• Solemn@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    7 months ago

    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?

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      7 months ago

      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.

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      7 months ago

      You think the Japanese are upset about a person from Japan’s history being included in the game about Japanese history?

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        7 months ago

        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.

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            7 months ago

            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.

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              7 months ago

              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?

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      7 months ago

      We should start a petition to change sonic the hedgehog to a white man. Currently he doesn’t represent the gamers.