Ryan's EnigMarch 2024

Day 10: Zero

People think that Samus and Zero Suit Samus are nothing alike, but it's not as if they have zero things in common! The ultimate demonstration of this would be to compare their tactics against their mutual nemesis, Dark Samus.

If Dark Samus... Samus would... whereas Zero Suit Samus would...
...turned into a Morph Ball to drop a bomb, ...throw holy water to burn her enemies, ...cast a vampiric spell to damage enemies and heal herself.
...fired a homing missile, ...dash diagonally, leaving behind a claw-shaped trail, ...thrust her keyblade horizontally up to three times in rapid succession.
...executed Samus's iconic Screw Attack, ...cast either Ray of Punishment or Chroma Dust, ...teleport.
...charged up a sphere of Phazon energy, ...roll up into a flying, spinning ball and home in on the enemy, ...try to trap the enemy in a giant egg.
...crouched to show off her Arm Cannon, ...swing her sword and say "Keep your eyes open!", ...wave enthusiastically and yell "Hi!"
...fired a gigantic beam of Phazon energy, ...throw her opponent against her gunship, then engulf both enemy and gunship in a beam she shot out of her mouth, ...transform into a kaiju to punch foes from the background.

Answer Checker:

Hints: Zero Suit Samus is actually the same person as Samus. But they're treated as distinct entities in the Super Smash Brothers games. All of Dark Samus's behaviors described here represent her moves from Super Smash Brothers Ultimate. The behaviors attributed here to Samus and Zero Suit Samus are actually the moves of other characters. Each pair of other characters has something in common.

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