Fanservice

Started by Nathan May 29th, 2015 5:58 PM
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I take it we're talking about sexual fanservice specifically, right? Because a common misconception is that fanservice is inherently sexual, when in actuality fanservice is a means to relate to or get a reaction out of the fans for the fans.

Kid Icarus Uprising is a perfect example of a game that uses non-sexual fanservice, and regularly. It makes frequent callbacks to the original Kid Icarus, other franchises, and gaming tropes, sometimes with retro visual aids or aversions to such thereafter.
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Posted January 13th, 2017
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It depends. A game can certainly be fantastic even while using fanservice and crude humor, anyone who's played either Bayonetta game can attest to that. If a game relies on these things to distract from other flaws, however, they often become tiresome and annoying.

Kid Icarus Uprising is a perfect example of a game that uses non-sexual fanservice, and regularly. It makes frequent callbacks to the original Kid Icarus, other franchises, and gaming tropes, sometimes with retro visual aids or aversions to such thereafter.
This is also true. Another good example of fantastic, yet tame, fanservice is Hyrule Warriors.

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Anime games - yes
Neps - definitely
Reality graphic titles - definitely no, it wouldn't be cute.

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Posted February 18th, 2018
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I got plenty access to nukige if that's what I want. In 'normal' games I'd prefer it if sex were treated as incidentally as violence is. It's only the way fanservice is presented in a manner reminiscent of someone nudging me and going "eh? eh?" that bothers me. I don't mind it a whole lot, though. It's not offensive or anything, just feels a bit patronising.