Samus Aran Original Design

Between the cracks of her armor we also get a glimpse of the zero suit samus outfit that hardcore metroid fans have also come to love as her favorite alternative outfit.

Samus aran original design. Trying to mimic very original metroid version of the suit powered up version. Yesterday i was wondering how the game s original players even coped and what it says about metroid and about samus aran that the first game doesn t have one. The original game concepts for metroid were done by director makoto kanoh and designer hiroji kiyotake. This fantastic bit of artwork by tyron s gearing is a perfect representation of samus aran.

In many ways this design is the polar opposite of the work retro had done for prime 1 the only game where she doesn t even remove her suit. This was the most basic form of the suit. Hirofumi matsuoka who helped work on the original design for samus aran claimed that she wasn t a woman but instead ニューハーフ or newhalf this language has its own issues but terminology used for gender in the early 90s was as different in japan as it was in the west. In it we get to see the iconic video game character put on the classic battle suit she s so well known for.

Original version s shoulder shield pads are design to fold and combine with this new power unit. Retro had their own vision for samus. Samus made her first appearance in metroid 1986 for the nintendo entertainment system. Mainly her shoulder pod s.

This is a gallery depicting concept art and official renders of samus aran. The eastern team introduced the zero suit and they likely pressured retro to copy it so samus would have a consistent design over games and generations.