different upgrades to increase versatility.

Official game appearances (by order of release):

  1. 1986 - Metroid (NES)
  2. 1988 - Nintendo's Tetris) (NES) (Cameo)
  3. 1991 - Metroid II: Return of Samus (Game Boy)
  4. 1994 - Super Metroid (SNES)
  5. 1996 - Super Mario RPG (SNES) (Cameo)
  6. 1996 - Kirby Super Star (SNES) (Cameo)
  7. 1998 - Kirby's Dreamland 3 (SNES) (Cameo)
  8. 1999 - Super Smash Bros. (N64)
  9. 2001 - Super Smash Bros. Melee (GameCube)
  10. 2002 - Metroid Prime (GameCube)
  11. 2002 - Metroid Fusion (Game Boy Advance)
  12. 2004 - Metroid Zero Mission (Game Boy Advance)
  13. 2004? (TBA) - Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (GameCube)
  14. ]? (TBA) - Metroid Prime: Hunters (Nintendo DS)

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