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So...when are we going to get an AAA female-led superhero game?
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the fact the ds beat'em up is the ONLY battle precure game I can think of off the top of my head is depressing.
at least it has honoka's liu kang kick
I think it's going to be a while in terms of getting a game that is female led without being an ensemble cast just because the media arms of DC/Marvel are heavily focused on ensemble movies right now. I feel like one of the draws of superheroes as playable characters is that there are so many of them...and that fits into Marvel and DC's merchandising where they can sell a hundred different heroes to different people.
If WB had been developing a Wonder Woman game that would be the no-brainer answer, but it feels like something they wouldn't greenlight right now after how the last movie in the franchise fared.
If we're just talking non-ensemble female superhero, my guess would be a Spider-Gwen (ghost-spider) standalone similar to how they did the Miles Morales game. I could also see a Harley Quinn game being a thing (but that's more anti-hero?). A Captain Marvel game would work and be awesome, but I don't know who would be willing to make that game.
If WB had been developing a Wonder Woman game that would be the no-brainer answer, but it feels like something they wouldn't greenlight right now after how the last movie in the franchise fared.
If we're just talking non-ensemble female superhero, my guess would be a Spider-Gwen (ghost-spider) standalone similar to how they did the Miles Morales game. I could also see a Harley Quinn game being a thing (but that's more anti-hero?). A Captain Marvel game would work and be awesome, but I don't know who would be willing to make that game.
I think they should have made a Gotham sirens game than a suicide one for example. Ivy, harley and catwoman would have been amazing cast. A Jane Thor game would be pretty good too. One of my favorite storyline. I think combined with both history of marvel and DC bring pretty bad with representation and video games being pretty bad as well makes for bad combination they need to fix. Like it took until captain marvel to have a female led marvel film. 19 films on. DC probably even worse given how long they've been around.
I'd play the hell out of a Harley Quinn game, so long as it was allowed to play fast & loose with Bat-continuity like the animated series does. Harley's always at her best when the story is allowed to revolve around her, rather than needing to put the toys back in the box for Batman to play with later.
I mean, in the comics she doesn't have any powers and uses a symbiot so it could probably happen.
Aside from WW, I feel Jessica Jones would make for a great, more grounded candidate in an detective action adventure title with her namesake.
I feel An AAA is weirder to say due to how the pronunciation of A is used. A when use separately sounds lik aai when used together with other letters will sound like aah. That's prob just me.
Does it have to be based on a comic? If not then Forspoken is pretty much a female led superhero game.
(magic/superpowers - basically the same thing)
(magic/superpowers - basically the same thing)
she-hulk game but it's like phoenix wright ace attorney or that harvey birdman wii game.
madoka magica that is centered around time travel for reasons.
catwoman game that is a series of heists, grading your performance on stealth and technique (how many gadgets/people needed and how much / what you steal).
jessica jones game that is more like la noir where you solve superhero/power-related mysteries.
just trying to think outside the realm of the regular action/punchy stuff since it doesn't really appeal to me. the first three arkham games kinda wore me out on the style and i was done with it in the first hour of the insomniac spider-man game.
madoka magica that is centered around time travel for reasons.
catwoman game that is a series of heists, grading your performance on stealth and technique (how many gadgets/people needed and how much / what you steal).
jessica jones game that is more like la noir where you solve superhero/power-related mysteries.
just trying to think outside the realm of the regular action/punchy stuff since it doesn't really appeal to me. the first three arkham games kinda wore me out on the style and i was done with it in the first hour of the insomniac spider-man game.
I mean while not triple AAA, there was that switch DC Supergirls game that came out a few months ago. May not be what you ask but there is some representation through a big big budget triple AAA female led super hero game would still be game. https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/dc-super-hero-girls-teen-power-switch/
There's probably a Wonder Woman game in some stage of development right now, and I imagine a lot of the marketing for Suicide Squad will focus on Harley.
Thought for sure we'd see a Wonder Woman game after the success of the first movie.
Actually, give me a Birds Of Prey game.
Actually, give me a Birds Of Prey game.
Still miffed Dragon Ball continues to get frequent new games, while Sailor Moon hasn't seen anything decent since the SNES..
First thought as well.
Damn...they REALLY fucked up that game.
No lies detected at all.
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I mean, this whole sentence highlights the problem lol. Why do we have to 'wait' for them to get their day?
Why did Wonder Woman get a big movie literal decades after Superman and Batman had multiple movies at that point? These are rhetorical questions because I already know the answer but it sucks. Minorities shouldn't have to constantly wait our turn. It's annoying.
Honestly, posts like these just come off more condescending than helpful.
I've been thinking about this a lot and unfortunately that the only conclusion I come to is that one has to basically have to yell at the capitalist gods and hope their demands get noticed. That said I feel TV and film are making some decent headway on representation. It's video games that still feel super skittish. Gaming is bigger than ever but developers still don't want to take perceived risks when they're putting out 60-70 dollar products.
It may not based on a comic book hero, but Forspoken looks like a straight up superhero game and is starring a woman. A black woman at that.
In terms of comic books though, yeah. It'll be Spider-Gwen by Insomniac. I don't see Wonder Woman happening anytime soon since WB can't even get Supes a game. WW shouldn't have to wait until after him, but I feel WB ain't gonna bother.
In terms of comic books though, yeah. It'll be Spider-Gwen by Insomniac. I don't see Wonder Woman happening anytime soon since WB can't even get Supes a game. WW shouldn't have to wait until after him, but I feel WB ain't gonna bother.
More people are comparing it to being more of an isekai game but your point is still valid.
Given how Insomniac mistreats their women, I don't see them as all that likely. And even then, they would probably screw it up.Hopefully Insomniac goes all in with the Wolverine game and gives us:
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Gravity Rush 2 is one of last gen's best games, but I certainly wouldn't call it an AAA game
You'll get Zelda playing the damsel in distress at the start of the next game and you'll like it!
Have you seen commercials for Bandai's Cure merchandising? Unlike commercials for the tv series and movies, they never highlight the action at all. Items that in the show are used for big attacks never get showcased like that in the commercials. If they don't even push the action angle of the series, in spite of the tv show marketing itself, there's no way they'd push for an action game.
They only did an action focused Cure game back for the original series when the marketing focus was very different.
I suppose AA would be more accurate, but it was at least a bigger project than many could have hoped for.
Because Super Heroes are popular, there's a lot to choose from and the space is virtually empty of representation. AAA means it'll be less likely to suffer from low-budget jank and get the same priority as a SpiderMan or Batman.
Damn, even I forgot about Gravity Rush. I feel like such a fake fan. Those are definitely superhero games, and even have a comic book style.
I wouldn't call them AAA though.
They're not, but it's not like medium sized games are also dripping with very many female superhero games, either.
I could also see Sucker Punch returning to Infamous with a female protagonist, but given that Ghost of Tsushima is their Golden Goose they may want to go straight to making a sequel for that instead.
Because superheroes are cool and super popular, and lord knows there's plenty of female superheroes to choose from