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Umamusume: Pretty Derby's Survival Depends On Fans Not Creating Lewd Or Violent Art

By 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Jack Coleman

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168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Umamusume: Pretty Derby has been available in Japan since 2021, but the game lacked an Eꦇnglish version until a couple of weeks ago. The translate𓂃d version of the game has sparked a new wave of popularity for Umamusume, which currently holds an review score on Steam and averages around .

For thoꦰse unaware of the series, Umamusume probably looks strange at first glance. The basic premise of this gacha-fuelled racing simulator is that real-life famous Japanese race horses have been reincarnated as anthropomorphic girls. In their new lives, they've t🍷aken up racing once again and are determined to be the fastest horse-girl in the Twinkle Cup.

The beauty of Umamusume: Pretty Deꦜrby stems from how thoroughღ Cygames has been with its depiction of these famous horses. The personality traits of the girls are derived from the personalities and careers of the horses they're based on.

Gacha-Fuelled Horse Girls

Main menu screen in Umamusume: Pretty Derby

However, Umamusume's usage of real-life horses carries with it various responsibilities for Cygames. The studio is responsible fo꧅r upholding the reputation of these horses, and as such, can't permit any inappropriate depiction of Umamusume's characters (thanks, ).

The existence of Umamusume is wholl๊y dependent on Cygames' relationship with horse owners and the various organisations involved in Japanese horse racing.

With this in mind, Cygames has included stringent but necessary rules regarding fan art in its end-user license agreement (EULA). F♛ans are asked not to depict anything that could be considered sexual, violent, antisocial and/or anything pol♓itically/religiously motivated.

If explicit fan art were to become widespread and the relevant stakeholders became aware of this misuse of their brand, they could disallow Cygames from continuing to use the horse. The game's Japanese community is aware of this possibility, and most players have abided by these gu༒idelines to avoid potential consequences for Cygames and Umamusume.

With Umamusume debuting in the West, there's a new community of people experiencing the game and characters for the first time. We can only hope that this new comm♋unity also respects Cygames' wishes to avoid any negative repercussions for the studio and the Umamusume brand.