{"id":30177,"date":"2012-01-05T12:57:31","date_gmt":"2012-01-05T10:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=30177"},"modified":"2012-01-05T13:08:59","modified_gmt":"2012-01-05T11:08:59","slug":"soul-calibur-v-has-some-classy-marketing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/30177-soul-calibur-v-has-some-classy-marketing","title":{"rendered":"Soul Calibur V has some classy marketing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Remember when Soul Calibur was all about the fast sword-play, combos and smashing action? A whole bunch of diverse characters, battling it out with a plethora of weapons in a variety of arenas. I mean, that’s really fun, right?<\/p>\n

Pffff, who cares about that when Namco-Bandai<\/a> are set to market the game with ads like this one shown by Andriasang:<\/p>\n

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Classy.<\/p><\/div>\n

Surely those must cause some discomfort.<\/p>\n

Hey! Pay attention, my eyes are up here.<\/p>\n

Now, it’s pretty obvious why this ad will garner all sorts of attention, which is exactly what the marketing company wants – but what does it say about your game if its strongest draw is an exposed pair of over-sized funbags?<\/p>\n

The breasts in question belong to series figurehead, Ivy, whose chest has disturbingly increased in size with each new version of the game and- look, can we just stop it now? Boobs are great, but can we please just get back to what the game is about – it’s becoming Bayonetta-level embarassing to play these games in the company of parents or minors.<\/p>\n

Sould Calibur V, and Ivy’s chesticles, will be bouncing into action 3 February 2012 – don’t expect to be seeing any sort of similar marketing here in SA.<\/p>\n

Source: Andriasang<\/a><\/h5>\n