12:34 PM on 05.23.2008 |
Niero
A recent survey conducted by Destructoid showed that the vast majority of our readers are of the male persuasion, live in the US, and would prefer breasts in their faces at all times. The makers of Soul Calibur IV must be going after a similar demographic, as there are more BEEG AMERICAN TEETEES in these screenshots than there is fighting action. We asked our resident uterus-enabled editor Colette Bennett for a reaction, whom offered:
You gotta love the male ideal of how female fighters dress for combat with their tits and vaginas flying everywhere! What fighting game do guys have their penises flailing in the air?
My dear, have a look at the package on Ryu! Why penis why?
The latest preview of the fourth-generation fighter franchise seems less polished than previously released screens, as anti-aliasing appears to be completely missing in some of the boobs sequences, presumably due to frame-rate issues during peak times of intense next-gen jubblie-jiggling action.
It intrigues me that the box art for the game completely lacks knockers. Maybe Namco knows this is the only way to get moms to buy it for their little otakus? The game hits shelves June 8, so mark your calendars and pace your tissue paper consumption.
[Via Kotaku]
LAUNCH GALLERY (25 IMAGES)
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Lol, if that happened, everyone would be too busy laughing hysterically to actually play the game.
Oh, and according to your ads, "Real men wear gowns".
wait, huh?
game do guys have their penises flailing
penises flailing
brb amazing idea for new game
Picture comment is EPIC!
FAPFAPFAP!
Looking to add a few billion more sales to your game?
Not concerned with the dignity of your franchise?
Ashlotte = awesome
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I know some of you yanks have a problem with breasts on your tv, so Namco Bandai will be supplying special tape to cover on screen boobies. Remember, breasts are for feeding children and nothing more (yeah dude, whatever).
Namco are having a mammary fight with Tecmo, that's what's really going on here. Great stuff.
Thank you.
what's worng with a game showing some tits
We need more sex and less violence in videogames.
Today it's normal too see buckets of blood in games but if you show a nipple you're the devil.
Stupid american puritanism
The same can be said about hollywood movies.
Perhaps. I just think we don't voice our opinions as loudly as the "breasts are the greatest things ever!!!" crowd. I like sex appeal in video games too but there's a point where it just becomes blatant and stupid. Don't know whether SCIV has reached that point or not.
Okay, that's fine, so keep it in games where it's expected, not in games that I once played with my mother or little brother.
On this track we'll be getting newer versions of Custer's Last Stand, and Mitsurugi will end up looking like this by the next installment.
He didn't say anything about violence. I don't see anything about him being from the U.S. either (though I didn't look too hard). Sex is a very important part of SOME people's lives - others have to rely solely on their hands and whatever they have available (internet, magazines, video games). There's nothing wrong with showing breasts in a video game, at least in my opinion. My problem is that it's a cheap trick that's relied on far too heavily - often to the point where it detracts from the game development and gameplay/storyline itself.
And yes, people in the U.S. do tend to overreact to nudity/sex and give violence a pass while Europe and Asia tend to do the opposite as a number of studies have noted.
It's not about puritanism -- it's about whether it's necessary, and whether it's equitably done. I think Colette's comment about the flying peens is exactly right. If you're concerned about puritanical approaches to sex, then you must be all for the addition of flying peens in the next version of SC, right? Otherwise, it's just about defending the frat boy culture, and keeping gaming limited to a very narrow segment of society, which is kind of lame and makes very little sense from a fiscal standpoint.
Oh man, if the game ended up looking like that, I'd be having constant flashbacks of grade-school sex-ed. Maybe this would be how we get around those pesky abstinence-only programs. Hmm...
As much as I dislike his post, I think frankgom was ATTEMPTING to link Puritanism to U.S. knee-jerk reactions to sexual imagery (which is a valid argument).
I also agree with the point Colette was making and I have to admit that I'm rather disappointed by the sheer amount of chauvinism I see from male gamers these days. The game developers, publishers, magazines, and websites certainly don't help as most go out of their way to objectify women whenever they can, but it's usually the gamers themselves that take it to the "women belong in the kitchen"-level mentality.
Then there's Xbox Live...
I get your point and I think that, yes, in a game like SC it looks a bit too forced and more of a marketing move to sell the game to young "sex hungry" kids.
Btw games have come a long way and there's a lot of adult public asking for mature themed games, so please developers make more adult only games.
With that post, 100% agreed. Thanks for clearing it up for us.
The problem is in our minds, in our education, how we act in front of sex, if you thinks seriously about it it's just ridiculous, in this society it's just normal to see a the naked torso of a male but if we see some tits ohhh, that's pornography
You should know that girls also get horny when the they see a guy with a musculated naked torso, stop the victimism
Definitely in agreement there, LOL.
I certainly think there is some validity to the idea of Puritanical reactions in the U.S., but I think it's a huge mistake to assume that's the primary motivation for any antipathy toward the "lowest common denominator" boobage going on in this game or others like it.
What irks me even more than the gratuitous boobfest crap is the kneejerk dismissiveness of any objections or criticisms, circling the wagons to defend and protect the blatant sexism in the industry. It just gets old, ya know?
If they want to make "adult only" games, that's fine with me, just have equal opportunity displays of flesh. Otherwise, sheesh, it's a fighting game. Give these women some damn protective gear and strap those things down. :-P
please don't let the Ivy edit be real...
please don't let the Ivy edit be real...
please don't let the Ivy edit be real...