Evolution of Sylux in Metroid Games (2006-2025)

[@JC21]

Dude didn't even show up as a spirit in Smash Ultimate. That's how far he was laying low until his big reveal in Prime 4.

[@aeroblu2002]

Almost read as Pikmin 4 and was like "wait what? When???" XD

[@jonathand.4088]

Just imagine Sylux following Olimar and the Recue Corps flying off like the end of Prime 3 lol ​@@aeroblu2002

[@aeroblu2002]

@@jonathand.4088 it reminds me of the fact that we only got to witness Palpatine's return message in the Fortnite Start Wars crossover.

[@Russ_T.]

@@aeroblu2002 "Somehow, Sylux returned."

[@marleydewiz4911]

Real

[@jackrinaldi9098]

Sylux: shows up, is mysterious, is bad ass, loses, fans love him. Leaves

[@ShabadoobieVT]

Kind of like Boba Fett in that regard

[@dubstrap6095]

He's like lockdown from Transformers

[@jstar3382]

Leaves? He's back

[@D3viant517]

@@ShabadoobieVTAs a Star Wars fan(Help me) nah boba ain’t got shit on sylux

[@ShabadoobieVT]

@@D3viant517 Well that's because Sylux hasn't had a Disney+ series to tank his image

[@eriklopez996]

Metroid prime fans have monk-like patience.

[@sollato0293]

Nah

[@darcidious99]

Nah, they just had their hopes and dreams thrown in the trash for so long they gave up and accepted it was dead. Much like me hoping one day we'll get another pokemon game in the orre region... Pain and suffering

[@NetBattler]

You must be talking about Dino crisis fans

[@jacky9575]

Silk song 😢

[@Mr.Xarxes]

Speaking as a Metroid prime fan....the vast majority? Hell no. They're hyperbolic

[@jaretco6423]

I knew Sylux was teased in the true ending in Prime 3. But I have no idea he was also in the true ending of Federation Force. Now I wish we had an remastered of Hunters, Prime 2 & 3 and Federation Force on Switch.

[@fullmetalgamer6062]

With the amount of hate Federation Force got, I don't know if it'll get re-released unless it gets bundled with another game like Hunters.

[@mr.bonker9567]

Oh my goodness imagine remastered Prime Hunters, and with online play again?! That would be so amazing holyyyy

[@jaretco6423]

@@mr.bonker9567 Don't forget better controls.

[@terryliliana]

Because nobody played FF.

[@EMLtheViewer]

@@fullmetalgamer6062From what I’ve heard, it’s a fun multiplayer game, just not a good Metroid game. I’d be willing to try it if they put it on Switch for a reasonable price. Same for Hunters, which I have tried and didn’t like (the controls were the main issue), but I’ve heard good things about the multiplayer.

[@flagonking1337]

The man, the mystery, the malice.

[@phom975]

I love how federation force, as chibi as it is, still canon and probably important to mp4's story lol

[@lightdarksoul2097]

Yeah that would explain the Metroid he may have obeying him as a twisted shadow of Samus and the baby

[@dangerouslysafe3]

@@lightdarksoul2097 Well, if you explain it like that, then it creates a possibility that Sylux has been watching Samus for a really long time...

[@lightdarksoul2097]

@@dangerouslysafe3 Even before hunters I think Sylux knew of her and he had already stolen his suit and weapons from the federation. It is possible he knew her from her time with the federation, maybe when she broke off to be a bounty hunter he thought she would be like him especially since she was wronged by them too. but instead she became their greatest weapon. She was the one to save their butts over and over gaining his hatred

[@ikagura]

Art style doesn't mean a game cannot be serious, Wind Waker showed the consequences of time travelling.

[@phom975]

@@ikagura yeah, that's true...

[@tuomaslassila163]

Pretty amazing that Prime Hunters introduced 6 new bounty hunters to rival Samus and Sylux is the only one who stuck around.

[@massgunner4152]

Two them were in 3

[@OnBakePlatinum]

​@@massgunner4152what? Who? I thought 3's bounty hunters were all orginal

[@CQ7T.]

@@OnBakePlatinum its hatd to call them hunters while the whole purpose of the existence of these 3 mfs is just to get absorbed by dark samus💀

[@Nazgul_Rex]

​@OnBakePlatinum that comment is technically correct as Samus and Sylux's ship appear in Metroid Prime 3. However, Gandrayda, Ghor, and Rundas were created for Metroid Prime 3 and that game is their only appearance.

[@knightofarkronia9968]

Maybe Weavel will return as well?

[@isaacrodriguez4773]

7:45 Sylux: So we Meet Again Samus Aran! For The Last Time!!

[@fullmetalgamer6062]

Samus: Not today, Sylux!

[@Mr.Xarxes]

Top tier reference

[@Coolyoshi7]

Heh, good one

[@natebarajas2977]

Looking at his alt mode, I'm now realizing the new logo for prime 4 looks a lot like it

[@elio7610]

what alt mode?

[@EbagStudios]

@@elio7610 his morph ball like mode

[@elio7610]

@@EbagStudios the logo looks more like a black hole.

[@darchgaming5844]

The prime 4 logo is a blackhole

[@natebarajas2977]

@@darchgaming5844 I see that now

[@Stratelier]

7:17 is kind of why you don't ask to see the full model of a character designed exclusively for a 1st-person viewpoint. If you're lucky, it'll just be a repurposed NPC model. If not, there won't actually _be_ a "full model".

[@DundG]

But could also be that he wears another suit to disguise himself. He infiltrates and steals, unlike Samus who for the most time battles her way through.

[@lightdarksoul2097]

I just figured he is infiltrating the federation in one of their suits since they would be on alert after dooms eye

[@phlector]

It honestly looks like they either didn’t have time to model him correctly or they just didn’t want/need to model him correctly. Kind of a shame really. I wanna see him in a proper Chibi style

[@IDoABitOfTrollin]

Ah the good ol "dinosaur_scream.mp3" Also the hunter canon from halo was a jump scare

[@RidleyPhantom]

Yeoooo I've always noticed he had that stock ass scream in Hunters 🤣

[@AnthonyVCL]

doom imp ass mp3

[@jonzumaki]

1:17 he's such a villain that he starts shooting you during the cut scene 😅

[@matteorusso4001]

Incredible how Kensuke Tanabe (producer of the Metroid series) teased the character for so long to tell his hate and conflict with Samus and the Galactic Federation.

[@FoxsDumbSeriesMaker]

The roars Sylux made in Hunters always led me to believe that he wasn't human. Then again, Savitar from the CW Flash show also roared, and he turned out to be human later on. lol

[@NetBattler]

Could be X?

[@jangofett1172]

Welcome back Sylux!

[@jordychinchin]

Metroid Prime Hunters was such a technical marvel for the Nintendo DS. I love that this character from the underrated 2006 Nintendo DS Metroid Prime is going to be a major player in Metroid Prime all the way in 2025

[@avadoksorem2854]

Seeing that scrape with Gorea reminds me of just how lucky Sylux was to escape with his life to fight Samus again 18 years later. And I just now realized that everything about Slyux’s suit, from the Lockjaw and even the Delano 7, resembles each other with an X shape aesthetic. Wonder what it could be. An “X” factor?

[@phlector]

SA-X? Jk Unless 👀

[@Darkoriax17]

Now this might be just me spitballing but what if he was a Federation Construct who was taken over by the X Parasite?

[@avadoksorem2854]

@@Darkoriax17 then Samus is screwed because this predates Fusion.

[@nitrozeus7660]

Man, I remember playing Prime Hunters online with others. All the different bounty hunters and stuff, shit was a certified classic. I wish online multiplayer is brought back in Prime 4.

[@paris-1911]

same, and it's bizarre cause I feel like not a lot of us got to experience the Hunters pvp mode. guess were one of the lucky few. Honestly it sorta reminded me of Half Life Deathmatch...

[@ultraspinalki11]

​@@paris-1911You can still play MPH online nowadays. Plenty of guides on how to.

[@paris-1911]

@@ultraspinalki11 how big is the community for it?

[@ApexGale]

it was full of hackers back in the day lol

[@luiscolin2021]

He needs to be in the next smash game alongside samus,dark samus and ridley

[@user-wb8iu1hl6i]

And Raven Beak

[@GA-cp4tk]

He or Raven Beak or Both for the next Smash game ❤

[@evankurasu3190]

Oh I'd kill for a Falcon/Ganondorf-style Heavy fighter samus, as ravenbeak!

[@user-wb8iu1hl6i]

@@evankurasu3190 Raven Beak would be too powerful and sexy for Samus to defeat, they could never add him to Smash. He has an 8 pack. You’ll never defeat me- I mean Raven Beak.

[@VardrunCRidleyKnight]

I heard Raven Beak was absolutely shredded. He’s just too strong and handsome for smash

[@dylanmacdonough9565]

Why does Sylux hate the federation? Because he was fired

[@Darkoriax17]

This is me spitballing but I think he was left behind on SR337 after being infected by the X Parasite and he harbors a vengeful grudge against them for it.

[@NetBattler]

Lmao that would be the most ridiculous excuse ever...

[@kever905]

Bro Spend 18 years of being a Teaser

[@dirkthewrench]

I love the description in hunters that hints that he might be a federation traitor

[@rs.matr1x]

With the shit the galactic federation has been known to do, he might be justified.

[@cosmo9925]

Bro is like the Boba Fett of Metroid. Looks awesome, is implied to be very capable and dangerous but he barely shows up in the media, fans love him anyway.

[@user-wb8iu1hl6i]

At least he doesn’t job as badly as Boba Fett

[@dreamshot7941]

He was one of my favorite character from Metroid with Trace (and i really love other hunters from metroid prime hunters in fact) since i played MPH 15 years ago. Seeing him going from an unknown character to the main antagonist of metroid prime 4 and the hype around him make me so fucking happy. I hope they'll keep his atlernative form which is his own form of the morph ball. They gave every hunters from MPH for the online game so not only samus has one. I really really hop that we'll see other hunter from MPH too because they gave them lore and backstory but never really exploited them. Maybe we could see weavel helping sylux or at least confronting samus since she's with the space pirates and she hold a grudge toward samus like sylux. Ah and i thought that metroid prime 4 logo/title looks like the lockjaw (sylux's alternative form). Yes it looks like a blackhole too but maybe we'll know more about the technology sylux stolen from the federation and mayeb it's gonna be an important plot.

[@kotlolish]

Sylux and Trace while "opposite elements" in their game, also felt like the most interresting of all the hunters to be full on antagonists. Trace being an assassin of an alien empire. (Who should be a villian of another Metroid game, I mean look at his cutscene!) And Sylux having the longest intro.... In my opinion.. We know Sylux's true idenity since MPH. The experimental suit... the way he moves and acts... his hate for Samus and the Federation... The life draining and electricity... He's a humanoid Metroid... maybe the 1st to get the "Metroid Vaccine" of fusion or... an "anti-dark samus" due to what we see happen in Metroid Prime 3. We also know the Shadow Branch of the federation is around thanks to Federation Force's secret ending. So Slyux being a "Federation made" Metroid Prime, based of Dark Samus with prototype technology... Yeesh...

[@dreamshot7941]

@@kotlolish yeah that would be sooo cool if Sylux were indeed a human metroid or something like a human fused with a metroid or something like that like they transplant in a human body some metroid blood. And I'll add that his origins planet is named Cylosis, that's close to cyclosis which is related to blood (movements of cytoplasm). I'd love to have a game where you have to fight triskelion tribes and you co front trace! I want a game when you are chasing kanden to stop him destroying everything in his path too. A game where you see again spire and you help him (he wants to revive his kin, his the last of his species) They have so much to do with those hunters!

[@Mecceldorf]

Sylux, this is the fourth time this month someone has brought a metroid to the villain conference.

[@Donomite_]

Prime Hunters looks pretty darn good for a ds game

[@njnjhjh8918]

Never did 3d metroids before, didn't even know this was a character and he's actually in 5 games

[@SIMIFU]

I had forgotten that his ship was shown in hunters

[@Individuo80]

My favorite truck is the Poyota Sylux

[@everwhite2937]

こう言う動画を長々とお待ちしておりました😭😭😭😭😭

[@DP-df1vi]

Prime:猎人也应该重新制作一下，它对metroid系列的拓展有着重要的意义

[@Darkoriax17]

He warned Samus that this wasn’t the last she’s seen of him. After 18 years…He was right.

[@harpiespore6145]

Of course I remember sylux in Metroid Prime 4 Beyond and Metroid Prime hunter so that's a very good memories.

[@TheCapitalLetterM]

Weird use of the full titles of games and the fact Metroid Prime 4 Beyond hasn't released, yet your comment makes it sound like you already played it?

[@fullmetalgamer6062]

@SpaghettiMaker Must be a psychic

[@spyox04]

@@TheCapitalLetterM It's a bot

[@TheCapitalLetterM]

@@spyox04 I guessed.

[@marlinjohnson9347]

This is the first time I have ever heard of Sylux

[@linkdx7079]

Well it makes sense, his only appearance that lasted more than 10 seconds was in hunters

[@tekwizwa]

@@linkdx7079I mean if you really wanted too you could spin his trophy around in smash bros brawl for 11 seconds…

[@robertkenny1201]

I'd welcome a remake of Metroid Prime Hunters someday.

[@FabledBeasties]

I was literally looking for a video like this two days ago. THANK YOU SO MUCH!

[@blueberry5574]

He’s actually the remember me guy. He’s angry because you don’t remember him.

[@MexicanRmz]

So many good memories from Prime Hunters :')

[@Blockistium]

Hunters looks surprisingly good for a DS game, what the hell

[@astrofenix9839]

El 80% de las personas que vieron el trailer de Prime 4 no sabían quien era 😂

[@gavinerickson9392]

Metroid Prime Hunters kinda goes crazy.

[@q-plushtoons1219]

Wow I’ve never heard of sylux until I saw this video.

[@omega197]

How they manage to nail prime hunters in ds amazes me, really.

[@NetBattler]

Is that Geo profile picture I'm looking at? 😏

[@gustavovazquez1660]

I think it’s funny that it’s in federation force where it’s shown how he probably tamed the metroids

[@wolfcl0ck]

Interesting how the Brawl statue refers to Sylux exclusively as "it"

[@MochaKnightess]

It's crazy from a story telling perspective and really helps drive that mystique, but I can't help but here something off in the distance...🤷🏼‍♀️ "PRONOUNS, GENDER AMBIGUITY"

[@ikagura]

Well, it's a he in an interview.

[@ikagura]

​@@MochaKnightessOr just not even human.

[@raf455]

I wanna see all of the other hunters too, come back.

[@LittleBrownToast]

ive never seen such clear hunters gameplay in my life lol is that functional mouse and keyboard gameplay??

[@grimshock6983]

I could be wrong, but does it look like he’s wearing a varia suit at the end

[@megamegaO]

I'm not sure about the lore of hunters, but damn I wish the hunters made a return in Prime 4...minimum my dude Weevil.

[@Ganondorf98]

I do have patience as you can see from my profile picture, Erik.

[@NobodyYouKnow01]

I thought this guy was just Dark Samus... Guess I'm behind on playing this series

[@kotlolish]

Nope, but it might be closer then the truth. My opinion? The shadow branch of the Federation (Fusion, Other M experiments) made Sylux. How else did they made stuff like the Phazon Control Unit and Metroid Vaccine without a test subject hmmm? Add the fact his weapon of choice is an electrical weapon that drains life and adds it to it's own. It just makes too much sense that Sylux here is an attempt to make their "Own dark Samus" to fight "Dark Samus" at the start of Metroid Prime 3... but since Sylux busted out...they decided NOT to attempt it again.

[@thiagocardoso5533]

Sylux and Trace would always be my favorites in Hunters Multiplayer. His music is also great!

[@pauvi0303]

A useful compilation, wow

[@MUSQUIZanimation]

Fans: Sylux is such a cool and intimidating rival to Samus! Sylux: 7:19

[@rotciv557]

Sylux: Im just a little guy

[@aeroblu2002]

Wait he's not a new character...?

[@raulcontreras1919]

Well, that was a very hard work week for Samus right there

[@renimusprime]

I think Noxus, Trace, Spire, Kanden, and Weavel deserve their own story with Samus.

[@karsram2522]

Appears. Refuses to elaborate further. Leaves.

[@kaylemtyler4257]

Metroid Prime series loves dark blue, evil expys of Samus I guess

[@thecjgameworld4013]

That was Sylux, I have never seen him before so it'll be interesting to see what he wants with Samus, and why he is using or even how he's able to control those Metroid

[@tysondennis1016]

Sylux is back, and he’s gonna be the main villain of Beyond!

[@danielespinoza953]

The hunter is back!!

[@RaythMercury]

The ultimate waiting game is almost over. We WILL have new lore about this mf'er!!!!

[@yellowluma101]

These poor fans have been waiting for this guy for almost 20 years!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT THE HELL

[@darthvigilante]

I think that Sylux was a former bounty hunter for the Galactic Federation who was driven to vilainy by their actions and now plans to create an army of Metroid Primes to serve as his own justice.

[@clementrenaud4260]

He could not without phazon.

[@bartlegoof5949]

i can’t believe federation force actually has a pay off now

[@lucylu3342]

1:15 Man what a fucking camper lmao

[@Mika-jd3zt]

whoever/whatever this is, I don’t think it‘s any of the popular fan theories. there’s just too much going against it. most likely his identity is someone or something completely new. I still believe Samus personally wronged him in some way, just way too much effort to follow her around like that. but I don’t think it‘s Ian or her brother. I‘ll just believe the retro designer who said he has a super cool backstory, because otherwise the letdown for like 18 years of buildup would be disappointing, especially because he looks so cool and I really liked Raven Beak too. also they really need to bring back the other hunters, they’re just too cool to get shafted and forgotten.

[@dreamshot7941]

Oh someone from retro studio really said that ?? Also yeah I really hope that others hunters will come back too

[@elio7610]

Samus has basically blown up multiple planets, that could easily be enough reason for someone to hate her.

[@Mika-jd3zt]

@@dreamshot7941 Yes, Richard Vorodi, story designer of Hunters apparently said back in 2020 that Sylux had a great backstory for a long time now. Crazy that something from that long ago was apparently always planned.

[@Mika-jd3zt]

@@elio7610 fair point honestly.

[@elio7610]

@@Mika-jd3zt if i were to guess, though, Sylux's issue with Samus is probably her attempt to destroy all metroids.

[@TheHardStyleLife]

Wow the leap in graphics is insane

[@BlueFox-DesGround]

Since i fight Sylux at the first time, i feel something that say to me "Okay, this one, feels really strange, then the cutsequences... he have more of this ...this is only the beginning!" By the way, Sylux was always my favorit hunter and i donno why in smash no "Bountyhunter"-Fighter are? Each of the color, stand for every Hunter (the same have they made with "Hero" from Dragon Quest...) Like Dark Samus, the Hunters had in the original game also the same attacks like Samus. (But Dark Samus should slightly have other special attacks, for examble: The Charge Beam, this should be the "MG-Beam", if loading this, the longer the fire time and range. Imagine the Side Smash from Mii Gunner, but slightly changed, you know? This are better in my opinion)

[@ravioli-oo9ku]

5:21 DID THE SHIP SERIOUSLY MADE NOISES TUNED TO THE TITLE THEME?!

[@phillipk4196]

i dunno why or where but that track when we see sylux in the prime 4 trailer sounds pretty damn familiar. edit: it sounds like the track that plays when you see the animals (i think etecons) in super metroid.

[@elio7610]

isn't that just the brinstar bgm? i don't think the etecoons had any music themes.

[@phillipk4196]

@@elio7610 i meant the, i think, discordant guitar riff. (i suck at music and discerning instruments) i meant the part that started when silus appeared not when then explosion for the improv door happened.

[@elio7610]

@@phillipk4196 you misunderstood what i wrote. i don't know what music is playing in the prime 4 trailer, i am just saying that there is no etecoon music in Super Metroid. the music that plays when you find the etecoons is just the bgm that always plays in that area, regardless of whether the etecoons are around. i think the etecoons sing a short tune but that's just the "item get" fanfare and not unique to etecoons. so, whatever music you are thinking of is either the brinstar theme or the item fanfare.

[@phillipk4196]

@@elio7610 oh then its probably neither of those, thanks for clarifying. still sounds oddly famimiar though.

[@elio7610]

@@phillipk4196 could also maybe be the item room ambience.

[@Bi9Clapper]

Man Hunters was hands down the best MP experience on the DS, that shit had online MP and voice chat too i remember. Way ahead of it's time for Nintendo, Nintendo games no can't even do that

[@sarcasm-aplenty]

Sylux has that marvel movie villain posing in the trailer lol

[@DerekBrony]

Sylux: Samus! I will finally have my Revenge!

[@pauljordan0203]

Sylux is leading the space pirates?!, why?!

[@HonkaiMain]

Because he hates the federation and samus that much. Just like Ridley. Weavel will probably be joining in on the hate train as well.

[@pauljordan0203]

@@HonkaiMain is Weavel one of the other bounty hunters?

[@Silencersix]

@@pauljordan0203He had the energy blade on his arm. He’s a cybernetic Space Pirate.

[@pauljordan0203]

@@Silencersix I see, well if he's with Sylux, then Samus has definitely got her hands full.

[@HonkaiMain]

@pauljordan0203 Weavel was formerly a space pirate general but had suffered serious injuries on Brinstar because of her. He then turned to bounty hunting after getting his cybernetics.

[@syluxdelta]

Very nice recap

[@ramonte7]

Good work

[@Detailedstream]

So he meet again

[@jeffcarroll1990shock]

But why? What does he want?

[@EnzeruAnimeFan]

Who? Also, d'aww, so cute.

[@windfallotaku3343]

need prime hunter remake 100%

[@ThePiGuy1]

honestly hes kind of attractive

[@alexrocio7627]

I hope we see omega metroid in prime 4

[@LostSoulSilver]

Wh Why does he look like that in Federation??

[@chaotixthefox]

It's a modified trooper model since it's not supposed to be seen from any perspective other than First Person.

[@ikagura]

Fed Force has a chibi style.

[@rmat9023]

What if Sylux is Adam? What if sylux is that black guy who asks if you remember him? What if Sylux is Adam's long lost brother?

[@halkras]

It would be funny If sylux was Solomon Aran, long lost brother of Samus Aran

[@isauldron4337]

Solomon aran is not canon though

[@shubunaga8894]

Adam "Smashing" enjoyer

[@KenanVonKaiser]

Hot!

[@Roshea]

2:17 was easily one of the corniest moments in metroid

[@tekwizwa]

5:55 what I discovered the other day through research is that officially sylux has never been given pronouns, every wiki saying sylux is “male” is just going off by developers slipping up in interviews and calling sylux he or him

[@estebanr1v45]

Anyone in here knows how slyux survived in Metroid hunters when he was getting the suck from the final boss

[@user-wb8iu1hl6i]

All the hunters survived that; it was a temporary sapping of their power

[@pacoramon9468]

I mean, couldn't they use a character with more personlity?

[@Cero-WQ]

Sylux is something are relatioship with Samus aran comparing to her

[@iwanago2504]

Who's watching this video after the first trailer of Metroid Prime 4 Beyond?!

[@NetBattler]

Me, I've never been this obsessed with Metroid ever since I drew Samus when I was in high school lol

[@変態糞老人]

面白かったなあこれ

[@nacaurel]

Mofo attacks you while on cutscene.

[@KriptosK47]

Who is sylux? Fr now? (I never played metriod [except fusion] and saw never him)

[@shigerufan1]

He was one of the other Bounty Hunters in the Prime DS spinoff, Retro clearly wanted to do something with him for a while but the Phazon storyline had to be resolved first.

[@ikagura]

​@@shigerufan1So like a secondary antagonist hinting for more than the current story.

[@shigerufan1]

@@ikagura Pretty much, yeah

[@jangofett1172]

@@shigerufan1hope he has a good backstory and boss fight.

[@user1point0]

Lmao we got five sec of him in the new trailer and bro thought wow I have to upload this video. Can't wait for the reupload next year when the game comes out. Prime fanboys cannot wait to do Nintendo's marketing for them.

[@seer6961]

Can you blame fans for being excited? He's been teased for 17 years. People played as him for 100s of hours in Hunters, and he's coming back as real character soon.

[@filipisotter5114]

It is not 2025 yet lil bro

[@ale.2p284]

But one of the games will be released in 2025.