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“Battle Costume Cammy”

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nora-bright submitted:

Preorder bonus outfit for Cammy called “Battle Costume Cammy.”

According them this her being “Decked out in mission gear, Cammy is ready to complete her next objective!”

I gotta ask, what kind of battle, mission and objective are they expecting her to do in that without feeling a constant wedgie? Like seriously, that must be digging into her crotch no matter what she does.

I can already hear the furious hammering of keys as people rush to tell us that we should know Cammy has always been a heavily sexualized since she was introduced twenty-two years ago.  Being particularly famous for this:

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Briefly however, let’s discuss how here original ridiculous outfit from 1993 (when people thought Rob Liefeld was a genius) has gotten even more ridiculous both in the pre-order and the standard:

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That’s right, her costume now has the crotch section trimmed down, comes with extra straps to draw more attention to her boobs and has vacuum sealing around the navel.

I am genuinely perplexed how someone could even begin to think that such a thing would be bareable to wear standing still, let alone jumping around in full contact tournament fighting.

– wincenworks

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Spin Angels a comic about secret agents working the Vatican… who apparently have updated their dress code to include mandatory bared bellies.  Initially it was published by Marvel and now is being republished by Delcourt (a major publisher in France).

They may choose a different cover, but by the fourth issue Marvel’s “progression” of desperately attention seeking cover art reached a stage where it doesn’t even really fit on Bikini Armor Battle Damage anymore…

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Spoiler: This didn’t save the comic.

– wincenworks

(edit: We have been informed it was originally published by a different French publisher, Soleil, under a different title in French. Apparently there is no end to the optimism that somehow this marketing strategy will work this time. h/t: Haplo)

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Some people have been claiming this “hot Ryu” or “hot dad Ryu” pre-order outfit is as sexualized as the Chun Li, R Mika or Cammy outfits… but I have to disagree.  If Capcom really thinks outfits should be running on the sexualized outfits sell games principle then they should be giving us Ryu in a fundoshi.

People have already made mods for it on Street Fighter IV and fan art!

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So come on Capcom. One way or the other!

– wincenworks

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I swear this is a real title from the early 90s. Metal and Lace: The Battle of the Robo BabesPossibly the creepiest thing to be shown in any fighting video game.It's 2053. You're about to touch down on a remote island known for its beautiful women and its blood sport - RoboFighting.Totally not Chun Li with robot rabbit ears. Honest.All however are eager to wager their lives for the chance to battle Robo Babes. The odors of burnt flesh and charred metal fill the air with a thick toxic stench.I feel it's really confusing message to make your fighting robots able to transform into sexy babes. Imagine how many people get confused and order them the wrong reasons.You have shelled out a lot of cash to get here. For what? Sleek bodies and bare skin? No, you've come here to test your skill against the best warriors the island has to offer:Graphics wise this is pretty much par for the genre and the era... though I'm kind of amazed they didn't try to fill the background with bikini babes.I really can't help but feel this was some act of not so subtle rebellion by the development team...

bikiniarmorbattledamage:

Throughout the 90s there were plenty of people trying to capitalize on the popularity of good 2D fighting games like Street Fighter 2 – Metal and Lace: Robofighters is one that tried to get an edge via the sex sells angle (A Californian actually invested a lot of work expanding the original production from Japan and giving it that charming back story).

Now, while it looks like this should be a porn game and the publishers did eventually import and localize some porn games – the default release of this was supposedly suitable for all ages (you had to pay for a patch/expansion disc if you wanted to see naughty bits).

Sadly, the fact that this game was all but forgotten and it seems not even the developers could take it seriously has not deterred modern day developers from thinking if they crank the sexy appeal up to 11 out of 10 they’ll rule the market.

– wincenworks

(Captions are added to the images to help with the scrolling text… and for extra snark)

Bringing this back for Throwback Thursday because it seems time to cover that using sex to sell your fighting game has never worked.

It didn’t work in the 90s when games came on floppy discs and it hasn’t gotten better results from using video capture either.

When people sit down to play a fighting game they want to fight, not fap.

– wincenworks

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When you arrange the promo images like this it looks like Scarlett, the heroine of Venetica, got annoyed with her attire then went on a quest to find some worthwhile clothes – only to be stuck with boob armor.

It is completely unsurprising that everything promoting the game from the dialogue to the lazy exotification (the trailer seems to feature black people purely so they can make them look tribal and primitive compared to everyone else) to these designs.

Unsurprisingly – this game did not do very well.  Surprisingly, many developers still hope these will make their game do well… somehow.

– wincenworks