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Maze_
09/24/22 12:20:12 PM
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As you can probably tell I don't play many Metroid games but what I have played involves her going into the depths of demon planets by herself and getting spanked for hours as she struggles to stay alive in a nightmarish hell of predators and monsters.

Which I understand once, but second time round why doesn't she bring some back up?

Even Sonic has a posse, Samus is no James Sunderland, she's allowed to bring some support on her journey,

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__aCEr__
09/24/22 12:21:50 PM
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Samus has no friends. The only thing that brings her happiness is genocide.

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Ratchetrockon
09/24/22 12:22:47 PM
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She is just selfish and wants all the glory to herself

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MedeaLysistrata
09/24/22 12:24:23 PM
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Baha05
09/24/22 12:24:38 PM
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More bounty for her?

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Srk700
09/24/22 12:26:58 PM
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In Fusion + Dread at least, a crew would have been a massive liability.
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Kami_no_Kami
09/24/22 12:35:57 PM
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Pretty sure theyd just die and shed be alone again anyway. If not because shes the one with the magic power suit then because shes the main character in an Alien-esque universe.
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Tyranthraxus
09/24/22 12:37:10 PM
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The point of the game is isolation. Having a crew ruins everything.

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LinkDaLunatic
09/24/22 12:43:01 PM
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this is something the average metroid player doesn't understand... but the true metroid enjoyer knows it well.
samus does this on purpose. she deliberately throws herself into impossible situations, loses her powerups, and then begins the climb all over again. she decimates enemies as she slowly regains power. she does it because otherwise it'd just be too easy, and samus herself still doesn't know her limits. so she keeps testing herself... trying her limits... pushing forward. if there is a ceiling, she hasn't touched it yet.
samus goes to a hostile planet, and the danger becomes a matter of opinion. to an onlooker, samus is in danger. to samus... everyone else is.
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MC_BatCommander
09/24/22 12:57:00 PM
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When does she actually do bounty hunting

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LinkDaLunatic
09/24/22 1:15:46 PM
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off-screen. she actually does do a lot of normal mercenary work between games.
and actually, she was paid for the mission in dread. just not very much for that level of work, according to ADAM, which tells me she usually makes pretty decent paper.
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DB_Insider
09/24/22 1:19:02 PM
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MICHALECOLE
09/24/22 1:19:50 PM
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Shes a friendless virgin
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Foppe
09/24/22 1:21:24 PM
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Sharing the bounty?

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HA4e
09/24/22 1:21:36 PM
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She either doesn't want to share the bounty or other bounty hunters wouldn't be able to survive as well through the shit she goes through.

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Adam
09/24/22 3:39:59 PM
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Ratchetrockon posted...
She is just selfish and wants all the glory to herself


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EmbraceOfDeath
09/24/22 4:15:08 PM
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Have you seen what happens the few times she does? Survivors are rare.

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Hayame_Zero
09/24/22 4:16:44 PM
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She has a unique connection to everything she's been tasked to look into

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evilpresident
09/24/22 4:17:10 PM
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Srk700 posted...
In Fusion + Dread at least, a crew would have been a massive liability.
This. Though it could have been an interesting story bit in Fusion, if you had to fight your own infested crew.

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Zanzenburger
09/24/22 4:36:45 PM
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EmbraceOfDeath posted...
Have you seen what happens the few times she does? Survivors are rare.
This. She tried it in Metroid Prime 3. Didn't go well...

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divot1338
09/24/22 4:51:09 PM
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Kami_no_Kami posted...
Pretty sure theyd just die and shed be alone again anyway. If not because shes the one with the magic power suit then because shes the main character in an Alien-esque universe.
Theyre already dead.

Shes there to avenge them.

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Frosted_Midna
09/24/22 4:57:26 PM
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Metroid Other M she "had" a crew she was forced to work with. "Had" is the keyword...

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Jiek_Fafn
09/24/22 4:58:14 PM
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She has a little metroid buddy

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DoctorPiranha3
09/24/22 5:00:56 PM
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Considering her success rate flying solo, why the hell would she bring someone along?
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LinkDaLunatic
09/24/22 5:02:11 PM
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Frosted_Midna posted...
Metroid Other M she "had" a crew she was forced to work with. "Had" is the keyword...
ah yes... good ol' M.O.M. the game where samus was not herself because the writers thought women are just by default emotional babies and beholden to the whims of a man.

i don't know if i hate that or her smash characterization more. zero suit samus is an affront to samus and completely disrespectful.
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divot1338
09/24/22 5:02:59 PM
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If you were flexible enough to curl up into a little ball like that you wouldnt need anyone either.

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Nukazie
09/24/22 5:03:17 PM
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others can't roll with her

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BloodMoon7
09/24/22 5:05:40 PM
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She likes exploding planets. If she brought friends they'd become eyewitnesses.

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Lil_Bit83
09/24/22 5:16:37 PM
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Teammates? Teammates? She's Samus Aran, she don't need no stinking teammates! Plus the last time we saw her having to work in a group, it was a disaster.

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Lil_Bit83
09/24/22 5:18:37 PM
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LinkDaLunatic posted...
ah yes... good ol' M.O.M. the game where samus was not herself because the writers thought women are just by default emotional babies and beholden to the whims of a man.

i don't know if i hate that or her smash characterization more. zero suit samus is an affront to samus and completely disrespectful.
Zero Suit Samus is leaps and bounds better then Yes-Daddy-Adam-Samus. That was awful.

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BlackJackCat
09/24/22 5:19:02 PM
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Because Nintendo doesn't want you to make girl on girl porn with their very serious product.

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El_Marsh
09/24/22 5:27:39 PM
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BlackJackCat posted...
Because Nintendo doesn't want you to make girl on girl porn with their very serious product.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/5/4/AAFiFMAADtam.jpg

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DemonicChaosXX
09/24/22 5:28:04 PM
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-looks at Prime Three-
Huh....that's why.

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ElatedVenusaur
09/24/22 5:41:01 PM
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Samus has always struck me as a loner type.

Plus imagine her having to sit down and explain the crazy shit she's doing:
"So yeah, uhhh, my armor was made by an extinct elder race that raised me after I was orphaned by a sentient, sociopathic, fire-breathing, scorpion-tailed pterodactyl. I've killed him like, a dozen times now, but he just never stays dead, he's such a fucking prick. And yeah, so, I hunt these creatures called Metroids that eat your lifeforce but, also, like...it was maybe a bad idea to drive them to extinction on their homeworld because they were the only predator of a virus somehow that I got and that was way creepy, anyhow somehow and the Space Pirates and the Federation want to research them for weapons or some shit, I don't know, it's just bad news, ok? And oh yeah, my ship talks now, it's actually my old CO from my army days whose consciousness was uploaded into this Federation research station I blew up, and..."
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MICHALECOLE
09/24/22 7:26:47 PM
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I just realize Samus and Seamus are only one letter apart
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Ruvan22
09/24/22 7:38:19 PM
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Nukazie posted...
others can't roll with her

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Dakimakura
09/24/22 7:42:56 PM
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would get probably awkward when the alien species breed her

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Sufferedphoneix
09/24/22 7:48:20 PM
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LinkDaLunatic posted...
ah yes... good ol' M.O.M. the game where samus was not herself because the writers thought women are just by default emotional babies and beholden to the whims of a man.

i don't know if i hate that or her smash characterization more. zero suit samus is an affront to samus and completely disrespectful.

I'll give you the heels. Otherwise wearing a form fitting suit makes sense when wearing power armor like her. Less chance of getting caught up in moving parts the suit not sealing right cause a piece of fabric etc.

More on topic I feel people forget she's not a normal human. Trained by a alien warrior race iirc and I wanna say they later added she had some of their dna

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GeneralKenobi85
09/24/22 7:51:16 PM
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Metroid really captures the feeling of isolation really well I think. Samus has only a few allies throughout the series and they usually have unfortunate fates.

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LinkDaLunatic
09/24/22 8:23:01 PM
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Sufferedphoneix posted...
I'll give you the heels. Otherwise wearing a form fitting suit makes sense when wearing power armor like her. Less chance of getting caught up in moving parts the suit not sealing right cause a piece of fabric etc.
sorry, i wasn't clear. i don't have a problem with the zero suit itself. it makes sense to wear something like that under her power suit.

my problem is with zero suit samus the character in smash bros.
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Xethuminra
09/24/22 8:33:49 PM
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LinkDaLunatic posted...
sorry, i wasn't clear. i don't have a problem with the zero suit itself. it makes sense to wear something like that under her power suit.

my problem is with zero suit samus the character in smash bros.
You don't like that portrayal of Samus? It's on the low one of her best appearances. Looks attractive, but there's a strong air of anti-sexualization pervading her personality and every move. Good screenshots, better gameplay
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Kloe_Rinz
09/24/22 8:35:13 PM
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ive never played one of the Metroid games but isnt she supposed to be a top class bounty hunter? Why would she want to share the bounty when she can handle it herself?
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Sufferedphoneix
09/24/22 10:26:29 PM
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LinkDaLunatic posted...
sorry, i wasn't clear. i don't have a problem with the zero suit itself. it makes sense to wear something like that under her power suit.

my problem is with zero suit samus the character in smash bros.
.why? Cause she's supposed to weak and near helpless without her armor? Against aliens sure. If that's not the case sorry. I'd like to hear though

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frozenstar
09/25/22 1:12:51 AM
#48:


This topic is making me wanna bust out the Wii U and play Metroid Prime Trilogy.
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MICHALECOLE
09/25/22 2:00:31 AM
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frozenstar posted...
This topic is making me wanna bust out the Wii U and play Metroid Prime Trilogy.
Why dont you play it on the switch?

oh right because its not on there
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LinkDaLunatic
09/25/22 6:26:38 AM
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Sufferedphoneix posted...
why? Cause she's supposed to weak and near helpless without her armor? Against aliens sure. If that's not the case sorry. I'd like to hear though
because it's ridiculous. she frequently tiers higher than her power suit incarnation. her moveset was improvised without a single drop of creativity - her moveset could easily be slapped on, say, Jody Summers or Krystal from Star Fox and it would make just as much sense, it hardly feels metroid themed at all. so at that point people usually say "well they didn't have a lot to go off of..." well, sounds like they didn't have a reason to make her a character then, other than T&A. and if anyone says she's not sexualized they're being ridiculous. they gave her a whip and rocket high heels, a generic 'sexy dommy mommy' voice saying mildly suggestive things, until ultimate she had a barbie body which was at its worst in 4 (moar like zero muscle samus), and she even has a taunt where she spins around like a dancer with her whip coiled around her.

it just sucks. at least ultimate tried to improve it, but it doesn't even feel like a representation of samus. this is all just opinions, of course, but yeah. that's how i feel about it.
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