My god! This man in steel plate armor has surprisingly curvy hips, and a butt that just won’t quit! It’s 1991! Men thinking about other men like this isn’t tolerated! What is going on???

later that year

Samus is a girl??? Hold please!

furiously masterbates in the bathroom

Except none of that happened, as I would have been 8 at the time. But it just goes to paint the picture for how different times we live in. Back then, the fact that Samus was a girl was protected for months. And it was a shock.

If anyone tried that today, the surprise would be leaked months if not years before the game actually released.

Oh, and the state of sexuality acceptance is in an entirely different place than it was in 1991. But thats a story for a different thread.