Yeah, but fort that you had to finish the game. That was HARD as hell back in the days. I believe neither I nor anyone in my elementary school knew Samus was a girl because nobody managed to finish the game.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You had to finish the game within a certain time limit too. For super Metroid, you didn't get the full perfect ending unless you did it in 3 hours.

Which is impossible for a normal mortal..

[–] fishbone@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I know this is coming off as tooting my own horn, but the reality is that I'm just very excited about it, because it was a big part of my younger years.

This is a very cool compliment to see, as someone who regularly tried to hit the sub 1 hour clear mark for Super Metroid.

[–] ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago

Did some googling. Apparently the Justin Bailey cheat code, which lets you play as Zero Suit Samus, was described in many publications as "it turns Samus from a cyborg into a woman". It seems people couldn't wrap their heads around Samus being a woman the whole time, and didn't know what to make of the ending even if they got to see it. Some things never change, I guess. My googling suggests that this confusion was still prominent when Metroid 2 was released in 92 but was mostly dealt with by the time Super Metroid was released in 94

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

Guess you didn't go to school with Justin Bailey.

[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Isn't her silhouette revealed when you die?

[–] glitchdx@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

not in the original, you're thinking of the thirdquil on the snes.

[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

thirdquil?

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Third sequel I guess? It's not a word. And Super Metroid would be the second sequel anyway.