Anthony Higgs

Anthony Higgs is one of the supporting characters from Metroidː Other M. He is a Galactic Federation soldier, and a member of the squadron called the 07th Platoon, led by Adam Malkovich. He is also a good friend to ˞˞˞Samus Aran since her Federation days.

Why He Should Be Remembered

 * 1) In the trailer of Metroidː Other M before the game was even released, Anthony Higgs quickly became a well-liked and popular character among the fanbase, and even after the game's release, his likability still holds up, which both fans and critics consider him to be the best part in the series otherwise weakest installments to date.
 * 2) Out of all the members of the 07th Platoon, Anthony Higgs has more personality than the other soldiers do since the others barely don't shine as much as he did.
 * 3) Anthony is the only member of the platoon who treats Samus like a friend and it shows that they had a backstory together when they were both on the Galactic Federation Army up until an incident with Ian Malkovich being killed in the Lusitania when the drive unit, he was trying to repair malfunctioned.
 * 4) Anthony has shown to look out for Samus and has even saved her on multiple occasions, like the Mystery Creature. Even if it takes him a while for him to intervene, his Plasma Gun takes a long time to charge which shows that he never intended to let her die.
 * 5) *As infamous as the Ridley cutscene was with Samus suddenly having an anxiety attack despite her previous encounters, Anthony has an awesome moment where he shoots at Ridley to make him drop her, he even taunts and provokes him to come after him, and he does an awesome backflip to avoid being in his grasp, even though he ends up being pushed off towards the lava which Anthony narrowly escapes a fiery fate with an Ice Beam directed at a monster.
 * 6) Anthony managed to apply the emergency brakes in the BOTTLE SHIP to prevent it from crashing into the Galactic Federation HQ, which also unknowingly gave Samus an advantage over the Queen Metroid.
 * 7) When the rogue group of Federation soldiers attempt to have Madeline Bergman arrested after killing MB (Melissa Bergman), Anthony reveals himself to be alive and well and uses his authority from the Chairman to take her into custody with Samus, so Madeline can testify to the events and the conspiracy.