You really got some good points there, so let me thank you again for giving it so much thought, anon!
The cunning Ridley part really is scary, and would probably be appreciated a *lot* more if it had not been done in OtherM(which really seems to have shellshocked the fandom a bit, haha). I hadn't even considered this as noteworthy until you pointed it out.
How much more poignant would it be if Adam had headed her off and already locked himself in before he explained what he was doing? He wouldn't have to shoot Samus in the back, she wouldn't be stumbling around looking weak, and... well basically, it would make the scene so much more worthwhile!
I can't disagree at all - it'd also have made a lot more sense. The Spock comparison is a good one, that one was handled and written a lot, lot better from what I remember of Khan. It'd just not have given us buttshots. Team Ninja can't have that!
It certainly makes Samus and Ridley a more dynamic and interest set of arch enemies than you get with Link and Ganondorf.
And this is another good point, actually. Which is interesting considering that Ridley never even talks, and Ganondorff gets monologues and even character development (well, in Wind Waker, at least. Somewhat. Poor Ganondorff). Seeing all the Ridley's upthread (never thought there were so many), that'd actually be something interesting to explore in a game. Might even have a chance of happening.
I'd especially love to see a Metroid cast form somewhere. I'd probably not be able to resist.
It still surprises me that it rarely happens, it's a really popular series of games, isn't it? I see more people online that know it than, say, the Tales series, and yet you can't throw a cute mascot character without hitting a game with a Tales cast.
Probably because those are easier to RP, due to more characterisation, but still. (No, I don't hate Tales, I own two versions of Tales of Phantasia, it's just...)
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The cunning Ridley part really is scary, and would probably be appreciated a *lot* more if it had not been done in OtherM(which really seems to have shellshocked the fandom a bit, haha). I hadn't even considered this as noteworthy until you pointed it out.
How much more poignant would it be if Adam had headed her off and already locked himself in before he explained what he was doing? He wouldn't have to shoot Samus in the back, she wouldn't be stumbling around looking weak, and... well basically, it would make the scene so much more worthwhile!
I can't disagree at all - it'd also have made a lot more sense. The Spock comparison is a good one, that one was handled and written a lot, lot better from what I remember of Khan.
It'd just not have given us buttshots. Team Ninja can't have that!
It certainly makes Samus and Ridley a more dynamic and interest set of arch enemies than you get with Link and Ganondorf.
And this is another good point, actually. Which is interesting considering that Ridley never even talks, and Ganondorff gets monologues and even character development (well, in Wind Waker, at least. Somewhat. Poor Ganondorff).
Seeing all the Ridley's upthread (never thought there were so many), that'd actually be something interesting to explore in a game. Might even have a chance of happening.
I'd especially love to see a Metroid cast form somewhere. I'd probably not be able to resist.
It still surprises me that it rarely happens, it's a really popular series of games, isn't it? I see more people online that know it than, say, the Tales series, and yet you can't throw a cute mascot character without hitting a game with a Tales cast.
Probably because those are easier to RP, due to more characterisation, but still. (No, I don't hate Tales, I own two versions of Tales of Phantasia, it's just...)