Can we reasonably separate how a game plays mechanically from the themes and imagery depicted therein? This exploration of the seemingly sexist representation of women in Skullgirls takes a deeper look at the question.
Trevor Walker said: Fighting games have always been able to simultaneously experiment and innovate while staying true to their roots in the best of ways. Mechanics change, crossovers take place, and evolution occurs. One of the best examples of all three can be seen in the coveted guest character.
The Street Fighter series has a long history, but which are the seven best games the franchise has yet offered to gamers?
After Street Fighter II released in in 1991, it caused a fighting game explosion, both in arcades and in home consoles. But, as the decade ended, and arcades were failing, so too were 2D Fighting games. This is how Street Fighter IV completely revitalized the genre.
I'd say Blazblue helped too. Didn't care for Street Fighter 4, but Blazblue was amazing during that time. Sad that the series kind of went downhill after the first 2 or 3 games though.
BlazBlue was the much better, more technical game..and a real 2D Fighting Game after all. But yes, since it was a big name..the characters were still popular and the game itself was good, SFIV indeed helped a lot. However, I am pretty sure the much better-selling Mortal Kombat 9 would have been done without SFIV as well..and that one truly helped to make the fighting game genre in general more popular again.
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The content of IV was severely lacking when it launched. It got better over time.
As opposed to the over sexualized depictions in games like Soul Caliber and Dead or Alive? I really don't see why Skull Girls has suddenly triggered this topic again. They are cartoon like for goodness sake. They barely even look like normal women. Misfortune is so scrawny I don't even see anyone getting a hard on over her and many of the Skull Girls are misshapen or weird looking. Sorry but calling the Skull Girls sexy is a stretch even for the biggest pervert around.Do Pinwheel and Peacock get you off too?
And what about all men bein extremely chiseled studs with 6 packs so firm a diamond would cringe?
It's like anime.