What's especially bad about this is that Samus was one of the first if not the first major gender equality movement in gaming.
Hey, yeah you.... You think that video game is really fun and cool too huh? Well here, type in the password "Jason Bailey" and you'll see that hero you admired so much and thought was so cool was a girl.... You can now play as her and you were always playing as her but couldn't see her inside her armor. The game is otherwise exactly the same. Same cool stuff to do, same exact hero, except now you know that hero happens to be female....
And what the hell is anyone's legit problem with that? Trick question, there is no legit problem with that....
It all proves a god damn point, video games, even the "shoot 'em up" kind, don't have to follow the "male hero saves helpless girl who gets kidnapped way too freaking much," formula to be successful and fun. Further, You don't have to go out of your way to make a video game "about a girl." Samus is the same as all the others, in the same role, and she does just fine in it. Now, what do you suppose that means...?
Along comes another "boss" figure who "knows how to write" and is correct ultimately because "he's in charge." Never mind logic, never mind history that made this one of the most successful video game brands, the boss knows better and if you disagree, you're fired. <--This is the tyrant's argument being made by a tyrant.... You, o wise boss, know better because you're just that god damn great. We have a saying where I'm from for people like this, "one day you'll get sick and die...."
If the new developers on the new Metroid series wanted to add depth to the game that's fine, except that's not really what they did here. They added material that contradicts previous games. Samus was independent and went through the entire series without anyone else. She proved she could operate in the face of adversity alone without breaking down.... Here, eh... that appears to be exactly what she's doing now. Crap, she's unsure of herself and needs some moron telling her what to do.... We've solved the mystery of what Samus needed to be even more effective.... [sigh]