12 Revealing Video Game Moments That Came Out Of NOWHERE
4. Samus Is Female - Metroid
Metroid has always been a gaming franchise filled with mind-blowing moments. Samus Aran bonding with the Metroid in Super Metroid. Being hunted by her evil clone in Metroid Fusion. Awakening the Metroid power within Samus in Metroid Dread.
As powerful as these moments were, nothing blew us away more than the original Metroid's ending. If you complete your mission in under three hours, Samus would remove her armour in the credits, revealing she's a woman.
Nobody saw this twist coming because... we didn't know twists in games were a thing! The instruction manual also referred to Samus as a "he" to ensure only true gamers learned this secret. Because Samus' gave no hint of a personality throughout the game, some people thought she was a robot!
If you were among the few who completed Metroid upon its initial release, this was probably the first time where a video game managed to sideswipe you.
Even though the Metroid series is sure to shock us with more twists in the future, it's pretty much impossible for the series to ever top this moment.