Samus has always been sexualized really though, in earlier metroid games seeing her with little clothes on was essentially a reward for beating the game faster, the whole thing is jarring to me cause it feels like it goes against what samus is as a character, like why is this badass bounty hunter wearing power armour suddenly in a bikini for absolutely no reason? it's just strange, and that sexualization has sort of stuck with her and perhaps even gotten worse over the years while other characters who were victims of it like lara croft have managed to move away from it.
