If, keeping everything else about their relationship constant, you change their genders to be the same and sexism issues go away, then those weren't sexism to begin with. If the only reason that Samus cannot take orders from a male superior officer is because he is male, that is a sexist viewpoint.
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You understand that your argument doesn't make any sense? You can't say "if you change this with that", because things work in context. It's one of the most stupid thing I read lately. Your constantly defending of the game is even more pathetic than the game itself.
Account finally activated! That was a lot faster than I though.
The problem with Samus' character was that it was very heavy handed, the narrative had no subtlety and her monologues would go onto explain things that recently just happened and the player saw.
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Exactly and that happens when someone who isn't a writer tries to write something. Sakamoto can't be subtle because he can't write. Earthbound is written by an actual writer and it's subtle and intelligent. Sakamoto's writing is the worst kind of fanfiction, from the mind of someone who probably never read a good book and watched too many soap operas and bad animes.