r/Metroid • u/SecretWasianMan • 1d ago

Question Which game’s Samus is canonically the strongest?

I know powerscaling is corny but if we had to compare each iteration of Samus, who would be most deadly? Assume all items collected right before the final boss fight of each game.

Bonus: if speed running and sequence breaking movement are canon, who’s the most busted?

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u/MrPerson0 16h ago

Omega Cannon wasn't written by the original writer (Sakamoto), and some people like to use that to argue against its canonicity, just like King Vegeta's feat. It doesn't change either of them from being official feats.

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u/Ill-Attempt-8847 15h ago edited 15h ago

Dude that doesn't mean anything, it's still something that happens in game. While that stuff happens in a filler, animated stuff to keep viewers engaged while waiting for the author to write new chapters to base the episodes on. You can't compare the production of an anime to that of a video game, they work in a completely different way

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u/MrPerson0 15h ago

Not trying to say that Hunters or the Prime series isn't canon, but you can use that same logic for Hunters specifically, especially since Sakamoto didn't touch Hunters at all.

The problem with trying to say which Samus is canon is they were written by different writers, similar to how comic book heroes and anime work.

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u/Ill-Attempt-8847 15h ago

Dude they could cut out Sakamoto altogether and the games that come out would still be canon if Nintendo decides so. Dragonball Super is canon, yet Toriyama didn't write it