Beuli2 said:
Killiana1a said:
My personal opinion is that Yoshio Sakamoto always had this vision of Samus as you see her in Other M. It was not present in earlier iterations of Metroid because of the graphics limitations.
Furthermore, I truly believe there is a rivalry between Sakamoto and Miyamoto. I believe Sakamoto considers himself in the same league as Miyamoto and was furious over Miyamoto's input in the Prime series. What does this have to do with Samus in Other M?
Sakamoto is taking back complete creative control of Metroid and wants to redefine the gaming public's view of her despite her portrayal in Metroid, Metroid 2, Super Metroid and the Prime series. In regards to Metroid Fusion, the graphics limitations did not allow for Sakamoto's vision of Samus. Thusforth, Other M is the first opportunity with today's technology for Sakamoto to promote his vision of Samus.
I have said in another thread this portrayal of Samus is egotistical, sexist and completely unacceptable. I stand by my earlier statements and believe them further after researching this issue.
The potential risks to Sakamoto promoting his vision vs. gaming public's expectations based on 4 decades (1980s, 1990s, 2000s and now 2010s) is that he may alienate a portion of the Metroid fanbase to an extent where they will not purchase a Metroid game where he has creative input as Director or some other position such as Producer. I doubt this will occur, but it is possible.
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That's not true. Ninja Gaiden had cutscenes. The difference is, there were other people besides Sakamoto working in Metroid that time, blocking his mad plans to come true. Now that he comes to full power, he can do whatever the shit his mind thinks that Metroid is.
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Yes but no one was touting Ninja Gaiden's story as an important aspect of that game. I think Metroid Other M is suffering from being written and made with a Japanese audience in mind. In Japan, women are expected to let men protect them instead of defending themselves. To a Japanese person, Samus's characterization would be seen as normal whereas in the West, it is seen as sexist and offensive. Samus is portrayed in Other M as weak for the same reason Final Fantasy games have bishonen characters in them, it is to appeal to a Japanese demographic who are the main demographic for those type of games.
