Samus Aran (SSS)

:This article is strictly about how Samus appears in Super Smash Stadium. For information about her in general, see her article on the Metroid Wiki.
The last of the Smash 64 "Original 12" to debut, Samus Aran is a playable character on Super Smash Stadium. She debuted alongside Brinstar, three years into the Mêlée Era.
==In her own universe==
A character whose design was likely inspired by the Alien movies and Sigourney Weaver, Samus is a bounty hunter, driven to the hunt after her parents were killed by the Space Pirates. She routinely clashes with Kraid, Mother Brain, and especially Ridley, the pirate captains. She also clashes with the titular Metroids, whom she has also wound up saving multiple times. Following the death of her parents, she was raised by an alien race known as the Chozo, and has been infused with their DNA.
While this has made her one of Nintendo's top characters, it's also made her one of the most controversial. Most notably, despite being an in-house creation of Nintendo, and thus a Japanese character ostensibly designed for a Japanese audience, she is somewhat unpopular in Japan (though not as bad as Sonic), thought to be the product of Japan being more conservative than the West (and thus clinging to traditional gender roles harder). This may explain why Metroid 1 had some of the design choices it had, such as the instruction manual outright claiming that Samus was a man. This may also explain the existence of Metroid: Other M, which was dubbed "sexist" in the West and ultimately wound up being unpopular everywhere in the world.
This may further explain why Samus has been the subject of much feminist and anti-feminist analysis, not all of it good.
==Attributes==
Initially, in Super Smash Stadium, Samus essentially operated with the "Justin Bailey" cheat active, controlling primarily like her suited form but walking around suitless. While this made her weaker than suited Samus in the Smash games, it also made her faster and lighter in weight. Starting in Season 36, however, she began to control more like Zero Suit Samus.
In any case, her game is defined by her projectile weapons, making her a zoner as well as a spacer. She also has good air and grab games. However, she can die at some low percents and isn't very good at the neutral game.
===Changes===
Already mentioned above.
===Moveset===
Entrance: Her gunship flies in and drops her.
Move Name	Description
Neutral: 	Smacked opponents with the cannon on her arm.
Up Smash:	Fired five fiery blasts in an arc fashion. Good anti-air option.
Killed at 100%.
Down Smash:
Slant Paralyzer	Fires her Paralyzer downward, doing great damage but no knockback, as opponents are frozen in place.
Down Air:
Slash Dive	A stall 'n' fall kick that goes diagonally downward. Can Meteor Smash, but is risky to do so as Samus could kill herself in the process.
Grab:
Plasma Whip	Grabs opponents from up to half a Final Destination's length away with a long ray of light. Can also be used as a recovery.
Neutral Special:
Charge Shot	Samus charges up a huge shot (five seconds to full charge) and saves it for later. You can then press again to release it.
Kills at 70% fully charged.
Side Special:
Plasma Whip	Samus lashes with her whip, doing harsh damage and knockback, especially if she hits with the tip.
With Missile, she fired either a weaker missile that homed in on opponents, or a stronger one that only went straight.
Plasma Whip kills at 110%.
Missile killed at 330%.
Up Special:
Screw Attack	Samus does a Screw Attack, functioning about the same as the item.
With Plasma Wire, Samus lashed up with her whip. Was primarily used as a tether recovery.
Screw Attack kills at 100% if timed right.
Plasma Wire killed at 55%.
Down Special:
Bomb	Samus balls herself up and drops a bomb. Explodes after one second. While the move has some utility on opponents, most people use this on Samus herself as an alternate recovery option. When Samus hits herself with the Bomb, she balls up again and moves up slightly, taking no damage in the process.
Cannot kill.
Final Smash:
Zero Laser	Samus fires a gigantic laser beam that can be angled slightly.
===Taunts===
*Before Season 36: Pumped her cannon fist.
*Up Taunt: Tosses her Paralyzer, spins, and says "Is that all?"
*Side Taunt: Swings her Plasma Whip in a circular motion and says "Try me."
*Down Taunt: Twirls with the whip and says "You're mine!"
===Victory===
*Pose: Flips a few times, and then poses with her gun.
*Theme: Team Metroid's victory theme.
*"No Contest"/Loss Theme: Team Metroid's loss theme.
==Costumes==
*Default
*Justin Bailey: A pink suit and green hair.
*White
*Black
*Yellow
*Silver
*Metroid Fusion: Samus in an orange bikini top and shorts.
*Metroid: Zero Mission: Same as the above, but in blue.
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