History YMMV / TaroYoko

** "I just really like girls." [[labelnote:Explanation]] During PAX East 2017, one of the questions that Yoko received regarding ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'' was the following: Why does [[ActionGirl 2B]], a combat android from the future, wear high heels? Yoko replied that he designed 2B this way as part of his vision of the far future 10,000 years from today... before bluntly admitting that his biggest reason for doing so is that [[AuthorAppeal he enjoys attractive female characters]]. In light of the debates surrounding blatant {{fanservice}} and sexualized female characters in fiction, Yoko received both praise and grudging respect for giving an honest answer instead of a contrived excuse for 2B's design, like how Creator/HideoKojima infamously tried to justify Quiet's {{stripperiffic}} outfit in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain''.[[/labelnote]]

** "I just really like girls." [[labelnote:Explanation]] During PAX East 2017, one of the questions that Yoko received regarding ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'' was the following: Why does [[ActionGirl 2B]], a combat android from the future, wear high heels? Yoko replied that he designed 2B this way as part of his vision of the far future 10,000 years from today... before bluntly admitting that his biggest reason for doing so is that [[AuthorAppeal he enjoys attractive female characters]]. Given the debates surrounding blatant {{fanservice}} and sexualized female characters in fiction, Yoko received both praise and grudging respect for giving an honest answer instead of a contrived excuse for 2B's design, like how Creator/HideoKojima infamously tried to justify Quiet's {{stripperiffic}} outfit in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain''.[[/labelnote]]

** "I just really like girls." [[labelnote:Explanation]] During PAX East 2017, one of the questions that Yoko received regarding ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'' was the following: Why does [[ActionGirl 2B]], a combat android from the future, wear high heels? Yoko replied that he designed 2B this way as part of his vision of the far future 10,000 years from today... before bluntly admitting that his biggest reason for doing so is that [[AuthorAppeal he enjoys attractive female characters]]. Given the debates surrounding blatant {{fanservice}} and sexualized female characters in fiction, Yoko received both praise and grudging respect for giving an honest answer instead of a contrived excuse for 2B's design, like how Creator/HideoKojima infamously tried to justify Quiet's {{stripperiffic}] outfit in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain''.[[/labelnote]]

** "I just really like girls." [[labelnote:Explanation]] During PAX East 2017, one of the questions that Yoko received regarding ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'' was the following: Why does [[ActionGirl 2B]], a combat android from the future, wear high heels? Yoko replied that he designed 2B this way as part of his vision of the far future 10,000 years from today... before bluntly admitting that his biggest reason for doing so is that [[AuthorAppeal he enjoys attractive female characters]].[[/labelnote]]

** "I just really like girls." [[labelnote:Explanation]] During PAX East 2017, one of the questions that Yoko received regarding ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'' was the following: Why does [[ActionGirl 2B]], a combat android from the future, wear high heels? Yoko replied that he designed 2B this way as part of his vision of the far future 10,000 years from today... before bluntly admitting that his biggest reason for doing so is that [[AuthorAppeal he enjoys attractive female characters]]. Yoko's answer earned both praise and grudging respect for its refreshing honesty, given how blatant {{fanservice}} in video games -- especially where fictional women are concerned -- is often met with criticism. It is also frequently contrasted with Creator/HideoKojima's attempt to justify a certain female character's {{Stripperiffic}} outfit in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain'', which was perceived as a flimsy and contrived VoodooShark excuse. [[/labelnote]]

** "I just really like girls." [[labelnote:Explanation]]A fan once asked him why does 2B in Nier Automata wear high heels and his response was essentially, "I just really like girls."[[/labelnote]]

* GrowingTheBeard: Though the original Drakengard won its fanbase on the merits of its nihilistic, pitch black story and characters, many in the game's fanbase consider [=NieR=] to be an improvement writing-wise because it keeps things dark, oppressive and weird but has much more sympathetic (if still heavily flawed) characters and a RousseauWasRight view of humanity. Drakengard 3 isn't quite up there but the Disciples aside from Dito are nicer and more humorous than the cast from the first game, and ultimately [[spoiler: Zero is fighting for a good cause, flawed as she is.]]

* MoneyDearBoy: He ''claims'' that he concedes to his superiors and likes to joke about doing anything for money, but he's also stated that if they ''don't'' tell him what to do however [[DoingItForTheArt he will experiment and do things they might not want him to, because they didn't ask.]] According to Yosuke Saito: "Yoko often says that he’ll do anything as long as he gets money, but there’s no one that doesn’t move for money as much as him. He’ll only do what he really wants to do".

** [[ItsWhatIDo Cause Yoko Taro]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]A usual response when talking about works where Yoko has been involved due to their often bizarre, tragic and often unpredictable nature.[[/labelnote]]

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: A common complaint of his works. Ironically enough, it's the [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools the sheer bleakness and darkness of Drakengard and [=NieR=] that has made them cult classics]].

* What was his reason for skipping E3 2017?
--> [[https://twitter.com/yokotaro/status/874092883535593472 No E3. I have to eat tacos.]]
* The man has a way of putting things in humorous terms (his quotes page is a decent selection), such as his remarks on his fame and how in his hypothetical decline of his career "I'll take as many people with me as possible"

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: What was his reason for skipping E3 2017?

** NIER AUTOMATA-SHIRT! NIER AUTOMATA T-SHIRT! NIER AUTOMATA T-SHIRT! [[BitingTheHandHumor S*HT SQUARE-ENIX!!!]] [[labelnote:Explanation]][[https://youtu.be/hhDL3Q86ofY A promotional video for the pre-order bonus t-shirt]] for Automata, where Yoko very suddenly pries the t-shirt from game designer Yasuhisa Taura's body and rolls on the floor holding it, while shouting the aforementioned.[[/labelnote]]

* MoneyDearBoy: Played with. He ''claims'' that he concedes to his superiors and likes to joke about doing anything for money, but he's also stated that if they ''don't'' tell him what to do however [[DoingItForTheArt he will experiment and do things they might not want him to, because they didn't ask.]] According to Yosuke Saito: "Yoko often says that he’ll do anything as long as he gets money, but there’s no one that doesn’t move for money as much as him. He’ll only do what he really wants to do".

* CreepyAwesome: He's very weird, but it's also part of why he's so beloved.

** Very cute! I believe she’ll sell well!! [[labelnote:Explanation]]In the character reveals for ''[=SINoALICE=]'', whenever Taro was asked to comment on the characters, he would only state this line, repeatedly.[[/labelnote]]

** The image of Yoko wearing the No. 6 mask during the 2015 Square-Enix press conference (during which the New Nier Project was announced) went viral, due to the majority of people (such as LetsPlay/ProJared) not being familiar with his ReclusiveArtist persona and finding it ''incredibly'' bizarre.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: A common complaint of his works. Ironically enough, it's the [[TropesAreTools the sheer bleakness and darkness of Drakengard and [=NieR=] that has made them cult classics]].

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: What was his reason for skipping E3 2017?
--> [[https://twitter.com/yokotaro/status/874092883535593472 No E3. I have to eat tacos.]]

* MoneyDearBoy: Discussed. It's less that he'll do something he doesn't want to, so much as he doesn't mind editorial change and doing what his superiors tell him to. He's stated that if they ''don't'' tell him what to do however [[DoingItForTheArt he will experiment and do things they might not want him to, because they didn't ask.]]
** According to Yosuke Saito, "Yoko often says that he’ll do anything as long as he gets money, but there’s no one that doesn’t move for money as much as him. He’ll only do what he really wants to do".

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: A common complaint of his works. Ironically enough, it's the [[TropesAreTools the sheer bleakness and darkness of Drakengard and NieR that has made them cult classics]].
* GrowingTheBeard: Though the original Drakengard won its fanbase on the merits of its nihilistic, pitch black story and characters, many in the game's fanbase consider NieR to be an improvement writing-wise because it keeps things dark, oppressive and weird but has much more sympathetic (if still heavily flawed) characters and a RousseauWasRight view of humanity. Drakengard 3 isn't quite up there but the Disciples aside from Dito are nicer and more humorous than the cast from the first game, and ultimately [[spoiler: Zero is fighting for a good cause, flawed as she is.]]