Zero Suit Samus

Zero Suit Samus (, Zero Suit Samus) is Samus Aran sporting her , the advanced bodysuit that she wears underneath her iconic . She most frequently appears in her Zero Suit (or other casual attire) at the end of each Metroid, depending on the player's speed and efficiency at completing the game.
As demonstrated by two of Samus' casual outfits appearing as s beginning with Super Smash Bros. 4, the identifier "Zero Suit Samus" simply refers to unarmored versions of Samus in general, a concept that has existed since the very first Metroid.
==Origin==
Samus Aran has been shown without her Power Suit since the Metroid series' first installment, usually as part of an ending sequence or briefly as her Power Suit explodes in game over animations. Metroid allowed Samus to be playable in a leotard by using the famous "JUSTIN BAILEY" cheat code. However, the Zero Suit properly debuted in , a Game Boy Advance remake of the original Metroid. The game expanded on this by incorporating a playable, suitless Samus into the narrative for the first time, granting her a unique style of stealth-based gameplay. Ever since Zero Mission, Samus has appeared in her Zero Suit in every Metroid game except and , although the latter features a Zero Suit-inspired amiibo costume.
The Zero Suit covers Samus completely from neck-to-toe in a cyan, skin-tight bodysuit with magenta sigils on her back, left breast, and the back of her hands. Although Samus' eye and hair color varied widely across early games, most current depictions consistently give her blonde hair and blue eyes. Initial appearances would depict Samus with a high ponytail with a red hair tie, long sidetails, and lean musculature. featured a redesign for the Zero Suit that was not used in subsequent games, with a more simplistic, gloveless bodysuit and a different hairstyle for Samus. featured another drastic redesign by changing Samus' eye color (from blue to green-blue), her hairstyle (a lower ponytail and much shorter sidetails), her physical build (reducing her height and musculature), and the Zero Suit itself including wedged heels. This design was carried over to with minor changes, most notably by giving Samus a blue hair tie and a more athletic musculature akin to her Super Metroid appearance. Zero Suit Samus' Samus Returns design would return in Metroid Dread, both for Samus' death sequence and for the final time-based completion reward.
Aside from the Zero Suit itself, Samus has been shown in other types of clothing when outside of her Power Suit, with the most typical attires being revealing sportswear such as tank tops and shorts. Two such Casual Outfits (as named by outifts in Nintendo's Miitomo app), which are seen in certain endings for Zero Mission and , appear as alternate costumes for Zero Suit Samus in SSB4 and Ultimate.
Zero Suit Samus rarely appears as playable in the Metroid games. She was first playable in this outfit in Metroid: Zero Mission, for the aforementioned stealth segment. After losing her Power Suit in a crash-landing while escaping the planet Zebes, she was forced to evade Space Pirate forces with nothing but her Zero Suit and a self-defense handgun. Zero Suit Samus was also playable in the extra ending of Metroid: Other M. While returning to the derelict BOTTLE SHIP to retrieve the late Adam Malkovich's helmet, Samus briefly dematerialized her Power Suit to share a quiet moment with the memento. However, it was interrupted by the station's self-destruct alarm, forcing her to escape the exploding facility in her Zero Suit, carrying Adam's helmet and her Paralyzer for the lingering bioweapons obstructing her path.
Within Metroid canon, Samus boasts superhuman athleticism even without her Power Suit, thanks to the Chozo infusing their DNA within her and training her in combat during her childhood. While she is also much more adaptive to alien environments than a normal human thanks to her Chozo DNA, she is still extremely vulnerable without her Power Suit, and thus must rely on stealth, agility, and her Paralyzer instead of direct combat to achieve her objectives.
However, much like her fellow bounty hunter Captain Falcon, Zero Suit Samus is depicted in the Super Smash Bros. series with a varied and highly physical martial arts fighting style that compliments her superhuman athleticism. She is also notable for her impressive flexibility and gymnastic skills, with many of her attacks involving her in splits, doing cartwheels, and more. Additionally, her Paralyzer is equipped with Super Smash Bros.-specific design elements that grant it offensive potential, such as the ability to open into an electric beam whip similar to her Power Suit's Grapple Beam. Starting in Super Smash Bros. 4, she was also equipped with wristbands and Jet Boots that improved her physical combat abilities. Her Paralyzer's beam whip and her Jet Boots have never appeared in the Metroid series.
==In Super Smash Bros.==
Samus's unmasked face, reflected off the visor on her helmet, can be seen in her congratulations screen. Additionally, when is shot by a Ray Gun or hit by one of 's electric attacks, a female silhouette can be seen, representing her actual body.
==In Super Smash Bros. Melee==
While Zero Suit Samus does not appear, a special trophy called "Samus Unmasked" shows Samus with her helmet in her hand. Multiple events in Japan allowed players to obtain the trophies, but no such events occurred elsewhere. The NTSC and PAL versions still have the trophies in their respective data, however, and the trophy can be obtained via Action Replay.
The Samus Unmasked trophy is shown from behind by default.
===Trophy===
==In Super Smash Bros. Brawl==
===As a playable character===
Zero Suit Samus is a newcomer in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, being playable by either holding the shield button while selecting Samus on the character select, using Samus' up and down taunts in quick succession, or using Samus' Final Smash. Her design is based on her appearance in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, albeit with slight modifications. Her playstyle has been described by many as being similar to 's, in that she possesses many quick and acrobatic moves (in reference to her superhuman athleticism displayed in Metroid: Zero Mission) and is able to transform from another character. Zero Suit Samus is equipped with the Paralyzer she wielded in Zero Mission, which grants her the ability to fire paralyzing blasts. However, it can also be reconfigured into a Plasma Whip, which is a feature original to Brawl. Like her Power Suit's Grapple Beam, Plasma Whip also functions as a tether recovery.
Thanks to her outstanding mobility, fast attack speed, excellent air game, Power Suit Pieces, and the benefits granted by her Paralyzer and down smash, Zero Suit Samus is currently ranked 9th out of 38 on the tier list, placing her in the B tier though some argue she should be ranked even higher.
===Trophy===
===Stickers===
Name 	Game 	Effect 	Fighter(s)
Running Zero Suit Samus	Metroid: Zero Mission	Attack +25	
Zero Suit Samus 	Metroid: Zero Mission	Attack +9 	
==In Super Smash Bros. 4==
===As a playable character===
Zero Suit Samus returns as a playable character in Super Smash Bros. 4, albeit as a standalone character instead of being connected to her Power Suit. Like her Power Suit, the Zero Suit sports a marginally updated version of its design from , although it is now accompanied by a matching pair of Jet Boots and metal bracelets. The Jet Boots have changed her mobility and moveset in certain ways, whereas the bracelets are merely aesthetic. Samus' physical features are now a combination of her appearances in Other M and previous games including Zero Mission and Brawl. This results in a composite design original to the Smash series, befitting the fact that most of Zero Suit Samus' moveset was also created for Smash.
Zero Suit Samus retains many of her strengths from Brawl. This includes a very impressive air game, thanks to her neutral aerial being useful at setting up attacks, her back aerial being reliable for KOing, and her up aerial being excellent at juggling and capable of KOing. Her excellent mobility and Paralyzer's utility grant her a particularly powerful punishment game and supplement her strong combo game, the latter of which is capable of quickly dealing large amounts of damage and even earning early KOs. However, unlike in Brawl, her KO potential has been improved, most notably thanks to her new forward smash and her new up special, Boost Kick.
Despite all of these positives, Zero Suit Samus still suffers from a weak ground game, largely due to her grab game being laggy to the point of leaving her highly vulnerable to being punished if her grabs whiff. As she is still a lightweight, she is also susceptible to being KO'd early. However, Zero Suit Samus' strengths are agreed to largely outweigh her weaknesses, even in spite of her retaining her nerfs from Brawl and gaining new ones from game updates, which has been reflected in her achieving very strong tournament representation and results.
Due to her benefits and competitive success, Zero Suit Samus is currently ranked 6th out of 55 on the tier list, placing her in the A tier. While this placement is only a slight improvement from her placement in Brawl, it nevertheless results in her being assessed as a top-tier character instead of as a high-tier character as in Brawl.
===Trophies===
==In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate==
===As a playable character===
Zero Suit Samus reappears as a standalone playable character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Her design has remained largely intact since Super Smash Bros. 4, but now features more detailed textures, a lighter hue, green eyes, and increased musculature, all of which are influenced from her in-game design in Metroid: Samus Returns. Zero Suit Samus has also gained a new Final Smash, in which she dons her Varia Suit and fires the Zero Laser from the top of her gunship.
For the first time, Zero Suit Samus is an unlockable character instead of a starter character.
===Spirits===
====Fighter spirit====
SSBU spirit Zero Suit Samus.png|266. Zero Suit Samus
====Primary spirit====
No.	Image	Name	Type	Class	Slots	Base	Max	Base	Max	Base	Max 	Ability 	Series
274	 	 	★★ 	2 	1458 	5837	810	3243	540	2162	Shooting Items Power ↑	Metroid Series	
==Gallery==
Zero Suit Samus-Alt6 SSBU.png|Zero Suit Samus in her Metroid: Zero Mission casual outfit, as she appears in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
Zero Suit Samus-Alt7 SSBU.png|Zero Suit Samus in her Metroid Fusion casual outfit, as she appears in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
==Names in other languages==
==Trivia==
*Zero Suit Samus and the female Pokémon Trainer are the only playable fighters whose first appearances were in a remake.
*Zero Suit Samus and Jigglypuff are the only characters in the Super Smash Bros. series to receive new special moves that render them helpless in subsequent installments, despite having debuted in the series without any. In Zero Suit Samus' case, she received Boost Kick as her up special in Super Smash Bros. 4, which renders her helpless after usage, unlike Plasma Wire, her up special in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
*Zero Suit Samus is one of four characters to have a different Final Smash across every installment since Final Smashes were introduced; the other three are Pit, King Dedede, and R.O.B.
*Zero Suit Samus' Canadian French name (Samus sans Combinaison) is somewhat out-of-context in natural French: although the word "combinaison" does mean "suit", it is more informally used for jumpsuit, which is ironically what the Zero Suit appears to be. Thus, "armure" (armor) used in the PAL version is more accurate to the usage of English "Suit" in Metroid series.
*Zero Suit Samus is the third character in Smash, following Dr. Mario and Young Link, to be an alternate version of another playable character. However, unlike Dr. Mario or Young Link, Zero Suit Samus is not a moveset clone of her Power Suited self.
==References==
 
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