It's fascinating, it wasn't that long ago all the western devs made the switch and you can see with a bunch of studios precisely the moment they started beating female characters with the ugly stick. Mortal Kombat is a great example of this. they've only just been covering them up so far but they're definitely going to bring in 'new' female characters for the next games and uglify them while getting rid of the old hot ones.
It's fascinating, it wasn't that long ago all the western devs made the switch and you can see with a bunch of studios precisely the moment they started beating female characters with the ugly stick. Mortal Kombat is a great example of this. they've only just been covering them up so far but they're definitely going to bring in 'new' female characters for the next games and uglify them while getting rid of the old hot ones.