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*** Take also into account the fact that Samus has killed Ridley ''four times'' before ''Other M'' - and not frozen up on any of those occasions. The makers of ''[[Other M]]'' say they didn't take the stories of the ''[[Metroid Prime]]'' games into account, which still leaves two times. Defenders of the game claim that a) she thought that the last time, he was dead for sure, b) she was emotionally vulnerable after the events of Super Metroid, c) she realized that {{spoiler|she was partially responsible for this Ridley's development}}, or d) some combination of the above.

** Various reviewers accused the game of sexism, including [[He-Man Woman Hater|Yahtzee]] of ''[[Zero Punctuation]]'' and [[The Spoony Experiment|Spoony]]. Others, such as [[Moviebob]] in his Game Overthinker persona, accused the critics of the game of being oversensitive or sexist. As you can probably tell, the issue is a bit touchy...

** 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.