Justin Bailey



Samus has put on a generic bikini swimsuit for several of her appearances. The first appearance of a bikini was in was in Metroid. Samus wears a bikini only if the game is completed in the very shortest amount of time. (These time limits have varied from under one hour to under two hours to under three hours.) In the original Metroid, each ending sequence but one (the longest) was notable for revealing that Samus, underneath her Power Suit, is actually a woman. (Her gender was not only hidden by the manual, but confirmed to be male in both the manual and press releases.) Interestingly, however, the bikini has managed to appear as a traditional fastest ending sequence attire, despite the fact that it is well-established that Samus is female. The persistent appearances of the scanty bikini are likely supposed to be taken as "rewards" for beating the game quickly.