{"id":406,"date":"2022-06-30T21:02:46","date_gmt":"2022-06-30T21:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/genshin-impact-fans-are-upset-about-whitewashed-sumeru-leaks\/"},"modified":"2022-06-30T21:02:46","modified_gmt":"2022-06-30T21:02:46","slug":"genshin-impact-fans-are-upset-about-whitewashed-sumeru-leaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/genshin-impact-fans-are-upset-about-whitewashed-sumeru-leaks\/","title":{"rendered":"Genshin Impact Fans Are Upset About ‘Whitewashed’ Sumeru Leaks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Genshin Impact<\/em> fans have been eagerly anticipating the new region of Sumeru since it was first mentioned in a launch trailer<\/span> way back in 2020. But ever since the new Sumeru characters<\/a><\/span> leaked online<\/a><\/span> yesterday<\/a><\/span>fans have been expressing concerns that the developers have been whitewashing<\/a><\/span> the characters.<\/p>\n

The community broadly agrees that Sumeru is primarily based on the cultures of Southwest Asia and North Africa (SWANA). The launch trailer’s Sumeru character had an Egyptian-like jackal head, and many of the NPCs from the region have Arabic<\/span> or Sanskrit<\/span> names. Before the new characters leaked to the internet, Genshin<\/em> fans were nervous about how the Shanghai-based studio would handle having SWANA characters in the game. Genshin<\/em>‘s cast is notably light skinned with only two exceptions, and all of the Sumeru NPCs in the game are similarly light. So even though the leaks aren’t necessarily the final designs, fans don’t feel optimistic about the odds of getting darker-skinned characters that would help the character roster feel more representative of Southwest Asia and North Africa.<\/p>\n