Calintares posted...
Metroid: Other M
Am I supposed that all those other times Samus is out to blast some alien monstrosity she's such a self-doubting fragile flower that she could be petrified just by the mere sight of Ridley?
Who wouldn't be extremely afraid if they saw their arch nemesis inexplicably rise from the dead a SIXTH time? I would, for sure.
Right before watching the scene for the first time I was watching a kids' show about dinosaurs from my childhood, however, plus I smile at the sight of ANY dinosaur-esque monster in any video game I play (which I found out when I was playing through Chrono Trigger for the first time a few months ago, plus it's the reason why Mario and Metroid are the two VG franchises that appeal to me the most). There's also the fact of the matter that just mere weeks before I got my hands on Other M, I played through Super Metroid for a second time and defeated Ridley in one try in the most epic dogfight I've ever experienced anywhere, even though it took me many many tries in my first playthrough (that boss fight was the highlight of all my gaming for me, and me doing it late at night after coming back from a school midterm exam probably made things all the sweeter). Of course it made sense for my Samus to break into a PTSD at the sight of someone who took her down to the last energy tank on the last encounter out of...five, and was supposed to be dead no less.
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