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Tomb Raider is in the name, bruh. Collecting artifacts is an integral part of who Lara Croft is. Your Mario example is a poor comparison.
2B is almost fully covered wtf are you talking about?
A redesign of that magnitude would have been a lot of work for a cameo.
Smash Bros is not balanced, but it definitely is diverse. Adding women won't necessarily increase diversity much, just gender balance.And smash not diverse, are you kidding me? You can play as men, women, monkeys, an alligator, balls, robots, whatever the hellis, seems pretty diverse.
In addition they gave a moveset to C. Falcon which gave them almost nothing to work with. It really does not matter, any character could have a moveset made up for them. Sakurai often said about some character(s) that they were not in Smash because it was hard to find a good moveset for them and later they got included anyway and it was fine. I'm still baffled that people ever thought Ridley was too big. Any character can get in Smash and work fine. The Smash dev team can just makes up a moveset from related games or based on the characters general properties if they must. They can scale, nerf, buff, change poses; there is always a way to make it work. Ice Climbers were nothing but sprites, but they worked fine because the dev team just improvised. Same with Pit.
The problem isn't really how naked is a character is, i mean you already mentioned Shulk but i believe it's about how "suggestive" it s in terms and 2Bs outfit is all about teasing her ass at the player throughout her entire play through. In Mai's case, her chest and sex appeal is part of her fighting style along with the fact they move with the wind at every occasion.2B is almost fully covered wtf are you talking about?
It's way easier to hide her panties than this:
I'm guessing that you know nothing about 2B as a character or her game series. Saying her only impact in gaming is pornography when she comes from a game that received universal acclaim is seriously selling the character short. Her franchise should get in based off of its musical contributions alone imo. Keep that ignorant, sexist **** out of here.Yoko Taro said:
Diverse and gender balance are two different things in their entirety. Diversity is something we can ideally achieve and get, but balance is pretty much in a stiff position. Due to the demographic of Smash, the ideal gender ratio may not be achieved, but is still wirth noting to take into consideration.
I said the 2B the character, i didn't say absolutely anything about her game, I'm talking exclusively about the character. Anyone who's played Nier would know it doesn't need fan service to see why it's such a really good game (don't put words in my mouth, 2B is nowhere near the reason why the game is considered so great, she's barely a character in the first place, she's insanely boring, bland, and generic in every department that isn't her Design or her Voice Actor. Also source that Yoko Taro quote, otherwise i don't believe you.
I don't think it's the demographic so much as the pool of available characters.
That is unfortunately a thing. How I see it, I feel that female fighters are being left out in favor of the male, because that's what gaming history has been dedicated to. But in all honesty, the times have changed, and now we women want a character we can identify ourselves with so we can play together with the males.
Do you sincerely think they're intentionally leaving female characters out of the games because gaming is essentially a boy's club? That's ridiculous. If these characters have a big enough draw, they're not a massive pain in the ass to get, and could be interesting, chances are they can be put in Smash.
That's how I see it. That's my interpretation of the situation. How I see it, they're being left out. It's not like they're not chosen because they are female. I believe Sakurai understands the female demographic well to at least include one. We had Bayo in Smash 4. I would want one in Ultimate as well.
Alright, you've sold me. You are clearly a fan of the character, and you have proved my point. Lara is not just a quota to you, her inclusion would mean more than just a female getting in, and that's what we should look for.
Lara is honestly the quintessential female rep to get into Smash at this point.
Quota, quotas, quotas. I've heard that statement so many times in this thread I'd start a drinking game for it, even though I never drink.
Both Samus and Lara influenced female representation in big ways, and having both would be a travesty.
It sounded like you were saying that because the other characters happened to be male, it made them a priority, so if that's not what you were intended, apologies. If they're important enough characters, I'm sure they have just as much of a chance to get in as any other gaming icon.
I would be curious myself as to how Nintendo will do her art justice, since imo Touhou art isn't the best, but it's acceptable. Just finidng it hard to translate into Smash's 3D format.
Isn't the best is an understatement. It looks like it was drawn by a grade schooler in art class. ZUN makes great games, drawing isn't really his forte. There's plenty of fan depictions of Reimu though, I assume they'd be something like that. If I'm not mistaken, there is an anime as well that can be drawn from.
While the design amnd aesthetics of the character isn't a 100% defining trait of the character, it'll be mostly the gameplay that will be criticized.
I get your opinion on Tomb Raider. If Tomb Raider is revealed, its like Sakurai quoting "Here's your female DLC." I personally feel like Jinx/LOL or Tracer/Overwatch would feel genuine in comparison.
Here's some I think would be cool
As much as I love the idea of Estelle...Adol is love, Adol is life.
I mean yeah he's great but-- He's not a favorite of mine given the fact he's a silent protagonist, never been a big fan of those. As a character and as far as being unique goes, Estelle wins. Adol wins just for being from Ys, however.
I honestly think Reimu. I don't see Elma happening and KOS-MOS I could potentially see her, but not at the first one to come.
Reimu I see as a coin toss right now because there is nothing really going against her, but at the same time nothing incredibly credible going for her.
Not really, honestly, I wasn't even aware she was a spirit. I personally just don't see her happening before a Xenoblade 2 rep or even KOS-MOS herself, and that's a lot of representation for Xeno/Monolith Soft already.
If Terry is anything to go off of, Adol could bring Trails music with him, much like Terry brought Samurai Shodown and Metal Slug music. Yeah, he's a silent protagonist, but he does have a personality, unlike many others (cough cough Pokemon trainer), he isn't a blank slate (Link) every game either.
Any female is pretty much having good chances in the FP5 honestly.
Tetra's an interesting choice should they make Toon Zelda a thing. Bring back Transform Down-B goddammit! Geez, this is why i wanna try Melee so I can rotate between Zelda and Sheik with ease.
Zelda got her best spacing tool while Sheik got a new recovery move and a combo ender. Too bad she's **** in the current meta...
Samus already had a full functional move set though, what else to add? Separating them made it easier for people choose between the two of them.