Tentacle Crime 3

Characters getting molested by a Blooper in this comic, from top to bottom: Samus (In her two-piece swimsuit from the Metroid Zero Mission ending), Arle (PuyOlympics bikini), Peach (In her Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games swimsuit), Daisy (In her Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games swimsuit), Elena (Street Fighter 3).

Yet another comic about a Blooper molesting female characters? This Blooper is going to be in serious trouble with the police, and nobody wants to get captured by the police these days...

Tentacle Crime 2

Characters getting molested by a Blooper in this comic, from top to bottom: Samus (In her two-piece swimsuit from the Metroid Fusion ending), Female Swimmer Trainer (Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire), Female Swimmer Trainer (Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl), Tharja (Red bikini) (Fire Emblem Awakening), Tatra (Magic Knight Rayearth).

Another comic about a Blooper molesting female characters by touching their bottoms with tentacles? This Blooper is really asking for trouble...

Tentacle Crime

Characters getting molested by a Blooper in this comic, from top to bottom: Samus (In her black bikini from the Super Metroid ending), Peach (In her Seaside Kingdom pink bikini from Super Mario Odyssey), Female Swimmer Trainer (Pokemon X and Y), Female Swimmer Trainer (Yellow bikini version) (Pokemon Sun and Moon), Female Swimmer Trainer (Black bikini version) (Pokemon Sun and Moon).

Remember, folks. Outrage of modesty is a crime that can get you locked up behind bars. As a Singapore Police Force anti-molestation campaign slogan goes, "If you molest, we will arrest".

A Blooper's tentacle touching anybody's bottom is not just an outrage of modesty, it is also an inappropriate act that is considered "Not Safe For Work". Looks like the Blooper that is molesting other people is going to be in big trouble...

Variations of a Justin Bailey Leotard

Fun Fact: Getting the second best ending in either the Famicom Disk System version or Nintendo Entertainment System version of Metroid, and then pressing start at the end of the credits will start a new game with Samus in Justin Bailey mode without using the Justin Bailey password.

Remember when I made a comic about NES/FDS Metroid Samus in a bikini? Well, the second best ending revolves around Samus in a leotard when in Justin Bailey mode, and a gymnasium would be a better background than the surface of Zebes.

The first image is obvious. The second is a reference to the leotard worn by Samus in the Nintendo Comics System stories, most notably Captain N: The Game Master. The third is based on the colour of her Zero Suit, while the fourth is a reference to the creamed spinach colour of the original Game Boy's screen. The fifth image is based on the leotard worn by Rosalina in Mario and Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, and the sixth is based on Sakura Kinomoto's Red Cape Costume, in which one of the main features of the costume is a blue leotard. The last two images are based on the flag-themed leotards worn by female gymnasts in gymnastics competitions, in this case, the flags of France and Netherlands are represented in this comic.

Sukumizu Faux Pas

Attention, female readers. If you feel that your swimsuit does not have enough fanservice appeal, bear in mind a sukumizu makes you look immature and uncool.

In many Shojo TV shows, wearing a school swimsuit (sukumizu) outside school premises is a major faux pas because any female character wearing a school swimsuit to a swimming complex or a water park or the beach outside of field trips would be considered immature. This will cause other female characters to scramble to get her proper swimwear lest she be seen as uncool.

Even a two-piece swimsuit comprising of a sports bra swim top and boyshorts swim bottoms, which appears to be modest by two-piece swimwear standards, would have far better approval than a school swimsuit in swimwear terms, and yet, people are saying that Samus from Metroid shouldn't be wearing swimwear as alternate costumes to any Super Smash Bros games, claiming that fanservice is not allowed in many of Nintendo's games. Nintendo, however, states clearly that the sports bra and boyshorts attires worn by Samus in the Game Boy Advance Metroid games are eligible alternate costumes for Zero Suit Samus in the Super Smash Bros games given that such costumes are also worn by female wrestlers in professional wrestling, and Smash not only has several stages that allows the swimming feature, but also a boxing ring that stands in as a wrestling ring.

As for wearing a sukumizu to take part in an Anime convention swimwear competition, that is definitely out of the question.

Metroid © Nintendo.

Booty Panties

As long as there are underpants, especially female ones, the underwear obsessed pirate trio of Shark Bait, Smelly Pete and Sissy Le Poop will always seek them no matter what trouble they run into.

There are technically nine knickers in this comic, although the comic is about eight knickers that would get the attention of Shark Bait, Smelly Pete and Sissy Le Poop. This is because the two boyshorts knickers from both Metroid Fusion and Metroid Zero Mission were included together.

Sometimes, what makes a pair of panties attractive is the shape, or the color pattern. Even special designs such as the Triforce Panties would definitely get the attention of Shark Bait, Smelly Pete and Sissy Le Poop.

But remember, whatever Shark Bait, Smelly Pete and Sissy Le Poop are doing is strictly prohibited and can get you jail time.

Variations of a Metroid Ending Swimsuit

At the end of the original Metroid, be it the Japanese Famicom Disk System version or the international Nintendo Entertainment System version, the player will be greeted with a reveal that Samus is female, depending on how fast the player completed the game. The attire in the best ending happens to have Samus wear a bikini, and a beach setting would be a better background than the surface of Zebes.

The first image is obvious. The second is a reference to Super Metroid's standard Game Over sequence and the Best Ending, where Samus is wearing black undergarments. The third would be a homage to Metroid Fusion's ending outfit, while the fourth is based on Metroid: Zero Mission's ending outfit. Samus wearing a pink bikini in the fifth image has no Metroid references, but it could be a reference to Peach wearing a pink bikini in the Seaside Kingdom from Super Mario Odyssey. The sixth image is a reference to the creamed spinach green colour of the original Game Boy's screen. In the seventh image, Samus wears a striped bikini, referencing the popularity of shimabra and shimapan in Japanese pop culture, as well as the swimwear based on them. The last image has Samus wear an itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka-dot bikini to the beach, and she was not afraid to come outside.

Metroid © Nintendo.

Jump Rope Challenge Costumes

For those who wonder what Jump Rope Challenge is, Jump Rope Challenge is a free Nintendo Switch game created to help gamers cope with the quarantine orders amid the current pandemic. Recently, it had a free update that added Nintendo costumes into the game. However, despite the Mario, Wario and Link costumes being added into the game, costumes based on Donkey Kong, Waluigi, Zelda and Ganondorf were not added into the game. In Zelda's case, she is hardly active in physical sports because of her duty as Hylia in mortal form. For Ganondorf's case, he cannot get along with anybody, not even other villains such as Bowser, which can explain why not only does he get shut out of Mario Kart, but he also gets disallowed from attending Bad-Anon sessions. Waluigi being omitted is simply accurate to his personality of self-pity, a feeling that everything goes right for everybody else but him. As for Donkey Kong, we do not know why a costume based on him was not included.

Nintendo characters and games © Nintendo.

Future Smash Bros Alternate Costumes

When it comes to wacky costumes that could be added into the Super Smash Bros series as alternate costumes, Nintendo is sitting on a gold mine filled with them. The biggest problem is that the costumes needed to be analyzed for suitability before they get approved.

Mario Kart Tour has already gotten some great alternate costumes that could be added into Smash. Nintendo can always look into them, as well as obscure sources such as the Captain N comics, or they can give another look at the rejected alternate costumes to give them another chance to be added into Smash in the future.

Nintendo characters and games © Nintendo.

Too Skimpy?

Skimpy costumes featured from left to right starting with the top row:

Row 1: The Justin Bailey leotard that happens to be what Samus wears in the second-best ending of Metroid (Metroid, 1986, Famicom Disk System, NES), Tyris Flare's bikini (without vambraces) (Golden Axe, 1989, Arcade, Sega Genesis), Hiromi's leotard (without armour) (Burning Force, 1989, Arcade), Silk's bikini (Cotton Series, 1991, various platforms starting with the Arcade), the green leotard worn by Celes (without belt and cape) (Final Fantasy VI, 1994, various platforms starting with the SNES).

Row 2: The swimsuit worn by Arle in the Puyo Puyo CD system version error screen (Puyo Puyo CD, 1994, TurboGrafx CD), Twinkle's leotard (Puzzle Bobble 3/Bust-A-Move 3, 1996, various platforms starting with the Arcade), Arle's PuyoLympics attire (PuyoLympics, 1998, PC), Arle's two-piece swimsuit in PuyoLympics (PuyoLympics, 1998, PC), Metroid Fusion ending outfit (Metroid Fusion, 2002, Game Boy Advance).

Row 3: Rikku's yellow bikini (Final Fantasy X-2, 2003, PlayStation 2), Metroid: Zero Mission ending outfit (Metroid: Zero Mission, 2004, Game Boy Advance), Peach's soccer attire (Super Mario Strikers, 2005, GameCube), Daisy's soccer attire (without armour) (Mario Strikers Charged, 2007, Wii).

Having female characters wear skimpy costumes sounds ridiculous, if the last panel was anything. However, the skimpy costumes are not the problem. It's the scenarios that the attires worn by the characters that make the video game players question the appropriateness of such costumes.

Note: Although this comic covers the topic on skimpy female costumes featured in video games from 1986 to 2007, not all skimpy female costumes found in video games from that time period are featured in this comic, with the biggest omission being Super Metroid's ending outfit, which was featured in a comic posted earlier on this blog.

More Rejected Smash Bros Alternate Costumes

While Zero Suit Samus' red and black costumes in the Super Smash Bros series are supposed to be references to her ending outfits from the NES Metroid and SNES Super Metroid, I think they should be replaced with the aforementioned ending outfits from their respective games. Also, the Mario Strikers series female soccer outfits should have been in Super Smash Bros Ultimate, but they would be impractical for Peach and Daisy as they would look like Zero Suit Samus' last two alternate costumes, and they would not comply with their moveset. The same can be said for the Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games female swimwear. However, I would like the Mario Strikers Charged armour to be a Mii Brawler costume instead. And the Squid Girl Inkling costume from Splatoon did not even show up in Super Smash Bros Ultimate because of either Masahiro Sakurai's no manga characters allowed policy or the manga and anime studios do not want to issue a license to have the costume in the game. But I really wish the next Super Smash Bros game will include alternate costumes that did not make the cut, and also licensing issues regarding anything that did not originate in a video game to not be a problem.

Nintendo games and characters © Nintendo.

No More Wet Panties!

Whether or not panties getting wet due to bladder incontinence would be considered a wardrobe malfunction remains questionable.

For all those wondering about leak-proof panties being a thing, they actually exist.

The black undergarments that Samus is wearing in the first panel comes from the 100% Ending of Super Metroid, and it looks more like swimwear than lingerie.

The Dragon Quest IX female warrior happens to wear a red pair of panties, as seen in several Dragon Quest IX artwork images, which was why there are red panties in the last two panels.