I'm not really a fan of ZSS period to be honest, but that's a whole other bottle to open.
I thought that was actually All There in the Manual though. The giant things in her shoulder pads are cooling fans or something and that helps it protect her from the heat.
edited 12th Apr '14 6:14:54 PM by Kostya
Being a little more serious -
the Zero Suit's sole canonical basis before Other M made it her go to non-combat outfit was during a very brief scene in Zero Mission (a remake, by the way) in which she loses her Varia Suit and is largely powerless.
Than Smash went and made it stronger than the actual Samus for some reason and now it's probably just as much if not more associated with her than the outfit she spends 95% of her gameplay in.
In other words, it's pretty much just space underwear with an emergency stun gun that sucks attached to it in canon.
edited 12th Apr '14 6:27:22 PM by Hashil
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There's clearly sex appeal in the design but unless you're doing something super cartoony sex appeal tends to leak it's way into EVERY design. The Zero suit has an actual purpose and there's enough going on that it's hardly a fetish suit, it's closer to spider-man than a dominatrix.
The Zero suit is stronger than canon for balancing purposes.
edited 12th Apr '14 6:28:17 PM by OdieFromTheOZ
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edited 12th Apr '14 5:41:22 PM by Zelenal
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