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Forums - General - Games for Girls?

Gballzack on 03 June 2007
Smashchu said:
Gballzack said:
Sure there is Nintendogs, Animal Crossing, Cooking Mama and several other games that appeal to girls, but aside from niche games how should developers target other genres for female audiences? I have no problem playing games targeting at boys so I don't mind but getting girl gamers might be the next great frontier of expanding gaming. Should games have more good looking guys in them, I know the emo look is working wonders for Final Fantasy's appeal to 13 year old girls? Should there be dating sims made for girls? Should girls even be targeted specifically in the first place or are things fine the way they are? How do we get more girl gamers?

I know this is weird, but I'm a bit surprised your a female. Don't see them hangin' around the gaming internet. Maybe it's just me.

 Anyway, back on topic. Nintendo has made great strives to make to appel to more poeple. I think a Dating Sim would be a good bet. I asspire to be a game designer and had an idea of making a Para Para game with the Wii. This brings me to two things. First, I think we need to focus a lot on what girls like. I know some girls who like DDR. I think Music game are a good start. Also, games that invoce social interaction in the room. Party games. But, heres the other thing. My main character was a girl who becomes a super hero and must use the magic para para baton to defeat evil. Weird I know. But, what i'm saying is have more female leads. And not ones who have Quadupal Fs and are just pixelated sex. I'm talking average girl. 16-20. C beast at most(character doesn't need to be a fanboy's wet dream) and of course an interesting personality.


There is also Lolita and Wiigirl but they're far more reserved and mature than myself (not that I think I'm immature per say just that I handle boredom very poorly) so I suppose so you could say I'm more unusual for how I behave rather than just being a girl who lurks on a video game forum.