Current Events > Was 'Super Princess Peach' really that sexist?

(+) Yeah! (+)

What with her emotions being the main gimmick and all.

It's not sexist to portray a woman having emotions.

It's sexist to mock or belittle them for it.

Maybe, but its a good game.

No
In fact the sexist idea is that women can't control their emotions where as super princess peach has her being the only one who could which is why the vibe scepter didn't make her incapable of doing anything like it did the rest of mushroom kingdom

I don't think it was malicious, or even intentional, but having the first starring role for your most prominent female character revolving around switching emotions - and where the MacGuffin is called the Vibe Scepter - just makes the "Haha, mood swings and dildos! Women!" too easy, even if they're not warranted, and it's bad optics for sure.

The Emotion mechanics are actually pretty interesting and lead to some good variety and tactical thinking, and it is a decent (if unspectacular) game, but accidental or not they probably should have seen that they were running into some potential backlash.