If he has a tendency of dying and coming back, then why would be surprised of him coming back a 5th time. She would have thought he's be dead the other times. Why now?
Except he's done that before. And she's fought him before. It's routine at this point.
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Thank you for wasting my time by pulling these up. Next time, read the dang thing. Actual get your facts straight before you come barking up a tree.
You can't retcon your game to explain bad story writting. Let's say, in the 7th Harry Potter book, his magic sickness is getting worse and is causing him problems. It isn't explained in the 7th book. But instead a side manga came out after book 5 that said that he caught magical sickness in the first book from the Sorcerer's Stone. Yeah, you technically explained it, but you did everything else wrong. Your trying to rework the old story because you messed up now. Same concept. Bad story telling.
Same as your barbeque example. it was a space pirate raid where her parents died.
Why didn't she just do it now. She did it all the other time, even when she though he was dead (see Opening to Metroid Prime)
No, people get it. You don't. This is you talking as if you understand something you clearly don't.
Um, sorry chu but I have to disagree. First of all, he clearly pointed out that Samus wouldn't get a therapist because, you know, she's meant to be tough, right?
Also, the other times there were usually proper reasons for him coming back that she could see at first sight. For instance, Meta Ridley was obviously still Ridley, just a machine where his real body had failed. And whether or not she's fought him before, you can sometimes work with one thing at one time and not work with it at another. Panic attacks can be inconsistent...
HOWEVER: I do agree with you that discussing this and having to find our own reasons why it is so is not great story-telling. Sometimes it is (like when it deliberately wants you to think, that kind of thing) but in this case, probably not really.
Anyway, that's my thought on Metroid: Other M.
Now, on unlockable chars, I definitely think unlockable characters were one of the best parts about smash. I went straight from smash 64 to Brawl not having any idea that there had been melee, what characters were in it, what characters (or anything) was in Brawl... basically unlocking Ness (though he was in 64, was good to see him better graphically) and marth, Lucario and Sonic... having all the characters to start off with is silly, I used to keep thinking about erasing my data to start the game again, just to hear that 'challenger approaching' sound and face that char.
Man, those early days of Brawl were good for me. I think the fun of unlocking new characters is just too good to be thrown away IMO.
