In fairness, the Metroids in Prime were all on one frigate, which is the one that crashed on Tallon IV. They were the ones that were evacuated from Zebes before Samus tore the whole place a new ass.

I kind of forget where they were supposed to come from in the other two games but I believe Dark Samus had something to do with it - since Dark Samus was a Metroid that had become a Leviathan Guardian, it makes sense that she could spawn Phazon-based Metroids.

See, i resolved the issue of the origin of Metroids in my head, between Fusion's testimony and Prime's.

Metroid Prime (the creature itself) was the original Metroid, not a Metroid that became a Leviathan. The Chozo encountered this beast on Tallon IV, but in turn saw that it could be useful, and bred the race of Metroids off of that template for use in combatting the threat of the X Parasites that they encountered on SR388.

I doubt that the other Metroids were bred straight off Dark Samus, since they were called Tallon Metroids, i imagine they were meant to be of the stock bred on Tallon IV

The article has absolutely NOTHING you haven't heard before. It engages in hyerbole, pretends that Samus SOMEHOW had extensive characterization before Other M (i.e., he's mad that his Boba Fett non-personality isn't the one that popped up), bends over backwards to nitpick about things that aren't really damaging to the narrative but just annoyed him, and also fails persuasive writing 101 by insulting either Sakamoto, or even the audience. So basically read any Other M complaint thread and you've read this.

I think the most ridiculous thing about this game, bar none, is that Samus's Zero Suit has five-inch heels.

Freakin'

What

But also, the fact that Samus had so little characterization and was largely an empty vessel for the player to project what he wanted onto, was *good*, and in fact is exactly what a player character should be.

Hey, does Zero Suit Samus have jets built into her boots?  I seem to remember that from somewhere.  Maybe it's just that Haloid video but I think she had them in Brawl, too (haven't touched that game in years).  If so, that's the reason.  If not, let's just pretend she does and say that's the reason!!

Well the gameplay should be that, but in cut scenes we could still see something of Samus.

I don't agree with that, personally.