Encounters of Samus-X in Metroid Fusion (GBA)

[@Lotselance]

The moment you walk back into that room of the restricted lab and are greeted with the image of SA-X freaking the fuck out at the Metroid is the funniest part of the game.

[@Scudmaster11]

Just grab a baby metroid... they arnt hurting you so I looked like they trusted you

[@furyberserk]

Going doomslayer mode on babies.

[@lolrus5555]

I freaking love that for how much of a horrific threat the SA-X is established as over the course of the game, it nonetheless easily gets swarmed and overwhelmed by a bunch of infant Metroids despite just going apeshit on that lab. Really helps remind you that the Metroids were made to be the X's natural predator for a damn good reason.

[@angry_zergling]

@@Scudmaster11 Da baby! ^_^

[@Dragonking1984]

One of my favorite boss's in the series. it doesn't just sit at the end of the game waiting for you to undo all of it's plan. It actively hunts for you and stop you. It's the Nemesis of the metroid universe. I wish there were more bosses in gaming like this.

[@wesker100000000]

The zelda series did this once (majoras mask with the falling moon, messing up everything for you and giving you 3 days to save the planet, ganon (before later titles) atleast in a link to the past when he showed up didn't mess about (he should've persued you in ocarina of time but meh). The resident evil series, siren blood curse (giant maggot shibito who can't be killed till much later kills in one hit), the broken neck ghost in project zero/fatal frame. More games definitely need this. The final boss waiting patiently for you to me ruins them a lot.

[@jonathanpowell613]

Yeah, the SA-X is basically invincible until Samus regains her famed firepower and protection... which the X stole from her. (I'm looking at you, Barrier Core-X. Steal Samus' Varia Suit? I don't think so!)

[@blop-a-blop9419]

Slightly reminds me of Monster Hunter, where they make a 4 or 5-star monster appear to you in a low-rank quest, just to scare the shit out of you, and then a few levels later when they ask you to actuallly go find it and kill it you're like "... *gasp* 😓 "😨

[@knutritter461]

It was not the first time in game history where the final boss hunts you during the game and could kill you, too. 😉

[@Dragonking1984]

@@knutritter461 I'm well aware of that. I was commenting more on the fact that bosses like this are far too rare.

[@bradlieone]

That thing made this game into a unexpected horror game

[@torment6425]

You say that as if Nightmare wasnt equally as terrifying

[@edgarmendoza976]

@@torment6425 I feared the samus x more than the Nightmare X. Mainly because the sa-x has a deadly Arsenal while actively hunting you.

[@cryptojonny6837]

Its like your being chased by Jason Michael Myers or Freddy Krueger and Sa-X is all of them

[@lochnloaded6905]

5 years later… boy if you thought fusion was a horror game then dread is the game that will make you have a heart attack.

[@ImmortalfireTheMod]

Being chased by that thing, is one of the scariest moments in gaming I've ever had.

[@platanom3n]

same lol

[@vadam_th]

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[@DannyGaendon]

Like Nemesis

[@commander_expendable]

think that's scary, immagine being on a imperial starship and having your crew killed off one by one by either tyranids or space hulks

[@michaelwoods3799]

Bruh that shit so scary still Then he says there's multiple sa-x

[@shingshongshamalama]

"You can't fight the SA-X." "By the way, you can't fight the SA-X." "I can't possibly fight the SA-X." "Avoid the SA-X." "Hey, listen!"

[@jonathanpowell613]

Adam: "Avoid the SA-X. Avoid the SA-X. Avoid the SA-X. Avoid the SA-X. Avoid the SA-X." Samus: "Yeah, yeah, yeah. Avoid the SA-X until I regain the firepower that I'm famous for. I heard you the first time, Adam. My suit may be less bulky than before, but it's just as powerful once it's at full strength."

[@1096233]

"heavy footsteps". "silence" "jumps over a small hole." "resumes heavy footsteps".

[@brandonxing9546]

The SA-X was scary as shit. The music, the foot steps, that first time it appeared on screen and it didn't just "make an entrance" It paused... and slowly LOOKED AT THE PLAYER... It all got a lot less scary when you realized that you could tease her like a kitten with a laser pointer.

[@Rassenomatjutut]

Brandon Xing Did you have feeling on that moment it was going to say like "here's Johnny (or rather Sammy or Saxy)" or something else?

[@Evilink.]

They did that because it would have been impossible to hide considering that it's basically super metroid samus he could kill you fast with plasma + ice he could just spam that and he could find you with the x-ray scoope.

[@bluepikmin6363]

@@Evilink. Someone made that happen, except you also must face multiple SA-X at one time.

[@SaneZoomer]

God, I swear the first time I encountered the SA-X where it stares at you, I turned off the GBA. (Yes, I was young, like 4-6 years old)

[@HunterIsRad]

4:16 The best and scariest moment containing the SA-X. I had to psyche myself up JUST TO ENTER THE ROOM.

[@AimzOff]

Dude... I had a phobia of SA-X when I was a kid. I sat forever waiting for her to leave, and make sure she was gone each time. Then I started trolling her for fun, and well not so scarey after that

[@Blayze]

Could you imagine trying to escape through that tiny hole at the top of the wall back in the Super days, when we didn't have the grab?

[@ashanark5782]

+Gordon The proudest moment of my childhood was when I finally got up the courage to drop down that hole and successfully evaded the SA-X.

[@SecularTechnology]

The S-AX scared the shit out of me when i played this as a kid.

[@Gamma0_0]

+Alpha Wolf The SA-X _still_ scares the shit out of me.

[@jonathanpowell613]

@@Gamma0_0 That's because the SA-X is _designed_ to scare the shit out of you. That thing is an X Parasite copying Samus Aran herself. It got her physical appearance right (minus her eyes and mouth) AND posseses all of her strongest abilities, but lacks the heart and soul of the original. As Samus herself put it, it's really just a mindless killing machine.

[@twinwoodsman]

When I encountered the SA-X in Sector 2 (4:15 in the video) when I was a kid I was playing with the sound off. So I didn't even hear the SA-X theme. And I nearly had a goddamn heart attack when I plopped down there and was face to face with the SA-X.

[@erikh7770]

twinwoodsman Me too! It was actually just today, I had volume but I was hearing a video so I didn’t hear the footsteps, so when I saw Her right in front of me as I dropped down I almost died there.

[@Starkiller5121]

The SA-X was such a freaky character. The fact that it possesses intelligence to prevent you from progressing. I would have loved to have seen this story from the point of view of the SA-X. A rather poignant moment was right at the end, with the metroids being the Xs one true enemy, it knew Samus would be the one to take it down, so when it saw Samus damaged, it chose to try and fight it off, but after fighting Samus it has lost too much energy and was immediately stopped. However, and this is a show of its intelligence, rather than letting its true enemy the metroids survive, it chose to let Samus absorb her so she could finally kill off the Omega Metroid. It put aside killing her original, for killing its true enemy. Magnificent story arc for sure.

[@pokechi121]

The SA-X wasn't helping Samus, it hates Metroids so it tried to kill it but failed.

[@rock3793]

metroids were the only predator the x had is why

[@El_Badai]

@@TechnoVortex that is interesting, OM VS SA-X at full power

[@TBrizzle01]

@@El_Badai SA-X would win. The X parasites are supposed to gain the original creature's intelligence. In this case, it would have Samus's hunting knowledge. In other words, it'd be smart enough to not get hit and pump the OM with ice beam.

[@gizar2858]

Remember Samus has Metroid DNA infused in her now. X chased her cause of her Metroid dna

[@setonshinobi9257]

@@MEM-brain uh no. It has all the intelligence of the organism it mimics. Play the game.

[@palindinX]

*Step *Step *Step *Step *Step *Step *Step *Silence..... *Step *Step *Step *Step *Step *Step *Step *Step *Step.....

[@StephNuggs]

Thank you, I'm deaf, dumb and blind do this helpud!

[@BITBITBIT-fd3gu]

*SO HoW aRE YoU WAtcHiNG ThIS oR TypING ThiS TheN?????!!1!1!1!!1!1!1!1!1!1!1*

[@GoldKnightProduction]

What made this thing truly terrifying for me was that I knew just how powerful it was. I had just finished Super Metroid a week before playing Fusion. I remembered how easy I could wipe the floor with every enemy I encountered when I was at full power. And now I'm being hunted by myself... I didn't think it was possible for me to SYMPATHIZE with the hostiles in Super Metroid.I was genuinely afraid SA-X would start blasting the walls to find me. ....You could freeze it? .........*ATOMIC FACEPALM*

[@TrueJediLegend]

Imagine the SA-X fighting Dark Samus.

[@thebonkest3166]

@@TrueJediLegend NGL I would pay money to watch that fight

[@xthax9718]

@@TrueJediLegend If they encountered each other, they would definitely fight, since dark samus is a phazon infused metroid, and the SA-X is an X parasite, the metroids were created to kill the X parasites, and the SA-X has a suit that was able to kill metroids and it would find out dark samus was a metroid, and try to kill dark samus. Who would win? Idk

[@sizzle5775]

@@xthax9718 Dark Samus would probably win, the SA-X copied all of Samus' abilities and skills but it's a stone cold killer, it doesn't have the ability to adapt because it only has the skills it knows. Dark Samus can adapt to its environment and get the upper hand. Also Phazon is way more powerful than the X. If Phazon took over the station, it probably would've started finding a way to spread itself to nearby planets by the time Samus arrived.

[@xthax9718]

@@sizzle5775 true, unless Dark Samus is still vulnerable to the ice beam and missile combo i dont see the SA-X winning

[@shakezilla64]

I remember as a kid this thing scaring the absolute shit out of me.....especially when I had no choice toward the beginning of the encounters but to run away from it

[@gabienikekerov9012]

And to think the SA-X still lives in Samus today.

[@YoshiLikesFate]

O.O

[@jakejohnson718]

And it may have just been released once again if we consider the fact samus is back to the blue suit in dread...

[@kevinvu5432]

And the metroid now

[@todd2.08]

Aww nah after the whole metroid suit shenanigans, those x parasites in her are pretty much dead for good

[@FinalManaTrigger]

The Metroid vaccine killed her X parasites, and she became completely immune to them.

[@mushroomhead3619]

The Nemesis checks under his bed for the SA-X

[@dadrumma8608]

I swear, 4:19 is the most frustrating part of the whole game. Trying to avoid SA-X with this game's controls is like attempting to outrun a Lamborghini after having your legs cut off.

[@AccessusK]

Looks like you didn't actually play the game, it's not that hard

[@Rustycube88]

Fighting with B.O.X for the second time is way worse

[@python3219]

I wished I'd known I could freeze it for a lil bit. Would've saved me a lot of health.

[@caseyjones244]

I bought this game again and literally am stuck on this part and watched this video to see what they did lmao

[@Nate-fb1rr]

​@Marx ZX I know I'm late but just power bomb once and it's easy

[@666FanFicInformer]

When.i was younger In that level when i had to run i lost my mind and threw the game in to the garge and never saw in again...well 5 years later and i found it and beat that level and beat the game You guys dont know what a relief it was to finish the game I actually threw a party just for that reason Even still SA-X still scare me even today

[@ladyofthewinds8267]

and then everyone clapped

[@DeathSamus]

In the second time encountering the SA-X in TRO, the Prima Guide had this in the description, "You have no choice but to confront the deadly SA-X". Fuck that part of the game. The SA-X gives me nightmares even to this day.

[@MechWarrior894]

I had that same guide, it didn't say I could freeze it with the ice missiles! Good grief, that would have made the run a hell of a lot easier!

[@wilfredynunez5263]

Forget pyramid head and nemesis this is the scariest video game boss.

[@fatmandirtball4746]

Wilfredy Nunez monster ock in Spider Man (2000) is the scariest boss

[@GoldieTamamo]

Pyramid head less about being scary, more about being your repressed main character's inner evil guilty wife murderer that you can't possibly face down, and then finally, surrenders to you facing it. Nemesis less about being scary, more about: "He's everywhere, he's a big dumb violent idiot, and he has presents if you have the brass balls to face him and wipe the floor with his ass. Time to show what a badass Jill is and give him S.T.A.R.S." SA-X makes you feel: "I am being systematically pinned into a corner by a lot of something that wants me dead, and it knows how to be ME at 100% power level, only it's a mindless, heartless machine--AND OH MY GOD BAG OF SPILLING, I'M NAKED."

[@GoldieTamamo]

@@fatmandirtball4746 Monster ock's all... "DIE DIE DIE GRAR I MERGED WITH CARNAGE"

[@youcantstoptherock1954]

It's like Nintendo saying "Here, have this spooky thing chasing you, fuck you."

[@liamdalemon1525]

"I fear no man but that thing... it scares me!"

[@clutchtastic_]

0:59 is even creepier because the image Adam shows must be from a security camera. That means the SA-X saw the camera, looked into it almost as if to say "I know you're here. I'm going to hunt you, and I will find you. And destroy you."

[@joegreen3802]

You missed the talk about there being more then one SA-X talk after the Restricted Zone

[@HotaruZoku]

An odd precognition to the story of Alien Isolation. Irony?

[@brianaguilar8283]

And sadly, we never get to see them in the game

[@DarknessXxMaster]

@@brianaguilar8283 There's a Super Metroid Fusion hack out that has SA-X using X-Ray visor to search for Samus. There's even an SA-X with a gravity suit.

[@NinSega89]

0:23 Holy shit, I knew Legend of Zelda monster were scary, but SA-X must be the scariest villain of Metroid

[@chaosinc.382]

Admittedly seeing the Metroids tear apart that one SA-X was incredibly satisfying. It was less satisfying when you realize that ain't happening twice...

[@Tucher97]

3:06, fun fact you can avoid that power bomb by hugging the far left, the many times I played this game I never got hit by that power bomb just by hugging that small corner

[@Stratelier]

I played _Fusion_ recently, and even though I knew about the SA-X beforehand, that first encounter in Sector 2 (after you get the Morph Ball bombs) jolted me enough that I immediately retreated out the door I came through. Even though it's actually almost impossible to even _get_ found by the SA-X so early...

[@desmondgarfield9045]

This game was the only media that ever scared me and had me worrying but still do good

[@shalacktan]

Despite all the mental scaring and whatnot this is one of the best games iv ever played

[@leopoldthetoad]

99% sure this game gave me childhood trauma.

[@littlemoth4956]

Thank god you didn't have a dream of an alternate beginning to this game with an even scarier SA-X encounter...

[@leopoldthetoad]

I had a dream with an alternate ending wear the SA-X was a normal human

[@littlemoth4956]

Deja-Vu...

[@horaciosi]

Eat your heart out, Resident Evil.

[@LuckyRabbit234]

4:42 SA-X “Eh, I could easily jump that………… Nah.”

[@xthax9718]

it cant grab walls :I

[@CrossoverFan4life]

@@xthax9718 because it doesn't have the power grip or Samus didn't have it when she was infected so it didn't replicate it which in hindsight is clever

[@elsikitios]

@@CrossoverFan4life spring ball or wave beam

[@OXxJAWZxXO]

4:20 when i was young i remember hauling ass every time i did that mission because i knew i could die in like 1 hit

[@angelofdeath275]

Involuntarily screamed at 1:42 Those steps are nightmare fuel

[@Pilgrym52]

XD Dude you're meant to fear the thing, its too funny when you clearly OP it in the chases.

[@Nekololizu]

Sector 2 (tro) - near reactor core * Hardest place in the game imo ;P

[@darkstar2483]

This is still the best compilation of SA-X encounters because it includes the footsteps heard in TRO.

[@ShakeITyEA]

the moment Sa-X stares into the camera was intense with that music playing. The game has so many great moments like that. Ive never experienced something that atmospheric on such a small handheld.

[@Musicaddict1993]

I love encounters! It gives me the chills just listening to it's footsteps!

[@Quadraxon]

The SA-X didn't really rescue samus at the end. The SA-X wasn't trying to help samus, it simply saw the omega metroid as a more potential threat than samus. Since Metroids are predators of the X. It's mind was just preocupied in enaging the omega metroid, more than focusing on samus while she was wounded. Cause it could've easily killed her too while she was down.

[@DeBOMBs88]

You know... when I first did something nooby in this game, I try to fight this copy samus and I got owned really good:o

[@laylover7621]

Metroid Fusion may not be the best Metroid (or it might be for some) but it had amazing eerie/horror moments and incredibly memorable sequences.

[@rhovrox9291]

sound effects are so crunchy. i love it.

[@tonygant2448]

I remember when I had one encounter, I ran from this mf into a different room, then when sa-x followed me into that room, my stomach sank lol

[@stefanfr13]

Sa-X: Finally got you cornered Samus, you can't escape this time. *omega metroid appears* Sa-x: what the?! Oh no, if she can't kill it... Samus! *Sa-X tries to save Samus* Samus: What the?! What is she... I mean: it, doing? Sa-X: Damn, it's too strong... Samus! Absorb me!

[@Yankeezcap]

love this game. I miss how scary it feels.

[@Rossco64]

It saw the Metroid as a bigger threat.

[@legodude444]

the reason that the SA-X helps you at the end, is quite simply that X and metroids are enemies, if the X and metroids wern't enemies, the SA-X probably would have wasted you right then and there

[@sullivanmckenzie898]

Freezing SA-X , what a real savage

[@abdulqudz89]

imagine if the sa-x had x-ray vision in the game. you'd be horrendously screwed.

[@gaoutlaw]

The SA-X was dang scary...especially at your 2:00 mark when Samus is in the tunnel, and X is walking in the corridor below. Creeped me out the first time I played this game.

[@MattMoney]

I honestly love the idea of the antagonist just being maxed Super Metroid samus

[@jordanpeterson5038]

To think metroid could bring you fear. I kinda wouldn't mind seeing a remake of fusion but at the same time I don't want the games image to be harmed

[@odstroy22]

this game is amazing i beat it when i was like 8 lol and i still remember how fun it was! expecially the boss fights

[@chanelnumber5]

I think it would be a tie because if you play MP3 corruption you find out that the power of Phazon is really the only thing that can Kill Dark Samus. All SA-X is, is samus at her highest, aka Super Metrpoid Samus. And even then without the Hyper beam and Gravity Suit sooo...

[@ADiceySituation]

That's pretty much right. Either way, it means 'X version of Samus Aran, mimicking you, has your DNA, and can kick your ass early on'. I'm suprised nobody has asked why the SA-X comes to your rescue at the final boss battle.

[@OsyenVyeter]

the big thing that made me wonder was this: during that final interaction of the queen metroid, samus, and the SA-X, what were the motives of SA-X? Was it the fact that it being a X, had a natural loathing of the metroid race, or was there perhaps something more noble at work? That maybe a bit of Samus's inner nature rubbed off on it? Or maybe it hated metroid just a little more than it hated Samus. *sigh* too hard to say. Ideas anyone?

[@Vlumpty_Vonty]

when you realize that samus only survived one of the encounters because she can now climb ledges

[@Nison545]

Damn, that's a deadly SA-Xophone...

[@Veecy]

It's always crazy to get a video that's more than a decade old in my recommended

[@emmettstuart9891]

Man this game needs to be brought back fr, loved this game as a kid playing it on Gameboy

[@astaldo]

I'm so glad fusion finally got its sequel.

[@bigstevie01]

Yeah, it's called the Screw Attack and you get it after you beat Ridley-X. Samus' version isn't green like the SA-X's, though.

[@javierriveram1988]

The video is OK but is missing the part when Adam tells the reproduction mechanism of SA-X

[@optimusprime209]

so is samus-x is the early version of dark samus.

[@NeutralIon]

Watching the clip of the encounter in Sector 6 managed to startle me... You enter the room, come to a dead end, place a bomb to find the entrance to that crack in the floor, and just a second later, SA-X appears through the same door, the sound of her omninous footsteps flooding your ears. You just can't help but think "Holy crap, that was close..." Good thing you didn't try going back the way you came!

[@LoboLocks]

S-AX gave his life at least samus aran has her regular suit back

[@Kjaiao]

i feel you man, and the encounters with it .. suspense at its best !! :D

[@TwoSquidsAndAGun]

SA-X's eyes scare the crap out of me its so weird

[@PucciusLOLcannalunga]

dudeee when i was kid i never finish this game cause i was scared of that samus clone. and now years later is coming METROID DREAD, and this game is damn full of fucking invincible robots, well time to fight this time!

[@SuperSans64YT]

It took me forever to figure put that SA-X is just Samus's initials put a test subject format look

[@Musicaddict1993]

LOL I had a dream once when I was laying in bed then I heard the same footsteps the SA-X made and I looked and I saw him standing in my doorway. It scared me to death!

[@ShadowMokujin]

I wonder whats gonna happen to Samus and the Galactic Federation relationship?

[@gaoutlaw]

SA X chasing Samus in the core = ultimate scary

[@AleXCD74]

Nah, I just think sa-x saw the Omega Metroid as a bigger threat than a dying samus.

[@HUNTEMDOWN123]

This was a very helpful video. SA-X killed me easily so now I know how to escape

[@Tolisk100]

Lol at the restricted scetor samus X is like PEWPEWPEW!

[@snek4913]

Sitting in my room then suddenly remember about the only time I got jump scared by a non horror video game and came here. Feels good seeing so many people are like me.

[@EvolutionSFox]

I love how all antagonists throughout the game always help/save samus at the end

[@lprules619]

Eh, the SA-X was only trying to take out the biggest threat in the station, the Omega Metroid. If it succeeded, it would've simply killed you after.

[@optimusprime209]

sa-x is helping her with the final boss just like the metroid in the mother brain battle in super metroid.

[@TheBanishedWind]

@halocemaster059 You know that Missile Block you gotta blow out to proceed? You can use that (while freezing the SA-X as it annoys you) to get away, instead of hiding in the next room. Give it a shot some time, might prove interesting.

[@ImFrights]

This was my FAVORITE game as a kid. It was so creepy but awesome, SA-X always scared the fuck out of me.

[@ChaosTFox]

The chases always scared the shit out of me O_O

[@The94Venom]

So people... SA-X or Dark Samus ?

[@gamersfun98]

SA-X

[@CeeHoff]

+The94Venom SA-X

[@theakiwar9118]

SA-X

[@The94Venom]

+The94Venom Looks like Dark Samus is winning. :3

[@c0r390]

SA-X,just god...please no

[@DarkFusion35]

@pfshadow1 when all samus's power suit parts were in fected by x they were moved in to the storge bay thing and thats were all the parts come together to make the sa-x

[@AdDeOWN]

Yeah, that part in Sector 2 when you have to run and hide - it seiously scared the shit out of me back in the days, this is the best GBA game ever, had so much fun with this.

[@CheesySanchez]

Everytime I play this I get so scared when I hear the music. GOD!

[@davidcobb9031]

Those damn footsteps. Whenever I heard them my heart rate would increase because they freaked me out so much.

[@starry_null]

The SA-X was just an X that mimicked samus. Remember that after the metroid vaccine, Samus was able to absord X in their gelatinous, non-mimicking form. That's why he was able to absorb the SA-X.

[@edman302]

I realised the part where if you stay too long in a room the SA-X comes is a long time after killing most bosses.

[@El_Badai]

Just seeing it gave me chills, but when I reached the chase part, it simply scared the hell outta me

[@ChaosTFox]

You know, for SA-X's 2nd form you can attack it by standing next to the door for the station's self-destruct. It'll get stuck under you & you can easily shoot the hell out of it

[@Wheelie.Bin.]

I really really really miss that game!!!!! :(

[@moavideogamer8417]

The concept of this character is terrifying

[@Alcatraz7200]

This thing is the stuff of nightmares

[@HylianChozo]

Man, the SA-X is more intimidating than Darth Vader. I love how it just walks casually around the ship searching for you. I'm glad they had it so it didn't make any noise, it adds to the creepiness that way.

[@brianaguilar8283]

If the SA-X ran instead of walking, it would imply that Samus’s death wasn’t inevitable

[@alexschrider1473]

I would love to see a full 3D animated sequence in Other M style, of SA-X chasing the real Samus in lowly-upgraded Fusion Suit. I want to see how vicious and aggressive the SA-X would be, chasing with all of the agility that Samus had in Metroid Other M.