Battle of the FPS Titans: Samus vs. Master Chief

by Kyle Orland { Apr 18th 2007 at 12:55PM }

For nearly six years now the message board battle has raged. Samus Aran vs. Master Chief: who would win a battle of the armor-suited titans? Arguing fanboys everywhere should realize, though, that the competition presents a false choice. As the above video proves, when Samus Aran fights the Master Chief, we're all winners.

The fight sequence takes a little while to get going, but once it does the heavily Matrix-inspired action doesn't disappoint. The video is all the more impressive considering it's largely the work of one man, an amateur 3D animator named Monty Oum. We won't spoil the super-surprise ending, but don't be surprised to see a little unexpected tenderness on the battlefield.

Tags: halo, master chief, MasterChief, metroid, samus

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)

wait in the car @ Apr 18th 2007 1:05PM

Oh man, I can just imagine what those message boards look like...

Elad @ Apr 18th 2007 1:10PM

ya i'm not really sure what to think of the ending but it was very well made good job

Diamondxp @ Apr 18th 2007 1:11PM

Dude you so rock. My god your artwork is amazing.

qbix @ Apr 18th 2007 1:15PM

So, that would make her Spartan-458, not Master Chief. Great video though, I shall analyze it further and head over to the forums.

Zdog88 @ Apr 18th 2007 1:16PM

Good but the ending was just to make 13 year old boy get boners. But good.

MaX PL and the 360 r4pe Tr4iN @ Apr 18th 2007 1:19PM

i'm not gonna lie, thats pretty stupid.

Hitachi @ Apr 18th 2007 1:18PM

Wicked cool!

Though I'm bummed at the non-continuity twist. I was looking forward to John and Samus making cute little armored babies ...

Jack of No Trades @ Apr 18th 2007 1:18PM

Good thing it wasn't the Master Chief. She would have got effed up.

Freelancepimp @ Apr 18th 2007 1:22PM

Damn! Master Chief got a better ass than Samus! who woulda thunk!

GoonieGooGoo @ Apr 18th 2007 1:25PM

Man....if Master Chief ended up a girl with that voice...........what 'roids was she on??

"THIS IS LES BOS!!!" (South Park Rules)

helava @ Apr 18th 2007 1:26PM

Wow. So, the ending was cheesy, but still, I thought that was spectacular. I wish parts of it had actually been slower, to see the various little details of the fight better. Great stuff.

Jonny @ Apr 18th 2007 1:30PM

I heard master chief has got a footlong!! sssssshhhhh

rinks @ Apr 18th 2007 1:31PM

Wow, animation was awesome. Enjoy your new job, dude.

mepaco @ Apr 18th 2007 1:30PM

"Nintendo and Bungie are awesome. Please continue to be awesome by not suing me"

The fact that this even had to be in there is sad. Just some fan work, not making profit, and not tarnishing the trademarks (I don't think so anyway).

Heliophage @ Apr 18th 2007 1:31PM

I would have thought it was better if that were actually John, since I was expecting Master Chief v Samus, but that was entirely awesome, especially with the Elites, Grunts, and Hunters in the fight, before and after Samus arives.

CZAR @ Apr 18th 2007 1:35PM

Reminds me of how i fight when i daydream

webandgraphics @ Apr 18th 2007 2:14PM

pretty cool, I don't know how I'm feeling about the chief being female or possibly having a recent sex change.
Super cool animation though... good job!

Matt B @ Apr 18th 2007 1:35PM

I've never played Halo but that was f'n amazing work man. You'll be a rich man someday.

Zertoss @ Apr 18th 2007 1:37PM

That's about how I would expect a Master Chief v. Samus Aran fight would go down. It wouldn't matter who could win in a fight since they would be more likely to team up like that against a common enemy. And you KNOW that if they fought, their enemies would show up to take them down. That's how it always happens.

Video needed more Ridley, Master Chief, less Master Chick.

Kye @ Apr 18th 2007 1:38PM

That was so awesome! Incredible. Loved it.
Nice (if not kinda cheesy) twist at the end.
LMAO at asking not to be sued.

Jake @ Apr 18th 2007 1:40PM

CZAR, thanks. That was funny.

Nice work on the video. I was confused until the end, though. Master Chief would have raped Samus, but it turned out to be some random Halo-style suit wearing hottie. Makes sense.

Kye @ Apr 18th 2007 1:40PM

@ CZAR #17

I daydream-fight like in DBZ! :)

Marlos Hill @ Apr 18th 2007 1:41PM

THIS WAS DOPE.

and sometimes i wish Halo was a little more DMC-ish. And sometimes i wish Metroid was a little more GOW-ish.

ah to dream.

Bangbang... @ Apr 18th 2007 1:45PM

WORNG! When Samus crashes down, she should loose all her powers.

Im just kidding fanboys, dont get your panties in a bunch. lol this video was awesome, Good Job.

BPM @ Apr 18th 2007 1:46PM

After watching that, I say let the yuri doujinshi commence.

Seriously, though... That was a pretty cool video. Well animated, and well designed... for the most part. Samus's Varia Suit looked like plastic instead of metal. But, that's my only complaint.

Jon W. @ Apr 18th 2007 1:47PM

anyone else bothered by the fact that the "Master Chief" thing "busted her/his Cod piece when Samus had her armor break off"... Then Master chief ends up being a girl... um.. Hermaphrodite... ya... gross.

geekinabox @ Apr 18th 2007 1:50PM

Who would win? Don't we already know?

Chuck Norris.

Zertoss @ Apr 18th 2007 1:50PM

"WRONG! When Samus crashes down, she should loose all her powers. "

Haha that would definitely make it more like the games.

Darcrequiem @ Apr 18th 2007 1:51PM

Ah so it wasn't the Master Chief. It was Nikki from DOA4. Nice work still. Its amazing what tech inclined fans are capable of these days.

WTangoFoxtrot @ Apr 18th 2007 1:51PM

excelent work dude !

Slughorn @ Apr 18th 2007 2:24PM

Greatest. Video. In. History.

Holy crap that was awesome.

Zoob @ Apr 18th 2007 1:53PM

There were four distinct times during that video when I actually said "Oh Shit!" out loud.

Very very cool fight scenes.
Stupid ending.

bighit24 @ Apr 18th 2007 1:55PM

Wow based on Halo and Metroid cannon, Samus has no effing chance against a Spartan when she is out of her armor, regardless of MJOLNIR armor or not. Not to mention they made up a lot of abilities without the armor. Still, freaking cool coreography though.

J. McNair @ Apr 18th 2007 2:03PM

Sadly enough, I expected a dance off when I noticed the final credited song, "Crazy" by Se7en wasn't used yet and that the Spartan in question wasn't John-117. For the record, Se7en is basically the Korean Justin Timberlake but less annoying, kinda. Basically, it was "where the hell does a pop song like that go in this kinda serious action video?"

So, yeah, I saw the dance-off coming. Still, I liked it -- it was pretty cool and really cheesy. Same as the whole video -- cheesy, but good.

Oh, and Se7en fans, please don't kill me for comparing him to Timberlake. It was merely a convenient reference point for people not familiar with Se7en.

Twist @ Apr 18th 2007 1:58PM

OMG It is like 10 years of the cheesiest scenes from summer blockbuster actions movies all rolled into one! I am not sure if I mean that in a good way or not.

Next up Master Chick and Samus take on Voltron.

Pwnage @ Apr 18th 2007 2:06PM

Amazing! The ending was horrible though. MASTER CHIEF ISN'T A GIRL! The video was jaw dropping, and I don't care what you say, MC is a guy. MC being a girl just ruined the whole video.

dontlikeitmodit @ Apr 18th 2007 2:02PM

Who did all the work on this?

Dolla Dolla @ Apr 18th 2007 2:04PM

Is this anywhere on youtube? Could someone post a link if it is? Would be much appreciated.

Celest @ Apr 18th 2007 2:07PM

So I noticed that a lot of that wasn't 'matrix-inspired', but more of 'taken directly from the matrix'. He even used Juno Reactor and Don Davis in the music. Anyway. Ignoring the ridiculous ending, and the slightly informal subject matter, I'm just gonna guess this is going on his resume and will snag him a job.