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** Many of the people bashing the game often mentioned "Japanese culture" being a factor in the direction taken with the game. While Japanese gender relations are... complex, critics are using it both to attack the game's portrayal of Samus, while other critics are using it as a defense. The problem is, they're ''partially'' right. It can get even more uncomfortable if detractors say that [[Retro Studios]] should have stuck with the games not necessarily because they were more skilled with their handling of the series (a much more valid argument), but because their "American" approach automatically makes it better.

** During a flashback, we find that Adam would end briefings by going (rhetorically) "any objections, lady?" Samus is the only female member of her squad, so Adam was deliberately singling her out by her gender. Repeatedly. Samus seemed to be the only person who found any problems with this (at the time), but somehow recollects it fondly, as Adam's little joke. Samus even notes that it would sound sarcastic from anyone else. [[Unreliable Narrator|There is nothing in the cutscenes to distinguish it from sarcasm or mockery]]. By contrast, Anthony's repeated use of "Princess" is clearly an affectionate nickname, and the game lets the viewers ''infer'' that they are [[Like Brother and Sister]], compared to the ham-handed approach to the Adam-Samus relationship.

*** Some will argue that Samus wandered in based upon a distress signal later revealed to have been sent by {{spoiler|Madeline }} and Adam made it clear she had no business on the station, which was Galactic Federation property and only later agreed to let her stay on the condition she follow his orders, making it more of a commander subordinate situation.

*** Many players were creeped out by how Samus kept referring to the Metroid hatchling as "the baby," and that the game kept using "baby" imagery.