Dark Samus: Difference between revisions

|firstgame=''{{iw|metroidwiki|Metroid Prime|game}}'' (2002, cameo)<br>''{{s|metroidwiki|Metroid Prime 2: Echoes}}'' (2004)

|games=''[[Brawl]]''<br>''[[SSB4]]''<br>''[[Ultimate]]''

|console=[[Nintendo GameCube]]

|species={{iw|metroidwiki|Metroid|species}}/{{s|metroidwiki|Human}} hybrid (cybernetically augmented with the {{s|metroidwiki|Phazon Suit}} and naturally infused with {{s|metroidwiki|Phazon}}){{ref|a}}

==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''.]]

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==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 the actual Dark Samus. It teams up with [[Dark Link]] against two players that play as their normal counterparts, with Link as player one and Samus as player two.

===Trophy===

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|image=Dark Samus - Brawl Trophy.png

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{{StickerPicBox|Dark Samus|Metroid Prime 2: Echoes}}

[[File:SSB4 Dark Samus Alt.jpeg|thumb|150px|Samus' Dark Samus color scheme.]]

Dark Samus' color scheme is also the basis of one of Samus' [[Alternate costume (SSB4)#Samus|alternate costumes]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://miiverse.nintendo.net/replies/AYMHAAACAAAYUKllULyh8Q |title=Director's Room |accessdate=2016-02-05 |author=Masahiro Sakurai |date=2014-09-03 |publisher=Miiverse |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017180512/https://miiverse.nintendo.net/posts/AYMHAAACAADMUKl_zHGQzw |archivedate=2017-10-17 |quote=…And here she is in the color schemes of the Gravity Suit from Metroid Prime, Green Samus (a regular in the Smash series), the Light Suit, and Dark Samus. A total of eight colors.}}</ref> In the [[Galactic Avenger]] [[Event Match]], this color scheme is used to simulate Samus battling Dark Samus. Similarly, the color scheme appears in the [[Final Battle Team-Up]] co-op Event Match that features several playable antagonists as opponents.

===Trophy===

|image-3ds=DarkSamusTrophy3DS.png

|image-wiiu=DarkSamusTrophyWiiU.png

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As an [[Echo Fighter]] of {{SSBU|Samus}}, Dark Samus is virtually identical in regard to function, although she does deviate from Samus in a few ways.<ref name=Direct/> As with other Echo Fighters, she has different animations, taunts, and victory poses (including a distinct victory fanfare).<ref name=Sakurai/> Unlike Samus, Dark Samus' rolls do not involve her transforming into a {{s|metroidwiki|Morph Ball}}, but are compensated with slightly less ending lag. She also uses Phazon in her moveset, which is indicated by blue flames with the [[electric]] [[effect]] for all [[Missile|but]] [[Bomb (Samus)|two]] of Samus' respective [[flame]]-based moves, and dark blue energy for both [[Charge Shot]] and [[Phazon Laser]] (her version of the {{b|Zero Laser|Samus}}).

===Spirit===

*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]].

*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 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.