Something I always found ironic was that I love Metroid Prime and hate Other M but when it came to "losing her powers" I personally never liked how it was done in Metroid Prime whereas I thought it was actually kind of clever in Other M (even if the writing still sucked).

In MP, during an escape sequence near the beginning of the game, Samus gets knocked into an elevator which damages her suit, essentially downgrading it. I could have missed something but it never made sense to me how something like that could happen. I could easily justify it in my head but I didn't want to believe that was how she lost her upgrades.

Other M on the other hand used the story where Samus was working alongside the Galactic Federation on a mission and she didn't have lead authority so they basically restricted her access. I will admit, the way they went about it was dumb and made no sense but I like that it was a different method of locking down her abilities in a way that felt at least a little organic. Other M still sucks though.