Megaman 10 confirmed

[PrettyNier]

intro to super metroid, super metroids ending;
baby metroid in metroid II
adam and federation in fusion
space pirates, chozo in zero mission

Does she? Or is that what you're projecting onto her?

those are what the games say and official canon recognizes that~

but backstory is not characterization. Characterization is how they react because to their backstory. Why is that backstory important

her parents were killed by the space pirates, and the space pirates also hold a hand in the destruction of the chozo iirc; it also explains her suit and upgrades, which are chozo relics~

being a bounty hunter offers the kind of freedom necessary to pursue that

her motivation is pretty obvious bro

Maybe she cared about that Metroid at the end of Super Metroid, or maybe she just saw it as a lucky break and immediately moved on.

Evidently she cared enough to keep it alive.