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As a very long-lasting and devoted fan of Samus, I am upset with how she is currently being portrayed by her creators. Ever since Metroid: Other M was released back in 2010, Samus has been portrayed as a weaker and frequently sexualized icon. And I don't mean by the fanart. Fanart is exactly that, it's "fan" art, so sky's the limit on what's allowed (god-knows I've done my share). But when I see her official creator, Nintendo, treat Samus as no more than eye-candy it makes me both upset and disappointed. Her first debut in 1986 was a subversive statement about expectations. It was only once the player completed the game that they even realised that this badass bounty hunter was female. Ever since that game, the designers kept the tradition of keeping our armor clad warrior in her Chozo power suit until the end. In the case of Metroid Prime we didn't even see her out of the suit, just her face as she watched another part of her culture be destroyed. Her silent strength is what made her so relatable and players could put themselves in the game because of that. In Other M, it cuts back and forth between zero suit and varia suit, making sure the audience has a long time and a lot of chances to see her curves to the fullest extent (not even going to mention the beauty mark). Not only that, but the fact that one of the default characters the Super Smash Bros. is now zero-suit Samus is completely absurd. And now they've given her high heeled boots to match. Gotta makes sure you get those young, sexual discovering preteen boys interested.
I'm not sure how many of you are aware of AM2R. It was a project, YEARS in the making, to revamp the second instalment of the Metroid games to match the graphics of Metroid Fusion. On the day of it's release, Nintendo issued a takedown notice and threatened to sue the creators of AM2R, thus shutting them down. It is entirely within their rights to do so, but it shows Nintendo's feelings on fan made content. (As a side note, when Valve saw a fan-made remake of their original Half-Life game using HL2 graphics, they adopted it and distributed it on the Steam Store.) Nintendo delivered this notice on the 30th anniversary of the release of Metroid. Do you know how Nintendo celebrated one of their oldest OCs birthday? By tweeting about Sonic and Mario at Rio. That's all. How is it that a company that makes most of it's money off of nostalgia (Super Mario Remakes, Mario cart remakes, Zelda HD re releases, smash bros.) hasn't even done so much as to tweet a single thing regarding Samus? I wish I could continue about how insulting this is to the avid fanbase to not even tweet about it. A tweet is what? 150 characters? And yet nothing about one of their most beloved OCs. In an age where superheroes are bigger than ever, "nerd culture" is at an all time high, and scifis are blockbuster hits every year, how can you not see that a new Ultra HD release of a Metroid game wouldn't make people go mad? Especially since we've been waiting for it for years.
Nintendo, I am disappointed in you
I did this piece, and all of my Metriod pieces past-present-future, because I want to show my respect to a legend in gaming. Our strong, fearless, determined, bounty-hunting, chozo blood infused warrior, the one and only: Samus Aran.
I'm not sure how many of you are aware of AM2R. It was a project, YEARS in the making, to revamp the second instalment of the Metroid games to match the graphics of Metroid Fusion. On the day of it's release, Nintendo issued a takedown notice and threatened to sue the creators of AM2R, thus shutting them down. It is entirely within their rights to do so, but it shows Nintendo's feelings on fan made content. (As a side note, when Valve saw a fan-made remake of their original Half-Life game using HL2 graphics, they adopted it and distributed it on the Steam Store.) Nintendo delivered this notice on the 30th anniversary of the release of Metroid. Do you know how Nintendo celebrated one of their oldest OCs birthday? By tweeting about Sonic and Mario at Rio. That's all. How is it that a company that makes most of it's money off of nostalgia (Super Mario Remakes, Mario cart remakes, Zelda HD re releases, smash bros.) hasn't even done so much as to tweet a single thing regarding Samus? I wish I could continue about how insulting this is to the avid fanbase to not even tweet about it. A tweet is what? 150 characters? And yet nothing about one of their most beloved OCs. In an age where superheroes are bigger than ever, "nerd culture" is at an all time high, and scifis are blockbuster hits every year, how can you not see that a new Ultra HD release of a Metroid game wouldn't make people go mad? Especially since we've been waiting for it for years.
Nintendo, I am disappointed in you
I did this piece, and all of my Metriod pieces past-present-future, because I want to show my respect to a legend in gaming. Our strong, fearless, determined, bounty-hunting, chozo blood infused warrior, the one and only: Samus Aran.
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I am actually just starting to play Super Metroid and Metroid, they're neat games that's for sure! I see totally where you're coming from (minus the Other M, haven't played it, but heard of the controversy). The Zero Suit Sammus is just eye candy and it's pretty out of character for her to do so, but you know....moneys and all that for Nintendo ugh...
If they weren't showing SO MUCH love for all their other characters I wouldn't be as pissed haha. How many Super Mario remakes have there been now?
Very glad you're getting the chance to really play those games! The original Metroid is a little hard to play, but Super Metroid has been debated as the best Metroid game. Metroid Fusion is wonderful too. If you get a chance for Metroid Prime do that as well. The music, atmosphere, discovery and adventure in it are 100% on point. Game mechanics can be a little clunky as it was the first 3D Metroid. But it was the first game I really immersed myself in.
Very glad you're getting the chance to really play those games! The original Metroid is a little hard to play, but Super Metroid has been debated as the best Metroid game. Metroid Fusion is wonderful too. If you get a chance for Metroid Prime do that as well. The music, atmosphere, discovery and adventure in it are 100% on point. Game mechanics can be a little clunky as it was the first 3D Metroid. But it was the first game I really immersed myself in.
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spazfox does have a point with Metroid Fusion being different, but the gameplay really does a good job. Plus there are some truly iconic and memorable Metroid moments. I hope you enjoy them :) yeah the first one is a bit too die hard for me haha.
spazfox does have a point with Metroid Fusion being different, but the gameplay really does a good job. Plus there are some truly iconic and memorable Metroid moments. I hope you enjoy them :) yeah the first one is a bit too die hard for me haha. 
THIS! THIS! ALL OF THIS! I CAN'T EXPRESS HOW MUCH OF THIS!
I could give a pass to Fusion needlessly giving the silent protagonist a voice (I'd love to see the fan reaction to a game where Link gives expository narration between levels). I could ALMOST forgive Zero Suit T&A and the anticlimactic tacked on extra act in Zero Mission. But Halo Prime 3 an Other M...I was just sad. I'm not the sort of person who gets super invested in video game characters or stories or franchises, but there's just something damned special about a badass lone wolf warrior woman fighting alien hordes because she's the only one who can take care of the job. Samus is not and never should have been sexualixed or had dialogue forced on her. She was always awesome being a cyborg badass.
I could give a pass to Fusion needlessly giving the silent protagonist a voice (I'd love to see the fan reaction to a game where Link gives expository narration between levels). I could ALMOST forgive Zero Suit T&A and the anticlimactic tacked on extra act in Zero Mission. But Halo Prime 3 an Other M...I was just sad. I'm not the sort of person who gets super invested in video game characters or stories or franchises, but there's just something damned special about a badass lone wolf warrior woman fighting alien hordes because she's the only one who can take care of the job. Samus is not and never should have been sexualixed or had dialogue forced on her. She was always awesome being a cyborg badass.
Hahaha Halo Prime 3. That goddamn killed me! I didn't hate the third Prime. I will always rank it over Metroid other M also known as "the baby" and Metroid Prime Hunters. God I hated that game haha. But I agree with your points. Samus is a special character who deserves good game makers.
Really nice piece and I agree with most of what you've written there. But concerning the take down notice of AM2R: They could have done that earlier already if they were REALLY after protecting their IP. In this case they only really did it the moment they had to or else risk loosing their IP entirely. But, since they actually only did it after it was first put up for download, all they did was stopping the original site from hosting it, but there are lots of copies circulating the web because they waited that long. I honestly refuse to believe they didn't know that.
Yeah I found a mirror for it like a day after haha. I dunno, if they had at least mentioned something about Samus on it's 30th anniversary I would have been more forgiving. But with both the takedown and the lack of comment combined it was a pretty harsh message that they don't care about Samus as much anymore than just protecting their IP. Not to mention that the new "metroid" game wasn't designed to be a metroid game but had the brand slapped on it late in production and it doesn't even have Samus in it. And they had the balls to call it a prime game.
I am also very disappointed in Nintendo. But this beautiful drawing reminds me of why she will always remain the greatest video game heroine of all time, no matter how little her creators are able to recognise that.
I bought Metroid 2 on the eShop because the creator of AM2R asked to. It's been played exactly zero times, whereas AM2R is going into the double-digits for how many times I've played through and loved it.
I bought Metroid 2 on the eShop because the creator of AM2R asked to. It's been played exactly zero times, whereas AM2R is going into the double-digits for how many times I've played through and loved it.
I think you're right :) The fans will always show their respects :)
I'm pretty excited to sit down and play it all the way through. I've played the original twice, and I was playing the pre released incomplete versions of AM2R while it was still in development, but haven't played the completed one yet.
I'm pretty excited to sit down and play it all the way through. I've played the original twice, and I was playing the pre released incomplete versions of AM2R while it was still in development, but haven't played the completed one yet.
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