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|japanactor=Ai Kobayashi (''Other M'') |motionactor= |liveactor=Chisato Morishita (''Zero Mission'' commercial) |inuniverse= }} is the protagonist of the ''Metroid'' science fiction action-adventure game series by Nintendo. She was introduced in the 1986 video game ''Metroid''. Samus Aran is an ex-soldier of the Galactic Federation who turned into a Galactic bounty hunter, usually fitted with a powered exoskeleton with weapons that include directed-energy weapons and missiles. Throughout the series, she executes missions given to her by the Galactic Federation while hunting the antagonistic Space Pirates and their leader Ridley along with the parasitic energy-draining organisms called Metroids. Samus has appeared in every ''Metroid'' video game and has also been featured in media outside of the series, including the comic book version of ''Captain N: The Game Master'' and the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series. She is well known as one of the earliest female protagonists in video game history and has remained a popular character over a quarter-century after her first appearance. ==Character== ''Super Metroid's Player's Guide'' describes Samus as an athletic woman who is tall and weighs without her armor. She is mostly seen inside the Power Suit, a powered exoskeleton which protects her from most dangers she encounters and can be enhanced by power-ups collected during gameplay.〔 Typically, one of her suit's arms carries a cannon, which can be charged to shoot an extra-powerful blast,〔 a limited number of missiles, and various beams.〔 Samus's suit can collapse into a sphere, a mode called the Morph Ball, allowing her to roll through tight areas such as tunnels. The suit can scan objects to learn more about them, and has a grapple beam used to cross large distances, such as chasms.〔 Since ''Metroid II: Return of Samus'', Samus has been accompanied by her Gunship, which is used in the games to save progress and restore health and ammunition.〔〔"Gunship -- (It was given to her after her outstanding work on Zebes) The Gunship after being attacked by an X parasite in Metroid Fusion, crashes into an asteroid belt and destroys the craft ejecting Samus before impact. After that, the Galactic Federation provides her with a new starship."--> Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008). (In-game description of the "Gunship" trophy.)〕 (While there are other rooms in the series containing devices that can be used to save progress, they may not necessarily provide all functions accessed inside the Gunship.) Appearances of Samus outside the Power Suit occur mostly in cutscenes, such as ending screens showing Samus in more revealing clothing. ''Metroid: Zero Mission'' also introduced the Zero Suit, a form-fitting jumpsuit that she dons below the Power Suit. The ''Metroid'' e-manga covers Samus's origins. She was born and raised on the mining planet K-2L, and when she was a child, the planet was raided by Space Pirates led by Ridley in an attack that killed both her parents and destroyed the planet. The orphaned Samus was then found by a bird-like alien race known as the Chozo, who brought her to their home planet, Zebes. Samus was infused with Chozo DNA to give her a strong resistance to foreign environments, then trained as a warrior and given one of the alien race's artifacts, the Power Suit. She enlisted in the Galactic Federation Police, but left for disagreements with her commanding officer, Adam Malkovich.〔〔 Samus then started working as a freelance bounty hunter, and is called on by the Galactic Federation to execute missions "because of her superior skills and sense of justice".〔 Most of her missions revolve around the galaxy whilst getting rid of unsavory elements like the enigmatic organism known as Metroids, who can drain life energy and are frequently used as biological weapons.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Samus Aran」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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