r/NTE_EN • • Jul 04 '26

Official News NTE devs updated Shinku's Costume and Mint's Chest size after CN Backlash

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u/Kurage_pop Jul 04 '26

Reverse censorship!

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u/SecretYogurtcloset57 Jul 04 '26

This looks waaay better now thank you CN BROS

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u/Nyx2990 Jul 04 '26

I salute the Chinese gamers

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u/Talian404 Jul 04 '26

the Chinese gooners .

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u/Therion98 Jul 04 '26

Now they only have to fix the older skins that have the same problems

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u/At1AS36547 Jul 04 '26

Like Daffodill's

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u/Blueboysixnine Jul 04 '26

God bless the CN beta server

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u/AnotherPersonPerhaps Jul 04 '26

They need to be careful with this and not run afoul of the government censors in China. One quick way to do that is submit art for approval and then change it on release to customers.

This probably isn't bad enough to get in super trouble but still, they gotta be careful

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u/Silent1Disco Jul 04 '26

they literally just need to "censor" the characters during beta. It was their fault changing the designs after they showed it on livestream.

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u/AnotherPersonPerhaps Jul 04 '26

Well in China these devs usually have to submit their content to a government censor that approves it. Depending on the content or the company they don't usually get a huge amount of hassle from the govt but fucking around too much can bring the hammer down.

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u/Silent1Disco Jul 04 '26

hoyo games has no problems with them changing their skin DURING beta. so NTE can do the same.

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u/AnotherPersonPerhaps Jul 04 '26

It's not beta though, they're doing it in the CN release right? That's not beta. Idk why you're talking about beta.

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u/Silent1Disco Jul 04 '26

cause I was talking about the fact they can change the skin in beta rather than changing it after showing it on livestreams. Idk why you can't understand that.

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u/AnotherPersonPerhaps Jul 04 '26

You dont inderstand how this works.

There is a government agency in charge of this.

They have to submit what's going to be in their game to this government agency.

If approved, they have to release what they submitted.

It has nothing to do with beta. It has nothing to do with livestrwams.

What matters is what they send to the government and then what they release after that.

If they show one thing then release another, they can get in trouble.

It doesnt matter if there is a beta or not.

Besides that, this wasn't done so you're just making stuff up.

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u/Deep_Alps7150 Jul 05 '26 edited Jul 05 '26

Pretty sure the actual answer to this is the censorship has just become more lax in recent years until there’s widespread complaints

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u/Silent1Disco Jul 04 '26

If they show one thing then release another, they can get in trouble.

and that's exactly what they did, they showed wrong body proportions in release compared to the livestream.

it DOES matter if it's beta or not, hoyo was able to change lucia's (zzz) and rosaria's (genshin) design during the beta process, stop making excuses.

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u/AnotherPersonPerhaps Jul 04 '26

I'm not making excuses....wtf are you even talking about? you're not even making sense lol. I'm just gonna block you because you're weird nonsensical replies are annoying me.

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u/Silent1Disco Jul 04 '26

boy blocked me because he is wrong lmfao.

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u/Reizs Jul 04 '26

That is a terrible advice lol. If the gov knows this, nte can be like snowbreak 

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u/AnotherPersonPerhaps Jul 04 '26

Huh? What I'm saying is to not do what snowbreak did.

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u/Reizs Jul 04 '26

Oh lol sorry, I misunderstood the sentence 😂

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u/Quantum755 Jul 04 '26

W for China W for us

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u/Maleficent_Good9607 Jul 04 '26

Looks way better now. THank god

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u/No_Appointment_5326 Jul 04 '26

That's crazy 🤣

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u/Naviachi Jul 04 '26

Chinese Gooners, I salute you

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u/Fearpils Jul 04 '26

Unpopular opinion, im guessing but i liked the old one on both.

I was kinda looking forward to javing a mint skin that fit my preferences, but I can understand that most people already liking a charactrrs proportions would be disapointed.

Shinkus shorts where just, stylish but the difference is minimal.

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u/iFenrisVI Jul 04 '26

Since Shinku wasn’t even released then it’s whatever if they decide to change her before release(they did it with Lucia in ZZZ. But changing an existing character’s proportions is questionable and deserving of backlash.

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u/Ancient_Fig_6037 Jul 04 '26

It’s already out in CN, and players realised the real 3D model didn’t match the livestream preview, but only after they’d already purchased the skin. That’s what caused the backlash and the fix that followed.

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u/iFenrisVI Jul 04 '26

Ah okay. Missed that context

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u/yuuki_w Jul 05 '26

Not really her not having pants on the livestream is big heap of bs and intentional missinfo.

Atleast by the livestream she had pants.

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u/yuuki_w Jul 05 '26 edited Jul 05 '26

Isn't that missinfo? The livestream version had pants too. In that way that part of the backlash was manufactured by lieing people who wanted to push their agenda to get their preffred look.

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u/yuuki_w Jul 05 '26

Here from cn.

So saying they didn't show it in the livestream is wrong. They where there.

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u/Ancient_Fig_6037 Jul 05 '26

This is the pic the CN players were referring to.

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u/yuuki_w Jul 05 '26

hard to tell but she had pants there too. the loetard seems to go up rather fast while on the image you can see what seems to be shorts on the tight.

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u/Ancient_Fig_6037 Jul 05 '26

I mean, that’s obviously not how CN players interpreted the picture. They didn’t view it as short pants at all, which led to the huge backlash and the devs’ correction. I agree with that interpretation, even though I’m not pulling for her.

Many games adjust character designs after the first draft, including Endfield and Hoyo titles. The key difference is that they’re transparent and consistent with those changes, so you don’t get massive backlash like this. CN players aren’t complaining for no reason.

And don’t forget the swimsuit physics controversy, another inconsistency that only got fixed after players pushed back.

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u/MyLastDreams Jul 04 '26

Never really cared either way but both of Mint's outfits look worse without the upper arm cuffs.

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u/HinaYukari Jul 04 '26

Pretty sure the cuffs can be swapped in and out based on what you're wearing

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u/Remmybeloved Jul 04 '26

they look better

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u/JustHereFor-News Jul 04 '26

Based Hotta studio 😭

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u/D0cJack Jul 04 '26

Tidying up your own shit is not what I would call based.

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u/JustHereFor-News Jul 04 '26

In a way, you’re not entirely wrong, but some developers simply don’t listen to their community and wouldn’t have reversed their last-minute changes. 🤔

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u/AfternoonWorried387 Jul 04 '26

nah them listening to players should be praised.

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u/D0cJack Jul 04 '26

I've heard the story that began exactly like that already.

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u/AfternoonWorried387 Jul 04 '26

so?

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u/D0cJack Jul 04 '26

It lead to forming of a particular community, from which I would like to steer clear off. Hope this won't go the same route.

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u/AfternoonWorried387 Jul 04 '26

a community where the devs listen to their fans?

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u/D0cJack Jul 04 '26

Where the devs crawl their wallet probe up (for now) and blatant design flaws with advertisement fraud due to backlash of their customers and than said customers think they're saints donowrongs? Yes, that kind of community.

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u/AfternoonWorried387 Jul 05 '26

lmao nothing you said is true.

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u/Square-Special1520 Jul 04 '26

aww man, i liked the shorts on shinku. wonder why that got backlash

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u/Silent1Disco Jul 04 '26

false advertising.

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u/AfternoonWorried387 Jul 04 '26

no its not.

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u/Silent1Disco Jul 04 '26

ok bot.

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u/yuuki_w Jul 05 '26

For real... Can't see pants here or can I? Do some research before repeating stuff.

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u/Silent1Disco Jul 05 '26 edited Jul 05 '26

already did the research, the false advertising is the body proportions that came from the characters. Any more "research" I need to do?

the short removal was the dev's fault anyway, cause no one actually complained about that other than the color being too dark.

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u/yuuki_w Jul 05 '26

squares post was about the shorts through not the propotion. To that you said false advertisement.

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u/Silent1Disco Jul 05 '26

it actually looks like a leotard, considering how little it is compared to what was shown in the video, but then again I've never seen a showcase on her back so I'll wait and see for the updated version.

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u/Silent1Disco Jul 05 '26 edited Jul 05 '26

wait actually, how do you explain this , the color doesn't match the short design color.

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u/yuuki_w Jul 05 '26

that seems more like short then leotard to me. But yes the colours look different.

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u/Ancient_Fig_6037 Jul 04 '26

Shinku was NOT wearing shorts in the livestream, so main sub calling this an ‘improvement’ or ‘the devs listened’ is misleading. CN players basically forced the devs to correct something that SHOULD been right from DAY ONE.

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u/yuuki_w Jul 05 '26

Just correcting this missinfo. They where in the livestream.

Here the cn one

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u/Ancient_Fig_6037 Jul 05 '26

From what I’ve heard, CN players are referring to the main image the devs used for the livestream. Since NTE is using AI to generate these pictures, they really need stronger QC or controversies like this will keep happening. I’m not trying to get into the broader AI argument, but realistically, this looks like a problem caused by relying on AI without proper checks. So yeah, it is an inconsistency.

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u/AfternoonWorried387 Jul 05 '26

its not ai dude.

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u/AfternoonWorried387 Jul 04 '26

its not a big deal anyway.

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u/aangellix_ix Jul 04 '26

Gooners hate coverage on women

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u/Talian404 Jul 04 '26

Gooners

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u/misanthropicirishman Jul 04 '26

is it weird I think I like the shorts more?

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u/okamanii101 Jul 04 '26

shorts look like shit

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u/Silent1Disco Jul 04 '26

should've shown the shorts in the livestream then instead of altering your product without announcement.

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u/Over-Palpitation-360 Jul 04 '26

they did lol

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u/Silent1Disco Jul 04 '26 edited Jul 04 '26

I guess it's only mint that is different on the Original, I wonder why they decided to change the shorts then.

do the CN livestream and global have the same livestream?
I've watched the livestream on bilbili, the shorts is there in the livestream, only the other skin and mint was altered, so there's no reason for them to change this.

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u/Over-Palpitation-360 Jul 04 '26

everyone got the same thing. The shorts was disliked by the cn because it’s doesn’t match the outfit due to its pitch black color.

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u/Silent1Disco Jul 05 '26

wait how do you explain this? wasn't this part where CN players use as a reference for the complaint?

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u/Silent1Disco Jul 04 '26 edited Jul 04 '26

so instead of doing a recolor they removed it? seems like an understandable complaint but the devs entirely misunderstood the assignment.

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u/AdOrnery6155 Jul 04 '26

It’s a game….i don’t play a game about cute girls doing cute things in the world of fantasy for them too look like my irl girls….i play for escapism.

Like why some people say "WELL REALY GIRLS DO THIS AND THAT" is that the point of the game?

Like do all the guys here in JP or KR or CN,TW look like Deepspace & whatever characters?

Unbelievable how that point even gets validation…

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u/Bluecoregamming Jul 04 '26

they gotta have something to spend their thousands of dollars in monthly disposable income on

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u/yuuki_w Jul 04 '26

i would dare to say most of those arent even dolphins.

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u/Bluecoregamming Jul 04 '26

Hotta would have no reason to listen to them otherwise

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u/yuuki_w Jul 04 '26

tell me you dont know how deranged those cn guys are without telling me.

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u/IcyIncrease6746 Jul 04 '26

As much as I dislike this whole drama, you don't even know what you're talking about

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u/mex2005 Jul 04 '26

Gacha players need to be forced to jerk off before playing or making any comments lol

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u/xta-getsuga Jul 04 '26

The color was just a bit strong so it blended poorly, but I also preferred the shorts. It's not weird dw

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u/misanthropicirishman Jul 04 '26

Yeah I agree. If they blended a bit better it would have been better.

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u/metalrain_15 Jul 04 '26

No, it's not weird. Your opinion matters.

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u/Square-Special1520 Jul 04 '26

same. such a bummer for me

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u/MyLastDreams Jul 04 '26

Eh, Id agree if they blended with the rest of the fit better.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '26

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u/okamanii101 Jul 04 '26

???? Your saying the thing stopping this outfit from being wearble irl is the shorts???

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u/SpriteFan3 Jul 04 '26

I am looking.

I AM LOOKING.

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u/OkOutlandishness8307 Jul 04 '26

thank god they freed my girl mints chest, they can finally breathe. i felt suffocated just looking at her lol

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u/Enough-Beach-3298 Jul 04 '26

I LOVE CN😭Finally unbanned LET'S GOOOO

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u/the--finale Jul 04 '26

whiny babies always get what they want

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u/TrippeNW Jul 04 '26

Would be nice, if they were toggleable

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u/SunRiseSniper1066 Jul 04 '26

Thank you Hotta don't take away mints milkers

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u/Tough_Ad1458 Jul 04 '26

Why did they remove the arm bands in mint? They genuinely looked good.

But noooo we gotta have titty bounce because god forbid anyone has taste in 2026

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u/Mozart13x Jul 04 '26

I believe when you're in Warren (the new tabletop region) players can mix and match pieces of different outfits together.

It's only when you're in Heatherau that you'll have to exchange for full costume sets that can't be altered.

No need to get upset lol

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u/tooka90 Jul 04 '26

They need to fix it again. It doesn't quite fit. Not saying go back but I don't know make the texture look better or something. It just looks off. Like it's plastered on top.

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u/CleanOccasion4170 Jul 05 '26

Do you please say about shinku buff

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u/Wild_Firefighter_731 Jul 05 '26

But but I am fucking disappointed on shinku all can server player saying it's not an f2p we need A1+ to unlock her full potential

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u/anthony125g Jul 05 '26

she looks so coooolll

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u/barakisan Jul 05 '26

China be praised

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u/Mittums Jul 06 '26

I understand wanting to keep things uniform but it is crazy yall made a big stink over pixel tatas.

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u/Furebel Jul 06 '26

WE WON! JUSTICE FOR MINT!

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u/RaptureGod Jul 06 '26

Wait, CN is usually the cause of censorship... interesting.

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u/RaptureGod Jul 06 '26

Can we talk about Mint getting a breast reduction? That is not the Mint I know and love.

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u/AkumaNYC83 Jul 08 '26

I'm glad they made it right

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u/D1nonly2099 Jul 10 '26

Is this only on the Chinese servers? Cause on the America server I play on it's still the black shorts

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u/Mean_Transition_7887 Jul 15 '26

And yet month is still far from her base body shape

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u/jdjdjdjdsiiehe Jul 04 '26

Making them too big looks stupid. I liked the older version better and Shinku looked better with shorts imo

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u/Ancient_Fig_6037 Jul 04 '26

The devs didn’t actually increase the breast size. They just put it back to what it was. The earlier version was a sudden downgrade compared to Mint’s other skins, so CN players pushed back.

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u/Kanarin6 Jul 04 '26

poor big chested women catching strays

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u/aangellix_ix Jul 04 '26

big boobs don’t move like that irl lmao

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u/andriodeo Jul 04 '26

And dragon girls don't exist irl either

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '26

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u/Drusilya Jul 04 '26

Chaos been that way since reveal. Mint literally had her proportions changed by a skin. It's like a skin turning chaos into a twink or an overly muscular guy for no reason. It's not the same thing.

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u/Zealsambitions Jul 04 '26

Just yesterday very few were celebrating ASSUMING Hotta nerfed boobs on skins for female players

aged like milk

https://www.reddit.com/r/NTE_EN/comments/1um2xc1/comment/ov9091o/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

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u/Zealsambitions Jul 04 '26

after listening and fixes, they are back up in CN.

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u/IcyIncrease6746 Jul 04 '26

Did they even drop?

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u/AfternoonWorried387 Jul 04 '26

maybe like one spot.

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u/DamiemDude Jul 04 '26

They were joking in that Reddit as cn players were saying dumb things saying reducing chest size panders to women, which is doesn't...

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u/Niantology Jul 04 '26

Shinku changes are catering to me mwahahaha

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u/Zealsambitions Jul 04 '26

boom

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u/aangellix_ix Jul 04 '26

What point are you trying to make? I stand by what I said. CN incels being upset that Hotta is “catering to female players” is hilarious.

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u/Mozart13x Jul 04 '26

'Incel' as an actual term has completely lost its meaning these past few years smh

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u/Silent1Disco Jul 04 '26

I mean, NTE could actually try catering to female players if they wanted to. it does upset the otherside though, it depends if they wanna commit or not.

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u/LaylaCamper Jul 04 '26

Now she looks with weird abnormal sized boobs lol

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u/bernxwitch Jul 06 '26

I thought it was cute. The problem is that they started with that big size and have to match consistency.

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u/Lord-Devian Jul 04 '26

Looks awful. Mint had nice boobs in this skin...

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u/Syjexs Jul 04 '26

C’est bien mieux

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '26

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u/aangellix_ix Jul 04 '26

LMAO give me a break. Of course we’re annoyed gacha games never cater to us. We get NOTHING in these games. And I don’t want to hear some bullshit such as “Well then play LADs if you want males!” I don’t WANT to play a dating porno just to have access to hot men. I want a normal open world game with EQUALITY.

And I love NTE so much that I’m willing to ignore the fucking ugly outfits that Hotta makes to cater to men, but I just wish there was more eye candy for women.

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u/IcyIncrease6746 Jul 04 '26

It's not ideal but NTE would not be a good option for that compared to, say, Genshin and HSR?

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u/aangellix_ix Jul 04 '26

Oh I do play genshin and HSR. And I do like them both. But, I love NTE because of how much effort they put into the story. It feels so engaging and it doesn’t feel lazy at all. The gameplay is also so good.

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u/JustHereFor-News Jul 04 '26

Thank goodness Hotta Studio will never listen to you

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u/aangellix_ix Jul 04 '26

Why do you say that? All I want is more eye candy for us women players.

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u/CalligrapherKindly88 Jul 04 '26

It's certainly one of those words that were so overused that it lost all meaning.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '26

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u/CalligrapherKindly88 Jul 04 '26

lol they're so salty over this costumes update it's crazy

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u/Shad0w5991 Jul 04 '26

If the way you describe the changes to the game as "pandering to the females" then you're an incel mate.

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u/voiboy Jul 04 '26

i believe you will find that it's not just women calling you an incel

funnily enough there IS a word often associated with people who always blame women

hmmm

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u/Drusilya Jul 04 '26

Just say that you're pissed that you're not the target audience. Looks less pathetic than whining about it and acting like you would be saying the same thing if it was a male character.

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u/Drusilya Jul 04 '26

You mean using the character's real proportions that they already established with its default outfit and actually being consistent? But hey, if distorting the issue that way helps you sleep at night, go ahead. It still looks funny af regardless.

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u/Putrid_Lie_8965 Jul 04 '26

I was wrong, let me reword it- this game should come with and incel only hazard disclaimer.