The theme of "heroes save beauty" has always been a common theme in film and television works, animation works and games, and it is also a favorite theme, after all, everyone has had such a heroic dream when they are young.
The plot of the game in the eighties and nineties was often relatively simple, either to defeat the big demon king to save the world, or to defeat the big demon king to rescue the girl. "Super Mario" has always been this routine, and the protagonists, whether Mario or Louise, ultimately defeat Kuba to rescue Princess Peach (Princess Becky and Princess Brigitte).
Originally, this was a very normal game plot, but it was criticized by some women's boxing organizations.
The Mario franchise is one of the most influential games in the world, and it is suitable for almost any age to play, whether it is a boy or a girl. And the direction of criticism of the women's boxing organization is "Why can Mario save the princess"?
"The princess is obviously the female lead in the game, but she can't do anything, she can only act as a backboard wall, and she can't play any role. Is it in the minds of men that women are always so vulnerable?"
The heavy blow of women's boxing gives the women on the back wall the opportunity to be the protagonists
In fact, this should be an outburst of emotions accumulated by women's boxing organizations over the years, because over the years, almost all games have been "warriors save beautiful women", which has formed a "stereotype". The point that they are unhappy about is: why there is no plot routine of boys being arrested and girls going to the rescue.
Mario is probably confused, labor and management have been mushrooms for a lifetime, and in the end blame me for the wrong gender?
However, although these women's boxers are extreme, there is some truth to them. While female gamers aren't the main customers of console games, the numbers are definitely not to be underestimated, and they don't necessarily feel as immersed in male characters as we do.
After that, Nintendo created a female-oriented "Super Pinkie Princess" game on the NDS platform to meet the needs of female boxers for the gender of the game characters.
The first thing is to get the abominable Mario, Louise and Mushroom Boy
Then the princess came on the field and went to save them one by one.
In 2013 in "Super Mario 3D World", Princess Peach is also one of the optional characters, and this time Kuba does not catch Princess Peach, but catches seven fairy princesses.
I remember that many years ago, there was a game called "Snow Mountain Brothers", in which the main line was that the prince who was cursed by the demon and turned into a snowman went to rescue the princess who was taken away by the demon king. In order to avoid encountering a farce similar to Mario's female boxing, a plot was specially created on the MD platform in which the Snowman Brothers first save the princess, and then the princess saves the Snowman Brothers.
Save the princess first
Then he was recaptured and let the princess come to the rescue
And then the finale will be ushered in
In fact, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, many game publishers will be prepared to cater to women's boxing in advance. It's like the familiar "Civilization".
The addition of a lot of female leaders/greats in the later part of the "Civilization" series is actually to cater to the women's boxing organization, and I believe players who have been exposed to the series have this feeling! Almost every type of great man and every era has to shoehorn a woman, which seems to reduce the possibility of more great men appearing.
You say that Hypatia (Classical Literature), Joan of Arc (Medieval Army), Purple Shikibu (Medieval Literature), Jane Austen (Industrial Literature), and Estee Lauder (Information Merchant) are all okay, and indeed qualified to be great men.
But Æthelfried (Medieval Army), Marquise de Châtelet (Renaissance University), Emily Dickinson (Modern Literature), Jane Drew (Atomic Engineer), Zheng Yisao (Admiral of Industry), ..... Seems a bit far-fetched!
The heavy blows of women's boxing directly affected Laura's measurements
I still remember the first time I played "Tomb Raider", to be honest, it was really shocking, so many difficult actions in the game were all completed by this heroine, it's not easy!
Although I was a bit handicapped at the time, the game did change the way I thought about this genre. At that time, Laura's modeling was ugly, but her movements were smooth, and her figure looked like that.
With the continuous improvement of computer technology, Laura's image is becoming more and more perfect, with a convex and backward figure, coupled with beautiful movements, I don't know how many boys' hearts have been captured back then!
For years I thought the most girly version was in Tomb Raider 9
I'm sure many friends have noticed it like me, and Laura's measurements in various versions seem to be very different.
In the early years, when the picture quality was relatively low, Laura's figure can be described as hot, and the bust can almost reach an amazing D or F, but with the update of the version, the bust range is getting smaller and smaller the further back, and now it seems that there is only a mere B. What's going on?
You must know that in the "Tomb Raider" movie, in order to restore this game character and let the audience have a more intuitive visual enjoyment, Angelina Jolie deliberately added some chest pads when the bust was already C, which achieved the effect of a D cover.
So why did Shadow of the Tomb Raider begin to shrink in weight in later works?
This is the "result" of the protests of the women's boxing organizations that year.
They believe that those who survive in this environment must show the masculinity of women, rather than selling meat and twisting their waists to attract men's attention.
In front of the women's boxing organization, the game company seems to be a little alone, including public opinion is one-sided on the side of women, and male players are at most complaining on the Internet, which does not play much role at all, and finally the game company has to compromise and show favor to the women's boxing organization, constantly reducing Laura's milk volume.
By the time "Tomb Raider Rise" and "Shadow of the Tomb Raider" are already the smallest cups of all the versions, and they do highlight the "masculinity".
However, many games nowadays like to sell meat as a selling point, which has indeed affected the aesthetics of a generation of players, and this attack of women's rights may be a good start!
Some games are not intended for girls, so what are these women's boxers doing!
Games like "Dead or Alive", "Beach Volleyball", "Mortal Kombat", and "Soul Ability", which are suspected of selling meat, have not been affected by women's boxing, in fact, because they can't play, and fighting games are relatively niche, boxing can't expand its influence!
Let's look at it from another angle, in fact, although these foreign women's boxing organizations are very annoying, objectively speaking, they are just pursuing a kind of equality, equality in all aspects, and criticizing the game is nothing more than thinking that women should not be just vases. This is clearly different from women's rights in China: you are responsible for making money to support your family, and I am responsible for being beautiful like a flower... Men should let women, a typical look of me being weak and I am reasonable.