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ABP 2023

Round 2.5 Masterpost

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#samus aran gets both because her gender is op

Accurate.

There are only two genders: the one that gets double jumps and the one that gets air dashes.

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Metroid Dread is alive and real! Another Samus model is in order!

-Mark

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Cannot wait to play it!

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Looking Forward to Metroid (5) Dread.

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The rogue Chozo Warlord???

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Samus Aran in METROID DREAD (2021)

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Metroid Dread - Development History - Nintendo Switch | E3 2021

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Metroid Dread – Announcement Trailer – Nintendo Switch | E3 2021

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It’s been a while since Metroid Other M was released back in 2010. For years, nobody bilingually fluent in both English and Japanese bothered to do a side-by-side comparison. Until 2020. Turns out that the English version has BADLY translated/localized Metroid Other M (though it’s up to you to decide if Japanese Other M is good or not). There is a YouTube video called “The Other M that never was” that explains it better (that also has a link to Japanese!Other M with more accurate subs)

Here’s the video, which I just watched.

It’s an interesting analysis.

Even so, coming away from it I have the impression that the Japanese version was still putting lipstick on a pig. There's too much that's incoherent regardless of language, like the Deleter apparently teleporting right after his boss fight or the Ridley freakout coming straight out of nowhere for different reasons depending on how much information you already had about the series (eg knowing he ate her parents gives context to why she's reacting this way that the game never bothers to tell the player, but at the same time knowing how many times she hasn’t had this reaction makes it out of place, and sorry, further confirmation that this game is supposed to be about Samus not being over all of her issues doesn't excuse it for me), and too much that seems to be gunning for what many people find appealing about Samus as a character. 

If the Japanese version is a pig in lipstick, the English localization just rubbed the lipstick off. The plot still comes across as a rehashed version of Fusion's, with diminishing effect on a much better game. 

Still... there’s some good data about the original story, like Samus being more assertive, sssssort of coming within the ballpark of addressing the Hell Run, and Phantoon actually being relevant instead of a random fanservice boss. So is the part about Metroids being able to influence and transfer mindsets. I might watch the resub later, but this is how I came out of the video. 

I still hate Other M to my core, but I'm glad to see analysis that investigates some of what went wrong. I think I still would have hated it with a more competent localization, but what we got sure didn't help.

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Super Metroid - Theme of Super Metroid (Sega Genesis Remix) by TheLegendofRenegade

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Metroid Fusion - Vs. Nightmare (Sega Genesis Remix) | PATRON REQUEST by TheLegendofRenegade

Metroid music always sounds amazing on the Genesis, and this is a particularly apt track for it. Renegade’s also very skilled at using the sound.

This is a chilling, threatening track and I adore it.

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Samus’ trophy from ‘Super Smash Bros Melee’ on the Nintendo Gamecube.

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Photo: The Japanese version of ‘Metroid: Zero Mission’ for the Game Boy Advance.