They could have easily picked a Japanese boy for the 1989 Japanese commercial if Ninten was supposed to be Japanese or otherwise Asian. They consciously chose a White American boy to represent him to their Japanese audience.
>>744562068Did op think Ness was asian until stumbling across this image or something? The game used USD as it's currency.
>>744562170I feel like fanart makes him Asian. And this “no crying until the end” commercial has been around the net for years but I never paid attention to the race of his actor until now. And in general the wokesters try to shoehorn as many non-whites into Nintendo as they can, usually grasping at straws, like Daisy was portrayed as being a tan beige or olive-skinned reheaded blue eyed princess in some of her official artwork and video games appearances up until 2001, and sometimes had fair skin even before then (so it wasn’t consistent even in her earliest appearance) yet they try to make her seem like a full-blown brown or black woman who was whitewashed
It seems pretty obvious Ness is an American boyat the same he's practically featureless and it's pretty easy for asians to self insert as
>>744562068Duh. It's no secret that the Mother games are supposed to be parodies of American pop culture.
Why are white people so desperate to be Asian?
if earthbound was made today, ness would be blacknothing else changes
>>744562854>has no dad>goes around beating animals and people>very urban and sportytrue
>>744562068TV commercials for video games at that time should not be treated as canon in general.
>>744562826Lucas is definitively white
>>744563030But this was the Japanese commercial
>>744562068Can you keep them in the dark for life?Can you hide them from the waiting world?
>>744563139Cue an AI rendering of “realistic” earthbound characters and Lucas will be a 25 year old Asian man with blond pompadour and baggy striped shirt. And all the golems in the comments will praise it.
>>744563162And?Ness is still white, mind. The game is pretty clearly supposed to be set in America, but you really should not take commercials as indication of canon. Or what, do you think Link defeated Ganon in a dance battle?
>>744562068>uhhh in this rpg that parodies reality, does this white skinned kid from a place called eagletown represents an american kid??
Was this ever up for debate? Obviously the light skinned boy from small town America was Caucasian. I don't think this has ever been a point of contention.
>>744562482>I feel like fanart makes him Asian.This looks super Asian to you?
this retard is focusing on the fanart making him asian instead of the fanart of depicting him skinny ness is canonically chubby
>>744563727Is he? Isn’t that just a chibi art style?
>>744562068The game was literally set in America, Anon.
>>744562068yeah no shit. was it not obvious and clear that those games are supposed to be a bizarro, dadaist version of america? im euro and knew this even as a kid
>>744563727he's been called chubby ingame anon
>>744562068this is the most retarded non-issue thread of all time. you have to be schizophrenic or something, who are you arguing with?earthbound / mother 1 are definitively set in a 90's america analogue / LITERALLY america, Ness' mom and sister are blonde, the whole aesthetic is deliberately trying to evoke Peanuts. there was never a debate
>>744562068japs appreciated american culture just as i appreciated theirs. i love them.
>>744563764whoops see >>744563829
>>744563162Yeah? And theres was a japanese commercial for Zelda in which Link was portrayed by an asian girl, is Link an asian girl now?Mother protags are obviously white but you didnt need this commercial to confirm that for you
>>744562068white people try so hard to be represented in vidya they have to make threads about it
>>744564114yes he is. why the fuck would they make him so effeminate and gay looking? why are japs so subversive and making boys look like girls?
>>744564034>thing>thing when japan does it lmao pottery
>>744564036>this was considered chubby in 1991 I don’t know if I should laugh or cry.
>>744562854
>>744564428Black Sora is the most cringy.
>>744562068Itoi is an America-boo and he's got a hard-on for White women.
>>744563459Arguing very hard for raceswaps
>>744563139His Mom is named Hinawa, he’s definitely not 100% white.
>>744564619If you want to take adverts as canon, are Link and Zelda Japanese?
>>744565027They're Hylian :)
>>744564428I don't dislike black Papyrus, but he would not wear high heel boots. We see him wearing goofy oversized shoes in the combat.
Ness is actually a light skinned Gujarati boy from small town Texas. Itoi said it himself in an interview shortly before Mother 2 came out.
>>744565195Now that Indians have forced themselves into society 10 years ago, the among of “x is actually Indian” will rise significantly. I saw someone say they thought “Rolfe f in Ed Edd Eddy” was actually Indian.
>>744565415>farm boy who clearly sees the cow as just another cattle animal>”ZOMG, he’s a heckin’ street shitter just like me!”That’s retarded.
The Mother series was Itoi's westaboo wet dream, of course Ness and Ninten are white. Who ever claimed otherwise?
>>744562854Onett should be based off of Atlanta then
>>744562854Poo would obviously be a scammer from the highest garbage mountain in India.
>>744562068If you didn't know that by the time you got to Poo, you might be 'tarded.
>>744562068They're not American, They're Eaglelandian.
>>744564859Hinawa literally just means Matchlock The fan translators just left it as is and it just ended up being officialif it was ever given an official translation I doubt it would've been left as is
>>744566005Her name is written in katakana (ヒナワ) like rest of the cast. Lucas is リュカ, they didn't call Hinawa "Matchlock" for same reason they didn't call Lucas "Stationaryaroma".
>>744562068Yeah, they're from Eagleland
>>744566467>Station Aryan
>>744562170>>744562528>>744563459>>744563959>>744566843Asian-Americans exist even in 1989-1992.
>>744563008you call his dad on the phone to save, retard.
>>744567219>baseball>steak>pet dog>blonde momyou'd have to really reach to say ness wasn't supposed to be white. i didn't know anyone thought he wasn't. especially since poo was obviously asian.
>>744568761The only definitively White thing there is the blond man. Baseball is popular in Japan too, as are pet dogs. And an Asian liking steak is like a White liking sushi. Not outside the realm of plausible.
>>744569103>Not outside the realm of plausible.reach for the stars, anon
