NieR: Automata Director Comments on 2B's Butt Uproar; Praises Gravity Rush 2 and Danganronpa V3

Taro Yoko talks about the massive amount of fan art showcasing NieR: Automata protagonist YoRHa 2B's charming bionic rear end, also commenting on Gravity Rush 2 and Danganronpa V3.

[Overload]

Tweet of the year.

[bouzebbal]

This game is really good..
I hope they give us Vanquish 2 at some point. That game was so amazing!

[Masta Kaos]

Now you talking....

[joethetimelord]

I won't die happy if I don't fight cyber Putin. Vanquish 2 needs to happen.

[InTheZoneAC]

I never did beat Vanquish, but it was fun. What I found annoying is how often the main character smoked, like why do they waste time with this?

[UnHoly_One]

There was a smoking button when you were in cover, and when you tossed the cigarette away the robot enemies would target it briefly.

It was an actual gameplay mechanic, besides just something for show in the cutscenes.

[latinlegend81]

I agree. Very underrated game. Alot of people I know never heard of the game but they really missed out.

[Majin-vegeta]

SJW offended again??

\_____/ Safety space for ya

[Eonjay]

No one... was actually offended. He was refering to the massive fan art.

[majiebeast]

Oh you should see the SJW's on Neogaf. Now that is a site that has gone to complete shit.

[MyDietEqualsGames]

Yeah. Thought Police. I used to like GAF.

[majiebeast]

Mydiet everyone did till they let SJW mods/lunatics run the place and ban everyone who doesn't agree with their SJW agenda. GAF has been dropping on the Alexa charts since atleast July going from 2000 to 2600. Place has become an echo chamber and everyone that disagrees gets a swift ban.

[sampson3121]

problem is, i can't seem to find this so call "uproar" anywhere. false uproar is free media for the devs i guess. plus they have the sheep, you people, to help with the false narrative. congrats!

[ginganinja]

And this cesspitt is ranked at around 7000 and falling. What does that tell you?

[Princess_Pilfer]

I hate that term. Social justice should be something everybody wants.

It's idiots trying to censor everyone and thing they don't like that are the problem.

[Diffraction_Fos]

"It's idiots trying to censor everyone and thing they don't like that are the problem."
Isn't that the whole point of 'social justice' though? A vocal and influential group within a community gets to dictate what is appropriate for all the others. Isn't that where censorship comes from and why many are rejecting it nowadays?

[bluefox755]

The problem is, who gets to define what social justice is? The social justice warriors feel like they do, and they believe that everyone (except white guys of course) should have their feelings protected, many of which advocate for criminalizing "mean" speech.

[Princess_Pilfer]

No. Social Justice shouldn't be about having feelings protected, feelings are irrational and cannot have consistently enforcable policy based on them, and everyone is upset by different things. In the interest of equality, either everyones every irrational feelings are protected or nobodys can be, anything else is arbitrary favoritism. Advocating for laws or censorship based on that is *fundamentally* different than pointing out percieved flaws in something.

I can talk about how it srtikes me as ridiculous that a large majority of female characters in AAA games could pass a super models or how male characters are usually allowed to have a wider range in age and level of attractiveness or how a disproportionate majority are white, and how maybe these things could use some change, while also acknowledging things like men (and white people) are the people who buy more AAA games and men tend to like attractive women, and women are less likely to care as much about physical appearance, thus even if it does change you're still going to see an abnormal concentration of very attractive women, a wider range of male character levels of attractiveness, and mostly white characters, and that isn't a bad thing any more than it's a bad thing when any other industry or work of art caters to the preferences of it's audience. (which is to say it's not.)

Put another way: I have a problem with Call of Juarez being intolerably racist and sexist (and also being a bad game) so I don't play it. That doesn't mean I want to stop you playing it. If you don't care that it is those things (or like those things) and you like the gameplay, you go right ahead. I like Bayonetta, which other women sometimes find intolerably sexist, I find it to be an awesome sexy power fantasy and think the people calling it sexist are dumb, and that's fine too. As long as it isn't doing demonstrable harm to other people (and the portrayal of characters in Call of Juarez and Bayonetta is doing no such thing) then it's fine. If I don't like it, I don't play it, I argue my case for why so issues can be addressed effetively if developers are so inclined, and I make a point to ask for/buy games I do want.

I also don't do stupid **** like join an internet hate mob to harass some poor scientist (whos achievements we should be celebrating) because he wore a shirt with anime girls on it.

[xwabbit]

SJW are the killers of fun

[sampson3121]

lord knows not having a cheek shown in a game kills all fun for that game right?
you do know there isn't any uproar over this right? it's called herding the sheep, which is what they are doing. we're talking about it and it's free media.

[xwabbit]

That's how simple minded you are if you think that my comment was only referring to this article and not the SJW movement as a whole.

[sampson3121]

simple minded? you use the term "SJW" when there is no facts to back up that anyone complained about this? you think i am simple minded? ummm? ok?

[Angeljuice]

Bandwagon jumpers are worse than SJW's. Like those that jump on the anti-SJW bandwagon and bang on and on at every opportunity.
You guys have become worse than those you persecute.

[loverlink]

how about you read the article. Im tired of people commenting and not reading the content.

[isarai]

Sweet response, really hate it when devs cave and pander to SJWs, stick to your vision, even if that vision includes superbly defined rumps

[sampson3121]

still trying to find this so called "uproar" about this. can you send me a link to the hundreds of people crying about it please, or are we just falling for the false claim that there is an actual uproar?

[Ravenor]

I asked the same question in the other article. There were no examples or links to where the uproar is at, so it makes me kind of think that people who are on the other end of the spectrum are guilty of jumpingat the slightest hint of "uproar" or "controversy.

Just checked this article and no examples of "uproar"

[nicsaysdie]

I don't have a link, but my wife's facebook had a few complainers complaining about the fact that you could actually make out the browning around B2's butt hole. Which I found comical because the only way you could see it was to do an up skirt shot while she was climbing a ladder. So one would have to be looking for it to see it, in effect giving said one exactly what they were looking for, and thusly no reason to complain. Dumb.

[Angeljuice]

Give up, you can't educate BWJ's they don't care about facts, they just want to get in with the "cool kids" on the hate train.
(BWJ = Band Wagon Jumpers).

[Kashima]

Praise the butt.

[FunAndGun]

only if it's hairy

[Pantz]

when something smells it's usually the buttz

[BlakHavoc]

Apparently 2B stands for 2 butt cheeks. And why is there controversy when everyone knows PlayStation nation loves watching Pornhub anyway? ;p

[Cryptcuzz]

Best comment right here!

[ARESWARLORD]

This game impressed me so much with the demo I had no idea it was coming and now it's on the top of my want list

[Malice-Flare]

devs with a sense of humor. rare these days...

[Yi-Long]

Played the demo, enjoyed it, didn't even notice anything that could be potentially offensive to anyone. To see so much fan-art means the character-design has been spot-on.

I didn't even know this was an 'issue', and it is laughable that, to some, it apparently is...

[Angeljuice]

It isn't and never was.

[PhoenixUp]

2B isn't even human, but watch SJWs still get triggered

[slappy508]

Yoko Taro is the mvp ✊✊✊

[PaleMoonDeath]

Pussies can't breed, it'll stop in 30+ years. IN OTHER NEWS!

[Angeljuice]

Apparently dicks can breed (and they're talking over).

[PaleMoonDeath]

SJW's can't, why else would they try everybody else having fun and enjoying natural things? I hate these creatures.

[StormLegend]

Buying this game for 2 things
#1 that amazing gameplay and graphics
#2 that A$$

[jaycptza]

why is your controller so clamy... ;p

[Blu3_Berry]

Nothing wrong with showing a bit of skin. It's nothing compared to what other games reveal for certain characters.

[xwabbit]

SJW are usually overweight, not attractive and uninformed, so they hate anything that looks pretty, hot or sounds smart.

[Angeljuice]

BWJ's are scared of women and can only deal with them in cartoons and video games.

[SweetLeafSmoker]

I read Butt Uproar... then it turned into Butt Roar... then I was like we need to replace the word farted with Butt Roar.

[RAM0N]

neil druckmann please follow through

[Darkfist_Flames]

i just cant wait to play Gravity Rush 2.

[il-JumperMT]

Can anyone make a mirror for the zip?

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[FreeSpeech69]

I want to buy the game just for the butt! (also heard the first game was decent)

[nitus10]

The graphics in the original Nier were more on the line of a high-quality PS2 game but they were still very acceptable. If you like hack and slash then you will like the original Nier. The game has the usual RPG elements as well as crafting and multiple endings.

The female character is, well straight out of a lingerie magazine and I did not hear of the SJW's complain about her.

[Derceto]

Don't like it? Don't look. Life wasn't made just for you. Go knit a sweater or something.

[SaveFerris]

Video games are art, and 2B's butt is a masterpiece.

[datriax]

2B's ass is at least, in some part, the reason I'm buying this game. Along with the director's refusal to cave to pressure. Take that SJW idiots.

[SynestheticRoar]

Nothing more pleasing to the senses than a strong, and sure woman. with a beautiful round bottom. It's beyond sexy, and if I have to explain to you. It's above your comprehension and discernment to understand.

[Neoprime]

Booty.

[GrimDragon]

Nier has a beautiful @ss and is just an overall very sexy character. She is the reason this game caught my eye. But what's even better is that after playing the demo it was nice to see that the game itself was awesome and fun to play. Nothing wrong with a little sexy eye candy especially when it's backed up by a developer that couldn't care less who's offended by it. His vision his work unedited for no one. And that's how it should be.

[theshredded]

Would you look at that *gulp*

[Software_Lover]

No one cared about the series when it was multiplat.

[X-23]

Good. How dare others try to stifle another group of individuals creativity because it makes them feel uncomfortable. If it hurts your feelings so damn much then clearly the game wasn't made to tailor to you or your audience so move on and go pick the meat off someone else's bones dirty vultures.

[stokedAF]

Haha I thought the same exact thing. Weird.

[ZombieGamerMan]

There's a controversy about Nier???

[Sharingan_no_Kakashi]

People are justified in expressing their opinions on whatever they like, whether it's positive or negative.

[stokedAF]

It's always nice when developers don't cave into the culture vultures. It's too bad that they are mostly from Japan. Western culture's bones have been picked clean by these moralistic sensitives.

[sampson3121]

funny that i can't find a huge uproar anywhere. i think these guys are looking for free media coverage by creating a false so called uproar. pathetic really.

[Rumb13stiltzkin]

What I think of when someone uses the term "Social Justice Warrior:"

https://m.youtube.com/watch...

[bluefox755]

They want to criminalize speech in many cases. Being against that makes you a virgin?

[fluxmulder]

Here's a dev who doesn't pander to SJWs, unlike say Blizzard.

[Nathan_Hale53]

Way to go! Always good to see a dev stand by their product and ignore the SJW brigade!

[Chinkyinc18]

The butt? No, it's all about that spot where the thigh leaks at the edge of the stocking...that's where faeries are born!

[Dragonscale]

Butt upskirt.

[Tankbusta40]

I will never understand why people have problems with a nice scantly clad body part. I suppose when you are fat and ugly etc, that stuff gets you peeved but otherwise, whats the point? Human beings have been worshiping the human body in art as far back as the ancient Greeks, maybe even further.

[Rumb13stiltzkin]

So you, a male, don't see why women have an issue with this kind of thing? Gotcha.

Has it ever crossed your mind that women want cool female characters whose body parts aren't a defining characteristic? How the almost exclusive oversexualization of female characters might make them feel objectified and marginalized?

No, no - I'm sure it's just that they're all "fat and ugly." How's the single life treating you?

[bluefox755]

That is a bountiful booty. Love the response too. Japan, you give me faith in humanity.

[DVAcme]

2B is the most fanservicelicious female in gaming since Bayonetta.

[Blacklash93]

I dislike how every short-lived series of complaints and arguments scattered across a few forums and Twitter has to be considered an uproar and a controversy these days. People are so easily baited into dwelling on this petty nonsense.

[King_Lothric]

I played the demo and it was awesome. Day 1.

[YoungKingDoran]

Shove it uproar butt

[mixelon]

I like this design, personally. I can see why some might not. (Im guessing it doesn't make much sense, practically? I've not played the game..) I'm really not surprised there's a lot of fan art. *shrugs* if I could be bothered I'd do some myself. XD

If all characters were like this I'd question it a bit more.. I'd rather the creators just acknowledge they did it because they like butts, as is implied in the tweets than do the hilarious uneccesary over-explained "justification" like Kojima tends to. Dude.. just admit it. You wanted cheesecake so you made cheesecake. He'd probably have some convoluted explanation involving magic being stored in butts so they need to be unencumbered for full effect.

(An idea that has probably already been used in Manga somehow, lol.)

[Nintenzo]

6/5 would bang

[shadowhaxor]

Came here for the image.