Loco Roco is Racist

Woo Elephant Yeah · Post by **Woo Elephant Yeah** » July 3rd, 2006, 7:41

http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?optio ... 1&Itemid=2

Oh what a load of bollocks!

For those of you that haven't a clue what this is about, he's referring to the black character in the bottom left of this image

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » July 3rd, 2006, 9:51

When I first saw the character it did strike me that people could interpret it as a racial stereotype, especially as it's seems to say "Ooga-booga" and appears to have dreadlocks. All it needed was a bone through the nose and a spear. But if you put it into context you'll see it's just one of many enemies of various colours and shapes and it was probably just a coincidence or design necessity.

Lee · Post by **Lee** » July 3rd, 2006, 10:34

Pff now that just stupid, I havent played loco roco but i've seen that character in screenshots and I just assumed it was some sort of spider. Would never have occured to me that it could be racist... I think people are just looking too deeply into everything these days.

Post by **FatherJack** » July 3rd, 2006, 12:01

Ah, Japan

Gunslinger42 · Post by **Gunslinger42** » July 6th, 2006, 11:59

I hate the blue loco rocos, they sound stupid. If they were a race I'd be racist towards them.

Post by **Joose** » July 6th, 2006, 15:05

Gunslinger42 wrote:I hate the blue loco rocos, they sound stupid. If they were a race I'd be racist towards them.

Blue-ist!