It's not hard at all to defend this... at least in terms of anatomy.

Sakaguchi: One of the questions I have is why is Kotaku 'Otaku with a K'? (laughter)[In English] I want to know. What is Kotaku?

Call me an old timer but I miss big "epic" story sprawling, turned based RPGs... These days I usually get my fix by playing various games in the Tales series and setting the entire team to auto battle and just adjust each character's strategy as necessary during battles. Some Tales games AI does auto battle with the…

God damn Nintendo for ruining Shulk. Shulk is supposed to be badass warrior in really frilly battle garments, not some beach bum!

Everyone can shut up about Samus now.

There you go. Shulk in his boxers to go with Samus in her sports bra & shorts.

xenoblade boss, metal face

Now with official artwork:

Kinda like the Colosseum...everyone thinks it was built by a bunch of slaves. But it was actually built by some well paid construction workers from Naples (or at least, that's what the Italian tour guides tell you when you go to visit it...)

Unlikely. It is widely believed that it was actual labor force and not slaves, due to the highly especialized work required, worker camps have been found and the analysis of them prove that the slave labor theory is not that true, it is more a biblical thing. Granted though, the israelies were enslaved by the…

Actually, it seems the pyramid builders may have been paid laborers.

There's actually good evidence that the pyramids were built by well-respected paid laborers, not slaves.

It's a tradition, nothing to do about it.

I knew Pachirisu was my favorite for a reason—and not just because I love squirrels.

Badass design on the breastplate!

My absolute favorite!!! Especially the second piece!