"bla bla bla they turned Samus into crybaby why is she afraid of Ridley aaaaaaaaaaa"
Nah just referenced an obscure e-manga never officially translated into English in which she overcame her fear of Ridley, and has since faced him several times even without counting Metroid Prime as canon.
Gameplay doesn't save it either seeing as it's just "SenseMove, the game". The only times you die in Other M are when you don't mash the D-Pad enough or when you fall prey to the game's weird instant death scenarios. Even death is a slap on the wrist since you just start in the same room again, at that. Wheras Dark Samus can be called legitimately the most difficult boss in the Metroid series on Hypermode difficulty, Other M falls flat for any difficulty at all. It's horrifically linear (no, not even Fusion is that linear), it has constant fighting with few puzzles, and its storyline is ludicrous and impossible to ignore.
One other stupid thing that barely anyone knows btw: You can skip cutscenes on Hard mode in Other M. The time they'd normally take, however, is still added to your total end time when you beat the game. What the hell is up with that? Nightmare for speedrunners.
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