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why so much fan emphasis on females?

Icebaby

Ice Queen
idk, it's an obvious choice for me anyway, he's a badass dude, better than whiny mr freeze (plus we don't need more bat villains). would be an excellent villain for flash. what does killer frost has to offer?
How rude! I will be making a thread dedicated to Killer Frost shortly. A lot of you have no idea how awesome she is!
 

Fred Marvel

It's actually Freddy Marvel
This is the reason why a lot of people like to pick female Characters. A lot of people underrate the female gender.

But honestly.. female characters are just more fun to play with. Their personalites attract a lot more people because they have attitudes that you wouldn't come across in real life lol.. That's facts.
Everyone is used to the Masculine Hero or Villain that is cool and awesome.. We see a lot of that. We don't see it too much of it in Females.
i only meant that i dont prioritize female over male, not that they are any less valuable, hell i think sonya is one of the best characters in MK9 and Sakura is my Main/favorite SF character of all time and ive been playing SF since i was 8(13 years)
 

Courtney

Burn in my Light
Lol and people complain about the men having muscles when having muscles IS PRACTICAL FOR FIGHTING. Having giant boobs doesn't help at all
Muscles in a world of super powers is hardly practical, its not about omg tits or omg too much penis its about diversity(not only gender but ethnicity and robots(ohai Jamie Reyes) and of course they'd be interesting characters as well, Capcom's SFIV roster would be the best example of what Id like in a games roster
 

Vilén

too smart to play MKX
Lol and people complain about the men having muscles when having muscles IS PRACTICAL FOR FIGHTING. Having giant boobs doesn't help at all
Well, on the level that some of these dudes have muscles, it'd actually be a detriment to your fighting ability. Sources: 1) something Arnold Schwarzenegger said on the subject of being unable to kickass when your ridiculous biceps and ten-pack abs hinder your range of motion and overall speed, demonstrated here in this documentary:


But the real reason people (men) complain about the muscles in comic books is because when you Google image search "comic book enthusiast", this is the first picture you get of a human:

 

Fred Marvel

It's actually Freddy Marvel
How rude! I will be making a thread dedicated to Killer Frost shortly. A lot of you have no idea how awesome she is!
hmm i dont know much about killer frost but from what ive seen from tv shows/comics i like her character, even the angry ex girlfriend version lol but i think captain cold would be a better choice for this game, i could see him playing a pivotal role in the story seeing as flash is kinda the villain now and cold always had a anti-heroish thing going and possibly even having cold convert Flash to Batmans rebellion
 

RapZiLLa54

Monster Island Tournaments
Because just like there are essential male characters in DC there are also essential females. If we can have both Harley and Joker why can't we have Batman and Huntress (if you don't want batgirl).

Some essential females that haven't been announced IMO are:
Huntress
Starfire
Star Sapphire
Black Canary
Circe
Ivy
 

Fred Marvel

It's actually Freddy Marvel
Because just like there are essential male characters in DC there are also essential females. If we can have both Harley and Joker why can't we have Batman and Huntress (if you don't want batgirl).

Some essential females that haven't been announced IMO are:
Huntress
Starfire
Star Sapphire
Black Canary
Circe
Ivy
define essential? because by the definition im thinking of the only essential one on that list is Black Canary
and granted that Harley was not necessary (unless she's a key player in the story) these females arent either, and Harley plays nothing like Joker from what ive seen
 

Flagg

Noob
Women in comics and video games seem to have the same proportions of porn stars, fitness models and lingerie models.

It's as simple as that.
 

Vilén

too smart to play MKX
Women in comics and video games seem to have the same proportions of porn stars, fitness models and lingerie models.

It's as simple as that.
Well the men all look like Abercrombie & Fitch ubermenschen with squarer jaws and better hair so it's only fair.

It is a video game, after all. The "aw, c'mon, what the fuck?" doesn't arise until crime fighting/causing women dress like porn stars and lingerie models.
 

Fred Marvel

It's actually Freddy Marvel
i also forgot to mention MK vs DC had 4 out of 20 female playable characters, 22 if you count Darkseid & Shao Kahn....so it really isnt likely we get 8 or more females
 

Flagg

Noob
Well the men all look like Abercrombie & Fitch ubermenschen with squarer jaws and better hair so it's only fair.

It is a video game, after all. The "aw, c'mon, what the fuck?" doesn't arise until crime fighting/causing women dress like porn stars and lingerie models.
Yes, most the males look like bodybuilders or heavy weight athletes.. its part of the reason I dont read much Marvel or DC, too much superficial bullshit.

It should be noted that not once do I objectify to video game characters in fighting games looking like this though.
 
ok we have Hawkgirl now which makes 4 out of 19 playables so far, but im just wondering why the fans feel like there should be/will be alot more females? now i have no issues with female characters being in the game (Hawkgirl looks amazing) but i feel like were gonna get 5-7 females, 8 max and im totally fine with that, it is a fighting game and most fighting games usually have a 3/1 male/female ratio or worse, its made by Netherrealm and the last game they made (MK9) had 6 out of 27 initially and 1 more DLC, then its a DCU fighting game and there isnt a huge selection of A list/great hand-to-hand females, there are a few like Black Canary or Cheetah but i really cant think of 10 "need to be in this game" type characters who are female off the top of my head and even going through the list of JLA members there arent many recognizable females to choose from and the founding memebers consist of 1 female. i mean im more concerned about characters who fit the story well and play great without feeling forced regardless of gender, id hate to see (just for an example) ivy get in just because she's a female when swamp thing has more to offer...again thats not my opinion just an example. so why so much fuss about females?
Because I'm not masturbating to fan pictures of Grundy.