Metroid Dread is a wonderful game due to its fast pacing, excellent mechanics, and world design, but a potentially underrated element is the game’s characterization. Samus Aran, the hero of every ...

A full decade before popular female leads like Lara Croft and Jill Valentine became mainstays of gaming, Samus Aran, the badass bounty hunter of the Metroid Series, made waves when her pixilated ...

Samus Aran, star of the Metroid series, may be one of Nintendo's most iconic action heroes, but it took the group of fans behind non-profit production studio Rainfall Films to translate the ...

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 ...

Along with Link and Mario, Samus Aran of the Metroid series is one of Nintendo’s most beloved mascots. The fierce, space-age bounty hunter who patrols the galaxy snuffing out threats to humanity and ...

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 ...

James Ratcliff joined Game Rant in 2022 as a Gaming News Writer. In 2023, James was offered a chance to become an occasional feature writer for different games and then a Senior Author in 2025. He is ...

When it comes to legendary gaming franchises that have endured the passing of time, Nintendo's Metroid franchise is among the most interesting. While Super Mario Bros. and The Legend of Zeldadominated ...

Fortnite has collaborated with many brands and Intellectual Properties across pop culture, bringing iconic figures from other universes and even real life into the game for players to embody and play ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Most stories featuring ships tend to give them a name: the Millennium Falcon, the Great Fox, the USS Enterprise, the Blackbird, the Pequod. But Samus ...

A creative player recreated Samus Aran in Monster Hunter Wilds, impressing fans and critics alike. Monster Hunter Wilds hit 1.3 million peak players on Steam, despite optimization issues affecting ...