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While Samus has been shown without her Power Suit since the original ''Metroid'', usually as part of an ending sequence, the Zero Suit first appeared in ''Metroid: Zero Mission'', a remake of the original ''Metroid'' for Game Boy Advance. The original ''Metroid'' allowed Samus to be playable in a leotard using the well-known "JUSTIN BAILEY" cheat code; ''Zero Mission'' expanded on this by incorporating a playable, suitless Samus into the game's narrative for the first time, granting her a unique style of stealth-based gameplay. The Zero Suit covers Samus completely from neck-to-toe in a sky blue, form-fitting body suit with magenta {{s|metroidwiki|Chozo}} sigils on her back, left breast, and hands. While wearing it, Samus' hair is tied back in a high ponytail with a red scrunchie. | While Samus has been shown without her Power Suit since the original ''Metroid'', usually as part of an ending sequence, the Zero Suit first appeared in ''Metroid: Zero Mission'', a remake of the original ''Metroid'' for Game Boy Advance. The original ''Metroid'' allowed Samus to be playable in a leotard using the well-known "JUSTIN BAILEY" cheat code; ''Zero Mission'' expanded on this by incorporating a playable, suitless Samus into the game's narrative for the first time, granting her a unique style of stealth-based gameplay. The Zero Suit covers Samus completely from neck-to-toe in a sky blue, form-fitting body suit with magenta {{s|metroidwiki|Chozo}} sigils on her back, left breast, and hands. While wearing it, Samus' hair is tied back in a high ponytail with a red scrunchie. | ||
Within ''Metroid'' canon, Samus boasts superhuman athleticism even without her Power Suit, thanks to the Chozo infusing their DNA within her and training her in combat during her childhood. While she is also much more adaptive to alien environments than a normal human thanks to her Chozo DNA, she is still extremely vulnerable without her Power Suit, and thus and must rely on stealth and her {{s|metroidwiki|Paralyzer}} instead of direct combat to achieve her objectives. However, much like her fellow bounty hunter [[Captain Falcon]], Zero Suit Samus is depicted in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series with a varied and highly physical martial arts fighting style that compliments her superhuman athleticism. Additionally, her Paralyzer comes complete with ''Super Smash Bros.''-specific design elements that grant it offensive potential. | Within ''Metroid'' canon, Samus boasts superhuman athleticism even without her Power Suit, thanks to the Chozo infusing their DNA within her and training her in combat during her childhood. While she is also much more adaptive to alien environments than a normal human thanks to her Chozo DNA, she is still extremely vulnerable without her Power Suit, and thus and must rely on stealth and her {{s|metroidwiki|Paralyzer}} instead of direct combat to achieve her objectives. | ||
However, much like her fellow bounty hunter [[Captain Falcon]], Zero Suit Samus is depicted in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series with a varied and highly physical martial arts fighting style that compliments her superhuman athleticism. Additionally, her Paralyzer comes complete with ''Super Smash Bros.''-specific design elements that grant it offensive potential. | |||
In ''Zero Mission'', following Samus' defeat of {{s|metroidwiki|Mother Brain}}, Samus escapes the {{s|metroidwiki|Space Pirate}}s' base on {{s|metroidwiki|Zebes}} and deactivates her Power Suit prior to piloting [[metroidwiki:Samus Aran's Gunship|her Gunship]]. However, Space Pirate ships shoot her down back onto Zebes' surface, destroying her Gunship and leaving her unable to activate her Power Suit. With the Zero Suit and her Paralyzer as her only methods of self-defense, Samus infiltrates the nearby {{s|metroidwiki|Space Pirate Mother Ship}} in order to steal one of the Space Pirates' ships and escape Zebes. After stealthily navigating through the Mother Ship and stumbling upon the ruins of {{s|metroidwiki|Chozodia}}, an ancient Chozo city, Samus undergoes a [[metroidwiki:Ruins Test|test left behind by the Chozo]]. Upon successfully completing the test, she is granted [[metroidwiki:Legendary Power Suit|an advanced Power Suit]] that not only fully restores her previously lost abilities, but also grants her access to [[metroidwiki:Unknown Item|three upgrades that were incompatible with her previous Power Suit]]. Samus, now fully reequipped and upgraded, proceeds to escape Zebes via a Space Pirate ship after destroying {{s|metroidwiki|Mecha Ridley}} and the Mother Ship. | In ''Zero Mission'', following Samus' defeat of {{s|metroidwiki|Mother Brain}}, Samus escapes the {{s|metroidwiki|Space Pirate}}s' base on {{s|metroidwiki|Zebes}} and deactivates her Power Suit prior to piloting [[metroidwiki:Samus Aran's Gunship|her Gunship]]. However, Space Pirate ships shoot her down back onto Zebes' surface, destroying her Gunship and leaving her unable to activate her Power Suit. With the Zero Suit and her Paralyzer as her only methods of self-defense, Samus infiltrates the nearby {{s|metroidwiki|Space Pirate Mother Ship}} in order to steal one of the Space Pirates' ships and escape Zebes. After stealthily navigating through the Mother Ship and stumbling upon the ruins of {{s|metroidwiki|Chozodia}}, an ancient Chozo city, Samus undergoes a [[metroidwiki:Ruins Test|test left behind by the Chozo]]. Upon successfully completing the test, she is granted [[metroidwiki:Legendary Power Suit|an advanced Power Suit]] that not only fully restores her previously lost abilities, but also grants her access to [[metroidwiki:Unknown Item|three upgrades that were incompatible with her previous Power Suit]]. Samus, now fully reequipped and upgraded, proceeds to escape Zebes via a Space Pirate ship after destroying {{s|metroidwiki|Mecha Ridley}} and the Mother Ship. | ||
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Samus also appears in her Zero Suit in a number of scenes in ''{{s|metroidwiki|Metroid: Other M}}''. In the beginning of the game, she activates her Power Suit by pressing the Chozo sigil on her breast. Her Power Suit is shown to deactivate when she is under emotional or mental distress, such as before the fight against {{s|metroidwiki|Ridley}} in the [[metroidwiki:Sector 3 (Pyrosphere)|Pyrosphere]], or after dying. ''Other M'' is the second time in the series where she is playable in her Zero Suit. However, like in ''Zero Mission'', this only occurs near the end of the game; in ''Other M''{{'}}s case, Zero Suit Samus becomes playable during the {{s|metroidwiki|Bottle Ship}}'s self-destruct sequence and she once again has the Paralyzer as her sole method of defending herself. | Samus also appears in her Zero Suit in a number of scenes in ''{{s|metroidwiki|Metroid: Other M}}''. In the beginning of the game, she activates her Power Suit by pressing the Chozo sigil on her breast. Her Power Suit is shown to deactivate when she is under emotional or mental distress, such as before the fight against {{s|metroidwiki|Ridley}} in the [[metroidwiki:Sector 3 (Pyrosphere)|Pyrosphere]], or after dying. ''Other M'' is the second time in the series where she is playable in her Zero Suit. However, like in ''Zero Mission'', this only occurs near the end of the game; in ''Other M''{{'}}s case, Zero Suit Samus becomes playable during the {{s|metroidwiki|Bottle Ship}}'s self-destruct sequence and she once again has the Paralyzer as her sole method of defending herself. | ||
''Other M'' features noticeable redesigns for Samus and the Zero Suit. Samus herself now has | ''Other M'' features noticeable redesigns for Samus and the Zero Suit. Samus herself now has greenish blue eyes like in ''Zero Mission'', a different facial structure, a beauty mark, and a thinner ponytail that is worn low instead of high. In addition, her physique is now slim and short, rather than having lean musculature like in ''Zero Mission'', or a tall stature like in other ''Metroid'' games. While the Zero Suit's ''Zero Mission'' design appears in a flashback scene, the Zero Suit's new design is more aesthetically segmented, consists of a glossier texture and features wedged heels instead of low heels. Unlike in ''Zero Mission'', a holster for the Paralyzer is also worn around her right thigh, as shown in both the flashback scene and during the events of ''Other M''. | ||
Aside from the Zero Suit itself, Samus has been shown in other types of clothing when outside of her Power Suit, with the most typical attires being revealing sportswear. Two such attires, which are seen in certain endings for ''Zero Mission'' and ''{{s|metroidwiki|Metroid Fusion}}'', appear as [[alternate costume]]s for Zero Suit Samus in ''SSB4''. | Aside from the Zero Suit itself, Samus has been shown in other types of clothing when outside of her Power Suit, with the most typical attires being revealing sportswear. Two such attires, which are seen in certain endings for ''Zero Mission'' and ''{{s|metroidwiki|Metroid Fusion}}'', appear as [[alternate costume]]s for Zero Suit Samus in ''SSB4''. | ||