Man that Bayonetta thread is so raven, gaf. If gaf and the developers were a person I'd imagine a conversation would go like this.
"I want strong female characters in games!"
"K, what about Bayonetta she's strong and owns her sexuality"
"Are you kidding? She's objectified and don't get me started on the rape scene."
"Uh, what rape? Nevermind. What about Lara Croft? She's good."
"Tits too big. Objectified"
"Um, well how's about female Shepard or Dohvakin?"
"They're just a genderless avatar there's nothing feminine about them."
"Ok well Princess Peach. She's definitely feminine and she fights along side mario."
"Only after Mario has to save her a dozen times."
"K, Samus"
"Is only powerful when she wears a suit that hides her gender."
"But zero suit Samus."
"Is objectified."
"K, how's about Zelda she's badass."
"And needs a man to save her."
"OK, Rosalina doesn't have to be saved."
"And she was set as a BBW in Mario Kart."
"Chell."
"Again just a genderless avatar she could've been a man."
"Lightning"
"Had her boob size change when you transformed."
"K but Fang and Vanille"
"Were obviously put in for lesbian fanfiction."
"Rinoa, Celest, Terra, Aeris, Tifa"
"Needed a man, implied rape, not technically a human, virgin trope, needed a man."
"K Jade from Beyond Good and Evil and Faith Connors from Mirror's Edge."
"Oh those weren't triple A games so I didn't play them."
"arrgh!"
"So why aren't you making more games with women in them?!"
