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'''Dark Samus''' ({{ja|ダークサムス|Dāku Samusu}}, ''Dark Samus'') is a character from the {{uv|Metroid}} series. | '''Dark Samus''' ({{ja|ダークサムス|Dāku Samusu}}, ''Dark Samus'') is a character from the {{uv|Metroid}} series. Originally appearing as a [[metroidwiki:Metroid Prime (specimen)|gigantic, heavily mutated Metroid]] that plagued {{s|metroidwiki|Tallon IV}} alongside the very toxic mutagen called {{s|metroidwiki|Phazon}}, Dark Samus is the primary antagonist of the [[metroidwiki:Metroid Prime: Trilogy|''Metroid Prime'' trilogy]] and one of [[Samus Aran]]'s greatest foes alongside [[Ridley]] and [[Mother Brain]]. | ||
After making cameos as a [[trophy]] and [[sticker]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', and as a trophy and [[Assist Trophy]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]'', Dark Samus | After making cameos as a [[trophy]] and [[sticker]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', and as a trophy and [[Assist Trophy]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]'', Dark Samus transitioned into a playable character in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''. | ||
==Origin== | ==Origin== | ||
[[File:SSBU spirit Dark Samus.png|thumb|left|150px|Official artwork of Dark Samus in ''Metroid Prime 2: Echoes''. This design is the basis of her trophy design in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'', and inspired some features of her design in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''.]] | [[File:SSBU spirit Dark Samus.png|thumb|left|150px|Official artwork of Dark Samus in ''Metroid Prime 2: Echoes''. This design is the basis of her trophy design in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'', and inspired some features of her design in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''.]] | ||
Before attaining her current form, Dark Samus was originally known as Metroid Prime, the [[metroidwiki:Metroid Prime (specimen)|titular creature]] of the game of the same name. After [[Samus Aran]] defeated it in the final boss fight, it took one last grasp at Samus and stole her {{s|metroidwiki|Phazon Suit}} upgrade before dissolving into a pool of Phazon. While Samus evacuated the collapsing {{s|metroidwiki|Impact Crater}}, Metroid Prime had, unbeknownst to her, survived the battle. | |||
In a post-credits stinger scene, an armored hand emerged from the Phazon pool, signaling the rebirth of Metroid Prime as the Phazon-based cyborg Dark Samus. The Metroid Prime's essence and remnants of Samus' DNA constituted its biological components, while the Phazon Suit itself constituted its mechanical component as the creature's new body. This hybrid managed to acquire all of Samus' abilities, as well as sapience. However, the creature was also obsessed with consuming more Phazon, a trait it retained from its time as Metroid Prime. | |||
Dark Samus, as she would come to be known by the Space Pirates, is first seen by the Pirates in ''Metroid Prime 2: Echoes''. They first believe she is Samus wearing a new suit, but are disturbed as she only steals Phazon the Pirates are mining on {{s|metroidwiki|Aether}} for her own sustenance. Her meddling results in the Pirates' operation being discovered by the Galactic Federation, leading to Samus' eventual arrival. Dark Samus attacks Samus on sight, the two fighting multiple times across Aether. | |||
Once Samus defeats the {{s|metroidwiki|Ing}} and triggers the dimensional collapse of Dark Aether, Dark Samus interrupts her escape. Overloaded by Phazon, the translucent Dark Samus manages to hold her own against Samus, even in spite of the latter wearing the {{s|metroidwiki|Light Suit}}, but is ultimately bested again. She then disintegrates after failing to steal Samus' Light Suit, and appears to perish in Dark Aether. | |||
Following this defeat, ''Metroid Prime 3: Corruption'' opens with Dark Samus' remains being unknowingly collected by the Space Pirates, allowing her to reform in one of their Phazon transports. She absorbs all Phazon aboard the ship, which further develops her sapience alongside stabilizing her physical body, complete with streamlining her Phazon Suit into a more mechanical design. Thanks to this sapience, Dark Samus brainwashes the Pirates with Phazon and initiates a new goal: galactic conquest via the spread of Phazon. | |||
Using the brainwashed Pirates, Dark Samus captures {{s|metroidwiki|Aurora Unit 313}}, a Federation organic supercomputer, and implants it into {{s|metroidwiki|Phaaze}}, the sentient planet that is the source of all Phazon. Dark Samus directly controls the spread of Phazon by launching Phaaze's {{s|metroidwiki|Leviathan}}s, living Phazon asteroids that corrupt planets they strike into Phazon wastelands. She begins targeting key Federation planets to cripple their galactic defenses. | |||
Although Samus manages to stop one of the Leviathans, Dark Samus corrupts her and three other bounty hunters ({{s|metroidwiki|Rundas}}, {{s|metroidwiki|Ghor}} and {{s|metroidwiki|Gandrayda}}) with Phazon. The other hunters ultimately fall victim to Phazon corruption, forcing Samus to kill each of them on her journey to uproot the Leviathans. In the end, Dark Samus confronts Samus for the final time on Phaaze, first in direct combat and then after merging with Aurora Unit 313. Samus destroys 313 and, because of its symbiotic connection to both Dark Samus and Phaaze, seemingly kills Dark Samus and renders all Phazon inert. | |||
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*Dark Samus is the second playable character to be created outside of Japan, and the first to be created in the United States. | *Dark Samus is the second playable character to be created outside of Japan, and the first to be created in the United States. | ||
**She is also the second playable character not created by Nintendo to be solely created by a Nintendo-owned subsidiary (being [[Retro Studios]]). The first was [[Shulk]], who was created by [[Monolith Soft]]. | **She is also the second playable character not created by Nintendo to be solely created by a Nintendo-owned subsidiary (being [[Retro Studios]]). The first was [[Shulk]], who was created by [[Monolith Soft]]. | ||
**She is also the first female character to be created outside Japan. | |||
*Dark Samus' ''Brawl'' trophy description is not entirely accurate. If the player achieves 100% completion in ''Metroid Prime'', a cutscene will play that shows Metroid Prime's essence being reborn into Samus' stolen {{iw|metroidwiki|Phazon Suit}}. However, this fact is only hinted at in-universe from Samus' first {{iw|metroidwiki|logbook}} scan of Dark Samus in ''Metroid Prime 2: Echoes''. | *Dark Samus' ''Brawl'' trophy description is not entirely accurate. If the player achieves 100% completion in ''Metroid Prime'', a cutscene will play that shows Metroid Prime's essence being reborn into Samus' stolen {{iw|metroidwiki|Phazon Suit}}. However, this fact is only hinted at in-universe from Samus' first {{iw|metroidwiki|logbook}} scan of Dark Samus in ''Metroid Prime 2: Echoes''. | ||
*Dark Samus is the second | *Dark Samus is the second [[clone]] in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series to be a doppelgänger of the character she is derived from. The first is [[Dark Pit]]. | ||
**Unlike Dark Pit, she is a cybernetically enhanced hybrid instead of a genetically identical clone | **Unlike Dark Pit, however, she is a cybernetically enhanced hybrid instead of a genetically identical clone. | ||
*Dark Samus and [[Kazooie]] are the only playable fighters whose games of origin were neither released first in Japan nor worldwide, with both (''Metroid Prime 2'' and ''Banjo-Kazooie'', respectively) releasing in North America first. | *Dark Samus and [[Kazooie]] are the only playable fighters whose games of origin were neither released first in Japan nor worldwide, with both (''Metroid Prime 2'' and ''Banjo-Kazooie'', respectively) releasing in North America first. | ||