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Smash has 70+ characters but not 1 black or brown fighter
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I would have loved to have seen lady Urbosa in Smash, hopefully DLC.Ehhh
We need urbosa goddamnit.
Oh yeah, there's definitely a larger issue at hand, I wouldn't doubt that at all.
There is at least one character that would make total sense for the franchise though.
Feels like the new startwars aiming for more humans rather than stick to the multicultural races, a weird complain but I guess you are right since the few humans are white
Shulk has blonde hair and blue eyes. How would someone see him as anything but white?
In some ways, smash featuring 30 years worth of Video Game history highlights the lack of diversity in human characters.
It's a shame, and it's obviously not just Nintendo since so many 3rd parties are being added in.
It's a shame, and it's obviously not just Nintendo since so many 3rd parties are being added in.
We don't exist to Nintendo.
I don't care that i was beaten by min to post this, damn it. :D
I don't care that i was beaten by min to post this, damn it. :D
Mates, these are not appropriate responses.
Banjo is brown. Patience, OP.
Edit: Not going to edit my post into oblivion, but I honestly didn't mean any disrespect. Didn't know this was posted and called out by others before posting.
On topic, I agree with someone who said add Garrett, and what about Balrog from Street Fighter? Put him in.
Edit: Not going to edit my post into oblivion, but I honestly didn't mean any disrespect. Didn't know this was posted and called out by others before posting.
On topic, I agree with someone who said add Garrett, and what about Balrog from Street Fighter? Put him in.
Did you think this response was cute or appropriate?
I wanted to use the dark skinned Inkling boy but I never liked the bandana mask.
Yeah Nintendo's lately been getting much better at having either characters of color or allowing to to customize your character. The latter has shown up in Smash (e.g. Splatoon inklings and IIRC Villager) but it'll take time before we see the likes of, say, Twintelle or even better, Marina in Smash. (Pearl can come too... I guess lol)
I mean this is more a reflection of a lack of black protagonists in general than on Smash. Or do you expect Smash to invent characters? Rodin and Dalsim are side chars and not worth a main pick just because of their skin colour imo.
This has been an industry-wide issue for decades and as long everyone including Nintendo steps it up you won't see that many black fighters in Smash.
This has been an industry-wide issue for decades and as long everyone including Nintendo steps it up you won't see that many black fighters in Smash.
The real scandal would be if there would be iconic Black or Brown video game characters that would fit to smash and that wouldn't be in.
Sadly there are not such characters, which tells a lot about the medium.
Sadly there are not such characters, which tells a lot about the medium.
I don't even know who would be likely dlc that would be an exclusively black character
Smash 6 it is....
Smash 6 it is....
No, but like, I really don't understand Incineroar as a reply, even for trolling
Oh yeah. Forgot about that. Too bad we don't have those in Smash.
I would have accepted Tetra from Wind Waker. She's one of the best Zelda characters.
I guess he has black fur on his face was the thinking. Which is horrific.
Because Anime. Ann Takamaki from Persona 5 is quarter American, but still has blonde hair, and blue eyes. Another well know example is Naruto.
Zelda sells well enouph to get another unique character and that could be urbosa
I see this more of a indictment on the lack of popular black or brown Video game leads than anything to with smash.
Kratos is as "black" as it gets.
Tbh, this is actually not a bad idea.
Kratos is as "black" as it gets.
Tbh, this is actually not a bad idea.
If we're including East Asian under the umbrella of representation we still only have three explicit examples, unless I'm mistaken - Ryu (from Japan), Pokemon Trainer (from Kanto, Pokemon Japan), and Corrin (from Hoshido, which is essentially Japan).
Everyone else is ambiguously Western, from either a European or American inspired setting.
Everyone else is ambiguously Western, from either a European or American inspired setting.
Isn't Shulk based off that German scientist?
Klaus or something?
No one said this.
That's dumb af, just gonna report it
Nintendo should add some goddamn F-Zero characters. Could include Michael Chain and Kate Allen.
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