Could be me, but that doesn't really make sense to me either. Why would Nintendo change her into that if her appearance in MP1 was fine?
A little better. If they really want to stick to animu Samus I hope they take Hunters.
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I think that Metroid Prime 4 should feature an older, middle to upper, aged Samus
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Could be me, but that doesn't really make sense to me either. Why would Nintendo change her into that if her appearance in MP1 was fine?
A little better. If they really want to stick to animu Samus I hope they take Hunters.
Accentuate her humanity by not showing her outside her suit at all but by contrasting her reactions and body language with the alien environments she interacts with.
And MP4 is only a tentative title used to inform us that the game will be similar in the 3D 1st person perspective not a 2D scroller. The game could be set years after Fusion.
My thoughts exactly.
I don't even expect a good story from Metroid Prime 4. I just want It to be as good as MP1 was even If the story is about a giant sentient alien poop that's trying to convince everybody in the galaxy that it's ok to poop in the shower.
I've strongly disliked "Zero Suit Samus" as she's been presented since Zero Mission.
I just always preferred the early concept for Samus; a more realistic, older-looking hardass in the visual mould of Kim Basinger. Or the late '80s/early '90s western action heroine archetype as typified by Ripley and Sarah Connor.
I love how her undergarment in this old piece of artwork is just this functional leotard that isn't meant to be seen and is solely for her comfort.
The original Prime even honoured the Kim Basinger brief.
The cutesy, anime-inspired look they used in Other M really doesn't do it for me. And when they tried to bridge the gap in Prime 2/3, it looked horrific.
I don't expect Nintendo to change her design though now, she has sort of been standardized in geek merchandise as some posing waifu.
I just always preferred the early concept for Samus; a more realistic, older-looking hardass in the visual mould of Kim Basinger. Or the late '80s/early '90s western action heroine archetype as typified by Ripley and Sarah Connor.
I love how her undergarment in this old piece of artwork is just this functional leotard that isn't meant to be seen and is solely for her comfort.
The original Prime even honoured the Kim Basinger brief.
The cutesy, anime-inspired look they used in Other M really doesn't do it for me. And when they tried to bridge the gap in Prime 2/3, it looked horrific.
I don't expect Nintendo to change her design though now, she has sort of been standardized in geek merchandise as some posing waifu.
Because Zero Mission came out in a similar timeframe to Prime 2. It was consolidation of the image, and that image has been the dominant one ever since.
I'm not saying it was a good thing, but that is clearly what happened.
Fusion came out the same day as Prime 1 so I'm not sure if that works as an excuse.
Not that I want the return of Prime 1 Samus as I honestly hate that look.
well, if we only saw her out of her suit at the end, it'd be one way to mirror the surprise ending of the first game!
They should either do the big timeskip, or reboot Metroid completely and try to make her an actual positive role model for women.
I just want an imposing, muscular Samus. She's supposed to be like 6 ft 3. She should look like Brienne of Tarth.
Nintendo is far too obsessed with her sleazy waifu image to ever let it happen though.
Nintendo is far too obsessed with her sleazy waifu image to ever let it happen though.
Old Samus would be interesting, but I very much doubt it will happen. Nintendo continues to insist Mario is, like, 23 despite his dad 'stache. For whatever reason, they want don't their characters depicted as old. That probably goes double for their only character with a bit of sex appeal.
That said, yes, Samus should at least be a 30-something experienced hunter in the game. No prequels please.
That said, yes, Samus should at least be a 30-something experienced hunter in the game. No prequels please.
In metroid, Samus's age doesn't really play a big role in the narrative or her character, so meh. After the horrible attempt to give Samus more 'character' in Other M, I don't think I trust Nintendo to do anything competent or interesting with Samus.
I'm not necessarily opposed ot the idea, but one of the things I like about Nintendo characters is that they exist outside of a continuity, allowing for infinite games with self contained stories that don't necessarily take place over the "lifespan" of a character (how I wish Metal Gear was like this...)
A game with an older Samus can happen but it would have to be self-contained and mostly free of other games' influences outside of vague references. In fact I would like all of Metroid to be like this. Not a fan of constraining Prime to fit between Metroid 1 and 2.
A game with an older Samus can happen but it would have to be self-contained and mostly free of other games' influences outside of vague references. In fact I would like all of Metroid to be like this. Not a fan of constraining Prime to fit between Metroid 1 and 2.
Prime 1 was probably well in development way before Fusion even started so that's not really the same situation as consolidating her look going forward starting with MP2
This is probably preferred. Just have a portrait of her after credit is good enough.
I dont subscribe to the "older = better" mentality, if they have a story that requires her to be older that is fine, but I dont think that is inherently better than if she was younger
Doubt Prime 4 would be set after Fusion. But yeah, I want a Samus who looks hardened like in the first Prime than anime Samus we saw in Prime 2, 3 and Other M.
This. Just don't take the suit off.
Or do take it off, and then it just turns out to be empty as some sort of stupid twist.
I like this, but it's Japan, so canonically old characters are like, Auron, who's like 30 or so, or a dragon that looks like an 11 year-old girl who's like 2334. Everybody else is like 17 with 3 degrees in physics or whatever.
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To be honest, Samus ACTUALLY being Dark Samus and Fusion Samus being an empty suit would be P-GOOD!
Aka: how can we sell figures the most efficiently?
Era really is its own little microcosm. Who would ever actually want this? Not a significant amount of the game buying public I'm sure.
I don't know if Samus is the right opportunity for the idea, but I would love to see more "older" playable women in games. Seems like anything past 30 (let alone 40+) is still seen as 'expired' for women and less so for men. We do have a couple nice examples though, such as Nadine from Uncharted, and Emma from The Last Remnant (bit niche but immediately comes to mind for me).
Fusion was awesome, and I enjoyed the story bits. Its actually my favorite 2d Metroid. Its a shame Other M dropped the ball the way it did. Metroid has a very interesting universe. I wonder what approach Retro will take this time in terms of story and lore.
