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Sakamoto holds the key to Samus Aran's identity |
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Senior locatlization manager/ primary writer for Metroid Prime, Nate Bihldorff, had pinpointed Sakamato as "the only one who really knows" Samus. Talking to Shinesparkers, he said, "We're dealing with a beloved seires that's almost 25 years old, and since Metroid has traditionally been extremely light on exposition, fans have filled in a lot of the blanks with their own imaginations."
He furthered, "Mr. Sakamoto is the only one who knows who she really is, and his vision for her and her voice was always going to be different than the character people had built in their heads." He also delved into the formed notion about Samus's personality, particularly by critics, that she lacks the balls, and that she heavily depends on authority in order for her to function (spoilers included, so tread carefully ahead).
"For me, Samus's detached monologue speaks to the reticence of a wounded character, one scarred by the tragic events of her childhood. The glimpse of the pain and fear she carries -- shown in the flashback scene when she sees Ridley -- is not a sign of weakness, but of strength."
"People who call out that scene as anything but empowering are kind of missing the point, in my opinion -- she does end up torching Ridley, after all. There is no courage without fear, in my mind, and knowing that Samus overcomes that repressed terror makes her all the more heroic than someone who plods forward without a hint of humanity."
Bihldorff has got more interesting things to say about Samus and the Metroid franchise, so for the rest of the full interview, just head on over to the source link below.
Via [Shinesparkers]
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Basically, in my mind, Samus is a complicated mix of aspects. These aspects would be as such: Attractive, passionate, caring at times, possibly stern at times when assertiveness is necessary to get the job done, and 100% badassery ALL the time. Some one who may fall into a frightening situation even for herself, but pulls through in the end because it's her only choice. And most certainly not someone who would let their friends get hurt because they're afraid, but instead someone who would protect them at all costs.
Sure she may follow orders if requested to, but she would not go through a fucking volcano without the Varia Suit because it wasn't "authorized".
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Personally, I always liked the idea of Samus being a very hardened, almost masculine-in her personality, kind of character not because she's some kind of hero, but because she's the opposite. Her experience scarred her, but I always imagined it scarred her on a psycological level. This experience as a child fucked her up, bad, and she never adjusted back into being a normal human afterwards, especially after being raised by Chozo. I imagine everything, from her solitary nature to her hatred of authority as being directly caused by her experience, keeping her from being able to relate to other humans. She's the heroine she is not because she's better, but because she's broken. And that's a far more beautiful picture of her than anything Sakamoto could come up with.
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Personally, I always liked the idea of Samus being a very hardened, masculine, and almost pathological in her personality. I imagine personally she being OCD, a control freak, serious serious issues that might be frightening to see her act out. And I think of her as this kind of character not because she's some kind of hero, but because she's the opposite. Her experience scarred her, but I always imagined it scarred her on a psycological level. This experience as a child fucked her up, bad, and she never adjusted back into being a normal human afterwards, especially after being raised by Chozo. I imagine everything, from her solitary nature to her hatred of authority as being directly caused by her experience, keeping her from being able to relate to other humans. But she uses that, she bottles it up and continues anyway, using her situation to do things no one else could possibly have the time, focus, and dedication to do. She's the heroine she is not because she's better, but because she's broken. And that's a far more beautiful picture of her than anything Sakamoto could come up with.
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