I always grew up with the feeling that, because the show never specifically says anything is “Asian” and if you grow up in a part of America with very little eastern media, put side by side with every other cartoon from the 80's and 90's, you would just assume Goku is a silly name for a fun character. Like Mighty Max,…

Nope, no Miles Morales here. Er, I mean, Miles Morales is in the game as a supporting character but...you know what I mean. It’s slated to come to PC in the fall.

True, honestly it’s something I think Guilty Gear has been good about before when you consider Venom is one of the first canonically gay characters in fighting games (maybe in a lot of games) and the only way you’d know it for certain is Faust’s one 1,000 years of pain move where Venom’s reactoin is “Only HE can do…

I am so very happy with this, Bridget was arguably always a bit problematic, intentional or not was used to support ‘that’ meme. which many will defend to the death, but is constantly used to disabuse both trans and drag groups, or further agendas of harm.

all they had to do to break that was make Bridget agender, make…

Bridget was never that important narratively to Guilty Gear’s (albeit nonsensical) story. So I think her having a moment of realization in her arcade mode is a perfect way to move the character forward. Honestly I think this is a fantastic transition (no pun intended) for the character as it does feel like a natural…

The biggest thing is that Africa is a CONTINENT not a country, a continent with different races, cultures and customs. Putting every black person in America under such a blanket is something I always find it baffling.

https://kotaku.com/sf6-street-fighter-6-leak-capcom-roster-ryu-marisa-camm-1849015598

THIS! some elites are in massive waypont dead zones that for some reason all the sidequests love to plop right in the middle of too.

ur totally right. i wouldn’t consider shanks a “loser” since he was part of the top 8 grand finals which in an incredible feat regardless of position but yeah...it’s a shame bc dbfz has such a vibrant community and i hope like ur saying the rollback netcode reinvigorates the game so we get these hype moments again

Actually Mike from the original Street Fighter is the first African American

Actually there is a black boxer in the first SF named Mike who despite early rumors due to how easily they could have written him in as, he is confirmed not to be Barlog/M. Bison/Boxer who debuted in SF2. Also the weirdness with Birdie switching races between games but he is British now I think.

It feels kinda weird to be dividing characters in races and first in a game series known for its worldwide cast, because then you start questioning what exact race the multucultural cast is and its all from the myopic perspective of americans who are so focused on their own racial names for things that it gets weird…

Everybody with a bike does this sooner or later.

I was saying boo-urns...

Wow, it looks like, Rightstuf, has...

God dammit why does Square Enix do this EVERY SINGLE TIME. Who at that company thinks this looks better?

Man, I’ve read some of your other replies in these comments and agreed with some of what you’ve said, but do you really see no irony in talking about how “American views on culture and race are super broken”, “Americans are great at making it obvious”, etc?  There’s 329.5 million people in this country, and you’re…

Asian-American dude here... lived in Hong Kong, Japan, relatives in the Philippines, etc... not your typical gweilo or gaijin... rather intersectional about my eastern and western identity.

I actually don’t think using a real life aesthetic makes you have “a responsibility to grapple with its history.” I see the rice hat idea is being a bit more questionable, but “they didn’t insert a painful history lesson about a real life community (that had nothing to do with the story of their game)“ is... a plus?

I have to interject my opinion here. Black does not mean African American. It encompasses all of the diaspora. Black American would be more fitting, but limiting Black to one segment is a bad look. Signed, a Black person from Belgium.