DISCLAIMER: No spoilers are shown or discussed in the OP whatsoever, so stop hissing at your smart device okay? And please be respectful in the replies.
Feels like I’m opening a can of worms with this, but here we go. In case you’ve been living under a rock for the past year or so, Pyra and Mythra are two of the main characters from Xenoblade Chronicles 2, and they were also added to [Super Smash Bros. Ultimate](https://youtu.be/sdgdxaIkU5g) as DLC fighters a little over a year ago (with modified designs to go along with it). And with Xenoblade Chronicles 3 coming sooner than anyone ever expected, the latest round of Xenoblade 2 “discourse” has begun anew.
If you took a cursory glance on Xenoblade Twitter within the past week or so, you’ve no doubt seen comments about “lol booba”, [the game’s sexualization](https://youtu.be/pRNkWXwyjdk), people complaining about said complainers, memes/shitposting (which I found pretty funny coming from both sides), and so on and so forth. As someone who logged over 100 hours in Xenoblade 2 myself, I see both sides of the discussion:
In short, [Pyra is the sweet one and Mythra is the tsundere one](https://youtu.be/-FEJ_X7dbPY). They both have their quirks and their moments in the game, and they also have their roles in battle. I also can’t personally deny that their designs are quite the fetching eye candy at first, and the game itself doesn’t shy away from lingering the camera on their “assets” in a few instances. But as the story progresses, so do their interactions with other characters. Saying any more would risk going into spoiler territory, and I don’t wanna ruin the game for anyone who’s still interested in experiencing it.
I main Pyra and Mythra in Smash because I love the game and the series. Some pro players complain that she’s broken, but that happens whenever a new character comes around. And hey I also main Banjo and he doesn’t sit too highly in anyone’s tier list, so that balances out I guess lol. So what do you think about these characters, both in and out of the context of their home game?