Genshin Impact is facing more accusations of cultural appropriation and whitewashing, and some of its voice actors are asking publisher HoYoverse to make changes.

Fan outcry stems from what many feel is a failure to accurately represent the cultures each character pulls from, including the fact that Mavukia, Kinich, and Ororon — who seem to be inspired by real-life deities like the Maori’s Mahuika — are all white. It continues a trend in Genshin Impact that has seen players begging for proper representation.

Now some of the actors behind Genshin Impact’s faces have begun to chime in. Albedo actor, Khoi Dao, published a statement on X/Twitter calling for change in Genshin Impact.

  • BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    2 months ago

    The only reason in my opinion to appeal to a wider audience is because of money.

    Like they can’t make a movie for the nerds of the series, otherwise it would turn regulars off. They can’t make a game too hard, or, as in FF7 Rebirth, they made a character, who is a total asshole in the original, into a loving and caring person and rewrite stuff to fulfill this narrative.

    Also, is diversity really this important? I was watching Thor Love and Thunder and despite the movie being genuinely bad (I walked out of the cinema about an hour in) I just didn’t like that the ancient nords have black women in leading positions. It’s just… no.

    • RageAgainstTheRich@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Its important because natlan is completely based on culture of people of color. Nicaragua i think, and south america. So ofcourse its bad when all the characters are white.

      Also why are you annoyed with black women in leading positions in a movie with a dude that has some god hammer and can fly and other weird stuff? You got so triggered by it that you walked out of the cinema? 😑

      • BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Nah, I got triggered by the lack of any meaningful conversation, the bad writing, the lame jokes…

        The black walkyrie in Norse mythology just feels like a black founding fathers of the US.

        Now if they would have some narrative as to how she got there, like she’s wakandan and she just somehow ended up there, that would be a whole(some) other story.

        • Evotech@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          2 months ago

          Black founding father was done in Hamilton to great critical acclaim

          What you are saying is just racism. Because you just can’t see past the color of their skin