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 Artwork from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | |
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Dark Samus is the primary antagonist of Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, and by extension, the entirety of the Metroid Prime Trilogy. She is a sentient being of Phazon that takes on the form of Samus Aran after she absorbs Samus' Phazon Suit, and thus her DNA.
Dark Samus made her first appearance in the original Metroid Prime via a brief cutscene that was viewable after the end credits if the player achieved 100% item completion, where her hand was seen emerging from a Phazon puddle that was the remains of the game's final boss. She made her first full appearance in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, where she was seen scouring both Aether and Dark Aether in search of Phazon, and was fought several times as a boss. It was not until Metroid Prime 3: Corruption that Dark Samus finally took the role of primary antagonist, crashing Leviathan Seeds into various planets in an attempt to corrupt them with Phazon; Dark Samus also corrupts Samus during the events of the game, something which ultimately turns out to be her undoing, as it allows Samus to land on the planet Phaaze and defeat her for good.
Dark Samus made an appearance in Super Smash Bros for Wii U and 3DS as an Assist Trophy that would fire various Phazon based projectiles at other fighters when summoned; she would return in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, having been promoted to being a playable Echo Fighter of Samus, marking the first time she was playable in an official Nintendo title, though her attacks were toned down in order to be mostly identical to Samus'.
In M.U.G.E.N, Dark Samus has been made once by BaganSmashBros.
BaganSmashBros' version
Utilizing sprites made from her Metroid Prime 3: Corruption model, this specific Dark Samus looks high-quality and animates smoothly, given that one's computer can load her properly. Her moveset features attacks and specials similar to those that Samus Aran herself would use, as well as a couple of extra abilities that only a Phazon clone could be capable of...