Yup. Samus was really the first and hopefully this November, the World at large will get re-acquainted with her. ^^
Lara Who...? by @migucast (Miguel Castaneda)
As you no doubt have heard by now, Metroid 4 has been announced by Shigeru Miyamoto himself. In honor of the occasion plus the fact I couldn't help but get a kick out of the idea of Samus kicking around gamers' current ideal action woman that I drew this. After all, Samus was around WAY longer then Lara and doesn't run around in almost nothing to fight the bad guys. Besides! It's a such a better series of games! And think of the plot! Samus' heart-breaking childhood... Mother Brain's heart-breaking murder of the baby Metroid... The heart-breaking idea of going this long without a new Metroid game... [sniff, sniff] Oh well... 'Can't wait for further details on the new game to leak out! Hee hee!
Great idea! Samus appeared at a time when all game heros were male and helped with that stereotype... Lara is just big-boobed eye candy.