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As a member of the "[[Fighter#"Perfect-attendance crew"|perfect-attendance crew]]", Samus has been featured as a playable character throughout the ''{{b|Super Smash Bros.|series}}'' series.

A ''Nintendo Power'' comic adaptation of ''[[Super Metroid]]'' was the first depiction of Samus's backstory, which was later expanded in the ''Monthly Magazine Z'' {{s|metroidwiki|Metroid e-manga}}. These comics established that Samus was born on the mining colony K-2L to parents Virginia and Rodney Aran. When Samus was 3 years old, her parents were away when the {{s|metroidwiki|Chozo}} visited; one named Old Bird befriended Samus, before departing. Soon after, the miners were ambushed by the Space Pirates, led by none other than Ridley. He attempted to kill Samus, inadvertently killing Virginia instead as she leapt in the way. Rodney then detonated the volatile mineral Afloraltite, sacrificing himself to destroy the Pirates and bury Ridley under rubble. Old Bird and the Chozo returned soon after, finding Samus as the sole survivor of the incident. They chose to adopt the orphaned girl and took her to planet Zebes. As she grew, she was infused with their DNA, trained with them in combat, and was given a Chozo Power Suit. Eventually, Samus left the planet and joined the Galactic Federation. She was present for the Space Pirates' occupation of Zebes, in which she reconcile her troubled relationship with her guardian Gray Voice just before his death at the hands of Ridley. Soon afterwards, Samus left the Federation due to her disagreements with procedures and general distaste for authority, as well as an argument with her superior officer, Adam Malkovich. Samus became a bounty hunter instead, and developed a reputation as the best in the galaxy.

In ''{{iw|metroidwiki|Metroid Prime}}'', set between ''Metroid'' and ''Metroid II'', Samus investigates a Space Pirate distress call from the Frigate Orpheon. She discovers the Pirates had been studying a new form of mutagen called {{s|metroidwiki|Phazon}}, and encounters the reconstructed [[Meta Ridley]]. Samus pursues Meta Ridley to the planet Tallon IV, where she learns that a Chozo colony had lived there and a meteorite had struck on the planet long ago, warping a Metroid into an evil creature known as Metroid Prime. Samus searches through Tallon IV, uncovering not just Space Pirate research on the Phazon mutagen and Metroid Prime itself, but Chozo lore as well, detailing their spiritual way of life on Tallon IV before their end. Samus opens the way to the meteorite, defeating Meta Ridley at the entrance, and seemingly defeats Metroid Prime despite it stealing her Phazon Suit upgrade.

''{{iw|metroidwiki|Metroid Prime: Federation Force}}'' marks Samus' first role in the series as a supporting character. Samus is hired to investigate the Bermuda System, a three-planet system with abandoned Galactic Federation resources. As the mech suit-equipped members of Federation Force are already undertaking missions there, Samus occasionally intervenes to assist them. Samus eventually discovers that the Space Pirates are building the battleship ''Doomseye'' to attack Federation headquarters; however, she is kidnapped and brainwashed, and serves as the game's final boss under Space Pirate control. Once freed from the brainwashing, Samus helps the Federation troopers escape from the ''Doomseye'' and rescues them from the void of space with her [[gunship]].

==In ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]''==