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[Peltz]

No, it's a brand new design, some of the designs the varia suit went through the years:


From left to right: super, prime, zero mission, other m, smash 4 (based on other m).

That Zero mission suit was not the Varia suit. That's the starting suit you have before getting the Varia suit. It's the same suit you downgrade to in the beginning of Prime after the explosion.

Varia suit in that game was more like gravity suit from that game but in red & yellow:

This is the closest I could find to an official rendering of it. It's actually not far off from her Prime design.

 

[Meffer]

No, it's a brand new design, some of the designs the varia suit went through the years:


From left to right: super, prime, zero mission, other m, smash 4 (based on other m).

The middle pic is the Power Suit. It's a remake of the first game so it makes sense that suit is on display.

 

[Meffer]

Tbh, I think it's too orange and the green streaks on the shoulder are too wide.

Makes sense given this is on the 3DS's screen.

 

[chaobreaker]

I'm not a fan of the new design. She has this weird hunchback look. I personally don't like how they have been changing her design lately. I always liked how Nintendo kept her design consistent in the mainline series from Metroid II and onward. My favorite design of Samus is the gravity suit from Zero Mission. It's basically the classic design from Metroid 2 but with added touches from the Prime design. The Prime design, which was pretty faithful to the classic design, is a close second.

For me, one of the most endearing aspects of Samuel's Power/Varia suits is how it changes appearance between titles. Prime Varia shit is cool but so was the Other M suit and the Zero Mission suits. I'm really digging the Samus Returns suit for doing its own thing. The visor looks badass.

Spoiler

Look, I'm just glad this suit doesn't show her puppies dog eyes through the visor like in Other M, OK?

 

[gafneo]

Prime: NFL pro football suit Samus
Samus Returns: Tinman suit Samus

 

[13ruce]

I love the look of the Samus Returns suit design alot on this Amiibo:

Better than then pic in OP but i guess that Boxart pose does help alot.

 

[Vital Tundra]

Samus Returns Varia has the cooler Visor, but Prime series Varia is still the GOAT. Thats not to say SR Varia isn't one of my favorites already.

I think the reason Samus Returns isn't as detailed is because of it being on the 3DS and they wanted the model to be identifiable and simple to view due to resolution and what not.

Also Other M Varia is the weakest design simply because it looks literally less powerful than the rest. The sleek design doesn't visualize "power" to me and the arm cannon looks like a pea shooter unlike literally every other designs arm cannon.

 

[Majukun]

saw this gif many times..any source from it?

 

[yuoke]

That Zero mission suit was not the Varia suit. That's the starting suit you have before getting the Varia suit. It's the same suit you downgrade to in the beginning of Prime after the explosion.

Varia suit in that game was more like gravity suit from that game but in red & yellow:

This is the closest I could find to an official rendering of it. It's actually not far off from her Prime design.

Except in zero mission you do get the varia suit earlier on, and it just changes the suit color like in the original game.

 

[KingBroly]

I love the look of the Samus Returns suit design alot on this Amiibo:

Better than then pic in OP but i guess that Boxart pose does help alot.

What irks me about the amiibo is that Samus' head is too small

The Arm Cannon is too 'HEY GUYS, NEON LIGHTS.' I also get the slight feeling that they're making the Arm Cannon smaller since the game's debut, but I'm not sure why

 

[simonshinra]

saw this gif many times..any source from it?

Spoiler

It should be a scene from Metroid Prime 3

 

[Subtervotion]

I mean in a couple hundred years why not?

The average height is rising with greater nutrition.

I've often thought in the future human beings on average should all be in the six feet range even for women. After all improvements in science should allow base human beings to be in peak condition.

The thing is, the human form can't really get that much taller than we are now and still be healthy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkzQxw16G9w

 

[emag]

There is also this one if you want to see more angles:

What's going on with her legs and feet? Are those tights and separate shoes or a power suit?

 

[Syril]

saw this gif many times..any source from it?

It's from Prime 3 when

Spoiler

Samus has so much phazon corruption that has to take a short break to vomit pure phazon

.

 

[RootCause]

I'm digging it. Love the visor too.
Can't wait to see the goat armor(Fusion).

 

[ThatsMytrunks]

I prefer the guns, shoulders, and helmet of Prime, but the new design is great. The only thing I have a problem with is the lights on the new shoulders. That's dumb.

 

[Ceadeus]

New visor is nice but the rest was better in prime

 

[Peltz]

Except in zero mission you do get the varia suit earlier on, and it just changes the suit color like in the original game.

Oh... maybe I am remembering incorrectly then? It's been a while

So the shoulders just come from the gravity suit?

 

[pretty done]

EDIT: Ugh, the new design gives her heels. She's a bounty hunter on an alien planet, I really doubt she's concerned with making her legs seem any longer. It's one of those mini-acts of sexualisation/imposed femininity that undermines the design of women in video games.

LOL you got all this from some tiny heels that are barely noticeable

 

[Ogodei]

Sleeker like her Other M and Smash For suits, but more angular in design (both the visor and the plates).

 

[RoboPlato]

I like the new one a lot. Looks sleeker.

 

[feelingkettle]

Isn't that just from Nintendo Power?
I mean, the 6'3 is also mentioned in the Metroid II manual, but I always took that as her height with the suit.

If I remember correctly, that was from the official Super Metroid guide book. I remember reading through it back then...

 

[Wamb0wneD]

I never understood how Samus' arms and shoulders worked inside the Prime version - look at how narrow the waist is, then the width from armpit to armpit. She'd have to be built like a triangle.

Super Metroid had the best design.

EDIT: Ugh, the new design gives her heels. She's a bounty hunter on an alien planet, I really doubt she's concerned with making her legs seem any longer. It's one of those mini-acts of sexualisation/imposed femininity that undermines the design of women in video games.

Such sexualized boots. Much heels. Wow.

 

[Diablohead]

I like the more chunky legs of the prime/super suit but I prefer the sholders of the newer design for samus returns.

 

[Shift Breaker]

Are those heels?

Well, they're not as bad as Other M's Zero Suit. So we're progressing here.

 

[atbigelow]

I really like the joint details they've added in. I remember the details on her ankle from the Super Metroid artwork, and that was lost in the Prime models. But they've returned in SR and actually fleshed out into additional joints.

Gives it that bulkier, less refined look I like. I think the coloring is off in the SR art, but the overall suit design seems better. Arm cannon looks a bit weird though. I prefer the bulkier Prime one.

 

[Astral Dog]

I think it looks ok, the art of SAMUS Returns has a Retro vibe to it, not as good as Prime but for a handheld game its fine.

Looks Metroidish, now Prime 4 that has to look fitting if they change artists

 

[Masterspeed]

What in God's name is happening in this gif?

 

[HammerFace]

There is also this one if you want to see more angles:

Oh wait nevermind

 

[Castro27]

Wow I do like the new visor design, reminds me of Dark Samus' one.

 

[yuoke]

What in God's name is happening in this gif?

She absorbed a ton of phazon for the first time, and is throwing it up.

 

[FloweryMarston]

What in God's name is happening in this gif?

she searched for her fanart on google

 

[Prax]

Such sexualized boots. Much heels. Wow.

Yeah.. have none of you ever worn.. some serious steel toe boots?

These are men's timberlands.

Having about a 1-1.5 inch heel is actually pretty comfortable when you are on your feet all the time. I prefer them because it reduces some weight-shifting work. You can also see pronounces heels on many running shoes for this reason. Having complete flats is a lot more straining to walk in for long periods of time, I find.

Having a wedgey heel with a thick sole overall is not the same thing as giving Samus stilettos or stupid Other M stilts.

As for the suit itself, I think it looks okay, though the rendering and light sources makes it overall too bright so it doesn't look as defined.

 

[KingBroly]

People don't seem to realize that the Other M heels on the Zero Suit are back in full force in this one (See: Initial demo).

Probably why her boots now have that divide. So they took a bad visual design choice and compounded it because someone has a heel fetish.

 

[yuoke]

People don't seem to realize that the Other M heels on the Zero Suit are back in full force in this one (See: Initial demo).

Probably why her boots now have that divide. So they took a bad visual design choice and compounded it because someone has a heel fetish.

I honestly didn't notice. At least we won't have to see her in cutscenes walk around in the zero suit to model around.

 

[Astral Dog]

What in God's name is happening in this gif?

She is vomiting Phazpn because she has too much inside of her, Metroid Corruption story was not very good

 

[KingBroly]

I honestly didn't notice. At least we won't have to see her in cutscenes walk around in the zero suit to model around.

Don't be so sure

 

[diaspora]

saw this gif many times..any source from it?

What in God's name is happening in this gif?

Samus is

Spoiler

overdosing on Phazon at the end of

Prime 3. The whole game has her use of Phazon escalate until it gets to this point where

Spoiler

after the final fight she has to straight up hurl it out of her system

 

[Wanderer5]

Kind of dig the less detail look compare to prime (works for the smaller screen), but eh, something about it bugs me overall, and definitely not a fan of the visor.

I actually digged the Other M suit quite a bit for it's more sleek design, even if the arm cannon is a bit too pea shooter like.

 

[forrest]

Metroid suit thread!

I'll share this gem of a suit progression from a user named Torokun over on Deviant Art. Many of you have probably seen it around, but it remains one of my favorite takes on the suit.

I love the asymmetrical shoulder design on the earlier variants as well as all of the small details. The rivets hinting at construction methods, overlapping plates in the mid section, and various mechanical details peaking out of the joints.

Dat heavy armor variant! So cool!

A would have liked to have seen arm cannon progression from this artist as well.

Deviant Art Page

 

[Alex_Mexico]

So far so good. I just hope they don't give her Zero Suit those damn heels again! I'm not asking for much!

 

[yuoke]

Metroid suit thread!

I'll share this gem of a suit progression from a user named Torokun over on Deviant Art. Many of you have probably seen it around, but it remains one of my favorite takes on the suit.

I love the asymmetrical shoulder design on the earlier variants as well as all of the small details. The rivets hinting at construction methods, overlapping plates in the mid section, and various mechanical details peaking out of the joints.

Dat heavy armor variant! So cool!

A would have liked to have seen arm cannon progression from this artist as well.

Deviant Art Page

I feel like they went overboard with the shoulderpads.

 

[Huge Succeeded]

That Samus Returns design is probably my favorite Varia Suit of all time. It's slick, but it's also more industrial and armor-like. Those little plates of armor on the arms make a huge difference to me

 

[Shirke]

I actually prefer Samus' PED suit from Prime 3 as my favorite design. I prefer the the slimmer design with less bulky shoulder pads.

 

[Huge Succeeded]

The prime suit lining feels very alien sci fi to me, while the new design looks like it borrows from fantasy plate armor particularly in the arm's and leg's joint areas.

I think the difference is that one of those suits of armor is meant to protect a human being

and the other is meant to protect a human being who dislocates the joints connecting her arms and legs to her body in order to fit inside

 

[KoopaTheCasual]

This is official, so she has been 6'3 for a long time.

Other m fucked things up though, because every guy in the game is like over a foot taller than her. If samus is 6'3 and wearing like 6 inch heels here, are you telling me adam is close to 8ft tall?

I miss this depiction of Samus.

Idk why the decided to Barbi-fier her up, with bleach blonde hair and a petite frame. Actually I know exactly why they did, but I still hate it.

 

[TheCongressman1]

I think my favorite design is Smash 4 Samus. It's the other M suit, but it just looks so much better in Smash.

 

[bumpkin]

This is official, so she has been 6'3 for a long time.

Other m fucked things up though, because every guy in the game is like over a foot taller than her. If samus is 6'3 and wearing like 6 inch heels here, are you telling me adam is close to 8ft tall?

6'3"? Good lord, that's a whole lot of woman! #LegsForDays #AroundMyFace

Of those various designs over the years, I'm very partial to the Prime one. I think because it felt like that was when Metroid made its most triumphant comeback (at that time) and also proved that Metroid could work just fine in first-person.

 

[ArchedThunder]

Yeah.. have none of you ever worn.. some serious steel toe boots?

These are men's timberlands.

Having about a 1-1.5 inch heel is actually pretty comfortable when you are on your feet all the time. I prefer them because it reduces some weight-shifting work. You can also see pronounces heels on many running shoes for this reason. Having complete flats is a lot more straining to walk in for long periods of time, I find.

Having a wedgey heel with a thick sole overall is not the same thing as giving Samus stilettos or stupid Other M stilts.

As for the suit itself, I think it looks okay, though the rendering and light sources makes it overall too bright so it doesn't look as defined.

I had to do a double take when I saw someone say she has heels in this game. Like, it just looks like she has boots.

 

[Dragonsushi]

The only gripe I have is her hand should be on her arm cannon, not her arm itself. That wouldn't help stability
But it's a video game