[–] Lurkerontheroof 0 points 10 points 10 points (+10|-0) ago (edited ago)
This sadistic Japanese fitness game insults girls into working out
The Japanese are becoming the heroes we need.
[–] EarthquakesAreScary 0 points 9 points 9 points (+9|-0) ago (edited ago)
I love Japanese anti-fat sentiment in games. There's so many great ones. My absolute favorite is persona 4. Where a fat girl hitting on one of the characters is treated like a gross joke. She invites herself onto his bike and it breaks under her weight. In another bit the characters don't have any food. But she's eating multiple portions at once and won't share.
There's also a hilarious old nes/famicom game. You play a penguin whose girlfriend dumps him because he got fat. And it's treated as the just and proper thing to do. So in the course of the game he's looking for healthy food and trying to lose weight while his romantic rival tries to fatten him up.
The best named is "diet go go". An evil mastermind figures out that he can take over the world by giving them candy and fast food. He knows that almost nobody is sensable enough to just not overeat it. Soon almost all the world is obese. You fight back by throwing candy at enemies. That makes them fatten up so they're easy to kill. Plus you're decked out in sweet 80s workout gear.
And that's only scratching the surface. There's so many fantastic examples of fat shaming in Japanese games.
[–] Lurkerontheroof 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
The best named is "diet go go". An evil mastermind figures out that he can take over the world by giving them candy and fast food. He knows that almost nobody is sensable enough to just not overeat it. Soon almost all the world is obese. You fight back by throwing candy at enemies. That makes them fatten up so they're easy to kill. Plus you're decked out in sweet 80s workout gear.
Shit, that game was prophetic.
[–] ThotsAndPrayers [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
The Japanese truly are the masters of virtual (and arguably real life) shitlording. I think there was a post here a few weeks back from Yakuza 5, where your character is supposed to take dance move inspiration from a fat girl embarrassing herself as a street performer.
[–] enginedriver13 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
It says it did crunches for 4 days and then refers to its “burgeoning abs”. The delusion is strong with this one.
[–] ThotsAndPrayers [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Conveniently it mentions the days it tried to perform crunches instead of the actual number of crunches performed, leaving the reader to extrapolate. 4 crunches over 4 days? 1 crunch split across 4 days? The world may never know.
[–] Lyndsey_LeFay 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
i have this game, it’s great (and this author neglected to mention that YOU choose the sayings Kai uses while you work out, there’s plenty of nice options if being insulted doesn’t do it for you) if you buy the whole game you do other exercises too!
[–] Carsandsarcasm 0 points 12 points 12 points (+12|-0) ago
"I voluntarily paid money for a game I didn't need instead of ignoring it. I was then upset by the game. This is the game's fault for existing." The biggest argument in this article is that the relationship doesn't mirror real life. You know what else doesn't mirror real life? The Disney movies you fat fucks love so much, but there is no problem there, huh? Did it somehow miss the part where the characters in this game are fictional and not real? Fats are so dumb.
[–] ThotsAndPrayers [S] 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
I honestly felt the biggest lie was that the handsome man in the game would even take a second glance at the fat monstrosity you play as, much less take time out of his day to help with the weight loss.
And there's also the unrealistic portrayal of the heroine's motivation; we all know all the abs and handsome men in the world wouldn't be able to convince an obeast to put down the fork.