animal crossing is racist
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dudeabides
Far out, man
A million games are racist if it's true that the only characters you can control are from the white race.
That would be great.
I actually think it would be a little funny if he based your skin color on how you answer other questions (although it would end up being even more racist, but I think some really random/awful stereotypes can be funny if not used seriously). I would think of an example, but I don't want anybody to get mad at me.
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And I'm happy to hear that Happy Home Designer has more appearance options. Maybe I'll have to check it out sometime.
There are very few black people in Asian countries, you see, so this can be tricky for developers when their target audience is Asia, but they've still gotta appeal to people in other continents. This is also why almost all video game characters developed by Nintendo have anime style physiques, which are (at least historically) Asian.
Nintendo have always been pretty bad at exporting. A lot of stuff gets lost in translation and it's impossible to make your game culturally relevant to every part of the world. The sooner people understand that the better.
Nintendo have always been pretty bad at exporting. A lot of stuff gets lost in translation and it's impossible to make your game culturally relevant to every part of the world. The sooner people understand that the better.
oh hey! I just came back to check on this thread and I'm glad to see it's still alive haha didn't expect it to stay active for as much as a day.
Considering how most Nintendo games are made for Japanese audiences first, it's not a surprise that they adhere to beauty standards that those of us in America would consider Anglo-centric (pale skin, light hair, light eyes), but pale skin has always been a mark of beauty in Asia. Doesn't make them racist, so much as culturally insensitive or out of touch. Most people who make the media we and our kids consume are middle aged males (often without children themselves), so they often don't think about the potential impact lack of representation (or worse: representation that portrays negative stereotypes - a lot of African-American centered media) can have.
skylucario
mostly harmless
I feel like using your Mii as a reference for a skin color (AND FRECKLES, HINT HINT) would be the best way to implement that without actually asking questions,
but at the same time, the skin color options on Mii Maker aren't all that great. Like, they're diverse, but my skin color isn't on there; the closest one to my tone is that weird orangey-yellow one, so I've stuck with it... xD There's no in-between!
I think we still need to wait for the next main series game to confirm that. HHA is a spin-off game that has a character creation screen, we still need to see how they fit skin tone into the next main series game when your appearance is based off of your conversations with Rover or Kapp'n or whoever.
skylucario
mostly harmless
Ju
Just gonna bump this since so many people seem to be wondering
Just gonna bump this since so many people seem to be wondering
debinoresu
you foolish fool
im thinking maybe the train could lose power in a tunnel or something and it gets dark and rover has to ask what you look like before the lights come on or something. i know they try to make the beginning character creation immersive/somewhat random, but i think skin color should be something that isnt left to randomizing, nor should i think you should have the ability to change it later, bc thats sorta... iffy... so i think either blinding rover or turning out the lights at one segment are the best way to make an immersive way to describe yourself
but then that still gives the implication of a tan as opposed to naturally dark skin
skylucario
mostly harmless
That's a cool idea, but did you see mine? .u."
