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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2015 10:53:15 GMT -5
A possible situation in Broforce due to the randomized nature of which Bros you start with and which Bros are waiting to be rescued in cages.
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Post by Kubo Caskett on Nov 30, 2015 11:24:36 GMT -5
I don't recall Super Princess Peach being criticized for being sexist (I'd guess you'd say that because her special powers are based on her mood swings), but for the rather low difficulty level. I do remember some guy who wrote an article saying that apparently Nintendo needs to make another Princess Peach even though there already is one (of which the selling point is having Peach as the protagonist). Come to think of it, I wonder if it's worth trying out?
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Post by JDarkside on Nov 30, 2015 11:32:40 GMT -5
Super Princess Peach using emotions as powers isn't inherently sexist. Just the execution. It's all generic "LOL CRAZY WOMANS PROBLEMS!1!" emotions that you commonly see in sitcoms for PMS jokes. It's obvious nobody meant anything by it during production, but Nintendo can be pretty tone deaf to anything involving sex or gender. This is how most sexist stuff gets into games, honestly. Just general ignorance. Thankfully, things are getting better there.
All they really needed to do is look at Peach's characterization in the Smash games for this idea to work. She's silly there, but also confident and feminine. There's a good balance between making her funny and making her respectable. Super Princess Peach gives her super crying and finding that out pretty much killed all my interest in the game.
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Post by Scylla on Nov 30, 2015 11:36:56 GMT -5
No mentioned of Rhapsody yet? The entire game is centered around the heroine rescuing the captured prince.
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Post by r0ck3rz on Nov 30, 2015 11:46:22 GMT -5
Trouble Shooter sees Madison and Crystal saving a prince and delivering feminist bon mots like "The best man for the job is a woman!" They also stomp on the Super Famicom. Which is your avatar. The funny thing is, Sega themselves didn't like that, so it never made the North American release. However, in the Japanese release it was through an obscure code. It's obvious nobody meant anything by it during production, but Nintendo can be pretty tone deaf to anything involving sex or gender. This is how most sexist stuff gets into games, honestly. Just general ignorance. Thankfully, things are getting better there. ...or race. You may not want to see what the turtle shell in Super Mario Bros. 2(/USA) was in Doki Doki Panic... <-maybe a bit of a stretch, but a solo game as Blaze, in Streets of Rage 2, would be all about her rescuing Adam. Teri/Ellinor is the last hope for the human race, if that sort of thing counts, in M.U.S.H.A. Alien 3. Obviously not a video game exclusive property, but Ripley has to rescue male hostages from the aliens.
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Post by JDarkside on Nov 30, 2015 11:52:43 GMT -5
The Japanese in general are just bad with race by tradition. It's a really conservative society, and they were closed off for a long time culturally, so they move slow on basic social issues, or slower than most. I'm pretty amazed when I see a black guy in an anime or manga and they actually look like people. Weird that Tetzuka drew black people better than a more modern artist, Urasawa. Love Monster and the guy's work, but his depiction of black people in Billy Bat is just ...how does a guy that worldly think that is okay?
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Post by Kubo Caskett on Nov 30, 2015 12:01:39 GMT -5
Super Princess Peach using emotions as powers isn't inherently sexist. Just the execution. It's all generic "LOL CRAZY WOMANS PROBLEMS!1!" emotions that you commonly see in sitcoms for PMS jokes. It's obvious nobody meant anything by it during production, but Nintendo can be pretty tone deaf to anything involving sex or gender. This is how most sexist stuff gets into games, honestly. Just general ignorance. Thankfully, things are getting better there. All they really needed to do is look at Peach's characterization in the Smash games for this idea to work. She's silly there, but also confident and feminine. There's a good balance between making her funny and making her respectable. Super Princess Peach gives her super crying and finding that out pretty much killed all my interest in the game. I wouldn't say SPP is sexist as it is more like underutilizing Peach's abilities. Granted I haven't played the game but her just using emotions sounds lame to me. All the while we have plenty of games with strong female characters.
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Post by retr0gamer on Nov 30, 2015 12:06:19 GMT -5
Not really Damsel in distress but Alys in Phantasy Star goes off to kick some ass and get revenge after her brother is murdered in front of her. - Zelda CD-i games: Many years ago before people in tumblr started demanding for a main Zelda game with Zelda as the main, playable character, Philips make two Zelda games where Zelda herself saves the day instead of depending on Link. Too bad these games suck. At least Hyrule Warriors exists now where you can pick from three different versions of Zelda to kick ass. The third game is an unfinished ugly mess of a game but Wand of Gamelon isn't a bad game.
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Post by Colonel Kurtz on Nov 30, 2015 13:15:15 GMT -5
vetus: I love you, man! Super Peach is a gem. Good taste. Prinny has all the penguins following orders from a woman.
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Post by kaoru on Nov 30, 2015 13:25:54 GMT -5
Not quite rescuing a dude, but Götzendiener is about a princess that has to rescue herself after the knight dies trying.
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Post by llj on Nov 30, 2015 14:30:46 GMT -5
- Mischief Makers: One of my favorite games and probably the funniest Reverse "damsel in distress" video games where robot maid Marina has to save her creator (that happens to be a goofy, perverted old man a la Muten Roshi from Dragonball) all the fucking time. And unlike most woman-looking robots in japanese video games, anime and manga, Marina doesn't have a sexy or typical moe design. She's not moe, but I think she is still pretty cute. Pretty much one of the best reasons to still own an n64, especially since emulating this game is a pain.
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Post by Colonel Kurtz on Nov 30, 2015 14:38:09 GMT -5
Assassin's Creed Liberation has you playing as a woman ans basically freeing slaves, most of them being male.
Mirror's Edge does some very cool things with its female protagonist...
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Post by llj on Nov 30, 2015 14:39:06 GMT -5
The Japanese in general are just bad with race by tradition. It's a really conservative society, and they were closed off for a long time culturally, so they move slow on basic social issues, or slower than most. I'm pretty amazed when I see a black guy in an anime or manga and they actually look like people. Weird that Tetzuka drew black people better than a more modern artist, Urasawa. Love Monster and the guy's work, but his depiction of black people in Billy Bat is just ...how does a guy that worldly think that is okay? We see the problems because racial caricatures as a symbol of subjugation and discrimination is a uniquely western (and even more specifically American) thing and we expect other countries to KNOW this about our history when creating art for mass consumption. Tezuka relied heavily on racial caricatures for much of his career, btw.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2015 14:55:05 GMT -5
Jill of the Jungle in the straightest sense.
Also drill dozer has jill save her bedridden papa. Dawww
Edit: Adventures of Star Saver originally had a girl save a boy; this was rereversed for the export version.
Kangaroo has a female roo saving her male joey
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Post by Colonel Kurtz on Nov 30, 2015 15:06:14 GMT -5
The first act of Code: Veronica has you (as Vero, duh...)looking for Chris, to save him.
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