Samus Aran

Samus Aran (Japanese: サムス・アラン, Hepburn: Samusu Aran) is the protagonist of the video game series Metroid by Nintendo. She was created by Japanese video game designer Makoto Kano. She was introduced as a player character in the original 1986 video 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, usually fitted with a powered exoskeleton that is equipped with weapons such as directed-energy weapons and missiles. Throughout the series, she executes missions given to her by the Galactic Federation and the Chozo while hunting the antagonistic Space Pirates and their leader Ridley (and his robotic duplicates), along with the manipulative cybernetic supercomputer Mother Brain, the energy-draining X Parasites and Metroids (with Samus adopting one of the latter), as well as rogue Chozo Raven Beak.

Samus is the protagonist of several Metroid games, including the Metroid Prime series. She also appears in other media, including films, manga series, and a comic book continuation of the TV series Captain N: The Game Master. She also appears in several other game franchises, including as a playable character in every installment of the Super Smash Bros. series.

In terms of gender representation in video games, she 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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