the author must have either not remembered or even played the SM/USUM games because Rhi spoke exactly the same as the recon squad in those games, also marketed to children. this wasn’t some random Niantic decision.

Wait, is the DBZ cast “white-presenting”? Like, Son Goku, the specifically Journey to the West-inspired kid that has a grandpa dressed in Chinese clothes and runs around in a gi with a big fat kanji on it everywhere? Tien Shinhan? Krillin being explicitly introduced as a monk from a full-on monastery?

Yeah with the characters lore I kind of think the right call is to just not address her gender identity in a binary way in any official capacity.

I liked Bridget when she was a feminine boy. I liked Bridget when she got announced last night. I like Bridget now that she has made a new path for herself.

These guys all seem to have a weird relationship with memory. They don’t seem to pick up on any of the themes or characterization in properties they claim to be fans of, they only process their memory of those things in the context of whatever culture war bullshit they’re currently on. Like they’ll say they’re not…

I thought Dee Jay was Jamaican 

Just during the trailer? That’s been her ‘thing’ and a ‘draw’ for fans since she debuted.

OK, that whataboutism needs to end. Catwoman or any other awful movie released by Warner YEARS AGO has NOTHING to do with Batgirl being axed. Warner is under new management, for f*ck’s sake.

Aren’t most gym leaders canonically children?

Just another bad take by Kotaku in a loooong list of them.

Every time a writer here types the word “orientalism” in article they should consider that fact 

They don’t. This is concern trolling at its finest.

I’ll start this by saying that anyone is free to feel insulted by whatever they feel insulted by. But I - an Asian-American living in a third world country - really think this criticism is stretching a bit.

Yet this site name is Kotaku. If there is a sense of irony about “appropriation” being ignored here... *shrugged*

We’ve played very different games

It’s hard to say. It’s Pokemon.

It really is funny how separated the Twitter/Reddit community is from everyone else, and what’s even funnier is they don’t even realize it. They think that everyone shares their opinions and that Niantic must be doing terrible things and ruining their (incredibly successful) game just because 10 people agree with…

BREAKING NEWS: Developer responds to accusations of TLOU being a cash grab by saying, “Nuh-uh.” More at 11.

I think the $70 price tag is unreasonable. TLOU2 was longer, more ambitious, had a brand new engine, story etc. and came with a free PS5 upgrade for $60.
This is a remake that uses the same engine, same music, same mo-cap, audio, music - and excludes the multiplayer. It should be a $50 title. I am not bent out of shape…

Nintendo is a cruel money grubbing company that pretends to smile and have fun, but they’re really sinister.