Jiggle Physics: Difference between revisions

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Next time you play a game or watch an all-CGI movie or cartoon, take a look at what bounces and jiggles in reaction to physical stimuli. Whether it's the [[Badass Longcoat]] of the hero bouncing and flapping around as he runs, the gelatinous monster wobbling as it's pumped full of plasma fire, or [[Ms. Fanservice]] putting on a (perhaps unintentional) show, there's some pretty clever programming behind it.

 

 

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* The ''[[Dead or Alive]]'' series is known for having it, playing with it, and selling the game with it. An age input on the second title actually determined how much the female fighters could bounce. The older your age, the more they did, up to a point that a 99-year-old man probably wouldn't be able to play without a heart attack. Even while standing still they tend to bounce. A later [[Spin-Off]] would bring it further to the forefront by transforming the game into a beach volleyball title and eliminating the male competitors. Their hair is also lovingly animated and streams all over the place as the move. Essentially this is one of Tomonobu Itagaki's defining traits of his games and is also highly prevalent in ''[[Ninja Gaiden]]''.

** In the ''[[Nintendo 3DS]]'' version, shaking the system while viewing collectible figurines of female characters will cause their breasts to bounce in relation to how you shook the system. And to think that originally, Nintendo wasn't going to equip the system with motion control at all...

* The ''[[Soul Calibur]]'' series displays this, but it is very much downplayed and almost, dare say, "realistic", at least early on in the series. Still, it has many varying examples.

** The ninja Taki, whose breast movements, while they don't bounce ''too'' much, appear to be timed one full second behind the rest of her body.

* ''UFC Undisputed'' has this for the ring girls Ariani and Shandella.

* ''[[Bloody Roar]]: Primal Fury'' was particularly egregious with this. EVERY character had jiggle physics - the women in obvious places, but the men's ''biceps'' would bounce as well. Apparently nothing below the neck was actually connected to the characters' skeletons.

 

== First Person Shooter ==

* [[Valve]] added 'jiggle bones' to their Source Engine. Guess what modders commonly use them for?

** Some other hats have also received this treatment since, including the Hustlers Hallmark (a pimp hat for the demoman, only for the feather) and the Pyro Brainslug.

** Even some weapons use the feature, such as, of all things, [[Urine Trouble|Jarate]].

* In ''[[Resident Evil 5]]'', Excella jiggles. {{spoiler|This is rather disturbing at one part as she is on all fours gasping in pain as her cells get ready to turn into giant leech-slugs.}}

* In ''[[Resident Evil 4]]'', Ashley's breasts do a bit of jiggling, but it's most noticeable while on the elevator. Bizarrely, they're bouncier in the US version than in the Japanese version.

* In ''[[Resident Evil: Degeneration]]'', this trope is invoked throughout the movie, seeing as the movie itself was animated using CGI. A noteworthy example takes place near the end of the movie, with Angela's hair swaying quite flamboyantly in the wind, although it should be pointed out that Leon's (and Claire's) hair [[Physics Goof|barely moved]] in the same scene.

* Every time the player stops running in ''[[Haunting Ground]]'', the female protagonist's breasts bounce, despite not doing so when she runs. They also jiggle quite a bit even when she turns around. That, coupled with the convenient close-ups of Fiona's upper torso when she falls, makes the game a big dose of [[Fan Service]].

 

* In ''[[Final Fantasy XII]]'', Fran's buttocks do this at several points, most notably when she walks away from other Viera in Eryut Village.

** Unfortunately, so does [[Fat Bastard|Cúchulainn's]] [[Fan Disservice|stomach]].

** ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy|Dissidia 012: Final Fantasy]]'' uses it again for Tifa. It's especially visible in her opening taunt pose and [[Limit Break|EX-burst]].

* Ironically, the Bioware RPG game ''[[Neverwinter Nights]]'' had only a single character model with jiggle physics - a female wearing a bare-shouldered [[Breast Plate]]. The armour was solid, but apparently the breasts behind it weren't attached to the woman, ''or'' snug against the armour. When fan-content added jiggle physics to other character models, even the most rigid steel full plate armour jiggled like a jelly castle. Most fan-made jiggle mods have boobs that jiggle ''in the wind''. Other than that, ''[[A Dance With Rogues]]'' Jiggle Physics made a bit of sense (all the outfits the character would likely be wearing were rather...exposed).

* ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' features jiggle physics. Most female playable-characters in the game have some form of jiggle, but Female Tauren and Trolls have it particuarly blatant - their idle animation has them stand there breathing while their huge boobs bounce up and down like they're busy on a trampoline.

* Any female character who had a noticeable bust in ''[[Agarest Senki]] 2'' did these in HD sprites.

* There is a mod that allows this in ''[[The Elder Scrolls IV]]: Oblivion'' called 'BBB'.

== Stealth Based ==

* ''[[Metal Gear Acid]] 2'' came with a pair of 3D goggles allowing you to see the breasts' undulatory movements in gropeable solidarity. To save time, the developers used the same physics set on the [[Rummage Sale Reject|ludicrous ammo pouch]] Snake wore on his own chest. The effect was...well... Not to mention that Venus, when, getting bored or some else, would hop up and down. ''WHY, [[Hello, Nurse!|HELLO, THERE]].'' Also, due to how avatars are typically added when a new area is loaded everyone's breasts/ammo pouches would simultaneously, spontaneously bounce up and down. To prevent problems with e.g. someone's feet intersecting/sinking into the ground, they are actually created in the air and allowed to drop a short distance to the ground. Rendering can be delayed a second to hide the drop, but the afterjiggle...

* ''[[Metal Gear Solid]] 4'' takes this to its logical conclusion with ''interactive'' jiggle physics. Shaking the motion-sensitive controller while communicating with a female support character or fighting a female boss outside of her suit causes their breasts to bounce.