Wikitroid:Featured article queue/Month 03, 2009

The Dark Suit is the first suit upgrade Samus Aran receives in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes and so far appears only in that game. It was created by the Luminoth as a modification to their weapon systems to allow entrance to the Dark Agon Wastes to get the Sky Temple Keys in order to defeat the Emperor Ing. The Dark Suit is received by Samus Aran after deafeating Amorbis. The Dark Suit reduces the damage she takes by 20%, protects against Dark Vapor excreted by Ingclaws, and filters out roughly 80% of the corrosive effects of Dark Aether's atmosphere so that Samus only loses approximately 1 unit of energy per second (as opposed to 5 energy per second with the Varia Suit). (more...)