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Samus Aran

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I've listed this article for peer review because I'd like to eventually bring it to FAC. I'm also looking for more information for the article, but the Reception section in particular. Gary King (talk) 21:18, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

• I'll take a look through my databases to see if I can find anything. If I don't respond after a while, ping me I probably forgot or something. --Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^(talk) 21:31, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
  • I'm having connection issues with my remote proxy, but I'm workin' on it. --Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^(talk) 15:38, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
• Have you exhausted the articles listed here? Artichoker^[talk] 21:36, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

  For sure, that's the first place I went. Gary King (talk) 21:50, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

I was reading through an article I found in a newspaper database, and I found a bit saying that in Zero Mission, Samus's "Power Grip" allows her to jump up and grab onto ledges (not very exciting, I know). Any truth to this? Dabomb87 (talk) 21:39, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

I know she can do that in Fusion, but yeah I think in Zero Mission, too. Some information on that here. There are just too many in-game items to mention, so it's not worth mentioning the Power Grip I think. Gary King (talk) 21:52, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

Probably a stupid question, but is there anything worth mentioning about action figure sales? Dabomb87 (talk) 22:12, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

The only one was made in 2003 and little was heard about it. It probably sold 1,000 copies, max. Gary King (talk) 23:18, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

First 4 Figures (official site) currently has a line of Metroid figures. I can't find any proper sales information on their site, but they do say that they only made 2,500 Varia Suit Samus figures and it sold out. Isn't that usable in the article? -sesuPRIME 11:20, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

I found something in one of my old issues of Game Informer from nine years ago: Video Game Deathmatch! The one reader submitted match-up is Samus vs. Mega Man; it ends with Samus victorious. This will fit nicely in the second paragraph of the reception section, no? -sesuPRIME 12:04, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

Merry Christmas to Samus's article because I just found two more bits of reception. Nearly every issue of Game Informer of the past few years has a "Top 10" list, and I just rediscovered two such lists that place Samus-related goodness right at number 1: "The Top 10 Video Game Shadow Selves" places the SA-X as #1 and "The Top 10 Video Game Twists" has the reveal that Samus is actually a woman at #1. Man, I had forgotten how much GI loves Metroid. -sesuPRIME 13:27, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

Mind putting this stuff in the article since I don't have access to any of it? Where can I find the sales information? Gary King (talk) 00:34, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Sure, and I already added the Top 10 Twists bit to the Reception. And at the very end of the product description on this page it says "Limited to 2,500 pieces worldwide", and below the images is a table that says it's sold out. -sesuPRIME 06:42, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Okay I added the toy info. It's at the bottom of Reception for now because I don't really know where else to put it; I'll figure it out later. Gary King (talk) 19:06, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Added the rest of the GI stuff. -sesuPRIME 08:59, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

(←) Methinks it is necessary to have an image of Samus's face in the article (other than that horribly pixelated NES screenshot). Maybe File:Samusproductionsketch.png from Prime isn't the best option as the photo-realistic appearance wasn't used in any other game, but something like Zero Mission artwork of her in the Zero Suit would illustrate the current design of her face (as opposed to the anime-style design used in Fusion) and show off the Zero Suit itself, which is significant because it became her de facto Power Suit-less attire. Thoughts? -sesuPRIME 14:04, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

We need some critical commentary on the image in the article somewhere in order to add one, otherwise it's just there for decoration purposes. Gary King (talk) 14:55, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

Inspired by Master Chief's main image, I cropped the main image of Samus because it seemed unnecessarily tall and, more importantly, it was a possible copyright violation because of its size. Anyway, I think the article's other image should also be cropped because only a small portion of it is actually of Samus and the rest is uninteresting. Since the image would only be around 30 pixels wide after removing the landscape, I suggest it also be enlarged a bit, like this. Thoughts? -sesuPRIME 13:31, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Okay do it, sounds good. Gary King (talk) 18:28, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

I went ahead and did it. Gary King (talk) 20:14, 5 August 2009 (UTC)