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How would you react to a Metroid reboot w/ a black Samus
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María de las Mercedes Aran
These comments should be bannable. I seriously dont know what they even purpose in every fucking thread like this.
"oh that ? i dont even played those games/watched that movies lol but i will take for meltdowns".
fuck that bullshit
There are an alarming number of people out there who think that black people only exist in America and Africa - I shit you not.
Reptars Revenge
Member
As long as she is played by Scarlett Johansson.
I never said Yay, is you that was implying that Metroid other M was so bad compared to the rest of the games, like if the series was a paragon of feminism that Other M happened to ruin.
Abstrusity
Member
That's my read on it. It's not like the Galactic Federation is hardly lacking in diversity, though I'd like to see much more of that, too. I understand the critique of a heretofore established character (originally white with red hair, then white with blonde until now), but at the VERY least we should have more. A good compromise is to have women of color in the Galactic Federation Fleet (Marine) Forces, as well as being represented in the government-sponsored bounty hunter trade, with 'aliens' abounds, too, as the Federation isn't just humans or just humanoids.
NESpowerhouse
Perhaps he's wondering why someone would shoot a man before throwing him out of a plane.
Damn, the thirst for a new Metroid game is real.
What did he mean by this?
Member
Related note: I think Link felt very comfortable crossdressing in BotW and maybe it could be a permanent thing of a drag queen Link or maybe he might transition next game. That'd be cool.
victreeb3l
Member
Wouldn't mind it at all. I just want new Metroid ;_;
Yeah, Zero Suit Samus is genuinely fucking awful. And people don't even remember that's a redesign! Samus used to have more sensible everything!
Spring-Loaded
Member
Seriously, in my experience at least. Certainly on GAF.
Zelda doesn't change what Link looks like though, even if it's always reincarnation.
But would there be an in-universe mid-game option to change, or would that go too far
His nose changes every game and his hair has gone from several shades of blond, to several shades of brown to fucking pink.
You can be a Latin@ and also be Black tho.
ScriptedReality
Member
Tbh I'd rather her be someone new. But I wouldn't complain.
Yep! Nationality, race, ethnicity.
theangrypirate
Member
If it's a good Metroid game I could care less. If Retro is making it she can be any ethnicity they choose. Just give me a new Metroid for my switch please.
This would be so awesome. Can you imagine the backlash lol.
MrFortyFive
Member
I wouldn't really care but it seems unnecessary. If Nintendo wanted a black female to star in a Metroid-like game, I would much prefer they actually make a new IP than just changing Samus's skin color. ...honestly though I just want more new IPs from Nintendo.
hey_it's_that_dog
benevolent sexism
Samus isn't much of a character anyway and she has nothing to do with why I love Metroud games so make her whatever colour the player wants as far as I'm concerned.
FingerBang
Member
What if it was a pineapple? A Honda Civic? Jack Nicholson?
GIVE US THE DAMN GAME ALREADY!
GIVE US THE DAMN GAME ALREADY!
Solaire of Astora
Death by black JPN
Yes. That I'm aware of. But I'd wager that most of the people with that particular train of thought are American, since people in other countries would have surely seen black people in their own countries.
Then again... Idiots will be idiots, and they exist everywhere.
Megatron
Member
Yeah, actually given how the original game used the reveal of Samus as a girl as a surprise twist, they could do the same here. You think you are playing as Samus the whole time, and then at the end, a CO calls and says thank you for your help _______ and she takes off her helmet to reveal a black woman.
why do people always go for black and not other non white races when starting these discussions. sometimes it's like y'all are just using blackness to get the biggest possible rise out of racists and those who hate change (and r probably racist if they react that strongly).
no thought was even put into the question
just "hey.... black
"
no thought was even put into the question
just "hey.... black
"
Say a future Metroid game is marketed as a reboot, and at the end,SeamusSamus removes her helmet revealing she's a black woman. How would that make you feel?
What if she were a different character with Chico armor, and never outright named throughout the game?
EDIT: definition added because term is not universally understood the same way
I have a black Samus.
Wouldn't shock me at all.
Like, you can argue otherwise pretty easily...but I think for a very long time, people actually did regard Metroid, the series, as a paragon of feminism in video games.
anarchy_panty
Member
I don't give a shit as long as she's alone on a weird planet and the game isn't constantly telling you where to go
Gimmie that sweet sweet isolation
Gimmie that sweet sweet isolation
This would be a small but terrific thing. Suited Samus is the main iconography of the series, which wouldn't have to change. I doubt there'd be much backlash and they'd get a lot of positive press.
Not that they'll ever do it. Does Nintendo have a single black human character in its main stable of intellectual properties?
Not that they'll ever do it. Does Nintendo have a single black human character in its main stable of intellectual properties?
Eolz
Member
It bothers me that people want to change established characters. Same for Link, Lara, etc.
More power to people wanting a new black bounty hunter in Metroid if they want.
I'm firmly against Honda Civic Samus.
As long as they kept the mine cart sections
Before the zero suit she was on her underwear or some booty shorts inside the suit.
Dark Cloud
Member
There's no point in changing her ethnicity....
A Link to the Past
Banned
It wouldn't be like that at all, because what you bring up happens much more often than the idea OP proposed.
old manatee
Banned
Is it 2d or 3d?
Why would this even matter? Samus Aran could be a human shaped bag full of salmon and I would not care. She is basically a non entity without a personality in the good Metroid games.
Is the gameplay alright? Well, alright then.
That being said, a black Nathan Drake or an Afghani Solid Snake would be interesting.
Is the gameplay alright? Well, alright then.
That being said, a black Nathan Drake or an Afghani Solid Snake would be interesting.
But that is EXACTLY the point !
The first metroid was a bait to play as a woman because everyone had been ingrained as playing as robots and men to even consider that the character could be a woman since she didn't had a bow on her head.
Making the reboots "bait for playing as an even smaller minority than you expect" makes perfect sense with the soul of the first metroid
MugiwaraCole
Member
Probably with an erection at the thought of the ensuing fan art.
I'll see myself out.
I'll see myself out.
Linkstrikesback
Member
Uh, this feels like a loaded question.
I'll take whatever, including any changes they make to samus if it means we get metroid prime 4 but I'm not entirely sure why changing samus skin colour would be a benefit to anyone over simply making a new character.
I'll take whatever, including any changes they make to samus if it means we get metroid prime 4 but I'm not entirely sure why changing samus skin colour would be a benefit to anyone over simply making a new character.
Net_Wrecker
Member
Not until New Game+ where you get the Rachel Dolezal Chip (RDC™
, which lets you switch around like Mega Man. Great speed run item.