Topic: IGN’s interview with Sakamoto

This is pretty cool interview, and something we all didn't know when Samus' gender was choosen:

When we were almost done with the development of Metroid, one of our staffers casually suggested "Why don't we make Samus Aran a female character to surprise the player?"

Full Interview

Actually, that's really old information. I think many of us knew that, but still funny!

I don't knew that!

The ending of the first Metroid game is that surprise.