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Topic: Can Nintendo make a female Cloudcuckoolander protagonist work in a video game?

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TheMisterManGuy

When a female character is the main protagonist of a video game, it tends to be the grown, adult woman type like Lara Croft or Bayonetta. But what if there was a main female protagonist in a game who wasn't like that? Like a zany, bubbly girl who follows her own logic, and is naive, quirky, random, and optimistic. Someone who's like Pinkie Pie or Mabel Pines only isn't. Can someone like Nintendo make a character like this work?

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The_Fox

So you basically want them to create a character that's just a bag of anime cliches?

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I don't think they should (Even if they could the nonsense associated with doing so is not worth it).

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TheMisterManGuy

DiscoGentleman wrote:

TheMisterManGuy wrote:

a zany, bubbly girl who follows her own logic, and is naive, quirky, and optimistic

god, that sounds heinously vapid.

I'm talking about someone like Mabel Pines or Pinkie Pie. Smart and competent, yet weird and zany.

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BadKitty

TheMisterManGuy wrote:

When a female character is the main protagonist of a video game, it tends to be the grown, adult woman type like Lara Croft or Bayonetta. But what if there was a main female protagonist in a game who wasn't like that? Like a zany, bubbly girl who follows her own logic, and is naive, quirky, and optimistic. Someone who's like Pinkie Pie or Mabel Pines only isn't. Can someone like Nintendo make a character like this work?

I rather stare at sexy big boobed character then a dirty pony. Yep I'd go lesbian before I'd play as a pony.

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Kaze_Memaryu

I'm sure they can - the question is: do they want to? Cloudcuckoolanders are often very similar to each other, and creating a more unique character on the basis of such a specific sterotype is kinda difficult.

@BadKitty Great way to completely miss the point. Keep your hate out of this.

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Bolt_Strike

BadKitty wrote:

TheMisterManGuy wrote:

When a female character is the main protagonist of a video game, it tends to be the grown, adult woman type like Lara Croft or Bayonetta. But what if there was a main female protagonist in a game who wasn't like that? Like a zany, bubbly girl who follows her own logic, and is naive, quirky, and optimistic. Someone who's like Pinkie Pie or Mabel Pines only isn't. Can someone like Nintendo make a character like this work?

I rather stare at sexy big boobed character then a dirty pony. Yep I'd go lesbian before I'd play as a pony.

The fact that Pinkie Pie is a pony isn't relevant, the OP is talking about using a similar characterization on a female character that is most likely not a pony.

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TheMisterManGuy

The_Fox wrote:

So you basically want them to create a character that's just a bag of anime cliches?

No, I'm talking about a character who is zany and cheerful, without being annoying or stupid. A character who follows a logic foreign to the general consensus, says or does things that suddenly solve a problem out of nowhere, and generally seems to know a lot about the world, but has a poor time communicating it. Characters like Pinkie Pie, Mabel Pines, Pascal from Tales of Graces, Starfire from OG Teen Titans. Characters who are either a bit spacy or just wacky. Here's what I'm talking about

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Cloudcuckoolander

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OmegaMetroid93

I'd like that.
Characters like that are usually just relegated to side-roles.

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CaviarMeths

So basically this?

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No thanks.

I've no objections to young female protagonists, but you know, not annoying enough to stab in the face.

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GrizzlyArctos

There are so many different types of character that Nintendo could put into their games. Doesn't mean that they really need to though.

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jump

TheMisterManGuy wrote:

The_Fox wrote:

So you basically want them to create a character that's just a bag of anime cliches?

No, I'm talking about a character who is zany and cheerful, without being annoying or stupid. A character who follows a logic foreign to the general consensus, says or does things that suddenly solve a problem out of nowhere, and generally seems to know a lot about the world, but has a poor time communicating it. Characters like Pinkie Pie, Mabel Pines, Pascal from Tales of Graces, Starfire from OG Teen Titans. Characters who are either a bit spacy or just wacky. Here's what I'm talking about

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Cloudcuckoolander

You're using a link to site that lists tv tropes to disagree with someone saying the character you want is a cliche.

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Kaze_Memaryu

arronishere wrote:

TheMisterManGuy wrote:

The_Fox wrote:

So you basically want them to create a character that's just a bag of anime cliches?

No, I'm talking about a character who is zany and cheerful, without being annoying or stupid. A character who follows a logic foreign to the general consensus, says or does things that suddenly solve a problem out of nowhere, and generally seems to know a lot about the world, but has a poor time communicating it. Characters like Pinkie Pie, Mabel Pines, Pascal from Tales of Graces, Starfire from OG Teen Titans. Characters who are either a bit spacy or just wacky. Here's what I'm talking about

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Cloudcuckoolander

You're using a link to site that lists tv tropes to disagree with someone saying the character you want is a cliche.

Tropes are NOT a cliche! Read the front page.

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NinjaWaddleDee

The_Fox wrote:

So you basically want them to create a character that's just a bag of anime cliches?

lol that's how it sounds pretty much. I'm all for bubbly personalities on a character, but they shouldn't be weak. I can't stand weak characters that pander to people. I think your example of Mabel is better than... Pinkie pie..... No offense, but eww.

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CaviarMeths

TheMisterManGuy wrote:

Characters like Pinkie Pie, Mabel Pines, Pascal from Tales of Graces, Starfire from OG Teen Titans.

Pascal is the only one of those that I'm familiar with. Couldn't stand her, but I kept her in my party anyway because her AoE was insane. It would be nice to have had that insane AoE without my ears bleeding.

This is coming from someone who mained Xianghua.

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