Vanillaware makes succulent food in their games so as not to show eroticism
Vanillaware may not be known to many directly. It is not a name that arouses a massive following. But his games are renowned for their aesthetic appeal.
If we say GrimGrimoire, Odin Sphere, Muramasa: The Demon Blade or Dragon's Crown, it will probably sound familiar to a few. But if we show their images, the art style of the Vanillaware games will stand out due to the great detail and color they have, and will even sound familiar to those who have not played those games. And those who have played those games will know that one of the facets in which it stands out the most is how predominant the food is and the detail they have when showing it and even animating it.
Food is shown instead of sexuality
In Odin Sphere we could get improvements in the statistics of the characters going to restaurants and eating delicious dishes. In Muramasa: the demon blade, many restaurants offered us traditional Japanese food and we watched in detail how they were eaten step by step. And in Dragon's Crown, after each boss, there is a minigame in which we can cook our food by selecting numerous ingredients from beasts that we have defeated along the way and they show it to us as if it were a still life.
Why so much obsession with food? That question was put to director George Kamitani of Vanillaware who said that they did it because at the time they thought of putting something that would make people feel good. Since he likes food and "certain perversions» (verbatim), but he couldn't put the latter because it's difficult to put it on consoles, he opted to put succulent food. At least that's the case with Odin Sphere, because later in Muramasa and Dragon's Crown he raised the tone and eroticism quite a bit.
And seen from an almost psychological point of view, it makes sense that people are drawn to showing off delicious food in Vanillaware games, although this is more of a personal theory. The human being is still someone who needs to survive and for this he seeks to feed and reproduce, and good-looking food enters the first field.
Source: Siliconera
