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[LianYL] Stretching The Japanese Stereotype In Red Alert 3

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Popularity: 12% [?] Published by LianYL July 21st, 2008 in Humour, LianYL, Games

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Thanks to Crest for notifying me on this one.

Japanese stereotypes have always been present. We have the samurais who’d harakiri themselves in the face of dishonour and a free sex campaign going on in the country. Late controversial comedian George Carlin once said that anything can be funny, depending on how you structure your joke and exaggeration. It’s always fun to joke about stereotypes that are overly exaggerated, like how the high tech Japanese will one day create gundams to take over the world. Apparently Electronic Arts thinks so too.

Take a look at the newly revealed faction of their upcoming Command and Conquer Red Alert 3 game here, thereafter take a look at the unit names here. To prevent any accusations of being assholes, EA has taken measures to subtly name the new faction as “THE EMPIRE OF THE RISING SUN”. Oh no no, the rising sun has nothing to do with Japan and the flag just happens to look somewhat similar.

In case you aren’t sure what I’m trying to say here, I think it’s outrageously hilarious. They have this BattleTech-Goliath-looking mecha they call King Oni which shoots death beams and stomps tanks! They have these Tankbuster units that look like farmers with rakes, except that instead of rakes they carry plasma beams of tank destruction mayhem. Observe the design for the farmer straw hats and you’ll realise that instead of an accessory to block out the UV rays while toiling in the fields, those are hovering flying saucers that evolves the farmer Tankbuster into armour mutilating pillboxes. The Jet Tengu/Mecha Tengu unit is basically a jet that is able to turn into a mecha in mid air, just disappointingly short of some bonus singing tracks to go with it.

If those weren’t shittingly unbelievable enough, EA has included a Gatekeeper in the game by the name of YURIKO OMEGA DX MK-III. Okay, I added in the DX MK-III myself. So what is this Yuriko Omega? According to the EA website, “Shockingly, she appears no older than 18 years of age.” I think they meant for sarcasm in that statement, because the character design tells me she’s one badass evil witch ready to rip your skulls apart and savour your neuro juices. To further quote the EA website,

“• The power of the mind — Yuriko needs no conventional weapons, for her mind is more than enough. She may levitate and crush even the largest tank; topple even the most firmly-rooted structure; cast aside entire infantry platoons; and drag even the most stubborn aircraft down into the ground.

• Levitation — As if to flaunt her psychic ability, Yuriko appears never to resort to normal-human means of locomotion. Instead, she hovers aloft roughly a meter off the ground. Apart from being impressive, this means she can traverse land and sea with equal disregard.

• Psychokinetic burst — In theory, a platoon of trained soldiers should be capable of overwhelming Yuriko Omega. In practice, Yuriko Omega seems able to occasionally channel massive amounts of psionic energy into some sort of attack that sends men flying as if from an incredible explosion.

• Sole survivor — It is believed that Yuriko Omega is indeed a unique individual in the Imperial military, rather than a member of a group, as there appears to be only one of her. There is no compelling reason to believe that carbon-copied “clones” of her exist, as only one of her has ever been spotted in a single place.”

Guess what? She floats because feet-on-ground is too stupid for her great psychokinesis powers! She can conjure a psionic ball to flip and crush tanks! When surrounded by infantry fire, she can even fart psychic pulses of the rising sun!

I don’t know what those game designers at EA have been watching on their anime channel, but it is apparent that all these concepts were shat out of one mass orgy booze party.

“Yo dooood, I just had this awwwwsome idea. Insteeaadd ov ally vs sovviettssss all the tymmmgh, let’s recreaate WW2!”

“OH Em GEE! Rez getch macrossh!”

“Stoooopeed! I weell progemmm dees big goondam!”

“HAAA! ai ween! i make a japanis skuuuu girll to shit saikik waves!”

Thus, the Empire of the Rising Sun was born.

And I am so buying it.

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25 Responses to “[LianYL] Stretching The Japanese Stereotype In Red Alert 3”

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1 C.I. 44 comments Jul 21st, 2008 at 1:29 am

HOLY SHIT, FARMERS THAT CAN SHOOT LAZRS? I AM SO BUYING THIS GAME.

On a side note, her Psychokinetic burst appears to be somewhat based off Yuri. -1 originality point.
2 0ne 135 comments Jul 21st, 2008 at 1:43 am

This is bad taste.
3 Beowulf Lee 29 comments Jul 21st, 2008 at 2:32 am

What’s your point again? That they’re being racist? That it’s stupid? Neither are new nor anything to write home about.
4 Orenji 22 comments Jul 21st, 2008 at 4:40 am

Nobody cares when they stereotype Russians, but when it’s the Japanese, suddenly they’ve gone too far.
5 Caitlin 5 comments Jul 21st, 2008 at 5:29 am

…I wish those hats were real.
6 LianYL 785 comments Jul 21st, 2008 at 6:12 am

@Orenji This game is going to be awesome. I am so going to farm.
7 Crest 49 comments Jul 21st, 2008 at 10:41 am

EA is a genius. Screw game balance. Screw strategy. For their demi god-like Emperor.
8 wongtcsg 31 comments Jul 21st, 2008 at 12:38 pm

oh, i felt a bit strange.
They should have just include freedom gundam, lolz.
9 Panther 59 comments Jul 21st, 2008 at 12:52 pm

Oh man, I am so getting this game too.
10 Stifler 105 comments Jul 21st, 2008 at 1:53 pm

*Insert facepalm here*

I LOL’ed.
11 Somatic 10 comments Jul 21st, 2008 at 4:11 pm

Lets see if we get to rescue porn stars for part of the missions! I want my Sora Aoi! =X
12 The Sojourner 112 comments Jul 21st, 2008 at 4:50 pm

This is stupid. Why no Nanoha or Naruto?
13 Tiny Red Man 149 comments Jul 21st, 2008 at 5:42 pm

yes, i agree.. why is it that there isn’t any guy who shouts “BANKAI!!” or “SHARINGAN!!” or some other character by the name of “gunslinger boy”?
14 Orenji 22 comments Jul 21st, 2008 at 6:06 pm

I’m still going to miss Prism towers.

;_;
15 Tsubaki 519 comments Jul 22nd, 2008 at 6:36 am

They really should have Nanoha units in Red Alert 3.
16 Leefe 120 comments Jul 22nd, 2008 at 11:07 am

I’m waiting for the beta to start Yeah they prolly should get Nanoha and co. Imagine over-clicking on the Nanoha unit. “Dame~!”
17 Sylon Beta 32 comments Jul 22nd, 2008 at 1:24 pm

@ The Sojourner, Tsubaki, Leefe: Look closely at the unit list for the Empire of the Rising Sun. 5th from the bottom.
18 The Sojourner 112 comments Jul 22nd, 2008 at 3:15 pm

@Sylon Beta

LOL. We shall see.
19 LianYL 785 comments Jul 22nd, 2008 at 3:33 pm

A friend of mine just pointed out that ‘ko’ means ‘child’, so Yuriko might mean that Yuriko Omega is the child of Yuri. Wow, awesome mix of names across languages.
20 Da_Nuke 14 comments Aug 4th, 2008 at 4:56 pm

Uhhhhhhhh… lemme see if I got that right… EA just put a mahou shoujo in a real time strategy game with tanks, choppers, airplanes and nukes!?
21 Lumin 1 comment Aug 8th, 2008 at 1:42 pm

Unfortunately, this will be the first Red Alert game that won’t have nukes. If you sit back and think for a minute you would realize there is a very good reason.
22 Blitz 1 comment Aug 19th, 2008 at 3:29 am

Lol I just got that Lumin which is a horrible reason. Cause if they had nukes in this game it would be even more racist if you used it against the rising sun.
23 bodydetox 1 comment Jul 29th, 2009 at 7:54 pm

Red Alert is a very addictive game. I play at least 5 hours a day with my friends and cousins.
24 acnegamer 1 comment Sep 13th, 2009 at 8:01 pm

Red Alert 3 is a very addicting game. I play it from 5pm to 2am. i like the graphics and the unit weaponry.

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