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Green Samus[1] is Masahiro Sakurai's term for an alternate costume of Samus Aran in the Super Smash Bros. series.
Description[]
The costume changes the orange body of Samus's Varia Suit to green. In Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U onward, the Green Samus suit helmet and breastplate are a slightly lighter shade of red than the default Varia Suit. This color scheme is one that Samus does not have in the Metroid series with any Suit, and was created for Smash. Samus has had the costume in every single game in the Smash series to date, beginning with the original Super Smash Bros.
On the website for the Nintendo 64 title, this costume was referred to as "mass-produced Samus" (通称量産型サムス)[2], presumably a reference to the green MS-06 Zaku II, a mass produced robot from the Gundam anime series.
From Super Smash Bros. until Super Smash Bros. Brawl, this costume was used when Samus is on the green team during Team Battles. In the latest two games, colored outlines appear around the characters, enabling any costume to be worn in matches.
In Super Smash Bros. Melee, if Samus is fought in Stages 1 or 2 of Classic Mode when set to Very Hard Difficulty, she will appear in her Green Samus costume.
In Nintendo Land, while playing multiplayer in Metroid Blast, the third Samus Mii wears a suit that is colored identically to the Green Samus alternate costume from the Super Smash Bros. series. With the Samus costumes in Nintendo Land being modeled after her appearance in Metroid: Other M, this is the debut of the Other M-style Green Samus later seen in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U. Just like in Brawl, this Mii wears a green Zero Suit underneath the suit.
In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Green Samus puppet fighters are used in the spirit battles for Kanden and S-Tetrimino & Z-Tetrimino (specifically representing the S-Tetrimino in the latter).
Director's Room[]
(Posted September 3, 2014 by Masahiro Sakurai)
"...And here she is in the color schemes of the Gravity Suit from Metroid Prime, Green Samus (a regular in the Smash series), the Light Suit, and Dark Samus. A total of eight colors."
Trivia[]
- Zero Suit Samus's green costume corresponds to Green Samus in Brawl. She retains this costume in later games despite becoming a separate character. Similarly, Samus's Casual Outfit is available in green in Miitomo, despite never canonically appearing in that color.
- Although Green Samus is original to the Super Smash Bros. series and has yet to appear in the mainline Metroid series, several green Power Suits have appeared since Green Samus's debut, including the Varia Fusion Suit (especially in its Metroid: Samus Returns redesign); the Player 3 color scheme in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Multiplayer; the 2P color scheme in Metroid Prime Hunters: First Hunt; Samus's green color scheme in Metroid Prime Hunters Multiplayer Mode; and the Metroid Suit in Metroid Dread.
Gallery[]
![Render of Samus's alts in 64, including Green Samus[2]](/wiki/File:ColorSamus.gif "ColorSamus.gif (14 KB)")
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References[]
- ^ Masahiro Sakurai (2014-09-03). Director's Room. Miiverse. Retrieved on 2018-11-24. “…And here she is in the color schemes of the Gravity Suit from Metroid Prime, Green Samus (a regular in the Smash series), the Light Suit, and Dark Samus. A total of eight colors.”
- ^ a b Super Smash Bros. - 色ちがいのひみつ
| Samus Aran's Suits | |
|---|---|
| Power Suits | Power Suit • Varia Suit (Varia) • Gravity Suit • Zero Suit Fully Powered Suit • Justin Bailey • Phazon Suit • Dark Suit • Light Suit PED Suit • Hazard Shield • Fusion Suit • "Omega Suit" • Metroid Suit • Green Samus |
| Attire | Casual Outfit • Military Dress • Civilian Clothes • Parka • Training outfit |
| Mechanics | Power Suit Mechanics • Fusion Suit Mechanics • Suit Upgrade Properties |