Gamers, heed my words, YOU NEED TO BETTER PICK YOUR BATTLES...

why should they? they're writing the story, they can make it about whoever they like

Why wasn't Mega Man also Mega Woman? Such injustice.

i'm sure worse has been said but as far as their publicly stated reason for the non-inclusion, i'm sorry but the gender equal rights brigade needs to sit this one out.

Kotaku making mountains out of molehills again. They have done female lead variations in the series, they have had female assassins but not every game has to have them. The previous creed game had a female lead, this one has a male one. The game will still have great and strong female characters even if they are not…

I'm outraged because they didn't include any robosexuals in the game. I'm sure they are on an agenda with the church to make robosexuality look bad in the eyes of other people. We are just normal people like you and demand that you regard us as same and include us as majority in every game!

I'm all for choice and customization but if the team decided to not include female characters because it would save them time and money they could devote to making the game better, then people should cut them a break.

Whether playing by yourself or with the co-op Shared Experiences, you the gamer will always be playing as Arno

This is a controversy?

And the fact that this has now been upgraded to a "controversy" boggles my mind.

It makes me a little sad that this is going to be the tin can people beat on for the next few years when there are many more relevant issues in the gaming industry.

Oh shut the hell up already, for once a developer gives a reason that actually makes sense but nooo...

Knew it was only a matter of time before Kotaku got their hands on this....while I don't see a good reason to exclude women, I certainly don't think it matters either way and their explanation is good enough.

Not only would that not change the box art, it's never going to happen. This game would not exist without Nintendo. How hard is that to understand?

Bwahaha bigotry. Classic.

No, she rockets out butterflies...

as if Nintendo would allow that

"Now was that so hard, Nintendo?"
It's quite different. Cartridge based games that aren't set up for extreme patching it can be VERY difficult to add things. In a MMO that is designed to be updated as it goes along it's MUCH easier. Especially on a system that is setup for updates. GEEZE.

Pretty awesome. I'll definitely be leveling this up.

Forget about Palutena. I want a goddamn Smash Bros anime.