Saturday, July 4, 2015

News: Nintendo to Host Women's Club for Cipher

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Scheduled for July 23rd, 2015, Nintendo will be hosting Fire Emblem Cipher's first women's club (女子会 joshikai "women's gathering") at Dining Bar Othello in Tokyo. The meeting will have a limited capacity of 20 persons, and only women ages 20 and older may be invited. Entry will be 3000 yen per person, with entrants will receive 4 booster packs of Warblade of Heroes with their entry, and the event is expected to run from 6 PM to 8 PM JST. Preregistration will end on July 15th.

The aim of the event is to promote a safer play environment for female players; such “women’s club” events have become commonplace in Japan since 2011, having been promoted extensively for other trading card games like Cardfight!! Vanguard, and in Nintendo's own Pokémon TCG.

How the event organizers will address transsexual and/or genderfluid individuals has not been addressed. These topics are typically a taboo subject in Japan.

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