Sun Wukong

[Selphos]

I'm gonna be frank, man. This looks ridiculous next to the other characters all being standard high fantasy archetype humans.

Is your Chinese playerbase that profitable?

[KuriFuri]

The other characters draw inspiration from fokllore, fairy tales and myths. Melusine, gepetto, pied piper, aladdin...
I don't see how the monkey king is out of the ordinary.

[John The Boptist's pet Demon]

This is pretty racist dude

[Selphos]

Originally posted by KuriFuri:

The other characters draw inspiration from fokllore, fairy tales and myths. Melusine, gepetto, pied piper, aladdin...
I don't see how the monkey king is out of the ordinary.

They're still humans.
This guy is a monkey.
Those are also all European stories, plus Aladdin which is largely adjacent thanks to Disney.
Also lmao "dev answer."

Originally posted by Admiral Shat:

This is pretty racist dude

What's racist about it? It's a Chinese myth, and Chinese players love when Chinese myths are added to games. Have you seen the sales numbers of Total War: Three Kingdoms?

[John The Boptist's pet Demon]

Originally posted by Selphos:

Originally posted by KuriFuri:

The other characters draw inspiration from fokllore, fairy tales and myths. Melusine, gepetto, pied piper, aladdin...
I don't see how the monkey king is out of the ordinary.

They're still humans.
This guy is a monkey.
Those are also all European stories, plus Aladdin which is largely adjacent thanks to Disney.
Also lmao "dev answer."

Originally posted by Admiral Shat:

This is pretty racist dude

What's racist about it? It's a Chinese myth, and Chinese players love when Chinese myths are added to games. Have you seen the sales numbers of Total War: Three Kingdoms?

Ah yes they ONLY added Aladdin becuase of disney, ah yes they could have ONLY added Sun because of the Chinese. It's absolutely impossible they added these characters because theyre fairy tale characters. They game MUST be Eurocentric or its wrong, huh?

[Selphos]

Originally posted by Admiral Shat:

Ah yes they ONLY added Aladdin becuase of disney, ah yes they could have ONLY added Sun because of the Chinese. It's absolutely impossible they added these characters because theyre fairy tale characters.

I mean, yeah, that's basically what I'm saying. Most average people probably didn't know about the Snow Queen figure before Frozen came out.
You see that sticky in Chinese with a link to Chinese social media? It's not for us.

[The Other Alice]

I have to agree that Sun Wukong does not fit. Aladdin is from Arabian Nights which is the Arabian equivalent to Brother's Grim, he fits.

Sun Wukong is a god. It would be like having Zeus or Thor as a playable character. He doesn't fit the theme. Mulan would be a Chinese protagonist who does fit.

[Las Lesbianas Son El Futuro]

Sun Wukong is great! Stop being dramatic and enjoy the game kid

[Hidebehind]

It's kind of like racism. If I don't like a character, there is a crazy theory that will prove me right.
The monkey king exists in many games. It's a very popular character not only with the Chinese. Even the For Honor game has his counterpart.
No European would mistake this character for a random monkey in armor.

"Have you seen the sales numbers of Total War: Three Kingdoms?"
Wow, so it's all about the Chinese and not the fact that it's a very good game? Your hatred of the Chinese is ridiculous.

[PlaceHolder]

Goku is such a popular character, he's gotta be in every MOBA game.

[Kaitri]

Originally posted by Admiral Shat:

This is pretty racist dude

its not racist. its stupid nonsense, but not racist

[Bees]

It's racist that you'd even think to give a ♥♥♥♥ about this lol.

[phrozz]

Wukong is arguably the most popular mythical character in China. Almost comparable to what Santa Claus is to American children. Except Wukong isn't a fat dude who delivers presents, he's a badass who delivers pain with a cudgel that grows to whatever size he wants it to.

[John The Boptist's pet Demon]

Originally posted by phrozz:

Wukong is arguably the most popular mythical character in China. Almost comparable to what Santa Claus is to American children. Except Wukong isn't a fat dude who delivers presents, he's a badass who delivers pain with a cudgel that grows to whatever size he wants it to.

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[Selphos]

Originally posted by Hidebehind:

It's kind of like racism. If I don't like a character, there is a crazy theory that will prove me right.
The monkey king exists in many games. It's a very popular character not only with the Chinese. Even the For Honor game has his counterpart.
No European would mistake this character for a random monkey in armor.

"Have you seen the sales numbers of Total War: Three Kingdoms?"
Wow, so it's all about the Chinese and not the fact that it's a very good game? Your hatred of the Chinese is ridiculous.

The Chinese faction in For Honor sucks, bro. Nobody liked that addition or any of the characters in it. Not a comparison I would use.
Ditto TW:3K, all the English reviews I remember when it came out said it was shallow and flashy but the Chinese reviews thought it was the coolest thing ever. Don't know what to tell you.

Originally posted by The Other Alice:

I have to agree that Sun Wukong does not fit. Aladdin is from Arabian Nights which is the Arabian equivalent to Brother's Grim, he fits.

Sun Wukong is a god. It would be like having Zeus or Thor as a playable character. He doesn't fit the theme. Mulan would be a Chinese protagonist who does fit.

Honestly, Journey to the West is kind of comparable to the Thousand and One Nights, but for being a single novel rather than a collection of stories. But I very specifically agree with the other half of your assessment.

[Hidebehind]

Who cares how you feel about this faction? Why did you even write that? I'm talking about popularity, you're talking about your personal opinion.
This guy is just talking some ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ to justify hating a mythical character just because he's from China.

P.S. Does anyone know what conspiracy theory people who are afraid of the Chinese believe in?