CAPCOM, you fail, and fail hard.

[l_the_fangirl]

So, introducing a new character to Street Fighter 4 in the next expansion? Cool.

A villian? Also cool.

The first Korean character in a Street Fighter game?

...

...I don't have enough energy to be horrified by this, CAPCOM. Just disappointed at a Japanese game with a brutal, cruel bitch as the only Korean character in it.

Because god knows that Japan got the worst of the last war between Japan and Korea.

Comments

[momentai.livejournal.com]

Do you feel as nauseated about the other racial/ethnic stereotypes that have been in the Street Fighter franchise since Day One?

[l-the-fangirl.livejournal.com]

Yes.

Now that you mention it and I notice how pervasive it is, for one, and when I was a KID I went "Thunder Hawk? Really? Really? Come on."

[momentai.livejournal.com]

Do you buy street fighter games feeling this way?
Do you really think the characters are problematic?

[l-the-fangirl.livejournal.com]

It's kind of a matter of degree...

Or I could be a Race Failing White Dude. This is possible.

[jake-richmond.livejournal.com]

I always felt like the horrifying stereotypes were part of the series charm. I mean, every character in the game is a horrible stereotype. Every single one.

[benlehman.livejournal.com]

There's a difference between the two things, though.

Like, f'rinstance, if there's a Korean who is really formal and stiff, that's a stereotype in the manner of other street fighter stereotypes.

This is considerably different.

yrs--
--Ben

[l-the-fangirl.livejournal.com]

Exactly.

I mean, I was very amused by, say, Dudley, who was stereotypically British in that he was a proper, well-dressed pugilist.

I was very amused by Ryu, who was stereotypically Japanese in that his response to failure was TRAINING HARDER.

I am not amused by a cruel and sadistic Korean.

For much the same reason that I'd be less than amused with Balrog/Mike Bison, come to that, if he wasn't a specific dig at Mike Tyson.