We can always count on shattered-earth’s humor to be on-point! 🙂
Also big thanks to her for juxtaposing the infamous design with how female version of that character would actually look. We’ve seen a concerning amount of responses which claim that somehowthis paragon of conventionally attractive masculine form is so effeminate that he’s practically a girl… Because showing a lot of skin and having pretty hair is inherently feminine, I suppose? Gamer dudebros sure like stretching to validate their sexually confused rage.
As a side-note: this is BABD’s 1001th post! Rejoice!
Bringing this back as a reminder that if Wal was actually female, no dudebro would bat an eye at his original skimperrific costume. Neither would they demand it to cover up more, let alone have that request granted by developers.
‘Cause, as we all know, asking for less scanty outfits is “censorship” only if a woman is wearing them. Especially if people asking to cover up the character are feminists.
Comedy writing rule of thumb: addressing an inherent problem with what you’re replicatingand then failing to illustrate the absurdity or even why it’s a problem means you fail to make it satire.
For any aspiring games developers out there who thought they’d use this “joke” take note – this was first released in 1991. That’s nearly a quarter century ago and quite possibly before you were born.
Comedy writing rule of thumb: addressing an inherent problem with what you’re replicatingand then failing to illustrate the absurdity or even why it’s a problem means you fail to make it satire.
For any aspiring games developers out there who thought they’d use this “joke” take note – this was first released in 1991. That’s nearly a quarter century ago and quite possibly before you were born.
We’ve been noted by lots of our lovely followers that Square Enix changed their minds about their mobile game protagonist who caused such an outrage a while ago.
Sorry if this is information you already know, but the mobile Final Fantasy game, Mobius (originally Mevius), has had some design changes. Due to ‘negative’ feedback, the main character now has less skin showing. Meanwhile a new female character has been announced. What are your thoughts?
indirajartwork (who also suggested this post’s title) submitted:
Where are all the dudebros to cry about censorship and creative freedom NOW? O__o
Morrigan submitted:
Remember that skimpy male armour from FF Mevius? Well, turns out the SJW cabal has been forcing Square Enix to abandon their sacrosanct artistic vision and censor themselves… I’m sure the brave knights of free speech will protest this blatant censorship, right? Surely, Squeenix will be called prudes who hate sex after this? ….Right?
Have you heard the news about Mobius Final Fantasy? OK PREPARE FOR GENERAL LEL@GAMERS basically the champions of FREDUM OF SPEUCH and ANTI-CENSORSHIP are now defending squeenix censoring a male character’s scanty outfit due to complaints from whiny male gamers. BEAUTIFUL. /popcorn
Thankfully, Square Enix recognized how uncomfortable it would be for men to play as a character who was designed as a sexual object before an active, heroic subject, and announced today that they had modified his design.
[…] Thank you for being so understanding, Square Enix.
Can’t say I’m surprised or angry, but very much disappointed.
And said people are more than happy to shield this change with the good old “creative freedom” excuse. The same creative freedom that would most likely be called “censorship” or “entitlement” if the such redesign was applied to a female character instead.
So, apparently, there IS such thing as “too sexy”… but only under condition that you are a man.Who knew, right?
~Ozzie
I am really disappointed in my fellow men for this one. Ever since I started helping out here they’ve always been so eager to tell me how people who bothered by a sexualized depiction of their demographic should respond.
“Go make your own.” Pretty self explanatory. Just start a studio that makes computer games professionally, produce critically acclaimed games that sell in record amounts and in twenty-eight years you could be showing them how it’s done.
“Realize it’s a fantasy game were anybody can have a magic powers.” So nothing needs to make sense and nothing matters… really they should be campaigning for him to have less clothes, that way it’s more fantasy-ish right?
“Enjoy it as a celebration of male form.” It makes men look good so that’s got to be good for all of us right?
“Just stop.” Okay, I’m not sure how this one helps but they seem very confident about it.
Speaking of “censorship” vs. “pandering”, thought it would be appropriate to bring this post back for the Throwback Thursday. As a reader @ms-silver remarked under our last post:
… These are probably the same guys who made that one male character from that FF game put on more clothes. But then again, making dudes wear more clothes isn’t censorship, clearly.
