User blog comment:GimmeStarfoxWii/Karma Visual Upgrade/@comment-5038450-20130307081911/@comment-433161-20130307144630

Her revealing leg/thigh really does bother me. Like you pointed out they keep calling her "badass" and "powerful" but power doesn't equal more skin.

Grumpy Monkey said they changed her to "[...emphasize] her status as a champion of Ionia rather than a matronly diplomat."

I never thought of Karma as "matronly," she seemed to me to be young and self assured. I loved the Yin-Yang aspect of her dress and was glad she was one of the few female champions that wasn't designed to be overtly sexual. Again sex appeal doesn't always have to equate to power. To show her inner flame they could have used her "conduits" or gave her an aura (which would fit with her spiritual theme quite nicely) instead of slitting her dress up to her hip.

On the plus side, it appears they did darken her skin tone to emphasize that she is a person of color, which is a positive step.

I would have loved if her traditional skin became her standard visual upgrade.