[0:00] Shiftup CEO, the creator of Stellar
[0:01] Blade, made a public response in
[0:03] interview with IGN about the character
[0:06] design of Eve and how they will not be
[0:08] censoring the character design and that
[0:10] Eve's outfits will even be more
[0:11] appealing than Eve's design in the
[0:14] original Stellar Blade game. Can I get a
[0:16] based in the comments by the way? Like
[0:18] I'm so freaking happy that the CEO just
[0:22] straight out went on to an interview
[0:24] with IGN and said, "Look, I have seen
[0:27] your hit pieces. I know people are
[0:29] upset, but I do not care." Like I am so
[0:32] happy that a CEO is standing their
[0:34] ground, not bending the knee, and they
[0:36] are even making public statements in
[0:38] interviews saying, "Nah, we are not
[0:41] censoring. We're not listening to you
[0:42] guys crying about this character saying
[0:44] the character is a kid when the
[0:45] character is far removed from being a
[0:47] kid." I am so happy to see that the CEO
[0:50] is not budging on this and not giving a
[0:52] rat's ass about what these hit pieces
[0:54] are having to say. Because after this
[0:55] public interview that was made late last
[0:57] night, Kotaku and a few other
[0:59] journalists have decided to start making
[1:01] hit pieces about Stellar Blade Blood
[1:03] Rain and trying any way they can to
[1:04] slander this game and make sure that
[1:06] this game never sees the light of day.
[1:08] Like let's go down to the very last
[1:09] statement here on what the Kotaku game
[1:11] journalist had to say about Stellar
[1:13] Blade Blood Rain after this interview of
[1:15] the CEO clarifying about the character
[1:17] design.
[1:18] So Kim is the CEO. Kim did however talk
[1:21] about the new outfits that will be
[1:22] available for Eve in Stellar Blade Blood
[1:24] Rain. And the quotation was what the CEO
[1:26] said, "It will be even more appealing.
[1:28] That's all we can say." And then
[1:30] Kotaku's game journalist responds with,
[1:31] "Good lord, I hope more appealing
[1:34] doesn't mean what I think it means in
[1:35] this context. The jiggle physics
[1:37] presented in the reveal trailer were
[1:39] disturbing enough. Thank you very much."
[1:43] They are scared of jiggle physics. Like
[1:45] we have reached the point now to where
[1:47] we have now shifted the goal post of
[1:49] like, "Okay, so Eve is a kid. Like her
[1:52] face is too young looking. She's an
[1:54] Asian. We can't have the games or
[1:55] anything. They're deemed problematic
[1:57] now." That's what these journalists are
[1:58] trying to do and a lot of people and
[1:59] content creators are trying to say. And
[2:01] now they're trying to attack the angle
[2:03] of jiggle physics. So, okay. So, you you
[2:06] you you see the character having like
[2:08] like jiggle going on all over her body
[2:10] and suddenly your mind instantly
[2:12] gravitates towards she's too young. Like
[2:14] there's some weird stuff going on and
[2:15] I'm just going to say if you're having
[2:17] this thought and you're seeing like
[2:17] basically a real living being and a kid
[2:20] in this image, you need professional
[2:21] help. I've already said this before but
[2:23] I want to reiterate this because you
[2:24] need professional help, especially when
[2:26] it's very clear that even Kotaku's game
[2:28] journalist is noticing there is jiggle
[2:30] physics in the actual trailer. And so
[2:32] they are
[2:34] obviously being very blatant and like
[2:36] trying to be disingenuous with trying to
[2:38] say that Eevee is a problem, that her
[2:40] character design is a problem. And then
[2:42] now they bring up jiggle physics on top.
[2:44] That's like
[2:45] this is ridiculous, absolutely
[2:47] ridiculous. But we need to get into what
[2:50] the CEO actually said. So, basically
[2:52] this is the full-blown interview that
[2:53] was made with IGN and I'm just going to
[2:55] read it from start to finish. The boss
[2:57] of Stellar Blade Blood Rain developer
[2:58] Shift Up has discussed the design of the
[3:00] new main character Eevee, highlighting
[3:02] the differences between her and the
[3:03] protagonist of the first game Eve. Shift
[3:06] Up announced Stellar Blade Blood Rain at
[3:08] Summer Game Fest last week with an
[3:09] eye-catching trailer that revealed
[3:11] Eevee, a brand new main character who
[3:13] prefers to punch her way through enemies
[3:15] than take the slice and dice approach
[3:16] favored by her predecessor. The biggest
[3:18] talking points out of the trailer reveal
[3:20] was the design of Eevee herself, with
[3:22] some expressing concern about her
[3:23] seemingly childlike face and the context
[3:26] of her more adult-sounding voice acting
[3:28] and body design. And then if you scroll
[3:30] down here are some screenshots, but this
[3:31] is what the interview gets into with
[3:33] Kim, the CEO of Shift Up, you know,
[3:34] clarifying. So, in an interview with IGN
[3:36] following the Summer Game Fest reveal,
[3:38] Shift Up CEO confirmed that Eevee being
[3:40] Eve's junior was a conscious design
[3:43] decision. "Yes, she is younger, she's
[3:45] smaller in size, she's shorter than
[3:47] Eve," he said, "but she has a stronger
[3:49] personality and engages in much tougher
[3:51] fights. And she's actually part of the
[3:52] special squad that chases after a group
[3:54] of terrorists who caused terror attacks
[3:56] here and there in the city. Eve in
[3:58] Stellar Blade is a highly sexualized
[4:00] character, so we asked Kim if he was
[4:02] worried that by using a young-looking
[4:04] character for Blood Rain, Shift Up was
[4:06] running the risk that some people would
[4:07] view Evie in a way that developers
[4:10] doesn't want. And then he responds with,
[4:13] "If you play the game, you will not
[4:15] think that." He replied, "I definitely
[4:17] like how Evie looked in previous the
[4:19] previous Stellar Blade, but this time
[4:21] Evie, not just her physical looks, but
[4:23] her personality, the way she talks, the
[4:25] way she engages in battle, all that will
[4:27] combine together, and you'll see that
[4:28] she's a very lovable character." So,
[4:30] this right here is such a based freaking
[4:33] statement. He just straight up said, "If
[4:35] you actually play the game,
[4:38] you won't have this complaint cuz you'll
[4:39] realize that it's not a kid."
[4:42] I love the CEO, man. Like quickly, Shift
[4:44] Up is becoming one of my favorite
[4:46] studios, and especially now that they
[4:48] don't have to deal with Sony breathing
[4:50] down their neck and forcing them to
[4:51] censor content of Stellar Blade. I'm
[4:54] very happy to see this. It just I I I'm
[4:56] I hope the CEO continues this de- design
[4:59] philosophy and just never bends the knee
[5:01] because I respect this. Mass respect,
[5:03] honestly, for the CEO even willing to
[5:06] make a statement like this. Pretty much
[5:08] saying, "If you actually play our games
[5:09] instead of complaining like a game
[5:10] journalist, you'll see the actual
[5:12] difference here and also fiction and
[5:13] reality and stuff like that." But, uh
[5:15] absolutely based freaking statement. So,
[5:17] the first Stellar Blade is known for its
[5:18] revealing unlockable outfits, and from
[5:20] the sound of things, there are no plans
[5:21] to tone things down for the sequel.
[5:23] "It'll be even more appealing," Kim said
[5:25] on Evie's outfits. "That's all we can
[5:27] say." Elsewhere in our interview, we
[5:29] asked Kim why Shift Up has decided to go
[5:31] with a new protagonist instead of
[5:32] sticking with Evie in the first place,
[5:34] giving her popularity with players. He
[5:36] replied to tease a plot point that will
[5:38] eventually help to explain the decision.
[5:40] "We cannot tell you everything right now
[5:41] because this would be a spoiler," Kim
[5:43] said. "But, once you have played the
[5:45] sequel, you'll see that Evie's backstory
[5:46] will be more memorial, it will be more
[5:48] attractive in a in a way. So, is Eve's
[5:50] story over or will fans get more Stellar
[5:52] Blade story involving Eve? And he
[5:54] responds with, "Well, first of all, the
[5:56] sequel story, it stands alone. So, you
[5:59] don't have to know the previous story to
[6:01] properly enjoy this," Kim said. "But, if
[6:03] you did play the first one, you'll see a
[6:04] lot of points here and there, very
[6:06] memorable and impressive moments where
[6:08] it's like, oh, that's what happened.
[6:10] That's what it turned out to be." And I
[6:12] love this shot, by the way, absolutely
[6:13] amazing. Shift Up has said, "Blood Rain
[6:15] is the next chapter in the celebrate
[6:17] franchise. It's set in the same universe
[6:19] as Stellar Blade and it continues the
[6:20] story beyond the events of the first
[6:21] game. It's still early in development,
[6:23] but Shift Up has said the development
[6:25] team has made incredible progress." So,
[6:27] basically, to make a long story short,
[6:30] after this interview of the CEO
[6:31] clarifying the design philosophy of Eve
[6:34] and not willing to basically censor
[6:36] anything, you have game journalists
[6:38] absolutely crashing out, not happy with
[6:40] the fact that the CEO is holding their
[6:41] ground, not wanting to censor anything,
[6:43] not even humoring that she looks too
[6:45] childlike. Just straight-up saying, "If
[6:47] you actually play our games and know,
[6:48] you'll know that this is completely
[6:49] untrue." And the response to these
[6:52] statements, by the way, Kim, the actual,
[6:54] you know, creator of Stellar Blade and
[6:56] CEO, has since been going on a retweet
[6:59] spree, retweeting of different Eve fan
[7:01] art, like your Eve fan art, like here's
[7:03] one right here. You just see a bunch of
[7:05] retweets and stuff going on. So, it's
[7:07] very obvious just yeah, like he doesn't
[7:10] care. Like the actual the actual creator
[7:13] of Stellar Blade and Eve and all that
[7:15] just does not care and is not bending
[7:17] the knee. I love to see this because now
[7:19] that we have an actual official
[7:21] statement, and we also have this going
[7:24] on, it is just beautiful. And it is so
[7:27] beautiful to see this cuz we live in a
[7:29] society now where people can't stand on
[7:31] principle and do like um
[7:34] basically hold their ground and hold
[7:35] their morals. They have to bend the
[7:36] their knee to modern audiences. I'm glad
[7:39] to see that this is not happening. I
[7:40] also want to point out something that's
[7:42] very fascinating someone mentioned which
[7:43] I thought was pretty humorous because it
[7:45] is true. Have you noticed one of these
[7:47] already has a flood of cosplays and fan
[7:49] art and the other has none?
[7:53] >> [laughter]
[7:54] >> I mean
[7:55] yeah, I'd say yeah. It It speaks for
[7:58] itself. I think it does. So, I will
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