Is NetherRealm giving in to the SJW's?

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#1 NathanDrakeSwag
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It looks like Mortal Kombat 11 will only feature fully clothed female characters. I'm not saying that should be virtually naked like in MK9 but this isn't appealing at all

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#2  Edited By BenjaminBanklin
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You want her to show more skin than that? Game dudes sure are thirsty. ?

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#3 uninspiredcup
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She does look abit shit compared to 9.

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#4 FireEmblem_Man
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I don't like the look of Scarlet....

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#5 AJStyles
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If they want less sales, so be it.

Get Woke, Go Broke.

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#6 NathanDrakeSwag
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@FireEmblem_Man said:

I don't like the look of Scarlet....

Oh yeah they completely f*cked her up. I used Jade as an example because she is a long running character and one of my personal favorites but Skarlet looks like actual pandering to a certain crowd in this one.

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#7 FireEmblem_Man
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@NathanDrakeSwag: it's just as bad how they butchered Ms. Marvel, pre-Civil War II to now Captain Marvel and I mean Carol Danvers

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#8 HEATHEN75
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Call me kooky, but I have never cared if video game characters are half naked or not. That's probably because I go home to a real woman every day.

That character pic looks like a zombie or something anyway. WTF you wanna see a naked zombie for?

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@NathanDrakeSwag said:

It looks like Mortal Kombat 11 will only feature fully clothed female characters. I'm not saying that should be virtually naked like in MK9 but this isn't appealing at all

You know there is literally a limitless amount of women wearing nothing on the internet, right?

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#10  Edited By NathanDrakeSwag
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@heathen75 said:

Call me kooky, but I have never cared if video game characters are half naked or not. That's probably because I go home to a real woman every day.

That character pic looks like a zombie or something anyway. WTF you wanna see a naked zombie for?

I'm not sure if you're familiar with the series. Here's what Jade (the character I posted) used to look like

Now tell me they're not pandering with the new design.

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#11 xantufrog  Moderator
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@NathanDrakeSwag: if by "pandering" you mean making her look more badass and less prostitute. I know they aren't mutually exclusive, necessarily, but it seems to me the issue being raised here is a lack of bewbage rather than a the model being sloppy, character-inconsistent, or even unattractive

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#12 nintendoboy16
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To think I get flak for even referencing politics here.

Anyway... we STILL have to beat the SJW dead horse?

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#13 Chutebox
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Maybe they just felt like doing something else? Not all changes means they are pandering to any side.

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#14 HEATHEN75
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@NathanDrakeSwag: It's called a costume change. It happens.

Should they use the same costume for 20 years? Should they do the math and make sure that every costume over the years shows the exact same percentage of flesh to keep sexless kids enticed? I just don't get it and I just don't care.

It's a fighting game, not a porno.

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#15 Pedro
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Oh the horror. Female characters with more clothes on. How dare they? ?

Anti-SJWs are so delicate.

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#16 AJStyles
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@heathen75: They should have multiple costumes for every fighter.

Give gamers the option to choose fully clothed or Klassic Kostumes.

This is the best option for everyone.

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#17  Edited By judaspete
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@NathanDrakeSwag said:
@heathen75 said:

Call me kooky, but I have never cared if video game characters are half naked or not. That's probably because I go home to a real woman every day.

That character pic looks like a zombie or something anyway. WTF you wanna see a naked zombie for?

I'm not sure if you're familiar with the series. Here's what Jade (the character I posted) used to look like

Now tell me they're not pandering with the new design.

You realize this design is also pandering, right? Just to horny teenagers. Horny Teenagers aren't really the baseline for gamers anymore.

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#18 Xabiss
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Who gives a shit. Day one purchase for me!

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#19 Pedro
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@judaspete said:

You realize this design is also pandering, right? Just to horny teenagers. Horny Teenagers aren't really the baseline for gamers anymore.

Don't you know that pandering is only when companies cater to groups that you don't associate with. :)

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#20 Shewgenja
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Want titties? Support your local college students and go to a strip club.

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#21 Archangel3371
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Um yeah. I’m going to file this under, “Not an Issue”.

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#22 Ibacai
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Wait, so adding more cloth to a video game characters clothes = SJW???

Good lord, what have we come to?

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#23 deactivated-63d1ad7651984
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I'm betting her old costume is in the game as a unlockable like the other characters.

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#24 speedfreak48t5p
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Bigger issues out there to worry about.

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#26 Baconstrip78
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Can you imagine every male character in MKX wearing nothing but a banana hammock and flip flops? And then in XI they wear normal combat attire, but 3/4s of the women on these boards go on a tirade about SJW pandering?

Me either.

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#27 deactivated-6068afec1b77d
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Remember, the game has two different timelines. Also, she looks pretty good. I have nothing to complain about.

@NathanDrakeSwag said:
@FireEmblem_Man said:

I don't like the look of Scarlet....

Oh yeah they completely f*cked her up. I used Jade as an example because she is a long running character and one of my personal favorites but Skarlet looks like actual pandering to a certain crowd in this one.

yeah, that one is really messed up. The MK11 one looks nothing like MK9. They even have different faces.

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#28 DaVillain  Moderator
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She looks like Raziel from Soul Reaver. But anyways, I already pre-order MK11 and soooo hype more then ever!

Also, I don't care about the female models in the world of MK games. I'm here for the Torture Porn :P

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#29 AcidTango
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I honestly don't care. If they choose to not make the female character's outfits very sexual then it doesn't bother me at all. All I care about is how good will the fighting mechanics in this version of MK is going to be and the Fatalities and so far the Fatalities looks freaking awesome.

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#30 Ibacai
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@Yams1980: soooo, the developers would not be weak willed if they had made characters with skimpy clothes? Are you reading what you’re typing?

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#31 enzyme36
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Was looking forward to the jade reveal too... too bad

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#32 dreman999
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@NathanDrakeSwag: she still has huge boob but with boob armor. Which is more safe then the night gown she had before.

In a game with knives every where were people murder people no matter how hot they are, are you complaining that they don't look as sexy as they wete before as they are beat to death?

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#33 lilhurk1985187
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But muh hot almost naked super models.

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#34 Midnightshade29
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@ajstyles said:

If they want less sales, so be it.

Get Woke, Go Broke.

This, so much this. As someone who has been playing games since the 80s, I don't like the ideology that has crept in to some game devs. Mk was about pushing boundaries and making a brutal game in the spirit of heavy metal/rock and roll.... but millennials didn't' carry the torch and dropped it somewhere after 2013, hence we have the creep of a cult called intersectionality that poisons everything it touches. You see this in movies and mainstream media now too. Waiting for people to stand up and push back.

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#35 Midnightshade29
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@Pedro said:
@judaspete said:

You realize this design is also pandering, right? Just to horny teenagers. Horny Teenagers aren't really the baseline for gamers anymore.

Don't you know that pandering is only when companies cater to groups that you don't associate with. :)

I am 40 years old and married try again. Its' just you millennials don't like the female form or something. I don't get it. It seems to me a number of people got brainwashed.

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#36 freedomfreak
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Americans can't into female character design. I'll bet the violence will look great, though.

Plus, netherrealm has been manfacing this franchise since 9.

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#37  Edited By Ghosts4ever
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@freedomfreak said:

Americans can't into female character design. I'll bet the violence will look great, though.

Plus, netherrealm has been manfacing this franchise since 9.

Im with american on this one.

european developers has no shame to show women body in every game. something american always hide.

im with americans.

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#38  Edited By freedomfreak
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@ghosts4ever said:

Im with american on this one.

european has no shame to show women body in every game. something american always hide.

im with americans.

We're still friends, but this upsets me greatly.

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#40  Edited By uninspiredcup
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@heathen75 said:

@NathanDrakeSwag: It's called a costume change. It happens.

Should they use the same costume for 20 years? Should they do the math and make sure that every costume over the years shows the exact same percentage of flesh to keep sexless kids enticed? I just don't get it and I just don't care.

It's a fighting game, not a porno.

If a characters iconic, then yes. Ryu's simple white/red or Chun LI's blue dress act as a go-to for players of the series, and something intrinsically associated with it as much as the theme tunes. Not that I would really include much of the MK cast as Iconic beyond perhaps Raiden, Sub-Zero, Goro and Scorpio.

Indeed, if we're going to use to the argument "why do you need to enjoy woman titties", then we might as well use the argument "why does the game need blood and guts" as both are aesthetic indulgences. Apparently a pair of tits being more offensive than people getting mutilated.

Mortal Kombat is intrinsically exploitive. It's how it made it's name, the combat was absolute shit compared to it's Japanese peers. Seriously, anyone praising MK go on GOG or pick up the MK collection, see how janky that shit is.

Stuff like "I have a real woman yo" or "this is a non issue", titties actually are a huge appeal of fighting games. Look at the DLC sold for SFV or how Mai Shiranui (not the supposed male lead character) helped keep KOF relevant.

Instead of removing it, and make everyone looking, well... bland. The men should be sexualized as well to please the opposite end of the spectrum.

Part of the appeal of a game is the unadulterated fantasy element, treating a fighting game like it's a serous simulator that has no place for fun is... stupid?

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#41  Edited By KungfuKitten
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I do think game characters from the west overall have become less appealing. That lady in the OP doesn't look like someone I would even want to see with less clothes on, so good job I guess if the goal is to be unappealing. Otherwise it's not great character design, and bad character design will of course have a bit of an impact on sales, I'm sure. If they want to make that 'sacrifice' to make western gaming less appealing, then that's what they can do.

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#42  Edited By Litchie
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I thought the character designs were great in 9, and the changes made in X were pretty horrible. I don't care how much clothing characters have as long as they look cool. However, when they do shit like they did with Mileena's face in X, I get grumpy.

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This is one of those times that I must remind myself that some people actually like fap to video game characters lol.

The rest of us prefer real woman.

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#44 hugoadan
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i think mileena looked great in MKX... even without her mask, lol!

just saying...

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#45 PrincessGomez92
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Jade was my favourite. That's some bland character design.

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#46 R4gn4r0k
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@princessgomez92 said:

Jade was my favourite. That's some bland character design.

Yeah the fact that her outfit is less revealing isn't really an issue to me, it's that this is just a really bland looking character.

The previous one was 'iconic' and recognisable, this one is meh.

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#48 avenger85
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I don’t think it’s SJW in mortal Kombat I think art styles have just changed.

The problem is political agendas have become rampant in so many medias that we as consumers are in the defense. lol I still can’t believe what they did to wolfenstien.

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#49 HEATHEN75
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@uninspiredcup: Nobody said boobies were offensive. No need to make stuff up. To compare breasts to blood and guts in a fighting game is a horrible comparison. Its a fighting game. Fighting is violent, not sexual.

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#50 Dark_sageX
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I have nothing against the conservative designs honestly, Jade, Mileena, Tanya and Skarlet look great imo, Kitana doesn't look bad but she looks wierd, bah.