Quote Originally Posted by Ardox View Post
Might explain why the explanation felt so convoluted when I did the 2nd coil.. Felt like a bad take on the Samus is a girl trope.
It's been a while since it was a topic of discussion, but as I recall, the whole unexpected gender thing was due to a miscommunication between the writers and the art team. The story of the sister taking the brother's place was created after the fact to "patch" the problem.

So, yeah, it was a "Samus is a girl" done badly - because it was done UNINTENTIONALLY. XD