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Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
The Cat Knows Where It's At
#41276: Apr 12th 2014 at 5:41:08 PM

[up] Captain Falcon is a living god? I can agree to that.

EDIT: Best page topper.

edited 12th Apr '14 5:41:22 PM by Zelenal

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Hashil Since: Aug, 2010
#41277: Apr 12th 2014 at 6:04:27 PM

Okay here we go.

I'm not really a fan of ZSS period to be honest, but that's a whole other bottle to open.

OdieFromTheOZ KING OF EXPLODO KILLS from Shadow Mosses Since: Apr, 2013 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
KING OF EXPLODO KILLS
#41278: Apr 12th 2014 at 6:07:12 PM

But...that's the same outfit, just without sleeves and a stupid hairstyle.

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Hashil Since: Aug, 2010
#41279: Apr 12th 2014 at 6:07:50 PM

Her build's different - she looks like almost 200 pounds as opposed to standard anime waif size.

edited 12th Apr '14 6:08:03 PM by Hashil

Zarek Rollin' rollin' rollin' from Jakku Since: Sep, 2012 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Rollin' rollin' rollin'
#41280: Apr 12th 2014 at 6:07:53 PM

Huh. The shoulder pads are engines? Neat.

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OdieFromTheOZ KING OF EXPLODO KILLS from Shadow Mosses Since: Apr, 2013 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
KING OF EXPLODO KILLS
#41281: Apr 12th 2014 at 6:08:59 PM

[up][up]How? You mean the text that says so? Because she doesn't look particularly muscular or sportsy, no more than ZSS does.

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Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#41283: Apr 12th 2014 at 6:10:24 PM

[up][up][up]I thought they were cooling fans.

edited 12th Apr '14 6:10:34 PM by Kostya

CassidyTheDevil Since: Jan, 2013
#41284: Apr 12th 2014 at 6:11:03 PM

@Hashil: I'm not entirely sure we're even looking at the same image. >.> She actually looks thinner in that image than she does in Brawl.

OdieFromTheOZ KING OF EXPLODO KILLS from Shadow Mosses Since: Apr, 2013 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
KING OF EXPLODO KILLS
#41285: Apr 12th 2014 at 6:11:57 PM

I just don't see much difference. The hair's worse and she's showing less skin, but that's it. I guess her muscles are more defined in the first but that's because there's nothing covering them. I wouldn't say either looks like 200 pounds.

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Hashil Since: Aug, 2010
#41286: Apr 12th 2014 at 6:12:28 PM

I guess we're not - I'm seeing a lot more tone in her arms, leg, and midsection in the older art.

Zarek Rollin' rollin' rollin' from Jakku Since: Sep, 2012 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Rollin' rollin' rollin'
#41287: Apr 12th 2014 at 6:13:32 PM

Kostya: Also a possibility. Perhaps even more likely. But I do like the idea that she just has two giant engines strapped to her back like it's no big deal.

RE: Zamus differences: I think it's the angle in that art that makes her look taller.

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OdieFromTheOZ KING OF EXPLODO KILLS from Shadow Mosses Since: Apr, 2013 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
KING OF EXPLODO KILLS
#41288: Apr 12th 2014 at 6:14:20 PM

A lot of this is a hold over of the transparency to show where it is in relation to the armor, or simple toning. Something you wouldn't see in an actual character model.

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Hashil Since: Aug, 2010
#41289: Apr 12th 2014 at 6:14:43 PM

Well there's that too - one is pretty clearly trying to sell this large, badass space bounty hunter, and the other is "hey Samus is pretty hot amirite" and I guess that's the biggest difference.

Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#41290: Apr 12th 2014 at 6:14:49 PM

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

CassidyTheDevil Since: Jan, 2013
#41291: Apr 12th 2014 at 6:18:18 PM

I'm seeing a lot more tone in her arms, leg, and midsection in the older art.

Yeah, no. :V She looks rail-thin. She doesn't have the slightest hint of muscle.

OdieFromTheOZ KING OF EXPLODO KILLS from Shadow Mosses Since: Apr, 2013 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
KING OF EXPLODO KILLS
#41292: Apr 12th 2014 at 6:18:24 PM

[up][up][up]Right, clearly the one that covers 90% of her body is just for sex appeal.

edited 12th Apr '14 6:18:33 PM by OdieFromTheOZ

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Pulse The Fool from Yadayadaville Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
The Fool
#41293: Apr 12th 2014 at 6:18:31 PM

I honestly have always been at least okay with Samus being relatively slender in build. It conveys a stronger sense of agile athleticism than if she were all buff.

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Hashil Since: Aug, 2010
Zarek Rollin' rollin' rollin' from Jakku Since: Sep, 2012 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Rollin' rollin' rollin'
#41295: Apr 12th 2014 at 6:20:44 PM

Besides, who needs to be jacked when you're piloting a human-sized walking tank?

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Mukora Uniocular from a place Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
Uniocular
#41296: Apr 12th 2014 at 6:21:14 PM

[up]x4 Oh come on. You can't be that naive.

Regardless of if it's meant just for sex appeal, that was definitely a consideration they made when giving her an ultra skin-tight bodysuit.

edited 12th Apr '14 6:21:28 PM by Mukora

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Zarek Rollin' rollin' rollin' from Jakku Since: Sep, 2012 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Rollin' rollin' rollin'
#41297: Apr 12th 2014 at 6:22:53 PM

Regardless of if it's meant just for sex appeal, that was definitely a consideration they made when giving her an ultra skin-tight bodysuit.

Don't forget the stupid boob pockets. Sigh.

I'm glad they at least toned those down in the new model.

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Hashil Since: Aug, 2010
#41298: Apr 12th 2014 at 6:24:09 PM

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.

[down]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

OdieFromTheOZ KING OF EXPLODO KILLS from Shadow Mosses Since: Apr, 2013 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
KING OF EXPLODO KILLS
#41299: Apr 12th 2014 at 6:25:13 PM

[up][up][up]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.

[up]The Zero suit is stronger than canon for balancing purposes.

edited 12th Apr '14 6:28:17 PM by OdieFromTheOZ

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Mukora Uniocular from a place Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
Uniocular
#41300: Apr 12th 2014 at 6:27:39 PM

I'll agree with that for older models. But the newer ones are just... ugh.

I mean, I like them. But they're so dumb.

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