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In terms of practicality, I'm sure he could have gotten pretty much anyone he wanted from SNK. They've been very diverse in terms of their guest characters (Fighting Ex Layer got Terry, but then Tekken got Geese, DOA6 got Kula and Mai, Million Arthur got Iori, Soul Calibur 6 got Haohmaru, Mobile Legends apparently got an Athena skin, etc.)I bet a part of Sakurai wishes he could've added Iori instead. But the bias only goes so far. ;P
In terms of fan recognition... He probably would have done nearly as well with any of SNK's bigger characters, honestly. Terry, Iori, Athena, Nakoruru, or one of the Metal Slug cast would all probably have about the same presence these days. Terry was the 'classic mascot', granted, but he was never a requisite choice.
By E10, I'm assuming you mean ESRB E10+?Doesn't excuse sexism. Shulk is far more naked than Mai. Hell, Cammy's spirit is far more skimpy.
Ultra Street Fighter 2 is rated E10, and in the included digital art book, Cammy has a visible camel toe. Also in the 30th anniversary collection, in the bonus artwork, there are crudely drawn, but clear boobs and nipples on one of the Chun Li concept images. Still E10.
I don't believe you can directly compare CERO and ESRB on this front (even moreso due to CERO lacking a direct equivalent for E10+... B sits between that and T).
CERO is apparently obnoxiously harsh on anything considered 'Sexually Provocative', and Nintendo seems deadset on getting an A rating. :-/
Though with all that in mind, I still say that some of the art of Mai from Gals' Fighters should have still been able to get a pass spirit-wise if nothing else, but eh...
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