You really think Samus' portrayal in Other M has its good parts?
They gave Samus feelings, yes, but don't these feelings kinda contradict the old Samus? You have an independent, emotionless killing machine which suddenly turns into an unsafe little girl who tries to impress her old commander, despite the fact that she left the army because of arguments with him.
It's not that female characters in other games don't have feelings after all. In fact, sometimes they're way too focused in feelings (apart from bosoms, of course). Samus simply didn't really fit the idea of the typical female video game character... at least until she began to show up in Zero Suit more than in Power Suit.