An Interesting History of the Sexualisation of Samus Aran

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Areym on 22 August 2014

I'll come back to this but why the hell was she given "high heels" in the new smash?

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Anfebious on 22 August 2014

I think a good idea to stop with all this controversy about Samus would be to have her undergo a plastic surgery to reduce the size of her tits. Have her use a little bit more of clothes! Oh and take those high heels that make her look like a... woman. But a very sexualized one at that!

And that isn't right. Sexualizing fictional characters is wrong.

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archer9234 on 22 August 2014

This really needed a separate thread from the other two here?

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Smear-Gel on 22 August 2014

DanneSandin said:

Puppyroach said:
The first Meroid was a statement, and a very strong one aswell. It surprised gamers and challenged the idea of a female hero in videogames. After that though, it has all gone downhill and become to sexualised, as is the case every time a female hero is depicted.

This so very much

Lol. What's up mate.

First you say she was sexualized in the past, now you say she was strong in the past and sexualized now.

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Smear-Gel on 22 August 2014

And I'm pretty tired of this whole debate about her being sexualized just because she looks like an actual girl now. It's dumb and this article is dumb.

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Snoorlax on 22 August 2014

So its okay when other studios sexualize their famous female protaganists but its not okay when Nintendo does it? Bullshit article by bullshit stuck in the past author at its finest. Metroid Zero Mission has been out for 10 years now and people are still against some tops and shorts?

Samus has always been and always will be a sexy bad ass woman. Get over it delusionals! And no we dont need Retro to "fix" her image, as far as i know they were going the same route anyways.

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Oh yea japan!

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Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 22 August 2014

I hate when people just complain about a lead being sexy... its like, are you serious? These journalists really need to take out the cock up their ass and quit whining about a character that looks sexy. I mean, just cause shes a strong female lead doesn't mean she has to wear full body armor u cunts