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Japan keeps all the boobs for itself: Soul Calibur cover-up scandal? photo

We're dedicated to bringing you only the most relevant and hard-hitting weekend news, which is why we bring you grave word that Soul Calibur IV's Ivy might show a little less of her fat wobbly tits in the American version of the game than in the Japanese version -- JOURNALISM! The above image is a comparison shot, with the breasticle-laden Ivy on the left as she appears on the Japanese SC IV Web site, and the more modest Ivy on the right as she appears on the American site.

As someone who keeps abreast of these matters, I want to know what incompetent boob decided this. If mammary serves me correctly, this game has always been about the bare skin, so someone ought to nip it in the bud.

Namco Bandai, hear this! I demand that Ivy's lactoids be on display for all to see. We've already lost the fatalities in Mortal Kombat; we refuse to surrender our snuggle pups, loblollies and twangers. We deserve the sweater meat as much as any Japanese gamer. So help me God, I will destroy you if this is not resolved. Bops, tomatoes, chimichongas and kazongas.

Okay, I'm done.


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covah's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2008 07:19
covah
God damn you NamcoBandai! GOD DAMN YOU!
ZMTToxics's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2008 07:22
ZMTToxics
Not trying to be gay, but the covered version looks better - more natural. The uncovered version looks like she sat down a McDonalds and forgot to leave.
wardrox's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2008 07:23
wardrox
It always surprises me how often I have to search for breast euphemisms.
Roryzilla's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2008 07:28
Roryzilla
I demand my milk-bags!
Samit Sarkar's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2008 07:29
Samit Sarkar
Oh, Jim...what a wonderful man you are. The second paragraph is pure gold.
njsykora's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2008 07:30
njsykora
Japanese version has better boobs, US version just looks better.

Also, I can't help but wonder if this is revenge for the most recent gaming internet meme. Don't you US people have enough beeg american teetees?
Animated Trigger's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2008 07:32
Animated Trigger
Jim can always be counted on for hard-hitting journalism such as this!
Drunken Haze's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2008 07:46
Drunken Haze
Whatever happened to Beeeeg American teeteeez cousin?
Dudemullet's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2008 07:59
Dudemullet
Another win for the republicans. HUUZZAH!
DOOM's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2008 08:03
DOOM
NOOOOOO! They better not cover those pups up!
Vlambo's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2008 08:06
Vlambo
This may be the biggest lost Americans will ever feel.
MagicAQ's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2008 08:11
MagicAQ
If you cant hear it , i am applauding the second paragraph....

As for the Lack of Boobage... i have never been one to overtly show my adoration for the assets of female game characters...

but man , this hurts deep down inside.... as unatural as they are... i hate to see em go!
MissHinasaki's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2008 08:12
MissHinasaki
Yea, the American version looks better except for the part where there is a lackage of boobage.
Rifter01's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2008 08:13
Rifter01
Damnit Jim, now my g/f and I have to have the boobs in video games discussion all day.... Grr!
Rifter01's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2008 08:18
Rifter01
And, another thing is why in Japan are things like 'nakedness on a cgi/doll' much more acceptable than anywhere else I wonder?
krylonkoopa's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2008 08:19
krylonkoopa
Ya the american version looks like it might suck now.
wario67's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2008 08:19
wario67
you can play online right?
what if you fight a Japanese person using Ivy? or is that why they oh ways put the " game content may change when playing online"
mistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2008 08:19
mistic
I want the japanese one :-)

at least she's as pale as the original ivy :-)
Phoenix Gamma's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2008 08:21
Phoenix Gamma
Give me tits or give me DEATH!!!
mister1337's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2008 08:24
mister1337
WHAT THE HECK! We have already seen Ivy's boobs, for like a year now. If they take this away, I am not getting the game. I guess I will Import the Boobfilled Japanese one for PS3. BOOBS ROCK!
mister1337's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2008 08:27
mister1337
**Possible False Alarm**
All the videos and screens on the site have Ivy with boobies out. It could be that the Retarded ESRB wants it like this because the site is not age gated.
Slique's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2008 08:31
Slique
Shouldn't it be 'baps'? ;P
sexycommando's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2008 08:35
sexycommando
Bewbs!
AfroJoel's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2008 08:44
AfroJoel
She'll be wearing a track-suit in the Australian version.
Jim Sterling's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2008 08:46
Jim Sterling
Slique: Both are acceptable terms for bazookas.
Killzig's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2008 08:49
Killzig
this wasn't interesting when I read it yesterday on Kotaku either.
Necros's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2008 08:49
Necros
I love me some boobs, but honestly, the American version makes much more sense. I don't care what kind of physics your world has (and apparently, they're physics where a sword can block a lightsaber), but there is no way a thin strip of fabric is going to contain those monstrosities.

And you might be confusing this with Dead or Alive. Soul Calibur has actually had some restraint in tossing sweater meat on every character in the past, even Ivy. It puzzles me why they gave every girl ridiculous tits in this game.
Hollie Bennett's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2008 08:50
Hollie Bennett
i do like the boobs.
Slick Icarus's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2008 08:51
Slick Icarus
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Now I'm gonna have to play Dead or Alive for my fanservice fix. Why, Namco, why? You can have Ms. Pac-man in the friggin' NUDE, but you can't give Ivy a tasteful bikini top?
Jim Sterling's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2008 08:58
Jim Sterling
"this wasn't interesting when I read it yesterday on Kotaku either."

Thanks for your time!
Chibi_Zero's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2008 08:59
Chibi_Zero
I don't see why this is news... Any it's probably like what mister1337 said.
Jim Sterling's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2008 09:02
Jim Sterling
Chibi: Because it's Saturday, and because most people got a laugh out of it.
solarmystic's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2008 09:05
solarmystic
Hmm.. perhaps Namco got nuthin to do with this; ESRB probably forced em to tone down the TnA in the American version of the game to appease the ultraconservative, the parents and JT..
Hitogoroshi's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2008 09:07
Hitogoroshi
I DEMAND UNDERBOOB!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rifter01's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2008 09:08
Rifter01
Well, I win the argument.. for now.. Cgi is cgi, and does _not_ arouse me as say, a real life univision/telemundo stripper chica. I win!

..but for how long?
KMCC's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2008 09:10
KMCC
Horrendous violence is fine, but a little underboob can undermine an entire nation.
ElfAngel7's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2008 09:14
ElfAngel7
we must start a petition!

WE WANT OUR UNDERBOOB!

Well, it worked for MTV...
Chibi_Zero's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2008 09:16
Chibi_Zero
Jim: Oh, I did get a laugh out of it. But some people seem to be taking this a little too seriously.
MechaMonkey's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2008 09:36
MechaMonkey
I am a boob man. That is why I am bookmarking this story for reference so that I may always have the right word on hand when referring to my girlfriends hooters, as well as the bosoms of other women I encounter.
Qraze's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2008 09:38
Qraze
good laugh Jim. soul caliber is my favorite fighting game and since the dreamcast its always had those juggling boobs. i don't think we'll get it censored because they're advertising the new character in a g~string! i hope it don't get censored. but multiple costumes al~la tekken online (so many choices).
covah's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2008 09:41
covah
If you look in the english site the flash video of ivy during gameplay, the boobs are still there
Ninevolt's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2008 09:43
Ninevolt
ugh. mother of f, i want boob and i want it now damnit.
balth's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2008 09:56
balth
I was most Jimpressed with that second paragraph.

Pure gold... Your writing is tits!
monosylabik's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2008 10:00
monosylabik
HEY HEY HEY WAIT.....i just found out if you type boobs into google you can look at them for free. I think we are going to alright guys,we really dodged the bullet on this one.
sogmasta's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2008 10:14
sogmasta
I thought i could get through this day without the need to kill. But now....NOW....

nEEd To kILL .....RiSiNg!!!!!!

RIIISSSING
SyntaxError's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2008 10:14
SyntaxError
Soul Calibur Boobage became rampant after SC2. In SC3 we had Tira, whose default costume looked like she was jumped in a dark alleyway, got the clothes in her upper half ripped, but decapitated the assailant with that large, circular blade thing she calls a "weapon" (how it's practical in a proper fight, i have no idea). I always thought that prior to SC3, jiggly physics was reserved to Taki. In SC3, you can bet that if a character had man-racks, it would flail around, wildly.
Novakaine's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2008 10:29
Novakaine
Fucking American values fearing nudity.

Hopefully this is just censored artwork for the website...? You know, if say, a kid stumbles upon it? Maybe the game itself won't be censored in the US...?

Bah... I like Ivy because her appearance/body is a lot more sensible than Taki or Kasumi having huge boobs--Ivy's a thirty-something meaty girl. A thirty-something who looks like a prostitute, granted, but still.
mister1337's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2008 10:36
mister1337
I think I'm going to relax for this now seeing as we have already seen ivy's boobs in videos and if I recall the announcement trailer for IV had like a zoom in on her boobs (I guess to show the realistic veins on them) so, I'm gonna go ahead and say in game there will be tits.
Aberrant Thought's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2008 10:36
Aberrant Thought
Hmmm.... I actually like the American top better, looks more comfortable and functional.
s0lesurviv0r's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2008 10:38
s0lesurviv0r
Meh, I got doujin for that.
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