Author Topic: Official Samus Discussion (Read 43868 times)

Sir_Stabbalot · « **Reply #125 on:** August 15, 2007, 04:45:54 PM »

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Samus is an amazon confirmed.

Heh. I wouldn't be surprised. A lot of characters could be compared to amazons.

anubis6789 · « **Reply #126 on:** August 15, 2007, 08:00:21 PM »

As far as Samus' Height and Weight are concerned, it appears that those numbers that I used only appeared in the Metroid II manual and the NP Player's Guide for Super Metroid, and have not been seen since, so they might have been retconned, or were just made up like Sir_Stabbalot mentioned and are no longer canonical.

Their is also a difference between looking muscular and having muscle; if I remember correctly, someone can look more muscular if they dehydrate themselves, which means that looking muscular does not equal being healthy nor is it the true measure of someone's muscular makeup.

Ceric · « **Reply #127 on:** August 16, 2007, 08:17:48 AM »

I have to agree with the looking muscular thing. My Dad started working out hardcore for a couple years. He never got any skinnier or bulkier. He just looked the same but could lift more.

Sir_Stabbalot · « **Reply #128 on:** August 16, 2007, 01:09:18 PM »

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As far as Samus' Height and Weight are concerned, it appears that those numbers that I used only appeared in the Metroid II manual and the NP Player's Guide for Super Metroid, and have not been seen since, so they might have been retconned, or were just made up like Sir_Stabbalot mentioned and are no longer canonical.

At least, that's what I think. I mean, if this had been a series where story is important (such as, say, Fallout), then it would matter. But since it's been mentioned so few times I think it's no longer valid.

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Their is also a difference between looking muscular and having muscle; if I remember correctly, someone can look more muscular if they dehydrate themselves, which means that looking muscular does not equal being healthy nor is it the true measure of someone's muscular makeup.

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I have to agree with the looking muscular thing. My Dad started working out hardcore for a couple years. He never got any skinnier or bulkier. He just looked the same but could lift more.

Hmm, good points. But I still say that Samus should look stronger then she does now. I mean, in this picture she looks skinny as a rail. Or it could just be the way she's turned.

Ceric · « **Reply #129 on:** August 16, 2007, 02:14:10 PM »

I think what your hung up on is her waist. The rest of her is pretty filled out maybe even going to the thick side but then all of sudden out of nowhere she has this size 2 waist.

Sir_Stabbalot · « **Reply #130 on:** August 16, 2007, 02:25:12 PM »

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I think what your hung up on is her waist. The rest of her is pretty filled out maybe even going to the thick side but then all of sudden out of nowhere she has this size 2 waist.

Exactly.

Why is it that someone can always explain what I'm saying better then I can?

Dirk Temporo · « **Reply #131 on:** August 16, 2007, 03:38:56 PM »

Chozo DNA, yo. Strength without the mass.

Ceric · « **Reply #132 on:** August 17, 2007, 02:59:55 AM »

That is a good point. The Chozo do have wicked small waist and very very long legs and arms. Though I still think she looks too human to have everything done to her that they said.

Sir_Stabbalot · « **Reply #133 on:** August 17, 2007, 09:56:54 AM »

Chozo blood probably wouldn't massively alter her physical appearance, it seems like more of a performance enhancer. Probably increases blood flow and much more immunity to poisons and disease. Then again, we're not dealing with science (Oh no, I've been bitten by a radioactive spider! Hrk! *Thud*), we're talking about SCIENCE! (Whee! I can shoot web!).

Of course, the whole fusing-with-Metroid thing would have some really nasty side-effects. She'd be far from pretty.

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #134 on:** August 17, 2007, 11:07:30 AM »

Samus is doping. I get it. Then Chozo Barbie is OK.

Mikintosh · « **Reply #135 on:** August 19, 2007, 09:42:50 AM »

Hey, at least Samus doesn't have this design.

Actually, the cover's pretty kick-ass so never mind. And what's so farfetched about the suit weighing 50 (more likely 70, actually) pounds? This isn't Mechassault; the Samus is fairly mobile in the suit, and anything heavier wouldn't be feasible for anybody except a carnival strongman to use.

And I don't think 6'3" is terrible extreme; I'm seen girls around that height, and they look about what the ZSS character design is.

Sir_Stabbalot · « **Reply #136 on:** August 19, 2007, 10:04:11 AM »

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Hey, at least Samus doesn't have this design.

Heh. good point.

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Actually, the cover's pretty kick-ass so never mind. And what's so far fetched about the suit weighing 50 (more likely 70, actually) pounds? This isn't Mechassault; the Samus is fairly mobile in the suit, and anything heavier wouldn't be feasible for anybody except a carnival strongman to use.

Now, while we're not dealing with hard science, I'd expect the suit to weight a lot. Not 250+ pounds, but easily 100. Remember, it's Power Armor, built to increase the user's abilities with motors in the joints to increase strength.

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And I don't think 6'3" is terrible extreme; I'm seen girls around that height, and they look about what the ZSS character design is.

The height isn't the problem, it's the weight. As I've said before, her waist is way to skinny.

Ceric · « **Reply #137 on:** August 19, 2007, 03:28:29 PM »

Yeah. I could see the suit even being 500 pounds. In the end the suit doesn't need a body to move. It just needs intelligence. I'm sorry but its the Chozo DNA we are talking about being infused into hers. They are scaley and mostly purple. Now I know that the Chozo didn't find a way to make here more then just the little bit she is safely because they made the suit for her instead of just letting here grow her own armor. In the end though I still think that their should be some physical trait that would manifest itself with how vastly different they are.

Sir_Stabbalot · « **Reply #138 on:** August 20, 2007, 01:42:28 PM »

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Yeah. I could see the suit even being 500 pounds. In the end the suit doesn't need a body to move. It just needs intelligence. I'm sorry but its the Chozo DNA we are talking about being infused into hers. They are scaley and mostly purple. Now I know that the Chozo didn't find a way to make here more then just the little bit she is safely because they made the suit for her instead of just letting here grow her own armor. In the end though I still think that their should be some physical trait that would manifest itself with how vastly different they are.

"Chozo DNA"? Are you sure about that? I've only heard it said she was infused with Chozo blood, which could mean any number of things. It could be purely internal changes, or massive mutations, but I'm betting the former.

Dirk Temporo · « **Reply #139 on:** August 20, 2007, 01:57:25 PM »

Purely internal changes don't make you able to jump twenty feet in the air on a planet that has enough gravity to crush a normal man. (Without suit, mind you)

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #140 on:** August 20, 2007, 03:07:57 PM »

She takes viagra.

Sir_Stabbalot · « **Reply #141 on:** August 21, 2007, 11:13:24 AM »

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Purely internal changes don't make you able to jump twenty feet in the air on a planet that has enough gravity to crush a normal man. (Without suit, mind you)

Your argument is self-defeating, as you know that because of the out-of-suit segments where it's clear she has no massive mutation externally.

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She takes viagra.

...Interesting.

Ceric · « **Reply #142 on:** August 22, 2007, 01:54:43 AM »

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She takes viagra.

Samus has a heart condition!! 'O'

mantidor · « **Reply #143 on:** August 23, 2007, 06:03:44 PM »

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Hey, at least Samus doesn't have this design.

Actually, the cover's pretty kick-ass so never mind. And what's so farfetched about the suit weighing 50 (more likely 70, actually) pounds? This isn't Mechassault; the Samus is fairly mobile in the suit, and anything heavier wouldn't be feasible for anybody except a carnival strongman to use.

And I don't think 6'3" is terrible extreme; I'm seen girls around that height, and they look about what the ZSS character design is.

That design is a million times better than the current one.

Dirk Temporo · « **Reply #144 on:** August 24, 2007, 05:43:30 AM »

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Hey, at least Samus doesn't have this design.

Actually, the cover's pretty kick-ass so never mind. And what's so farfetched about the suit weighing 50 (more likely 70, actually) pounds? This isn't Mechassault; the Samus is fairly mobile in the suit, and anything heavier wouldn't be feasible for anybody except a carnival strongman to use.

And I don't think 6'3" is terrible extreme; I'm seen girls around that height, and they look about what the ZSS character design is.

That design is a million times better than the current one.

Hahaha. Oh wow.

mantidor · « **Reply #145 on:** October 05, 2007, 03:33:14 AM »

There's no denial possible now, Samus has been whored out to death.

Notice how its VERY rare that she doesn't appear in the screenshots of the update site, when we have a dozen of other characters and her character is more of a special one that only appears under certain conditions. And whats more obvious, she's always shown in her zero suit.

Samus is going to end up dead to me if this trend in Nintendo continues, which makes extremely sad.

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #146 on:** October 05, 2007, 06:50:29 AM »

Hell yeah, she shouldn't be wearing a suit at all.

Retro should've shown her in the back of the gunship in a bubble bath. And you know they can pull of the bubble effects well.

Dirk Temporo · « **Reply #147 on:** October 06, 2007, 03:55:12 PM »

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Samus is going to end up dead to me if this trend in Nintendo continues, which makes extremely sad.

ITT people take video games WAY too seriously.

Mashiro · « **Reply #148 on:** October 06, 2007, 08:08:39 PM »

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Samus is going to end up dead to me if this trend in Nintendo continues, which makes extremely sad.

ITT people take video games WAY too seriously.

Tell that to the people who think insulting Killer7 is like slapping their first born child. AMIRITE people?

mantidor · « **Reply #149 on:** October 11, 2007, 02:26:26 PM »

So... no news about Zero Suit Samus having a final smash? with all the new hands-on impressions we should know by now right?

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Author Topic: Official Samus Discussion (Read 43868 times)