Editing Samus (section)

===Non-Standard Suits===
These suits are all unconventional, one-off suits Samus acquires either through circumstance or being "gifted" to her.

'''Phazon Suit:''' An unintended "upgrade", this is actually a corrupted version of Samus' Gravity Suit that was created when a giant, Phazon-enhanced Space Pirate fell on top of her and melted. While no negative traits manifested, it provided Samus with immunity to most forms of Phazon and the ability to channel it into a highly destructive beam of energy (in the right circumstance). Samus loses it when Metroid Prime attacks her in a last ditch effort to save itself. This sort of works; though Samus walks away unharmed, Metroid Prime is able to use the Phazon Suit to reconstitute itself into Dark Samus. (Prime)

'''Dark Suit:''' A piece of Luminoth technology, the Dark Suit was created to provide some protection from the lethal atmosphere of Dark Aether. This suit falls roughly in between the Varia/Gravity suit in that an upgrade confers the unrestricted movement underwater the Gravity Suit is capable of, but lacks the physical and environmental protection it has. It also has a noticeably different design from most of Samus' suits, due to its Luminoth heritage. (Prime 2)

'''Light Suit:''' A fuck-awesome suit that seamlessly merges Luminoth and Chozo tech into one of the sleekest looking suits Samus has ever worn. In addition to the complete immunity to the toxic atmosphere and water of Dark Aether, it confers Samus with the ability to ride through the shafts of light spread across Aether, allowing instantaneous travel between the major regions of the planet. Unlike almost every other suit downgrade Samus goes through, Samus voluntarily returns the Light Suit tech (and presumably all other related weapons and armor upgrades) to the Luminoth after she destroyed Dark Aether. (Prime 2)

'''PED Suit:''' A Federation-modified version of Samus' Varia suit that, while intended to contain and harness Samus' Phazon corruption, actually made her more susceptible to said corruption. This suit allows Samus to tap into the Phazon she naturally generates post-corruption and use it to empower her attacks and defense dramatically (most attacks cannot damage her). The cost, however, is that should she engage this mode and not vent or maintain this rapidly-generating energy for too long, it will result in her transforming into a second Dark Samus, which is an automatic game over. Upon destroying the sentient planet Phaaze (and thus the source of all Phazon), Samus reverts back to her Varia suit. (Prime 3)

'''Hazard Shield:''' While not called a suit upgrade outright, this Metroid prime 3 only upgrade serves the gameplay purpose that a new suit upgrade does. Though the changes it makes to the suit are fairly low key, making Samus' pauldrons shaped like D12 dice instead of the usual spheres, by the time you get them Samus' phazon corruption has already progressed far enough to give most of her suit; particularly her limb armour, a purple hue that's a fairly deliberate visual reference to the Gravity Suit. This upgrade makes Samus immune to the very worst of corrosive chemical agents that can damage even the normally acid immune Varia Suit's shielding; letting her take a dip in fuel gel or take a stroll outdoors in the space pirate homeworld [[Forgeworld|where centuries of pollution from unclean industrial technology have fucked up the atmosphere so hard that the raindrops there are some of the most destructive chemical agents in the universe.]]

'''Fusion Suit:''' A watered down power suit that was created as a result of Samus' Metroid hybridization. Due to inheriting the genetics of the Metroids, Samus gains the ability to consume X-Parasites simply through contact, but gained a crippling weakness to cold environments and weaponry. Aesthetically, due to the fact a majority of her original suit was surgically removed, the Fusion Suit is thus far the slimmest suit Samus has ever worn, lacking any sort of major armor plating (including a complete lack of pauldrons). The introduction of Metroid DNA also created a fleshy coating to ensconce a majority of her armor, giving it a very organic, muscular appearance. Per Metroid Dread, she is still utilizing a variant/upgraded version of the Fusion Suit that once again has prominent pauldrons, but still has muscular tissue weaving across her armor.

'''Metroid Suit''': Gained at the climax of Dread. This suit was gained upon the Metroid DNA within Samus fully awakening mere moments before Raven Beak could kill her at the conclusion of their final duel. The suit itself is almost entirely organic in design, resembling some form of carapace with harsh, red lines of energy lining it (and more than a passing resemblance to Dark Samus, albeit palette-swapped). Though she only had this suit for a brief time, it immensely increased Samus' metroid characteristics, enabling her to rapidly drain the life force of Raven Beak and the flying command center they were in to the point that it simply dropped out of the sky. Unfortunately, Samus had little to no control of this ability and risked draining her own starship of energy simply from interacting with the controls of the ship. Fortunately, an X-Parasite infected Quiet Robe willingly allowed itself to be absorbed, providing enough Thoha DNA to suppress Samus' metroid abilities and revert her back to her Gravity Suit. It is unknown if Samus retains the ability to activate this suit or if it has been suppressed permanently. During the brief segment where the player controls Samus in this suit she has unlimited health and can only die if the timer before ZDR exploding runs out.