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[DC123456789]

Actually, from what I've heard the main cause of the fury was that developer time, apparently, was being "wasted" on an small, ahistorical DLC when it "should" have been spent on "real" DLCs.

 

[Leoreth]

Asian games and in particular, Japanese games reinforce a Eurocentric mindset as well.
Just look at your run-of-the-mill JRPG protagonist and tell me if he looks Japanese or European. Hell, even just look at the settings.

I agree about the settings, although I've once read a very compelling article about how Japanese and Western perceptions differ when it comes to the ethnicity of a character in an idealized art style.

Actually, from what I've heard the main cause of the fury was that developer time, apparently, was being "wasted" on an small, ahistorical DLC when it "should" have been spent on "real" DLCs.

An opinion that was soundly proven wrong by the success of the Sunset Invasion DLC.

 

[Tomorrow's Dawn]

http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum...er-Kings-II-Sunset-Invasion-Announced!/page21

The thread speaks volumes.

I agree about the settings, although I've once read a very compelling article about how Japanese and Western perceptions differ when it comes to the ethnicity of a character in an idealized art style.

It is correct to say that despite the fact that most JRPG protagonists look decidedly European in descent, their underlying mannerisms and "culture" are decidedly Japanese.
I've read a number of similar articles covering that topic (i.e. Are anime characters white? Why aren't there more Asian protagonists in Japanese games?) as well
and it really boils down to a several different factors, with the biggest factor being American occupation and before that,
partial Westernization which left a deeply impressionistic impact on Japanese society and image perception.
Separately but also relating to our current subject, this is part of the reason why Eurocentrism and Japanophillia have some overlap and synergistic qualities in respect to one another.
Through Japanese appropriation and expression of Western mannerisms and traits, it only affirms a state of Western culture being "default"
and is a popular mirror of sorts for Eurocentrists to reinforce and reaffirm their perspective of the world.
Just my theories anyway.

Although I am willing to bet good money that at least a quarter of the Paradox community owns a replica of a katana or has watched/read Hetalia fervently.

 

[mrrandomplayer]

I own a Kendo shinai and a wooden Iaido Bokken, but I don't work at Paradox...

 

[Oregon Lee]

I have a bottle of Suntory.