It's not ridiculous though.
I don't see any skin in these pictures. Lions have fur, you know. Sure, he has darker hair. But green eyes, which is lighter than Mufasa's eye color. Doesn't seem like a very good example.
https://twitter.com/mic/status/868132133348319233
This should seem like racial politics 101, and yet this pattern still continues. Another recent example is Hyrule Warriors' characters Lana and Cia. Both are more or less the same person, yet the evil Cia is given notably darker skin for no apparent reason.
This isn't to somehow say people with dark skin can't be portrayed as villains. But it's damn noticeable when your shortcut to show "this is evil version of ____" is to give them a tan.
In short: Yo, stop with this basic-ass shit. You should know better by now.
That's green!
like an olive green, yes
it was even more green in the game
Just checked this list http://www.gamesradar.com/top-100-villains-video-games/ to see if maybe I was missing this pattern, but again, most on that list are actually white.
It is a bit strange though, considering that Ganondorf as a character pre-dates the Gerudo. In ALttP, he was simply referred to as a thief, with no indication that he wasn't Hylian, since he didn't appear in human form at any point. Before that, there was no indication that Ganon was ever not a pig-demon.Ganondorf has actually a solid lore reason for it as he is a Gerudo.
Dark is synonymous with evil, and that's not a race thing.
Stop whitewashing evil characters I say
Fuck you Nomura.
Nintendo is the worst about this.
Dark Link? Dark Samus? Dark Pit?
Seriously?
scrolling through that there's actually a really nice amount of diversity on display
pretty cool
That's not olive green. And why should he be olive green anyway? Gerudo do not have green skin.
Nintendo is the worst about this.
Dark Link? Dark Samus? Dark Pit?
Seriously?
I always thought Evil Ryu looked cooler tooBut Evil Ryu is stronger than regular Ryu.
Look at this irrefutable proof.
https://www.eventhubs.com/tiers/sf4/
That tweet is offensive to me , because he is insinuating Brown characters are not allowed to be stronger.
with sf its done to differentiate
even in sfiv when they were using 3d models since ryu had this as an alt costume and looked too similar to e ryu
the most current e ryu artwork has him white
Fire Emblem Awakening.
Father:
Son/Daughter:
It is a bit strange though, considering that Ganondorf as a character pre-dates the Gerudo. In ALttP, he was simply referred to as a thief, with no indication that he wasn't Hylian, since he didn't appear in human form at any point. Before that, there was no indication that Ganon was ever not a pig-demon.
It is certainly possible that they designed the Gerudo as a whole to match Ganondorf's backstory as a thief. It is true that the OoT Gerudo have very little role outside of being Ganondorf's followers. Breath of the Wild was the first time the Gerudo escaped that role as thieves, pirates, and brigands.
Fire Emblem Awakening.
Father:
Son/Daughter:
Edit: All of the antagonist Plegians are dark skinned and all the Plegians that you get in your party including Tharja, Henry, and Robin are all light skinned. I know you can recruit Aversa and Gangrel in the DLC, but shit...
Nintendo is the worst about this.
Dark Link? Dark Samus? Dark Pit?
Seriously?
it's funny because the green of you quoting me almost matches ganondorf's skin color in that oot screen, except ganondorf is more green
also olive green:
Ok, but dark link and samus are black, not human skin black, literally black. They're dark as in evil.
Dark pit isn't even a villan.
Compared to the rest of the lions, yes.
Ganondorf has actually a solid lore reason for it as he is a Gerudo.
Compared to the rest of the lions, yes.
Yeah i've noticed this since I was a kid and still see it often, especially in Japanese games. I was gonna bring up Fire emblem but someone already pointed that out.
Dude, for all intents or purposes he is supposed to be dark-skinned as he is a Gerudo. Again, why should his skin colour be green again?
The brown desert people.
Hmmmmm...
Fire Emblem Awakening.
Father:
Son/Daughter:
Edit: All of the antagonist Plegians are dark skinned and all the Plegians that you get in your party including Tharja, Henry, and Robin are all light skinned. I know you can recruit Aversa and Gangrel in the DLC, but shit...
Cia is a ridiculously sexualized character design, which is not something I expected to say of a Zelda character. This is sexist per se, but bundling evil, sexualized and black together frankly makes it pretty embarrassing. She even has a "non-evil" costume that is more modest... and makes her skin light.
The badass brown desert people. What's the problem?