I know NIKKE is a harem game where the MC is cannonically a male and every nikke wants to date him, and that's an obvious and crystal-clear fact. However as a female commander, I deeply enjoy inserting myself to the commander and pretend the commander to be female (in my head), which basically makes the game experience yuri-based for me. There are as many different ways to enjoy the game for everyone as there are NIKKE players. Respecting each other and accepting the differences without forcing anyone anything might be a lot easier than you think. I'm aware that this topic becomes a culture war in the EN NIKKE community, but I hope that both sides will give up the hostility against each other one day and respect one another as your own. I think we, the JP NIKKE community, the largest community for NIKKE regional-wise, are doing pretty well on that. I don't see how the EN NIKKE community can't do the same ໒՞ ܸ. .ܸ՞১
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"are you familiar with the game called LADS, which is an otome game aimed at women?"
>No. I don't know about that specific game you mentioned.
"Do you agree that gay people should get a male protagonist to start having BL content?"
>I don't necessarily agree with that. However, I think it would be nice for gay pepple if they could pick. I also don't see a problem if they respectfully request devs with such ideas, provided they would step down quietly and smoothly if devs turn it down with due respect. There definitely are ways to make both straight otome fans and gay plot enjoyers happy, but obviously that costs more money, effort, and time. Devs should have the right for the ultimate decision making on how they design their game.
"Or rather, it doesn't necessarily have to have a male protagonist. Would a game aimed at women start including BL content because of a minority that isn't even the target audience? Do you agree with that? In your opinion, is it disrespectful?"
>In my opinion, it's all up to devs. Devs doing their job to design or redesign on their term isn't a form of disrespect. I also don't believe that the minority that's outside of the target audience requesting what they would like in the game automatically becomes disrespectful. I believe disrespect happens on intention. If they don't care about the game itself or its future or the enjoyment for other players while demanding (different from requesting) what they want, that will likely become a problem. However, as long as devs know what they want in the game, what core fans want in the game, and they firmly stand by it, I don't think there'll be a major issue. Moreover, if some players are outside of target audience, as long as they love the contents and prove the passion, they should have a voice and be respected (not saying that their request should automatically go through though). As for me, I'm clearly outside of the target audience for NIKKE (from my gender to my playstyle), but I love the game. I'm in love with Alice. I started playing NIKKE from June 2024, but I have 80+ in-game skins, a dozen~ of which are from costume gacha, hitting the ceiling almost every time, I also have 100~ of official NIKKE merchandise, most of which are Alice related. There are people outside of target audience like me who spend a lot of time, money, energy on what they love to support it although they're definitely not many as non-main target audience. My point though is people outside of target audience can have a voice, and weight of the voice doesn't fully depend on whether they're the main target audience or not.
"Ultimately, every product has a target audience, whether some here accept it or not in this Twitter cesspool. If everyone tries to mold the product to suit themselves, nobody will have fun anymore. It could be men, women, lesbians, gays, or anyone else. It's quite simple."
I agree with that general statement. Though, there's definitely a way where both parties could come to compromise. However, that line is not ours to draw; it's devs' choice, and no one should infringe that imo.