| “ | Horrific as it may sound, there are two of them now. | „ |
| ~ Space Pirate Logs |
| “ | The fiendish shrew consumed all of the Phazon, then wiped out a third of the crew in a matter of minutes. Now she moves at will through the halls of Colossus, using her witchery to beguile the minds of the crew. We are unable to call for aid, and only a few of us remain to stand against her. All is lost. | „ |
| ~ The Space Pirates on Colossus |
| “ | Born from parasites, nurtured in a poisoned womb, the Worm grows, devouring from within, until the world begins to rot. | „ |
| ~ The Tallon Chozo |
Summary
Metroid Prime was the main antagonist of the game of the same name and is furthermore the main antagonist of the Metroid Prime Trilogy as a whole.
A highly-mutated Metroid of unknown origin infused with huge quantities of Phazon, Metroid Prime was the guardian of Tallon IV's Leviathan. Samus encounters and nearly kills Metroid Prime in a heated confrontation at the Impact Crater.
In a last-ditch effort to save its own life, it latched on to Samus and stripped her of her Phazon suit, reducing her to the Gravity Suit. Appearing in the secret ending of Metroid Prime, this birthed Dark Samus, a being of Phazon and the Phazon suit taking on Samus Aran's form. She was an antagonist of Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, the central antagonist of Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, and the final boss of the former.
Powers and Stats
Tier: At least 5-B | 5-B to at least Low 4-C | Unknown
Key: Metroid Prime | Dark Samus | Corruption
Name: Metroid Prime, The Worm, The Great Poison | Dark Samus, The Dark Hunter
Origin: Metroid Prime
Gender: Hermaphrodite, can reproduce through Summoning. | Female (Referred to such in in-game dialogue and outside sources)
Age: At least 50 years old in the original version of Metroid Prime (Implied to have been the Guardian of the Tallon IV Leviathan); several months old in the PAL version of Metroid Prime (Implied to have been brought by the Space Pirates after the events of Zero Mission) | Existed as Dark Samus for around two years
Classification: Highly-mutated Tallon Metroid in the PAL version, a unique species closely related to the SR-388 and Tallon branches of Metroids in the NA version | A Phazon-mutated Human/Chozo/Metroid Hybrid
Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Phazon Manipulation, Immortality (Type 1 and 3), Large Size (Type 1), Regeneration (Low-High. In-scan lore stated that she regenerated from the few left over cells after its fight with Samus), Elemental Manipulation and minor Transformation (Can alter between various minor forms, distinguished by a minor change in the color of its glow, reflecting either Plasma Manipulation, Ice Manipulation, Electricity Manipulation with Paralysis Inducement, and Energy Manipulation at a time), Homing Attack (Can fire several homing orbs of energy, reflecting the current elemental form that Metroid Prime is in), Acid Manipulation (Capable of firing several smaller shots of energy with an acidic effect, or reflecting the current elemental form Metroid Prime is in), Attack Reflection (The exoskeleton of the Metroid Prime deflects projectile attacks upon contact), and Transformation into its Essence state. As Essence Metroid Prime, Flight, Self-Sustenance (Types 1, 2, and 3), Invisibility (Can also render itself invisible to various methods of countering invisibility), Invulnerability (Cannot be damaged through convential attacks, save for ones empowered by Phazon), Summoning (Can spew out Tallon and Fission Metroids), Power Absorption (Stole the DNA and technology from Phazon Suit Samus Aran, becoming Dark Samus), and Intangibility (Immaterial).
Resistant to Elemental Manipulation, including: Plasma Manipulation, Nigh-Absolute Zero, and Electricity Manipulation; Phazon (Can withstand exposure to highly radioactive Phazon, which normally instantly kills Space Pirates which has a variety of capabilities, including Disease Manipulation, Life Manipulation, Poison Manipulation, Soul Manipulation, and Technology Manipulation, among others)
All previous abilities plus, Regeneration (Originally High, could reform from anything short of complete atomic disruption. Became At least Low-Godly, was able to regenerate after being dissipated into thin air in a dimension that was destroyed not too long after), Intangibility (Spatial), Teleportation, Genius Intelligence. Should have all of Legendary Varia Suit Samus' abilities and Metroid Prime equipment, such as: Enhanced Senses, Acrobatics (Capable of preforming acrobatics pretty quickly after gaining Chozo DNA), Adaptation (The primary consequence of her transfusion with Chozo DNA was to grant her an increase adaptability to her surroundings), Martial Arts (Depicted as a skilled hand-to-hand combatant, even against large numbers of armed individuals), Weapon Mastery & Vehicular Mastery (By now, has full control over her original power suit and gunship), Transformation (Has the ability to activate her seemingly will the power suit into existence around her at any time and even specific parts of the suit such as the arm cannon), limited Telepathy (Capable of sensing Grey Voice's pain and the fact that he was locked in battle with Ridley), Astral Projection & limited Teleportation (Upon collapsing after her fight with Kraid, she joined Grey Voice's spirit to find the Varia Suit; her suit and body which were left behind earlier teleported to where her projection had walked to), Paralysis Inducement with the Paralyzer, Precognition via Sensemove, Energy Projection, Absorption (Her suit actually absorbs most of the energy from attacks inflicted on Samus, with the various upgrades increasing the potency of the ability), Healing (Can heal herself, replenishing her shields and ammunition, with Concentration), Data Manipulation (Her Power Suit stores weapons and ammunition as data before they need to be used or absorb data and use them to gain abilities), Limited Transmutation (Can transform the data of her weapons into their tangible forms and can shape weapons such as her missiles from the atmosphere), limited Adhesive Manipulation (Stood on top a spaceship midflight without needing to grab onto anything), limited Attack Reflection (Managed to deflect several energy attacks from Space Pirates with just her suit), Regeneration (High-Low when suit breaks or cracks), pseudo-Self-Sustenance (Type 1, capable of emerging herself underwater for an indefinite period of time, stated to have oxygen supply equipment and additional infrared vision within her suit in the Super Metroid Manual), Small Size (Type 0) & Extrasensory Perception with Morph Ball (Reduced to over less than half her regular size in her Morph Ball form, also capable of perceiving the area around her despite not having any way of seeing them), Statistics Amplification (Attack Potency, Lifting Strength, and Speed) with Charge Beam, Power Grip, and Speed Booster (Capable of charging her beam to the extent of damaging foes that would regularly be immune to her normal power beam), Explosion Manipulation via Missiles & Bombs, Ice Manipulation with the Ice Beam, Homing Attack (With missiles and briefly shown with her even regular power beam), solid Afterimage Creation with the Speed Booster (Becomes virtually invulnerable to most attacks while in that state and creates "echoes" that deal physical damage to whatever they touch), Resistance to Mind Manipulation (Can resist mental attacks from Mother Brain), and Fire Manipulation (Completely unaffected by flamethrowers despite being the middle of the attack), Gravity Manipulation & Acid Manipulation (Adapted to Zebes' extreme 960x gravity as a child and stated that only her allies would be injured from the acid rain of Crateria), Non-Physical Interaction (Capable of killing Chozo Ghosts with her regular weaponry and even the dimensionally phasing Phazon Metroids), possibly Reactive Evolution (Instead of dying or being corrupted, Samus' suit evolved when exposed to a sudden large amount of Phazon)
All previous resistances plus, Resistance to Antimatter (Can survive in the Infinity Void, a parallel dimension of formless antimatter), Cold (The Varia Suit offsets her weakness to subzero temperatures in Fusion and should provide comparable resistance to extreme cold otherwise), even higher Heat (Capable of walking easily through superheated magma on Zebes and withstood a large nuclear blast), Radiation Manipulation (Unaffected by the vacuum of space. Withstood a nuclear reactor exploding without any adverse effects and can take hits from the Battlehammer), Matter Manipulation (Endured having her atoms torn apart and destroyed in Samus and Joey), Electricity Manipulation (Can survive being hit by the Volt-Driver, a weapon that emits multi-terawatt, high voltage electricity), Phazon (Can withstand exposure to highly radioactive Phazon, which normally instantly kills Space Pirates, and has a variety of capabilities, including Disease Manipulation, Life Manipulation, Poison Manipulation, Soul Manipulation, and Technology Manipulation, among others), and Possession (Thanks to her Metroid DNA, Dark Samus cannot be possessed by the X Parasite and for some reason, the Ing)
All previous abilities plus, Regeneration (Likely Mid-Godly. Even as near end-game Dark Samus, she was shown to be potentially able to survive complete essence destruction, and given that her Regeneration scales to the amount of Phazon she has, she has likely reached the ability to completely regenerate from it), Fusionism, Duplication (In the form of Dark Echoes and Dark Wraiths) Has essentially mastered Phazon, exploiting all of its abilities such as Life Manipulation, Portal Creation, Corruption (All types) and more.
Attack Potency: At least Planet level (Fought against a fully powered Phazon Suit Samus) | Planet level (Fought Varia Samus Aran (Legendary Suit)). At least Small Star level at her strongest (Fought against Light Suit Samus who had been able to tank attacks on the level of Dark Samus' durability) | Unknown (Her humanoid form went from Island level to Small Star level+ with the use of a barren wasteland almost devoid of Phazon due to constant harvesting from space pirates, in this form, she became one with an entire planet composed of Phazon.)
Speed: Massively FTL+ (Metroid Prime was capable of contesting Samus in both reactions and movement speed during their initial fight. Still kept up with Samus Aran after being forced into an essence state.) | Massively FTL+ (Fought against Samus Aran as equals three times on both Aether and Dark Aether, shown to be faster than Dark Commandos.) | Massively FTL+ (Borderline blitzed Samus Aran and three other Bounty Hunters in their initial encounter, before leaving towards space once again.)
Lifting Strength: At least Class M (Should be far superior to Corrupted Ghor and Varia Suit Samus; matched a 100% Corrupted PED Suit Samus)
Striking Strength: Likely Planet level (Should be comparable to Samus)
Durability: At least Planet level (Survived the crash of the leviathan, fought a fully powered Phazon Suit Samus) | Planet level (Can withstand several hits from Samus' usual weapons). At least Small Star level+ (Not even a pocket realm collapsing on her or a massive planet exploding could kill her, rather leaving her only in a damaged state that she could recover from.) | Unknown (Should be exponentially superior to her normal humanoid form.)
Stamina: Limitless (The Phazon she's infused with allows her to fight forever without tiring)
Range: Unknown | Interstellar with most weapons, akin to Samus | Universal (Stated to be capable of corrupting the entirety of the universe had she not been foiled by Samus and the galactic federation. Should be superior to the Leviathan, which has been stated multiple times to be able to launch themselves across the universe.)
Standard Equipment: None notable, however, some scans stated it had stolen equipment from the Space Pirates | Some variation of the Phazon and Varia Suit, possibly stolen enhancements from the Luminoth | Several Leviathans
Intelligence: Likely basic animal instincts | At least Above Average Human (Managed to ally herself with the Ing through unknown means. Seemingly has a general understanding of Luminoth technology works), Likely Genius (Can contend and almost be equals to Samus Aran in combat) | Genius (Taught the Space Pirates themselves on how to improve their spaceships [Mind you she had never even seen a ship before], can lead the Pirates into galactic scale battles against the Federation)
Weaknesses: She can be severely harmed if overloaded with Phazon.
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
- Phazon Manipulation: Arguably the greatest manipulator of Phazon, Dark Samus has shown most of the abilities Phazon has granted one way or another and has greater control over it after fusing with Phaaze.
- Power and DNA Drain: Used as a last resort by Metroid Prime, it uses a tentacle to grab the enemy and absorbs not only several abilities of the enemy but also their DNA, granting Metroid Prime a hybrid form of the enemy.
- Arm Cannon: One of the trademark weapons of both Samus and Dark Samus, the arm cannon has a multitude of beams and missiles.
- Shrapnel Beam: A beam with high accuracy that fires shrapnels of phason, can be lethal and corrupting.
- Plasma Beam: After the defeat of Ghor, a Dark Samus Wraith had taken Ghor's key weapon, his plasma beam, and infused it with her already dangerous arsenal.
- Charge Beam: More of ability than an actual beam, it enhances the AP of the beam several degrees higher.
- Missiles: Much like one of Samus' missiles, only much superior thanks to the Phazon being infused.
- Charge Combos: A signature feature of the Metroid Prime weapons, it is a powerful fusion of the beams and missiles of Dark Samus
- Super Missiles: Similar to Samus' Charge Combo version of the Super Missile, it packs immense firepower made to deal a lot of damage
- Ice Spreader: Interestingly enough, Dark Samus seems to be capable of a Phazon version of Samus' Ice Spreader, a charge combo that causes an explosion with an ever-growing Phazon ice crystal effect.
- Boost Ball: One of Dark Samus' fastest attacks, she goes up into the air, turns into the morph ball, and crashes down at alarming speeds. This, in turn, causes an explosion and allows her to freely attack her enemies with the boost ball afterward.
Note: While the NA and PAL versions of Metroid Prime have major lore differences, it has not been officially mentioned whether one is canon over the other. Even though the latest release, the Wii & Wii-U versions of Metroid Prime: Trilogy uses the PAL version of the lore, this was likely done due to the PAL version exclusively having Wii motion controls which were necessary for the Trilogy re-release. Additionally, the PAL version includes several inconsistencies not present in the NA version,
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Discussions
| Discussion threads involving Dark Samus |