NegativeSoul said: post #2498818

At this point Samus has so many different strands of DNA in her body she could qualify for her own species.

NegativeSoul said:

By this point I think she'd qualify for an entire taxonomic phylum.

NNescio said:

By this point I think she'd qualify for an entire taxonomic phylum.

If there's still phazon in her (which it sure looks like in this picture) she might not even still fit in the animal kingdom.

DownWithTheThickness said:

If there's still phazon in her (which it sure looks like in this picture) she might not even still fit in the animal kingdom.

She's a substance now

Given the events of Dread, this might actually be accurate now.

Protokardas said:

Given the events of Dread, this might actually be accurate now.

Definitely feels like this should be in a pool with "hindsight" in the name. Not sure which one though.

Marlin said:

Definitely feels like this should be in a pool with "hindsight" in the name. Not sure which one though.

Why? This picture didn't predict anything.
She's had other DNA in her since fusion. Maybe even the original games since I vaguely remember her old lore included a transfusion of chozo blood or something like that.

It should be. Samus is a horrible experiment when you get right down to it.

Hoobajoob said:

Why? This picture didn't predict anything.
She's had other DNA in her since fusion. Maybe even the original games since I vaguely remember her old lore included a transfusion of chozo blood or something like that.

You're actually not too far off. The chozo I fused her with their DNA to help her survive the harsh environment of Zebes

Hoobajoob said:

Why? This picture didn't predict anything.
She's had other DNA in her since fusion. Maybe even the original games since I vaguely remember her old lore included a transfusion of chozo blood or something like that.

The ending of dread, man. Before leaving the planet she literally transforms into a human-metroid hybrid. And with the way we can only see her eyes through the helmet visor, she might as well loot EXACTLY like this pic at that moment.

superdarklink said:

You're actually not too far off. The chozo infused her with their DNA to help her survive the harsh environment of Zebes

Although I don't think that was ever actually revealed until the comics that were released to promote zero mission.

DownWithTheThickness said:

Although I don't think that was ever actually revealed until the comics that were released to promote zero mission.

It was in the Nintendo Power magazine comic run to promote Super Metroid, something that was never canon to begin with. Like, super non-canon, majorly contradicting the events of Super Metroid. However, elements were lifted from it for better or worse. For example, "better" would be her backstory and the character Old Bird. Worse would be how her power suit works and her exaggerated attachment to the hatchling. I mean, "the baby". Samus is easily taken out in the comic because she's worried about the baby. A lone pirate trooper gives her a hard time and she gets skewered by a trap, arguably just as bad as the worst examples of character derailment and *worfing* in Other M.

I don't think it's wrong to say that Samus is the worst developed of all "main" Nintendo characters.