There's Westerners, and then there's "Westerners on the political compass." And I'm really sick of being lumped in with them and their awful taste.
Also, this is me talking as a Smash Bros fan with a chip on my shoulder against Sakurai's blatant biases, but I really don't want the next Smash to be flooded with more JRPG protagonists and Fighting Game characters. This sounds like the kind of gospel that people are going to use to justify the cutting of characters like Ridley and K. Rool who got in because of their western fanbases.
I understand what you mean, but Im going to be completely honest its not just the woke that shouldnt be involved in Japanese things, i dont really like the puritanical conservative westerners involved in Japanese things either.
Sakurai doesn't actually ignore westerners and he does talk to western fans and hears their opinions , so i think its obvious he means the political westerners that are trying to change or censor Japanese things on a fundemental level, should be ignored. Adding K.rool and Ridley isn't changing Japanese things on a fundemental level so its fine.
I dunno. I just think back to the original Dead Rising, which was a very western appealing Japanese game. But it was great! There used to be genuine attempts at communication, at being appealing rather than constricting.
Looking at what we used to have in the 90s and early 2000s, I'd take it over what we have now in a heartbeat. Warts and all.
There's Westerners, and then there's "Westerners on the political compass." And I'm really sick of being lumped in with them and their awful taste.
Also, this is me talking as a Smash Bros fan with a chip on my shoulder against Sakurai's blatant biases, but I really don't want the next Smash to be flooded with more JRPG protagonists and Fighting Game characters. This sounds like the kind of gospel that people are going to use to justify the cutting of characters like Ridley and K. Rool who got in because of their western fanbases.
I understand what you mean, but Im going to be completely honest its not just the woke that shouldnt be involved in Japanese things, i dont really like the puritanical conservative westerners involved in Japanese things either.
Sakurai doesn't actually ignore westerners and he does talk to western fans and hears their opinions , so i think its obvious he means the political westerners that are trying to change or censor Japanese things on a fundemental level, should be ignored. Adding K.rool and Ridley isn't changing Japanese things on a fundemental level so its fine.
I wish they'd go full Project X Zone in terms of random ass character selection. Segata Sanshiro belongs in Smash.
I dunno. I just think back to the original Dead Rising, which was a very western appealing Japanese game. But it was great! There used to be genuine attempts at communication, at being appealing rather than constricting.
Looking at what we used to have in the 90s and early 2000s, I'd take it over what we have now in a heartbeat. Warts and all.