Square Enix's Taking Sexuality Up a Notch (Now With a Trailer).

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#51 skrat_01
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Eh.

Let them be creative with their character designs.

Better than more mediocre generic archetypes that plague games.

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#52 Pariah-
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[QUOTE="mtradr43"][QUOTE="dracula_16"]

I'm intruiged by how it'll turn out. Nothing wrong with being into those kind of girls. :oops:

dracula_16

you say theres nothing wrong with being into girls that have *******? i dont think that would fly with most peeps.

I'm fine with that. Good thing I don't need to seek approval from"most peeps".

It's interesting though. Most real hermaphrodites or shemales would turn you away for that exact reason of preference.

I'd say there IS something perversely wrong with the attraction, but....Hell, I can at least admit to the perversion.

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#53 Pariah-
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There really is no...good reason to exhibit a character in such a way unless the hermaphroditism is going to be an issue. And I highly doubt there's going to be a sidequest that explores her sexuality. I'm curious to see if she's going to have a bulge. Sexy. That being said, futanari DOES have a decent following. I mean, yeah, it doesn't serve the game at all. But it'll probably sell some copies, so it's not totally sex for the sake of sex; they're actually reaching out to a particular demographic of tranny lovers as opposed to just groups like GLAAD. http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3176042 According to this article, two different versions of the game are being released. The more overt difference is that the 360 version is getting a very gruff muscular tough guy for a hero while the PS3 version gets a younger more effeminate version. While it's true that I--as a PS3 user-- hate being generalized as an androgyny loving trap wannabe, that was probably a good call on their part. I, personally, could go either way really (although androgyny in Japanese games is really tired at this point). While being born in the 4 chan generation has cursed me with a sexually confusing taste for gender-bending cartoon characters, there's still something to be said for raw Kratos-brand masculinity.
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#54 killab2oo5
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I think it's pretty cool if the story has something to do with this (and it does). :3 I love the whole demon and possession stuff, and SE knows how to tell a story. I hope they don't screw this up.
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#55 surrealnumber5
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They've gone too far :PToriko42
flea in chrono Trigger was a man..... this is nothing new

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#56 IAmLegend7
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[QUOTE="Pariah-"] I'm curious to see if she's going to have a bulge. Sexy.

Ummmmm, what? "She" + "Bulge" =/= DEFINITELY not sexy.
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#57 kaealy
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An hermaphrodite do not need to have, like in this case, male gentalia, howere she could have both female and male hormones which gives her male characteristics like deep voice, more muscle growth etc

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#58 Yandere
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[QUOTE="Pariah-"] I'm curious to see if she's going to have a bulge. Sexy. IAmLegend7
Ummmmm, what? "She" + "Bulge" =/= DEFINITELY not sexy.

Well that's what you prefer, maybe not him?

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#59 jasonharris48
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[QUOTE="Toriko42"]They've gone too far :Psurrealnumber5

flea in chrono Trigger was a man..... this is nothing new

Oh yea I forgot about Flea and also wasn't one of the characters in Magna Carta on PS2 a transvestite?

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#60 Vadamee
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This is why I don't like JRPGs...some of the character design philosophy is completely stupid.

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#61 deactivated-5d6e91f5c147a
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This is why I don't like JRPGs...some of the character design philosophy is completely stupid.

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But it's not a JRPG -_-"
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#62 deactivated-5b78379493e12
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I would suspect that they are telling us this information because it has something significant to do with the story. Otherwise, why even mention it. Oh right, just to drum up talk and interest in the game. Job done!

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I'd hit that!
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#64 deactivated-5d6e91f5c147a
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I would suspect that they are telling us this information because it has something significant to do with the story. Otherwise, why even mention it. Oh right, just to drum up talk and interest in the game. Job done!

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SE told us about Sazh's son (FF13), clearly relevant information.
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#65 whatisazerg
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I wonder what Admiral Ackbar's stance is on this?

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#66 KungfuKitten
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Awesome! I like sexuality in games. It'd be fun to see them take it a bit further. But, any single theme or gameplay idea shouldn't become standard of course. We like our variation.
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#67 KungfuKitten
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I'm pretty sure this woman was just a female part possessed with a male spirit, like Momohime from Muramasa. I don't think she dons any male parts/organs/features like any actual herms. yoshi_64
I know how You came to that conclusion ;) lol
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#68 MyopicCanadian
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Day one purchase for sure.

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Haha... agreed.
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Disturbed . greatly disturbed
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#70 CaptainHarley
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sounds like more fluff totally inconsequential to the game, who cares?

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#71 WardCleaver02
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I wonder what Admiral Ackbar's stance is on this?

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#72 mythrol
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What the **** is SE thinking? Are Japanese gamers actually into this stuff? I couldn't imagine this selling well in the US. "Hey what game are you playing, that chick looks really hot?" "That chick has a ****." *vomits in mouth*
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#73 mtradr43
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[QUOTE="mythrol"]What the **** is SE thinking? Are Japanese gamers actually into this stuff? I couldn't imagine this selling well in the US. "Hey what game are you playing, that chick looks really hot?" "That chick has a ****." *vomits in mouth*

japanese love that kind of crazy stuff
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#74 mythrol
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[QUOTE="mtradr43"][QUOTE="mythrol"]What the **** is SE thinking? Are Japanese gamers actually into this stuff? I couldn't imagine this selling well in the US. "Hey what game are you playing, that chick looks really hot?" "That chick has a ****." *vomits in mouth*

japanese love that kind of crazy stuff

No wonder Japanese developers are struggling to make games that can cross over to the US well. We don't like our chicks to have *****.
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#75 mtradr43
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[QUOTE="mythrol"][QUOTE="mtradr43"][QUOTE="mythrol"]What the **** is SE thinking? Are Japanese gamers actually into this stuff? I couldn't imagine this selling well in the US. "Hey what game are you playing, that chick looks really hot?" "That chick has a ****." *vomits in mouth*

japanese love that kind of crazy stuff

No wonder Japanese developers are struggling to make games that can cross over to the US well. We don't like our chicks to have *****.

well, to be fair, thats the first game ive heard of that incorporates that stuff. but you just need to look in the internet to know that their tastes in stuff are quite strange compared to everyone else.
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#76 Yandere
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[QUOTE="mtradr43"][QUOTE="mythrol"]What the **** is SE thinking? Are Japanese gamers actually into this stuff? I couldn't imagine this selling well in the US. "Hey what game are you playing, that chick looks really hot?" "That chick has a ****." *vomits in mouth*mythrol
japanese love that kind of crazy stuff

No wonder Japanese developers are struggling to make games that can cross over to the US well. We don't like our chicks to have *****.

I know quite a few Americans who do.

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#77 Ontain
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[QUOTE="Juggernaut140"]Sounds like they're trying way too hard to create a "unique" character :|metroidfood

You're right, I think we should go back to the good ol' days where women in videogames were just talking boobies.

we have advanced to the point of having hermaphrodite be talking boobs
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#78 mythrol
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I know quite a few Americans who do.

Yandere
Please point me to the local chicks with ***** isle at my local game store. Or for that matter any involves stalking and *rubbing* women and who knows what else. There might be a handful of people who like it, but they keep it on the internet. It certainly doesn't have enough of an audience that they could put it into a video game.
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#79 Yandere
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[QUOTE="Yandere"]

I know quite a few Americans who do.

mythrol

Please point me to the local chicks with ***** isle at my local game store. Or for that matter any involves stalking and *rubbing* women and who knows what else. There might be a handful of people who like it, but they keep it on the internet. It certainly doesn't have enough of an audience that they could put it into a video game.

The Japanese are more open to their sexuality then Americans, that's why they produce this stuff more then we do.. It's not like they like it more then us, it's them finding it less weird.

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#80 KungfuKitten
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[QUOTE="mythrol"][QUOTE="Yandere"]

I know quite a few Americans who do.

Yandere

Please point me to the local chicks with ***** isle at my local game store. Or for that matter any involves stalking and *rubbing* women and who knows what else. There might be a handful of people who like it, but they keep it on the internet. It certainly doesn't have enough of an audience that they could put it into a video game.

The Japanese are more open to their sexuality then Americans, that's why they produce this stuff more then we do.. It's not like they like it more then us, it's them finding it less weird.

And, it's because there are barely any real girls like that, YET. lol.
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#81 double_heist
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This is why I don't like JRPGs...some of the character design philosophy is completely stupid.

Vadamee
 So much for WRPG character design philosophy.
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#82 mythrol
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First, I wasn't aware Crysis warhead, fracture, force unleashed, and GOW were WRPG. And second the reason is quite obvious. To accurately render hair in video games would eat up too much system resources. Until we get a system to push both HD graphics AND hair, you're going to see bald headed characters in Western Games. JRPGs aren't as big of an issue because they rarely go realism.
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#83 dont-read-this
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LOL JRPGS effeminate boys, really androginous characters, now an hermaphrodite, what's next? transexuals? :lol:
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#85 JonnyEarthquake
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...you have to be kidding me.
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#86 sleepingzzz
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I'd hit that! Wings_008
Umm.. more like she'll hit you.
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#87 tikki25x
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it doesnt really bother me. seems more like a way to get some buzz going about the game. especially after that recent incident with the female track runner who turned out to be a hermaphrodite.

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#88 CaptainHarley
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LOL JRPGS effeminate boys, really androginous characters, now an hermaphrodite, what's next? transexuals? :lol:dont-read-this

the funny thing about jrpgs is that the only thing thats progressed much about them in the last 15 years outside graphics is they're protraying more of the lbgte rainbow.

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#89 yoshi_64
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[QUOTE="yoshi_64"]I'm pretty sure this woman was just a female part possessed with a male spirit, like Momohime from Muramasa. I don't think she dons any male parts/organs/features like any actual herms. siLVURcross
I uhh...did not know that about Monohime...is that a well known fact or did you just spoil the game for me? :(

Epic late reply! I have been following the game, and it's been known she's possessed, or so from what I read off sites like IGN. They have a video of her in a bath towel (barely covering anything) and she talks to the said spirit and that spirit has a male voice.
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#90 SexySasquatch11
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Sex sells. Smart move on their part.

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#91 SexySasquatch11
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[QUOTE="Vadamee"]

This is why I don't like JRPGs...some of the character design philosophy is completely stupid.

double_heist

 So much for WRPG character design philosophy.

GoW and Crisis are WRPGs! Thanks for the info.

P.S. Don't know about some of the others.

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#92 OhSnapitz
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[QUOTE="double_heist"][QUOTE="Vadamee"]

This is why I don't like JRPGs...some of the character design philosophy is completely stupid.

 So much for WRPG character design philosophy.

Terrible example.. only 2 of the six characters you listed can be grouped in the RPG category.. And 3 of the six games turned out to be average/subpar. And don't even start on mass effect.. You can create you character from scratch and it can look any way you want.. How many JRPG's do that?
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#93 mtradr43
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[QUOTE="Vadamee"]

This is why I don't like JRPGs...some of the character design philosophy is completely stupid.

double_heist
 So much for WRPG character design philosophy.

at least they all look like guys
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#94 bobbetybob
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What's the point, it's just being weird for the sake of being weird.
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#95 Dante2710
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cant say that im surprised, but yeah, weird and disturbing.
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#96 HuusAsking
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lol are we sure its not just a dude that looks like a girl? oh and why is it they cant follow real life? why is it most of the time their men/girls look better then the orginal freaking girls? When a good 90% of cross dressers...etc look like really really ugly manly chicks pre-op.
Id rather they push the boundries by having actual sexual relationships touched upon not giving us what seems to be the rage in jpn, men/girls.

WilliamRLBaker

In America with its sensitivities about bed? Forget it. I have a feeling this won't even cross over (or cross over intact) because of the issues being presented.

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#97 dackchaar
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Not realy that much different than Vaan from FF12, just has boobs now.

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#98 Bigboi500
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Unlike some here I'm willing to look at this with an open mind. Atleast it's something different.
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#99 PS3_CowBoy
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Sex sells. Smart move on their part.

SexySasquatch11

True. But really, hermaphordites?

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#100 KungfuKitten
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Unlike some here I'm willing to look at this with an open mind. Atleast it's something different.Bigboi500
Me too.
[QUOTE="Wings_008"]I'd hit that! sleepingzzz
Umm.. more like she'll hit you.

Personally, i wouldn't even mind... :oops: