the larger overarching joke here is that in the original Metroid everyone just assumed that Samus was male and the reveal at the end of the game was a huge deal back in 86.’ Samus is even referenced as “him” in the games manual.
Isn’t Samus a woman? Aren’t these the same character?
I think Metroid is a pretty cool guy. eh kills space piretes and doesn’t afraid of anything.
That’s the joke.
Wait is this another joke about not having pockets
Haaayyy…wait a dang minute.
Choosing Samus in here at or was an odd choice when you are trying to make a point
That’s the joke.
Right over my head. Lol I’ve seen this meme for years and it didn’t occur to me that they were making fun of the original observation.
Can’t remember which one it was, but I remember a rumor when I was young, horny boy, that if you completed the game within a certain time she would be revealed naked. I tried so hard to get to that time point, but never could.
I guess this is how speedrunning was born
This is true kinda! It’s actually in a bathing suit though.
I got that far, but the rumor was at a faster time, can’t remember what it had to be under, you’d get the full monty.
Ooooh okay that makes sense. Thats a classic CLASSIC sounding gaming urban legend. I love it.
Does anyone remember the Easter egg in the original Doom where the dancer would take off her top and bounce a little? 11 year old protist sure remembers. I’m totally failing to find any reference to this on the internet
I had a 486 66mhz I think it was? Anyway, I turned the graphics up to max and enjoyed a very choppy striptease 🤣
I had so much cash on me it’s not even funny.
Well Duke did.
That sounds more like a Duke Nukem thing.
My god, you’re right. I would’ve sworn up and down I never even played duke nukem. This scene is not in good taste lmao
This scene is not in good taste lmao
Nothing about that game was in good taste, and it was excellent.
Free demo discs and downloads were everywhere in the shareware days. Maybe you played one of those?
Yeah, not a lot of living humans in classic DOOM 😛
But if you’re looking for shirtless… quadrapeds… it’s got tonnes!
I just want a male with a female-like armor. Why’s life so though?
Sounds like you need to play some Monster Hunter!
Omg, I actually love that game series! Thanks to my bro who introduced it to me.
Fire Emblem Fortune’s Weave has got your back. They’ve got full on boob window and open stomach options for both Avatars. I think even thigh window, but I can’t remember.
Added to my “List of games I have to play before I die or else I’ll go to hell”
Raiden in MGS2 was a pioneer
Yeayea! Kojima’s such a genius
Could have at least made one of them Master Chief for legit armor and bigger contrast
This guy in the image is almost as ridiculous as the woman: he’s highly visible and mostly protects shoulders and head.
You can make that! it would send a meaningful and unironic message, unlike this meme.
The joke is that both of these pictures are the same video game character. They’re both Samus from the Metroid series.
This is Lemmy, we don’t get jokes around here.
Id edit this on on the right side but im on my phone at work
I held my phone upside down to make the joke work. 🤝
Link and Zelda
They’re both obviously Zelda, but the one on the right looks like the princess.
But Zelda is the princess…
Yeah, right, and mario is always kidnapped by bowser. /s
Here you go. Also on my phone at work 😂
The duality of Samus.
Obviously the technology for female armor is for advanced and less bulky.
As a straight guy, does this kinda thing annoy anyone else? She’s a strong female character in video games, but just because she’s a woman, designers made her a sexualized super model in skin-tight spandex. It feels pandering at best, and sexist at worst
Yeah, but I would wear skin-tight spandex if I looked like a super model, so it’s pandering to me specifically and I’m fine with that.
Not a video game, but my personal gripe was when GitS SAC had awesome everything except for the weird out of place (and ugly tbf) outfit on MC Kusanagi.
Did I just have a stroke? That’s a lot of letters that I can’t quite decipher
Ghost in the Shell, Stand Alone Complex (the original TV series); Main Character
I dislike feeling pandered to, yes.
You know this is the same character, right?
Yes, we know. That’s why it’s funny. But it still makes the point.
But have you ever seen them make a “zero-suit” version of a male armoured guy?
Don’t recall Master Chef or the Doom Marine running around in their skintight underlayers.Additionally, Samus debuted in a game with no characterisation, and iirc, you only found out she wasn’t a man when she stripped down at the end of the game if you did well.
Halo is a girl?!?
This is the main character from Metroid, Samus Aran.
Is she Halo’s girlfriend?
Just work colleagues, Samus was rumored to be in a problematic relationship with her boss but that’s nonsense.
Then who is metroid? /s
It would take a Mother Brain to figure that out!
It definitely annoys others, but in this case both characters are the same woman.
