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Can we talk about how 40% of the Smash Bros season pass is linked to homophobia?
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First we have Joker, the protagonist of Persona 5, a game which has horrible homophobic stereotypes of gay men that repeatedly try to sexually assault a high schooler. This is nothing new for the Persona series either. Persona 3 includes an incredibly transphobic scene while one of your party members in 4 is rampantly homophobic.
Here is one of the homophobic scenes from Persona 5.
Then we come to today's announcement of the Dragon Quest hero. Koichi Sugiyama is, to put it bluntly, a huge piece of shit.I could go into his war crime denial, however this thread is about homophobia so let's focus on that. He believes LGBT people should be discriminated against and has even laughed about the suicide rates of LGBT people live on television. And of all the times to announce this character they pick fucking pride month.
Politician Made Anti-LGBTQ Comments On Dragon Quest Composer's TV Show
Japanese politician Mio Sugita has made international news due to her anti-LGBTQ comments on a television show. The program is co-hosted by Koichi Sugiyama, who composes music for the Dragon Quest games.kotaku.com
Needless to say I am seriously regretting my purchase of the season pass. I definitely won't be doing so for any future Smash games.
Dude how far did you have to bend to make this reach.
I don't understand the point of this thread in general. Are you implying that by purchasing the Season Pass that you're supporting homophobic viewpoints? Because that's clearly not true.
One character I see already out and I've had my money's worth already, and The Hero looks great too.
I despise the DQ composer and every instance of homophobia in Persona 5 (one of the GOATS still) as much as anyone but I don't regret buying the pass and I don't blame Nintendo/Sakurai for picking them. It sucks but at least as far as Smash is concerned it will not be prevalent as it was in P5 and I'd like to think that that scumbag sees very little revenue increase from DQ here.
I despise the DQ composer and every instance of homophobia in Persona 5 (one of the GOATS still) as much as anyone but I don't regret buying the pass and I don't blame Nintendo/Sakurai for picking them. It sucks but at least as far as Smash is concerned it will not be prevalent as it was in P5 and I'd like to think that that scumbag sees very little revenue increase from DQ here.
As you're an extremely prominent blogger I'm rather disappointed that this is all you could say in response to it. He's bringing up valid points about the game industry often entertaining homophobic people in such a capacity that we KNOW about it
...is the original Doomguy Chara, and this is Kris?We need Doomguy to join Banjo in balancing out Joker and Hero.
User Banned (2 Weeks): Hostility towards another member and over concerns surrounding homophobia
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User Banned (2 Weeks): Hostility towards another member over concerns surrounding homophobia
The claim against Persona has merit because the game itself has homophobia in it. DQ is more complicated.
Also the people piling in here to basically say "shut up, just play the game" are being super gross. This is a legitimate topic of concern and just because it ruffles your feathers doesn't mean it's "political correctness gone mad".
Also the people piling in here to basically say "shut up, just play the game" are being super gross. This is a legitimate topic of concern and just because it ruffles your feathers doesn't mean it's "political correctness gone mad".
I think Sugiyama is a piece of shit and Atlus has a horrible track record when it comes to LGBTQ representation, but some people on ERA seriously enjoy reaching in a desperate attempt to try to prove a point, which makes the forum so unappealing for so many.
User Banned (1 Week): Inflammatory drive-by. Account in junior phase.
you guys are doing this on purpose at this point lol
User banned (1 week): Dismissive drive-by posting.
It goes beyond personal values to outrage culture.
I think you're answering your own question. DQ in the spotlight means people talk about it more than they would otherwise.
Granted, I do feel like it's a bit of a stretch of association to be upset about a character from a game being included because that character's home series has a composer that's a bigot.
Seriously, get help. Your victim complex with MK is incredible.
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