Her signature ability to collapse into a ball to travel through tight areas was initially called the Maru Mari, meaning 'round ball' in Japanese, and was rechristened as the Morph Ball in Super Metroid. Sakamoto noted that during the course of the Metroid series, developers constantly try to express her femininity without sexually objectifying her. Her appearance outside of her suit was based on actress Sigourney Weaver in her role as Ellen Ripley from Aliens, and actress Kim Basinger's roles from 9½ Weeks and My Stepmother Is an Alien. The game's instruction manual refers to Samus as if she were male to obscure her real sex until the surprise reveal at the end of the game. Series co-creator Yoshio Sakamoto conceived of the idea of making Samus a woman midway through the first Metroid 's development, which the development team voted in favor of. Her role in Metroid: Other M was less well-received due to how she was portrayed. She is also recognized as one of the earliest female video game protagonists and has remained a popular and well-received character. In terms of gender representation in video games, she has received largely positive reception. She also appears in several other game franchises, including as a playable character in every installment of the Super Smash Bros.

She also appears in other media, including films, manga series, and a comic book continuation of the TV series Captain N: The Game Master. Samus is the protagonist of several Metroid games, including the Metroid Prime series. 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.

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. She was introduced as a player character in the original 1986 video game Metroid. She was created by Japanese video game designer Makoto Kano. Samus Aran ( Japanese: サムス・アラン, Hepburn: Samusu Aran) is a fictional character and the playable protagonist of the video game series Metroid by Nintendo.

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