An unexpected discovery has been made! General Alex Miles, the commander character in Metroid Prime: Federation Force, is an unseen character in that you never see Miles’ face beneath the helmet, and Miles’ sex is never specified in dialogue. Well, it appears that has now changed. u/itsyeboyjp on Reddit took to r/metroid to share a discovery they made when playing Federation Force recently.
During the credits, the characters appear alongside them, including Miles. When u/itsyeboyjp watched the credits, a face was shown underneath Miles’ helmet, which normally doesn’t appear. The face and hair suggest Miles might be a woman. If so, Miles would be following in the legacy of Samus herself as a character some may have thought was a man, but was actually female underneath their armor.
Bearborg, an admin on Wikitroid, was unable to reproduce the glitch, but confirmed that a model and textures for Miles’ face do exist and shared those with us. What a find!
