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judging by disney's distance i doubt they will play much of s role
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To add salt to injury, the Mr. Sandman and Dee Jay spirits have Kongs as puppet fighters. I was genuinely befuddled by how they let that slip by.Sorry if this isn't the appropriate thread for this, but I just need to get this off my chest in regards to the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate roster now that we have the final character revealed:
It is incredibly disappointing and honestly so goddamn frustrating that there is virtually no brown or black-skinned representation in the game.
89 goddamn characters and the only (humanoid) characters who aren't light skinned are Ganon (which is itself problematic because of the dark skin = evil trope) and some alternate costumes for Villager and Inkling.
But no having the goddamn Piranha Plant or a bunch of anime swordsmen in the roster was so much more important than, for example:
- Twintelle
- Urbosa
- Marina
- Hell goddamn Doc Louis from Punch Out
And that's just from Nintendo franchises. If I went into 3P games (that had representation in Smash/could likely get representation, I'd be here all day tbh)
Yeah again sorry if this isn't really anything appropriate for this thread, but as someone who is Puerto Rican and brown-skinned, I just couldn't let the frustration I have with SSBU's roster bubble inside me forever.
I mean there is a very simple reason for that.Sorry if this isn't the appropriate thread for this, but I just need to get this off my chest in regards to the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate roster now that we have the final character revealed:
It is incredibly disappointing and honestly so goddamn frustrating that there is virtually no brown or black-skinned representation in the game.
89 goddamn characters and the only (humanoid) characters who aren't light skinned are Ganon (which is itself problematic because of the dark skin = evil trope) and some alternate costumes for Villager and Inkling.
But no having the goddamn Piranha Plant or a bunch of anime swordsmen in the roster was so much more important than, for example:
- Twintelle
- Urbosa
- Marina
- Hell goddamn Doc Louis from Punch Out
And that's just from Nintendo franchises. If I went into 3P games (that had representation in Smash/could likely get representation, I'd be here all day tbh)
Yeah again sorry if this isn't really anything appropriate for this thread, but as someone who is Puerto Rican and brown-skinned, I just couldn't let the frustration I have with SSBU's roster bubble inside me forever.
Imo, that's really an indictment on video game diversity to begin with. All of the characters chosen were like, stars of their game series, and we really don't have any major game franchises with darker skinned people as the stars. This is especially prominent in Smash because most of the series in the fighter's pass are from Japanese properties, and they're even less conscious about that sort of stuff than the West.Sorry if this isn't the appropriate thread for this, but I just need to get this off my chest in regards to the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate roster now that we have the final character revealed:
It is incredibly disappointing and honestly so goddamn frustrating that there is virtually no brown or black-skinned representation in the game.
89 goddamn characters and the only (humanoid) characters who aren't light skinned are Ganon (which is itself problematic because of the dark skin = evil trope) and some alternate costumes for Villager and Inkling.
But no having the goddamn Piranha Plant or a bunch of anime swordsmen in the roster was so much more important than, for example:
- Twintelle
- Urbosa
- Marina
- Hell goddamn Doc Louis from Punch Out
And that's just from Nintendo franchises. If I went into 3P games (that had representation in Smash/could likely get representation, I'd be here all day tbh)
Yeah again sorry if this isn't really anything appropriate for this thread, but as someone who is Puerto Rican and brown-skinned, I just couldn't let the frustration I have with SSBU's roster bubble inside me forever.
Maybe because all the female characters in Smash were like that in their source material?It's the same issue I have with female representation on the roster. We're allowed to get a variety of body types for men, we're allowed to get an ugly gruff Ganon, but all women need to look beautiful and slender.
Also, most men in Smash are either super hot or cartoony. Gannondorf is the exception.It's the same issue I have with female representation on the roster. We're allowed to get a variety of body types for men, we're allowed to get an ugly gruff Ganon, but all women need to look beautiful and slender.
I think that's what BLOF was getting at, the representation isn't there in Smash because it's just not really there in the video game industry in general.Maybe because all the female characters in Smash were like that in their source material?
Considering that Little Mac was played by a former boxer who was the son of Italian immigrants in a live-action commercial for Punch Out on the Wii and said actor said he was asked to play a 'young Italian-American guy, good looking with a cocky attitude and a heavy New York accent', I'm pretty confident in saying that Little Mac is meant to be Italian-American and, you know, Italians are pretty widely considered to be white and not POC.Also you forgot Little Mac. His modern incarnation is both dark skinned and the main character so he's in.
I would’ve said “what’s wrong with Waluigi” but now that I think about it, if they put Waluigi in, they probably would’ve half-assed him.I would've preferred Twintelle over Min-Min. Also, phew, no Waluigi. :D
ha ha same for rayman! yes i used to be a rayman supporter but i dont care anymore im glad ubisoft didnt get a rep screw ubisoftConsidering that lawsuit Activision had, I'm glad Crash didn't get in.