Another day, another 'Nintendo, please make all your female characters black, lesbian, transwomen' thread, this time from the always-annoying 'Spotlighting Black Excellence - Diversity Analyst' asshole Neoxon
https://www.resetera.com/threads/laura-kate-dale-nintendo-needs-a-reason-for-the-girl-to-be-the-hero.973080/
Bunch of men in their 40's, stuck in an eternal mid-life crisis, trying to shove identity politics (because that worked SO WELL for Concord and Dustborn) to a Japanese company that targets children as their main audience.
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https://www.resetera.com/threads/laura-kate-dale-nintendo-needs-a-reason-for-the-girl-to-be-the-hero.973080/
Neoxon wrote:Outside of EPD 5 (Splatoon/Animal Crossing) & EPD 9 (Mario Kart/ARMS), internal Nintendo can sadly be pretty conservative. And even with those teams, EPD 5 in particular clearly can't explicitly say that Pearl & Marina are a lesbian couple despite multiple blatant hints that they're together. I just hope that the positive reception of Vivian being officially a trans woman globally as well as the success of Peach Showtime & (likely) Echoes of Wisdom bring about change for Nintendo when it comes to leading ladies as well as diversity in general, and I'm glad that Laura is pointing out some of the more deep-seated issues with Nintendo's more conservative way of thinking with how they handle their ladies in a playable role.
On the diversity front, MonolithSoft has been improving as of late going by how well they handled Taion in Xenoblade 3 (who I'd argue is one of the best Black characters in an RPG). It's another topic, but I just wanted to give them props.
Bunch of men in their 40's, stuck in an eternal mid-life crisis, trying to shove identity politics (because that worked SO WELL for Concord and Dustborn) to a Japanese company that targets children as their main audience.
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