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Originally Posted by palplan
...Other M was a big enough sales embarrassment that Reggie had to acknowledge the problem in interview and say Nintendo was looking into what went wrong. They didn't look very hard, judging from SB4...
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Oh no, they gave her heels.
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Specifically so she could stick her boots up everyone else's rear even better. Nintendo literally said so. They also make her more visually distinct from Mega Man.
The bimbo pics from BSB are a response to the controversy over those same heels and the complaints about how they were sexualizing her. If anything, this is
satirizing that controversy, by taking the complaints to a ridiculous extreme. Personally, I don't see how they're significantly sexier than the regular Zero Suit. She's certainly not any less capable in them. In fact, quite the opposite.
I also think that implying that a sexy female character is defined only by being sexy, even when she's quite capable as well, is kinda sexist.
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Originally Posted by Sutibaru
The script for Other M was terrible and may have de-canonized the highly regarded Prime trilogy. You would wear skin-tight clothes under armor that hugs tight to your body, whether if it is an acrobatics leotard or a blue PVC fetish outfit. But to wear just that unless you were planning on putting on the armor doesn't feel dignified. Samus is using a gun in the new Smash Bros but doesn't have a holster or pockets to put it.
Anyhow, here's a picture I stumbled upon. This is a subject that I could rant on all day as well, but it's clearly making this thread sidetracked.
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There's a term called "headcanon" for conflicts like this. I am just going to ignore Other M.
Also, remember, Smash Bros isn't canon anyway. It's implied that it's just someone playing with action figures.
Also also, in the "THIS IS PAAAATHOS!" flashback where Adam's brother dies, I'm pretty sure Samus is wearing a standard uniform.
*checks*
Nope, she's wearing the jumpsuit, with tac webbing.
Personally, I'm more concerned with the fact that the best use the Federation could apparently find for their walking Chozo WMD in those flashbacks was "space cop". And, y'know, how abut showing us more about what happened when the 5-0 realized that Adam had pissed her off and they were about to use a valuable asset? Show her conflict about the matter. Heck, maybe even have her arguing with Anthony over it afterward. Don't just show us the kid dying, then have her tell us how affected she was by it.
It seems like Sakamoto didn't know the difference between melodrama and flat deadpan. The man says he actually cried at some points.
/rant
Not sure if this has been posted.
http://blackshirtboy.deviantart.com/...down-351797431