Kiwi Arms wrote: |
Silver Kirin wrote: | What do you mean by saying BlazBlue is too politically incorrect? Guilty Gear Strive: got a lot of positive reception for having diverse and inclusive characters in its roster. |
A lot of things are considered politically incorrect these days. When Baiken was announced for Strive you had people complaining about her bust size and doing the whole "I thought gaming grew up and stopped pandering to teenage boys *sigh*" It doesn't take much to set people off anymore. And let's be honest, up until a couple months ago the general consensus on Bridget was negative from the more progressive crowd given the trap memes and fanbase of the character. Things may be different now but up until a few months ago it was a whole different fanbase liking Bridget.
In general fighting games have been hit hard with the trend of chasing global standards. Things like EVO really caused a lot of modern ones to be toned down in order to chase the esports dollars. Even DoA initially did that with 6 until they walked it back after realizing EVO didn't care about them even after they toned everything down. For BlazBlue specifically it's about as anime as you can get. Half naked big breasted women, incest, genderswapped fetish characters, lolis. I'm sure the usual people would find things to complain about it, much like when SnK Heroines Tag Team Frenzy came out in 2018 and got a lot of hate from the mainstream journalists and the FGC crowd who saw it as outdated and sexist. Even if you just look at Strive itself, it's pretty toned down from past entries. If Dizzy ever shows up then I'm expecting they'll continue the trend of modernizing GG characters and probably age her up mentally, cover her up, and make her not act child-like anymore in order to distance itself from the initial fanbase of the character. |
Yup. Videogames are global now. Just like 3rd and 4th wave feminism and humanism spreading, we as the human race as collectively learning to.. be less evil, its profound.
People are worried about gender, sex, consent, equality and inequalities, healthcare and war.
Japan, like the west has continued its problematic view of women since the 90s.
Everyone is sick of it, heck, many parents in japan wont even let their kids watch Crayon shin-chan because it pushes bad behaviors.
Much of the anime out right now is also aired late at night because of standards.
People are tired and want to see eachother equally.
Square Enix’s new harvestella is a great example of extreme change, you can pick male female or nom binary and pick between one of two extremely gender ambiguous avatars, even their outfits are galaxy brain designed.
Its a mix of armor and half dress, its all ambitious and ambiguous.
Noone wants negative judgment based on their own personalities snd noome wants to hurt other’s ideals.
GG has a team of people all collectively working together and having conversations. blazblu was not, it was practically hentai.
Just like the creator of DoA having been caught as a harasser and DoA being banned all over the world, DoAExtreme beach volleyball 2 was even not released here cause of the negative press potential, it didn't sell well in Japan either, save for a few male otaku.
People just want people to have fun now at equal amounts.