I absolutely love how the most pivotal thing that happened in the Metroid series happened in this Gameboy game. Probably 3/4 of the people that played Super Metroid back in the day had absolutely no idea the intro was recapping a Gameboy game.
I have no idea what the hell is happening in this drawing. I remember this issue back in the day and never thought twice about it… but look at that leg armor. WTAF is going on with that torso. The shoulder pads are there to prevent the head from turning… the gun arm just boggles the mind.
Edit: If I didn’t know better, I would have guessed this was created by AI.
My god! This man in steel plate armor has surprisingly curvy hips, and a butt that just won’t quit! It’s 1991! Men thinking about other men like this isn’t tolerated! What is going on???
later that year
Samus is a girl??? Hold please!
furiously masterbates in the bathroom
Except none of that happened, as I would have been 8 at the time. But it just goes to paint the picture for how different times we live in. Back then, the fact that Samus was a girl was protected for months. And it was a shock.
If anyone tried that today, the surprise would be leaked months if not years before the game actually released.
Oh, and the state of sexuality acceptance is in an entirely different place than it was in 1991. But thats a story for a different thread.
I also have a comment in my recent history about a man in the 1960s using a dead pidgeon as a masturbation device until the CIA stormed his house with armed swat teams in an attempt to recover government secrets if thats more to your liking.
I was subscribed to this for like 8 years in my childhood. Thanks for bringing back some memories. That reminds me that it might’ve been worth some money if I had kept all of them.