Except she didn't originally huge boobs.

But she's not naturally well endowed. She has had an increase for the sole reason of tittilation.

It reminds me, that we are just consuming a product here and that yet another entertainment provider does not care about me, say, in ten years, having fond memories about back then when I played the game. They have no respect for their own characters. This was no design decision based on flaws of the character, it was…

Is there any reasonable context you can come up with where boob physics, a larger set of breasts, and costumes like the above all come together in a way that does not purposefully emphasize her sexual attractiveness in complete disregard for her established character? It is the definition of objectification. At best,…

Yes, it's totally me objectifying her when they acknowledge they just wanted to make her breasts bigger, and seeing her in costumes like the above.

Did you not see the costume and pose they have her in when you clicked the article? Are you under some impression that they did it to fight for fair representation of large-breasted women in video games? Don't pretend I'm the one objectifying her when you've got an example at the top of the page.

It DOES make you wonder where their priorities are though. From what I remember of Lightning's character in XIII, seeing her dressed like in the top image is completely out of character.

I don't think anyone's saying that. But it certainly cheapens what was originally intended. I was no fan of XIII but if there's one thing Lightning was it was a bad ass soldier. Maybe she still will be a bad ass soldier in this, but tacking on some bouncy tits kinda takes away from the badass that they wrote in the…

I don't think that's the argument, I think that their choice in changing her in this way undermines the character. You can have a strong, sexy female lead. But that's not what they're doing here. The sexiness is tacked on.

The problem with fan service is when it starts getting added not as a compliment to an otherwise good work, but as easy to create filler to make up for not having a good enough work to begin with.

"defeat Skyrim"

They changed the character, a character that was pretty well designed, so immature sexual fantasies will be satisfied and sales go up. The actual size does not matter.

It is when they give a woman with C-cups a boob job and turn on the boob physics. Is anyone pretending this makes for a stronger character here?

The issue with Lightning here is isn't that she has big boobs, but that they had to increase her bust size for the third game. I don't think anyone can seriously argue she's a stronger character for them adding boob physics and an increased cup size on the third outing. Boob jobs aren't really known for adding…

They grew a cup size in-between games. She's certainly not a stronger character for it.

While this won't necessarily stop me from checking out the game, it's certainly an embarrassment.

...And just like that, I'm out of the hype train.

More like Faptain America amirite?!

no?

I take offense to naming the girl in the Captain America Fatamerica.

Gosh, you still use a Ninetendo? All the best games are on the X-Station U!