Samus Aran (Japanese: ă”ă ăčă»ăąă©ăł, Hepburn: Samusu Aran) is the protagonist of the video game series Metroid by Nintendo. She was created by the Japanese video game designer Makoto Kano. She was introduced as a player character in the original 1986 game Metroid.
Raised and infused with the DNA of the Chozo, Samus Aran is an ex-soldier of the Galactic Federation who became a galactic bounty hunter. She uses a powered exoskeleton that is equipped with weapons such as directed-energy weapons and missiles. She executes missions given to her by the Galactic Federation and the Chozo while hunting the antagonistic Space Pirates and their leader Ridley, along with the cybernetic supercomputer Mother Brain, the energy-draining X Parasites and Metroids, and as well the rogue Chozo Raven Beak.
Samus appears in several other game franchises, including as a playable character in the Super Smash Bros. series, and in other media, including films, manga series, and a comic book continuation of the TV series Captain N: The Game Master.
In terms of gender representation in video games, Samus has received largely positive reception. She is also recognized as one of the earliest female video game protagonists and has remained a popular and well-received character. Her role in Metroid: Other M was less well-received due to how she was portrayed.
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