So having a stereotype of something along the lines of "your ethnic group has low IQ" or always having to always be watched when going to certain stores by people who don't know you is something you should NEVER have to get used to or be seen as generally acceptable.

I agree with your post, especially the FPS part. It was similar to my friends hating to play Golden Eye when I used the Wii remote.

It would also be a FPS

To prevent people like me from storming out of the building with one

Yes because sometimes very hurtful and sometimes traumatic things should be acceptable.

I thought this fad was dead. At least from what I observed from my girlfriend who frequents fashion blogs like M Phan.

It's the subtle nod to the game that makes it not tacky. Good design know when and how much to hold back.

Also Samus in a skin tight body suit and a bunch of human sword wielding Fire Emblem characters.

They are the US equivalent to car show girls and booth babes. They are promotional models. Mainly because they lack high fashion standards of modeling (height, build, or overall appearance).

This is from an arcade game called Dragon Ball Heroes, when I was in Hong Kong this past year they it was advertised all over the place.

This is from some arcade card game I saw when I was Hong Kong this past summer

Definitely a mainland Chinese thing.