Yeah for sure, just hope through DLC there is a way (even though it's not in the 'Z' era and more the 'GT') they can add in characters like Pan. Maybe somehow work in a Capsule Corp armoured up version of Bulma to fight or something. But yeah, the source material is pretty thin on the ground for ASW unfortunately.
I guess that's the issue with Dragon Ball. I'm sure other Shonen IPs like My Hero Academia would have less of an issue with this, especially if ASW took a jab at the franchise in the future.
It actually took me around 2 hours to do all of the research & math for the games. The later edits were a bit easier since you guys were able to help me out with those.
I'm honestly surprised that Smash 4 & the NRS games didn't break through the 30% mark. You could get Smash 4 past 30% if you edited the statistics (as Waluigilicious showed), but that'd require editing the numbers that no other game on this list has used to get their results.
I agree with this. Real life is not 50/50 split on everything, why should videogame? For fighting, in particular, there're good reasons why male fighters outnumber female fighters: in general men are more into fighting than women and physically stronger.
It's hard to say considering that most fighting games have DLC these days.
I agree with your general statement at the end. Actually that's not even something up for debate now that I think about it.
Tekken 7 not breaking past the 30% barrier took me by surprise the most. I only play Tekken passingly but I always though that at a glance Tekken 7 was closer to 40% of the roster being women.
Nor should we expect them to, though ~30% seems to be the (acceptable) norm for most fighting games these days. Even ARMS got over 30% on its first try.
It's not an issue though. Dragon Ball just doesn't have many female characters.
That may be due to males making up so much of the franchises' fan favorites & mainstays.
While that is completely true Super is slowly trying to address this predicament!
That's what they call sex.
Yeah this thread is weird because people are thinking these stats are bad. They're great compared to every other genre.
Hey! Spring Girl, Min min, and Twin-tales are good options. Gotta see how Kimishima saves Nintendo.
Real life physical strength and gender norms got nothing to do with female fighters in fiction. They can be whatever, hence Skullgirls and Dead or Alive. I know my sister is more into DoA because of the variety in girls. There could be more female empowerment in media to serve as inspiration for real people, anyway.
Fixed the DoA error as well as the Smash 4 counting (& their respective percentages).
I may look into doing a PoC percentages thread in the future, but I have a feeling that the percentages would be rather low. Plus in the case of fighting games, would characters of Asian descent (Ex: Ryu is Japanese, Chun-Li & F.A.N.G are Chinese, etc.), & thus go towards the PoC percentage? As for adding Dissidia, I'll consider it, though it may be considered bumping the thread from the abyss if I revive this thread for Dissidia in the future.
I could see that happening, though I guess we'll have to wait & see to find out for sure.
In a world where motherfuckers can throw fireballs, who gives a shit about real world fighting sport representation. I fee like 50 50 is a great thing to have for the games that do. And there's no need to adhere to the " reality "
I'm not against 50 50 split, mind you. I just want to point out it doesn't have to be 50 50 split.
Considering that most of these franchises have long histories of male fan-favorites, expecting a 50/50 split in most fighting games is a bit unrealistic. It'd be awesome, don't get me wrong, but I wouldn't expect it anytime soon.
