Do any of you remember the screenshots of Namco Bandai's Queen's Blade: Sprial Chaos that accompanied Dale's announcement post a few months ago? Unfortunately, there happened to be some sort of pink filter covering up the most important parts. Well, the game will be released in Japan (where else?) this winter, and its promotional material doesn't leave much to the imagination. If you happen to live across the pond, these promo cards are being offered at retailers like Sofmap.
Queen's Blade originated as a series of "visual combat books" based on the Lost Worlds system. Each character has her own book that details her abilities and stats -- from there, it plays out like any tabletop RPG would. Japan, of course, improved on the system by taking into account this fact: when girls fight, their clothes come off. Makes sense to me.
The series made the jump to anime and, like I said, has now migrated onto the PSP. Queen's Blade: Spiral Chaos is played on a grid (as most strategy RPGs are) and transitions into 2D fighting to settle disputes.
Anyway one of the promo shots (all in the gallery) shows two girls hugging, except one girl's hair has turned into a tentacle and is groping the other one. I swear to God, I couldn't make this stuff up.
Oh, and in cased you missed it, there's a trailer for Queen's Blade: Spiral Chaos below the jump.
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Somehow I can't see this being released even in Japan. Just because.
If it comes over to America, there'll be such a vicious knee-jerk reaction that women wearing less than Victorian-era outfits (showing as little skin as possible) will be banned and burned at the stake.
Oh, & I should mention that the girl w/ the pink hair w/ rabbit ears/hair can shoot ACID MILK FROM HER NIPPLES!! Oh, & her breasts grow to humongous sizes & explode. All in the 1st episode.
While I'm all for beautiful character design celebrating the female form, the bouncyness looks really, really painful. Can we not have the bounce-bounce? Proper battle armor for women would surely keep everything in their proper place. *halo suddenly appears over my head*
@GoldenGamerXero: "cartoons = what is physics?". see your Tom & Jerry.
@Syn: Don't worry, you kinda of pick up the language when you immerse yourself in it. For example: "KIMOCHIII!"
@ikiryou: Baywatch, lots and lots of Baywatch. The ladies can handle themselves, but it's nice we care about their health and self-esteem isn't it?
And to the rest of you who disapprove, you've said your part, now go bother the chains&whips ppl for a bit ("to each his own"), but for godsakes leave the 3 boobed chick from Total Recall ALONE. please?
@JiR INC
You said it. Now we all must band together (but not shake hands) and go forth to continue this protest against those who dare "droop" against that which gives our lives meaning. And I mean peacefully protest because we're all due for long breaks so to speak. Perhaps some will see the light. [yeah yea I know it's cheesy].
That Japanese nipple band-aid fetish thing always creeps me out. Why do they think it's sexy?
@JiR INC: Sorry, I have actual taste in games and artwork. I don't salivate over anything with boobs and experience points in it like you seem to. No offense. :P
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3:00 PM on 07.04.2009
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Was the anime any good? And by good I mean actually good and not just good because it has boobs!
If it comes over to America, there'll be such a vicious knee-jerk reaction that women wearing less than Victorian-era outfits (showing as little skin as possible) will be banned and burned at the stake.
War good. Boobs bad.
Oh, & I should mention that the girl w/ the pink hair w/ rabbit ears/hair can shoot ACID MILK FROM HER NIPPLES!! Oh, & her breasts grow to humongous sizes & explode. All in the 1st episode.
The Japanese have better facts than us.
@Syn: Don't worry, you kinda of pick up the language when you immerse yourself in it. For example: "KIMOCHIII!"
@ikiryou: Baywatch, lots and lots of Baywatch. The ladies can handle themselves, but it's nice we care about their health and self-esteem isn't it?
And to the rest of you who disapprove, you've said your part, now go bother the chains&whips ppl for a bit ("to each his own"), but for godsakes leave the 3 boobed chick from Total Recall ALONE. please?
@JiR INC
You said it. Now we all must band together (but not shake hands) and go forth to continue this protest against those who dare "droop" against that which gives our lives meaning. And I mean peacefully protest because we're all due for long breaks so to speak. Perhaps some will see the light. [yeah yea I know it's cheesy].
@JiR INC: Sorry, I have actual taste in games and artwork. I don't salivate over anything with boobs and experience points in it like you seem to. No offense. :P