I feel like this is quickly escalating into an argument, which I want to avoid.
I like this discussion and I'm interested to hear your side of things, along with any counter points you bring.
Why do I hate her, because half of what I have been hearing is, "What!? No Taki!? NOT BUYONG!!!?" just based on that not the gameplay or ANYTHING else.
I can see your point here. It's similar to the old "No Mai, No Buy" which was childish, but when a character is something of an icon to a series... excluding them in very form is somewhat baffling.
And to be fair, I haven't heard nearly as many complaints about Taki's absence as a playable character since Yun-Seong, Zasalamel, and Talim were confirmed for dropped-off-the-face-of-the-Earth. Talim's fans are just as rabid as Taki's if you ask me. (If not more so because there isn't even a replacement for her.)
I'm not pining for Taki's inclusion, mind you, nor am I thrilled about her exclusion. I'm trying to see both sides, and I think I understand where her fans are coming from:
For one, there was the fact that she was announced/leaked to be involved in the story. Though many seem to have expected her to appear in Natsu's ending to officially pass the torch. Naturally she was absent in both the story and any endings (as there were none.)
Then there's the fact that Taki along with Mitsurugi, Voldo, Seigfried, and Cervantes were in every game up to SCV. She was kind of like Chun-Li is for Street Fighter, so, imagine if they announced Street Fighter 5 and said "Chun-Li won't be in because she's too old" but the rest of the "World Warriors" were to be in. Maybe you can see where some of them are coming from from that perspective.
Finally, back in Soulcalibur 2, Yun-Seong replaced Hwang, a change which fans
still bitch about to this day. You really should have expected no less about a mainstay like Taki being replaced with an obvious homage to Naruto. It'd be like replacing Mitsurugi with a homage to Ichigo.
To be honest until the fans didn't stop bitching I just found Taki's popularity stupid since the personality is the same as card board and the big tits with all the jumping distracting(no not turned on wondering how her spin doesn't snap like a twig and how she could be stealthy with those things.)
This is actually a point that bothers me to some degree because I hear this complaint come up a lot regarding female characters in any sort of media.
"How does she even *insert
any task here* with those?"
The answer: "The same as everyone else just with bigger tits."
Really is it so hard to believe that a woman with big breasts can't function in every way anyone else can? Taki's in damn good shape (visible muscles and all) so I can believe despite a minor disadvantage she can be agile. Just like how I believe Astaroth/Rock who's bicep is as big as his skull can raise their arms over their heads.
Er why should I hate Amy, I just don't really care about her and Lexia again has not done anything wrong. I actually find her cute and funny. Why should they gain MY ire?
Because if you compare Amy to Taki, Taki is positively a 3-dimensional character. And if I'm not mistaken that's one of your biggest beefs with the ninja. Seems your other issue is she adds nothing to the story. Again: Amy. She adds nothing to the story. Oh she's Raphael's lov-err, "child" whom leaves to find him because she's bored... riveting. She doesn't even have any involvement with the swords.
Plus, Amy is just as much, if not more, fetish fuel as Taki. She's a generic gothic-lolita in every way right down to the most bland, flat, and uninspired lines.
And there is at least one good reason to hate Leixia: "JUSTICE WILL PREVAIL!"
I want to tear out her throat every time I hear that line.
You know, now that I think about it. Taki seems to be for you, what Amy/Viola is to me. A character I look for
any excuse to rag on because her inclusion confuses me.
If that's the case, maybe we can just end this discussion here and try to avoid talking about either? That would likely save us both a few sanity points.
