Heavily influenced Japanese characters
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You have now lol. Not one, but 3, and each in different RPG Makers. And as expected they look pretty terrible .-.
The internet is just kinda sad sometimes. :/
Eriol Clowphengire
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I admit that most of my games had Japanese characters (actually, I had Korean, Japanese, Filipino, American, Portuguese, Germans and few Russians), since my game's about an MMO that suddenly caused mysterious killings, and the game revolves on each involved country.
But here's a twist, some of my Japanese characters can sing Filipino. (Mary Sue-ist?)
But here's a twist, some of my Japanese characters can sing Filipino. (Mary Sue-ist?)
Eriol Clowphengire
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jbrist":3sdxlnk0 said:
In my game, some of my Japanese characters have mixed bloods, or they've learned lots of Western shits.
Well you forget that most of us are seeing things from the American side. Other countries probably look at us and think we're RAD and AWESOME. Just look at the Ganguro trend in japan. Does bleach yellow hair and dark fake tans sound familiar? Japan is not the only place people get all wiggly and giggly over.
Xathia Vastar
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One reason why there are so many Japanese-style characters/themes/etc in most of these RM games is because I've noticed the majority of the developers are between the ages of 10-17 which is also approximately the same demographic of people who watch mainstream anime and play Yu-gi-oh/pokemon cards, so the inspiration to make an anime/Japanese-style game is already there.
I am not impressed by Anime much... but that is personal preferences.
Bleud: Do you know even Asians are otakus to anime?
I mean like,"WHATISWRONGWITHTHESEPEOPLEHOMYWORDWHYISANIMESOPOPULAR
OHMYGOODNESS" I guess that sums my thoughts up on this topic
BwdYeti: Yes teh internetz is a very sad place to live in.
Dung Beetle: No chinese? They are rising you know. ( the population, oh my word....)
One thing I hate is that people think Eastern is all Japanese...
Bleud: Do you know even Asians are otakus to anime?
I mean like,"WHATISWRONGWITHTHESEPEOPLEHOMYWORDWHYISANIMESOPOPULAR
OHMYGOODNESS" I guess that sums my thoughts up on this topic
BwdYeti: Yes teh internetz is a very sad place to live in.
Dung Beetle: No chinese? They are rising you know. ( the population, oh my word....)
One thing I hate is that people think Eastern is all Japanese...
Eriol Clowphengire
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Oh thanks for reminding me about the Chinese. Yep, there are also Chinese characters in my game. And supposedly, my game will span in different "perspectives" of my game's story, codenamed CBT: Korea, CBT: Japan, CBT: Philippines, CBT: China and CBT: America.
One story, different views.
One story, different views.
SyphonShadow
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It's funny, I'veread through this entire thread and its seems like throwing a random Japanese character into the mix is the way forward for some people. Personally, I'm trying to stay the hell away from the stereotype and break the mold even a little. The game I'm currently working on has a white main character and a middle-eastern guy for support. To me, even making simple changes like that can make a game more memorable than the factory-standard JRPGs.
Huh? Who gives a shit if someone wants to have a Japanese main protagonist named Kyosuke! Sorry if I'm missing the point, but I'm not exactly sure what the exact problem is here. I mean doesn't anyone else raise an eyebrow at a "conventional wisdom" that says there too many games with Japanese people in them? Should I be waiting for the "Heavily influenced Western characters" thread?
Eriol Clowphengire
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Ugh, whatever dude! But I'll still have Japanese characters in my games.
Actually why I don't often make Americans as heroes in my works because in real life, they've been acting like everyone else's Superman in times of real life crises. But behind America's "who saves the world" Superman image, America sometimes call the shots to initiate wars.
Sorry dude, Bush made me Bush-shit against America, that's why I rarely use Americans as my protagonist.
Actually why I don't often make Americans as heroes in my works because in real life, they've been acting like everyone else's Superman in times of real life crises. But behind America's "who saves the world" Superman image, America sometimes call the shots to initiate wars.
Sorry dude, Bush made me Bush-shit against America, that's why I rarely use Americans as my protagonist.
Not all games are based in a non-Earth fantasy setting.
I think it's one thing to be against shallow caricatures of anime characters, which is what I think is trying to be said here. I wouldn't be too fond of that either.
However, I still don't think that means you can't have a character name Namiko in your game if you want to be original. If someone takes a look at "Namiko" and writes a game off, that's their loss. It's a trifling thing to be hung up over.
I think it's one thing to be against shallow caricatures of anime characters, which is what I think is trying to be said here. I wouldn't be too fond of that either.
However, I still don't think that means you can't have a character name Namiko in your game if you want to be original. If someone takes a look at "Namiko" and writes a game off, that's their loss. It's a trifling thing to be hung up over.