On June 26, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that same-sex marriage was constitutional by a five-to-four vote. In the long history of the game world, same-sex marriage is actually not a new thing, today, Xiaobian will take you to a comprehensive review of the development history of same-sex marriage in the game industry.
Fire Emblem if
The Japanese version of Nintendo's popular "Fire Emblem if" (the US version is called "Fire Emblem: Destiny") has been released recently, and the game is divided into two versions: "White Night Kingdom" and "Night Kingdom", each version has a different script and ending. In the game, the protagonist of the game can not only freely choose his own gender, but also freely fall in love with any character regardless of gender, and eventually step into the marriage hall.
Final Fantasy XIV: The Realm of Rebirth
Two years after Final Fantasy XIV said it would not open the same-sex marriage system, the game developers officially announced at E3 last year that they would add a same-sex marriage system in the expansion pack Rebirth. Players who supported same-sex marriage in Final Fantasy XIV held a parade in the game to celebrate this major shift.
Fallout 2
Recognized as the first game in history to allow same-sex marriage, Fallout 2 was released in 1998 as a wasteland-themed RPG that recognized same-sex marriage a full decade before California law.
As the Fallout series demonstrates, RPGs have been leading the wave of marital equality in the gaming world. In 2004, the same-sex marriage in the virtual world took another major step, and the lion's head studio masterpiece "Fables of the Gods" released that year was very different from the mainstream RPGs of various monster killing and brushing treasures, and more energy was spent on the production to let players indulge in a cool and explosive simulation experience. "Fables of the Gods" cleverly and without traces joins the same-sex marriage system, allowing players to create and enjoy unlimited possibilities freely. As Peter Molyneux, the father of Fables, famously said, "In my game, same-sex marriage is not a big deal at all." ”
The Sims series
The Sims series has always allowed players to have same-sex intimacy in the game. Let's take a look at the history of the development of the "Sims" series on same-sex marriage, in the original "Sims", there is no marriage system, and the same sex or the opposite sex cannot be married. In The Sims 2, the game only allows gays and lesbians to kiss and party, but same-sex people can't get married. It wasn't until the release of The Sims 3 in 2009 that the series officially opened up the same-sex marriage system.
Dragon Age series and Mass Effect series
BioWare Studios' two masterpieces, the Dragon Age series and the Mass Effect series, do not technically allow same-sex marriage, but BioWare Studios' efforts at the same-sex marriage concept and its milestone status are worth taking into account. In "Dragon Age: Origins", thanks to the self-made MODs of netizens, a new exciting romantic plot was added. In this mod, if you choose a male character, you will be able to develop an intimate relationship with the charming bastard Alistair. But if the player later chooses to push Aristai to the throne, he will choose to break up with you in order to fulfill his royal duties and marry a socially permissible partner. The whole story of this mod is like the plot in "Brokeback Mountain", but in the story, there are so many dragons. But in a way, it really is.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Following the tradition of the Fallout series and the Fables of the Gods and Ghosts series, Bethesda's legendary Elder Scrolls: Skyrim was released in 2011, also adding to the same-sex marriage system. I hope this is the last, same-sex couple to get married with a barrel.
Last year, in the American version of Nintendo's "Gathering of Friends", because of the inability to marry same-sex characters, a large number of players expressed their disappointment to Nintendo. For this, Nintendo sincerely apologized to the players: "We apologize for disappointing many players, and we will do our best to give all players a better performance in the next work." And in Nintendo's latest Fire Emblem series, Fire Emblem if (the US version is called Fire Emblem: Destiny), Nintendo offers a system for same-sex marriage as promised.
In recent years, with the free development of the game system, same-sex marriage has become an unavoidable topic. With the passage of a bill on June 26, 2015, to ensure that same-sex marriage will be legal in all states across the United States, it is foreseeable that more games of support for same-sex marriage will be born in the future. As the U.S. Supreme Court put it, "No union is more profound than marriage because it blends love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice, and the highest ideals of the family." By entering into marriage, two people are able to become stronger than they once were. As some of the complainants in these cases have stated, marriage contains love that death cannot stop. We should not mistakenly assume that these men and women do not respect the idea of marriage. Their complaints show that they do respect the idea of marriage and respect it so deeply that they seek to apply it to themselves. They do not want to live in solitude, excluded from one of the oldest institutions of human civilization. What they demand is the right to equal dignity under the law, which is conferred upon them by the Constitution. ”