The thumbs-up sign had been used by the Galactic Federation for ages. Me, I was known for giving the...

The thumbs-up sign had been used by the Galactic Federation for ages. Me, I was known for giving the thumbs-down during briefing.

I had my reasons, though... Commander Adam Malkovich was normally cool and not one to joke around, but he would end all of his mission briefings by saying, "Any objections, Lady?" He was joking, but others weren't... At the time I felt surrounded by people who treated me like a child or used kid gloves because I was a woman.

And yet, with Adam, I was grateful for the nod... My past has left me with an uneasy soul, and as a result, it touched me on some level that Adam would acknowledge that past by calling me something delicate—like "Lady." And I knew more than anyone that every word from Adam was deliberate. My thumbs-down was a twofold response—a sign of derision at being called a lady, and a signal of my complete understanding of the mission orders. The other soldiers were always willing to support me with easy smiles despite the fact that I clearly had so much yet to learn. Among them was Anthony.

In the face of his well-meaning behavior, and that of the other soldiers, my response was to become increasingly bitter. I was a child, always with something to prove. A chip on my shoulder.

And I was angry. I felt that if I let my guard down, I would easily be broken. And beyond that, I was scared. But even in the naivete of my youth, I could see in Adam's joking manner how close he felt to me.

Adam knows my past. And he knows me better than anyone else.

Confession time. Because I was so young when I lost both of my parents, there's no question I saw Adam as a father figure. When I rebelled against him, I knew I could get away with it. And his paternal compassion in the face of my rebellion reinforced the special bond I felt with him.

I understood well that chances were slim that I would ever find anyone that understood me like Adam. And yet... When the time came, I still left his side. I was so young. Young and naive...

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  1. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    How come the English script turned out to be the one that sounds more "sexist" to Samus compared to the Japanese one?

  2. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Jesus christ I never realized how much this dialogue reads like some cringey reddit post

  3. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    baby's cry...

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Bottle Ship...
      Shaped like a Baby's Bottle...
      Issuing the Baby's Cry distress signal...
      Using THE BABY's DNA to clone Baby Metroids...
      Looked over by a biological Mother Brain...
      Named Melissa Bergman...
      M. B.
      THE BABY
      THE BABY
      THE BABY

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        >first image in the game is a nebula in the form of Samus as a child
        >Samus reminisces about how she was like a child before Adam, young and naive
        >then she outright becomes a child before Ridley
        Kino... the most subtle of symbolism...

  4. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I like how Samus Returns and Dread act as an apology for this game essentially making Samus into Doomguy only a bit less of an oddball

  5. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >hmm yes it appears that i have encountered the creature that has killed my parents
    >i have defeated this creature in various incarnations roughly 8 times before
    >after observing the ship i have been on, a reasonable conclusion can be drawn that this is a clone and not the original ridley
    >now i will freak out and have a mental shutdown
    USE YOUR PLASMA BEAM

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      What were they thinking? Why did we need to see Samus be scared of Ridley? If Other M was an origin story or this scene was set in the past while we're in the present it'd be different but it just makes the audience confused and upset at how Samus would be afraid of something she's killed multiple times already. At least we got Anthony being a chad in this

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        They weren’t. You can’t have Samus after 3 games (6 if you count the prime trilogy) suddenly have to deal with mental trauma, because it’s been established that she has dealt with the source of said trauma and conquered it. If Other M was instead a game about Samus in the Galactic Federation, and she had an encounter with Ridley on a mission which causes her to freak out and need to be rescued by her crew, that would have been a little better as she would have been more dependent at that point and not the character that is currently known as Samus.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Why the frick does her suit disintegrate into fairy dust when every other time her suit has been shown coming off it's either exploded off her or come off in pieces?

  6. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I still dont understand. I didn't when I played it and still dont after reading this.

    I really have no clue what shes trying to say here.

  7. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Other M shouldn't have taken so much advice from Fusion.

  8. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Why do Japanese men that work in the video game industry have a fetish for blonde white women that speak in monotone?

  9. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >Confession time.
    To me, this is worse than the entire bit about her giving a thumbs down. The monotone delivery and the fact she even said that is terrible.

  10. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    The fact that the franchise survived both the NES and Other M is remarkable.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      You call this surviving? We'll never get another game with a decent walljump at this rate.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      What happened with Metroid during the NES era? It was just starting, Other M is truly the only big blow the franchise took and it needed a decade to recover.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        >it needed a decade to recover.
        they could have just made a good new game but Dread literally proves that Japs aren't the ones to do it.

  11. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Jesus, how can someone come up with such cringeworthy dialogue, Sakamoto is a true hack and even if i liked Dread he's clearly on a leash by Nintendo.

  12. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I imagine her really socially stunted and autistic from hanging around bird people for half her life but never this degree of tumblr blog-posting. Stoic waifu is best.

  13. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >Fusion ADAM
    >Called Samus Lady as a sign of respect, with slight comical tone
    >MOM Adam
    >Called Samus Lady literally only because he hates women

  14. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Does she call Adam daddy?

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      You know it.

  15. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Posting best Samus

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >those man hips
      yuck

  16. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    please tell me theres ISO patches to make Other M bearable to replay again

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Look up Other M: Maxximum Edition.
      >missiles are now used in 3rd person instead of switching to 1st person
      >concentration takes twice as long and can be used anytime
      >uses smash samus' model and colors, as well as making the gravity suit actually look like the gravity suit
      >can use bombs and missiles at the start
      >enemies have their correct colors from super and fusion
      >less neon and upgraded textures in some areas
      >cutscenes reworked

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        neat, i'll give it a shot

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        I honestly believe that if Other M hda a bit more polish and maybe had been released on the Wii U rather than the Wii it could have been a decent game at least when it comes to gameplay. The dialogue would have to be completely reworked still.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        >look it up
        >no sexualized Zero Suit
        so a troony mod, I'll just go play Super.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          >using sexualized as a good thing
          i cant tell if this is a cringe move, or a unfathomably based one.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          There is a difference between nice fanservice, and a cutscene where Samus is shot in a weakened state while her father figure goes to sacrifice herself, so lets pan the camera on her ass half the time

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            We had to confirm her ass was fine.

  17. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >Samus's dialogue went from that to AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
    Wow, Sakamoto's writing really atrophied over the last decade.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      improved*

  18. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Isnt thumbs down considered outright obscene in Japan?Only saw deliquents and pornstars doing it

  19. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    THUMBS DOWN NIG-MOTHERFRICKA

  20. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    do you think Samus ever walked in on Old Bird and Grey Voice fugging

  21. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    REMEMBAH ME?

  22. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >Samus, you can't come in here with me to fight off the Metroids... Because you just can't, okay?

  23. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >I am the last Metroid. The galaxy is at peace.
    KINO KINO KINO KINO KINO!!!!

  24. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    someone got paid to write all that drivel.

  25. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Other M's story may be garbage, but I like the visual aesthetic Samus had in this game.

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