Miriam is bustier than in the original Kickstarter

If I recall the MN9 incident correctly, a lot of that drama was largely due them to having a community manager that purposefully obfuscated all communication between the community and the development team.  Political leanings may have been a motive, but was not the actual problem.  Of course, it didn't help that it happened right when Gamergate was at a full fever pitch, and cool headed discourse was in short supply anywhere.

In contrast, we have Mana, who has been incredible, and a forum staffed by mods dedicated to maintaining a friendly environment for anyone who wants to participate.  What happened with Mighty No 9 will not happen here.  Youtube comments will be cancerous as it always is, but everyone knows that already, and no one is going to judge us as a community by that unmoderated cesspool.

I would prefer a male protagonist in the game. Lately Castlevania had a lot of female main characters..Shanoa in the last game, Charlotte together with Jonathan in the one before that (Portrait also had a mode with 2 sisters). Fortunately, Bloodstained will have more than one playable character so everyone will be satisfied. I really like Zangetsu and I hope he will be a playable character, he is my favorite so far. I still like the story that IGA is making in Bloodstained, and I am happy with everything so far. Back on the controversial subject, I prefer Miriam with smaller breast, hehe..that is a thing of taste.

I strongly agree with this post with the caveat that

A) If an artist tries to be more socially progressive in response to consumers but misses the mark in some way, they are not immune to criticism (this of course doesn't apply to Bloodstained, I'm just speaking in general)

B) "Gender politics" has been a boon to the video game industry as a whole. Female characters do need more leading roles, do need to be written better and do need more variety in their designs. I think the discussions that have followed in the industry have done a lot to address those issues and I expect that to continue moving forward. That doesn't mean that said discussions don't sometimes get awkward or, unfortunately, ugly on both sides though

Anyway, with that in mind, I was very happy and celebratory that IGA and crew went with a leading lady for this game (in fact I kinda hope one of the other two playable characters is also a woman and I would be fine if all the playable characters are female), and that is where I want to spend most of my energy in terms of discussing this game. I absolutely respect that a few may have issues with her design but you can't please everybody and I find a lot of their arguments problematic so, like you, I'm opposed to any change. When there is more about the game to discuss and/or some alt costumes are revealed, those voices will likely be calmed (note how this topic basically disappeared online when we were busy talking about shaders last update).

@ Primordial Rabbit: the comment section in most Youtube videos just straight up suck. I haven't been there but I will agree with you that is unfortunate that some people are not able to disagree with others without using ad homeium attacks, poor logic, a unnecessarily confrontational tone, etc. However, they don't represent "the fanbase". The vast majority of people I've discussed this game with online (here or elsewhere) or seen talk about the game have been courteous and respectful. I would say that's also true of the Kickstarter comment section though maybe I missed something especially stupid. Don't let vocal minorities (those who have issues with Miriam's design or those who don't but are unable to act like adults) confuse you and lead you to faulty assumptions about groups of people.

That's okay Mike, I still love you. People who know me personally have pointed out there are times when I can come off as being dense or dismissive when I'm trying to be helpful, and it wasn't my intention to sweep Dimiltcandle's opinions under the rug. I also appreciate you pointing out all the other things you said.

Yeah, um...my piece is that Miriam is cool. That's all I got. Whatever on everything else. Youtube comment people just have a lot of time/make a hobby of messing with people, most likely regardless of what they actually think on the subject.

The last 3D model of Miriam is fantastic!
I can't wait to play the game!

Please don't make bad jokes about Nintendo's localization. This is not the time or place for that. Besides, I see nothing about Miriam that would need to be toned down, even in Nintendo's book. She is dressed very tastefully, and her bust is perfectly reasonable. If Bayonetta could make it into Smash without her outfit being censored, I don't see Miriam having any issues.

I am personally disgusted with the idea that anything that falls out of a norm is considered "unnatural". There are plenty of real women, in the real world with real occupations that have a slender figure with large breasts and I don't want to have to console my wife one day because suddenly her breasts which she didn't have a choice in growing now make her a freak.

This is something I see growing in popular trends. Girls with large breasts being targeted in game streams and called sluts because they are in the comfort of their home wearing a tank top and want to stream just like the boys or that Tifa does not conform to "realistic proportions". I guess the problem here is that people don't even know WHAT realistic means before demanding proportions be set to stereotypical mob-pandering. It's gone so far from over/hyper-sexualization to anti-sexualism. People should just get a grip.

OR... this is a strange thought, maybe we should allow an artist to have artistic license.

le GASP!!!! madness i say... pure madness!... i approve >3>b