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GuessMyUserName
02/12/12 10:58:00 AM
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ATTENTION AND FREE STUFF?!?!!?

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Viktor Vaughn
02/12/12 10:59:00 AM
#52:


fun fact: yoshio sakamoto mostly considers the prime games to be non-canon

his vison of samus is the one from other m


lets all just kill ourselves

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Rad Link 5
02/12/12 11:01:00 AM
#53:


From: GuessMyUserName | #051
ATTENTION AND FREE STUFF?!?!!?


Yes, guys suddenly get very generous and stupid around them. They're like stupidity orbs.

But that is not the point!

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GuessMyUserName
02/12/12 11:02:00 AM
#54:


could I


could I use them to get into VIP places!?

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Rad Link 5
02/12/12 11:02:00 AM
#55:


From: Viktor Vaughn | #052
fun fact: yoshio sakamoto mostly considers the prime games to be non-canon

his vison of samus is the one from other m


lets all just kill ourselves


He is truly the George Lucas of video games.

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Rad Link 5
02/12/12 11:03:00 AM
#56:


From: GuessMyUserName | #054
could I


could I use them to get into VIP places!?


Is the Pope Catholic?

But you are missing a very valuable lesson I am trying to teach you about appreciating what you have or in this case don't have!

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GuessMyUserName
02/12/12 11:07:00 AM
#57:


You've taught me a valuable lesson indeed! I could control the world with my double Ds!

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metroid composite
02/12/12 11:08:00 AM
#58:


Lightning Strikes posted...
So you haven't actually played the Primes then, which are also a closed plot arc, only tangentially related to the first three. Not adding to it at all.

The prime games are kind-of tacked on to the main arc, though. All of the sudden we find that it wasn't just SR388 and Zebes, there was also Talon IV which Samus visited multiple times in-between games from the original trilogy.

And ok, this would be fine if there weren't metroids on these planets. But there were--kind of destroying the believability of Metroid II being the "lets eliminate Metroids" plot arc, when space pirates apparently transported metroids to a bunch of extra planets, so Samus could not plausibly travel to just one planet in Metroid II and expect to wipe out all the metroids.


They're fine if you pretend it's a completely different or parallel universe, though. Then sure--those three are also a self-contained story.

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pjbasis
02/12/12 11:08:00 AM
#59:


Old picture when they weren't sexualizing Samus.

No way would that be her height and weight now.

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metroid composite
02/12/12 11:09:00 AM
#60:


GuessMyUserName posted...
could I


could I use them to get into VIP places!?


Probably; I've used A-cups to get out of traffic tickets.

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GuessMyUserName
02/12/12 11:10:00 AM
#61:


From: pjbasis | Posted: 2/12/2012 2:08:29 PM | #059
Old picture when they weren't sexualizing Samus.

No way would that be her height and weight now.


you mean when they were putting her in bikinis over a fully covered up suit

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GuessMyUserName
02/12/12 11:11:00 AM
#62:


From: metroid composite | Posted: 2/12/2012 2:09:46 PM | #060
GuessMyUserName posted...
could I


could I use them to get into VIP places!?


Probably; I've used A-cups to get out of traffic tickets.


oh god if As can do that...


.... I'LL BE A GOD


..... A GODDESS, RATHER

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Xuxon
02/12/12 11:12:00 AM
#63:


From: GuessMyUserName | #062
oh god if As can do that...


.... I'LL BE A GOD


..... A GODDESS, RATHER


you don't HAVE to get a sex change to get breast implants, you know

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Rad Link 5
02/12/12 11:14:00 AM
#64:


From: metroid composite | #060
Probably; I've used A-cups to get out of traffic tickets.


How could you do something so manipulative and dishonest I am ashamed of y

jk using boobs for stuff is the best. Silly policemen.

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GuessMyUserName
02/12/12 11:14:00 AM
#65:


I doubt they'd have as much power on this canvas!

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GuessMyUserName
02/12/12 11:18:00 AM
#66:


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a mere 16 pixels keeping away the goods

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Liquid Wind
02/12/12 11:20:00 AM
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chozo blood is heavy obviously
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metroid composite
02/12/12 11:20:00 AM
#68:


pjbasis posted...
Old picture when they weren't sexualizing Samus.

No way would that be her height and weight now.


Yeah, that's....probably true.




For all that claiming "they weren't sexualizing Samus" back then isn't -exactly- true

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The sexualization element was definitely present, it just wasn't her defining character trait.... EDIT: in fact, notice how the Super Metroid Samus has a sixpack, and generally looks like a buff biker chick. By the time Fusion came around they had changed their mind on the whole "giving muscles to the space warrior" thing.

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Rad Link 5
02/12/12 11:21:00 AM
#69:


"It was better back before they were sexualizing Samus" is really the dumbest complaint I hear about the series.

She was literally the most sexualized thing on the NES. And probably on the GB, too.

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Liquid Wind
02/12/12 11:27:00 AM
#70:


samus always had that but it wasn't her sole character trait, where as by other m she has evolved into an incoherent mess that just blubbers

THE BABY THE BABY THE BABY THE BABY

pretty much a walking pair of ovaries

interesting interview I found with some of the staff of super metroid btw, sakamoto seems so different in this, his philosophies being not only the opposite of what are shown in other m but also what we've heard in interviews since then. I wonder what happened to him?

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GuessMyUserName
02/12/12 11:29:00 AM
#71:


ughhh not this crap again

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Rad Link 5
02/12/12 11:32:00 AM
#72:


From: Liquid Wind | #070
where as by other m she has evolved into an incoherent mess that just blubbers

THE BABY THE BABY THE BABY THE BABY

pretty much a walking pair of ovaries


I am definitely not going to defend her character in Other M, but if you see a really annoying woman as nothing more than a walking pair of ovaries, that's more on you than the developers.

From: GuessMyUserName | #071
ughhh not this crap again

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People are incredible with that game.

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metroid composite
02/12/12 11:36:00 AM
#73:


Rad Link 5 posted...
"It was better back before they were sexualizing Samus" is really the dumbest complaint I hear about the series.

She was literally the most sexualized thing on the NES. And probably on the GB, too.


See, this I don't agree with.

Most sexualized main character, maybe, by merit of being literally the only female main character at the time. But there were plenty of female characters who just existed to be rescued, or just existed to appear on screen for 5 seconds and blow a kiss to you. Samus actually spends 95% of her time wearing full body-armor.

And frankly, the fact that she's not wearing much underneath is not surprising. Having played Ringette (a sport rather like hockey) most girls did not wear much under the pads--it's a sport: you sweat heavily and want to stay cool. Yeah, you're going to wear the armor, the knee and shin guards, the neck guard, the elbow pads, the helmet, the shoulderpads and the breastplate, but it's not like you're going to wear something bulky that won't protect you underneath all that, like a turtleneck. That would just be silly. So...yeah, basically underwear underneath the padding and jersies was pretty normal.

So...I'd say the first three metroid games were kind-of realistic. Probably unintentionally so, but......

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Liquid Wind
02/12/12 11:36:00 AM
#74:


I am definitely not going to defend her character in Other M, but if you see a really annoying woman as nothing more than a walking pair of ovaries, that's more on you than the developers.

if that's the direction they decided to take her character it's not my bad for calling it what it is
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GuessMyUserName
02/12/12 11:36:00 AM
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just found my favourite ZSS fanart

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GuessMyUserName
02/12/12 11:42:00 AM
#76:


From: Rad Link 5 | Posted: 2/12/2012 2:32:51 PM | #072
People are incredible with that game.


nothing beats what I accidentally did with Melee

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this was 100% accidental, we were just playing regularly (me mario, brother luigi, sister peach), and just for a moment I to pause and see Peach slapping Mario. So she slapped me, I pressed pause, but Mario went way further than I expected and this is what we got

we were all dying of laughter for like 10 minutes

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Rad Link 5
02/12/12 11:43:00 AM
#77:


From: metroid composite | #073
Most sexualized main character, maybe, by merit of being literally the only female main character at the time. But there were plenty of female characters who just existed to be rescued, or just existed to appear on screen for 5 seconds and blow a kiss to you. Samus actually spends 95% of her time wearing full body-armor.


I'm not saying any females back then were what most people would call role models, but all those princesses in other castles were dressed incredibly modestly at all times. That's not a knock on Samus at all. It's not inherently bad that she's a few pixels away from being naked at the end of her game. I'm just saying, I've heard people call that "the closest thing to video game porn" to them back in the day, which is not something I've ever heard Princess Peach giving Mario a kiss described as.

And frankly, the fact that she's not wearing much underneath is not surprising. Having played Ringette (a sport rather like hockey) most girls did not wear much under the pads--it's a sport: you sweat heavily and want to stay cool. Yeah, you're going to wear the armor, the knee and shin guards, the neck guard, the elbow pads, the helmet, the shoulderpads and the breastplate, but it's not like you're going to wear something bulky that won't protect you underneath all that, like a turtleneck. That would just be silly. So...yeah, basically underwear underneath the padding and jersies was pretty normal.


Oh don't get me wrong, I'm not saying "Samus wears a bikini under her suit" is gratuitously sexual. I'm saying the fact that she even strips out of her suit to show that is. It's blatant fanservice. Again, there was nothing wrong with it then, and there's nothing wrong with it now.

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DanielBryan
02/12/12 2:10:00 PM
#78:


She's 198 lbs! How could you be so reckless?! There's no need to be that reckless!

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Paratroopa1
02/12/12 2:15:00 PM
#79:


While we're on the topic of ridiculous measurements in games, can I point out how stupid Pokémon's are?

Wailord: 47'07", 877.4 lbs

Literally less dense than helium. Would escape the earth's atmosphere and float into space.
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Metal_DK
02/12/12 2:18:00 PM
#80:


according to the metal gear wiki snake is somewhere between 178 and 182 cm. So just under 6 feet.

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TheRock1525
02/12/12 2:23:00 PM
#81:


People keep adding weight for her breasts and ass.

Did you forget to minus her brain after Other M?

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Rad Link 5
02/12/12 2:25:00 PM
#82:


From: TheRock1525 | #081
People keep adding weight for her breasts and ass.

Did you forget to minus her brain after Other M?




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redrocket
02/12/12 2:43:00 PM
#83:


Old picture when they weren't sexualizing Samus.

No way would that be her height and weight now.


This. Setting aside the argument of which games are canon....

That picture and the statistics it claims come from SM. Unless someone can show me official statistics from a later source that agree with those, this isn't a case of Japanese people not understanding weight. It's inconsistency in her portrayal between the games.

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metroid13
02/12/12 2:53:00 PM
#84:


From: GuessMyUserName | #076
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ahahahahah

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Ayuyu
02/12/12 3:34:00 PM
#85:


So this topic is to post pictures of Samus if I understand correctly?

Okay

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Liquid Wind
02/12/12 3:41:00 PM
#86:


this isn't a case of Japanese people not understanding weight. It's inconsistency in her portrayal between the games.

women don't generally weigh 200 pounds unless they're whales, japanese people don't understand weight yo

unless that's her weight WITH the chozo armor...
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WazzupGenius00
02/12/12 3:45:00 PM
#87:


From: Rad Link 5 | #069
"It was better back before they were sexualizing Samus" is really the dumbest complaint I hear about the series.

She was literally the most sexualized thing on the NES.


Only if we're talking about licensed games. Unlicensed you have stuff like Menace Beach, and then beyond that the porn games like Bubble Bath Babes

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CalvinbalI
02/12/12 3:47:00 PM
#88:


From: Liquid Wind | #086
this isn't a case of Japanese people not understanding weight. It's inconsistency in her portrayal between the games.

women don't generally weigh 200 pounds unless they're whales, japanese people don't understand weight yo

unless that's her weight WITH the chozo armor...


We've already listed multiple real life examples in this topic of slender women of similar height to Samus weighing around 180 pounds. It's really not that inconceivable.

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Wanglicious
02/12/12 3:48:00 PM
#89:


hm...
sara del rey's billed at 160 pounds and is 5'10. so this doesn't seem all that surprising to me considering samus is taller and built better. i mean still more than i'd expect but not out of this world like half the other weights japan's tried.

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FashnQueenEtna
02/12/12 3:56:00 PM
#90:


Another question is

why did they make her 6'3" that's like almost a foot or so taller than the female average

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Accel ACE
02/12/12 4:03:00 PM
#91:


It was always my understanding she had chozo blood, making her much differently proportioned than a regular human being

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redrocket
02/12/12 4:03:00 PM
#92:


Ayuyu posted...
So this topic is to post pictures of Samus if I understand correctly?

Okay

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Am I the only one on the internet who finds grossly unrealistic anatomy to be unattractive?

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Liquid Wind
02/12/12 4:06:00 PM
#93:


Am I the only one on the internet who finds grossly unrealistic anatomy to be unattractive?

I also find this pretty disgusting, most of GMUN's pics were good though

though the disgust has just as much to do with the loli face as the oversized assets, why is everyone on the internet a pedophile?
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Accel ACE
02/13/12 1:12:00 PM
#94:


Am I the only one on the internet who finds grossly unrealistic anatomy to be unattractive?

pretty much, yeah

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SuperJanitor
02/13/12 1:38:00 PM
#95:


So from what I understand, Samus has lost weight through her career. I say good for her.
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HanOfTheNekos
02/13/12 1:53:00 PM
#96:


All I've gained from this topic is that Lisa wants bigger breasts.

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