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How would you react to a Metroid reboot w/ a black Samus

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Say a future Metroid game is marketed as a reboot, and at the end, Seamus Samus removes her helmet revealing she's a black woman. How would that make you feel?

What if she were a different character with Chico Chozo armor, and never outright named throughout the game?

EDIT: definition added because term is not universally understood the same way

A lot of GAF users know black to mean African American specifically rather than merely any person with darker skin color.

Look up the "black Inkling character in Mario Kart" thread for examples.
 
...how much new Hentai are we talking here?

Personally I would have no problem but knowing gamers and the internet, it will be Gamersgate ep.2
 

Syril

Member
As long as she doesn't regress to a 3-year old upon seeing her nemesis again she can have any character design they want.
 
Why is this thread even happening. What could possibly be the purpose? How could it possibly end well?
I would also be annoyed because why would you reskin a classic character from a nelgected zombie IP when you could actually create a black woman for a newer or more active series
 
I'd much rather have an original black character, but having said that i think Nintendo needs to strive a little harder for better representation so i wouldn't be opposed to it... i think.

This is a strange thread.
 
Why make an established character into something new, instead of creating a character from the ground up? It would be nice to get an original black woman in their own game rather than a skin swap for an already established female symbol.

Also my issue would be rebooting a series that doesn't even have enough actual lore to reboot for any good reason. Samus is fine as is, no need to change her.
 

Zedark

Member
Easy question: I would throw a hizzy fit on twitter and doxx Nintendo and harass the first female and/or African-American developer I could track down.

But to the more important question: why is there a dictionary definition in the OP for the word 'black'?

I honestly don't see why having a black Samus would be a problem for normal people (i.e. those who aren't trolls on the internet).
 
It'd be weird. I wouldn't lose sleep over it, but her look both in and out of the suit is too iconic to be changed that drastically, in my opinion.
 
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.
 

Ronin Ray

Member
We really need a dictionary definition for being black now? Is this something we should carry around on us? I am so confused by this thread
 
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Deleted member 231381

Unconfirmed Member
...exactly the same but she's black?
 

SUPGUYZ

Banned
I feel like this is bait, but either way I think any character can have a race or gender change depending on the team's vision.
 

Ahasverus

Member
Sounds like ban bait.

The answer is, if it's a reboot, Samus can be whatever the color she wants to. If it's a continuation then that'd be a continuity blunder and such is to be avoided.
 
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