With Metroid Dread bringing intergalactic bounty hunter Samus Aran back into the hearts and minds of the public, Metroid fans like yours truly have been fielding a lot of questions about her. I ...

Spielberg. Cameron. Miyamoto. Mario. Some filmmakers, game developers and characters achieve a certain status that is best described as iconic; a status that is based on the fact that to remove or ...

Super Smash Bros.' claim to fame is the ability to use your favorite Nintendo character to kick the stuffing out of other not so favorite Nintendo characters (Jigglypuff anyone?). Building upon that, ...

Samus Aran vs. Master Chief: Both are genetically enhanced super-humans wearing a full-body armored suit. One has ballistic weapons and explosive grenades. One uses particle beams and morphing ...

This depiction of Samus Aran is of her Varia Suit from the start of 'Metroid Prime 4'. Following the release of Metroid Prime 4 and the news we were getting a chogokin of Samus Aran, the figure is now ...

More and more Fortnite crossovers have happened as the Seasons have progressed, and this time, it seems like Samus Aran may join the battle royale. Samus Aran is the popular main character of the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. The latest version of Samus Aran from the excellent Metroid Dread ...

Samus Aran was a part of pop culture much before the Fortnite leaks showcased a possible collaboration, first appearing in the 1986 game, "Metroid," created by Nintendo. The protagonist, a bounty ...

Nate Bihldorff, senior localization manager and primary writer on Metroid Prime, has said Metroid co-creator Yoshio Sakamoto is "the only one who really knows" who Samus Aran is, and that when the ...

It was called one of the most “jaw dropping” moments in video game history. Featured Video Samus Aran had just defeated a planet’s worth of parasitic organisms thanks to a futuristic power suit in ...

Since this franchise title makes up one half of the inspiration for the genre term “metroidvania,” you probably already know what a typical 2D Metroid game looks like, but I’ll break it down anyway.