Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Tsuki Character Design Controversy

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Tisten here Darlin' Tonotenaugh to ust locks beautiful What maters most show fall treat the people around you. -Dahlia, Xenoblade Chronidles 2

"The Virgin Games Journalist' VS "The CHADSCALIBUR Tittyblade Waifu" Furries and weebs both mirin' Has a ResetERA account, Dignified southern accent. Hair gave up in high school; Face looks like a mogwai that got wet. owns many hats Freakish monster hands hold nerds in place as she deflowers them. Banned from the open barat the company Christmas party. Has blocked 42,000 people on Twitter. Mouth: Pout T---: Out Hair: Ears Keeps tiny, baby-like hands close and low at all times in order to avoid "incidents" with female coworkers. Macbookis full of unforgivable p--- Ass looks like two baked hams stuffed into a gym sock. Perfect, statuesque physique Spine can support 6 metric tons. Buys his jeans at Kids"R"Us. Intensely dislikes being called a "gamer". Isn't real; won'tjudge you for your anime figurines. Wears his mom's hand-me-down Keds. Legs are in the "Power H-----" stance 24/7 Born with her heels on.

The real reason why people bought #XenobladeChronicles2.

Check out these simple modifications I have made to two of Xenoblade 2's most infamous designs, Pyra and Tsuki. Notice how with the addition of Knuckles the Echidna, the designs have much more visual appeal

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The Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Tsuki Character Design Controversy* refers to a controversy surrounding the design of the character Tsuki (Dahlia in English) in the 2017 action role-playing game Xenoblade Chronicles 2, specifically involving her large breasts and posture.

Background

On December 1st, 2017, Xenoblade Chronicles 2 was released for the Nintendo Switch. In the game, players can unlock the rare Blade character Tsuki in the Japanese version or Dahlia in the English version (shown below).

On December 2nd, Twitter user @botwzelink^[1] tweeted a screenshot of the character Tsuki along with a message criticizing her design as "ugly" and "misogynistic." Within four days, the tweet gained over 6,300 likes and 2,800 retweets.

@botwzelink me: wow... the character designs for xenoblade 2 literally can't get any more ugly, unappealing, inconvenient, overcomplicated, or misogynistic at this point xenoblade 2: hold my beer @プイッ

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Online Reaction

On December 3rd, Twitter user @FourScore64^[2] tweeted a video parodying the controversy by placing a Pepsi can in between her breasts. Within 72 hours, the tweet gained over 18,000 likes and 8,400 retweets.

some label this as a character with unrealistic proportions and an overall bad design, but I see a lot of untapped potential that could've been used to make something magnificent pic.twitter.com/KeuZGXf86V

— Shane (@FourScore64) December 4, 2017

On December 4th, Redditor RexVAGorgeous submitted a picture of an in-game depiction of Dahlia to /r/Xenoblade_Chronicles,^[4] referring to her as T H I C C (shown below, left). On December 5th, Twitter user @mombot^[3] posted a redesign of the character based off of actor Danny Devito (shown below, right). Within 24 hours, the tweet gained over 3,100 likes and 950 retweets. That day, the internet humor site Dorkly^[6] published a listicle highlighting humorous reactions to the character design.