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Social NintenZone Social 4 - Bring It In, Guys!

When, if ever, do you plan on buying the Switch?

  • At launch

    Votes: 40 36.0%
  • Late spring/summer

    Votes: 25 22.5%
  • During the fall/holidays

    Votes: 17 15.3%
  • Sometime after 2017

    Votes: 7 6.3%
  • Not until [insert game here] is released

    Votes: 20 18.0%
  • I'm not getting that bucket of turds!!

    Votes: 2 1.8%

  • Total voters
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Yeah, I wish females in anime were better written myself.

Thankfully, there are plenty of exceptions (ex: Riza Hawkeye <3)
 
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As far as I can tell, Peach is problematic because she's girly.

Never mind that's she's a woman or anything.

Apparently OBE1 has a source stating that the a new Assassin's Creed game (that takes place in Egypt) will release on the Switch, along side the other versions of the game.

Yes, THAT OBE1. He's also being backed up by LKD, so there's more credence to his source being legit.

Just in case... :079:
I can see it. Ancient Egypt is a fantastic choice, especially if the rumors suggesting an Ezio-like character who visits Greece and Rome are true.

200% yes.
 

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As far as I can tell, Peach is problematic because she's girly.

Never mind that's she's a woman or anything.



I can see it. Ancient Egypt is a fantastic choice, especially if the rumors suggesting an Ezio-like character who visits Greece and Rome are true.

200% yes.
Greece and Rome too huh? I dig it... sounds pretty good.

The only thing I'm wonderings is, where could they go after Egypt?
 

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My Wolf Link amiibo arrived today!! Looks awesome. Certainly one of the best amiibo's ive seen.....tho is my faulty due to mass production or does Wolf Link meant to have a partially greenish tail and a green stripe on his face (space between nose and eyes).

Midna looks slightly dark greenish too wtf.

I suppose it doesn't make that much of a difference when I get used to it lol.
 

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Seven Deadly Sins is a great anime, well, igonring the pervy Mc Or the girl who is his target but yeah

Peach girl is the only Shojo I watched and loved
I heard it's super good. I just haven't gotten around to it. It is on my watch list, but Steins;Gate and a possible Lucky Star rewatch are ahead of it right now, along with binge watching some of my favorite live action shows. However, I'll do my best to watch it soon.

I haven't seen many shojo, if any at all...does Clannad count as shojo, or no? If not that, then the only one I've seen is Fruits Basket.
 
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Has anyone seen this yet?

The UB-02 cutscene made me think the two were MUCH bigger than a normal human
Mimikyu is so smol tho
I'm worried about Salazzle and Lurantis because I assumed both were around the same size as the trainer
Tapus being different in size is kinda weird
And Celesteela makes me feel uneasy
. Where's the female Large Hams and Hot Blooded Shonen types
Those are actually the most common in Shonen, about almost any woman that fights in an action anime will be just like Tsunade from Naruto
Of course, there are always exceptions, though good female characters are still rare, there's the already mentioned here Hawkeye from FMA and damn if I don't love Saber.
Bungou does them pretty nicely with the few it does have, though Koyou has got to be my favorite with her「GOLDEN DEMON」
 

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I have a bit of a hard time understanding the amount of fuss over Mario, especially considering there's far worse depictions of women that people turn a blind eye to. I guess it's just a difference of view, though, since these types seem to claim that the more popular something with sexism is the worse the sexism is and that the actual degree of sexism doesn't count so much as the popularity of something that has any sexism at all, whereas I. . .don't exactly see it that way. It almost feels more like piggybacking for attention rather than trying to deal with the real problems and as though it belittles dealing with any form of sexism by not dealing with the things everyone would agree are sexist first but are never brought to attention and then working their way down once society actually sees there's a major issue and worse things have been dealt with, but different people have different ways of seeing things.

But then, I don't play Mario games unless he's crossing over with something I like anyway. Granted, most of the games I like would probably be called sexist too, but there's often some kind of complication that makes it a whole other kettle of (typically unaddressed) tropes. And then there's Splatoon, which actually does have women bailing out men and depending on your player character can be nothing BUT women bailing out men.

I'm of the mind that trying to hide away anything and everything sexist isn't going to help, because then stupid people are going to forget sexism exists and even dumber people will continue being sexist without ever being called out. Political correctness gone mad is political correctness that's going to backfire horribly by enabling sexism through it's misguided attempt to stop it. I'd rather people drag the more serious stuff out into the open than hide the more minor stuff in a tiny corner and hope the elephant in the room leaves if they pretend it doesn't exist.

As for characters, I'd prefer it if people wrote their female characters the exact same way they wrote their male characters, possibly minus the offhand perversion some male characters have. Female characters tend to be BORING. Where's the female Large Hams and Hot Blooded Shonen types and slapstick idiots? And when they are there, when are they ever written with half as much passion as the men or without this huge "And she's a GIRL" sticker stuck to them? I don't see needing more female characters or more powerful ones as the issue I have, we have plenty of both already. I'd like more female characters that are actually CHARACTERS instead of woman-shaped things for people to project themselves onto. But any example of having an actual personality would almost certainly be treated as sexist by certain types. . .
I think a part of that may be because female characters seem to be viewed more critically from most fandoms than male characters. Which may limit the creative freedom for some writers than if they where to write a male character.

With most male characters you can give them various personality traits varying from funny, serious, geeky etc and usually they tend to be well received for the most part (Unless the writers do something exceptionally bad with them) whereas with most female characters, giving them a comic relief personality for example may have them shunned and being called "annoying" or "stupid" by a number of fans.....

At least, that's what I've noticed when hanging around various fandoms that dislike certain female characters, but seemingly letting certain male characters get away with it for practically doing the same thing, if not worse, and looking through blogs discussing controversial characters etc...
 

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I heard it's super good. I just haven't gotten around to it. It is on my watch list, but Steins;Gate and a possible Lucky Star rewatch are ahead of it right now, along with binge watching some of my favorite live action shows. However, I'll do my best to watch it soon.

I haven't seen many shojo, if any at all...does Clannad count as shojo, or no? If not that, then the only one I've seen is Fruits Basket.
yoo Fruits Basket used to be my jam
The UB-02 cutscene made me think the two were MUCH bigger than a normal human
Mimikyu is so smol tho
I'm worried about Salazzle and Lurantis because I assumed both were around the same size as the trainer
Tapus being different in size is kinda weird
And Celesteela makes me feel uneasy

Those are actually the most common in Shonen, about almost any woman that fights in an action anime will be just like Tsunade from Naruto
Of course, there are always exceptions, though good female characters are still rare, there's the already mentioned here Hawkeye from FMA and damn if I don't love Saber.
Bungou does them pretty nicely with the few it does have, though Koyou has got to be my favorite with her「GOLDEN DEMON」
I got another idea of a good female character. Haruhi from Ouran Host club
 

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I think it's the same thing as when PETA started calling out Pokemon Black and White for animal cruelty or even when they called out Mario for the animal cruelty toward tanukis
Probably. I'm sure there's games out there with animal hunting and even skinning as an actual mechanic that were ignored in that case as well in favor of picking on a faux costume and a world where the situation could almost be implied to be required for humanity's survival and the animals are usually treated much better and are in a much more symbiotic relationship than the description of gameplay would imply.

Like, pick out the majority of RPGs that aren't Pokemon and it'd have worse treatment of animals than Pokemon does, really. Go out, ye protagonist, and hunt me fifty angry rabbits and bring me their toes, and I'll give you five bucks and a basic healing potion!

If anything the fact that people most likely eat Pokemon is probably more off color than the battling considering they're sapient, although even then it seems like a lot of farming using a Pokemon that regrows meat and can't feel it cut off is in order so it's still more humane than IRL in many cases. Like, there'd be some meat that people the equivalent of those IRL who refuse to eat meat but still have eggs and milk might potentially be willing to have. Shed Crabrawler claws in particular might be fine if they're picked up when it happens as normal since those aren't meant for or to be anything else either way.

What Spyke does in Splatoon on the other hand is. . .not so humane, LOL. Not that PETA would pay attention to even something as popular as Splatoon. Or the plight of something that's not cute and fuzzy and is typically more of a delicacy, for that matter. Or can't be euthanized.
 

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yoo Fruits Basket used to be my jam

I got another idea of a good female character. Haruhi from Ouran Host club
I still gotta watch Ouran too...

FB is...well, I thought it was alright, but not one I would call a favorite. My favorite character was Kyo, and his rivalry with Yuki was entertaining for a while.
 
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Oh, since Nanatsu no Taizai/Seven Deadly Sins was brought up, if anyone ever is interested on watching it, I'd recommend the manga instead.
The anime only(badly) adapts the first arc and even makes changes that would contradict later plot points from the manga, the first arc is also very weak compared to the second one which is where the fights finally get interesting and the best Sin is introduced(oh yeah, I should also mention that the anime doesn't even show the last Sin due to him only first appearing in the second arc).
The one thing the anime does have going for it is how beautiful it is though
 

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Always wanted a AC in Egypt, so I'd buy that game if I get Switch. I don't buy AC games if the world and time period does not interest me.

Other places I've dreamed of for ages:
  • China. China. China. China.
  • Feudal Japan (duh)
  • Russia - when Russia really started to expand or something.
  • More Italy (yay potentially more Italy!)
  • Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth era - could easily include some Ottomans/ Holy Roman Empire/ Russians/ Austrians. (just mainly being patriotic here but this would be really cool anyway - Winged Hussars!!!!)
  • Ancient Sparta / Persia
  • Latin America
 

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When it comes to good female characters in anime, it really depends on the context of the show itself. Sasha was the most enjoyable thing in AoT for me as her comedic side was a great contrast to the 'giant naked people go nomnomnom on small people'. There's also Ryuko Matoi, who has flaws and a design which doesn't scream 'strong female protagonist' but her actions, personality and development make her an enjoyable character. Hell, even a hooker like Panty is enjoyable due to the writers knowing what to do

Speaking of anime, I finished MHA. Only problem I have is that there are so many characters I can't remember their names well and have to call them 'Earplug girl' or 'the ****** with a bird head', etc. Now to watch Little Witch Academia and Karas!
 

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yoo Fruits Basket used to be my jam

I got another idea of a good female character. Haruhi from Ouran Host club
Oh that's the protagonist from that anime, right? Yeah, she was alright, if not as funny as some of the other insane characters. Might be because she got mistaken for a dude and now has to keep up the charade constantly though, LOL. And of course being the protagonist saddles her with being the straight (wo)man to everyone else's crazy a bit.
I think a part of that may be because female characters seem to be viewed more critically from most fandoms than male characters. Which may limit the creative freedom for some writers than if they where to write a male character.

With most male characters you can give them various personality traits varying from funny, serious, geeky etc and usually they tend to be well received for the most part (Unless the writers do something exceptionally bad with them) whereas with most female characters, giving them a comic relief personality for example may have them shunned and being called "annoying" or "stupid" by a number of fans.....

At least, that's what I've noticed when hanging around various fandoms that dislike certain female characters, but seemingly letting certain male characters get away with it for practically doing the same thing, if not worse, and looking through blogs discussing controversial characters etc...
It might have to do with the tone of voice. I have male characters that I like that get yelled at a lot for being annoying too, I just think some peoples' hearing is REALLY sensitive and they end up acting obnoxious about it. Maybe if the women were alto they'd be more OK with it.

. . .But that's probably giving people too much credit, there probably is a double standard on top of people having no chill.
 

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President Koopa is back in action gais.

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I just can't stop laughing.
This movie is a beautiful train wreck.

I honestly think Nintendo shouldn't be ashamed at it anymore. It should be something they embrace and even make fun of at times. More people laugh at it nowadays rather than full on hate it.
 

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Apparently Japan agreed with me that Yokai Watch 3 sucked because it didn't sell that well in Japan
 

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Oh that's the protagonist from that anime, right? Yeah, she was alright, if not as funny as some of the other insane characters. Might be because she got mistaken for a dude and now has to keep up the charade constantly though, LOL. And of course being the protagonist saddles her with being the straight (wo)man to everyone else's crazy a bit.
I was introdused to Ouran Host Club by my anime club and ive loved it ever since then. I wish It was still going.
 
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people forget about that game, dont they? It was pretty fun too
I liked SPP. I thought it was an alright game.

Yeah, I'm sure Jasper Hamill, a man with 2,000 twitter followers, is very relevant in the realm of "SJW politics"
Well, the one that made waves was one published on the New York Times and got a huge buzz from various places.

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I just didn't feel like linking to either one as I don't feel either of these people deserve views for writing clickbait.

I think an article published on the NYT has a bit more leyway, no?

Regardless, SJWs are so 2015. Trump winning should have been more than a sign that people are tired of the far left. It's just funny to see these people run circles around themselves. Give someone a long enough rope and they'll hang themselves with it, is what they say.
 
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I'm posting this simply because the MHA part is literally my thoughts on it
And I feel like it's something important to keep in mind: you don't have to make something original, you have to make something GOOD. And this also applies to Seven Deadly Sins, they're your usual over-the-top shonen series but they do such in a way that makes them enjoyable even with all the overused tropes in them.
Though I also have to give praise to MHA by doing an excellenf world-building to a world where powers are commonplace instead of other series where powers don't seem to have affected society at all.

But whatever, I said those were literally my thoughts so you know what that means: TOURNAMENT ARC
When it comes to good female characters in anime, it really depends on the context of the show itself. Sasha was the most enjoyable thing in AoT for me as her comedic side was a great contrast to the 'giant naked people go nomnomnom on small people'. There's also Ryuko Matoi, who has flaws and a design which doesn't scream 'strong female protagonist' but her actions, personality and development make her an enjoyable character. Hell, even a hooker like Panty is enjoyable due to the writers knowing what to do

Speaking of anime, I finished MHA. Only problem I have is that there are so many characters I can't remember their names well and have to call them 'Earplug girl' or 'the ****** with a bird head', etc. Now to watch Little Witch Academia and Karas!
Everyone has that problem with Boku no Hero, especially since the show doesn't have the time for all those characters.
I hear the manga slowly develops some of those characters such as Zuko.
sold in the 4 digits iirc. I remember reading a while ago YW was losing the hype in Japan
Probably because SM released so no one feels like playing any of the inferior Mon games anymore
 

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Greece and Rome too huh? I dig it... sounds pretty good.

The only thing I'm wonderings is, where could they go after Egypt?
Rome and Greece stand out. No way they'll include either in an Egypt game.

After that, Persia (!!!), India, and even Carthage (if the time line lines out) makes sense.

Hold it, a Carthage would be fantastic. So much room for interpretation.
 

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sold in the 4 digits iirc. I remember reading a while ago YW was losing the hype in Japan
I was just watching a video on it, and the reason Yokai Watch 3 did not do as well was probably because it was set in USA

Not the mention the same problem I had with it that the "Yokai" in the game aren't Yokai in any way. Just generic stereotypes

Yokai is still popular in Japan, it's probably just YW3 that isn't as much. 'Cause it sucked
 

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I was introdused to Ouran Host Club by my anime club and ive loved it ever since then. I wish It was still going.
I found it on Netflix at one point. I didn't give a crud about the shipping element but I thought it was pretty entertaining anyway.

When Netflix changed the description after I had already watched it I was like, "Wait, it's not as bad as that's making it sound," LOL. The word that was used to describe it was accurate but makes it come off a lot less kosher than it actually is. Oh, and later I found out that "Host Club" itself is getting stuff past the radar, but. . .what are they gonna do in high school, anyway? I doubt the school staff would allow it to be a thing to the extent that it was if it was any worse than what the show actually was.
 

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I was just watching a video on it, and the reason Yokai Watch 3 did not do as well was probably because it was set in USA

Not the mention the same problem I had with it that the "Yokai" in the game aren't Yokai in any way. Just generic stereotypes

Yokai is still popular in Japan, it's probably just YW3 that isn't as much. 'Cause it sucked
well there is only so much they can do in one country alone.
 

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I found it on Netflix at one point. I didn't give a crud about the shipping element but I thought it was pretty entertaining anyway.

When Netflix changed the description after I had already watched it I was like, "Wait, it's not as bad as that's making it sound," LOL. The word that was used to describe it was accurate but makes it come off a lot less kosher than it actually is. Oh, and later I found out that "Host Club" itself is getting stuff past the radar, but. . .what are they gonna do in high school, anyway? I doubt the school staff would allow it to be a thing to the extent that it was if it was any worse than what the show actually was.
yeah, Prositution happens in host clubs irl lol But seeing how thats just an anime, I dont think it matters
 

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They could have done better by making the new 'merican Yokai on mythology, fables, folklore, etc.

Instead of a cheerleader and hamburger
True but I wouldnt exactly trust Japan to make a yokai based off of a native america deity,ect if they made yokai look like hamburgers
 
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They could have done better by making the new 'merican Yokai on mythology, fables, folklore, etc.

Instead of a cheerleader and hamburger
True but I wouldnt exactly trust Japan to make a yokai based off of a native america deity,ect if they made yokai look like hanburgers
I'm kinda curious, what lore is there for the hamburger? Is it the soul of the krabby patty nobody ate or something?
 

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yeah, Prositution happens in host clubs irl lol But seeing how thats just an anime, I dont think it matters
Ouran High School Host Club is like saying "Hey, look at this steamy slash fanfiction" and then it turning out to be fluff, LOL.

It talks a big talk but it's just a bunch of kids fake flirting and leaving the overactive imaginations of the teenage girls visiting to do the rest. And of course, hilarity ensuing for reasons both related and unrelated to that.
 
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Trump winning just shows how unpopular Hillary was more so than anything.(And even people who leaned towards her thought she had it in the bag anyway, and thus decided not to vote.) Trump performed the average republican vote count, it wasn't anything that special, the vote count Obama got the last two elections still very much beats it out. While Hillary heavily under performed by democrat standards, even then she still beat him in the popular vote, so if you want to get technical on who America favored more so, it's Hillary.


Which should just be the way of deciding, I haven't heard any good reasoning from anyone on why it should exist other than "New York and California would control everything" even though that makes no sense because it wouldn't even matter what state you'd be from, your vote would actually count. Otherwise, if you're say a republican voting in California or a democrat voting in Texas, your vote really doesn't matter in the electoral college. All the electoral college does is make politicians focus on swing states more than anything else. I'm not arguing this because Trump won, I'm just arguing this because the electoral college is stupid regardless of that. And if the vote was dependent on the popular vote both party's election strategies would be different anyway.
 
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I'm kinda curious, what lore is there for the hamburger? Is it the soul of the krabby patty nobody ate or something?
He doesn't seem to have a story. He's just overemotional and has the catchphrase "Oh my God!"
 
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