| leedlelee said: It might pay off for Nintendo to have more women characters... Plenty of feminists have criticized the video game industry for so frequently depicting women as damsels in distress (with some notable and fantastic, though arguable very sexual used exceptions)... More everyday depictions of women overcoming adversity may garner some kind of positive press... |
Mario is the worst in that regard. It's been doing just that for over 20 years. I rarely agree with anything that comes from feminists but I'm with them on this one. WRPGs probably have the best solution since most of them allow you to be whoever you want and kick as regardless. Howver, it's always refreshing to see characters like Aya Brea from the Parasite Eve series on PS1 (not the 3rd birthday), my all-time favorite VG character, who rescue men instead and maintain composure no matter what. One of the most epic scenes in my history of gaming:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP1-1PL2e2E
Notice how she stayed calm and collected as if she was ready to own them all instead of cowering away waiting for men to come to the rescue.
"Dr. Tenma, according to you, lives are equal. That's why I live today. But you must have realised it by now...the only thing people are equal in is death"---Johann Liebert (MONSTER)
"WAR is a racket. It always has been.
It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives"---Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler
