So, while I’m not super thrilled with Linkle – I am kind of grateful they didn’t base her appearance off Zhurong/Zhu Rong from Koei’s Dynasty Warriors series (or literally any character from Team Ninja’s Dead or Alive series).
If you’re confused why she’s blond and amazon cosplaying… so is basically everyone else since she is based off Lady Zhurong from the actual Romance of the Three Kingdoms novel, who looked more like this:
And this is how she looked in Koei’s Romance of the Three Kingdom’s game.
It is an eternal mystery, the answer to which is probably known only to a small cabal of Creepy Marketing Guys.
– wincenworks
This Dragon’s Crown Statue Is Freaking Me Out
This Dragon’s Crown Statue Is Freaking Me Out
@ajhasaplan submitted:
Front page of Kotaku.
What in the shit.
The history of this Dragon’s Crown statue is a wild ride that keeps on going. Originally it appears it was unlicensed, then it was licensed for an exhibition and limited release only within Japan in 2013. And when the world saw how the stylized Amazon looked like when she was represented as something three dimensional, they were horrified.
Now apparently the figure is going to be given a second shot – no word on if they’ll be selling this outside of Japan. But the article provides a pretty great summary of how opinions have warmed:
But really what I love about this statue is that it highlights just how limiting this kind of character design is. It’s not horrifying because they’ve departed from the original design principles, it’s horrifying because in a 3D form that encourages examination – it’s no longer shielded by distraction and the expectation of acceptance due to it’s dependence on tropes.
Seriously, nothing about this design was ever anything less than horrifying – it’s just (poorly) concealed behind distractions and rhetoric about it being some sort of statement about the fantasy adventure genre.
Seriously whether it’s the question of where does the rest of her body go, or what is happening with her “armor” everyone one of these action shots is a moment of horror in the making.
– wincenworks
This Dragon’s Crown Statue Is Freaking Me Out
This Dragon’s Crown Statue Is Freaking Me Out
@ajhasaplan submitted:
Front page of Kotaku.
What in the shit.
The history of this Dragon’s Crown statue is a wild ride that keeps on going. Originally it appears it was unlicensed, then it was licensed for an exhibition and limited release only within Japan in 2013. And when the world saw how the stylized Amazon looked like when she was represented as something three dimensional, they were horrified.
Now apparently the figure is going to be given a second shot – no word on if they’ll be selling this outside of Japan. But the article provides a pretty great summary of how opinions have warmed:
But really what I love about this statue is that it highlights just how limiting this kind of character design is. It’s not horrifying because they’ve departed from the original design principles, it’s horrifying because in a 3D form that encourages examination – it’s no longer shielded by distraction and the expectation of acceptance due to it’s dependence on tropes.
Seriously, nothing about this design was ever anything less than horrifying – it’s just (poorly) concealed behind distractions and rhetoric about it being some sort of statement about the fantasy adventure genre.
Seriously whether it’s the question of where does the rest of her body go, or what is happening with her “armor” everyone one of these action shots is a moment of horror in the making.
– 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
Belladonna is a Celt woman brought into undeath by The Morrigan (and somehow given the power to control animals) – so naturally the most important thing is she wear as little as possible.
Not that her tartan be consistent, or she look like she can actually swing an axe, or have a crow or have animals with her or… anything vaguely to do with her character concept.
– wincenworks