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Zero Suit Samus’s position as Nintendo’s fan service appeal was cemented Tuesday after Super Smash Bros. Game Director Masahiro Sakurai revealed a new alternate costume for the character. Sakurai revealed a screenshot of the new costume in a Miiverse update depicting both the Wii U and 3DS versions of the outfit. Notably, the costume takes the design of  an armorless Samus from the Metroid Fusion and Metroid: Zeo Mission games, where players could unlock an image of an armor-less Samus by beating the game under a specific time limit and unlocking a certain number of items. Alongside the new screenshot Sakurai wrote, “Pic of the day. Looking at the number of days we have left for development, it would be an impossible task to create this… That’s what I told my staff. But thanks to the determination of her female designer, these Zero Suit outfits got completed in time. From the ending of Metroid: Zero Mission, here’s Samus in shorts!” Pictured above, the new costume’s design is notably barer in fabric