▁a ▁misunder standing ▁during ▁the ▁local ization ▁process ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁mistaken ▁ad option ▁of ▁the ▁des criptor ▁, ▁rendered ▁" Cho zo ," ▁in ▁the ▁English ▁versions ▁instead . ▁In ▁Super ▁Met roid , ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁Ch oz o ▁stat ues ▁would ▁rise ▁up ▁and ▁attack ▁Sam us ; ▁these ▁b oss es ▁are ▁called ▁Tor izo , ▁subst itut ing ▁the ▁native ▁Japanese ▁word ▁t ori ▁" bird " ▁for ▁the ▁usual , ▁Chinese - der ived ▁ch ō . ▁In ▁Met roid ▁Prime , ▁in ▁later ▁areas ▁in ▁game ▁play , ▁Ch oz o ▁g hosts ▁appear ▁and ▁attack ▁Sam us . ▁Although ▁originally ▁al lies , ▁they ▁have ▁been ▁mad den ed ▁by ▁the ▁Ph azon ▁cor ruption ▁of ▁their ▁planet , ▁and ▁can ▁no ▁longer ▁distinguish ▁friend ▁from ▁fo e . ▁In ▁Met roid ▁Zero ▁Mission ▁Sam us ▁can ▁enter ▁the ▁Ch oz o ▁Ru ins . ▁ ▁Gal actic ▁Federation ▁The ▁ ▁is ▁the ▁gover ning ▁body ▁of ▁the ▁galax y ▁formed ▁by ▁an ▁al liance ▁of ▁al ien ▁species ▁and ▁often ▁contract s ▁Sam us ▁with ▁difficult ▁miss ions ▁to ▁complete , ▁with ▁the ▁aim ▁of ▁er adic ating ▁the ▁Space ▁Pir ates . ▁Sam us ▁trained ▁in ▁the ▁Federation ' s ▁military ▁before ▁becoming ▁a ▁b ount y ▁h unter , ▁leaving ▁some ▁time ▁after ▁a ▁disag re ement ▁with ▁her ▁command ing ▁officer , ▁Adam ▁M alk ov ich . ▁The ▁Gal actic ▁Federation ' s ▁tro op ers ▁also ▁use ▁power ed