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Nap1100 Since: Mar, 2012
#35876: Feb 14th 2014 at 10:23:15 AM

It's considered sexist because Tumblr finds everything sexist somehow. Even if it takes Fan Wank.

edited 14th Feb '14 10:23:52 AM by Nap1100

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#35877: Feb 14th 2014 at 10:23:42 AM

Well, yeah, I know that much, I was just asking which it was.

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#35878: Feb 14th 2014 at 10:24:19 AM

Because he punched Samus for comparing his height.

And Golden Sun Fighters? If not Isaac, then I'd go for Matthew.

Garet, Alex, or/and Saturos only if Isaac is there.

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#35879: Feb 14th 2014 at 10:30:04 AM

I have not seen one accusation of toward the trailer but if I had to guess, its because it used Samus's Other M design. (or maybe because he lost to Miss Fit, I don't know. Did this mythical accuser not say why?)

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Hashil Since: Aug, 2010
#35880: Feb 14th 2014 at 10:35:58 AM

The only sexism accusatory post I've seen on Tumblr as yet.

They feel that slapstick comedy against a woman is wrong and Nintendo is sexist for Mac overreacting to Samus's teasing, despite an earlier trailer featuring the Wii Fit Trainer blowing away Mario, Kirby, and Link for absolutely no reason.

SpookyMask Since: Jan, 2011
#35881: Feb 14th 2014 at 10:39:54 AM

So anyway, doesn't Little Mac's inclusion mean that the leak with Palutena and Pac Man and other stuff I forgot still isn't disproven?

unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#35882: Feb 14th 2014 at 10:40:32 AM

From my perspective of feminism, I think it's probably better that Samus' gender was more of a non-issue in regards to the joke. If anything the focus was on her comparative height. Which I liked after Other M made her so damned short. Yay, now she's tall again.

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#35883: Feb 14th 2014 at 10:41:39 AM

See if I care about whatever randomness Tumblr people say. *yawn*

(You know, TV Tropers could include a yawn emoticon. Skype used to have a really cool one until they screwed it with the 3D images).

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#35884: Feb 14th 2014 at 10:42:50 AM

I care. I like more diverse perspectives. Not less.

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#35885: Feb 14th 2014 at 10:43:15 AM

[up][up][up]Agreed. Seeing the pieces of Other M's legacy slowly stripped away from the series is a wonderful feeling.

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#35886: Feb 14th 2014 at 10:44:52 AM

I mean, I'm a bit sore that they're using the Other M suit design. And an Other M stage. That's some legacy I could personally do without.

Nap1100 Since: Mar, 2012
#35887: Feb 14th 2014 at 10:45:12 AM

[up][up][up]There's diverse perspectives and then there's simply reading too much into it. Tumblr falls into the latter 99% of the time.

edited 14th Feb '14 10:45:30 AM by Nap1100

Hashil Since: Aug, 2010
#35888: Feb 14th 2014 at 10:47:46 AM

99%'s an exaggeration, but yes, many are wont to look into things too often. I don't want to start a huge debate on it, but it's very easy to flat out dismiss opinions that are different from yours if you're going to lump them all into a giant "feminazi" stew pot.

I agree 100% that this is an overreaction, though: Mac's short. Samus isn't. They're both fighters who give as good as they get.

edited 14th Feb '14 10:48:22 AM by Hashil

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#35889: Feb 14th 2014 at 10:49:21 AM

I don't really care about Tumblr, I was just curious as to the reasoning since I could see two mutually-exclusive ways it could garner an accusation.

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#35890: Feb 14th 2014 at 10:49:26 AM

I don't like taking things at face value. There's reading too much into things and then there's not thinking about implications or meanings at all. I prefer the former, although I personally believe that tumblr is actually more often somewhere in the middle.

'The unexamined life is not worth living.'

When I like communities like TV Tropes or tumblr or what have you, it's when they, in their own ways, think about and examine the effects of structures present in media. Yes, even in Mascot Fighting games.

I can disagree with a position without dismissing it out of hand as "lol -insert place or community or group I don't like here-" unquote. I disagree with the position vis-a-vis feminism and Samus getting attacked for making fun of someone's height in a match. I can leave it at that.

edited 14th Feb '14 10:52:42 AM by unnoun

SpookyMask Since: Jan, 2011
#35891: Feb 14th 2014 at 10:50:02 AM

^^^^^Hey, no need to ignore the game 100%, or are you saying that Samus' suit design in that game was bad? I agree on height thing and stuff, but I don't think that everything about game needs to be purged from existence.

edited 14th Feb '14 10:50:13 AM by SpookyMask

unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#35892: Feb 14th 2014 at 10:50:37 AM

It so does but that's another topic.

Surprised we haven't seen screens of Wii Fit Trainer or the Villager in the 3DS version yet.

edited 14th Feb '14 10:51:04 AM by unnoun

SpookyMask Since: Jan, 2011
#35893: Feb 14th 2014 at 10:51:23 AM

Sonic 2006 was horribly bad and needed to be purged out of existence, but there was no real need to get rid of Silver was it even if he never was fan favourite? tongue

Heck, Other M suit isn't that different besides few more tron lines, no? Zero suit is pretty crappy though in Other M because of heels... Despite original concept art of it from Zero Mission explicitly saying no ridiculous heels.

edited 14th Feb '14 10:52:43 AM by SpookyMask

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#35894: Feb 14th 2014 at 10:52:58 AM

The unexamined life is not worth living.
http://youtu.be/mKnzPHtf9u4?t=50s

edited 14th Feb '14 10:54:22 AM by Mukora

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#35895: Feb 14th 2014 at 10:56:24 AM

But seriously, why haven't we seen the Villager or Wii Fit Trainer on 3DS yet?

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#35896: Feb 14th 2014 at 11:02:54 AM

Actually, we have.

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Ascruffydragon Since: Oct, 2013
#35897: Feb 14th 2014 at 11:05:41 AM

I love Tumblr and most of its community, but I'm not the least bit surprised to see someone claiming sexism over a simple scene in a trailer.

There's women everywhere that get raped and sometimes even get the punishment themselves, but apparently the priorities are to stop people from enjoying Nintendo games because somebody might feel "offended".

And like everyone with a bit of culture said: The whole game is character fighting the shit out of each other, male or not. If anything people should be glad to see more of the female characters since it was apparently the big dealwith feminism and Smash. Personally I'm actually a girl and i never minded the lack of any female character, but if we're getting more of thoses I'm not against it.

nomuru2d Gamer-turning-maker from Port Saint Lucie, FL Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Longing for Dulcinea
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#35898: Feb 14th 2014 at 11:06:56 AM

Ahh, the idiocy of Tumblr "social justice". Once I get out of work, I'm going to rip right into this shit.

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#35899: Feb 14th 2014 at 11:09:10 AM

...I don't think that's a great idea, and I think just leaving it at "disagree" is the best option. Especially since "ripping into it" seems like the wrong thing to do. Especially since there would more than likely be disagreement. Especially on the nature of "idiocy" unquote.

Can we actually talk about this game?

edited 14th Feb '14 11:10:39 AM by unnoun

nomuru2d Gamer-turning-maker from Port Saint Lucie, FL Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Longing for Dulcinea
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#35900: Feb 14th 2014 at 11:10:24 AM

I'm not going to insult the person. When I say I'm gonna rip right into it, that just means I powerfully deconstruct the problematic viewpoint with cold hard facts.

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