New Leader Hint! (Looks like Shaka)

[Eagle Pursuit]

And for Pedro II
"Because of him, PARTY!"

Lol

 

[Liex]

Doesn't look like a Native American to me.

On closer inspection, now I think it's definitely the Inuit

I just hope they confirm this (the Zulu) on Thursday, so by Friday we have another new civ hinted.

 

[awesome]

I'm kind of proud of myself that I got the entire forum to quote Dexter's Laboratory

 

[nunor]

I just hope they confirm this (the Zulu) on Thursday, so by Friday we have another new civ hinted.

Hm, I wouldn't count on that... It's still a long way until July, they'll want to make us suffer.

 

[Kimuyama]

Shakaz haz noz beardz

Shaka makes up for that on account of being Shaka

 

[ferretbacon]

I'll be satisfied if they merely confirm the Zulu, provided they offer some additional information on them, such as their UA or uniques.

 

[bite]

while I do accept it probably is Shaka, part of me want it to be someone else just for funs

 

[nokmirt]

That is Shaka, certainly an African. It is no NA Indian. So, he is back once again! The hints are getting worse though. A shadow of a man with a spear.

 

[mo123567]

I think it's a clue. We all know Shaka is the biggest warmonger there is.

Montezuma would like a word with you...

but point taken

Gandhi would like a word with both of you.

I agree with Art Grin. No Civ V leader can be as warlike as Ghandi.

 

[nokmirt]

I agree with Art Grin. No Civ V leader can be as warlike as Ghandi.

I never had a problem with him in a game. One time I was his ally, never fought him though. Is he a dangerous fella?

 

[Arachnofiend]

I never had a problem with him in a game. One time I was his ally, never fought him though. Is he a dangerous fella?

Wait until the Atomic Era. He has a value of 12 for Use Nukes as a reference to a hilarious glitch in the original Civ.

 

[trexeric]

Never let him get a hold of nukes...

 

[Menzies]

I say it's a native american leader. The headdress looks more american rather than african.

It's virtually identical to the image posted earlier:

Look at the head dress, spear and shield. It's Shaka.

 

[bonafide11]

The image alone does not confirm the Zulu, but the fact that Firaxis offers it as a "hint" suggests it has to be the Zulu. They wouldn't have a "hint" for a mysterious civ that hasn't appeared before which could so easily be mistaken for one that has been in every game before. So if the image doesn't mean it's the Zulu, that it's a "hint" does.

Welcome back, Shaka! I can't wait to conquer the world with you!

 

[Eagle Pursuit]

It's clearly a homeless man and his can spear and garbage bag picking aluminum out of the ditch.

 

[otaman1]

I'm 99.9% sure this is Shaka. Look at every picture of him on Google. Clearly him

 

[awesome]

The image alone does not confirm the Zulu, but the fact that Firaxis offers it as a "hint" suggests it has to be the Zulu. They wouldn't have a "hint" for a mysterious civ that hasn't appeared before which could so easily be mistaken for one that has been in every game before. So if the image doesn't mean it's the Zulu, that it's a "hint" does.

Welcome back, Shaka! I can't wait to conquer the world with you!

Last year, they gave us an image as a hint for Sweden and at least one person thought it was Shaka because they thought they saw a tent.

 

[Snoopaloop]

...there was also the Mayan atlatlist from a GnK screenshot which many of us believed was the confirmation of the Zulu.

I think we've been patient enough to deserve them now

 

[kingchris20]

None of those false predictions, change the fact that the Zulu have been confirmed by showing the silhouette of Shaka himself, what more do you need?

 

[awesome]

I'm not saying it's not Shaka, but "confirmed" means that it's officially been announced, or that the game has been released and he's there. Seeing a shadow that most people think is him isn't any kind of confirmation in the slightest.