Can we talk about how 40% of the Smash Bros season pass is linked to homophobia?

[o Tesseract]

"Can we talk about how 100% of the Dragon Quest series is linked to homophobia?"

Well I guess I'll stop buying DQ games now. /s

 

[mjc]

Let's disregard an entire series and development teams over one dude. Why not.

 

[Kinsei]

Yes, I'm sure that's exactly why they chose those characters. /s

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Where the hell did I say that?

 

[Notaskwid]

Yes

 

[Big Hoops]

Illuminating. Won't be supporting this filth. Gay icon Peach is already in the base game anyway.

 

[EJS]

Come on.

 

[PKrockin]

Japan's got a lot of homophobic old people. So does my country, I'm sure, just that social pressures to not be publicly homophobic are probably stronger here.

 

[PrintedCrayon]

Era got the hottest takes.

 

[Jakisthe]

This is a reach

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This makes me wonder if you're a troll account trying to parody people who genuinely care so that you can go to 4chan and make fun of ResetEra.

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Both of these.

 

[Dullahan]

This makes me wonder if you're a troll account trying to parody people who genuinely care so that you can go to 4chan and make fun of ResetEra.

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This.

 

[Jangowuzhere]

DQ11 was homophobic with those MIDI files - thankfully, the lovely Switch version has remedied that for all of us <3

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....What?

 

[Servbot24]

"Can we talk about...?"

What were you intending to do if someone said no, OP?

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So many threads start with "Soooooo... Let's talk about [insert actual thread title]"

 

[Deleted member 49438]

Luckily you can buy the other ones individually.

 

[scare_crow]

Jesus Christ folks.

 

[Trace]

...

 

[NoKisum]

Let's just cancel everything, then.

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There are millions of games out these days, I'd be okay with this.

 

[Deleted member 9746]

No.

Sincerely, a gay man.

 

[Deleted member 21858]

Fuck off²

 

[Deleted member 1726]

Oh fuck off

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This is an acceptable reply now?

 

[KLoWn]

...

Just ...

 

[Starviper]

Ah-ha, because some of the DLC character developers may have inserted some questionable material into their games that must mean the Smash Bros creators are totally homophobic too.

/s

 

[Slipknot666]

Ok

 

[Christor]

Oh boy...

 

[Sieglinde]

By that logic PLaystation is linked to Homophobia because they have P5, and every platform with Dragon Quest is linked with Homophobia too?

 

[MsMuerta]

That's why you can wait and buy Banjo, he's not homophobic.

And Kazooie is bi at least

 

[Deleted member 873]

JonTron is in Yooka-Laylee. Yooka-Laylee is a spiritual successor to Banjo so bump that up to 60%

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This.

 

[Monolith]

Why did this Sugiyama stuff surface only now? It's been known in Japan for years. Why is it only suddenly relevant when DQ is in the spotlight?

 

[DaiJyoubs]

Or just go to literally any other Persona or DQ thread on this forum and talk about it there because all of them just eventually turn into this...

 

[Ferrio]

So when determining the percentage of homophobia in media do we calculate it using multiplicative or additive?

 

[benzopil]

Damn, 9k posts. I thought it's a junior troll.

 

[Mark H]

Uhh wut?
Grasping at straw much?

 

[Gundam]

Oh fuck off

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please don't criticize my video games

 

[TheNotoriousAFG]

....What?

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The original sound quality was awful (and since I am gay, I made a "homophobic" joke lol)

 

[Nacho]

Yikes at the replies here. I get not agreeing but the vitriol feels overly aggressive.

 

[Gibson]

No. Now start complaining.

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This really cracked me up hahah

 

[Deleted member 401]

We need Doomguy to join Banjo in balancing out Joker and Hero.

 

[WestEgg]

It's worth looking at homophobia in general, and Smash bros. is a who's who of video game characters. However, I really doubt these characters were picked to support an agenda.

 

[deadbass]

DQ11 was homophobic with those MIDI files - thankfully, the lovely Switch version has remedied that for all of us <3

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?

 

[Kinsei]

Ah-ha, because some of the DLC character developers may have inserted some questionable material into their games that must mean the Smash Bros creators are totally homophobic too.

/s

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Again, where the fuck did I say that?

 

[Unspeakable Evil]

??????????.
Yeah. Go outside

 

[The Boat]

Banjo is the worst of them all. A bear that uses and manhandles his companion female bird. Homophobia, mysoginy, domestic violence and animal abuse all in one.

 

[Sub Boss]

Oh please

There are shitty people involved in those games but im sure they didn't pick those characters for THAT reason.

im all for picking on Atlus for their shitty scenes but this is getting silly

 

[jeelybeans]

I am LGBT and I fundamentally disagree but I've been accused of being one of those respectability politics people...It's a stretch to blame Smash for individuals within other companies.

 

[WetWaffle]

A lot of replies telling OP to keep his mouth shut...

 

[Star Falcon]

Political Correctness gone mad... stop being a keyboard crusader and just enjoy video games....

 

[joedick]

Oh fuck off

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You don't have to agree, but maybe offer a bit more than this? I'm a huge Nintendo fan but I'm not going to blindly walk off a cliff for them or defend them because somebody else feels slighted.

No need to freak out because somebody isn't happy with your favorite corporate earner. I may not agree with OP but no need to dismiss out of hand.

 

[cw_sasuke]

I didnt see this coming....wow.

 

[the_wart]

Things in society sometimes involve homophobia, yes. As a consequence, many things in society have direct or indirect connections to things that are homophobic.

 

[Grimmjow]

Looking like Reed Richards with that reach

 

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