"The Ass Nintendo Doesn't Want You To See" (Kotaku)
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I don't disagree about the DLC characters, but to be honest, I feel like the maps themselves are really nice and the non-character bonuses that they offer really make them worth it. I definitely understand why one would consider something like LB1 at the bottom of the barrel, though.
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
For once, this is appropriate.
ambientmystic
Member
Dude's usually pretty level headed, and I love a number of his well researched and thought out articles. Not this one though.
NihonTiger90
Member
Guess this explains why Max Factory is making that new Tharja figure. (Note: Yes, I wrote the article for my site, but it's relevant to the topic.) The one where she's bending halfway over a stack of books with her butt in the air.
Yeah, that's never getting an official release here.
Yeah, that's never getting an official release here.
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
USA one looks even more provocative... looks like she's mooning him, haha.
Either way, weird images for Fire Emblem
Either way, weird images for Fire Emblem
DidntKnowJack
Member
Thank god someone is thinking of the children; protecting them from fully clothed body parts.
Giolon
Member
That's what imports are for.
Huw_Dawson
Member
Kotaku, home of the clickbait. The server that site is hosted on deserves to be thrown into The Sun.
nikos
Member
Exactly what I thought to myself.
Pinko Marx
Banned
Hard hitting journalism from Kotaku.
Getting right to the bottom of the matter.
Getting right to the bottom of the matter.
J
Jotamide
Unconfirmed Member
"Intelligent Systems"
djplaeskool
Member
Not bad Tharja. Not bad.
NihonTiger90
Member
Oh, of course.
Everyone who wants it will do that, lol.But it's not like this is some one-off thing Nintendo's done with the character that they don't intend for the U.S. audience to ever see.
I aint even mad, just kinda bummed to see another cool japanese IP resorting to this kind of pandering
whatevs, wont buy
semiconscious
Member
enough. no more kotaku-related threads for me. they're like the covers of those check-out line magazines - i regret it every time i notice one ...
...Metroidvania
People called Romanes they go the house?
I guess my response would be that I'm supporting the DLC in hopes that it gets better next game (or perhaps even a third series in this one, doubtful though that may be), as I alluded to originally.
Re-using Avatar faces is criminal, as is not giving the DLC characters some special skin or color theme to help them stand out due to not having supports or any conversations.
But for a first outing for the series, I don't know if I think it's quite on the level of overpriced, as, say, horse armor.
But if it doesn't get better in the future re: re-use of sprites, map variety, etc..I completely agree with you.
edit: Also think they should have had each chapter have some tangible reward besides the 'character' to help 'defend' the price, as it were. If someone didn't have the foresight to check Serenes or somewhere else, them getting certain maps individually would be a shame.
What if it's region locked? Or the mold comes over with a blanket stuck to it?
Iamwolfthing
Member
I really liked Fire Emblem, but this kind of shit in DLC is a massive bummer.
Giolon
Member
Ah I see. Thanks.
Well that's a pretty weird comment to put in the game in the first place so I can see why they removed it. Also I think the game is rated for 12 and up in Europe so maybe that has something to do with it.
Edit:
lol wtf?! that's actually in the game?
Lmao
The game or the article? >_>
Askherserenity
Member
mai waifu
What is wrong with you.
XANDER CAGE
Member
The censorship is 1. hilarious and 2. kind of just makes things worse, since it looks like she's wearing nothing.
Fire Emblem also seems like a rather odd choice to reign in sexual overtones, considering it's one of the very few games that doles out its cheesecake pretty evenly. Doesn't this mission feature goofy/sexy art for your husband, too, if you rolled a female MC?
Fire Emblem also seems like a rather odd choice to reign in sexual overtones, considering it's one of the very few games that doles out its cheesecake pretty evenly. Doesn't this mission feature goofy/sexy art for your husband, too, if you rolled a female MC?
Call me crazy, but I feel like Nintendo really went out of their way to make Awakening particularly fan-servicey:
No More Heroes artist, whose female character designs are extremely sexy? Check.
Marriage and dating sim elements? Check.
Somewhat pervy support conversations? Check.
Beach DLC? Check.
Hot springs DLC? Check.
It's like a cruise missile locked onto the otaku population.
SlipperyFishes
Banned
The ass Nintendo doesn't want you to see (but we'll show it, then complain about it later because we're fighting for women everywhere).
Relaxed Muscle
Member
Yes you can see Chrom ass with no censroing.
That's some sexual discrimination right there!!
axisofweevils
Holy crap! Today's real megaton is that more than two people can have the same first name.
I read in the comments about this on Go Nintendo that the original Japanese version referenced the hair, just like the European version does and the "boingy bits" was purely a U.S. thing.
Can anyone confirm this? It would be interesting if the European version was actually more true to the original.
UPDATE: I was wrong. EU version is censored.
Nah.
Riposte
Member
Astute observation there loli dressed like a hooker who is actually a 1000 years old.
That's false. The American text is supposed to be the same as the original Japanese, it's the Euro version that changes it to hair.
Jawmuncher
Member
....That's the first thing I thought it was.
Jason Frost
Member
Dat curtain.
Its the best selling game in the series in a long time and still a really good game so it seems to have been the right choice.
I dont disagree, its certainly a bit more out there but not enough to be considered like that IMO, it just wasnt bothersome, plus at least the marriage thing for example is tied to an interesting gameplay feature, kind of a big jump from that to "everyone's on a bikini, fuck it"