The franchise is hardly worth the effort anyways so maybe this would give it the shot in the arm it needs.
I'd embrace it. Nobody knows or gives a shit about who Samus is at this point anyways.
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The franchise is hardly worth the effort anyways so maybe this would give it the shot in the arm it needs.
I'd embrace it. Nobody knows or gives a shit about who Samus is at this point anyways.
Metroid is already a losing game if I can SEE Samus.
The franchise is hardly worth the effort anyways so maybe this would give it the shot in the arm it needs.
I'd embrace it. Nobody knows or gives a shit about who Samus is at this point anyways.
I mean, this is more sensible to me than rebooting for reboots sake. Her and "remember me " had a mixed race child and there you go.
Where does rewarding the player by letting you see her in a bikini fit into this progressive narrative about the original Metroid?
PSY・S;237393915 said:2017 and people want to use race as a simple gotcha... a punchline...
how is this any better than "it's a trap"
If that were true, why use a 'dying' icon as a springboard for diversity? It's kind of a 'can't get any worse' resignation.
No, i mean, it could like make people spring to say "hurr durr, but poison IS a guy" and disregard her identity.
The only thing we would be doing here is making people like a game just so that later they discover that their hands don't fall off for playing with a black woman protagonist.
The identity of the black woman is being respected and the thing that is being challenged is prejudice against black women protagonists instead of heterosexual fragility of not wanting to date a woman.
Same thing as said in the other threads about the same topic from the same usual suspects?
I think that when a canon has been established by creators, and that a genre isn't made for that (aka there's no canon dragonborn in skyrim for example), it's better to respect that story, the fans, and the creators.
Seriously, why aren't people pushing for more/better new characters instead?
Why don't you have a black Josuke avatar for example? Why isn't Poison a male or black in my avatar?
There's literally no reason to push for changing established characters.
And the Iron Man example is terrible. Samus Aran is her name, not a monicker people can get, like Captain Falcon for example, who could be black.
Itbsamus it really doesn't matter whether she is black or white.Stupid idea. Introduce a new playable character or whatever, but don't change pre-existing characters to force diversity.
But how did you know where those people are from/where they live? How much data did you gather? And may I ask where you live? I'm having a hard time believing you on this. Like I said, the term "African American" is not really relevant outside of America.
Sounds like a Batman situation.Honest question, what is more important, Samus the character or the mantle she represents?
Some people in this thread have brought up mantle passing in super hero comics, and it reminded me how one of the GBA F-zero games has Captain Falcon pass the mantle to that japanese cop kid, so would it be that less of an impact if nintendo did take the idea already been posted a bunch of times of Samus passing the mantle of the Hunter to a new character?
The real question is if people would accept it if Samus was a dude.
Oh my god that would be such a disaster.The real question is if people would accept it if Samus was a dude.
The real question is if people would accept it if Samus was a dude.
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
It's a fictional character that already has inconsistencies in characterization between games in the same entry. So the demand to preserve the purity of a character doesn't really have any pull.
People are pushing for more minority characters. That doesn't mean one can't voice the desire to change "established" characters that were created during a time where diversity and minority representation wasn't a concern.
Could be a fun new character design. Toss out the thin, waifish Zero Suit Samus design in favor of a bulkier, 'Woman of the Amazon' build.
The series needs a fresh coat of paint, and this could be a could way to break new ground.
I'd wonder why not just make a new franchise/character... preferably one who isn't always (or mostly) in a bulky, face obscuring suit.
Or an ignored franchise for that matter.
I don't know what kind of people you were talking to but either you misunderstood them or they were taking the piss. Anyone from France is a thousand times more likely to meet black french people or african immigrants than they are to meet african americans. Same for Morocco.There are some posters in this thread who say where they're from/their nationality who say or suggest they associate "black" with "Americans who are black."
It's anecdotal thoughthere's not much else to it. I met people in Morocco and from France who thought that, bit it came up in passing, and wasn't an in-depth discussion.
This would be absolutely hilarious, though.No issue what so ever. Granted I'm not big on story or anything of that nature so as long as the game play was good. I wouldn't care if samus took the helmet off and it was earth worm jim the entire time.