![]() ![]() The first three 2D Metroid games had little to no in-game text or dialogue, instead opting for visual and environmental storytelling to relay the following plot beats: After Samus destroys lots of dangerous mutated Metroids, she runs into a baby one and chooses to spare its life that baby Metroid returns to save her life in the climax of Super Metroid. Samus Aran’s personality kept fluctuating, too. depicting Samus as a towering Amazon in her power suit and a petite gymnast in her Zero Suit. ![]() Once Super Smash Brothers added the option for Samus to fight in her Zero Suit (the skin-tight blue body suit she wears under her armor), the tension between Samus’ conflicting physicalities became much more visible, with Super Smash Bros. The Super Metroid Nintendo’s Player’s Guide described her as a 198 pound, 6’3 muscle maven, but Other M controversially illustrated Samus as a 5’1, noodle-armed waif. Since then, Samus Aran’s appearance and portrayal have fluctuated wildly. At the time, the reveal was a gimmicky surprise - and a presentation of her body as a reward reserved only for the most talented (presumed male, presumed straight) players. ![]() The original Metroid didn’t even reveal her gender except to players able to beat the game fast enough if they rose to that challenge, they’d learn Samus was not only a woman, but a woman who’d pose and wave at them while wearing a bikini. Samus was one of the first prominent female video game heroines, and since her inception, she’s been the subject of decades of arguments about whether she’s too strong to be sexy, or too sexy to be strong. Throughout December, we’ll also be looking back on the year with special videos, essays, and more!īut Samus’ journey to Dread has been uneven. For our 2021 game of the year coverage, Polygon is celebrating our top 10 video games with a collection of essays. ![]()
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