History WMG / MetroidOtherM

** The only "massive backlash" I've seen was in that XPlay review, and that was just because they hate anything written like a JRpg.

So then Other M happens, while Samus is still reeling from the events of Super Metroid. By sheer chance, Samus comes face to face with Adam Malkovich, a man whom she viewed as a father. However, due to the death of Ian, Adam's younger brother who was also heavily implied to be in a relationship with Samus, she ended up ragequitting the GF, and the two of them parted on, at best, incredibly rocky terms. So, as one can imagine, it was probably rather awkward running into him like this. However, this would also explain why she was so quick to adhere to his command, despite being an independent bounty hunter. She was able to acknowledge how immature she had been all those years ago, and she was hoping to make amends with the man who, in her mind, was still like a father to her.

Despite the multiple complaints about her characterization in this game, Samus is still the uber-badass bounty hunter that the fans feel she should be. However, when you look at the events of Super Metroid and Other M, it becomes clear why she seems so vulnerable in this game. She's merely having a '''''very''''' bad day, and was suffering from an emotional equivalent to WorfHadTheFlu. I mean think about it. At the end of Super Metroid, the infant Metroid performed a HeroicSacrifice when Samus was literally seconds away from death. This ''had'' to have left a pretty deep impression. ''Then'', to top it all off, Zebes, the planet she grew up on, was completely vaporized after her final battle with Mother Brain. Even if it ''was'' a hollow shell of its former self, seeing her former home go up like that couldn't have been easy to watch.

So then Other M happens, while Samus is still reeling from the events of Super Metroid. By sheer chance, Samus comes face to face with Adam Malcovich, a man who she viewed as a father. However, due to the death of Ian, Adam's younger brother (whom Samus was heavily implied to be in a relationship with), she ended up ragequitting the GF, and the two of them parted on, at best, incredibly rocky terms. So, as one can imagine, it was probably rather awkward running into him like this. However, this would also explain why she was so quick to adhere to his command, despite being an independent bounty hunter. She was able to acknowledge how immature she had been all those years ago, and she was hoping to make amends with the man who, in her mind, was still like a father to her.

Seriously. He's a badass uber-space dragon, and then whenever he gets fragged by Samus, he has to spend who knows how long as a RidiculouslyCuteCritter that is even less threatening then the "monsters" from NightOfTheLepus. No wonder he hates her.

** The point was not for the power bomb to kill the Metroids directly, just damage the sector enough for it to detach while she speed boosts/shine sparks away using sense move to avoid flying parasites. Dodging and dislodging them long enough for three power bombs to go off probably would be an [[NintendoHard interesting]] [[TheClassicVideoGameScrewYous sequence]] though. Wonder if it would have been as controversial as what we currently have?

We all know that Adam is weilding a weapon seemingly capable of [[OneHitKO oneshotting]] Samus, but does not seem otherwise very powerful. We also know that the Power Suit is primarily held together by concentration, and, as demonstrated by Ridley, can be partially to fully deactivated if that concentration is lost. Now, in the scene in question, Samus has just stumbled upon a baby Metroid out of nowhere, and one that is acting quite similarly to The Baby, at that, giving no indication that it was hostile. And then, just as Samus prepares to kill the infant, Adan shoots her in the back, which disables Samus' suit. The most likely explanation is that Samus' concentration wavered when she was confronted with another chance to kill an infant Metroid, which were thought to be extinct, and Adam's sneak attack came while Samus was still in flashback mode.

[[WMG: Adam is a [[TheDarkKnight Dark Knight]]]]

[[WMG: MB is actually [[{{Portal}} GLaDOS]].]]

*** Considering her childhood was spent mostly in training to become a Chozo Warrior (at least, what was seen of it in the canon mangas) with few actual friends a normal kid would have, she might indeed have some trouble relating to other people.