Gravity Suit

The Gravity Suit is an upgrade for Samus Aran's Power Suit. As its name implies, the Gravity Suit's primary function is to negate extreme gravitational effects around its wearer, such as zero gravity in space.

Description
Usually obtained after the Varia Suit, the Gravity Suit enhancement changes the orange plates of Samus’ armor to purple, while the visor and lights are often turned blue. In Metroid Prime, the Gravity Suit also changed the lights in the Varia Suit’s pauldrons to solid bands. The version found in Metroid: Samus Returns also altered the structure of the suit, adding more lights to the shoulder and thigh armor, while the purple plating also extended to the back and sides of the torso.

When wearing the Gravity Suit, Samus is able to move unhindered in environments with abnormal gravity and negates the resistance that would normally be exerted on her in liquid environments. Depending on the version, the Gravity Suit may also impart some additional properties: The model found in Metroid Prime gave Samus a clearer view while underwater, whereas, in Super Metroid, Metroid Fusion, Metroid: Zero Mission, and Samus Returns the upgrade reduced the damage she took to a greater extent than the Varia alone and negated damage sustained from contacting magma. In Super Metroid, Metroid: Other M, Metroid: Zero Mission and Metroid: Samus Returns, it was the final suit Samus acquired.

Other M's Gravity Feature had the same gravity-negating property of the typical Gravity Suit, but did not change the appearance of the Power Suit itself: Instead, the suit only generated a pinkish aura when in use, in a manner similar to the Space Pirates' Hazard Shield in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. Only when its gravity-altering powers are in effect, the suit gains a purple aura and turns her visor, chest plate, shoulder plate, Arm Cannon's green lining, and the hind knee joints lights pink. It negates the extreme gravity in certain areas of the Cryosphere near Sector Zero, but it does not protect Samus from magma damage. The Gravity Feature also protects Samus from air currents when an area of the ship is decompressing, seen in the Control Bridge when she fights Phantoon. It should be noted that the Gravity Feature's damage reduction will always take place, even if the aura is not active.

While the Gravity Suit is not acquired in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, the Luminoth have an upgrade analogous to it in the form of the Gravity Boost accessory.

Space Pirates seem to have copied Gravity Suit technology, as scans in Metroid Prime claim that Aqua Pirates used Gravity Suit technology to survive underwater. In Super Metroid, the Pink Space Pirates in the underwater region of Maridia may also use this technology.