So, following up on the outrage over “censoring” Skullgirls (six months after the fact) we now have the a new censorship scandal… censoring a not yet released Street Fighter V in a manner that we find truly hilarious.
As some of you may recall, some time ago we expressed some concerns with Rainbow Mika (R Mika)’s costume updates – and immediately had a horde descend to insist that it was totally legit, there is nothing sexualized about it it’s just wrestling and we’re complaining about nothing.
Now we have people rioting because it appears that her signature tag-team double butt attack animation has been altered! Well right before beginning her mega attack, Mika does a little half-turn and smacks her butt with her hand… and now the camera doesn’t focus on her butt for that smack.
Yes, apparently these people are unsatisfied with only this much sexualization:
And they’ve decided they appropriate thing to do is not to respect the creator’s creative freedom of altering their own content – but rather to start a petition. Oh there’s also some other minor changes (pretty much all camera angles) but the butt slap moment is the one specifically cited in the petition.
And of course, in the top comments of the petition is this gem:
@whereismywizardhat was right, the ride never ends.
– wincenworks
I wasn’t keeping up with E3 but the Valkyrie from the Gauntlet game actually has practical armor???
Well, I’m a little disappointed that they seem to have gone with three men and a token woman approach (not that I had high hopes for Gauntlet – one of the original “kill everything that moves or doesn’t move” games), but looking at the most revealing outfit they’re showcasing for her:
I can’t stay mad at her… look at her!
– wincenworks
Since it’s that time again where the popular rhetoric is “Why be so negative? Why not celebrate the improvements!?” I feel it’s time to bring this back.
If Arrowhead Game Studios (founded by students) can do this with Gauntlet, a franchise this is literally thirty years old, and has a questionable history in terms of costume design for Valkyrie, then I think I’m entitled to expect more from major studios.
So, the message to major studios that want praise for “trying to improve” while improving by only the slightest increments (followed by backsteps) remains the same:
– wincenworks
I wasn’t keeping up with E3 but the Valkyrie from the Gauntlet game actually has practical armor???
Well, I’m a little disappointed that they seem to have gone with three men and a token woman approach (not that I had high hopes for Gauntlet – one of the original “kill everything that moves or doesn’t move” games), but looking at the most revealing outfit they’re showcasing for her:
I can’t stay mad at her… look at her!
– wincenworks
Since it’s that time again where the popular rhetoric is “Why be so negative? Why not celebrate the improvements!?” I feel it’s time to bring this back.
If Arrowhead Game Studios (founded by students) can do this with Gauntlet, a franchise this is literally thirty years old, and has a questionable history in terms of costume design for Valkyrie, then I think I’m entitled to expect more from major studios.
So, the message to major studios that want praise for “trying to improve” while improving by only the slightest increments (followed by backsteps) remains the same:
– wincenworks
@millatheshieldmaiden submitted:
Has this been submitted yet?
No, no it had not. I have to say, I really find it amusing that when you have a controlled marketplace like the iStore or Android Shop, people always seem to interpret this as a challenge and try to claim they’re pushing the limit of… what people aren’t there looking for (because it’s not sold there).
Can you imagine this mentality applied in other ways? “The most violent comic in romance anthology!” “The most text heavy movie on DVD!”
The lack of faith this conveys in the quality of their RPG as an RPG is simply breathtaking.
– wincenworks
