Why does she have to be black? Why no Latina Samus? They can call her Samanta Arral
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Why does she have to be black? Why no Latina Samus? They can call her Samanta Arral
I don't really care about metroid but I'd love it for the meltdowns.
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I can tell you without a shred of doubt that the only time I've heard the term "African American", it has came from the mouth of an American... Even a few times when the "African American" person in question wasn't even American. I grew up in Scotland, lived in Canada and now live in Japan. People outside of America don't use the term because it's not relevant to them. The key word being American.
Yay, female objectification as a reward?
Also important point about Metroid:
The ethnicity of the character has no bearing on the games at all.
It is never referenced in any distinctive way, no characters (when there are ones) would interact any differently with Samus at all.
The only important part of Samus is that:
That's it.
- she's a female human from a space colony
- she lost her parents to a space pirate attack
- she was raised and modified genetically by bird people
- she wears a kickass armor
There's no real reason why the character needs to be blonde or white.
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.
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I can tell you without a shred of doubt that the only time I've heard the term "African American", it has came from the mouth of an American... Even a few times when the "African American" person in question wasn't even American. I grew up in Scotland, lived in Canada and now live in Japan. People outside of America don't use the term because it's not relevant to them. The key word being American.
Wouldn't it be better to introduce a new bounty hunter?
Would be easy for a zelda game, as the hero is a reincarnation.
to answer your question. I wouldn't be offended.
I don't know if I want to deal with a suddenly hyperactive space police faction, tbh.
White Samus Mode might need to be unlocked from the start for us casuals.
Except for the fact that he's looked like the same person and gender in every game, art styles aside.
Why does she have to be black? Why no Latina Samus? They can call her Samanta Arral
Yep! Nationality, race, ethnicity.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.
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.
There are an alarming number of people out there who think that black people only exist in America and Africa - I shit you not.
Considering you never see Samus outside her suit till either the very beginning or end of her games. I'd rather them make a new character altogether than rebooting her. The games aren't called Samus Super Adventure, and there is a bunch of cool narrative real estate in the Metroid Universe.
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 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.
Why does it bother you so much that people with little representation in video games want to see themselves in their favorite games?
What if it was a pineapple? A Honda Civic? Jack Nicholson?
GIVE US THE DAMN GAME ALREADY!
How would you react to a Donkey Kong reboot w/ DK as a white woman?
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!
That's like making famous black characters white all of a sudden under the pretense of doing a "reboot". That wouldn't fare and this wouldn't either.
A new IP with a black character I would support. And no, I don't mean inklings Nintendo.
it's a tricky question, i have seen many black samus fanarts that make me go like "daamn, this is great!", but i think the character might have been long ingrained as caucasian, it's hard to accept unless they do some marvel styled "ultimate universe" thing, or just make her a different bounty hunter.
But yeah, it'd be neat.
But would there be an in-universe mid-game option to change, or would that go too far