It most certainly does not.
People like you ready to offer up corporate apologia like it's some kind of immutable fact of nature and not a matter of choices being made.
Honestly this list makes me sad and angry at the same time.
I am just hoping that some fellow fan becomes a high employee and green lights a revival
The Smash Ballot? No, we only know that Sora was the highest voted character.
Uh what?
Dark skin with white/silver hair as the default for so many fictional characters has become so passƩ. It's pretty, but when you've got such a frequent shorthand for "exotic" characteristics it kind of argues against itself.
Not to mention, he isn't yet another sword guy.
I'm not apologizing for any corporation. I'm instead wondering why there's a preoccupation with the black representation in this video game that plucks leading characters from various franchises, in an industry bereft of black lead characters. It's as if folks were hoping this party game would be a salve for a massive wound in this industry.
There is an issue and there is what is going on with Smash and Nintendo.
"I'm not apologizing for any corporation. I'm instead saying levy your grievances at any target but Super Smash Bros in a topic about the anti-blackness of Super Smash Bros, because clearly no one has ever spoken up about the industry overall before. And also you're only allowed to direct your complaints at one target at a time."
I know as a young child I asked my mom or dad , "why does the black guy always die first?"
Twintelle was the black Nintendo character with the best shot of making it in. The moment she didn't, I knew we weren't getting any, because there is a dearth of black leads in the industry. And leads make up the majority of third party support. This isn't some "arbitrary restriction" from me, it's an acknowledgement of what went into third party character selection.
Hi. Another black person here.
I asked to name your favorite video game that has a black main character.
My guy, pirahna plant made it in. No one requested it, it's a completely random character that's never been playable in any medium before added in at the whim of Sakurai and Nintendo. To me, that character's existence really delegitimizes the standard arguments about industry trends, and prioritizing lead popular characters first, etc. How'd that discussion and design take priority before one around visual diversity
Strange ban imo
Nintendo should have put one of their POC characters in over the plant. I agree. But they have how many black characters that had a realistic shot? Two? That's damning in itself. And then when you look at the larger scope of third party lead characters, it's even worse.
I'm not apologizing for a corporation. I'm instead asking you what industry you think Smash Bros. is celebrating.
i'll fucking take her or Marina. Like They don't need to be from Africa, North, or South America, Europe, etc etc. Her pasty alien form could be the result of her Final Smash.
Does Nintendo have black characters? Yes or no.
There are also literally no chinese characters in the game. Smash is long overdue for a black character, but I don't know why minmin has to be discredited for this.
Yeah, I'm aware of two. No, there was nothing stopping them from using them. Yes, they should have picked one of them over the piranha plant.
What do you mean also? Hispanic and black aren't mutual exclusives you know?
Never said they were, just wanted to show how both of their absence is illustrative of the actual reason why.
Well then let me say that saying the problem is that Japanese people are developing it is a little disengenious. Because I assure you there are black, hispanic and middle eastern characters made by Japanese people for games developed by Japanese people so that doesn't seem like much of an excuse.
I'll midly agree when it comes to there being black characters created in Japan that I think would classify as iconic. The problem is they're few and that they're overshadowed by other characters in their respective game. Barret would be an example of this. As for Hispanic or Middle Eastern, I'm honestly drawing a blank as to who you're talking about.
Issue isn't the word I would use. This is simply a result of the circumstances behind the creation of these games. Rather than holding your breath for a Japanese game to have a minority as a playable character, you should shift your aim towards where minorities actually have a non-insignificant voice behind the development of games, AKA North and South America, Europe, Australia and Africa. Focus where the well is full rather than where it's dried.
