Topic: It’s time for Nintendo to move beyond white characters - page 2. (Read 1184 times)

  When? 

Thanks.




/Thread closed.

There are actually important stuff to discuss. This is absolut Garbage. As is the HBT-Nintendo thread. As are ALL discussions about NON-ISSUES like feminism, HBTQ, racism etc etc.


We're over it, we get it, humans have been wrong and now we understand better. Now lets focus on the real problems of the world.




I Call for a ban on anyone mocking reality With nonsense like this.


Thank you
/Guru

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Then there are also questions about what "whiteness" in Japanese animation and gaming really reflects; the short of it is, Japanese viewers tend to identify with characters that appear white (pronounced eyes, blonde hair, etc.), but in the case of Nintendo characters, at least the color has been consistent, with few-to-no cultural overtones to clarify its application.

Whatever the reason for white characters, they quickly became a trend in games like Super Mario Bros. (all white), The Legend of Zelda (all white), Kid Icarus (all white), or Metroid (one character eventually revealed to be white and female).

There were occasional exceptions, such as Mike Tyson in his self-titled Punch-Out!! game for the NES. Series hero Little Mac spent that game fighting a veritable United Nations of stereotypes. The Indian fighter, Great Tiger, wore a prominent turban and carried a tiger pelt. King Hippo, who hailed from a tropical isle, didn’t stray far from the facial design of Donkey Kong. (The game’s African-American trainer had a limited in-game bio, but it made sure to point out his status as a recovering alcoholic.)

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/05/op-ed-its-time-for-nintendo-to-move-beyond-white-characters/

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