Justin Bailey Returns (Zero Mission)

[Ed Oscuro]

This isn't really news, but Metroid: Zero Mission's going to have the classic No Suit Samus, except (as with the rest of the game) sporting a new look:

Scan of screenshot from some magazine or other (http://home.comcast.net/~edoscuro/synical-ZMJBSamus.jpg); a poster @ The CV Dungeon Forums posted this. *insert random drooling teenaged comments here*

[rbudrick]

Her hair is up...that's certainly different than the original. No skin showing either (no bathing suit, period---lol, it's a wetsuit!!).

<runs to play FFX-2>

-Rob

[Ed Oscuro]

Well, yeah, no green hair helps add to the impression it's different, as well ;)

Yes, the blonde hair done up (how efficient such a hairstyle would be plastered inside a power suit is a thought exercise best left up to the viewer's imagination) is quite a departure from what we've seen before. I knew that they'd moved to a blonde version as in the Smash Brothers statue (and, er, other places had it too, such as the MDB's bobblehead).

I personally think her suit looks like a runner's suit, not a wetsuit.

Also note how huge her stride is -- it looks like she's sprinting. Will the sprite's movement across the surface keep pace with the animation? In any case, this confirms something we've known for years:

Samus = endurance champion, suit or no suit :P

[Jive3D]

I just can't wait for this game!

Check out Metroid.com for some cool Zero Mission wall papers

[buttasuperb]

big nose LOL

And yea I can't wait for this game.

[Kid Fenris]

Wait a sec . . . Here's Samus.

http://www.kidfenris.com/zmsamus.jpg

And here's Nova from Starcraft: Ghost.

http://www.kidfenris.com/ghostnova.jpg

Hmmm . . .

And now, the history of Samus' hair color: It was green or brown at different points in the original Metroid, blond in the Captain N comics (http://www.kidfenris.com/samuscomic1.jpg), slightly dark in Metroid II, blond in Super Metroid, and purple in Nintendo Power's Super Metroid comic. And since Super Metroid, she's been blond. The end.

[Bratwurst]

Captain N comics (http://www.kidfenris.com/samuscomic1.jpg)

I never knew Samus was a SPACE SLUT.

That nose is at least two pixels long. Goodness gracious. Still, it's something I felt was sorely missing from Super Metroid as an option to run through the game a second time.

[Red Warrior]

I don't believe those pixels are there to represent her nose. I believe that's just part of her hair dangling.

[gamergary]

Can't wait for this to come out.

[Ed Oscuro]

I don't believe those pixels are there to represent her nose. I believe that's just part of her hair dangling.

I do hope so. It seems to me that the suit's helmet wouldn't have space inside it for a nose that big anyway.

The bit about Nova from SC: Ghost is interesting, too o_O