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the next five lgbtq characters! mixing in indie with more mainstream

kirby, kirby, non-binary queer

dahlia aquino, monster prom, bisexual

juniper, xenoblade chronicles, non-binary

acht, splatoon, non-binary

lammy, um jammer lammy, queer

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give me switch game recs

not switch 2 tho

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this is my original oc

her name is ralselle and shes a goat/deer

and also trans

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my artfight card! i havent updated my characters yet so the ones here are most prominent c;

my user is the same as here!

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adopted this cutie from insta! putting her in my fawning universe

her name is minnesota but she foes by min, cousin of holly and carrie

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I have to admit that the more we see from CrossWorlds, the less enthusiastic I am about it. Mostly thanks to all the crossover DLC.

Early on, following its announcement and the public playtest, CrossWorlds was pitched as this big celebration of Sonic in kart racing form. A big roster of characters, a bunch of tracks based on locations across the series, even the return of the Babylon Rogues and Extreme Gear for Riders fans. It seemed like it was doing everything right.

And then they started announcing the crossovers.

First they announced the first few Sega guest characters who'll be added for free. And that was fine. That made sense. It's all Sega stuff, and seeing Ichiban and Miku racing against Sonic characters is funny.

And then right after that, they announced... Minecraft. Minecraft Steve will be in the Sonic racing game, along with a whole Minecraft track, as part of the season pass that's being announced months before the game is even out. It seemed very arbitrary, just doing a crossover with something super popular as a marketing stunt.

And then, as had been previously leaked, we got the SpongeBob announcement. SpongeBob and Patrick will be in the new Sonic racing game, along with a Bikini Bottom track. And like, yeah, I love those first few seasons of SpongeBob as much as the next late-gen millennial, but does that mean I think SpongeBob makes sense to include here? No. And later in the season pass we'll also be getting TMNT and Avatar crossovers, because of course we are. Nick characters are literally half of the season pass. I will admit that the turtles are a good fit for Sonic, but the rest? Come on. But please be sure to pay $90 USD to get the Digital Deluxe Edition so you can play as Aang, everyone!

The current fan favorite (Sega-developed) Sonic kart racer, All-Stars Racing Transformed, also had its fair share of random third party guest characters. I didn't mind it there. The difference to me is that the selection there was so random and asinine that it was kind of charming, and easy to ignore. Including Danica Patrick, Wreck-It Ralph, and one of the guys from the YogsCast in a Sonic racing game was so stupid that it was funny. It was also easy to ignore in a game that already had such a hodgepodge crossover roster.

But here it feels cynical. It's a generic corporate synergy move in what was pitched as purely a Sonic game. Viacom will shove SpongeBob, the turtles, and Aang into every game they can as cosmetic DLC, from Fortnite to Fall Guys to Smite and beyond. We're not getting these characters because someone at Sega thought they'd be the best fit for Sonic, but rather because Viacom owns the Sonic movies and they wanted to do cross-promotion of their Most Valuable IP with Sega. This wasn't a decision made by a creative, it was made by a boardroom. And also they had to do it on the cheap, I guess, because they couldn't pay to get Tom Kenny or Bill Fagerbakke to provide voice lines, or even get the rights to use stock clips of theirs. So SpongeBob and Patrick are just going to be mute in this racing game that places a huge emphasis on having a ton of voice lines and interactions for the Sonic cast. There's a very real chance we're just gonna see lobbies full of mute crossover characters when playing online. Sonic is simply a part of the Viacom corporate machine now, whether we like it or not. And Minecraft is here because it's the most popular game in the world and its movie just made almost a billion dollars, I guess.

It just feels like it's watering down the identity of the game so much. I like Fortnite, but I don't need every other game in the world to turn into Fortnite with all these corporate crossovers. It's fucking exhausting. I won't go as far as going "slot crisis" mode here and assume that these DLC characters have taken slots from other characters I'd rather see included, but like... If the game comes out and Tangle and Whisper aren't in it, but SpongeBob is? Sorry, but you're never going to hear the end of it from me lmao

(I know fans have already datamined an Extreme Gear for Whisper that seems to point to their inclusion, but that's not exactly a confirmation. It could literally just be the Extreme Gear thrown in as a nod to the comics and nothing else. Also now that we have all these mute crossover characters part of me worries that they wouldn't even bother casting voice actresses for them, which is half the reason why I'd be excited to see them in a game in the first place. I know it's a whole different rights situation with the Nick characters, but still, the thought is in my head.)

So yeah. I dunno. It'll probably still be decent. But these last few announcements have kind of killed the excitement for me.

At least I still have Ring Racers.

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remember when people drew kk slider into album covers

we should do that with noelle now

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i love krusie, i love suselle, i love kruselle

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a little early but the next five lgbtq video game characters!

kainé, nier, intersex

morrigan aensland, darkstalkers, bisexual

vivian, paper mario, transgender

quina quen, final fantasy, non-binary

elizabeth, persona, bisexual

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begging wuthering waves to fix their game

i have no issue playing other games but i struggle to with this one 😭😭

all my settings are as low as possible and i still have terrible fps

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idk why i tried so hard to be friends with my exes they're literally super lame

except my best friend but the rest are lame

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a little early but the next five lgbtq video game characters!

kainé, nier, intersex

morrigan aensland, darkstalkers, bisexual

vivian, paper mario, transgender

quina quen, final fantasy, non-binary

elizabeth, persona, bisexual

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NOOO NEW HADES 2 UPDATE WHEN IM CLOSING AT WORK FUCKKK

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next characters for my pride series! sorry i like drawing women more

aloy, horizon, lesbian

chloe price, life is strange, lesbian

madeline, celeste, transgender queer

summer, spiritfarer, lesbian

rin, catherine, pansexual

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hilarious when people try to use furry as insult

like woaaah you got me! i like drawing colorful little animals, how awful! i should be ashamed of myself

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life so good when i don't have someone ignoring me and blaming me when i got upset about it

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suselle but lps