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Do You Think We Will See a Nintendo Game With a Minority Lead? [roundtable]
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Yeah, I was gonna point out Mario too.  What exactly are we counting as "white"? Non-Americans? Does Japanese count as white? Because Takumaru was sometime in the 80s. Everyone is French in Pokemon X/Y. It's also worth noting that the Japanese in general aren't exposed to the variety of ethnicities that the US is, and as a result generally have less experience in working with characters of varying ethnicities. And sometimes when they do, you get a FF7 Barrett situation where people complain anyway. Even so, if you specifically mean black characters, there are several good ones in Punch-Out. I'd love to play a game starring Doc Louis in his glory days! In fact, Punch-Out has a cast that spans the globe, although it's fairly tongue-in-cheek in playing up the national stereotypes. When it comes to gay and trans characters, I'd guess not very likely for a long time. For starters, Nintendo is typically pretty hands-off with romance, period (Peach doesn't even dole out kisses any more these days, and 30 year old Link still hasn't gotten a single girlfriend). And statistically, gay and trans people are a small fraction of the population--something like 3.5% and <1%. Seems unlikely that Nintendo would focus on appealing to those groups specifically over the wide majority. Sounds harsh, but that's historically how they've run their business. We probably have a similarly likely chance of seeing an albino or paraplegic lead in a Nintendo game. Zero is right in that we haven't seen many new IPs lately, period. The latest ones are "moldable," like the Miis in games like Tomodachi life and Splatoon's Inklings. |
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