While Izuna 2: The Unemployed Ninja Returns comes with a spiffy reversible boxart feature, that's not the only bonus male Atlus fans can expect this July. There will actually be another mini-poster included with the game -- a much more risqué poster, at that. Here's the catch: in order to get one with your copy of Izuna 2, you have to order it from Amazon.com (which means the promotion is only available for folks in the U.S.). Atlus tells us that there are only a "limited" number of these special edition copies available, so take that as you will.Atlus is also holding a voting contest to see which one of two posters (shown in full after the break) will be included with the software. When we last checked, the two options were almost neck and neck, with the first one taking a slight lead.
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6-23-2008 @ 1:15PM
BPM [MKWii: 2578 3585 8392] said...
No, it doesn't change what it is. What I'm saying is directing your rage at Atlus is misplaced anger. They didn't make Izuna. They simply published it in America, using all of the Japanese version's art assets.
It isn't like they took a character who had never been oversexualized (say, Alyx Vance from Half-Life 2?) and then strip her of most of her clothes and gave her a breast enlargement.
No, how you see Izuna now is how she's always been. While she may be a strong fighter (you'd have to be to be a dungeon explorer, huh?), she's still a fanservice character. Kinda like the DOA girls.
I mean, c'mon, a piece of official artwork for the first game is of Shino groping Izuna's bare breasts!
If you're looking for a strong female lead who isn't eye candy, Izuna's already a lost caust.
6-23-2008 @ 1:16PM
BPM [MKWii: 2578 3585 8392] said...
*cause
Blah, I need to proof-read better before I submit...
6-23-2008 @ 5:19PM
Kia said...
Nope, I don't think it's sad at all. I'm a woman, and I think if Izuna sells the game with fanservice, then by all means, sell away! Besides, it's hot, hot fanservice at that. ;D
6-28-2008 @ 1:57AM
aj said...
The video game industry is pretty bad for the whole gender equality thing. Just take a look at all the games marketed for girls - Imagine Babies! Barbie's Dream Something! Harvest Moon Cute! It's as if someone, somewhere believes that girls are incapable of doing anything unless it is suitably feminine. I hate the bizarre and inappropriate machismo in games, but they're still fun. So meh.
As to the whole lesbian angle - I don't think that being a lesbian makes objectifying women any less terrible, really.
6-22-2008 @ 10:36PM
foremost final said...
I prefer the first one because Izuna's jawline just looks weird in the second. Also, it's more dynamic. The second one is too cluttered.
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