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Right, theme time! I would've done it this morning, but someone pulled an "Um, actually" on me, and I was too tired to get a new image until just now. Female Protagonists Only! The Zelda series have finally given us an entry that stars Zelda as the primary protagonist. So tonight, we're focusing on female characters that feature prominently in at least one game. Originally, I only included characters who were the sole focus in there games, but that only left us with nine or so characters, so I expanded it to include female characters that share an equal spotlight with a male character. Robin in Fire Emblem Awakening, and Min Min, for example. Yes, that's why Banjo is here. He snuck in on the back of Kazooie, which is how 90% of Banjo-Kazooie is played anyway. I did exclude characters from spin-off games, BTW. Mario Kart, for example. There's enough here. Pichu is also allowed, as well Female Miis Naturally, there are costume restrictions here. Pikachu - Pikachu Libre costume only Ice Climbers - Costumes where Nana is the lead Pichu - Spiky-Eared Pichu only Pokémon Trainer - Leaf variants only Villager - Female versions only Robin - Female versions only Corrin - Female versions only Inkling - Female versions only Byleth - Female versions only Steve - Alex variants only Stages match the characters, as well as the Smash ones. Same deal with items. But Assist Trophies aren't here, because I have no control over who appears. Pokémon tend to not have visual differences between genders, so that's fine. Format - 3 Stock FS Meter - On See you at 8!

OK, I only found this out after I finished the game, but...

Right, room's open. If you can't find me for whatever reason. Try the room code RGGOX.

Lorelei and the Laser Eyes is a puzzle/exploration game developed by Simogo. It was released for the Switch and Steam back in May. Select New Game, and after literally no intro cutscene, you take control of some random woman in some forest, outside some sort of hotel. That's it. That's all you get. The goal of this game, according to the game itself, is to "uncover the truth". Yes, it's deliberately vague. The entire game is. There's no point in me going into the plot, because everything is a spoiler. Sorry. It's good, though. Piano If I had to describe the game, I'd say it was "Resident Evil" with none of the survival horror, and wayyyy harder puzzles! The hotel has a ridiculous amount of doors that are locked, and most of them require you to solve a puzzle. These puzzles are no joke. The game encourages you to play with a notepad and pen on hand, and it is not kidding! There is a veritable ton of documents all over the place with seemingly unrelated information, but chances are they'll have something of use at some point. As well as that, puzzles involve maths, geometry, and even a bit of trivia. This is a very difficult game, make no mistake. You will get stuck. Well, I did. A lot. Foyer As you can probably tell, there's a very striking artstyle in this game. Everything is shown through fixed camera angles, and also in monochrome, with hints of red. The soundtrack is well, muted. Which is fine, it fits perfectly. Man, it's hard to talk about this game. Discovering what the hell this game even is is the entire point of it. So I can't really talk about too much about it. It's good, trust me on this. Forest

Because I looove me some dungeon crawling and random battles with great battle systems. You should know, you've played PMD. To be fair, I hated Fire Emblem when it did a similar thing, so at least I'm consistent.

I've been meaning to ask some of you this. You say it's Persona with a new skin, but how much of that is applicable? Does this still have lengthy social sim aspects in between dungeons that are time-limited. Because I like the Shin Megami Tensei style battle system, but I hate that part.

We've got one free spot for GBA/N64 nonsense from 8:30pm tonight. We're planning on Perfect Dark, but if someone out there wants to play a different 4 player game, go ahead and say.

@BowserBasher and I are gonna tackle some Survival Mode from 7pm tonight. @Helmsly or anyone else who might be interested, feel free to jump in if you can.

That logo is very appealing to me. Very stylish. I wonder what it is that I like so... Ah, that explains it.

No, Boo rides the vehicle in this game. You're mixing everything up.

You can ride a horse, doesn't make it a vehicle.

Conker's Bad Fur Day, easily. The game is absolutely hilarious, and part of why is that the game goes out of it's way to laugh at the player. The game has so many moments where the difficulty ratchets up, that it kinda wraps around from frustrating to funny. But it's only effective on the first playthrough. If I were to play it again, it would just be frustrating. So I don't.

Theme night this week! Vehicles all over the place here! You should bring your own! See you at 8pm!

Don't sit on the toilet too long.

I think you might be the only person who thinks that. Garlic sucks. And so does Poe!

It's probably this. But hey, I've never tried these games, considering I actually like Maximum Velocity, deffo worth a go. Especially in multiplayer.

You just know that NoA's YouTube channel wouldn't have it. But yeah, that game easily gets on my Monolith Soft Top 3 list. Janky, and low budget, yet still a complete riot! The things I would do for a sequel...

That's not really the issue here though. It's the constant years of ridiculous female character designs over the years that have resulted in an absolutely toxic environment for women who want to play games without feeling like their whole gender is just something to be ogled at. Developers shouldn't face backlash for daring to feature a female character that doesn't look like a supermodel, dresses appropriately, and is shown to be capable. And yet, you see that all the bloody time these days. And god forbid, that character happens to also be black! That's a whole new level of idiot whining at you. (Assassin's Creed's upcoming entry is a prime example of that) Saying, "Just don't play it" isn't good enough. Progress won't be made if steps aren't taken to make it more normal to have characters like these.

Dragon Quest XI is kinda tame compared to some of it's contemporaries, it's a bit silly to point it out when there are SO many games that are bigger offenders. Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is a good example of that. So much so, that Smash Ultimate edited Mythra's artwork to make it less fanservicy, and pretty much everyone saw it as an improvement. So much so, that it then got patched into Xenoblade 2 itself as a costume. You see, I don't see America getting involved as an inherently bad thing. The majority of the time, when the West get involved with a woman's costume, it ends up as an improvement to my eyes. Bravely Default, and Tokyo Mirage Sessions are two examples that come off the top of my head. As for the Type A/Type B gender options. Eh, don't care. It's more inclusive, and it makes those manbabies who cry about games going woke have a right hissy fit, which makes it totally worth it.

Man, this game takes more then a few nods from the Oracles games. At this point, if a Kangaroo shows up somewhere, it wouldn't surprise me.

Stamina matches at 8pm.

Oh, no you don't! That's an illegal move! You put that Horsey right back where it started! I am not a Snek, so I don't talk like that. That would be offensive!

How actually dare you!? I am the QUINTESSENTIAL reptile guy on this site, and I will not stand for this slander!

You call it by it's proper title, damnit! See, that's a Snek. Totally different! And this is a Rope Snek.