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Samus Aran Origins: Metroid’s Influences Beyond Alien | Hardboiled History

My new video is about the origins of one of my favorite video game characters. Everyone knows Metroid was inspired by the movie Alien, but what about its other influences?

Other questions explored include: Who did “Samus Is A Girl” before Samus? Why does Adam call Samus “Lady” in Metroid Dread? Were Metroid and Zelda inspired by Rareware games? Why does Samus fight a Mother Brain? Where does Samus’ first name come from? What does “Metroid” mean? What is a “bailey”? Who was the first character with an arm canon? And why can’t Metroid crawl?

True or false? Did Devil May Cry open you up to these anime or was it viceversa? Honorable mentions: Trigun, Gungrave, Space Cobra, Inuyasha, Vampire Hunter D, Darker Than Black.