Sex and the Zero Suit: Why Samus was Great Only in Metroid Prime

[d21lewis]

Khuutra said:

d21lewis said:
What makes Samus so different from Solid Snake? I made this argument back when Other M came out. Snake was an 8-Bit character that later got clad in a skin tight suit, had some emotional breakdowns, took orders from a member of the opposite sex, and still kicked all kinds of ass. I went into more detail back then but I won't elaborate.

Is it such a sin for Samus to have a personality? It may not be the personality that we want her to have but there's any number of female characters for us to try. That chick from Portal, that chick from Mirror's Edge, or that chick from......err....uh.......anyway, I like Metroid. It's awesome.

Samus went fifteen years never breathing a word, basically just being a Terminator. She was the perfect faceless hero.

Samus "spoke" in text in the beginning of Super Metroid.  She didn't crack any jokes or anything but she told us her story.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uR7ZqCYNXYQ

Her thing (being silent in the 80's) was basically 90% of the video game character's thing of the times.  From the two guys from Contra to Lolo and Lala.  Samus was just a cool character design that went through cleverly designed stages.  To this day, most Nintendo characters still do that.  Not what makes her special in my book.  Being able to blow up more planets than Unicron and Galactus combined is what makes Samus stand out for me.