So the thing I keep hearing is that Samus’s new Zero Suit design from SSB4 is okay because “they’re not actually high heels, they’re jet boots.”
Bullshit.
But before we get into that: why is it a big deal that Samus is wearing heels in the first place?
Great article regarding character and costume design of Samus Aran throughout the years. Things to learn from it:
- why slapping “jet boots” label on high heels doesn’t justify the heels
- what Samus’s appearance conveyed in the old Metroid games and what it does now
- why is Zero Suit worse than a two-piece skin revealing costume Samus used to have
- how the recent games betrayed Zero Suit’s original purpose
I highly recommend reading it whole!
~Ozzie
In addition, Shattered Earth did a great breakdown on the “Jet Boots” (Dr Evil air quotes there) and explored what they might have looked like if they were designed with purpose here.
– wincenworks