Samus Has Only Ever Had One Love Interest... Kevin from Captain N. Captain N: The Game Master was a Nintendo themed cartoon series that began in 1989. A kid named Kevin gets dragged into the world of his NES and must battle the evil villains of Videoland.

Samus broke ground early in the gaming world when she debuted in the 1986 game Metroid. Originally players were under the impression that Samus was a male, as the English translation of the instruction manual used male pronouns for her. However, completing Metroid in under five hours revealed Samus to be a young woman.

Dark Samus is referred to with female pronouns mainly in part due to possessing Samus's DNA, whereas Metroid Prime is referred to with gender-neutral pronouns. Oddly enough, an unused Logbook entry from Metroid Prime 3: Corruption refers to Dark Samus with gender-neutral pronouns as well.

Conceived by scenario designer Makoto Kano and designed by Hiroji Kiyotake, series co-creator Yoshio Sakamoto conceived of the idea of making Samus a woman midway through the first Metroid's development, which the development team voted in favor of.