What Happens to Samus After Dread?
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After the events of Metroid Dread, Samus Aran’s fate is left uncertain, with her Metroid DNA playing a significant role in her transformation into a human Metroid, raising questions about her future and the implications of her new form. The game’s conclusion marks the end of the current story arc, but it is confirmed that it is not the final Metroid game, leaving room for future adventures and the exploration of Samus’s condition.
Understanding Samus’s Transformation
The Metroid Suit, Samus’s final suit upgrade in Metroid Dread, is the result of the DNA transplant she received, which awakens her true potential and turns her into a human Metroid. This transformation raises many questions about Samus’s future and her role in the Metroid universe.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Samus’s suit at the end of Metroid Dread? The Metroid Suit is Samus Aran’s final Suit upgrade in Metroid Dread, resulting from the DNA transplant she received, fully awakening and turning her into a human Metroid.
- Does Samus lose the Metroid DNA? After killing each Metroid, Samus absorbs the DNA into her Power Suit, and then uploads it into the Seal using her Arm Cannon.
- Is Metroid Dread the end of the series? It’s not the final Metroid game, just the end of the current story, with the next game being the beginning of a brand new arc.
- Who saved Samus in Metroid Dread? In Ferenia, Samus is captured by another EMMI, but is saved by a Chozo named Quiet Robe, who deactivates them.
- Is the Metroid Universe doomed after Dread? The fate of the Metroid universe after Dread is uncertain, with theories suggesting potential outcomes based on the game’s ending.
- Why does Samus lose her powers in Dread? Her retained abilities are lost after Samus is knocked into a wall by an explosion while escaping the Frigate Orpheon.
- Did Samus lose her arm? A common misconception among new fans of the Metroid series is that the Arm Cannon is a prosthetic arm for Samus, who in reality has not lost her right arm.
- Why did Quiet Robe help Samus at the end? The reason Quiet Robe’s X Parasite appears to assist Samus is unclear, but it may have been a gambit to indirectly assist her.
- Why was Metroid Dread cancelled? Metroid producer Yoshio Sakamoto conceived Dread for the Nintendo DS in the mid-2000s, but development ended due to technical limitations.
- Is Metroid Dread a flop? Metroid Dread is now the best-selling Metroid game ever, having sold about 2.9 million copies so far.
- What disorder does Samus have? Samus’s PTSD appears to be referenced in A Piercing Screech, the CGI animated trailer that revealed Ridley as a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
- Is Samus even human anymore? Samus Aran is, for the most part, human, and possibly the most powerful human in terms of battle capacity, though this is partially due to the fact that she is a human infused with Chozo DNA.
- Is Samus cured? When Samus is infected by X Parasites at the beginning of Fusion, she is cured with a vaccine made with Metroid DNA.
- Is there a secret area in Metroid Dread? Once you’ve defeated each EMMI, there are plenty of tiny secret areas with upgrades squirreled away for Samus to collect.
- Why is Samus’s suit blue in Dread? During exploration of SR388, Samus is infected by an X parasite and nearly dies, with her suit turning blue and losing most of its abilities and weapons after being saved by a vaccine created from Metroid cells.