| JetSetter said: You make alot of interesting points. Bringing the series into third person would be awesome, but would have to be executed in such a way that the transition from 2D feels more natural instead of jarring. I also agree with you on the characterizations of Mother Brain and Ridley. They are essentially monsters and should be feared as such. And a big time YES on the different Metroid forms being more present in the games. I get that the larval stage of the Metroid is more iconic Nintendo but the later Metroid stages are far more creepy in my opinion and much more difficult to contend with (easy to see if you played Metroid II). I'm honestly not so sure about their being audio logs though. Reading what an alien species has left behind on your own feels more foreboding than hearing them talk about it. The Zero Suit also never really bothered me. It does cover Samus' entire body so I fail to see how it's sexualized. And let's face it, if Samus were to take the Power Suit off or whatever, she would have to be wearing something skin tight so her clothes don't get in the way. The picture you provided could make a reasonable substitute however. All in all, you made some awesome points though. If the series were rebooted in this fashion I would be all for it. |
On the point of audio logs, I don't think that they should be used to describe stuff like what the aliens left behind. Finding corpses and not knowing what happened is far more effective at foreboding than reading about something you can see already. The Zero suit definitely is sexualized. It doesn't have to show skin to be so. My issue with it is that it doesn't even serve any other purpose. It was introduced in Zero mission and added absolutely nothing to her character other than an easy to make fan art costume. It's not even like a super hero spandex suit. It's just a generic, skin tight suit meant to sexualize her. I'm no prude, but here, it bothers me.
The reason I like a more Ripley suit is purely because it makes more sense in an Alien inspired universe. I have no issue with Samus being sexualized. My issue with the zero suit is that it's goofy and doesn't fit her characterization or the world.
For example, if Samus came out of the suit and she was in a dirty tank top, shorts, with messy hair, and covered in sweat and soot, and was visibly exhausted at from the mission,that would be a sexualization that makes sense with her character.
