As a veteran, and a disabled one at that, I beg you people: Stop trying to hump us.

I agree its about what that imagery evokes in other people is important. But giving Nintendo the benefit of the doubt...Japanese game developer’s perspective of foreign cultures tend to be very limited by their lack of exposure.

Stating that football is apolitical in England is bullshit of the highest order.

It’s easy to say “what’s the big deal” when talking about Game & Watch fire attack in the abstract, but its operating in several real world contexts, including centuries of genocide, oppression, and ongoing discrimination against indigenous people. For just as long, stereotypes have been used to denigrate and deny…

As always, nothing riles up idiots faster than daring to not “RESPECT A TROOP!”

Holy Shit. Fantastic read. Thank you for that. I’ve been a premier league fan for 10 years (Go Man City) I never knew about this.

Imagine yourself not being a piece of shit.

Imagine being this offended by a company deciding to take out a racist caricature that lasts like one second.

Based on my experiences with people from Ohio, the whole state needs to learn more than just A thing or two.

Good. Seeing that screenshot it’s a clear “Chief Wahoo” style caricature. Glad Nintendo responded as quickly as they did.

Yeah, let Nintendo use offensive caricatures of other people’s culture in peace!

You seem to be the one with a problem.

inb4 Gamergaters start complaining about SJWs ruining their games

This seems like a terrible sign for 2020. Sure there are paths to 270 that don’t seem include Florida, but it’s a harder climb without it on the board.  A Trump worshiping racist mouth breather winning certainly makes it seem like they’re primed to go red again in the next election.

Its not like they’ve got much in the way of body diversity so far

Maybe you didn’t notice her Dia de los Muertos skull motif, or her various Spanish voice lines, but her epic Summer Games skin is called “Mexicana” and literally says “Mexico” on it.

Yup, this is totally the way to change things. Target the game with one of the most diverse casts in recent history and tell them they’re still doing it wrong.

... and what body type for their female characters would they need to make?  What exactly are you trying to say.

‘s a bold strategy, Cotton, let see if it pays off for them.

We had a fascinating slack/breakroom discussion about this at our studio, and the take-way was that neither the fans or the Immortal devs are really to blame or deserve scorn. It’s those who made the behind the scenes choices leading up to this past weekend that truly deserve the ire.