Metroid franchise strategy guide/Dark Samus

Dark Samus is a character in the Metroid series. It first appears in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes after being teased in Metroid Prime and serves as the primary antagonist of the Metroid Prime trilogy. Dark Samus is a concentration of Phazon energy that takes on the form of Samus Aran after her Phazon Suit and DNA mix with the remains of Metroid Prime in a pool of Phazon.https://screenrant.com/metroid-samus-body-abilities-hidden-trivia/ Metroid: 30 Wild Details About Samus' Body 15 September 2018 Screen Rant Appearances At the conclusion of Metroid Prime Samus defeats the titular Metroid Prime, which absorbs her Phazon Suit and explodes.http://www.gamespot.com/articles/metroid-prime-walkthrough/1100-6030712/ Metroid Prime Walkthrough Bobby Michael GameSpot CBS Interactive June 29, 2003 October 21, 2015 live https://web.archive.org/web/20151008041728/http://www.gamespot.com/articles/metroid-prime-walkthrough/1100-6030712/ October 8, 2015 In a post-credits scene, the hand of Samus's Phazon suit reaches out from inside the creature's remains.Metroid Prime Retro Studios Nintendo November 17, 2002 GameCube Ending (100% items collected) Dark Samus makes its first proper appearance in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, revealed as Metroid Prime having used Phazon energy and the Phazon suit to reconstruct itself into a dark doppelgänger of Samus. Seeking to absorb Phazon and make itself stronger, Dark Samus travels to the planet Aether, where it repeatedly clashes with Samus.Metroid Prime 2: Echoes The Official Nintendo Player's Guide Nintendo Power Nintendo of America 11–102 November 2004 978-1-930206-52-6 Ultimately, Dark Samus is defeated by Samus and destroyed, but is revealed to have reformed itself in a post-credits scene.http://guides.ign.com/guides/499105/page_7.html https://web.archive.org/web/20041212142127/http://guides.ign.com/guides/499105/page_7.html Chris Carle IGN Ziff Davis December 12, 2004 January 24, 2016 dead Metroid Prime 2 Echoes Guide - Secrets Dark Samus appears again in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, having forcibly taken control of the Space Pirate forces. With the pirates' help, Dark Samus locates the source of all Phazon, the planet Phaaze, and plans to spread Phazon and use it to control the universe. Dark Samus then infects Samus, her allies, and a stolen supercomputer with Phazon, and begins invading planets and using Phazon to corrupt them.Metroid Prime 3: Corruption – Premiere Edition David Knight Walkthrough Prima Games Random House 20–210 August 2007 978-0-7615-5642-8 Overcoming her corruption, Samus travels to Phaaze and engages in a final battle with Dark Samus from which she emerges victorious, with Dark Samus exploding into Phazon dust as the planet is destroyed. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption Retro Studios Nintendo August 27, 2007 Wii Ending Fleet Trooper: Sir, we're receiving a transmission from Samus's ship. / Computer screen: Mission Complete. In other media Outside of the Metroid series, Dark Samus also appears in the Super Smash Bros. series. The character initially appeared as an assist trophy item in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U before being announced as a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimatehttps://www.shacknews.com/article/106623/chrom-and-dark-samus-head-to-super-smash-bros-ultimate-as-echo-fighters Chrom and Dark Samus head to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as echo fighters Shacknews as an "echo fighter" that uses moves similar to Samus's.https://www.polygon.com/2018/8/8/17663916/dark-samus-super-smash-bros-ultimate-echo-fighter Dark Samus is coming to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as an echo fighterhttps://www.destructoid.com/smash-ultimate-direct-what-we-know-so-far-about-the-new-character-movesets-516379.phtml Smash Ultimate Direct: What we know so far about the new character movesetshttps://www.usgamer.net/articles/14-09-2018-super-smash-bros-ultimate-characters-moves-type-every-character-on-the-super-smash-bros-ultimate-roster Super Smash Bros Ultimate Characters - Moves, Type, Changes, Every Character on the Super Smash Bros Switch Roster USgamer.net Dark Samus is also scheduled to receive its own amiibo figure.https://sea.ign.com/hardware-1/141064/news/all-19-of-nintendos-announced-amiibo-that-arent-out-yet All 19 of Nintendo's Announced Amiibo That Aren't Out Yet 7 September 2018 Reception The character of Dark Samus has received positive reception. According to Super Smash Bros. series director Masahiro Sakurai, Dark Samus was included with Chrom in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate due to the character's popularity with western players.https://www.sourcegaming.info/2018/08/22/more-information-about-the-smash-direct-sakurais-famitsu-column-vol-561/ “More Information about the Smash Direct” Sakurai’s Famitsu Column Vol. 561” 22 August 2018 IGN listed Dark Samus as their 88th best video game villain.http://www.ign.com/videogame-villains/88.html Dark Samus/Sa-X is number 88 IGN https://web.archive.org/web/20100509060000/http://www.ign.com/videogame-villains/88.html 2010-05-09 References