Who cares about the hair... Rapunzel's bare feet look positively enchanting.
Here's a bit of a change from the usual videogame vixen, a barefoot virtual princess from Disney's upcoming CG Rapunzel flick, Tangled. Though now in 3D CG animation, this seems a bit of a throwback to the classic 2D Disney flicks about a decade or so ago, which is a good thing. But that aside, the awesomeness is in Rapunzel's design. For starters, she's mind-numbingly gorgeous.
This Disney Princess is a Knockout!
Then, aside from just having yards and yards of hair, she's gotten the pretty awesome ability of manipulating her golden locks, ala Medusa (the hair-controlling Inhuman from Marvel Comics, not the Gorgon). But the most important part is, apparently she goes barefoot for at least a good part of the movie- at least in the beginning. Check out the cool teaser trailer for some nice peeks at this princess's tender and tasty tootsies in action!
The first parts of Rapunzel you see (aside from her hair) are her feet. Talk about Love at First Sight!
Seeing this scene (and Rapunzel's toes) in motion is sure to have foot fans' drooling.
Tangled looks to be a surefire foot fan favorite.
And contrary to most CG flicks, the animators have put a lot of effort into animating Rapunzel's adorable feet, so I expect foot fans will have this particular Disney flick in their libraries once it's out. I just hope that Rapunzel doesn't start wearing shoes immediately after she goes out of her tower, or that she goes barefoot at least some of the time afterwards. We'll just have to wait and see. But what has so far been seen looks simply foot-tastic!
This really isn't a surprise as Disney has had a history of awesome barefoot babes in its films- Sleeping Beauty, Hunchback of Notre Dame... now Tangled. Awesome! This flick is out late this year... something to look forward to then!
If you've been playing videogames within the past couple of console generations, you've probably encountered at least one or more titles from D3 of Japan. This ubiquitous games publisher is well-known for its large stable of budget games, many of them possessing the unique quirkiness of Japanese games for unabashed fan service and CG cheesecake (badly-rendered CG cheesecake, but cheesecake nonetheless). The particular game in focus right now is a beat 'em up... a one-on-one fighting game featuring a large roster of oddball characters hailing from the various titles in D3's library. Among them are characters from the popular (or infamous) Oneechanbara series and from the Xbox360 action shooter, Earth Defense Force 2017. The rest? Hell would I know? Or care, for that matter.
The one barefoot babe in the game is a megane (glasses-wearing) beauty named Reiko Misuzaki, who goes and fights everywhere dressed in just her bikini and bare feet. Oh, and she carries around a very official-looking clipboard as well. Reiko is apparently a swimming coach or teacher of some sort, and appeared originally in the D3 game The Suiei Taikai or 'The Women's Swim Meet'. Of course, she got powered up for the fighting game, laying the smackdown with cartwheel kicks, sweeps, slaps, swipes with her clipboard and BOLTS OF LIGHTNING among other things. The swim coach turned out to be one heck of a kick-ass fighter, taking on everything from heavily-armed super soldiers to wrestlers to magic-users, Yakuza thugs and supernatural beings... all without ever losing her demure poise, at that!
Even though this is a pretty old PS2 game, the graphics are pretty good (for a D3 game, at least), and Reiko's character model is actually quite fetching, with a nice, curvy figure, soft-looking skin and tastily-detailed bare feet. Surely foot fans would crowd in to worship and pleasure this bespectacled barefoot babe to no end. I'd readily kiss and lick those lovely soles and give each toe a thorough sucking for extra credits. I wonder if she does home study? Heh...
Anyway, enjoy these vids showing the invincible swimming coach utterly DESTROY her opponents, pummeling them into submission with her beach-smoothened soles. Thus ends the lesson!
Even the strongest magic can't stand against this hot teacher's bare feet!
Brute force doesn't have a prayer against higher education!
Not even advanced firepower and body armor can match a bikini, clipboard and sexy feet.
Reiko faces off with the Evil Giant Bikini Babe end boss. Barefoot babes for the win!
If you get distracted by Aoi's perfect, delicate-looking feet, you may find yourself out cold beneath them.
Ah, yes... the post for this babe is long, long, long overdue. She's surely one of the most important barefoot babes in gaming for me. A few years ago, I had just gotten my PS3. At the time, there was one fighting game that was totally dominating my thoughts. It was this game that drove me to buy my first LCD TV in the hopes of seeing perfect, virtual soles in HD. That game was Virtua Fighter 5 (Neither Soulcalibur IV or Tekken 6 were anywhere in sight then). The one lone babe in the game who would would bare her perfect, kiss-worthy soles and toes for our pleasure was the lovely aiki-jutsu practitioner, Aoi Umenokoji.
Debuting in VF3, this graceful young lady initially joined the World Martial Arts Competition to pursue her childhood sparring partner, Akira Yuki. In her first appearance, Aoi was the odd girl in the roster. She had a strange design, with weird purple hair and pale skin, plus those unusually baggy Japanese pantaloons. Yep, Aoi was the character who introduced me to hakamas, which would eventually become synonymous with martial arts babes of aikido-type schools. Sadly, Aoi wasn't very fetching then, taking a back seat to the more popular Pai Chan and Sarah Bryant. It was only in time that we realized that Aoi's odd looks in VF3 were only due to the limitations of the graphics. In VF4, Aoi looked less strange and more normal, plus a notch more attractive. However, I really didn't take to her since again, she was dressed conservatively head to toe in kimonos and hakamas, and her feet were eternally hidden away beneath tabi and sandals. Too bad.
This pose just screams, 'Want my feet? Come and get 'em!'
Then came Virtua Fighter 5, which threw out all the previous games' art and graphics, being the first truly next-gen fighter of the time (it's still awesome and stands up to the competition today, even after a couple of years). Aoi in particular got a total makeover, and now looked absolutely beautiful. Her kimonos and hakamas were now rendered with the proper grace and realism of silken cloth, plus her move list was greatly augmented with more moves, making her truly attractive fighter in motion. But best of all, among her various customizations in the game was the option of taking off those unsightly tabi and sandals, FINALLY baring her lovely feet for us to imagine licking and worshipping to no end.
This lethal lady is one femme fatale not to be taken lightly- despite her genteel appearance and graceful movements, beneath the silken grace is a fickle and feisty fury capable of explosive speed and blinding offense. Her defensive skills as well are uniquely formidable, boasting a counter move for almost every attack from every direction... including some for when she's lying flat on the ground! Certainly this strong-willed diva is one to appreciate worship from admirers, and surely I'd readily give her foot massages and service after her matches. I'd pleasure each toe and sole with kisses and licks, even if there's an equal chance of her either playfully rubbing her soles in my face, or stomping brutally with that same foot into my gut. With a babe as hot as her though, I'll take the chance.
I'm not sure if Goh is a foot fan, but if he was, he'd surely give Aoi's feet a licking while she's napping.
Even if Virtua Fighter 5R has given all the other VF babes barefoot customization as well, Aoi still holds her own with some of the hottest customizations and costumes in the game, including sexy panty-flashing kimonos and skirts that we would never have thought we'd see on this once-conservative lady. My how times are changing! In any case, I'll always have a soft spot for the one babe who held the line from the first versions of VF5, through to Versions A to D, showing off her feet when the others wouldn't, for our pleasure.
Till Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown appears on console, we can still enjoy sexy, Sega-made bare soles in the current console versions of VF5 (and the game STILL looks amazing even today). Watch the following HD vids showing off Aoi's lethal skills, perfect soles and luscious toes. Enjoy!
Aoi's feet are as tricky as they are pretty, in this fight with commando babe, Vanessa.
Aoi's soft and silent soles take on the equally-stealthy ninja, Kage.
Aoi dishes out the pain by flattening Goh beneath her sexy feet.
Goh gets some revenge! One thing I love about the Judoka Vampire- his throws yield the most amazing views of sexy, sleepy soles.
Hey, now this is a sight for sore eyes. A new and sexy Super Streetfighter IV theme for Xbox360 is headed for gamers in the next week or so. Starting June 15, you'll be able to bedeck your Xbox dashboard with lovely images of the SF girls in their beachwear, lounging and rolling around the sand. The images of the various girls are collected in two wallpaper backgrounds that are full to the brim with ogle-worthy battling bathing beauties. Check out the samples below (sorry, no hi-res images available).
Chun-Li, Cammy, Rose and Viper look so inviting...
Not to be outdone, the younger babes of SSFIV pose a storm.
Definitely nice artwork. I have to say that Cammy is the best, showing off a lovely view of her soles, rarely seen out of those big honkin' Doc Martens she always wears. Ibuki's bikini is sizzling, and she gives a nice view of her foot. Chun-Li's pose is awesome but I'd have preferred the camera in another angle. Kinda irritated that they gave Makoto a kiddie swimsuit, water toy and flat chest though... Anyway, not really interested much in getting this, I'll just wait for hi-res wallpapers versions to appear online. Heh... Just a nice little distraction.
More on Sega's upcoming arcade upgrade, Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown. The dev blog just posted a pic of one of FS's new 'S' outfits, and nicely enough it's for one of the babes. Wooh... I'm sure that if there were any out there who overlooked Eileen among the VF girls, they probably notice her now.
Man, it's about time Sega followed the old Tecmo route- the best outfit to kick butt in for babes is a barely-there bikini and bare feet. Once again, I have to say that this game MUST come to consoles, somehow, someway. I think things are pointing to that though, particularly with the sexy new S outfits... this is something any red-blooded player will want to appreciate in the comfort and privacy of their own homes, not in some smoky arcade. Anyway, Sega also posted a gameplay trailer for VF5FS on Sega's Youtube channel, which is heavy on the game's new techniques but sadly lacking in any customizations of barefoot babes. Still, it's something to check out what this game has to offer in terms of beat 'em up action. Hopefully Sega will release a trailer showing off all the babes in their swimsuits (I cringe at the thought though of the guys in their speedos but, eh... I guess there are lady players out there who'll appreciate that).
Anyway, keep your fingers crossed, foot fans... who knows, maybe the home version will be announced in this month's E3! In any case, THIS looks to be one of the things we have to look forward to in the near future. Keep dreaming and hoping of Virtua Soles!
Strong Beauty. Makoto is all business when it comes to kicking butt.
In THIS corner... with the tattered old gi, yellow ribbon and size 15 battleships... is Street Fighter's Karate Cutie, Makoto! I've posted about Miss Rindou before but since I just put up a poll as well as a large feature on her competition, Hitomi, it's only fair that I give SF's karateka her due spotlight. It's no secret that I LOVE this battlin' babe... I love her tomboyish looks, her no-nonsense personality and up-front fighting style. As much as she probably tries to keep gender-neutral with her baggy gi and her boyish hair, Makoto's HOT in my book. You can easily see, she's nicely curvy, which even the baggy gi can't hide. With a little makeup and an hour with a brush, she'd look smashing. But Mak's not trying to be a beauty in the arena, nor is the Karate Girl Poll about simple good looks (if it were, really, Hitomi would win no contest). She's all about fighting and her promise to uplift her fallen dojo's honor and prestige. That alone makes her radiant in my book. But in any case though, she is in her way fetchingly attractive, even in an understated way.
Every so often, the cutie emerges from the karateka.
I'd say though that Makoto is easily a foot fan's ultimate hottie. Really, her design just throws so much focus on her impressively large and kick-ass feet. Add to the fact that she's constantly throwing her kick-hardened soles at everyone's faces and you just can't NOT notice them. But thankfully even though her feet aren't pretty in the conventional sense, I find them quite beautiful. Calluses, rounded heels, strong and agile toes, hard but smoothened soles, the beauty is in their strength. Particularly in instances such as when Makoto does her Abare Tosanami Ultra, you can imagine her toes digging in, grabbing at a wall as she preps for her attack, and then the super kick that follows soon after. Poetry in motion. Man, I'd love to give Makoto's feet a massage (I imagine it would be quite a workout for my hands as well...heh), to wiggle every toe, to feel those soles or stroke her instep.
I'll say it once, I'll say it again... Makoto's killer feet are as sexy as they are strong.
Anyway, I think I've gushed more here than I have over any other babes' feet in a month, so I'll retire and leave you with a bunch of Makoto vids showing off the karate kid in HD action. I really don't expect many of you to take Makoto's side (Hitomi really is a freakin' barefoot goddess anyways), but maybe I can just give you all the dark horse's side of the choice. Makoto is certainly not as pretty as Hitomi, but she's certainly as great and awesome a karate babe as the competition, perhaps even more so. I've cast my vote and choice. May the best karate girl win!
Nice view of some karate soles in this cutscene.
Makoto takes on her longtime rival and fellow barefoot babe, Ibuki.
Makoto actually unseated Ibuki as my fave babe in Street Fighter thanks to her kick-ass hotness in SSFIV.
Karate or Taekwondo? Barefoot babes battle to the finish!
Few can match the martial arts demon, Akuma, but Makoto is never one to back down...
She Kicks High! Hitomi's feet aren't as detailed as with today's fighting games, but that didn't keep footfans then from ogling them endlessly.
Ah, Dead or Alive. It was, in it's time, one of the premiere fighting games, even if it was often chided for being a bit too heavy on the fan service. A little fan service never harmed anybody, and DOA had a LOT. The DOA babes were hot polygon princesses who jiggled and jostled their way into fighting gamers' hearts. Sadly, the series is more known for boobs than feet, with only the port of the original Dead or Alive on Playstation giving us all the available beauties barefoot in sexy bikinis. Since then though, the series went astray, disappointing fans repeatedly with the ad infinitum rehashes of DOA2, most of whom had either no or few alternate costumes, NONE of them showing off the girls' feet.
Thankfully after the dark age of DOA2, Tecmo's fighter returned to foot fans' good graces with Dead or Alive 3. A flagship fighting game for the debuting Xbox, DOA3 featured amazing graphics several new fighters- one of them being of course, Hitomi. A teenage karate fighter decked out in a traditional martial arts gi, this German-Japanese barefoot beauty made her first appearance in the DOA3 trailer, performing her cool martial arts kata, bare soles kicking at the camera and entrancing foot fans everywhere. She was cute AND hot as well as being kick-butt awesome, her lovely bare feet as beautlful as they were deadly. I can tell you, Hitomi was my favorite from there on, the sole reason for purchasing an Xbox and a copy of Dead or Alive 3. Good times, indeed.
Hitomi's karate gi was slightly 'sexed up' in DOA Ultimate, her tank top undershirt turning into a sports bra that showed off some sexy midriff.
Hitomi would continue to charm fans as the series continued into odd directions, such as the DOAX games. Even among all the other also-bikini-clad-and-barefoot ladies in the game, Hitomi still stood out (who could resist her when she did her sexy dances, or trademark kata in her bikinis?) thanks to her winsome, down-to-earth charm and girl-next-door good looks.
Then came Dead or Alive Ultimate, which is truly aptly named. Thanks to her popularity, Hitomi was included in the remade version of DOA2 Ultimate. And lucky that she did- Hitomi is the only babe to go barefoot in the game, not only in her trademark karate gi, but in a sexy polka-dot bikini! The sight of Hitomi, bikini-clad and barefoot, kicking butt, is divine indeed, and solidified Hitomi as DOA's true Barefoot Goddess, and makes DOA Ultimate the single most important Dead or Alive game in any foot fan's collection (next to DOA PSX).
Barefoot Hitomi in her polka-dot bikini. Best. Costume. Ever.
Sadly, the fourth and apparently final Dead or Alive game, DOA4, horrified all with the absurd omission of Hitomi's karate gi from the selection of outfits. Never mind that they had room for about three or four different colored versions of a German skirted dress, there was apparently no space for Hitomi's trademark martial arts costume. It was blasphemy indeed, and I still can't believe how moronic Team Ninja was for that.
Well, we still had DOAU, which is where surely Hitomi is at her sexiest, and that's all we need.
Barefoot Babes KICK ASS!
Anyway, enjoy these new HD vids from Dead or Alive 3 and Dead or Alive Ultimate. Even in this day of HD graphics and awesomely-detailed character models and environments in games like Tekken 6 and Soulcalibur IV, the Dead or Alive games still look decent. Even if her feet aren't as detailed and sculpted as finely as the Tekken or VF Girls, Hitomi's soles are still a treasure and a pleasure for foot-loving gamers.
Hitomi follows the Fighter's Road in Dead or Alive 3.
Not even a genetically-engineered superweapon is a match for Hitomi's feet!
Whether dishing it out or taking it, Hitomi is always a knockout.
Karate Princess vs Bikini Goddess!
As of this writing, the future of Dead or Alive is uncertain. Tecmo still has the option to continue their fighting game franchise, even without the participation of the series' creator, Itagaki. If so, I hope they see fit to reinstate Hitomi as the barefoot karate princess that she is, and perhaps update the game with true Character Customization so we can have all the DOA babes barefoot. Even if this great event should take place, surely Hitomi will always retain a special place in our foot-fancying hearts.
