DESC: Metroid Fusion is a side-scrolling action/adventure game with an intriguing sci-fi storyline. Controlling a bounty hunter named Samus Aran, players explore vast futuristic environments in a mission to destroy an army of deadly parasites. Known as X, these parasites attack Samus and use their mimicry abilities to copy the powers of their host. While on the verge of death, Samus is injected with a vaccine made from the DNA of a Metroid, the natural predator of the X parasites.The bounty hunters life is saved, and Samus gains the ability to absorb X parasites to regain health and power-ups. Although this leaves Samus weakened, she is charged with the task of hunting down the X parasites which are spreading throughout the research facility. The parasites mimic all the deadly research specimens in the facilitys numerous natural habitats, but the most dangerous adversary of all is SA-X, the parasite which is mimicking Samus most powerful form.