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I’ll admit to not following the news on this one, but would it be that surprising that Japanese gamers were hoping to feel personally represented in the game?
I don’t know anything about this either, but yes, It would be, as this seems to be an actual historical Japanese person who existed and was from Africa. Sure, Japan is pretty culturally homogeneous, but not totally. If they’re upset about their actual history then they have a fucking issue. It’s one character.
Notoriously racist japan without a doubt has people angry there are black people in Japanese history and as is their habit are probably denying it happened like they deny so many other bits of history.
And of course it’s not all Japanese feel this way just like all other countries there are many political and social factions
I tried to be upfront with the fact that I know nothing real about the game. If he’s the main protagonist, I could see that being a thing. If he’s just a character in the cast, then no, that wouldn’t be particularly sensible.
I think I heard a Youtuber bitching about this saying that the black samurai (based, probably very loosely, on an actual historical character) is one of two playable characters.
It is my understanding it’s an Assassin’s Creed game, of which I’ve never played a single one and will continue to not play them. I don’t like how Ubisoft treats their customers or their employees, so I am not a customer of theirs.
I don’t think it would be totally unfair for people to feel less than fully represented by someone who doesn’t look like them, even if they’re a legitimate historical figure. He’s also not a native historically either. Japan in particular does have a lot of racist tendencies, as far as who’s considered Japanese, to add to the issue.
If the Japanese didn’t think this guy represented the history of Japan very well, then why did they go through the trouble of representing him in their history to this day, for more than 400 years?
I’ll admit to not following the news on this one, but would it be that surprising that Japanese gamers were hoping to feel personally represented in the game?
Yes, considering most of the casts represents them anyway
I don’t know anything about this either, but yes, It would be, as this seems to be an actual historical Japanese person who existed and was from Africa. Sure, Japan is pretty culturally homogeneous, but not totally. If they’re upset about their actual history then they have a fucking issue. It’s one character.
You think the Japanese are upset about a person from Japan’s history being included in the game about Japanese history?
Notoriously racist japan without a doubt has people angry there are black people in Japanese history and as is their habit are probably denying it happened like they deny so many other bits of history.
And of course it’s not all Japanese feel this way just like all other countries there are many political and social factions
I tried to be upfront with the fact that I know nothing real about the game. If he’s the main protagonist, I could see that being a thing. If he’s just a character in the cast, then no, that wouldn’t be particularly sensible.
I think I heard a Youtuber bitching about this saying that the black samurai (based, probably very loosely, on an actual historical character) is one of two playable characters.
It is my understanding it’s an Assassin’s Creed game, of which I’ve never played a single one and will continue to not play them. I don’t like how Ubisoft treats their customers or their employees, so I am not a customer of theirs.
Why would it be a thing for the game about Japanese history to have a protagonist from Japanese history?
I don’t think it would be totally unfair for people to feel less than fully represented by someone who doesn’t look like them, even if they’re a legitimate historical figure. He’s also not a native historically either. Japan in particular does have a lot of racist tendencies, as far as who’s considered Japanese, to add to the issue.
If the Japanese didn’t think this guy represented the history of Japan very well, then why did they go through the trouble of representing him in their history to this day, for more than 400 years?
We should start a petition to change sonic the hedgehog to a white man. Currently he doesn’t represent the gamers.