History WMG / MetroidOtherM

* [[CloningBlues Assuming that this is the exact same Ridley, that is.]]

This is also in line with the computer replica of his brain in ''Fusion'', who is utterly fascinated by the X and complicit with the Federation conspiracy to weaponize them, up until Samus reminds him of what he truly held dear. The computer let slip Adam's true interest in bioweapons, which he hoped Samus would never see.

Adam's team just happened to investigate the BOTTLE SHIP, armed with Freeze Guns even, because he ''knew'' something bad had gone down with the Metroids, and upon seeing the deadly results of his machinations, was completely horrified and regretted having ever signed the report. To make matters worse, the Deleter (James) is there to stop Adam from destroying what they've built, at whatever cost (which is why he sabotages his comms but leaves him alive). The final nail in his regretful coffin is Samus; now one of his most treasured comrades is endangered by his creations too. This is why he acts so coldly towards her, clearly wishing she'd never shown up.

Adam's team just happened to investigate the BOTTLE SHIP, armed with Freeze Guns even, because he ''knew'' something bad had gone down with the Metroids, and upon seeing the deadly results of his machinations, was completely horrified and regretted having ever signed the report. However, the Deleter - James - is there to stop Adam from destroying what they've built, at whatever cost (which is why he sabotages his comms but leaves him alive).

This is also in line with the computer replica of his brain in ''Fusion'', who is utterly fascinated by the X and complicit with the Federation conspiracy to weaponize them. The computer let slip Adam's true interest in bioweapons, which he hoped Samus would never see.

This reframes Adam's sacrifice in Sector Zero as repentance for his hubris - however, he couldn't tell Samus this. Not only would it forever sully her perception of him, but she was in the midst of an emotional episode and desperately pleading for Adam's trust. He couldn't break her heart at this moment, not with so much on the line, so he told her what she needed to hear to get back in the game and finish the mission. He took this secret to the grave with him.

MB shows Samus that Adam wrote a report on Metroids that led to the Metroid cloning project on the BOTTLE SHIP. This shakes Samus' trust in Adam for a while, until he tells her that his report was ''against'' the Metroid project and got co-opted by the wrong crowd. But what if it wasn't? What if Adam was lying, and he was actually in on the Metroid conspiracy the entire time? It fits his "ends justify the means" style, such as sacrificing Ian.

MB shows Samus that Adam wrote a report on Metroids that led to the Metroid cloning project on the BOTTLE SHIP. This shakes Samus' trust in Adam for a while, until he tells her outside Sector Zero that his report was ''against'' the Metroid project and got co-opted by the wrong crowd. But what if it wasn't? What if Adam was lying, and he was actually in on the Metroid conspiracy the entire time? It fits his "ends justify the means" style, such as sacrificing Ian.

[[WMG: Samus x Ian]]
That explains the picture where the two of them seem a little close.

[[WMG: Computer!Adam is attempting to make amends for his behavior.]]
"Did this 'Adam' care for you? Would he sit in a safe Command Room and order you to die?" Yes. Yes he did. And he's sorry. By helping Samus [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight screw the rules]], he's asking her forgiveness.

This reframes his sacrifice in Sector Zero as repentance for his hubris - however, he couldn't tell Samus this. Not only would it forever sully her perception of him, but she was in the midst of an emotional episode and desperately pleading for Adam's trust. He couldn't break her heart at this moment, not with so much on the line, so he told her what she needed to hear to get back in the game and finish the mission. He took this secret to the grave with him.

MB shows Samus that Adam wrote a report on Metroids that led to the Metroid cloning project on the BOTTLE SHIP. This shakes Samus' trust in Adam for a while, until he tells her outside Sector Zero that his report was ''against'' the Metroid project and got co-opted by the wrong crowd. But what if it wasn't? What if Adam was lying, and he was actually in on the Metroid conspiracy the entire time? His team just happened to investigate the BOTTLE SHIP because he ''knew'' something bad had gone down, and upon seeing the deadly results of his machinations, was completely horrified and regretted ever having signed the report. This reframes his sacrifice in Sector Zero as repentance for his hubris - however, he couldn't tell Samus this. Not only would it forever sully her perception of him, but she was in the midst of an emotional episode and desperately pleading for Adam's trust. He couldn't break her heart at this moment, not with so much on the line, so he told her what she needed to hear to get back in the game and finish the mission. He took this secret to the grave with him.

** No, he isn't.

* [[https://metroid.fandom.com/wiki/File:Anthony_without_helmet.PNG Anthony]] looks an awful lot like [[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004875/ Taye Diggs]] too.

** 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]] [[ClassicVideoGameScrewYous sequence]] though. Wonder if it would have been as controversial as what we currently have?

** Somewhat supporting the theory that she is a BestHerToBedHer type is that canonically, we never see Samus actually ''lose'' to anyone who theoretically would be interested in her as a romantic partner - even in the odd chance that Ridley [[FoeYay does have feelings for her]], she never loses to him. However, I was always under the impression that the reason she suited down was the same that someone would kick off their shoes after a long day of work - she's tired and just wants to relax.

And they did.

As a posthumous KickTheDog, Ridley pulled one last trick to get at Samus and doom the Bottle Ship - somehow managing to trap an X Parasite in a special capsule, which eventually made contact with and destroyed her gunship. It had left her in emergency care due to the X Parasite attacking her body. During her recovery process, the X that infected her traversed aimlessly - wielding a less efficient Power Suit that it doesn't know how to fully utilize, constantly swimming in Samus' memories (hallucinating the whole "authorization" process, that random mercenaries are all Adam being a jackass, if there were any at all), still developing itself to attempt to muster an adequate replica of Samus' suit (hence the Gravity Suit changes and such). It had aimlessly wandered, slaughtering any monsters (including a pre-infected Nightmare and Phantoon) and traversing through Samus' memories, hallucinating numerous soldiers and personnel in a clearly abandoned ship (Anthony and the group who kills MB being the only real ones, ''everyone else'' is either long dead or fake), slowly devolving into a murderous being that was deluded into thinking that a "Deleter" was nearby and must be killed (eventually concluding that one corpse on the ship was him), and that Sector Zero was full of Metroids - all because it was dwelling on Samus' hate for Ridley, believing that is all she truly is. However, the Metroids were already extinguished, with only a few being cloned! Sector Zero was full of innocent humans, which [=GF=] soldiers quarantined from the monsters and helped escape during the game's events, before destroying the sector to ensure the SA-X can't reach them.

...All the while, the newly cloned Ridley had been blackmailing Madeline Bergman to create many beasts in his image (which is why so many have a head shaped like his) for him to command, and a human android based off of Mother Brain to rebuild the Space Pirate army and kill anyone else on the ship to fulfill his sadistic desires. He also forced her to vilify the Galactic Federation as a cover-up story if anything gets exposed, lest she runs the risk of losing her life and his plan flying off the rails. The Little Birdie and the Mystery Creature were both isolated creatures that the [=GF=] sought to domesticate, [[AlwaysABiggerFish prior to the latter killing the former, and Ridley killing the latter.]]

Once the [=GF=] execute MB for good, and thereby eradicate Mother Brain, the SA-X escapes the Federation, Madeline is jailed for obscuring the truth of the matter and Phantoon took over the remains of the ship and triggered it to explode, dooming it thanks to the real Samus' inability to help; just as Ridley planned. Ever since, the SA-X kept developing its own form, finishing before the events of ''Fusion''. As for the rogue faction of the [=GFeds=] that cloned a handful of Metroids and Ridley, they were long shut down by the main division by the time of ''Dread''.

Aaware that Samus is the SA-X, Ridley's clone (which had been deformed due to Metroid DNA seeping into his own) toyed with it sadistically, basking into the apparent newly rekindled fear in the otherwise imperfect "bounty hunter", and eager to destroy it for rebelling against the creatures he made rather than lead them. In his last moments, he had allowed himself to die by the Queen Metroid's hand, [[BloodKnight challenging her to kill him brutally]] and thereby abandoning [=MB=] to her own machinations, as the SA-X wrongfully mistook her as sympathetic.

As a posthumous KickTheDog, Ridley pulled one last trick to get at Samus and doom the Bottle Ship - trapping an X Parasite in a special capsule which eventually made contact with and destroyed her gunship. It had left her in emergency care due to the X Parasite attacking her body. During her recovery process, the X that infected her traversed aimlessly - wielding a less efficient Power Suit that it doesn't know how to fully utilize, constantly swimming in Samus' memories (hallucinating the whole "authorization" process, that random mercenaries are all Adam being a jackass, if there were any at all), still developing itself to attempt to muster an adequate replica of Samus' suit (hence the Gravity Suit changes and such). It had aimlessly wandered, slaughtering any monsters (including a pre-infected Nightmare and Phantoon) and traversing through Samus' memories, hallucinating numerous soldiers and personnel in a clearly abandoned ship (Anthony and the group who kills MB being the only real ones), slowly devolving into a murderous being that was deluded into thinking that Sector Zero was full of Metroids - all because it was dwelling on Samus' hate for Ridley, believing that is all she truly is. However, the Metroids were already extinguished, with only a few being cloned! Sector Zero was full of innocent humans, which [=GF=] soldiers quarantined from the monsters and helped escape during the game's events, before destroying the sector to ensure the SA-X can't reach them.

...All the while, the newly cloned Ridley had been blackmailing Madeline Bergman to create a human android based off of Mother Brain to rebuild the Space Pirate army and kill anyone else on the ship to fulfill his sadistic desires, forcing her to vilify the Galactic Federation as a cover-up story, lest she runs the risk of losing her life, and the [=GF=] suffering a much quicker demise than how Ridley would prefer. The Little Birdie and the Mystery Creature were both isolated creatures that the [=GF=] sought to domesticate, [[AlwaysABiggerFish prior to the latter killing the former, and Ridley killing the latter.]]

Totally unaware that Samus is the SA-X, Ridley's clone (which had been deformed due to Metroid DNA seeping into his own) toyed with it sadistically, basking into the apparent newly rekindled fear in the "bounty hunter". In his last moments, he had allowed himself to die by the Queen Metroid's hand, [[BloodKnight challenging her to kill him brutally]] and thereby abandoning [=MB=] to her own machinations, as the SA-X wrongfully mistook her as sympathetic.

Having schemed the thought of doing a FrameUp on Samus during the events of ''VideoGame/SuperMetroid'', Ridley had perished before he got the chance, seemingly having this plot go nowhere. However, during his raid on the Ceres space facility, he had located schematics of the Metroid cloning process, banking on the Galactic Federation's antics and figuring that they would carelessly clone ''him'' too.

As a posthumous KickTheDog, Ridley pulled one last trick to get at Samus - arranging a sudden ambush by an X Parasite which had destroyed her gunship and left her in emergency care due to the X Parasite attacking her body. During her recovery process, the X that infected her traversed aimlessly - wielding a less efficient Power Suit that it doesn't know how to fully utilize, constantly swimming in Samus' memories (hallucinating the whole "authorization" process, assuming that a random gunship is Phantoon, that random mercenaries are all Adam being a jackass), still developing itself to attempt to muster an adequate replica of Samus' suit (hence the Gravity Suit changes and such). It had aimlessly wandered, slaughtering any monsters (including a pre-infected Nightmare) and traversing through Samus' memories, hallucinating numerous soldiers and personnel in a clearly abandoned ship (Anthony and the group who kills MB being the only real ones), slowly devolving into a murderous being that was deluded into thinking that Sector Zero was full of Metroids - all because it was dwelling on Samus' hate for Ridley, believing that is all she truly is. However, most of the Metroids were already extinguished, while Sector Zero was full of innocent humans, which [=GF=] soldiers had helped escape during the game's events before destroying the sector.

...All the while, the newly cloned Ridley had been blackmailing Madeline Bergman to create a human android based off of Mother Brain to neutralize the SA-X and anyone else on the ship to fulfill his sadistic desires, forcing her to vilify the Galactic Federation as a cover-up story, lest she runs the risk of losing her life, [[MortonsFork SA-X dying anyway,]] the entire [=GF=] being blown to hell. The Little Birdie and the Mystery Creature were both isolated creatures that the [=GF=] sought to domesticate, [[AlwaysABiggerFish prior to the latter killing the former, and Ridley killing the latter.]]

Once the [=GF=] execute MB for good, and thereby eradicate Mother Brain, the SA-X located a GF gunship that it mistook for Phantoon, which was full of soldiers who became aware of the FrameUp of Samus, but were exterminated before they could kill the parasite. Ever since, the SA-X kept developing its own form, finishing before the events of ''Fusion''.

Once the [=GF=] execute MB for good, and thereby eradicate Mother Brain, the SA-X located a GF gunship, which was full of soldiers who became aware of the FrameUp of Samus, but were exterminated before they could kill the parasite. Ever since, the SA-X kept developing its own form, finishing before the events of ''Fusion''.

[[WMG: Lyle's face was modeled after basketball playet Andrei Kirilenko]]

[[WMG: Phantoon [[spoiler:was another bioweapon on the Bottleship]].]]

* This is supported by the fact that the series of minibosses that you fight before entering [[spoiler:Phantoon]]'s chamber are all warped in via portals identical to the ones he uses to summon his Rage Hands during the battle. Clearly, he had taken over in the time between Samus' departure and return. As for his physical absence during the main conflict on the Bottle Ship, it seems like his ability to warp in and out of local timespace makes it quite likely that he simply disappeared for a while, probably under MB's aforementioned orders to back off.

* Let's face it: In ''VideoGame/MetroidOtherM'', Samus' Concentration ability makes no sense. I mean, she just waits for a minute, and suddenly her energy is refilled? It actually makes more sense than you'd think. Let's step back for a moment, and consider what has to happen before it can be used: Samus' energy has to be at critically low levels. So here's the question: at the point where the recharge becomes accessible, what is the ''player'' thinking? Odds are, they're freaking out. One more hit is all it's going to take to cause a GameOver. Now think about Samus' thoughts on the matter. Her adrenaline is probably spiking like crazy. Now let's look at what she actually ''does'' during Concentration. All she appears to do is bring her Arm Cannon up to her head, but if you pay attention, there's a subtle air of focus as she does it. And that's precisely what's happening: When the player activates Concentration, Samus takes a moment to gather her thoughts so she can focus on the task at hand. How her energy is restored is simple: once her mind is cleared, she has a ton of excess adrenaline that's going to make it hard to stay focused. So what does her suit do? ''It converts the adrenaline into energy, then pours it into the shields!'' -@/{{phazonfarmer}}

[WMG: Phantoon [[spoiler:was another bioweapon on the Bottleship]].]]

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[[WMG: Samus x Higgs]]
When he's talking about subtly and "how to treat a lady" he's talking about himself.