Actually in the intro cutscene in Dread, Adam literally tells her she isn’t getting paid enough for this shit. So… no she’s not getting paid a lot for this.

Fun fact about Mecha Ridley. Ridley himself actually built it cause he's a massive narcissist.

Samus: "I learned that killing everything is never the answer." Doomguy: *Unholy laughter*

I am impressed what Mercury Steam did with the Metroid franchise. Metroid Dread has shown us how the Spanish studio has improved since their Castlevania Lords of Shadow days.

You know, I used to think Samus was kinda bland as a character, having only played a couple of the games and not seen any other related media. I assumed that her main and almost only appeal was that she's a badass space warrior and not much else. So thanks for making this video that showed me she's not just a badass killing machine. She's a badass killing machine that loves animals.

“She herself does not need to turn into a beast” boy you’re gonna love the ending of Dread…

after playing Metroid Dread, I feel like this video is far more accurate to Samus

Prime is canon though. Ridley's inclusion in Samus Returns proved it, and then Sakamoto literally confirmed it not too long ago in a Gameinformer interview.

Playing these games in isolation, it's almost too easy to ignore Samus as a character altogether. She's basically just an avatar to get you to spin, shoot, and solve puzzles. Which is fine, just that I never cared for her as a character... ...until I played all of the games in chronological order (remakes instead of the OGs just for the sake of ease) during the lead-up to Dread, something I hadn't done before this year. And by the time I was heading to fight SR-X at the end of Fusion, something surprised me: by playing through her story like that, I'd become emotionally invested in her story. That would've seemed ridiculous to me when I was younger, but playing them all in order really put her entire journey - her stubbornness, vulnerability, empathy, anger, and unflinching tenacity - into perspective. All told with in-game scenarios and _very_ few cutscenes. Playing through Dread with those four games fresh in my mind like that has been so rewarding. Story beats that I otherwise would've skipped to get to the action now hold enormous weight. All of that accomplished without 200 pages of in-game dialogue or half-hour cinematics. For a series so dark and grotesque, it's kind of incredible how magical 2D Metroid games are, huh?

I remember reading in another Metroid comment section that in Super Metroid, when Samus returns to the Space Colony to rescue the baby, Ridley leaves whenever Samus' health gets low enough that it triggers her suit's alarm to go off. Later when Samus has a run-in with the now wild baby, it drains her health as it doesn't initially recognize her probably due to its instincts to feed and survive on the planet since its capture. The baby only stops once it hears that same warning alarm from the encounter with Ridley and flees (as mentioned, most likely in shame). Then, once again, during Samus' fight with Mother Brain, Samus is left with barely enough health that triggers the suit's alarm while Mother Brain charges a final shot. The baby hears the alarm and immediately rushes back to rescue its surrogate mother and ultimately gives its life for Samus. Super Metroid has a ton of these tiny details that is absolutely insane to look back on since its release in 1994. It's even crazier now seeing as what Dread has done and what is open to possibilities for future titles. Great video, all in all! Can't wait for more of these 'In The Mind of: X'.

27:38 This is the first time I've seen this dialog and it's extremely funny to me. I love how Adam's basically like "you _definitely_ shouldn't destroy the station, and _definitely_ not by doing this exact sequence of actions"

You know one way I think Samus's infamous freakout scene could have worked? It makes absolutely no sense that Samus would be frozen in fear at the sight of Ridley. But one emotional reaction that would make complete sense would be blind rage. At this point in the timeline, Samus has faced this monster not once, not twice, not even thrice, but at least five times. And every single time she walked away from his smouldering remains, sincerely believing that her parents had been avenged, only for him to come back again and again. At this point, Samus just going into a berserker state at the sight of him would make complete sense.

Samus from Zero Mission to Super Metroid at Seeing Ridley: "How many times do I have to teach you this lesson, old man!?" Samus during Other M: **Shooketh**

I really like the reflection inherent to Samus. Like, she kind of feels like a personification of "beware when fighting monsters that you do not become a monster yourself". She goes on a planetwide genocide like Ridley, with the main difference being that when she comes across a harmless (even friendly) Metroid specimen, instead of laughing at its weakness and putting it down, she takes it and embraces it. She ends up exploding basically every planet she ever goes to. When she faces the SA-X as part Metroid, it's literally a reflection of what she was, not just a corruption. She's the Metroid running from the scary space goddess born of technology and genetic alteration. And she literally becomes part Metroid and maybe even part X, and at the end of Dread it becomes clear that she's the most powerful Metroid to ever live, but she still retains her humanity. I think that's what makes her such a cool and interesting hero, is that she refuses to abandon a certain softness inherent to humanity.

Thanks for being the only person in the whole world to have read my reddit thread about the inconsistencies in the Metroid manga lol

Samus keeps needing the help of animals to escape from exploding bases in her ship. She should maybe install some voice controlled autopilot on that thing one of these days

oh boi can't wait for adam to show up and tell grim how to proceed with the video.

Samus doesn't need plot armor.. She has BIRD MAGIC

The conclusion to this video hits so much harder after playing Dread, considering what happens there.

28:51 Pretty sure it was mentioned somewhere in Other M that the baby Metroid would have become another Queen had it lived. Which is honestly a nice precedent to what Samus almost became in Dread had Quiet Robe X not intervened.

Other M is a weird quandary for me since I like the ideas behind the story. It’s just the execution of those ideas was sadly not done well in a convincing manner.

Damn, Samus has been through up some shit. This series has the potential to be an amazing movie series. Samus Is easily in my favorite female character.

god i absolutely LOVE the delivery of your lines. the "as together they KICK his purple ass to the GROUND!" line was absolutely amazing. that line alone deserves a sub

You completely missed the part of the story where she's married to my self-insert character in my fanfic. C'MON MAN.

Nice video. A few notes: - The Federation officials behind the BSL station and all that in Fusion was only a certain faction in the Federation. She still works with the Federation afterwards, she is just wary that they may not all be as benevolent as they seem - Samus' breakdown with Ridley in Other M was more about her character arc in that game. She felt helpless the entire game, and Ridley "coming back to life" was the last straw before she had a freakout. It wasn't 100% PTSD Otherwise, great summary!

You could have included the Prime games. They are canon, as Samus Returns AND Sakamoto himself both confirm. They take place between Metroid Zero Mission (Metroid 1) and Metroid Samus Returns (Metroid 2)

Honestly, you've done her story the justice no other KZfaqr has done. No one else ever covered her training at Federation and her first visit to Zebes after the training.

thank you so much for giving our Lady the love she deserves. I teared up at that final music box cut of the main theme. 10/10

....This scares me. Will she eventually become the bad guy? The Galactic Federation already sees her as a threat. That lullaby was a nice touch. This was my first video from you. You earned my sub sir, thanks for all your hard work!

Samus would get really giddy at the sight of a brand new rideable lawn mower.

Grim: "I won't go too much into Other M" Me: "Oh, so I can watch the video, wouldn't wanna be spoiled for the game!" Grim: "So, here's tons of important cutscenes and spoilers for Other M. You're welcome! =)"

Dude, you're hilarious and fairly family friendly which I appreciate! Loved the video and all the great connections of Samus' character throughout the series. Thank you for making this! :)

I also love what they did with Samus in Metroid Dread, she really gives off Doomslayer vibes. But yeah, great video, every Metroid fan should see this

28:45 Small note, since the Queen Metroid in Other M is a clone of The Baby, it stands to reason that it would have evolved into a Queen rather than an Omega Metroid.

22:54 "you aren't my superior anymore. No."

I really love the final joke about Anthony appearing because, even if it most probably wasn't intended, Anthony is one of those few people who did the right thing when it was needed to save Samus. So it's actually more than just a joke if you think about it.

Would love to see how you incorporate Dread into this video

Apparently, due to a grave translation error that was left unchecked, the Federation wasn't the one responsible for what happens in Fusion and Other M. In fact, the Federation as a whole agrees with Samus' decision, while the orders to step back and let the X live was a result of an old, discontinued military faction within the Federation.

This video is pretty damn good I knew Samus since playing Smash on the N64 but not once played one of her games or knew anything about her backstory

I love Samus. The Metroid series has been my favorite for a very long time. I honestly got into because of Prime. But I was actually old enough to appreciate the game at that time. When Super Metroid came out I just ran around shooting and jumping lol. I did replay all the games I could once I was able to start buying them. I wanna buy a Switch now just to try out Dread.

I'm so glad Grim made this video. If he made a video on Doomguy, it's only fair to make one for his wife too.

This was a phenomenal video. I love how you formatted this like a story instead of just reviewing the games.

3:42 Damn You're also a Shiki Tohno enjoyer? Legend

They should make a show out of this. I'd watch the hell out of that.

Hey, thanks for not including the Prime games :) haven't had the chance to play them yet so I was happy to revisit the whole main story without spoilers :D

oh my god, thank you so much for this. hilarious and informative as heck!

This video really made me appreciate Samus' characterization across the many Metroid games. Next, "In the Mind of *The Baby*".

>wanted to be friends with everything >Loves animals and always saves/keeps them >Doesn't like orders/rules >Known for disobeying them (Mostly when they dont make sense to her) >Suffered experienced trauma emotionally and not contextually >clearly not good at picking up cues as to what she was being trained for >Isolated herself and prefers to act on her own, in the company of her pets >Lack of empathy in some aspects while having non discriminating empathy in others >Overall rational/logical thinking aimed at best problem solution possible >Not very communicative through words and overall seems like a distant character except when you get snippets of her emotions (Or read the backstory) SHE IS AUTISTIC

2:29 The Prime trilogy is between Zero Mission and 2

Dude I'm having this problem I don't want to have fixed. Every 20 freakin seconds your damn jokes make me laugh so much I miss the plot and have to rewind the video 😂😂😂 Amazing. Instant sub 😂🙌

You could also a raven beak to the small group of doners

1:51 I don't know why that made me laugh so much

It's actually Raven Beaks DNA that was used on Samus. Reason why he calls her his daughter.

Yes! I was just playing Dread! Let's go!

From having PTSD from seing Ridley to not giving a shit.

You know, as someone who's been a fan of the series for a long time and played pretty much every game I could get my greedy claws on, I have an unpopular opinion. Despite the rather stupidly shoehorned PTSD bits, Other M was a pretty fun game, and I liked playing it quite a bit.

Hoo boy. Did Dread add more depth to her. I kind of want a follow up to this now.

I’d love to see you recap the Dread storyline, oh boy!! 🤣

7:19 OK, that was clever.

Funny enough, I also learned Samus's gender through Smash.

24:47 "The baby. The baby. The baby. Babies cry. Baby. Baby. The baby. The baby." "SSHHUUUTTT UUUUUPPPPP!!!"

3:03 “KYRIEEEEEEEEE!!!!!” Gotta love poking fun at DMC4 :)

Since I never played the Metroid II remake, I had no idea that Ridley was showing up to ruin an otherwise comforting ending like it was in the original game. Just wow. Not in a good way.

I think super Metroid REALLY DESERVES a remake

Gets aeion abilities in Samus Returns. Forgets these abilities, until Metroid Dread.

And now, time to add Dread’s Story into the mix! (She’s become a Metroid now.... what will this mean for the games to come??)

The baby approves of this video. It really does suck that youtube fricks over longer content because you can feel the heart here.

Make that 3 bird dads

Alright. The "Do you remember?" gag was worth the price of admission alone. Now i have to explain to my friends why I'm sending them a 33-minute video for a 2 second joke, but it'll be worth it.

This video was awesome!! Thank you!!!!

0:03 - 0:08 That opening edit was one of the funniest things I’ve seen in awhile!

Hadn't raided your archive much yet, this one popped up in my suggested feed after watching the Mind of Kratos, had to watch it... excellent breakdown, loved it. Though it did grind my teeth the way you pronounced her surname. 😂 Say it with me now... Aran... "uh rahn"... or "uh ron" either way... but not like "Aaron" heh. Keep up the great work, need more like yours in my feed.

Funny how I see people in the comments find themselves surprised with Samus character. I guess it's the silent part? But that's also weird because....well Link doesn't talk and everyone loves him. Master Chief, rarely talks, and boy we all love him. Kirby, Jak etc etc.

15:40 AH!!! HE SAID IT! HE SAID THE THING!

hang on wasn't the events of zero mission her first mission as an idepentent bounty hunter hence the name zero mission

That “me?” guy with that stupid look on his face had me dying lmao

Even just the few short clips shown here reminded me how good the art and bosses were in Fusion. Guess it’s time to replay again.

This video is great. You did this with great editing and equal passion for the topic, and it shows quite wonderfully. Glad you did your research and found out about the manga! It was a good read. And I think you got the best reason why most of us don't really appreciate the PTSD Samus experienced for Ridley showing up. You _could_ excuse it as being caught in a moment of weakness for seeing her killer back from the dead again, but I find it a weak excuse at best. Samus already went through this PTSD over a decade prior in the manga, and then got the support she needed to help her power through it... FIVE times (Metroid, Prime, Prime 3, Samus Returns and Super Metroid) since then. Ridley showing up a sixth time shouldn't have been a problem for her at this point. At this point... she would've been far more likely to just roll her eyes and say "it's so irritating, having to kill you yet again." But you justifying why she allowed Adam to boss her around and getting *really* upset about him having to die... makes sense, begrudging as that acceptance is, since it clashes so heavily with the rest of her actions throughout the series. Adam was the last one left she had that was close to her, and now, he too sacrifices himself for her, just like everyone else did. That's gotta hurt, no matter how tough you are. Makes her reactions in Fusion more sensible in that light. I'm curious, Mr. King. Have you played Dread yet? What are your thoughts on it, if you did?

i love your energy lol you funny asf great vid

I honestly think SA-X was scarier than the EMMIs

I think the Metroid DNA that comes up in Fusion was actually collected during Other M… I seem to recall it being a plot point that the Federation’s decontamination procedure allowed them to harvest cells from her power suit from when the baby Metroid was killed directly above her. That’s presumably how they were also able to clone Ridley, though I’ve never been clear on why they did that. Maybe they’ll go into Ridley’s race someday… who knows, maybe Prime 4 will do something similar to Prime 3’s introducing the pirate homeworld.

The memes are ON POINT

This is probably the greatest retelling of Samus's story. You're wild, entertaining, and eccentric. Loved all the little asides and touches. Informative and hilarious. Keep it up mate!

Man you really deserve more subscribers!

Ridley:takes the baby Metroid and flee tô zebes Samus:ow shit here we Go again

15:04 cue terminalmontage samus saying the baby

A big thing you missed with Zero Mission is that she doesn't get the gravity suit from this test. What she gets is actually a an Older yet "Legendary" version of the power Varia armor suit. When she firsts picks up the upgrades for space jump, gravity suit, and plasma beam, her Suit isn't compatible with them because they are older technologies. Once she gets the Legendary power suit from the trail those older technologies are useable because they are compatible with this older, yet more intigratible and stronger version of her suit armor.

Am I the only one thinking that Samus Aran's origin story is kind of structurally similar to Batman's? there's differences for sure but the similar structural elements seem to be: 1) both seem to have had their parents murdered in front of them at a young age by person part of a group they would soon seek to destroy 2) both eventually seemed to venture to a foreign land to recieve an equally foreign entity that trains them to fight their enemies 3) both are clad in an expensive armored suit that is veritably more technologically advanced than their adversaries and equipped to dispatch their foes with veritable ease (this is probably more of a trope more common in far more sci-fi franchises than just Metroid or Batman) - both also have aliases to hide their identity (Samus Aran = the Hunter; Bruce Wayne = Batman) 4) both had an arch nemesis that had purple to their scheme so yeah, interesting look at samus aran

6:05 OH MY GOD I'M CRYING

What a funny, informative, and well-edited masterpiece of a video

4:01 😂 wish the kazuya hair and eye was there

i love how ridley wanted to kill samus, got trashed by rodney aran , ate the parents and some survivors and got trashed multiple times by the girl some years later until she killed him and also grey voice was stronger than ridley he couldn't defeat him only because of his mental barrier

Metroid Dread be like *IMMA FIRING MA LAZER!*

Metroid Other M seriously needs a remake, all so we can talk about the important plot bits without mentioning it specifically, ever again

This is exactly the video I wanted to see after finishing Dread, thank you.

cant believe his first game is actually dread

>show a metroid fusion cg while playing "x gonna dave to you" so on the nose and yet... so fiting edit:also the other m PTSD is bullshit, it was what? her 6th, 7th time facing ridley? in that point more than a PTSD her actions would be: samus: dude... get a hobby!!

Wasnt borrowed it was the emergency pod from her ship.

Do you guys think doom slayer and samus would be friends? We obviously know who would win in a fight, but I think they might get along.

i like prime a lot that fps style is just rally cool to me