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[00:00] Shiftup CEO, the creator of Stellar

[00:01] Blade, made a public response in

[00:03] interview with IGN about the character

[00:06] design of Eve and how they will not be

[00:08] censoring the character design and that

[00:10] Eve's outfits will even be more

[00:11] appealing than Eve's design in the

[00:14] original Stellar Blade game. Can I get a

[00:16] based in the comments by the way? Like

[00:18] I'm so freaking happy that the CEO just

[00:22] straight out went on to an interview

[00:24] with IGN and said, "Look, I have seen

[00:27] your hit pieces. I know people are

[00:29] upset, but I do not care." Like I am so

[00:32] happy that a CEO is standing their

[00:34] ground, not bending the knee, and they

[00:36] are even making public statements in

[00:38] interviews saying, "Nah, we are not

[00:41] censoring. We're not listening to you

[00:42] guys crying about this character saying

[00:44] the character is a kid when the

[00:45] character is far removed from being a

[00:47] kid." I am so happy to see that the CEO

[00:50] is not budging on this and not giving a

[00:52] rat's ass about what these hit pieces

[00:54] are having to say. Because after this

[00:55] public interview that was made late last

[00:57] night, Kotaku and a few other

[00:59] journalists have decided to start making

[01:01] hit pieces about Stellar Blade Blood

[01:03] Rain and trying any way they can to

[01:04] slander this game and make sure that

[01:06] this game never sees the light of day.

[01:08] Like let's go down to the very last

[01:09] statement here on what the Kotaku game

[01:11] journalist had to say about Stellar

[01:13] Blade Blood Rain after this interview of

[01:15] the CEO clarifying about the character

[01:17] design.

[01:18] So Kim is the CEO. Kim did however talk

[01:21] about the new outfits that will be

[01:22] available for Eve in Stellar Blade Blood

[01:24] Rain. And the quotation was what the CEO

[01:26] said, "It will be even more appealing.

[01:28] That's all we can say." And then

[01:30] Kotaku's game journalist responds with,

[01:31] "Good lord, I hope more appealing

[01:34] doesn't mean what I think it means in

[01:35] this context. The jiggle physics

[01:37] presented in the reveal trailer were

[01:39] disturbing enough. Thank you very much."

[01:43] They are scared of jiggle physics. Like

[01:45] we have reached the point now to where

[01:47] we have now shifted the goal post of

[01:49] like, "Okay, so Eve is a kid. Like her

[01:52] face is too young looking. She's an

[01:54] Asian. We can't have the games or

[01:55] anything. They're deemed problematic

[01:57] now." That's what these journalists are

[01:58] trying to do and a lot of people and

[01:59] content creators are trying to say. And

[02:01] now they're trying to attack the angle

[02:03] of jiggle physics. So, okay. So, you you

[02:06] you you see the character having like

[02:08] like jiggle going on all over her body

[02:10] and suddenly your mind instantly

[02:12] gravitates towards she's too young. Like

[02:14] there's some weird stuff going on and

[02:15] I'm just going to say if you're having

[02:17] this thought and you're seeing like

[02:17] basically a real living being and a kid

[02:20] in this image, you need professional

[02:21] help. I've already said this before but

[02:23] I want to reiterate this because you

[02:24] need professional help, especially when

[02:26] it's very clear that even Kotaku's game

[02:28] journalist is noticing there is jiggle

[02:30] physics in the actual trailer. And so

[02:32] they are

[02:34] obviously being very blatant and like

[02:36] trying to be disingenuous with trying to

[02:38] say that Eevee is a problem, that her

[02:40] character design is a problem. And then

[02:42] now they bring up jiggle physics on top.

[02:44] That's like

[02:45] this is ridiculous, absolutely

[02:47] ridiculous. But we need to get into what

[02:50] the CEO actually said. So, basically

[02:52] this is the full-blown interview that

[02:53] was made with IGN and I'm just going to

[02:55] read it from start to finish. The boss

[02:57] of Stellar Blade Blood Rain developer

[02:58] Shift Up has discussed the design of the

[03:00] new main character Eevee, highlighting

[03:02] the differences between her and the

[03:03] protagonist of the first game Eve. Shift

[03:06] Up announced Stellar Blade Blood Rain at

[03:08] Summer Game Fest last week with an

[03:09] eye-catching trailer that revealed

[03:11] Eevee, a brand new main character who

[03:13] prefers to punch her way through enemies

[03:15] than take the slice and dice approach

[03:16] favored by her predecessor. The biggest

[03:18] talking points out of the trailer reveal

[03:20] was the design of Eevee herself, with

[03:22] some expressing concern about her

[03:23] seemingly childlike face and the context

[03:26] of her more adult-sounding voice acting

[03:28] and body design. And then if you scroll

[03:30] down here are some screenshots, but this

[03:31] is what the interview gets into with

[03:33] Kim, the CEO of Shift Up, you know,

[03:34] clarifying. So, in an interview with IGN

[03:36] following the Summer Game Fest reveal,

[03:38] Shift Up CEO confirmed that Eevee being

[03:40] Eve's junior was a conscious design

[03:43] decision. "Yes, she is younger, she's

[03:45] smaller in size, she's shorter than

[03:47] Eve," he said, "but she has a stronger

[03:49] personality and engages in much tougher

[03:51] fights. And she's actually part of the

[03:52] special squad that chases after a group

[03:54] of terrorists who caused terror attacks

[03:56] here and there in the city. Eve in

[03:58] Stellar Blade is a highly sexualized

[04:00] character, so we asked Kim if he was

[04:02] worried that by using a young-looking

[04:04] character for Blood Rain, Shift Up was

[04:06] running the risk that some people would

[04:07] view Evie in a way that developers

[04:10] doesn't want. And then he responds with,

[04:13] "If you play the game, you will not

[04:15] think that." He replied, "I definitely

[04:17] like how Evie looked in previous the

[04:19] previous Stellar Blade, but this time

[04:21] Evie, not just her physical looks, but

[04:23] her personality, the way she talks, the

[04:25] way she engages in battle, all that will

[04:27] combine together, and you'll see that

[04:28] she's a very lovable character." So,

[04:30] this right here is such a based freaking

[04:33] statement. He just straight up said, "If

[04:35] you actually play the game,

[04:38] you won't have this complaint cuz you'll

[04:39] realize that it's not a kid."

[04:42] I love the CEO, man. Like quickly, Shift

[04:44] Up is becoming one of my favorite

[04:46] studios, and especially now that they

[04:48] don't have to deal with Sony breathing

[04:50] down their neck and forcing them to

[04:51] censor content of Stellar Blade. I'm

[04:54] very happy to see this. It just I I I'm

[04:56] I hope the CEO continues this de- design

[04:59] philosophy and just never bends the knee

[05:01] because I respect this. Mass respect,

[05:03] honestly, for the CEO even willing to

[05:06] make a statement like this. Pretty much

[05:08] saying, "If you actually play our games

[05:09] instead of complaining like a game

[05:10] journalist, you'll see the actual

[05:12] difference here and also fiction and

[05:13] reality and stuff like that." But, uh

[05:15] absolutely based freaking statement. So,

[05:17] the first Stellar Blade is known for its

[05:18] revealing unlockable outfits, and from

[05:20] the sound of things, there are no plans

[05:21] to tone things down for the sequel.

[05:23] "It'll be even more appealing," Kim said

[05:25] on Evie's outfits. "That's all we can

[05:27] say." Elsewhere in our interview, we

[05:29] asked Kim why Shift Up has decided to go

[05:31] with a new protagonist instead of

[05:32] sticking with Evie in the first place,

[05:34] giving her popularity with players. He

[05:36] replied to tease a plot point that will

[05:38] eventually help to explain the decision.

[05:40] "We cannot tell you everything right now

[05:41] because this would be a spoiler," Kim

[05:43] said. "But, once you have played the

[05:45] sequel, you'll see that Evie's backstory

[05:46] will be more memorial, it will be more

[05:48] attractive in a in a way. So, is Eve's

[05:50] story over or will fans get more Stellar

[05:52] Blade story involving Eve? And he

[05:54] responds with, "Well, first of all, the

[05:56] sequel story, it stands alone. So, you

[05:59] don't have to know the previous story to

[06:01] properly enjoy this," Kim said. "But, if

[06:03] you did play the first one, you'll see a

[06:04] lot of points here and there, very

[06:06] memorable and impressive moments where

[06:08] it's like, oh, that's what happened.

[06:10] That's what it turned out to be." And I

[06:12] love this shot, by the way, absolutely

[06:13] amazing. Shift Up has said, "Blood Rain

[06:15] is the next chapter in the celebrate

[06:17] franchise. It's set in the same universe

[06:19] as Stellar Blade and it continues the

[06:20] story beyond the events of the first

[06:21] game. It's still early in development,

[06:23] but Shift Up has said the development

[06:25] team has made incredible progress." So,

[06:27] basically, to make a long story short,

[06:30] after this interview of the CEO

[06:31] clarifying the design philosophy of Eve

[06:34] and not willing to basically censor

[06:36] anything, you have game journalists

[06:38] absolutely crashing out, not happy with

[06:40] the fact that the CEO is holding their

[06:41] ground, not wanting to censor anything,

[06:43] not even humoring that she looks too

[06:45] childlike. Just straight-up saying, "If

[06:47] you actually play our games and know,

[06:48] you'll know that this is completely

[06:49] untrue." And the response to these

[06:52] statements, by the way, Kim, the actual,

[06:54] you know, creator of Stellar Blade and

[06:56] CEO, has since been going on a retweet

[06:59] spree, retweeting of different Eve fan

[07:01] art, like your Eve fan art, like here's

[07:03] one right here. You just see a bunch of

[07:05] retweets and stuff going on. So, it's

[07:07] very obvious just yeah, like he doesn't

[07:10] care. Like the actual the actual creator

[07:13] of Stellar Blade and Eve and all that

[07:15] just does not care and is not bending

[07:17] the knee. I love to see this because now

[07:19] that we have an actual official

[07:21] statement, and we also have this going

[07:24] on, it is just beautiful. And it is so

[07:27] beautiful to see this cuz we live in a

[07:29] society now where people can't stand on

[07:31] principle and do like um

[07:34] basically hold their ground and hold

[07:35] their morals. They have to bend the

[07:36] their knee to modern audiences. I'm glad

[07:39] to see that this is not happening. I

[07:40] also want to point out something that's

[07:42] very fascinating someone mentioned which

[07:43] I thought was pretty humorous because it

[07:45] is true. Have you noticed one of these

[07:47] already has a flood of cosplays and fan

[07:49] art and the other has none?

[07:53] >> [laughter]

[07:54] >> I mean

[07:55] yeah, I'd say yeah. It It speaks for

[07:58] itself. I think it does. So, I will

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