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[Sirus]

Metroid series?

[Devling]

That is an exception, mostly due to people getting suckered in with the first game without realizing "OMG SAMUS IS A GIRL".

[Max White]

Metroid series?

I think part of the point was having female protagonists that aren't just eye candy, but rather real people who can have their own relationships.
Samus being a girl wasn't meant to be 'Oh yea, and Samus is a girl, guess that fucked up your perception of this bad ass space marine. How sexist of you!', but rather 'Ok you beat our game, enjoy some fan service of a girl in a skimpy outfit' and has just followed since then. She hasn't truly evolved as a female in any meaningful way, with the exception of the end of Metroid II, an ending that some people think of as a sign of feminine weakness beause instead of doing the 'manly' thing and blasting the critter away, she actually showed some fucking emotion.

[Putnam]

That emotion was fine until Other M turned it into... that.

That game literally her thanking a man for shooting her in the back because she's apparently too rash to make decisions on her own.

This takes place after Super Metroid.

dumb dumb dumb

[Sirus]

Metroid series?

I think part of the point was having female protagonists that aren't just eye candy, but rather real people who can have their own relationships.
Samus being a girl wasn't meant to be 'Oh yea, and Samus is a girl, guess that fucked up your perception of this bad ass space marine. How sexist of you!', but rather 'Ok you beat our game, enjoy some fan service of a girl in a skimpy outfit' and has just followed since then. She hasn't truly evolved as a female in any meaningful way, with the exception of the end of Metroid II, an ending that some people think of as a sign of feminine weakness beause instead of doing the 'manly' thing and blasting the critter away, she actually showed some fucking emotion.

But then you get to Super Metroid, the end of which left more than one macho-manly gamer crying a river. Funny how that works, eh?

[Max White]

But then you get to Super Metroid, the end of which left more than one macho-manly gamer crying a river. Funny how that works, eh?

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[Sirus]

I was referring to the "feminine weakness" thing, but touche

[Hiiri]

Speaking of boobies...

Wow. What the hell, publishers.

Romance novels tend to have female protagonists. Gee, I wonder why.

[Max White]

True, but if you go to a book publisher and say you are writing a romance novel with a male protagonist, they would tell you to come back when it is done so they can at least see if they can generate some interest from it.
Apparently publishers won't work with female protagonists in video games out of hand.

[MrWillsauce]

Speaking of boobies...

[Devling]

I was waiting for someone to make the joke.
Classic.

[MrWillsauce]

I was waiting for someone to make the joke.
Classic.

I'm happy to oblige.

[Hiiri]

Boobs

[Leafsnail]

True, but if you go to a book publisher and say you are writing a romance novel with a male protagonist, they would tell you to come back when it is done so they can at least see if they can generate some interest from it.

If you go to a book publisher and say you are writing any kind of book they will tell you to come back when you've finished.  The business model is completely different.

[penguinofhonor]

Romance novels tend to have female protagonists. Gee, I wonder why.

Romance novels are not comparable to video games as a whole. Romance novels are a small, incredibly homogeneous genre with a very specific audience. Video games are not.